Time passed day by day amidst heavy academic workload, and in the blink of an eye, Xia Minmin had gone from a junior high school student to a high school student.

As dawn broke, apart from the early-rising high school students, there was no one else in the neighborhood.

"Good morning, Xiaomin!" Tang Meng waved her arms and called out softly. Most of the residents in the community were fast asleep at this time, with only a few lights on.

Xia Minmin saw Tang Meng running over and said, "Good morning! Mengmeng."

"Are you planning to choose humanities or science?" Tang Meng asked.

Xia Minmin said with a worried look, “Sigh…it’s so hard to choose! You know I’m worse at science than humanities, and humanities is my comfort zone, but the reality is that science graduates have better job prospects and more majors to choose from.”

Tang Meng is a good listener. "I think with your science scores, it wouldn't be difficult for you to get into Peking University or Tsinghua University. It's just that you might not be able to continue to be number one."

"My parents mean they have no objection to whatever major I choose, but my homeroom teacher wants me to choose science. I'm undecided, but my scales tip towards science."

All those years of hard work in her studies paid off; at least before this, Xia Minmin was always first in her grade, and humanities subjects were the most important source of points for her.

Tang Meng patted her best friend on the shoulder, "Don't hesitate, just choose science. Maybe we can still be classmates."

As the two approached the vicinity of No. 1 Middle School, they saw several students wearing the school uniform, their heads down, acting suspiciously, seemingly doing something. The dean of students' academic affairs stood not far in front of them, watching them.

Xia Minmin swayed her arm, which was linked with her best friend's, and whispered, "The head of student affairs is over there!"

With so many years of tacit understanding, Tang Meng quickly understood what her best friend meant, and she prepared to remind these unlucky students who were being targeted by the head of the teaching department.

Xia Minmin coughed violently as she passed by these unlucky people.

"Cough cough..."

Tang Meng whispered to them, "The head of the teaching department is watching you!"

The unfortunate men frantically stuffed what they were holding into their pockets.

The head of student affairs strode over with a stern face. "You lot, hand over your handheld game consoles!"

Xia Minmin and Tang Meng realized things were going badly and were about to make their escape.

The dean of students said to Xia Minmin with a half-smile, "Oh, isn't this the class monitor of Class 1, Grade 1? You've caught a cold today? Your cough is so loud!"

Xia Minmin quickly covered her mouth and coughed softly, "Cough cough..."

Tang Meng said, "Teacher, Xiaomin caught a cold yesterday and coughed for a long time last night. Her voice is hoarse. I'll help her back to the classroom first."

The head of student affairs looked the two up and down, and said indifferently, "Go!"

The two men, now pardoned, quickly left the crime scene, while the headmaster's roar came from behind.

"It's you guys again! You're about to be seniors in high school, and you're still playing games. Do you even want to go to college? Enough is enough. You have to call your parents over tomorrow."

After entering the school gate, Xia Minmin and Tang Meng smiled at each other and walked into the classroom hand in hand. Most of the students in the classroom were their junior high school classmates.

"Xiaomin, Mengmeng, good morning." Passing by Lin Lanzhi's seat, she was still the high school's entertainment committee member.

"Zhilan, good morning!" Lin Lanzhi sat in front of Xia Minmin.

Lin Lanzhi turned to look at Xia Minmin, "Have you decided to choose science or humanities?"

Lin Lanzhi was also struggling with the choice of subjects; her teachers and parents all wanted her to choose science. In fact, 99% of the students in her class had chosen science, and she would likely go straight to the second year of high school.

"Science." Xia Minmin took the textbooks out of her schoolbag and put them on the desk.

"Huh? Does that mean I've lost my last ally? Old Chen is really despicable, he's managed to take you all down one by one." Lin Lanzhi's seemingly gentle face was contorted with rage.

Across the aisle, Gu Fei twirled a book with his fingertips. “It’s normal. Our school has always been known for its science programs. The top fifty science students in the city have always been from our school. Moreover, the students in our class have similar scores in humanities and science. The main difference is in the three subjects of Chinese, math, and English. So, it’s feasible to choose either humanities or science.”

Then he smiled and said to Xia Minmin, "Little class monitor, from now on you'll be number two forever."

He patted Xi'ang's desk behind him and said, "Brother, congratulations on taking the first place."

Xi Ang rolled his eyes at him, ignored him, and continued doing his exercises.

Lin Lanzhi glared at him, "Childish!"

Xia Minmin felt that Gu Fei was telling the truth. Xi Ang was only slightly weak in Chinese, and he could only lose a maximum of 20 points in math, English, and science subjects. She, on the other hand, would lose 20 points in science alone, not to mention math.

Teacher Chen walked in, carrying a book under his right arm and his battle-damaged thermos in his left hand, and the noisy classroom quieted down.

"Class monitor, please bring the subject assignment registration form to my office before noon. Morning reading will begin now."

Teacher Chen put her things on the podium and then wandered around the classroom. Xia Minmin guessed that she was planning to talk to students who had chosen humanities, such as herself.

The three remaining students in the class who chose humanities have probably all wavered.

Teacher Chen tapped on Xia Minmin's desk and pointed outside; sure enough, they were still talking.

"Xia Minmin, your combined science scores aren't bad either, why didn't you choose science? In the future, no matter what major you study, science will be more advantageous than humanities..."

Teacher Chen repeated the content of the last conversation for about three minutes, and Xia Minmin counted the time in her mind.

178 seconds, 179 seconds, 180 seconds.

Xia Minmin had just finished counting to 180 seconds when Teacher Chen stopped talking. Teacher Chen had a habit of talking to people for three minutes before summarizing.

"Xia Minmin, what do you think?"

Xia Minmin said, "Teacher, I've decided to choose science."

Teacher Chen smiled with satisfaction and patted Xia Minmin on the shoulder, "Good, good, still the class monitor in the second year of high school! Go and call Lin Lanzhi out."

Before Xia Minmin could sit down, Lin Lanzhi turned her head and asked, "Old Chen, did you want to talk to me about the subject division?"

"Yes, Old Chen wants you to go out too."

Lin Zhilan walked out of the classroom with a long face. Who could stand having to have a talk with her every morning during reading time!

Originally she had ten allies, but now only three remain, and even those three are in dire straits, as they have all fallen one after another, including her.

After talking to the last student, Teacher Chen finally showed a long-lost smile. All thirty students were science majors and could directly enter the second year of high school. They no longer needed to remember names or re-elect class officers.

"Why is Teacher Chen smiling so happily? Did all the students in the class choose science?" The homeroom teacher next door was also talking to a student.

“Yes, my task is complete.” Teacher Chen enjoyed the envious looks from her colleagues.

As get out of class was about to end, Teacher Chen stood on the podium with a radiant face. "Quiet! Listen to me for a moment, and then we'll have breakfast."

"This time, all the students in our class chose science, so we've been promoted directly to Class 1 of Grade 11. For the next two years, we'll continue to work hard and strive for excellent results in the college entrance examination. get out of class dismissed!"

One good thing about Teacher Chen is that she never goes overtime. She even ends the class before lunch early, and the students in the class are used to it. They quietly leave the classroom and go downstairs to eat breakfast.