Chapter 88: The Most Uninteresting Awards Ceremony

  Chen Chufan dared to swear to heaven that he had no intention of offending the large group of big shots in front of him, but when he saw Zhang Peng struggling to get up, with a nose and face swollen like a pig's head, stumbling towards the classroom door, he couldn't control his disobedient right leg, which suddenly kicked Zhang Peng's butt. As a result, Zhang Peng, who was already dizzy from being beaten, was kicked into a high-difficulty movement of flipping over, before falling to the ground and sliding along the not-so-smooth floor all the way to the classroom door, in front of a group of big shots.

  This kick was very natural, but it was also really unexpected. Even Chen Chufan himself didn't think of it before kicking out, let alone others. So when everyone was stunned for a moment, there were all kinds of shock, anger, amazement, helplessness, and even admiration...

  The history department was full of big kids, at least half of them were shocked by Chen Chu Fan's behavior at that time. What kind of fearless spirit and reckless attitude must he have had to do such an awesome thing? No one would believe that Chen Chu Fan's actions were unconscious at this point.

  Of course, the one who reacted most was Zhang Shuji, the head of the Literature Department. Being beaten by his own son in front of everyone made Zhang Shuji feel extremely humiliated, and his face turned black instantly. What's more, the purpose of his visit was to commend this person who beat his own son. What is this? Is he slapping himself in the face?

  He walked up, helped his son up with one hand, and Zhang Shuji coldly threw out a sentence: "Chen Chufan, good, you're very good!" Then he directly pulled Zhang Peng out of the classroom, leaving the rest of the people there looking at each other in dismay, very awkward.

  Lao Xiao stared blankly at Chen Chufan, who was still standing calmly in his original position. Actually, he was happy to learn that the director of the police station had come to commend Chen Chufan, after all, this was also a way to give him face. But who knew that when they arrived at the classroom, they would encounter this situation! This face was too big for him to bear. He wanted to immediately drag Chen Chufan out and teach him a lesson, but with leaders of unknown ranks standing by without saying a word, he didn't dare to say anything either.

  Of course, as Chen Suo and Wang Qi were not particularly impressed by Chen Chufan's beating of Zhang Peng in the classroom. They weren't teachers at the school and didn't have a duty to educate or nurture students. Moreover, they had seen Chen Chufan deal harshly with those hoodlums before, so in their eyes, Chen Chufan was being quite gentle with his own classmate - at least he hadn't broken any bones! As for Zhang Peng's bruised face, that wasn't considered an injury to them. However, they did have some reservations about the kick Chen Chufan delivered in front of everyone - wasn't that just a slap in the face? The principal had even arrived, couldn't you calm down a bit?

  But it was this move that made Director Chen realize what a bold and daring character this young man was. As for himself, he felt even more necessary to come on this trip.

  Chen thought of this and coughed twice. Then he said to Chu in a low voice, "Since everyone is here, let's simply hand out the banner and certificate?"

  Principal Chu was quite hesitant at this time, just a moment ago he was beating up his classmates in the classroom. The next moment he went up and praised him, and even awarded him a certificate? Is this appropriate? How does it feel like encouraging students to fight and make trouble? But the director of the police station is also unlikely to be idle, specially running over, but letting him do nothing and return home, seems also not proper. In short, now this situation, for Principal Chu, is really a very tangled multiple-choice question.

  Seeing Principal Chu not speaking for half a day, Director Chen said directly: "Principal Chu, there are many things in the office, and I also can't stay here for too long."

  It's really helpless, Principal Chu simply chose not to get involved in this rotten matter. "Little Xiao, you host the commendation meeting today, I won't speak, you first introduce Chen Suo to everyone." After finishing speaking, Principal Chu simply retreated behind the crowd. You let him praise a student who had just beaten his classmate in the classroom, he really couldn't do it.

  Principal pointed out his name, Lao Xiao glared at Chen Chufan who was still standing there in a daze, then walked onto the stage.

  "Everyone, please be quiet. Now I'd like to introduce you all to this gentleman, Director Chen from the X Institute Road Police Station. Director Chen has taken time out of his busy schedule to come to our school today specifically to commend one of our students. This student's brave actions have provided great assistance to our public security police in solving a major case! Now please welcome Director Chen to give a speech!" Old Xiao finished saying this, and then hastily gave up the podium.

  He had actually prepared a lot to say, but in the current situation, he really couldn't bring himself to speak. He didn't even dare mention Chen Chufan's name, and simply left everything to Chen for now.

  Chen Chufan suddenly understood the intentions of these people and couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

  Dean Chen stepped onto the stage and began to speak: "Fellow students, as your teacher Xiao said, a heroic young man has emerged among you. He was clever and brave in the face of criminals, successfully stopping a vicious rape case that occurred on campus. Later, when facing revenge from a group of thugs, he bravely fought back, providing great help for us to capture the criminal suspects. This student is Chen Chufan, let's give him a warm welcome!"

  The whole history class was shocked, this is a speech that destroys three views! It turns out that in front of the school's big shots and the head of the public security agency, beating up the student union president of our class can still be commended! What did the head just say? Chen Chufan stopped a vicious rape case on campus, at that time someone linked it to the attempted rape case at Nanhu School. So it wasn't the achievement of the school's protection team, but their own classmates who they interact with every day?

  Everyone's gaze at Chen Chufan changed, with admiration, surprise, astonishment, and jealousy. In short, everyone was shocked, so shocked that they forgot to applaud, and the whole classroom only echoed with a few sparse claps. It made the already simple awards ceremony even more flavorless.

  Chen Chufan was also full of surprises, he never thought that he would be commended. His thoughts were actually very simple, as long as the police uncles didn't bother him, he was already very satisfied. So when Director Xiao said that they wanted to commend a classmate who had seen justice and acted bravely, Chen Chufan felt a bit strange. And when Principal Chen publicly read out his name, his strange feeling reached its peak. He really wanted to ask Principal Chen if he was running a fever or hallucinating today? Wasn't the trouble he had caused enough? How creative did someone have to be to think of coming to school just to commend him?

  He had no idea that it was actually Wang Mingtao's idea. He didn't know that in order to cover up his indulgence in the police station's detention room that night, his brother Taotao even invented a "hiding cat" excuse, which was truly creative. So he simply walked onto the stage amidst sparse applause and stood beside Director Chen.

  Wang Mingtao hastily walked up, holding the silk flag, certificate of honor and prize money prepared to be awarded to Chen Chufan. He handed over the things in his hand to Dean Chen, then stared at Chen Chufan fiercely before walking down from the podium.

  There wasn't much fuss. Director Chen simply unfolded the banner and showed it to everyone, then stuffed the things into Chen Chufan's face in a daze. Then he casually said: "I represent the police station to award Chen Chufan the title of 'Good Youth Who Dares to Act Righteously' and a cash reward of 500 yuan. I hope that Chen will continue to carry forward this fearless spirit in the future." The entire ceremony was over. This might have been the simplest and most casual awards ceremony that everyone present had ever attended. Of course, the person presenting the award had ulterior motives, and the winner didn't think much of it either. It's just that no one felt dissatisfied.

  The ceremony ended, and Director Chen skipped the usual encouraging words and walked straight off the stage. Chen Chufan didn't think much of it either, casually waving the silk flag and certificate in his hand as he followed Director Chen down from the stage.

  The boys and girls in the classroom finally reacted this time, and a warm applause broke out, which relieved the awkward atmosphere in the room.

  The rhythm of the two was just right, and as soon as they got off the stage, the class bell rang. Wang Mingtao stretched out his hand to stop Chen Chufan, who was about to slip away to his seat to pretend to be a good student and attend classes seriously, and said in a low voice: "Wait for me after class, I want to talk to you."

  Chen Chufan could only follow the group of people out of the classroom, leaving the podium to Professor Feng who had been watching from the side.

  "Alright, now that the commotion has settled down, let's focus on class. Otherwise, next year you'll still have to come see this old face of mine twice a week, and just thinking about it makes me feel quite wronged!" Feng Wuqing patted the podium and said with a straight face, successfully suppressing the murmurs in the classroom.

  It's really a boring thing. Why does such an interesting 10-minute class have to be sandwiched between Old Feng's two classes? The gossipers are deeply frustrated.

  Principal Chu walked out of the classroom and greeted Director Chen before leaving with a group of school leaders. Old Xiao had planned to immediately drag Chen Chufan to the office for a scolding, but unfortunately saw Captain Wang from the police station seemingly wanting to talk to Chen Chufan, so he could only temporarily suppress his grievances. He left Chen Chufan with a sentence saying to meet him after class and also slipped away. The only ones left outside the classroom were two representatives from the police station and Chen, who was acting particularly well-behaved.

  "Xiao Wang, you have a good chat with Chen. I'll go wait for you in the car!" Chen said expressionlessly.