A few days later, No. 10 Middle School posted the preliminary list of provincial outstanding students, provincial three-good students and provincial cadres. On the list were Jiang Hongshao, Zhu Xu, and many other students, but Cheng Ran was not on this list.
Honors like provincial excellence are related to recommendation and extra points in the college entrance examination, so for some students, it is still of great concern. If nothing unexpected happens, there will only be one person who will be selected as provincial excellence in No. 10 Middle School. This selection is open to students from all over the province, and some municipalities cannot even find one or two people. Therefore, even if No. 10 Middle School is the top public high school, it only has one symbolic spot. The seniority-based high schools in Chengdu can divvy up the only seven or eight spots in Chengdu. There will be more spots for provincial three good students and provincial outstanding cadres, but no matter how they are ranked, it will not be Cheng Ran's turn.
So when Yang Xia asked him to participate in the competition, Cheng Ran knew that this was basically a non-starter.
First of all, he did not meet the rigid conditions of being "three good" and an outstanding student leader. Even if he did, family factors would come into play in the homogeneous competition. After all, it was No. 10 Middle School, and there was no shortage of students who did not appear to be very prominent on the surface but actually had prominent families. At this time, the notes received from the principal, the greetings from various channels, and the weighing of considerations were actually quite a headache.
Of course, Cheng Ran would not join this kind of competition, and he thought he could not win. Even if he made it to the preliminary review, there was still a hurdle on the final review side, which was extremely difficult. After all, it involved extra points for the college entrance examination and some special admission channels.
Of course, after the list came out, there were also many unconvinced remarks in the classroom from people like Zhang Ping, such as “Xiao Kun from Class 3 of the Provincial Outstanding Cadres Selection is on the list, even though his grades are less than 540. It is said that his father, who is a leader in the Education Commission, invited Xie Fen from their class to dinner, and then he became the Youth League Secretary of their class…”
Cheng Ran submitted his information, so some classmates were worried that he would feel disappointed, so they came to talk to him. This kind of concern made Cheng Ran feel a little uncomfortable. Because he couldn't find the right words, if you want to say that you don't care, then you will probably respond with something like "Yeah, I know, we know, we also don't think it's interesting..."
However, after seeing his situation, Jiang Hongshao's lips slightly curved.
"I'm so miserable. I wasn't selected at all. I even prepared for it. You're the top student in the province on this list. Are you going to give me any consolation?" During the break, Cheng Ran came to Jiang Hongshao to complain.
"Don't give me that..." Jiang Hongshao rolled her eyes at him, "You look regretful to everyone, but you don't really care about this."
"Wow, why do you say that? Doesn't that mean you don't think highly of me? Am I such a big shot in your eyes?"
"Provincial Excellence Award, Three Good Students, Outstanding Cadre, you don't strive for it..." Jiang Hongshao said with a smile, "It's not because you look down on it, but you don't intend to use it as a bonus for choosing a school. Just like your improvement in grades since you came to No. 10 Middle School, you really studied hard. You know that this is your ability, and no one can take it away. If someone told you today that you can cheat on the exam, you would not do it, and you would not bother to do it."
Listening to Jiang Hongshao's clear words, Cheng Ran felt a little touched. Sometimes, even if you are trapped in the quagmire of the world and have to put on a mask to everyone, there is always someone who knows why you are happy, why you are proud, why you are lonely, why you look up at the stars, and why you fish alone in the cold river snow.
Feeling Cheng Ran's burning gaze after she said this, Jiang Hongshao was secretly annoyed with her own temper. It always seemed like her mouth reacted faster than her brain. She always said whatever she wanted to say, which made her words sound a little difficult to describe, as if they were an ambiguity between their souls.
Her eyelashes fluttered briskly, making her eyes more cunning, and her lips pursed slightly in a charming way. She also stretched out her five green fingers and made a grasping gesture like the later Thanos. "So it's not a sense of accomplishment to overwhelm you on this list. I'm happy and pleased to have you under my control in terms of scores..."
Cheng Ran sneered, "Please be more confident when you say this. Why are you getting further and further away from me while you're saying this?"
Jiang Hongshao's legs had already retreated three steps away from the ground. At this time, her face was pure and innocent, and she clenched her fists and responded, "I think it's impossible for you to tie me... In order to prevent you from losing your mind and making mistakes and being knocked down by my grappling, I took the initiative to draw a line to save your face."
"What mistake did you make? The kind we made during the last evening self-study class together? This kind of mistake is a very profound lesson, so we should make more of it so that we can gain more experience." Cheng Ran stared at Jiang Hongshao's slender hands with faint green meridians, and his eyes were fixed on them.
Old Jiang looked at him in astonishment, as if to say that there was such a shameless person, but he gently covered his face with the corner of his clothes at his waist, avoiding his "ill-intentioned" gaze, and smiled lightly, "Last time, I was so focused on listening to the song "Scarborough Fair" that I didn't notice when I dragged you, the person I was helping, back to school..."
She drew out the last line of her voice, sounding lazy and pretty, "I made a small mistake, but I won't make it again... No way."
What is this? You are denying it in broad daylight with your eyes open? Could it be that you were too busy listening to the song to notice it? You are the Jiang Ge in the mouths of the people in the 10th Middle School, not the Lightning Sloth.
Old ginger always has this magical power that makes people feel itchy and slippery.
I have to catch you no matter what.
Cheng Ran sighed and shook his head, looking disinterested. "So that's how it is... In order to prevent you from making mistakes again, I'd better not force you to do anything. I, as the person I'm helping, won't hold you back as a provincial top student..."
Jiang Hongshao was slightly stunned. She tilted her head and pursed her lips to look at him, her brows slightly furrowed, and symbolically uttered a syllable of protest, "Hey!"
Seeing Cheng Ran was indifferent and even a little depressed, she stepped forward lightly, her eyes charming, and tried to adjust her tone, "I was talking about the people I was helping, not that you were holding them back. If you, who rose from 180th to second in the grade, are also holding back, then can we say that there are no geniuses in this world?..."
Lao Jiang, you look so handsome when you try so hard to set off others. Why don’t you come closer
As Jiang Hongshao was speaking, she suddenly noticed a hint of cunning in Cheng Ran's eyes as he lowered his head slightly.
"Ah!" Just as Cheng Ran took advantage of her proximity and reached out to stroke her hair, Jiang Hongshao let out a clear cry...
Run faster than a rabbit.
Cheng Ran saw that he had expected to catch the ball easily but only managed to catch a glimpse of it. He stared at Jiang Hongshao running away in amazement. This was a badminton player using all his agile waist and leg skills.
If the girl who escaped was as cunning as a fox.
That must be the fox encountered in the fairy tale "The Little Prince".
I really want to tame it.