Chapter 52: A Name on the List
Xīng yè dào shì hěn kuài guò xíng le xiào xué shēnghuó, dào dǐ shì jiāzhòng zhōngxué suī rán bù shì shénme jiāzhòng bān, lǎoshī de jiào xué shuǐ píng hái shì bú cuò de, jiù suàn shì bān lǐ yǒu bù fen tóng xī shēng bù gòu huā qián tuō guān xì jìn lái de, nà yě zhǐ shì shǎo shù, dà bù fen tóng xī shēng hái shì yuàn yì xué xí de.
Xīngyè had already studied the entire grade 10 curriculum during the summer break, so when he listened to the lessons again, he found them very easy and no longer worried about doing poorly on the monthly exams. Teacher Liu also noticed that this new transfer student was in a good state of learning, and after asking around with other subject teachers, they all said he was quite good, so Teacher Liu paid even more attention to Xīngyè.
Classmates got along even better, and most girls like Xue Bing and Chu Yuanyuan were very willing to interact with Xing Ye. There were some girls who were a bit temperamental, but Xing Ye wouldn't bother with them, just laughing it off. As for the boys, they were all very polite to Xing Ye, especially her deskmate, who would be thrilled for half a day if she smiled at him.
In the dormitory, I only stay for four nights a week. After class on Friday, I go home and come back to school early on Monday. Jin Weiwei often doesn't come back to sleep, and when she does, sometimes I hear her complaining that as long as she can't find Xing Ye, he completely ignores what she says.
As for another roommate, Jiang Ya Nan, he is also a legendary figure in school, one of the four most popular girls, and an icy beauty. The most impressive thing is that she broke a hooligan's rib in her first year of high school, this sister is a master of taekwondo.
However, according to Xing Ye's observation, this girl is just a bit cold on the surface and doesn't like to get close to people. She doesn't have a bad temper or anything like that. In fact, she's even easier to get along with than most girls, as long as you don't deliberately provoke her, she's still very polite.
Over the weekend, Xingye returned home with Jialuo. Her grandmother held her hand and kept saying that she had lost weight, shouting for Mei Ayi to cook something nourishing for her. Xingye was speechless, thinking to herself that she had only been away for less than a week, how could she have lost weight?
Grandma didn't need to tell Aunt Mei, but that night's dinner was more sumptuous than usual, all of which were Xingye's favorite dishes. The next day's meal was even more luxurious with chicken and duck medicinal dishes served in succession. As long as Xingye said he wouldn't eat something, Grandma would wipe away half a day's worth of tears. So Xingye had to force himself to finish everything, and after two days at home, he felt his waistline expand by an inch.
When Xing Ye returned to school at night, Jia Luo was still carrying a large bag of snacks, all of which were prepared by his grandmother and Mei Yi. They were meant for Xing Ye to eat as a midnight snack. However, Xing Ye rarely ate snacks when he was at home, after all, he wasn't that young anymore. Many of these snacks were distributed among the girls in his class. His grandmother had mainly prepared almonds, dried fruit, and chocolate for Xing Ye, which were high-end goods. These girls were used to eating snacks and naturally distinguished between good and bad ones. They thought Xing Ye was a good friend because he shared his food with them.
Time flies, and a month has passed. The National Day has arrived, but the students of Tianjin Nankai High School are not in the mood to celebrate the holiday, as they welcome their first monthly exam this semester.
"It's nothing, it's just a small test, you can do well if you perform as usual." Xing Ye saw that Chu Yuyan was a bit nervous and comforted her, saying that in fact, Chu Yuyan's usual grades were quite stable and above average.
"You don't know, our school has the habit of posting red and white lists. The top 100 in each exam go on the red list, and the last 100 go on the white list, they all have to be posted." Chuyuan explained.
"Ah, so that's what happened with the small exam?" Xing Ye had never heard of this before. "It doesn't matter, your grades may not be good enough to get on the red list, but they shouldn't be bad enough to get on the white list either."
Chu Yuanyuan sighed again, her small round face scrunched up like a bun. "The class will also adjust seats based on grades, the good ones go to the front rows, and the bad ones sit in the back. Your grades are so good that I'm afraid you'll be moved to the front row, we can't talk like this anymore."
The starry night was originally still lamenting the inhumane means of key schools, where everything only looked at grades and nothing else could be considered. However, after hearing Chuyuan's worried question, she couldn't help but smile.
"Yuan Yuan, even if we don't sit together anymore, can't you still stay in this class? We'll still be able to see each other with just a glance. Or are you saying that if I move to the front of your seat, you won't deign to come over and chat with me during breaks?" Xing Ye said, intentionally putting on a sulky face and pretending to be wronged.
Chu Yuyan also burst out laughing after hearing Xing Ye's words.
The exam went smoothly, and the star night was easily completed. I thought to myself that after all, it's just a monthly exam, so it's unlikely to have too many obscure questions. However, my seat will definitely be adjusted.
The students finished their exams and went home for the holidays.
The teachers still had to stay and review the papers, although it was not a closed-book exam. The teachers took turns reviewing them quickly and efficiently, and soon the scores were out and the red and white list of names was compiled.
What shocked the teachers was that a dark horse emerged in this exam. The top few students on the red list were always from Class 1 and Class 2, and it would be good if someone from Class 7, known as the "garbage class", could get into the top 30. But a female student from Class 7 scored the seventh highest grade in the whole year, and her English score was even the second highest in the whole year, just one point behind the first place. Such grades would be good even if they came from Class 1 or Class 2, let alone Class 7, which is notorious for its poor students.
Teacher Liu held the test papers from last night, what a feeling! After being a teacher for five or six years, I finally felt the pride of being a role model today. This new female student is really showing off her skills, and I feel like I've struck gold.
In contrast to Liu's excitement, Huang from Class 2 looked disheartened. He knew that this girl was the one he had rejected before. With Liu's teaching level and an environment like Class 7, she could achieve such good results. If he had trained her properly, wouldn't it have been easy for him to get into the top three? What a regret!
Xīng yè kě bù zhī dào zì jǐ de chéng jì yǐ jīng ràng le bān zhǔ rén měi le yī bǎ, tā dào bù dān xīn zì jǐ de kǎo shì chéng jì, zhè diǎn bǎ wò hái shì yǒu de.
In the golden October, it was a fine day that was neither cold nor hot. Xingye accompanied her grandparents to Ling Shan Temple again at night. Xingye had a mind to learn from Master Huiyan how to make tea, and after returning home, she would make some for her grandfather to drink. Xingye actually hit it off with Master Huiyuan, who taught her how to infuse tea while praising her for having a wise root, which made Xingye feel embarrassed. However, her grandparents seemed very pleased when they heard this.
Tasted the vegetarian dishes in the temple again, Xingye even got the old monk's consent to visit the temple kitchen, but cooking is also a matter of skill, it's not something you can learn by just watching from the side. This time, Xingye only gained an understanding of the monks' large kitchen, nothing else was learned.
At the time of departure, the old monk took out another amulet and gave it to Xing Ye, saying: "The amulet I calculated for the little donor is no longer there, you and I have a predestined relationship, so this time I specially sent you another one."
He was a bit embarrassed when he mentioned the amulet he sent last time, but that amulet had never been taken out once and had long been lost in some corner. However, seeing the old monk take out a handful of so-called amulets and casually hand one to her, he decided to just give it away with an air of being a high-ranking monk. Xīn Yè's embarrassment flew away, what was this? This amulet would be useful, no way! Xīn Yè decided to put this one away with the previous one as companions.
Back at school, Xing Ye was summoned to the office by Teacher Liu, who praised her lavishly. Teacher Liu wanted Xing Ye to be the class monitor, but Xing Ye politely declined, saying she was only good at studying and had no management skills. Teacher Liu looked at Xing Ye's delicate appearance and thought that this gentle girl probably couldn't manage those mischievous boys either. So, she asked Xing Ye to be the study committee member instead, but Xing Ye refused again. Finally, fearing that if she refused any further, the teacher would get angry, she reluctantly agreed to be the English class representative. Xing Ye thought being an English class representative was easy, just collecting homework and helping the teacher grade English papers, much simpler than being a class monitor who had to take care of everything.
Teacher Liu also said she would help her change seats, and told Xing Ye that she was free to choose, but Xing Ye didn't want a seat too far forward. After all, among the girls, her height wasn't considered short. So she chose a seat in the fourth row. The teacher specially moved her to the middle seat directly facing the blackboard. This seat was even better than the ones by the wall, but it also put her under the teacher's watchful eye. Xing Ye estimated that any small movement would not escape the teacher's notice.
However, what made Xing Ye happy was that Chu Yuyan's score was also very good, and she was transferred to the position diagonally behind Xing Ye, so they could still turn around and talk to each other.
