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The North Wind mourns, and the ghost wind howls! Now it's the cold winter. These days, the sky has been gloomy. At 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning, there are still pitifully few pedestrians on the street.

Dressed in a thick down jacket, Lv Zhong felt a cold chill in his heart as he trudged into the school gate.

Today is the time for the release of the results of the final exams of the first semester of senior year. Students will get their report cards and begin winter vacation. This also signifies the approach of the college entrance examination.

Yancheng No.1 High School, a key provincial high school, has sent many talents to major universities across the country in the college entrance examination every year. It is one of the two most famous schools in Yancheng City.

Lv Zhong also scored 933 points (out of 1000) in the middle school entrance examination and was admitted to No.1 High School. Even before the division of arts and sciences in junior year, he was 19th in the grade. In the eyes of all his teachers, he was one of the potential students who could be admitted to China's top prestigious schools.

However, since entering Senior Three Class One, a key class, his grades have been declining gradually.

Even in the past two months, his memory and comprehension abilities have diminished significantly. Every day, Lv Zhong felt that his thinking was gradually becoming rigid and dull.

This puzzled Lv Zhong. He even suspected that he had contracted some unknown disease, but he had learned traditional Chinese medicine from his grandfather since he was a child and was confident of his good physical condition. Moreover, he had secretly been examined at the Affiliated Second Hospital near the school. He found that all his body indicators were normal. However, in terms of traditional Chinese medicine, Lv Zhong's situation was considered a "damage to the divine soul", but Lv Zhong, who knows a little bit about traditional Chinese medicine, had doubts about this.

Damaged the divine soul?

Why would the divine soul be damaged without reason? Besides, although he had learned some medical skills from his grandfather, he was just an under eighteen-year-old teenager after all. Would you expect him to believe in the elusive divine soul?

But recently, Lv Zhong found it harder and harder to concentrate in class. He often dozed off, and his mind was even confusing, like a paste.

This was very strange!

In the past half year, because his grades dropped rapidly, all the teachers who knew his situation were extremely disappointed. And other students in Senior Three Class One began to despise him.

This made Lv Zhong even more silent.

Entering Senior Three Class One, there were only two or three students in the classroom. Lv Zhong didn't greet anyone and calmly walked to his own seat.

This is the last seat by the window in the classroom, which is his exclusive seat since he entered Senior Three Class One.

Looking out of the window, Lv Zhong was thinking randomly, but his eyes lost focus.

He didn't know how long it took before the head teacher, Tan Tianjun, came in with a large stack of papers and notices.

With Tan Tianjun's arrival, Lv Zhong came out of his daze. By this time, he realized that almost all of his classmates had arrived.

Standing on the podium, Tan Tianjun was full of smiles and joked, "Students, to be honest, the school originally didn't plan to announce the exam results before the winter vacation. This is to prevent some students from having a hard time during the Spring Festival. However, considering that you are all third-year students and the college entrance examination is coming soon, the school finally decided to put a little more pressure on you and let your parents supervise you not to play too much during the winter vacation, so it was decided to announce the results before the winter vacation. Haha, as for whether you will be scolded by your parents when you go home, it has nothing to do with the school and teachers..."

After listening to Tan Tianjun's joking, many students laughed dryly. In fact, no matter how well they did in the joint examination, they wouldn't have a relaxing time when they went home.

The third year of high school is the key year. Every student's parents would certainly discipline their children strictly.

"Let's stop talking about this. Now let's talk about this exam." Tan Tianjun's gaze swept over all the students and said with a smile, "In general, you all did well in this citywide joint exam. Your scores have improved a lot. I'm very happy about that. Of course, what makes me happiest is the student Leng Mei, who won the first place in this citywide joint exam for liberal arts with a score of 696 points, effectively surpassing that talented girl Ao Yuling from No.8 High School "...

Once Leng Mei's score was announced, the whole classroom was in an uproar.

"Wow, 696 points? Out of a total of 750 points, she actually got 696 points? That's... that's damn abnormal..."

"Yeah, last time she was surpassed by Ao Yuling, the super talented girl from No.8 High School, who knew she would grab it back this time?"

"Now, in all the citywide exams, it's either Leng Mei from our class or Ao Yuling from No.8 High School who gets the top honor in liberal arts. Nobody else gets a chance..."

"I really don't know how her brain works, she actually got 696 points! And she's so beautiful..."

...

Lv Zhong's gaze also landed on the third row of seats in the right front, just like everyone else's.

The back of a girl with a ponytail appeared in his eyes. He was somewhat familiar with Leng Mei. Because before the division of arts and sciences, they were in the same class, and even shared a desk for two years. At that time, Leng Mei's grades were not as good as his. But who would expect that after the division of arts and sciences in the second year of high school, this girl's grades have great progress. Now she left Lv Zhong far behind.

In Lv Zhong's eyes, Leng Mei was as her name suggested, cold and aloof, preferring not to chat with people. Yet, she was extraordinarily beautiful--the most gorgeous student in No.1 High School. She was the secret crush of countless students.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

Tan Tianjun knocked on the podium, "Alright, quiet down, all of you should learn from Leng Mei. After all, we all know that before the classes were divided, Leng Mei's performance, despite being good, was not this terrifying. All of this is inseparable from her hard work. I hope you'll take her as your role model. There are four months left until the college entrance examination, there is still an opportunity to improve..."

Although Tan Tianjun's words were emotional, he was good at playing upon examples. With just one sentence, he had inspired many students in the class.

Even Lv Zhong was stirred with excitement. However, he knew his own plight, even if he put in a lot of effort, it would be in vain!

Lv Zhong gave a bitter smile, feeling somewhat disheartened.

Tan Tianjun was a very experienced Senior Three Class One specialist teacher, he was young and humorous, very popular with the students. All the students in his class were disciplined and motivated.

"Now let's distribute the report cards and test papers. Teachers will not go over the test questions this time. For the questions you got wrong or did not know, go home and figure them out. When you return to school after the holidays, every subject teacher will check. If you still don't understand by then, severe punishment awaits—" After saying this, Tan Tianjun gave a sinister smile.

When Tan Tianjun said this, most of the students felt a moment of heart-pounding apprehension, some were uneasy.

The report cards and test papers were handed to each student.

Lv Zhong looked at his report card, his face pale.

Chinese 100, Mathematics 95, English 80, Comprehensive Arts 224, total score 499.

499 points!

He couldn't even reach 500 points!

Moreover, this score was 30 points less than his last exam score!

Given the rate at which his grades were falling, how much would he score in the college entrance exam?

"How could this happen?" Lv Zhong murmured disconsolately, a hint of despair was reflected in his eyes.

Tan Tianjun, standing on the podium, was continuously paying attention to Lv Zhong. Seeing that tinge of sorrow and desperation in Lv Zhong's eyes, Tan Tianjun's heart skipped a beat.

To be honest, he had noticed the drop in Lv Zhong's grades the first time it happened and had been thinking about the reason for his declining performance. He had spoken with Lv Zhong several times, tried to gather information about him from other students, hoping to figure out the cause of Lv Zhong's decline.

But Tan Tianjun was frustrated as he found that Lv Zhong had neither a romantic interest nor a girl he was infatuated with. Even his home life was devoid of any difficulties.

This left Tan Tianjun clueless about what had happened to Lv Zhong.

Looking at such a promising student becoming average, Tan Tianjun could only watch with his heart aching. He dared not talk to Lv Zhong too much, for fear of adding more pressure to him .

However, seeing that touch of sorrow and despair in Lv Zhong's eyes today, he suddenly felt a bit indecisive. Moreover, he felt that he had not been doing well in his duty as a homeroom teacher.

After thinking carefully, Tan Tianjun walked over to Lv Zhong in a casual manner, placed his left hand on Lv Zhong's shoulder, and said cheerfully, "Lv Zhong, you seem to have a strong build. Ha-ha, I have some heavy work and I need your help. Can I count on you?"

Tan Tianjun knew that Lv Zhong did not do well in the exam, and he couldn't take him out of the classroom directly. This would further increase Lv Zhong's pressure and would easily make his classmates misunderstood him. Tan Tianjun knew that these teenagers were very concerned about saving face. If he directly called Lv Zhong out of the classroom, it would make Lv Zhong embarrassed in front of the others. It would easily provoke a negative attitude towards him.

Aroused by Tan Tianjun's pat on the shoulder, Lv Zhong raised his head, cast a puzzled glance at Tan Tianjun, and then slightly nodded.

Although he hadn't spoken much to Tan Tianjun, the homeroom teacher, Lv Zhong still liked him.

"Ha-ha, it is good that you agree. Come with me!" With that, Tan Tianjun happily pulled Lv Zhong up.

Meanwhile, Lv Zhong followed Tan Tianjun out of the classroom, still in a daze.

Sure enough, the sight of Tan Tianjun and Lv Zhong walking out of the classroom together didn't give the wrong impression to the students. The vast majority went back to focusing on their own things.

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