Chapter 98: Imminent
Chapter 98: Imminent
With only one month left before the college entrance exam, the tense study atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
The papers in class will not be passed around one by one. There will be a maximum of two papers in each class. Even if the teacher has a third paper, he or she will not pass it out, even if a student asks for it.
No one in the class will dislike this kind of academic cheating behavior.
After three years of high school, I have gone through the same experience countless times to decide whether to be a mule or a horse.
Even if someone suddenly wakes up and wants to prepare for the battle a month in advance, it is still possible unless the God of Literature really descends to earth.
But now, even if the gun is sharpened to the point of sparks, I am afraid that we will be closer to the college gate.
The teacher seldom teaches new question types in class. He basically just quickly goes through the textbook with the students to refresh everyone's minds and to prevent the stubborn students from forgetting the content in the exam room.
Half of the remaining class time is spent talking about life, philosophy, and the future, issues that seem far away but are actually right in front of us.
Even Zhang Yan, the Chinese teacher who always smiles but does not smile, could not help but shed tears when she talked about these profound principles.
The sentimental girls in the class would wipe their tears and sob quietly.
Xu Mingyuan was also confused during this period.
But at this moment, I just felt an indescribable feeling in my heart, neither happy nor sad.
I just calmly observed everything around me and felt the complex and chaotic emotions in the class.
Whenever Tao Shuxin saw Xu Mingyuan listening to the teacher's sentimental lectures without changing his expression, she would push him and say with a tearful voice: "Why aren't you crying? Do you still have a heart? Humph..."
At this time, Xu Mingyuan was afraid of ruining the atmosphere, so he had to lie on the table and hold back his laughter, causing his shoulders to shake constantly.
Tao Shuxin thought he was building up his emotions, so when she lowered her head and took a closer look, she realized that Xu Mingyuan was smiling. She immediately looked so angry that she wanted to hit him.
The seats in the class were not rearranged, but Tao Shuxin sat in Jiang Ping's seat. Amid accusations from her best friend that she valued love over friendship, she decisively abandoned Tang Lin.
Jiang Ping also went to sit next to Li Siqi. Not only these two people, but more and more people were changing seats on their own, and small circles in the class began to gather together.
Sometimes when the teacher is teaching in class, the students in the audience will start to make little movements secretly, but the teacher will turn a blind eye to it.
As the college entrance examination approaches, what you need to do is relax and face the exam in the best condition.
The students in the class had long been unable to concentrate. Sun Hongwei and Li Cheng and the others basically only met once in the morning and once at noon, and then they skipped classes to go out and play.
Seeing that Gao Dexiang, who was usually like a gloomy devil, no longer cared about skipping classes, other students in the class simply followed him and skipped classes.
Every day, at least a dozen students go missing from the class, and the number is increasing.
Xu Mingyuan also skipped classes a few times, usually to sit in the stands for a while to get some fresh air, or to play basketball.
During evening self-study, Li Cheng would carry a heavy schoolbag, call seven or eight people, and go to an unlit corner near the school wall. They would look at the dark night sky and open cans to share.
"Another fucking day has passed, Wei Ge, what are you going to do after graduation?"
Li Cheng crushed the can and threw it back into his schoolbag.
"My parents told me to go to a sports school to practice and see if I can learn something."
Sun Hongwei burped, then picked up another can from the ground and opened it.
"What can you do with your physique? Shot put or discus?"
"Play basketball. I don't know anything else." Sun Hongwei said.
"You can still call out numbers with others in our No. 3 Middle School, but you want to go to a sports school with your skills? Don't blame me for not reminding you, my uncle is from a sports school. He is over two meters tall, but he was suppressed and blocked in the sports school, let alone you."
"I chose Radio and Television University as my first choice."
Sun Hongwei finished speaking in a muffled voice, and even pretended to glance at Xu Mingyuan casually to see how he would react. Xu Mingyuan just smiled, knowing that this show-off was at an age when he was thin-skinned, and did not intend to mock him. Later, this kid would take the initiative to bring this up as a topic of conversation.
"Open University? What kind of crappy school is this?"
"What's wrong with this crappy school? Isn't it a university? Chengzi, what are you going to do after you graduate?"
"Cao, I'm not going to school anymore. I'm going home to work with my dad." Li Cheng didn't want to say more. He turned around and asked Chen Tian, "Xiaotian, are you graduating?"
"Lao Gao asked me to apply to Qucheng University of Technology, saying that my scores were good enough for admission to this university."
Chen Tian sat on the ground. He didn't have any ideas of his own. He just did whatever his family told him to do. He also applied to whichever school his teacher said was good.
This is the case with the vast majority of students. They have no plans for their future and take one step at a time. Then they have to face the challenge of growing up and step into the melting pot of society.
Listening to their chat, Xu Mingyuan did not interrupt.
Until someone asked, "Xiaoyuan, what do you want to do in the future?"
"I don't have any big ideals. I just want to change everything you see." Xu Mingyuan smiled.
After a two-second silence, several people started to curse and complain.
"Damn, look, top students are different. They brag more than us."
"Let's hope Xiaoyuan keeps his word. When you run for global captain, I will definitely vote for you."
Listening to their jokes, Xu Mingyuan laughed and said, "So you guys don't even dare to brag, how can you achieve anything great in the future? I've been brave since I was a child, how can I accomplish anything great if I don't brag?"
When he first entered the real estate industry, he wanted to become the largest real estate developer in the country. Although the goal was a bit far-fetched, one should always have bold dreams. What if it succeeds?
Xu Mingyuan didn't think about changing everything around him, but he could always change something, which was pretty good.
"Let's go online. Xiaoyuan, do you want to come?"
"No, go have fun."
Xu Mingyuan refused.
"Okay, let's go then, give me a hand."
Seeing that they were about to climb over the wall, several students quickly climbed up the elm tree beside the wall, held onto the edge of the wall with both hands, and jumped over.
Xu Mingyuan helped to support them, and after they all jumped out, he brushed the dust off his hands and walked towards the teaching building.
During the visit, he met the head teacher of the grade. When Xu Mingyuan greeted him, he nodded and continued to patrol the floors.
Recently, students in the senior year of high school have been skipping classes one after another. The head teacher is just doing his routine work and doesn't care about the students anymore.
Seeing that Xu Mingyuan actually came back today, Tao Shuxin said in surprise, "Oh, you didn't go online today?"
"Two days is enough. You can access the Internet at any time. Once the senior year is gone, it's really gone." Xu Mingyuan said casually.
In fact, Xu Mingyuan still finds it interesting to chat with them online.
Besides, they were playing online games together and no longer played CS, so Xu Mingyuan was bored sitting there and might as well go back to class and read a book.
"I never thought you would feel this way."
Tao Shuxin propped her hand on her cheek and looked at Xu Mingyuan with a little surprise.
Girls of this age are always sentimental. Thinking about the end of her senior year of high school, she began to feel inexplicably melancholy again.
(End of this chapter)