Chapter 77: After three and a half years 3
The other three glared at him: thatâs called stating the obvious!
âThe competition in our class is just terrifying,â Li Qiâan expressed his deep worry.
Who would have thought that since a super female academic prodigy emerged in their class, the forty-nine guys had been incessantly stimulated and spurred on by her grades for three and a half years, with no one daring to slack off.
Instructor Ren seemed to be the happiest. This sessionâs average grades in the Guoxie class had reached an unexpectedly historic new high. For this reason, where in previous years there might have been a few students not studious enough to reach a score of eighty in a single subject and fearful of not graduating, it was unlikely to happen in Ren Chongdaâs class.
(The graduation requirement for the eight-year Guoxie program is very high, demanding not only no failures but also scores of over eighty in each subject.)
When Ren Chongda took over as the guidance counselor, he adjusted the curriculum so that his class would end theoretical studies earlier than in previous years, entering the internship and practical training period half a year ahead of schedule, and they had unprecedentedly reached that target.
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The school was said to have given Ren Chongda a bonus, though of course, that was just hearsay, the truth of it unclear.
âTwelve already! Sheâs probably going to do eighteen pull-ups,â Li Qiâan said, his tone sounding as if he was about to cry like a young lady.
âHow many can you do?â Feng Yicong asked him.
âI can do a standard seven or eight pretty well. Donât ask me, ask Zhao Zhaowei next to you. He canât do the passing mark of three standard ones,â Li Qiâan complained.
Zhao Zhaowei shrank his neck into the scarf he had wrapped around itâit was cold. If it werenât for the female prodigy Xie Wanying, why would they need to get up early and stay out late to exercise?
It was a well-known saying throughout the school that the forty-nine guys couldnât beat one girl. When he got home, he was ridiculed by his own grandfather and sent back to the medical college to work hard over the winter vacation.
Feng Yicong reached out, pulled the scarf off Zhao Zhaoweiâs short neck, and gave him a look of disdain: âSheâs not wearing a scarf, why are you wearing one, embarrassing!â
After exercising, Xie Wanying was already sweating profusely and certainly wouldnât have worn a scarf to train.
Zhao Zhaowei hung his head like an ostrich continuing to shiver in the cold wind.
When the count reached twenty, the surrounding crowd couldnât help but applaud and cheer.
Twenty, there werenât many boys who could do that. This girl was extraordinary!
Relieved, Xie Wanying slowly let go of the bar and stood firmly on the ground. She couldnât hear any applause; she exercised for herself, not to show off.
Suddenly, a boy made his way through the crowd and came up to her, calling, âXie Wanying.â
Who?
Xie Wanying looked at this suddenly appearing boy with a face very unfamiliar to her.
Zhao Zhaowei and the others were equally perplexed; this guy was clearly not one of their classâs forty-nine.
âThese are movie tickets for the Spring Festival; Iâd like to invite you to watch a movie with me.â
A confession!!!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the sandy soil and green grass on the playground were blown over by the northern wind.
A silence as quiet as death ensued.
Zhao Zhaowei and their groupâs faces turned as black as asphalt: Where did this guy come from? Which major? Which department? He had the guts to confess to the only female academic prodigy in their class right in front of all of them?!
Li Qiâan turned his head to sneak a peek and saw Yue Wentong and the other two staring dead at this direction, obviously just as displeased, thinking: this guy whoâs confessing must be crazy to do such a thing.
Now they just had to wait for Xie Wanyingâs response.
In the meantime, Zhao Zhaowei and a few others started to pass judgment on the boy making the confession:
âHeâs not that good-looking.â