"Prepare the milk tea." Qin Li said to Li Ge while the teacher turned his back to write on the blackboard.
Li Ge released a murderous aura through his glasses, "What nonsense are you talking about? You know already?"
"Class 15 is on the first floor. They took pictures and posted them in the group chat." Qin Li handed the phone to Li Ge, and he conveniently looked at his expression.
The whole picture was shot quite clearly. As long as he zoomed in, he could see the names of the top 100 people clearly. Similarly, the two characters with black and enlarged characters can also be clearly seen.
Jiang Wei.
Li Ge's heart suddenly froze, and his face became ugly in an instant.
"Oh come on. You don't look like you don't have money. You're frightened by fifty cups of milk tea?" Qin Li poked the little fat boy next to him.
Li Ge glanced at Qin Li fiercely and sent a message to himself on his phone, ignoring Qin Li. He buried his head to send the message to the three person group chat.
It just so happened that Han Jiaojiao and Zhao Qian were also absent-minded, and the phone in the drawer was lit up and visible.
Li Ge: [picture.jpg]
Li Ge: [It's over! That guy is in first place again!]
Han Jiaojiao was still sitting upright, but her eyes were secretly looking at the phone on her lap. She zoomed in on the picture with her phone, and was stunned by the huge black name. Then she compared the gap between Zhi Ying and Jiang Wei in each subject. This time, the difference was actually fifteen points.
However, it was obviously because the difficulty of the exam papers had decreased. The easier the exam papers were, the more disadvantageous for Zhi Ying.
For example, this time, many people in the whole grade got full marks in mathematics, and other subjects were relatively easier than last time.
Therefore, the scores on the top 100 rankings were generally much higher, and the third place in the grade had also narrowed the distance with Zhi Ying. This time, it was not as scary as before, where there were ten or more point differences.
Zhao Qian: [Actually, Ying Ying's language arts has improved.]
Li Ge:[...Jiang Wei has also improved.]
Han Jiaojiao: [It's annoying. Why is he suddenly so powerful?]
Li Ge: [Although I don't want to admit it, he has always been very powerful. It is estimated that it was just because it was not suitable for our exam papers.]
Zhao Qian: [Ying Ying will definitely not feel good.]
Li Ge: [Should we stop her from going to the top 100 list?]
Han Jiaojiao: [Stupid, before school dismissal, the class president will bring the report card over. Isn't our class' first place the first place in the grade?]
Although the words were a bit crazy, they were the truth.
Zhao Qian: [And when did Ying Ying take the initiative to look at the top 100 list? It was only once last semester that we ran into her when we went to the cafeteria.]
"Okay, how many times have you taken exams, and you are still so restless?" The teacher knocked on the table, signaling the students who were a little impetuous today to calm down. "Pay attention in class. The grades have already come out. Looking at it sooner or later is the same thing. You will know best in your own hearts whether you have failed the exam or not."
Slender and fair fingers pressed and passed a note and suddenly caught Zhi Ying's eyes: [Would you like to go to the bulletin board to see the results together after class?]
Zhi Ying turned her head, looked at Jiang Wei, whose face was still facing the blackboard, and regarded this note as his provocation.
[Okay.]
Zhi Ying picked up the pen and wrote a word on it, which made Jiang Wei's words more elegant and handsome.
When the class dismissal bell rang, some anxious people who wanted to see their grades rushed out first. The teacher packed up his things on the podium and shook his head helplessly.
Han Jiaojiao and Zhao Qian looked back together, and were about to say something to Zhi Ying to distract her, when she saw the two people standing in the back row.
"???"
Together with Li Ge from the next group, the three of them watched Jiang Wei and Zhi Ying walk out of the classroom.
Qin Li wondered beside him: "Are they going to go out for a one vs one?"
Li Ge glared back at him: "No one will see you as a mute even if you don't speak."
"I'll go out and have a look." Han Jiaojiao stood up and walked out.
Li Ge ran to Han Jiaojiao's seat and lay on the window with Zhao Qian, staring at the bulletin board downstairs.
There was already a circle of people around, and all around were people taking pictures.
"Why can't the headteacher come here at this time? He'll definitely have a whole bucket of phones." Li Ge sighed while looking at the group of students holding phones below.
Zhao Qian didn't reply to him because he saw Zhi Ying and Jiang Wei walking downstairs side by side, followed by a sneaky Han Jiaojiao.
Zhi Ying stood next to Jiang Wei and was a little unexpectedly nervous. In this exam, she didn't feel that she did badly, nor did she think she did well in essay composition.
At this time, there were circles of people at the bulletin board, and the people behind were so crowded that they couldn't see the ranking above.
Jiang Wei could see clearly that, no surprise, the top person was himself. He turned to look at Zhi Ying beside him, and he knew that she could obviously see her name under Jiang Wei.
"I'm first place." Jiang Wei said lightly.
"Oh." Zhi Ying's face was expressionless, but her heart was in a mess. She suddenly wondered if she was stupid.
Jiang Wei always felt that he had heard Zhi Ying's grievances. His eyes were full of smiles, and even the corners of his lips drew a beautiful arc.
To Han Jiaojiao, who was watching from behind, this scene was blatant ridicule and irony!
"Next time I'll be able to surpass you." Zhi Ying stared at Jiang Wei and said firmly. Her face returned to a fair complexion, and a thin blush appeared on her face because of emotion.
Jiang Wei moved his downed fingers and said in a low voice, "Okay."
Zhi Ying frowned suddenly, thinking that Jiang Wei was provoking her again.
After looking at the rankings, the preparation bell for the fourth class period also rang. Zhi Ying turned around and walked into the teaching building, followed by Jiang Wei.
Han Jiaojiao, who was following behind, immediately dodged and hid behind a pillar. The two people, who could see clearly upstairs, sighed.
Zhi Ying was pressed down again and again because of her grades, and she couldn't calm down no matter how much she tried. Looking at Jiang Wei, she felt that he was a little annoying.
Although classmate Jiang Wei was kind, Zhi Ying decided to hate him from now on.
The first step to hating him was to not speak to him, although the two of them didn't talk much in the first place.
What everyone did not expect was that in less than a week, there would be news that came to the school. It was said that the higher-ups of the Education administration suddenly organized a provincial joint exam, and all schools had to participate next Wednesday.
For ordinary students, this was a very tormenting thing. But for Zhi Ying, it was a good opportunity to overtake him. She tried her best to memorize some good words and sentences, trying to fill her dry brain.
"Xiao Ying, come out to eat." Lin Zhuo went upstairs and knocked on the door, but didn't expect a light push to open it. He listened to Zhi Ying muttering and memorizing something.
"Grandpa, why did you come up?" Zhi Ying was interrupted. She put down the book, and quickly helped her grandfather sit down.
"Your mother called you several times from downstairs. I was afraid you didn't hear, so I came up." Lin Zhuo said with a smile, "Why is Xiao Ying working so hard? You are already in first place. Don't work so hard and harm your body."
Speaking of first place, Zhi Ying's expression dropped immediately: "I'm not first place."
Lin Zhuo was really taken aback: "There is someone that has better grades than our Xiao Ying?"
"He's very powerful. His handwriting is better than mine, and his essay composition is better than mine." Although Zhi Ying felt aggrieved, she had to admit that Jiang Wei was better than her.
"Is that so..." Lin Zhuo patted his granddaughter and smiled, "It's a good thing to have an opponent. It can help you improve. But Xiao Ying, don't force yourself too hard; the body is the most important thing."
"But if I don't improve my writing score, he may always be the first." Zhi Ying couldn't accept such a thing happening at all.
A person who was used to taking the first place from the beginning of school could not accept the sudden change to the second place.
"But our Xiao Ying's body is also very important. Grandfather will be worried."
"I'm sorry, Grandpa." Zhi Ying whispered apologetically.
"Okay, let's go down to eat." Lin Zhuo supported himself with Zhi Ying's hand and slowly stood up.
In the blink of an eye, it was next Wednesday. Zhi Ying finished all the exams with a heavy heart.
For this exam, the school would pick 200 exam papers and take them to the province for correction, so the results will not come out so quickly. When the students heard this news, a big stone fell on their hearts.
Zhi Ying had been anxiously waiting for these few days. She had worked hard to learn, and she had also tried her best to write the essay.
The day before the results came out, Lao Han specially called Zhi Ying to the office to talk.
"When you came in, all the teachers in the school knew about you, and the principal was very optimistic about you." Lao Han said with a smile, "Even now, all the teachers still think you are good."
"Mhm." Zhi Ying nodded, wondering what the headteacher called her here for.
"Sometimes first place doesn't mean anything, especially with you and Jiang Wei's current grades. There is no problem with being accepted into top colleges, and they don't even need any extra points." Lao Han took a sip of tea and continued to explain, "So there is no difference between the first and the second for you. The teachers know that you are both very good."
"My essay composition is not good." Zhi Ying pointed out her shortcomings honestly.
"Mhm, I know. But everyone always has their own weaknesses. Zhi Ying, you don't need to press yourself too hard. Although your essay composition is a bit poor, it wouldn't affect your entrance into the top universities."
"Oh." This conversation was of no use, especially after the results of the joint exam came out. Zhi Ying put all the words of dissuasion at the back of her head and immersed herself in her studies, which was the complete opposite of her relaxed appearance before.
Zhi Ying was pressed again and again, and the teachers and students of No. 1 High School began to gradually become numb. Even Han Jiaojiao's trio felt that Jiang Wei would keep pressing Zhi Ying throughout their high school career.
The relationship between Jiang Wei and Zhi Ying had also reached a freezing point. Zhi Ying would never ask Jiang Wei any questions, nor would she ask him for advice on essay composition. She couldn't write it anyway!
"Xiao Ying, you can buy something to eat at home on the weekends. Your mother and I will send grandpa back to the capital." Father Zhi knocked on Zhi Ying's door and said to the door, "Don't sleep too late."
"Has Xiao Ying slept?" Lin Xiuyu sat in the living room and asked Father Zhi on the stairs.
Father Zhi shook his head: "You don't know that kid? Plus, I heard that she's always second in exams recently, so she's under a lot of pressure and stress."
"Silly child, following her uncle." Lin Xiuyu suddenly said.
Zhi Jianlong walked to his wife and hugged her: "There's no solution; she was born like that and it can't be changed. We can only watch Xiao Ying carefully and prevent her from doing anything bad."
Early in the morning, Zhi Ying rode her bicycle to school and was in a bad mood on the road. She had a sense of fear of school now. Every day when she entered the classroom and saw Jiang Wei, she recalled the fear of being dominated by him.
Zhi Ying, who didn't care about anything at first, now thinks all about Jiang Wei. She was constantly thinking about how to pull him down from the first place throne.