Chapter 219: Youthful ⑥
Of course, before the thorough cleaning, all the classmates rushed downstairs in a swarm to check their grade rankings at the notice board.
In Class 10, the first to act was naturally Li Kai. He took Nie Qiu’s hand, rushed out of the classroom, and then dashed downstairs.
Peng Yu Yang, who had just finished tidying his things and stood up, saw Nie Qiu and Li Kai holding hands and rushing out of the classroom. He lowered his head. He had also planned to go downstairs to check his rank in the entire grade, but now he didn’t want to. He just sat back down on his stool.
Huang Yan, who was walking out holding Zhang Haiyang’s hand, glanced at Peng Yu Yang, then turned and left with Zhang Haiyang.
A girl who had already reached the doorway hesitated for a moment, then smiled and walked back. She went to Peng Yu Yang’s desk and pulled him up from his seat, “Peng Yu Yang, let’s go check our grades on the notice board together!”
Before Peng Yu Yang could even react, the girl smiled, “You scored over five hundred, you’re definitely in the top 100 of the entire grade! Let’s go check!”
Peng Yu Yang looked at the smiling face of the girl in front of him and couldn’t bear to refuse. He nodded, “Okay, let’s go!”
Because the classmates in the class were all very eager to know their rankings in the entire grade, they rushed downstairs as soon as the teacher left. Peng Yu Yang and the girl were the last two to leave the classroom.
When Nie Qiu and Li Kai arrived at the notice board below the teaching building, they saw a sea of people, one crowding another, one pushing another, all squeezing towards the notice board. However, most of the people looking at the rankings were from the fast classes of each grade. There were very few from the slow classes, but they also saw that at the third-grade notice board, Class 10 stood out particularly.
Li Kai pulled Nie Qiu, his hands gripping Nie Qiu’s tightly, as if he were placing Nie Qiu somewhere. He asked with a red face, “Nie Qiu, you haven’t forgotten what you said, have you?”
Seeing Li Kai speaking so seriously with a red face, Nie Qiu smiled and shook her head, “Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten.”
Li Kai smiled, “Good, then wait for me here. I’m going to check my ranking now.” Actually, Li Kai knew that he had a very high chance of getting into the top 100. Their class was ranked third in the entire grade. Each class had about fifty students, so to be ranked third, there were definitely some people who would surely get into the top 100 of the entire grade. When the teacher handed out the report cards, he was among the top few in the class in terms of total score, so it was very possible to get into the top 100 of the entire grade. However, before seeing the ranking of the entire grade, he couldn’t jump to conclusions.
Nie Qiu nodded, and Li Kai turned and headed towards the notice board. Because there were too many people, he could only see the results by squeezing to the front. Nie Qiu stood by the sports field and watched Li Kai push his way in, desperately pushing his way in. He completely disregarded his image.
She found it a bit amusing. Actually, Li Kai didn’t need to be so anxious to check his ranking in the entire grade; he would see it eventually. After looking at their grades, everyone would chat with people they knew below the notice board about their grades and exam questions, but before long, after checking their own grades and the grades of the people they wanted to see, they would leave.
At that time, there would be no one below the notice board, and naturally, one could see their ranking. But Li Kai’s eager appearance made Nie Qiu feel very touched. She had always felt that she and Li Kai were already dating. In junior high school, holding hands and kissing were considered dating, weren’t they?
But Li Kai just wanted a formality, an answer that would label Nie Qiu as his, a promise and words that would make Nie Qiu admit he was her boyfriend, letting everyone know that Nie Qiu was his possession. Such a Li Kai was so pure that Nie Qiu found him amusing, and also… touching.
With Zhang Haiyang helping to find names, Huang Yan stood outside the crowd. Seeing Nie Qiu, she walked over with a smile and asked, “Nie Qiu, what do you think my rank in the entire grade will be?”
“You’ll definitely be in the top 100, right? If our grades keep up like this, we can get into the same key high school.” Nie Qiu smiled. The previous report cards had mentioned total scores, so Huang Yan was undoubtedly third in the class this time. Third in the class should mean she could get into the top 100.
“Yes, yes! Let’s go to the same high school.” Huang Yan nodded excitedly. “Nie Qiu, don’t worry, next semester I’ll study hard just like this semester! We’ll go to the same school, be in the same class, and be good friends.”
During student life, both friendship and love are very fragile. Many people say that relationships break up after university graduation, but isn’t it the same in junior high and high school? After graduation, everyone goes their separate ways, and gradually, contact decreases, and feelings fade. Huang Yan saying, “Let’s still be good friends,” implies such a worry.
Nie Qiu nodded and smiled, “Then you’ll have to work even harder. I want to get into Provincial First High School.” Provincial First High School is a provincial key high school, the best high school in the province. They say getting into Provincial First High School is like having one foot in the door to university. Getting into Provincial First High School, how impressive would that sound!
Huang Yan’s eyes widened when she heard this, and she nodded vigorously, clenching her fist, “Okay!” To be honest, ever since she was little, she had heard her neighbors talk about who got into Provincial First High School and who else got into Provincial First High School, and their tone was always full of praise.
“Nie Qiu, you and Li Kai?” After agreeing to study hard, Huang Yan asked, “I heard from Zhang Haiyang that you only agreed to date Li Kai if he got into the top 100 of the entire grade?”
Nie Qiu nodded and smiled, looking towards the crowd. Seeing Nie Qiu nod, Huang Yan stopped talking and followed Nie Qiu’s gaze towards the notice board.
With the escort of Zhang Haiyang and Luo Xu, his few close friends, and after enduring countless difficulties, Li Kai finally squeezed into the notice board area amidst a crowd where it was hard for anyone to get in. As soon as he reached the notice board, Li Kai began searching for his name among those ranked between 50th and 100th.
He searched once and didn’t find it. His heart sank halfway. He searched a second time, still not finding it. He couldn’t help but start to panic. The dense numbers and names turned black and white. Zhang Haiyang stood beside Li Kai and shouted happily, “Hey, I didn’t expect to be 101st! Haha! I got 220 on the monthly exam, and now 101st, haha! What a coincidence.” After saying that, Zhang Haiyang began to help Huang Yan find her rank. Of course, he looked directly in the top 100 because Huang Yan scored better than him.
“I found my name! 98th place, haha, not bad.” Luo Xu was also very happy. After seeing his grades, he felt he had already gotten too excited, so even though he was happy after seeing his rank in the entire grade, he didn’t lose his composure. After finding his name, he started helping Bai Ya find hers.
Wang Chao Lei and Ma Xin both found their rankings, which were much better than they had imagined, and naturally, they were very happy and pleased. Because they had finally managed to squeeze to the front, they didn’t leave immediately. Because they were at the front, classmates from Class 10 who hadn’t managed to squeeze in kept shouting for them to help find their rankings.
Li Kai, who hadn’t found his name, stopped looking at the notice board and walked out of the crowd with a very dejected mood. Zhang Haiyang, who was helping Huang Yan find her rank, saw Li Kai’s name and smiled, “A Kai, you ranked 88th in the entire grade! Damn, you’re amazing! Among our brothers, you performed the best.” Zhang Haiyang was a boy and liked to use some curse words, but this time he used them out of happiness.
