Chapter 9

  Mid-term exam, Chen Huaixing's total score slipped to tenth, but English and language were both first, and second in the three international classes. This time's composition was slightly more adult-oriented, so she took advantage of it. Dong Xuemin's total score rose by one place. However, since the scores from sixth to twelfth are very close, and there is also a tie for eighth place, the teacher didn't even think about notifying her parents.

  Chen Haotian sighed and threw down his chemistry textbook.

  These days are spent in a state of exhaustion. The moment you relax, you immediately fall behind, while others continue to desperately try to push you out.

  This is the situation of thousands of troops and horses crossing a single-log bridge!

  "...Everyone, our progress will be half a semester faster than ordinary textbooks, that is to say, finish the three-year teaching plan in two years of high school, take the entrance exam ahead of time, and then sprint in the last year. But I hope you don't specialize too heavily now, unless you really can't do it, because the entrance exam scores will also affect the admission and elimination of the final college enrollment..."

  Chen Haoteng thought the class teacher was talking about herself, English first, math tenth, chemistry around twentieth, physics roughly thirtieth. Uh, she wasn't even the most biased one, because the last ten in science and engineering were mostly okay with liberal arts. Not talking about me, not talking about me, not me...

  "Chen Haoteng, after you returned, is the study time for each subject still the same?" The class teacher suddenly called out his name.

  "Not the same!" Chen Hui jumped in fright, "I, math is the most, followed by physics, uh, Chinese and English are the least. As for history and politics, mainly look at them before the exam."

  "....Alright, sit down." The class teacher was speechless: This is just a natural bias, nobody can do anything about it, they really aren't cut out for this. "Looks like you were forced to choose foreign languages."

  Foreign language major? Chen Huan blinked, is it necessary to decide on a high school? Hmm, forget it, English majors have an easy time finding work, at least they can do well as tutors. However, this also means that they must attend a prestigious university, otherwise the tutoring fees will be unmentionable, and other part-time job opportunities are also more inclined towards students from prestigious universities. She quickly filtered through the universities and majors within a 500-kilometer radius in her mind, along with some memories of those schools' admission scores. Hmm, actually there's still plenty of room for choice.

  "...Next academic year, we will strengthen history and politics courses, music classes will be cancelled and replaced with computer classes, physical education and sports classes remain unchanged... We will also make some class adjustments, our class is liberal arts and foreign languages, Class 1 and Class 2 are science and engineering. So everyone can consider choosing a direction now, the application form must be submitted before the final exam..."

  The head teacher finished speaking and dismissed school.

  "Chen Haoteng, you must be from the liberal arts department, right?" asked Li Xiaobo, who was sitting in the last row and leaned forward to ask.

  Liberal Arts.

  "Is it because you didn't do well in science? The teacher even called out your name."

  Yes indeed

  "Physics is especially poor, almost at the bottom."

  "God is indeed fair, haha——” The other students were all struck by Chen Huai's performance, especially after learning that she spent the least amount of time studying English. Li Xiaobo, who ranked ninth overall, felt even more depressed. If they were to be divided into subjects, then Chen Huai's weakness in physics and chemistry would not exist, while his own weaknesses happened to be English and politics.

  "Are you taking science courses?" Chen Huai interrupted her sly smile.

  "No way, who made me good at physics?! Hehe - I'm planning to major in computer science, or we could go to Beida together."

  "It's too far." Chen Huan's three words killed the whole scene.

  "That's the best university!" Distance? That was never a problem!

  "It's too cold, the climate is also dry, transportation costs are expensive, and the food doesn't suit me either." Chen Huan had always been practical. "However, if the tuition fees were particularly cheap, I would still consider it. But the admission scores are too high, taking the exam is too tiring, not worth it."

  Li Xiaobo was frustrated and gave up, feeling that they were completely unable to communicate.

  Chen Haotian didn't feel like he had heavily struck a young girl in bloom at all, and instead took out a small mirror to look at the new acne that had popped up. Hmm, it was already almost healed under various treatments. However, there were still some faint marks left from the previous pimples.

  "Hey, do you still remember Pang Hua? The one with a blackhead that you mentioned." Dong Xue-min sneaked back into the classroom to tattle again.

  "Yeah, blackheads and pores are quite serious."

  "Hahaha, he's got a lot of acne now! They're red and big, all over the place... I just snuck a peek when he was leaving class, it's hilarious! ... Didn't you say to send him to the beauty salon to get treated by Auntie? He refused to go and instead studied hard, and ended up breaking out in acne." Dong Xuemin couldn't help but laugh and roll around on the ground.

  "Oh, so the aunties at the beauty salon can't solve it. If you're familiar with him, you can suggest trying aloe vera and eating some detoxifying foods, and also keeping his diet light, especially not eating too many supplements and health products."

  "Plop plop plop plop——" Dong Xue-min clutched his belly and ran out in response.

  Yeah, clearing fire. Chen Hui Sheng went home and stopped by the market to buy some winter melon and dried shrimp on the way.

  Mom cooks a soup, Dad stir-fries a dish, and she makes a winter melon dish.

  The weather is getting hot quickly. It's time to clear the fire.

  Chen Haotian worked hard on history and physics after filling out the class registration form.

  As a result, at the end of the semester, English ranked first, Chinese was in the top five, and the other six main subjects were slightly lower. The total score was sixth, and the gap with seventh place widened by several points.

  It's still going to be tough and tiring for another two years!

  Chen Haotian was so bitter that he almost cried. In his previous life, high school was just because of average grades and interpersonal relationships, which made him feel unhappy, but not to the point of being exhausted to death. And now he is in an international class, which is a key class in a key high school, as long as he maintains his current level, it's still possible to get into a prestigious university, plus he didn't apply for popular finance and economics majors, hmm, actually, possibly, maybe... does he really need to work so hard?

  The TV shows during summer vacation are too boring!

  She slacked off for a day, then started going to the city library every morning, when it wasn't too hot, with her glass cup and tea leaves, as well as her backpack, notebooks, draft paper, and spent most of the day there.

  But this time, it's not mainly about storing books and newspapers, but rather the thick practice books that weigh as much as 10 kilograms! This time, they started to separate students into liberal arts and science classes in advance, so everyone got different summer homework. She received a large number of historical and political essays, literary critiques, excellent compositions, and three thick English exercise books. Additionally, there were several current event publications specified on the list - all available at the library, what a money-saver!

  In the first half of the summer vacation, Chen Huicheng had written down all the difficult math and physics problems she thought were challenging on her notebook paper. In the second half of the time, it was reading notes, reading articles, and solving English questions. The hard work during the four summers in junior high school has paid off, and now she has done all the high school entrance examination English and language papers for each province within five years. Now it's time to tackle the increasingly strange and unpredictable history and politics, but this is only ordinary for Chen Huicheng who has memorized the political science questions for the postgraduate entrance exam.

  It's really not easy at all!

  Long sleeves, long skirt, hat, mask, wind oil, warm tea water, ten drops of water, three notebooks, two pens, white paper drafts... Fully armed and equipped Chen Haicheng waits for the door to open every day, then returns in the evening to cook dinner, take a bath, read books and organize notes before going to bed.

  A long summer without air conditioning, internet, games, good movies and TV shows. If you don't exercise, you'll get sunburned or heatstroke, so naturally there's nothing to do but study.