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"Go back and rest early, study hard. You're the only one from No. 7 Middle School who got into university. You are now the pride of the entire school. Don't end up like us. We're going nowhere. After Zhang Wei dropped out, he could only work on construction sites, and I can barely scrape by with odd jobs. Wang Shanshan is at home taking care of her child now."
Yang Jian said this to Miao Xiaoshan as he walked her to the school gate, his voice filled with deep concern.
"Are you praising me or making fun of me?" Miao Xiaoshan laughed.
"Of course I'm praising you. You even got into J City University. How could I make fun of you? If it were me taking the college entrance exam, I'd surely have no chance, maybe if I repeated a year I'd have a shot," Yang Jian said.
Miao Xiaoshan rolled her eyes and then said, "You're managing an entire Dachang City. Does studying even matter to you anymore?"
