Chapter 371 - 372: The Yet-to-Open Flower Bud
Bao’er’s innocent eyes drooped slightly, avoiding the teacher lecturing at the podium. This behavior did not seem befitting of a good student.
Around her, other students were keeping their eyes wide open, absorbed in the teacher’s lecture. However, Bao’er was different, an unusual departure from her normal behavior.
With her head lowered slightly, Bao’er appeared to be reading a book. However, she wasn’t. She had taken out the cell phone Chu You had given her, and had opened up the app of ’Today’s Headlines’ - a news software she had downloaded the previous night. This app provided current news and hot topics divided into multiple categories which had kept Bao’er awake all of last night.
Opening the app again, her small fingers flicked aimlessly, seemingly searching for news that interested her.
The orphanage was too dull, or perhaps too isolated. The children could only leave once a week for group activities supervised by teachers. Individual activities were basically impossible. Though there were computers and other means to understand the outside world, these could not substitute for experiencing the world first-hand.
Bao’er raised her eyes to look at the lecturer on the podium, her delicate eyebrows furrowed, and a complicated negative expression flashed in her eyes. Ever since their eye contact last time, she had come to greatly dislike this teacher. He did not appear again after that incident. Whenever she crossed paths with him, Bao’er would promptly lower her head, her demeanor slightly panicked. If it was unavoidable, she would scurry away. She did not want to see him again.
However, she could not avoid classes with this teacher. Because of her dislike for him, obedient Bao’er had started to develop a ’rebellious’ inclination, even towards his classes.
Noticing that the male teacher was not looking her way, Bao’er returned to surreptitiously checking her phone.
"Dugu Bao’er!" A stern voice suddenly rang out.