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Xu Ling didn't want to come to school either. He felt suffocated when he thought that what happened that day must have spread throughout the school.
But no matter how much he cried and begged, Xu Qunzhi refused to agree to transfer him to another school.
The man went home that day and was furious. He threw things and hit people. He said to him sternly, "You still want to transfer to another school and let me clean up your mess? You have to bear the consequences of your own actions. Just study hard in C!"
When had Xu Ling ever seen Xu Qunzhi treat him like this? They were obviously father and son, but they turned against each other so suddenly. Xu Ling felt heartbroken.
This week he gritted his teeth and went with his mother to Huang Li to return the things - Huang Li didn't say anything, but before he left, the old man looked at him with a look that really frightened Xu Ling.
Now Xu Ling has lost his things and his previous disguise. He wishes he could turn into an ant in school, so that no one can see him.
However, it was impossible not to see him. Not only did those people see him, they also reacted strongly. The boys in Class 7 who had previously protected him avoided him as soon as they saw him, as if he were the plague.
Xu Ling was almost crying from anger.
After a while, Ye Xunran also came to the classroom, sat down next to him, took out his textbook, and didn't say a word the whole time.
Xu Ling clenched her hands, trying hard to suppress the unbearable feeling in her heart.
Fortunately, at this most torturous moment, Teacher Liu suddenly came to the classroom and said, "Xu Ling, come to my office for a moment."
Xu Ling quickly stood up, lowered his head and followed quickly.
When they arrived at the office, Teacher Liu sighed and asked him, "How was your week?"
How can it be okay!
Xu Ling suppressed her emotions and whispered, "Teacher Liu, I know I was wrong and I won't do it again."
Seeing him like this, Teacher Liu didn't want to bring up the previous incident again, so he asked quietly, "Was your dad still angry after he went home that day?"
Xu Ling nodded slightly.
Teacher Liu was having a headache, but he was Xu Ling and Xu Yin’s biological father, so what could she do
Teacher Liu had no choice but to say, "Don't think too much. Don't make the same mistake again. Just study hard in school. If you have any difficulties or if you have any questions, you can tell Teacher Liu."
After this happened, she estimated that Xu Ling herself must have suffered a lot of psychological trauma.
Xu Ling continued to bite her lip and nodded.
Teacher Liu thought for a moment and said, "You are now in your third year of high school. Studying is still the most important thing. I have to mention that you don't know your monthly exam results yet, right?"
Xu Ling suddenly had a bad feeling - his grades had been relatively stable before, hovering around the top 200 in the grade. When he was doing well, he would be in the top 150, and when he was doing badly, he would be on the verge of 200.
He asked nervously, "What's my ranking this time?"
Teacher Liu handed him a few papers and sighed, "It's dropped quite a bit compared to the end of last semester. 206th place."
Xu Ling was stunned!
Falling out of the top 200!
He admitted that he didn't review well during the summer vacation, but he didn't expect that he would drop to the top 200 at the beginning of this semester. If his father knew about this, he would beat him up again? !
Xu Ling broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly looked at his test paper. His scores in math and physics were particularly bad. His scores in Chinese and English, which he was good at before, were not high either.
Just then, another student came into the office.
Xu Ling noticed out of the corner of his eye that the person coming was Xu Yin - he shrank his neck in fear, and Xu Yin glanced at him and walked towards the math teacher.
Xu Ling suddenly had an idea and asked Teacher Liu in a low voice: "What is Xu Yin's ranking this time?"
Xu Yin's grades were almost at the bottom before, so as long as he was there to support him, maybe his dad wouldn't get too angry
"…" Teacher Liu looked at him with a complicated look and said, "159."
Xu Ling: “???”
He looked at Teacher Liu stupidly.
Teacher Liu said helplessly: "Xu Yin's grades have improved a lot. This time the total score is ranked 159. Xu Ling, you really need to work harder."
Xu Lingru was struck by lightning!
As soon as Xu Yin returned to the classroom, the students in the front row turned around and lowered their voices and asked, "Hey, did you know that Xu Ling is in school?"
"I just met him in the office." Xu Yin said calmly.
"Are you not afraid that his father will have a mental breakdown if he doesn't transfer him to another school?" his classmates were shocked.
Xu Yin smiled.
Isn’t Xu Qunzhi such a person
Even if he seemed to dote on Xu Ling, he still loved himself the most. Xu Ling had made him lose face, so how could he still care about Xu Ling's feelings
However, what happened in the Xu family had nothing to do with Xu Yin. He had just re-listed the review plans for several subjects over the weekend.
Xu Yin has a good memory and comprehension ability, but these two abilities alone are not enough for science subjects. Sometimes, some problem-solving ideas still need external guidance.
Xu Yin thought for a moment, nudged Yan Ningchuan with her elbow, and said softly, "I found some questions myself. If you don't know how to do them, can you teach me when you are free in the evening?"
"When didn't I teach you?" Yan Ningchuan's voice was low and drowned out by the recitation of the whole class.
Xu Yin glanced at him and Yan Ningchuan chuckled.
After thinking for a while, the boy suddenly whispered, "If I help you do better in the midterm exam, will there be a reward?"
This was probably the first time—even the first time to his parents—that Yan Ningchuan said such words. His ears turned red, but he always looked serious.
Xu Yin became interested when he heard this, and asked with a curled lip: "What reward do you want?"
Yan Ningchuan didn't say anything, but looked at Xu Yin reservedly, which contained some meaning.
Xu Yin leaned over and whispered, "Do you want a gift or something else?"
The serious student Yan couldn't resist this obvious teasing. His eyes flickered and the redness of his ears spread directly to his neck.
He tried to hold it together, coughed lightly, and said seriously: "I don't want you to spend money."
Xu Yin couldn't help laughing: "I know, don't worry."
How could Xu Yin not understand Yan Ningchuan's thoughts? Xu Yin knew very well how gentle this person was.
He smiled and spoke softly, his warm breath brushing Yan Ningchuan's ears: "It doesn't cost much. I made the gift myself. You can look forward to it."
Although it wasn’t “anything else”, just this alone made the corners of Yan Ningchuan’s lips curl up.
He said gently, "If you can successfully progress, I have a gift for you too."
This encouraging learning mode is not bad. Xu Yin is looking forward to it. She is in a good mood and even adds: "If I do well in the exam, maybe there will be extra rewards."
When Yan Ningchuan heard this, he immediately sat up straighter and looked much more energetic.
Xu Yin laughed out loud, pinched Yan Ningchuan's ear, and said, "You are so cute."
Yan Ningchuan gave him a look that showed disapproval.
Xu Yin is very proactive and will follow the plan once it is made.
As for Yan Ningchuan, perhaps because he was stimulated by the unknown "extra reward", he also became Spartan.
So Lin Jia and Wang Feifei were stunned - their brother Yan had become an iron man with Xu Yin! Every day when they woke up, they would recite the text, eat breakfast and discuss questions on the way to the teaching building, recite with each other in the morning self-study, do homework after class, and directly enter the review and additional questions process in the evening self-study!
Not only that, Yan Ningchuan even started jogging, doing push-ups and squats with Xu Yin every day
For Yan Ningchuan—
Every time he saw Xu Yin exercising, he felt a little agitated.
And the monitor's way of dealing with that inexplicable restlessness is to... vent his energy.
Visibly, the muscles of both of them began to grow slowly - Yan Ningchuan already had them, but with strong consolidation, the muscle contours became clearer, and Xu Yin started to shape his body directly, and his figure became more and more beautiful!
The level of effort put in by the two of them amazed the whole class.
Some students in the class who were already studying hard were stimulated by this and started to work Sparta as well. Then the other rich second-generations who were idle started to feel uncomfortable - what's wrong, what's wrong, why are they suddenly so nervous? Although they don't like studying and only like to play, they would also feel embarrassed if the people around them really worked so hard, okay
So the rich second generation led by Lin Jia were at a loss... and started to learn!
Suddenly, Class 12 became the most hardworking class in the grade, which surprised the teachers. However, many students in Class 12 were not without learning talent. Once they started to study hard, their grades improved to the extent that many middle-class students would be jealous.
In the office, when the teachers were discussing Class 12 with amazement, Class 7 seemed a little sluggish.
The atmosphere in Class 7 has been really weird lately. Students are not as active in class as before, and no one talks after class. If you want to know why, it's of course because of one person.
A curly-haired boy just came back from the office, his head still full of the teachers' praises for Class 12. When he saw that the people in the class were different from usual, with some lying down to sleep or gathered together whispering, they seemed to have no intention of studying at all, he couldn't help feeling dejected.
He sat down in his seat, took out the paper, and pondered over a math problem on it.
He went to the office just now, but the math teacher was not there, so he didn't succeed in asking.
Ask others... Anyway, the current class atmosphere makes him feel bored.
He bit the pen cap and kept writing on the draft paper...
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded from behind: "This is a wrong move."
The little curly-haired boy was startled and looked up to see Xu Ling standing behind him.
Xu Ling met his gaze, turned her head, and said softly: "Sorry, it's your third step that's wrong. If you make a mistake here, then the rest will be completely wrong..."
After he finished speaking, he felt uneasy and wanted to leave. The little curly-haired boy hesitated and called out, "Um, Xu Ling."
Xu Ling stopped, bit her lip and looked at him.
The little curly-haired boy was also a little embarrassed, but recently, Xu Ling has become a lot quieter. He is almost like a transparent person in the class, just focusing on his own studies.
But the fact is... He seems to be the only one studying seriously in the class recently. Even Ye Xunran, who is ranked first in the class and second in the grade, doesn’t seem to be as serious as him recently!
Curly thought about this question for a long time, but couldn't figure out where he went wrong, which resulted in the final result being different from the correct answer.
He scratched his hair and asked awkwardly: "How did you do this step?"
Xu Ling paused, walked over, picked up a pen, and started writing on the draft paper as he spoke. The little curly-haired boy listened carefully and nodded frequently.
Some people around turned their attention.
Ye Xunran, who was chatting with others, also looked over.
The classmate in front of him noticed his gaze and said in a low voice: "Hey, stop looking."
Ye Xunran pursed his lips.
"You used to be best friends with him. If you keep getting that close to him, be careful that people will think you're gay too!"
Ye Xunran frowned.
On the other side, after Xu Ling finished explaining, the little curly-haired boy suddenly understood and shouted, "I know, I know. Thank you, Xu Ling!"
Xu Ling smiled, then noticed the gazes of the people around her, restrained her smile, and lowered her head.
Of course Curly noticed it and felt a little embarrassed.
After struggling for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Xu Ling, do you really... like men?"
Xu Ling froze.
Curly knew that Xu Ling lied and framed Xu Yin, and when he was still socializing with people outside, he wanted to avoid Xu Ling. But he was a person who valued learning above all else, and when Xu Ling suddenly pointed out the questions he didn't understand, his thoughts about Xu Ling changed a little.
Xu Ling studies really hard, and looks so down-to-earth when explaining the procedures step by step.
Is he really that bad and evil
Maybe it's not as exaggerated as imagined...
Alas, being treated so coldly by the classmates, it’s actually quite pitiful when you think about it…
While Curly was struggling in his mind, Xu Ling stood up straight.
He was silent for a moment, then said, "I like men."
His voice was neither loud nor soft when he said this.
But in an instant, the whole class fell silent.
Xu Ling whispered, "There's nothing to deny."
Having said that, he walked forward.
Suddenly, there was a lot of discussion in the class.
Little Curly was shocked by Xu Ling's sudden frankness!
Not far away, Ye Xunran's heart also trembled. He looked at Xu Ling's back as he left, a little dazed.
As he recalled Xu Ling's expression just now, Xu Yin's appearance involuntarily appeared in his mind, and he began to struggle internally.
And the front row.
Qu Yi sneered: "Is liking a man the point? The point is that he lied to us for so long!"
Lin Ye: "Brother, it's rare for you to be sober."
Qu Yi: “…”
He resisted the urge to beat up his little brother, and when he saw that many people in the class looked shocked by Xu Ling, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.
After leaving the classroom, Xu Ling paid attention to the reactions behind him and secretly breathed a sigh of relief - it seemed that this move was the right one!
Thinking of Xu Yin, he gritted his teeth secretly.
After the monthly exam results were sent back to his family, he didn’t dare go home that weekend!
He must make it back in the midterm exam!
Time passed quickly. Before National Day, the school held a sports meeting, but the senior high school students had no chance to participate.
During the National Day holiday, Xu Yin went to Yan Ningchuan's home as promised.
Yan Ningchuan's parents were obviously informed of Xu Yin's family affairs in advance, and they even felt a little pity when facing Xu Yin. However, they were busy with work and had no holidays at all, so during the National Day holiday, there were almost only Xu Yin and Yan Ningchuan at home.
In this way, the review efficiency is higher. The two of them sit side by side at the desk to study almost every day from waking up to going to bed.
Sometimes Xu Yin would fall asleep while memorizing words. When he woke up, he found that he was covered with a coat, and the boy was still sitting next to him, quietly organizing his notes.
Seeing that he woke up, Yan Ningchuan stopped writing, supported his chin with his hand, and looked at him tenderly.
Xu Yin smiled, took a deep breath, got up and continued fighting.
National Day is over, students are back to school, and midterm exams are coming—
After working so hard until now, Xu Yin felt that he was almost confident. Of course, he would not relax just because he was confident. He just wanted to adjust his state. Two days before the exam, he found some free time to play two games of basketball with Lin Jia and the others.
At the same time, Class 7 has undergone tremendous changes—
They actually changed the previous sluggish atmosphere and started working hard again.
What's even more amazing is that Xu Ling was able to reintegrate into the class unknowingly because of his honesty and hard work after his reformation. This time, he led the entire class to become serious again.
In the office, Xu Ling had just finished asking questions to the biology teacher and left. The biology teacher couldn't help but sigh: "Although the previous incident was a bit ugly, Xu Ling's attitude towards learning is still serious. In comparison, Xu Yin and the others are still a bit playful."
"It's just two basketball games, it's a combination of work and rest at best," the math teacher disagreed. "You don't know that Xu Yin has been working very hard since the beginning of this semester. He is completely different from his second year of high school, and his first monthly exam score has improved a lot. The students in Class 12 have also been completely different since the first monthly exam. The learning atmosphere is very good."
This biology teacher does not teach Class 12 and does not know much about it.
Although she had heard that Class 12 had become very hardworking, she still shook her head and said, "Xu Ling's grades were always in the top 200 before, and Xu Yin has only been in the top 200 once since her sophomore year. Moreover, the first monthly exam was not difficult, but the midterm exam was different. As for the two classes - you don't know, the boys in Class 7 have been complaining. Recently, they have been reciting the text with books as soon as they came out of the dormitory. They are exhausted."
The math teacher thought, you have never seen those boys in Class 12 solving problems even when they were peeing, and you don’t know that before Xu Yin was affected by family matters, his ranking in the grade was always better than Xu Ling!
But he didn't say anything. Just wait and see how the midterm exam goes.
At noon, Xu Yin, Yan Ningchuan and others went to the cafeteria to eat.
Lin Jia didn't know what was wrong with him - ever since he was stimulated by the study atmosphere of the whole class, he was no longer the cool and carefree eldest son of the Lin family. He stumbled as he picked up his books and started to study. Before the exam, he even started to worry about gains and losses. Even playing basketball couldn't make him relax.
Afraid that he would forget everything he had memorized tomorrow, he now carries his Chinese textbook with him while eating.
Xu Ling finished his meal with Xiao Juanmao and the others and walked over leisurely. Ever since he started studying hard and enthusiastically helping several studious classmates in the class, he was once again accompanied by his classmates when he went in and out.
After teaching Curly several difficult problems, Curly became his admirer.
Seeing Ling Jia like this now - everyone knows that Ling Jia is uneducated and just loves to play.
The curly-haired boy adjusted his glasses and frowned, "He was playing basketball before, but now he's even holding a book while eating. He's just pretending."
Ling Jia heard it and looked up irritably, “Huh?”
The little curly-haired boy was startled and said vaguely, "I didn't say anything."
Xu Ling patted his shoulder and said, "People who know how to study know when to study and when it is not appropriate to study."
Curly nodded in agreement.
Xu Ling smiled and glanced at Xu Yin and the others again - then she was frightened by Xu Yin's half-smile and Yan Ningchuan's expressionless gaze, so she immediately turned back, swallowed her saliva, and quickly walked out of the cafeteria.
After walking out, Xu Ling secretly hated himself for his conditioned cowardice.
Little Curly muttered, "I heard the teachers say before that they worked very hard, but can they work as hard as we are now?"
He and Xu Ling now review until 12:30 every day and even walk with their textbooks!
The young masters like Lin Jia who live a life of luxury all day long can never do this!
Curly takes grades very seriously, so he is annoyed by Class 12's subtle attempt to overtake them.
He was very discouraged when Class 12 worked hard but his class had no interest in studying.
But now that their Class 7 has regained its momentum, he has regained his confidence and once again begins to look down on the bunch of unlearned students in Class 12.
Why does a poor student pretend to be hardworking? His family is so rich anyway, so why not just enjoy life
He thought with disdain.
In the cafeteria—
Lin Jia chanted like a mantra: "During the National Day holiday, I didn't go to bed until 2 a.m. every day. Now I feel guilty after playing two basketball games. I even want to take my English book to the toilet. You really poisoned me!"
Xu Yin and Yan Ningchuan glanced at him.
Xu Yin: "Shut up and eat."
Yan Ningchuan: "Study hard."
Ling Jia: I feel bitter.
The next day, the midterm exam officially began—
Early in the morning, students go directly to the examination room when they arrive at the teaching building, without any morning self-study.
Yan Ningchuan was still in examination room number one. He walked to class one and Xu Yin waved her hand: "I'm in examination room number four."
"Well," Yan Ningchuan stopped and said solemnly, "You have to be in the top 100."
Thinking of the agreement between the two, Xu Yin laughed. This guy is really always thinking about that thing.
Without waiting for Xu Yin to answer, Yan Ningchuan looked behind him again and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Xu Yin raised her eyebrows, turned around and saw Ye Xunran.
Ah... He is ranked second in the grade, so naturally he is also in examination room number one.
As soon as Ye Xunran saw Xu Yin, his expression became complicated.
He moved his lips and said, "Xu Yin..."
Ever since the incident with Xu Ling, the two of them haven't had a chance to have a good chat.
Ye Xunran did not dare to look for Xu Yin, partly because of shame, and partly because of some... inexplicable thoughts.
At this moment Xu Yin was right in front of him. Ye Xunran didn't know why, but he said in a rush, "Can we talk after the exam?"
Yan Ningchuan's eyes darkened.
Ye Xunran's heart was beating fast. He had never been so nervous before in an exam.
He suddenly remembered Xu Ling's words "I just like men", and his throat became dry.
Facing the sunlight, the boy in front of him was looking at him. His eyes were so beautiful that Ye Xunran was even a little dazed.
And the next second, the boy's eyes curved.
He opened his mouth and said, "Well... But after the exam, Yan Ningchuan and I still have things to do."
Ye Xunran suddenly came back to his senses.
He was stunned and asked, "What?"
Xu Yin didn't repeat it a second time and smiled, "So I'm sorry."
He gave Yan Ningchuan a look, and the latter raised his lips again and whispered, "Do well in the exam."
Xu Yin raised her hand and pinched his chin: "Wait for my gift." His goal was to be in the top 50.
Yan Ningchuan: “…”
He blushed expressionlessly!
Ye Xunran was stunned. He looked at Xu Yin's back as she turned and left, and then looked at Yan Ningchuan who was still standing there as if he was recalling something, then turned around with a red face and an expressionless face, and staggered into the classroom. At this moment, he realized something and his face turned pale.
No wonder…
No wonder he always felt that the atmosphere between Xu Yin and Yan Ningchuan was unpleasant.
No wonder he feels bad...
But it was he who lost Xu Yin, the woman who used to rely on him and act coquettishly with him, wasn't it
Ye Xunran stood there, feeling so choked up that he couldn't move.
At this moment, a soft voice sounded behind him: "Xun Ran?"
Ye Xunran was shocked and turned around. Xu Ling was probably passing by and saw him standing at the door of Class 1 without moving, so she called him.
Seeing Ye Xunran looking over, Xu Ling seemed a little embarrassed, but still asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine..." Ye Xunran turned his head away in embarrassment.
"Well, okay," Xu Ling said dejectedly, "Then, you have to do well in the exam and strive to get first place."
Ye Xunran felt relieved.
He turned around again, and Xu Ling had already walked away silently.
Ye Xunran looked at Xu Ling's back with a changing expression.
He walked silently to the seat behind Yan Ningchuan and sat down, his mind full of Xu Yin and Xu Ling, his thoughts a little confused.
What kept flashing in my mind was Xu Yin's resolute back and Xu Ling's lost face.
Xu Yin and Xu Ling arrived at examination room No. 4 one after the other, and neither of them paid any attention to each other.
Xu Ling was still thinking about Ye Xunran's expression just now, wondering if he had used enough force. When Xu Yin sat down in the front row of the examination room, Xu Ling froze.
The examination rooms and seats were arranged according to ranking. This time Xu Yin sat at the door, while he sat... in the diagonal corner.
His mood worsened and he walked over with a gloomy face and sat down. The students around him looked at the two of them and talked about them.
Xu Ling held her anger and pretended not to hear. She calmly took out her stationery and then took out her Chinese textbook and pretended to read the text.
After Xu Yin sat down, he propped his chin with his hand and stared into the void, clearing his mind.
The students in the same examination room looked at the two of them, wondering what the result would be after this midterm exam.
At exactly nine o'clock, the bell rang, the teacher entered the classroom and began distributing test papers for the first Chinese exam.
The test papers were distributed, the second bell rang, and all students began to answer the questions.
The author has something to say: Today is a double update, and there will be another chapter at 9 o'clock~