"Xiao Wei."
Jiang Wei opened the car door and was surprised to see someone in the back seat.
"Mom." Recognizing the person, he sat silently in his original position, his face not even flinching.
"I'm here to see you. Are you doing well in Quan City?" Ruo Lan's beautiful and refined face bore a touch of worry. "The scenery of Lugu Mountain is good, but Quan City's environment is not as good."
"It's good, calm, and quiet." Jiang Wei leaned back in the chair with a light smile, "Mom, don't worry too much."
"Mom has nothing to do these days. I can stay in Quan City to accompany you." Ruo Lan only had one son and always wanted him to stay well.
"Ok."
Ruo Lan adjusted the embroidered shawl on her shoulders and spoke gently, "I heard from your headteacher that you are competing with a classmate in Class Two for the first place in the grade?"
Although Ruo Lan didn't care about Jiang Wei's achievements, she was very pleased with his initiative. Maybe it was because he was frail from childhood, but Jiang Wei always showed an indifferent attitude towards everything, and even she couldn't figure out what her son was interested in.
"Her name is Zhi..." Ruo Lan tried to recall the name she had heard just now.
"Zhi Ying." Jiang Wei added, "No, it's just a misunderstanding."
"Oh." Ruo Lan was a little disappointed but somewhat expected this answer. After all, this was her son.
There were not many people on Fengyang Road in the morning, and hawkers occasionally set up stalls. Both mother and son got out of the car, attracting the attention of all passers-by.
Ruo Lan was wearing an embroidered shawl. She had long black hair and a beautiful, elegant, and moving temperament. She attracted countless amounts of attention together with Jiang Wei.
"Your father originally wanted you to study abroad, but it still depends on your wishes, Xiao Wei." Ruo Lan hesitated.
There was only one son in the family, and the family business was bound to be inherited by Xiao Wei in the future. However, the couple were still reluctant to let their son go so far abroad.
"There are still two years. We will discuss it later." Jiang Wei said calmly, supporting his mother.
"Mhm." Ruo Lan helped her son fix his hair that was sticking out and smiled, "Mom knows that you don't want to have long hair. When you turn eighteen years old, you will decide whether to keep your hair or not."
The ancestors of the Jiang family were gracious to a Taoist priest. When Jiang Wei was born, the Taoist priest personally went down the mountain and hoped to take him to practice. But, of course, the Jiang family did not agree.
The Taoist priest ended up leaving a jade pendant, saying it would protect Jiang Wei from disasters and hoping he would keep his hair long until he was eighteen years old.
The Jiang family didn't care at first; it was their ancestor's business, after all. Not to mention, with the emphasis on socialism now, there weren't many places to believe in the gods.
It was just that Jiang Wei's body became weaker and weaker, and many doctors couldn't find the reason. In the end, he could only hope that what the Taoist priest said was true. Unexpectedly, Jiang Wei really improved since wearing the jade pendant.
The jade pendant was broken when Jiang Wei was fourteen years old. He fell ill that night, and the entire Jiang family was frightened. Ruo Lan and her husband, Jiang Kuan, went up the mountain and wanted to ask the Taoist priest for another jade pendant again. The priest did not see them, saying that temporal times have their own destiny.
It was strange that Jiang Wei did not have serious bad health for the next two years, and his body gradually became stronger.
However, his indifferent demeanor did not change.
Ruo Lan didn't even stay until the day when Jiang Wei's grades were released. She still had something to do in a hurry and had to return to the capital.
On the day of the results, Jiang Wei didn't go to school. He asked the headteacher for a leave and stayed at home.
"Young Master, do you want to invite a doctor over?" Uncle Li was worried that Jiang Wei was uncomfortable.
"Uncle Li, you are busy; don't worry about me." Jiang Wei's face was as usual as he said, "I just don't want to go to school today."
Uncle Li nodded. Seeing that the young master did not seem to be sick, he did not call the missus to inform her. After all, when residing in the capital, the young master would sometimes suddenly not go to school either.
This time, his grades did not tie for first place.
The bulletin board had not yet been posted with grades, but the people from Class One and Class Two had already spontaneously stood and waited.
"Why haven't they come out yet?" Han Jiaojiao anxiously rotated her body twice.
"I think the mid-term exam was much more difficult than the one last time, and the difficulty of math, physics, and chemistry was obviously doubled." Zhao Qian was a little nervous. He felt that he didn't manage to do better than last time. "Still, I don't think I fell out of the top 100."
Although he usually looked dashing, at this moment, Zhao Qian was still apprehensive. He was much more serious than when he started school; that is, there were too many masters at the school this year.
"Relax, it was difficult for everyone." Li Ge smiled. He was well-balanced in all subjects. He basically learned everything that he should have, it's just that his expansion of knowledge was not so flexible. But those that could expand their knowledge flexibly, wasn't it just those few in the whole grade?
"It's almost time for class; why haven't they posted the grades yet?" A classmate who wore glasses was also anxious.
Until the class bell rang, there was still no movement to post grades. The students who were in the vicinity were all driven back to class.
Zhi Ying had just finished a question and planned to take out the textbook for this class when she noticed her three friends returning and impatiently asked, "Did you see it?"
"It hasn't been posted yet." Zhao Qian lowered his head and said dejectedly. He didn't even want to eat snacks.
"Hey hey hey, here they come!" Li Ge, who was by the window, found that there were two teachers at the bottom carrying the list and walking to the bulletin board.
"Who came first?" Han Jiaojiao excitedly pulled Li Ge away, trying to see what was coming out.
"How can you see it from so far away?" Zhao Qian leaned on the chair and was depressed.
Han Jiaojiao didn't believe that she couldn't see, so she leaned out half of her body.
"It's posted! It's posted!" Han Jiaojiao said excitedly, grabbing Li Ge's round belly.
"Who?" Li Ge turned his head hard and squinted to see clearly.
"The teacher is here." Zhi Ying knocked on the table to remind him.
The two sat down immediately as if nothing had happened.
The first-period class was language arts, and the teacher did not have the list of grades. The students in the class were restless, and the atmosphere in the class was agitated.
"Zhi Ying, Zhi Ying!" Han Jiaojiao's eyes were full of enthusiasm, and she turned her head and said, "I saw it! The one in the first place has two characters, so it must be you! "
"..." Zhi Ying was silent for a while, "Classmate Jiang Wei also has a two-character name."
Han Jiaojiao looked startled and was immediately dumbfounded.
"I also think you are the first." Zhao Qian said firmly to his tablemate, "When the language arts teacher came in today, he didn't glare at you."
Zhi Ying raised her head and suddenly felt happy. "That's right. In fact, I also think my composition is well written this time."
"Zhi Ying, don't talk." The language teacher looked down at the test paper while reprimanding her.
"Ok."
"This time everyone's scores may not be as high as last time, but don't be sad." The language arts teacher stated to the students below, "I asked the teachers of various subjects, and they all said that the test papers were generally difficult. Even the language arts test paper in your hands was not easy."