Chapter 216: Youthful ③
After washing up, Nie Qiu went out with her money and keys.
Seven days later, returning to school, it felt both strange and familiar. The students at school were not carrying schoolbags, and there was a general hubbub.
When Nie Qiu arrived at her classroom, it was already full. It seemed Nie Qiu was the last to arrive, just in time. Every student in Class 10 was eager to see their grades, so they arrived earlier than students in other classes. Seeing Nie Qiu arrive last, they teased her, saying she was confident and didn’t care about her ranking.
Nie Qiu also joked with them, saying she was too nervous about her grades, so she didn’t sleep well and woke up late, not that she was confident. This was the truth, and it made everyone laugh.
Among Class 10, the most nervous were Nie Qiu and Li Kai. Nie Qiu wanted to achieve a top five ranking in the city, which meant being one of the best in this school. Li Kai wanted to achieve a top 100 ranking in the entire grade, so that Nie Qiu would be willing to be his girlfriend, vindicating Nie Qiu and letting those who coveted Nie Qiu know that she belonged to him.
He previously only thought Peng Yu Yang liked Nie Qiu, but he didn’t expect the class hunk Ye Haifei to suddenly appear. Even so, Ye Haifei was also a bully at school. Although he was also a bully, the two factions were unrelated; they each played with their own brothers and didn’t cause trouble.
But if you really want to talk about it, although he looks good, Ye Haifei also looks good! After 《Watching the Meteor Shower Together》 and 《Love at First Sight》 were broadcast, girls started to like bad boy types of guys. Originally, he and Ye Haifei had similar influence and similar popularity with girls, but it’s just like that with girls liking guys. There’s a saying, isn’t there? Bad boys are what women love.
Because Nie Qiu’s condition was for him to rank in the top 100 of the entire grade, he knew that Nie Qiu might not like bad boys. But a woman’s heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea. To be safe, he had to rank in the top 100 so that Nie Qiu would have no excuse to refuse.
Nie Qiu and Li Kai were nervous, but the students in the class were expectant. This was the easiest exam they had taken since junior high school, so they naturally felt they had probably done well. Not necessarily top 100, but after 100th place, or after 200th place, they should be able to achieve it.
Bai Ya sat with her head down at her seat. None of the classmates spoke to her, and she felt too shy to speak. Luo Xu told her that after the report cards were distributed, Zhang Haiyang was organizing a class meeting, and she was to attend. He would speak for her, and his brothers would naturally speak for her too.
Although Luo Xu and the others would speak for her, she still felt a bit insecure about staying. She wondered what the classmates would say about her behind her back! Moreover, although she had been influenced by the learning atmosphere in the class recently, and everyone in class was serious and no one was slacking off or chatting with her, and she had been listening to the lectures, it was only listening. She wasn’t as serious and diligent as the other students, so it was certain she wouldn’t do as well as the classmates. Just thinking about it made her feel uncomfortable.
The students in the class each had their own thoughts, eagerly awaiting the distribution of report cards. After the class bell rang, Teacher Yang walked into the classroom. Before distributing the report cards, there was a flag-raising ceremony. After Teacher Yang said a few happy words, following the broadcast’s instructions to the class, he led his class towards the sports field.
After the national flag was raised and the national anthem was played, various leaders stood on the lectern and spoke one by one. The principal spoke first, and in the end, it was still the principal who spoke.
Back in the classroom, the homeroom teacher had the group leaders start distributing the final exam papers for each subject. Nie Qiu looked at her papers; she had answered almost all the questions correctly, over ninety-nine percent. However, the reading comprehension papers had not been distributed yet, so Nie Qiu dared not definitively claim she could get first place.
Teacher Yang stood on the lectern. Teacher Yang was a man in his thirties, without wrinkles, but at this moment, his face was beaming with joy. Seeing this, the students in the class knew that their grades must be good, at least meeting Teacher Yang’s expectations. Students who hadn’t received their papers breathed a sigh of relief, while those who had received them began to whisper to each other, discussing their mistakes and comparing answers.
After the group leaders of the four groups finished distributing the papers, Teacher Yang took his notebook, opened it, and began distributing the report cards, calling students up one by one. Those who received their report cards were almost all beaming with joy. Those whose grades exceeded their expectations smiled even more happily. Those whose grades did not exceed their expectations but were still good did not show any sadness.
Li Kai also received his total score. He scored over five hundred and twenty. The total score for Chinese and Mathematics was one hundred and twenty points, while English, Politics, History, Physics, and Chemistry were each one hundred points, making the total score seven hundred and forty points. To be honest, he always thought scoring around four hundred and fifty points would be enough, but he never expected to far exceed his expectations. However, the grade ranking still had to wait to be seen on the notice board, and he was extremely anxious, not knowing how he had done.
Teacher Yang was distributing grades, naturally calling out a name and then the total score. However, all the students in the class had received their report cards, and it was still not Nie Qiu’s turn, which made her a little anxious.
The students in the class had been motivated to study by Nie Qiu, so they naturally cared about Nie Qiu’s score. But after waiting for a long time, they didn’t hear Teacher Yang call Nie Qiu’s name. They stopped looking at their exam results and papers and started discussing animatedly.
Teacher Yang stood on the lectern, his face smiling like a chrysanthemum, “I am very happy, truly, especially happy.”
Hearing Teacher Yang speak, the students who were curious about Nie Qiu’s score quieted down and looked at Teacher Yang on the lectern.
“After graduating from a normal university, before teaching, I naturally liked teaching, which is why I chose this profession. Isn’t there a popular saying online? That teachers’ catchphrase is, ‘You are the worst class I’ve ever taught.’ But I want to say one thing…” Teacher Yang smiled, and tears welled up in his eyes, which startled the students. “You are the most capable and best class I have ever taught!”
Hearing Teacher Yang’s words, the students in the class, shocked by Teacher Yang’s tears, snapped back to reality and applauded vigorously. The sound of ‘clap, clap, clap!’ was incessant.
“To be honest, I was young once too, and I came from school. Things like dating and little distractions, I had them too. So, when I first started out, with enthusiasm, passion, and ideas, I volunteered to be the homeroom teacher of the slow class. I thought I could help more struggling students learn well and get into high school and university.” Teacher Yang was incredibly emotional. Everyone has ideals when they are young, and they strive for them. When Teacher Yang had just left campus, he was such a passionate person, thinking he could make a difference, thinking he could change some people’s lives single-handedly.
