Chapter 115: Cleverness on Top of Cleverness

  After the first class, it's time for radio gymnastics. I heard that this set of radio gymnastics is called "Vitality of Youth" to connect with the primary school's "Rising Sun". It just satisfies us who have just entered puberty and always claim to be adults, always opposing our parents.

  "After finishing the broadcast exercise, Zhou Tianyong said right there: 'This damn broadcast exercise is finally done, I really don't know what the school is thinking, saying that in order to let us fully exercise, we have to do it twice, is this reasonable? My old arms and legs are all worn out from being messed with.'"

  Li Yong smiled and said: "Zhou Tianyong, you're just showing off. The school has its reasons for doing things this way. Yesterday, you were all gloomy, saying you might have to leave Class 10, and that we should cherish these days, even if it's the broadcast exercise you dislike the most, you'll do it seriously. But now that you know you can stay in Class 10, you're complaining again. I think you're just itching for a fight. If Director Wang doesn't scold you every day, you won't be happy."

  Zhou Tianyong turned his head and said, "What's that, Li Yong? I know you're a good kid who listens to the teacher all day long. Honestly, if I weren't here saying this, it wouldn't be allowed for you to hear it."

  Li Yong said seriously: "It's really not okay, you don't say it in front of me, how can I remind you? You represent the image of our class 10, and with your behavior, you completely distort others' views of our class 10. Other classmates are unjustly affected..."

  Zhou Tianyong quickly walked over and grabbed Li Yong, saying: "Alright, alright, I'm not going to be outdone by you. Let's go take a look, the exam results have already been posted on the bulletin board. Look at how many people are rushing over there! As for me, I estimate that I'll probably be among the last few in class 10, but I still want to go take a look."

  Li Yong comforted Zhou Tianyong, saying: "Tianyong, don't be so self-deprecating, you're still very capable. This time isn't an example? Ten people didn't even get a chance to surpass you, I originally thought...".

  Zhou Tianyong patted Li Yong's shoulder and said, "Hey, are you praising me or making fun of me? How can you talk like that?" "I won't say anything more, let's just go see who gets first place this time. Last time it was a tie between a boy and a girl for first place. I don't know if Ji Fengyuan or Nan Xiuxiu will come out on top this time."

  Zhou Tianyong urged, "Li Yong, hurry up. It's said that the top two can't be accompanied by a third person. Who knows if these two people will squeeze out from the altar? This month of getting along with them makes me feel that they are not gods, but just ordinary students, only a bit smarter."

  Zhou Tianyong and Li Yong looked at the crowd under the notice board, it was really crowded. Of course, their goal was obvious, they wanted to squeeze to the first notice board to take a look. However, everyone wanted to see what made a good classmate, so even if they knew their name wasn't on the first notice board, they still squeezed towards the first one with all their might.

  Zhou Tianyong and Li Yong were having a hard time squeezing in, but they vaguely heard someone say that there was more than one first place winner. Moreover, not all of the top ten winners were from their class. As soon as they heard this, Zhou Tianyong and Li Yong became excited, despite their different personalities, they both had a strong sense of collective honor. The two split up and went in from opposite sides, constantly shouting "make way, make way". They finally squeezed in just in time.

  Zhou Tianyong looked up and saw that, oh dear, he was just wondering why there were two first places, it can't be one first place, how did three first places come out of nowhere. All three scored 290 points, is this score really so easy to get? The three people are all tied at this score. Looking again at the names, on the first place spot, isn't it written "10th class Ji Fengyuan, 10th class Nan Xiao, and 9th class Xuan Yuanrui"? Zhou Tianyong looked again at his own score and ranking. Then he glanced over the list of names on the first bulletin board, and shouted "Let me through! Let me through!" as he squeezed out, indeed it's easy to get in but hard to get out.

  After Zhou Tianyong and Li Yong squeezed out, Zhou Tianyong sighed and said: "It's really people outside of people, mountains outside of mountains. This Xuan Yuanrui is actually a formidable character. No wonder he spoke so hard earlier in class about the seating issue. It turns out that having good grades makes one's waist strong. Li Yong, did you see that Xuan Yuanrui is from Class 9, just next to our class? But how come we've never heard anyone from their class say he's that formidable?"

  Li Yong glanced at Zhou Tianyong and said, "You think you know everything, but Xuan Yuanrui is low-key, it's called 'if not singing, then shocking the world'. Maybe he just had a bad performance during the junior high school promotion exam. Actually, he has great strength. But it's really interesting that our class has two original first-place students who are still in first place, and now Xuan Yuanrui has been added to the list. It's not often that three people tie for first place, you need a lot of fate to be so coincidental." (It's indeed, just a coincidence, and later you'll think it's even more coincidental.)

  Zhou Tianyong shook his head and said, "No, no, no. Look at his self-introduction today and the way he speaks, which one looks like a low-key person? Not good, I want to let Ding Yiliu go and play his ability to investigate Xuan Yuanrui. However, you don't say it, but we boys are still more powerful than girls."

  Li Yong tilted his head and said, "Where did you get this from? Your thinking is jumping too fast, I can't keep up."

  "Look, our class has fewer girls than boys, and originally the top two students were one boy and one girl each, but now it's two boys and one girl. I'm proud to be a boy in Class 10."

  Li Yong was completely speechless, rolled his eyes and said: "This is okay too, it has nothing to do with you, you can also put gold on your face. Why don't you say that Nan Xiangxiang is a boy who is more awesome than countless boys in our class? And I just saw that the second place Hou Jingya is also very awesome, she scored 285 points."

  Zhou Tianyong suddenly stopped, looking at Li Yong with a very ambiguous gaze. Li Yong felt his heart racing and said: "What's wrong, Zhou Tianyong? If you have something to say, just say it directly, don't look at me with this piercing gaze."

  "Oh oh oh, Li Yong, don't you have a crush on Hou Jingya?"

  "Get out of my way, Zhou Tianyong! A dog's mouth can't produce ivory, the bell has rung, hurry back to class!" As soon as he finished speaking, he started walking and running away. Zhou Tianyong chased after him tightly, saying: "Li Yong, your face is red, you're still denying it? If you don't deny it, I'll take it as a default!"

  "Are you annoying or what, Zhou Tianyong? Why are you nagging me like my mom? What do I have to blush about? You're talking nonsense. And let me warn you, don't spread rumors in class and damage someone's reputation. You know the teacher is against puppy love."

  "Yes, yes, yes, Li Yong, you're absolutely right. Don't worry, I won't mention anything in class. This matter is just between us, let's just drop it."

  It's another class break, and Liu Fengya is sitting in her own seat, not getting up to play around. She secretly pays attention to Xuan Yu Ruo next to her and finds that he is indeed more handsome than Ji Fengyuan. Earlier during the break, she saw on the bulletin board that Xuan Yu Ruo was also ranked first, not at all inferior to Ji Fengyuan. She has been in the same class as Ji Fengyuan since kindergarten, and they were even in the same school during elementary school. Now in junior high, they are still in the same class. Although she thinks Ji Fengyuan is okay, she feels that he is always polite to everyone, which makes him seem uncool and a bit hypocritical. In comparison, Xuan Yu Ruo next to her seems much cooler, especially after arguing with their teacher this morning - how handsome!

  Besides, Xuan Yuan said he came for Nan Xiao Xiao, but during these few lessons, I didn't see any interaction between them, I guess everyone misunderstood. Xuan Yuan said he came for Nan Xiao Xiao because Nan Xiao Xiao is the first place, he wants to compete with Nan Xiao Xiao. (But Liu Fengya, are you selectively forgetting? Ji Fengyuan is also in first place.)

  As she thought about it, she couldn't help but sneak another glance at Xuan Yuan Yi. His high nose bridge, bright eyes that shone with a hint of mystery, thin red lips, and broad shoulders made her want to lean in close. As she thought about it some more, Liu Feng Ya's face turned as red as an apple. (Poor Xuan Yuan, he was being fantasized about like this, fortunately she only wanted to lean on his shoulder and hadn't thought of kissing his thin lips yet.)

  I'm still angry, so I decided to ignore Xuan Yuan Ruo for the entire morning, no matter how he makes small movements behind me. Although I can clearly feel him staring at my back and occasionally messing with my hair, I'm determined not to pay attention to him. Let's see what he does, calling out to him during class is just asking for trouble, if I don't teach him a lesson, next time he'll say whatever he wants.

  What does he mean by saying that he came for me? Isn't this going to make our classmates imagine things? Not long ago, there was a fuss about me being in a relationship with two people at the same time, although it was later clarified as false. Now, what is he trying to say? He's just my old classmate, old deskmate, good friend, and good brother, and yesterday we even added another layer of senior-junior relationship, do we need to cause misunderstandings?

  What if that person gets misunderstood? (I hate it, why do you want me to say the name, it's Ji Fengyuan, what if Ji Fengyuan gets misunderstood?) Then I'll be so sad, I'm really innocent, I'm more wronged than Dou E.

  Xuanyuan patted my back and said, "Little girl, you're still angry, your temper is getting worse, it's not a big deal, the ancients said that 'a distant journey tests the strength of a horse, and time reveals a person's heart'. If someone misunderstands you, they don't truly understand you. Such people aren't worth your effort." He glanced back at where Ji Fengyuan was sitting with his peripheral vision, "If you're really angry, I'll stand on the podium and apologize to you, and clarify things for the whole class. What do you think?"

  Here is the translation:

  First update, I have something to say. I have a level 6 exam and a Mandarin exam in December, so updates might not be as fast. Although I was on the homepage of the girls' network today under the nine major categories, my responsible editor is very good. Considering that I've been busy lately, it's okay if I just write 6,000 words per day. So what I said yesterday about writing 9,000 words this week might not happen. However, I'll definitely write 9,000 words tomorrow or the day after, thanks to the precious pink votes from 0710ai0405. Don't mind me being annoying or changeable, you know all girls are like that, hehe. Today I said a bit too much, but don't forget the old topic - leave me messages and votes, especially pink votes! They will definitely bring more updates... (Your support is my greatest motivation.)