A group of suspense-novel-loving Chinese school pupils smeared chalk dust on the combination lock of a safe in their classroom to unlock it and retrieve their mobile phones.
Despite being disciplined by the school, many netizens were left amused and praised their creativity.
A disciplinary notice issued by the secondary school in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, southern China, on December 10, has gone viral online.
It said that on November 14, a pupil surnamed Tian from Class 13, Grade 10, had...
China pupils, inspired by suspense novels, use chalk dust to crack code of classroom phone safe
Published 2 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

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