Some people in the class finally came to their senses and came over to separate the two sides, shouting to let go. The two people who were fighting were finally pulled apart. The girl with the pear-flower hair was furious and struggled to kick Feng Ning, cursing, "Are you sick? I told Meng Taoyu to get out. What does it have to do with you?"
Feng Ning was held down by someone, and she cursed at her without any courtesy, "I am sick, do you have the nerve to do that? You bully a little girl all day long, how can you sleep at night, you bitch! Do you know what Article 234 of the Criminal Law is? If you dare to touch Meng Taoyu again, you will be punished."
Others described it in their own words, and Feng Ning was like a heroine, a modern version of Hua Mulan, who swung her sword on the battlefield and forced the enemy to retreat. She was extremely brutal, standing there with her hair sticking out, her mouth open, unable to say anything, as if someone had slapped her in the face. Even the people who came to mediate were stunned by Feng Ning's ability to curse.
The farce ended with the teacher coming. Lihuatou suppressed her anger, glared at her fiercely, and said before leaving, "Okay, I'll remember you, we'll see."
Feng Ning was inevitably kicked a few times in the melee just now. She lowered her head to brush off the dust on her body, and slowly said to the girl with the pear-shaped hair, blocking her lips with her index finger, and said contemptuously, "Shh."
The teacher stood on the stage, and the crowd quickly dispersed and returned to their seats. Meng Taoyu was almost crying in the audience, "I'm sorry, you've been implicated now."
Feng Ning was very relaxed. He sighed after hearing this and said, "It started again? I tell you, if I don't want to, no one can implicate me. Since I'm helping you, I'm not afraid of being implicated!"
She pursed her lips and tapped Jiang Wen's back with her pen, "Thank you for what you did just now."
He didn't even turn his head.
Teacher Qide always graded papers in an assembly line mode, and the results came out very quickly. On the day when the rankings came out, the Iron Lady's usually harsh face could not hide her joy. She stood at the door of the class, looked around, and the class quickly quieted down.
"I found that the study atmosphere in our class is really poor. I just passed by other classes and saw that everyone was concentrating on studying during breaks. Not many people were running around. Look at yourselves. You will have to pay for the laziness you showed in high school in the future."
After the long ideological education, Lady Iron coughed and said, "By the way, I have some good news to tell you today. There are a total of 23 classes in our grade. In the honor roll of this baseline test, our class has more than 30 students on it, and three of the top five students in the grade are in our class, namely, the fifth place student Wan Yang, the second place student Jiang Wen, and the first place student Feng Ning."
As soon as he finished speaking, the focus of the class instantly shifted to a person in the back row, who looked listless and didn't seem to be listening carefully.
The sudden applause woke up the drowsy Feng Ning. She looked around in confusion and asked Meng Taoyu in a low voice, "What happened?"
Meng Taoyu was so excited that she whispered, "The teacher said you are number one in the grade this time!"
"Oh." Feng Ning responded lazily. He was still dazed and lacked energy.
Meng Taoyu poked her, "You're not even excited."
"Isn't this a habit?"
"Feng Ning? Is this true? I didn't realize it." Zhao Binlin couldn't believe it and turned around and said, "This is fucking amazing. They don't have the same name, do they?"
Feng Ning wrinkled her nose and tilted her head, "Oh, right." Her voice was very puzzled, neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the people in the front to hear, "Who was the second place?"
The person involved had no reaction and ignored her. It was the first time that Zhao Binlin saw Jiang Wen being humiliated, and he almost got a stitch in his side with laughter, "Feng Ning, you are quite amazing. How is it that you have pressed my brother down on me? Are you satisfied?"
"Tsk, I was lying on his head? Not bad." Feng Ning looked surprised, and then she said in a tone that made people want to kick her, "Keep up the good work, Jiang, or you'll hate me in the future."
Zhao Binlin asked, "Ah, why do I hate you?"
Feng Ning smiled and said in a mean way, "Because I will always be the second best! You don't know how much the second best student in our junior high school hated me."
After a pause, she clapped her hands and sighed, "Speaking of this, I would like to especially thank a classmate for his encouragement. He told me that instead of thinking about those irrelevant things, it is better to focus on studying. His words are rough but true, let us encourage each other!"
Jiang Wen was humiliated by her in public, but he couldn't get angry. His thin face turned blue, pale, and then a blush rose. He was so angry that he couldn't calm down for a long time.
There was a flag-raising ceremony on Monday. Shuangyao came to find Fengning and gave her the reward for copying notes. "That guy in our class knew that you got first place in the exam this time. He kept looking at your notes. It was so funny."
Feng Ning happily took the money and said, "Oh, it's great to have money. I also want someone to help me take notes."
Shuang Yao said, "He is quite satisfied. After you finish writing, just give him a copy. The price will remain the same."
As they were talking they went downstairs, and just as they walked out, Feng Ning disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Shuang Yao stopped and rolled her eyes at the person who was fixing her hair and clothes in front of the etiquette mirror. She said impatiently, "Sister, you don't have to be so narcissistic."
Feng Ning brushed her ponytail and said disapprovingly, "It's not easy to be a beauty. I need to look in the mirror and have some fun." She raised her chin and posed, "How about it, do I look good?"
Shuang Yao shook her head, "You are so beautiful, so beautiful, you are a treasure in the world."
Today, it was the turn of Class 9 to give a speech under the national flag. This is the traditional process of the Kai Tak flag-raising ceremony. In fact, each class sends a representative to the flag-raising platform to read those inspirational and beautiful essays suitable for encouraging students.
The Iron Lady chose Feng Ning without any surprise.
The morning breeze was a little chilly. She picked up the microphone and tested the sound by saying "Can everyone hear me?"
There were bursts of laughter from below.
A teacher behind me frowned and reminded me, "Be serious."
Another teacher noticed something was wrong and whispered, "Where's her manuscript?"
"Hello everyone, before I give my speech, let me introduce myself. I am Feng Ning from Class 9 of Senior 1. I mean Feng means we met too late, and Ning means everyone is in turmoil. Regarding this speech, I actually didn't write a speech script because this kind of formalism wastes time and is meaningless. Few people will listen seriously, so I might as well improvise."
There was a discussion all around, and the Iron Lady standing below changed her expression. Many people looked over here, not knowing what was going on, waiting to see how this drama would develop.
Under the countless mocking eyes, Feng Ning put away his casual expression and said seriously: "I have been thinking about the value of existence recently, but to no avail, so I started looking for answers in some philosophical books. Marx's theory of interests made me realize that interests are the only driving force of human beings. So, another question arises. If interest-driven can explain human behavior, then what is the meaning of the term "meaning of life"? Is the so-called meaning of life the pursuit of interests?"
She was fully immersed in the speech. "In fact, if someone thinks that they have a noble character and that the meaning of life is to devote themselves and please others, then they must have been influenced by Confucius." Feng Ning was angry. "That is exactly what the ruling class wants to impose on everyone for the sake of stability. This is also a manifestation of the influence of traditional moral concepts on them. This is bullying honest people!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.
"If it's not offensive, I would like to say that dedication itself is a way for kind people to gain spiritual benefits. Because when you devote yourself, you essentially enjoy the pleasure generated by your own spirit. In Nietzsche's words, you love desire, not the object of desire."
The noisy place gradually quieted down, and they all looked at her. Feng Ning spoke faster and faster, and said sharply: "Most people, including everyone present, spend their lives doing nothing, and don't know what they want, what they love, and what they should insist on until they grow old. Since human nature is to seek benefits and avoid harm, to please oneself, and to be driven by benefits throughout life, why do warriors, soldiers, doctors, and scientists appear in the world? So what I really want to say today is also the key point of my analysis: outside of the pattern, the only way for the strong to realize the meaning of life is - faith."
Feng Ning was wearing a plain school uniform, which gave people the first impression of beauty, aggressive and gorgeous. But now, she used a momentum that was completely inconsistent with her appearance, and gave a lecture on the flag-raising platform, speaking without a script, and making a bold and frank statement about life. The audience was in chaos, with applause and sighs, but she remained calm from beginning to end.
The Iron Lady grabbed the dean who was about to interrupt Feng Ning's speech, feeling both angry and proud - this was her student.
This wonderful and wild speech had a great impact on many people. Some people admired him, some were curious, and some were dizzy.
Everyone else was talking among themselves, but Jiang Wen just stared at Feng Ning.
He stood among the crowd, feeling empty in his heart.
Her high-spirited face fell into his eyes. It was so sparkling, proud and free. It seemed that she had the final say in everything, and everything was born to be centered around her, and everything was obsessed with her.
Before he knew it, he had already begun to surrender to her.
After the flag-raising ceremony.
"It's really awesome. I've never seen such a cool girl." Along the way, Xi Gaoyuan was surprised and excited, and kept thinking about this incident.
"Remember? She was the one who talked to me about the value of existence." Zhao Binlin was delighted, as if he was showing off a treasure to the people around him, "She is also the first in the grade this time!"
The others echoed him, and Jiang Wen walked side by side with them without saying a word.
Ji Chiyang from Class 4 looked extremely interested, "Her name is Feng Ning, right? Please help me find out if she has a boyfriend."
Xi Gaoyuan smiled obscenely, "What do you mean?"
"If you don't have it, I'll go and ask for the contact information."
"Fuck, you haven't even split this one yet and you're already thinking about the next one, what a scumbag!"
Ji Chiyang hissed, "I have a feeling that I have met true love this time."
Someone interrupted, his tone indifferent and irritable: "Don't set your sights on her."
Before Ji Chiyang could react, he let out an "ah".
"I said, don't think about her." In their surprised eyes, Jiang Wen looked at him and repeated it again.