Chapter 13 Male and female students cannot sit at the same desk.

"The swallows have gone, but they will return; the willows have withered, but they will turn green again; the peach blossoms have faded, but they will bloom again. But, tell me, wise one, why do our days never return? — It is because someone…,"①

"Still memorizing? Hurry up and eat breakfast, or you'll be late!" Gu Hua came into the room after washing up and saw Gu Yin still memorizing. She was incredibly impressed. These past two days, apart from eating and sleeping, Gu Yin's pen hadn't stopped! She had filled two notebooks and used up three ballpoint pens! She's really something!

Gu Yin nodded as she dressed: "I was just getting a feel for it this morning, and I've memorized almost everything!" She originally thought she wouldn't be able to finish memorizing them, but after twenty years, looking back at these books, she still felt quite familiar with them. She could basically memorize them after reviewing them three or four times!

Today is the first day of school, and there are too many people. Li Mengxin didn't dare let them give Gu Le a ride, so she asked Gu Qinglang to take him there himself.

The road was full of students, and the villagers were very envious when they saw that all three of them had new cars.

Li Xiaohua rode up to Gu Yin on the bicycle her brother had left her, and said enviously, "A-Yin, how much did your bike cost? The color is so nice and pretty! Is it easy to ride? Wow, it's a Shanghai brand!"

"380, it's easy to ride, very stable!" Gu Yin reminded him, looking at the road ahead, "There's a three-way intersection ahead, don't ride side by side, stay behind me." At the three-way intersection, one direction leads to No. 2 Middle School, and the other leads to the town. Students from the town are also heading towards No. 2 Middle School at this time. If you're not careful when turning, it's easy to have a collision.

"When this car is scrapped, I'll ask my mom to buy me the same model!" After saying that, he slowed down and followed Gu Yin, preparing to turn.

Just as Gu Yin finished turning the corner, Li Xiaohua's car crashed into her from behind, causing her to lurch forward again, like a tarot card, with both her front and back sides falling over.

"Damn it, if you can't ride a bike, don't ride it! Your bike is so shabby, how dare you ride it out like that? It's really bad luck so early in the morning!" A haughty and impatient female voice came from behind.

Gu Yin turned around and saw that Li Xiaohua's car had hit her and then the back of her car for some reason, knocking the front of the girl's car askew. Li Xiaohua's front tire had even hit the girl's calf, and the tire marks on the girl's sweatpants were very obvious.

Li Xiaohua's car also overturned, and the front tire got stuck in the girl's car. She was anxiously trying to pull it out.

Seeing this scene, Gu Yin suddenly felt like laughing for some reason.

She braked in time and didn't fall. After parking the car, Gu Yin walked over, turned it sharply, and finally straightened the front of the car, separating the two vehicles.

The girl's friend in front of her seemed to be calling her. She glanced at Gu Yin, then cursed and quickly pedaled away.

Li Xiaohua said with a bitter face, "My brakes failed. I just went to get them fixed the day before yesterday. I asked my mom to buy me a new one, but she said this car is still usable! Ugh, so annoying!"

Seeing that there were more and more cars, and it wouldn't be good for them to be blocking the way, Gu Yin patted her and said, "Hurry up and get in the car, or we'll be late!"

When they arrived at the elementary school gate, they saw Gu Qinglang looking around by the roadside. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them coming: "Why are you so slow? I heard there was a car accident behind us. Are you alright? There were too many cars, we couldn't move at all, we couldn't even stop!"

Gu Yin shook her head: "It's okay, Dad. You take your brother inside. We'll go ahead first."

"Okay, come out a little later after school, then there won't be as many people. Otherwise, with all these crowds, I'm worried you won't be able to control the car."

"I understand. Go back quickly after you drop your brother off, we're leaving!" With that, he pedaled away quickly.

When they arrived at the school gate, Gu Hua and Gu Shuche had already parked their car. Seeing the two of them coming, they quickly waved and said, "Over here! We've saved two seats for you!"

The two parked the car and walked together toward the teaching building.

"I'm on the third floor, Ahua is on the second floor, and you first-year students are on the first floor. If anything happens, come up to me. If you're bullied, remember to come to me too, understand?" Gu Shu instructed them as she walked.

Gu Yin nodded: "I understand." She came to learn, not to fight.

Li Xiaohua and Gu Yin were not in the same class, so they parted ways at the stairwell.

Gu Yin arrived at the entrance of Class 5 and looked inside. Most of the students had already arrived. Gu Yin sat down in the third row of the first column. There was no one there at the moment; she was the only one.

"I just got hit by an idiot on the road. My calf hurts from the impact. It was a piece of junk, everything was rattling except the bell, and she still had the nerve to ride it! Doesn't she care about being embarrassed?!"

Gu Yin had just wiped the table clean when she heard an arrogant female voice behind her. Without turning around, Gu Yin knew it was the girl from the road earlier. Gu Yin ignored her; it was the beginning of the semester, and causing trouble would leave a bad impression on the teacher. So she sat quietly and waited for the teacher to arrive.

The teacher arrived shortly afterward. Seeing that the classroom wasn't full, and that some students were still missing, she waited a little longer before giving up.

"A few male students, come with me to the office to get your books!" he said, and led the way out.

Gu Yin glanced at the people in the class. Several of them were familiar faces, such as Wang Yanni, the class monitor from elementary school; Zhao Xiaomin, the academic representative; Li Dandan, the vice class monitor; Qin Xueming, Gu Yin's deskmate; and Song Pengfei, who sat in front of her.

Qin Xueming saw Gu Yin turn around and wave, as if she wanted to talk to him, but she was a bit far away. He didn't know what she said to Song Pengfei, but then he ran over excitedly.

"Gu Yin! I never thought we'd be in the same class! What a coincidence! Is there no one here? How about we continue being deskmates?"

Qin Xueming was a talkative person. He often talked to Gu Yin in class when they were in elementary school. He was scolded by the teacher many times. He could talk non-stop by himself without Gu Yin having to say anything.

Gu Yin quickly interrupted him, "Sit if you want, there's no one else here." Then she moved further inside.

After Qin Xueming sat down, he leaned on the table and sized up Gu Yin.

Gu Yin: "...What's wrong?"

"Why are you wearing a hat? And you cut your hair short. Did you hurt your head?" He then reached out and took off Gu Yin's hat.

Gu Yin didn't stop him. He was just a show-off, just like she used to be. The more she tried to stop him, the more excited he became.

Upon seeing the bandage on Gu Yin's head, Qin Xueming exclaimed, "Who did you fight with? Did you get into such a fight?"

Gu Yin reluctantly took the hat and put it back on: "No, I bumped into it. Sit down, the teacher is coming."

Qin Xueming didn't look at the teacher, but his voice became softer: "You still have an injury on your head, aren't you afraid that wearing a hat will make it stuffy? My mother was always told by the doctor to let her hair breathe when she was injured."

Gu Yin shook her head: "It's okay, I'll get the stitches removed the day after tomorrow, it's almost healed."

Several male students had already placed their books on the first row of desks. The teacher looked at them and then said, "Start from the back and go to the front, one by one, come up and get your books. Don't make a fuss. If you're missing a book, just say so, and I'll write the title on the blackboard so you can check it yourself!" After saying that, he picked up the chalk and started writing the book titles.

Qin Xueming looked at Gu Yin and whispered, "I'll get yours for you later. You can just sit here. It's not convenient to go out, and you're still injured, you know?"

There was nothing to argue about in this matter; the other students sitting near the wall were doing the same, so Gu Yin nodded in agreement.

When Qin Xueming went up to get the books, he took two of each kind. The teacher saw this and asked, "Why are you taking two books? Take one for each of you, don't take more than that!"

Qin Xueming nodded to Gu Yin: "Teacher, I'll help my deskmate carry it. She's sitting inside and it's inconvenient for her to come out!"

The teacher looked at Gu Yin, then at Qin Xueming, and nodded.

After everyone had received their books, the teacher stood quietly on the podium for a while and said, "You are teenagers now, practically adults, not like children in elementary school. So you need to be proactive in your studies, take the initiative to learn, and ask questions if you don't understand something. But there are some things you don't need to be so proactive about. In junior high, male and female students are not allowed to sit together, and you are not allowed to wear hats in class. Please keep that in mind."

With a "whoosh," all the students in the class looked over at Gu Yin, because their table was the only one where boys and girls sat together.

Even Qin Xueming, who was usually a chatterbox, blushed at this moment. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but seeing how serious the teacher was, he didn't dare to.

Gu Yin sighed, stood up, and looked at the teacher gently, saying, "Teacher, Qin Xueming and I were always deskmates in elementary school. I didn't know there was such a rule in junior high. We'll be more careful in the future. As for Qin Xueming helping me carry my books, firstly, I'm against the wall, so it's inconvenient for me to get out. Other students who are against the wall also ask their deskmates to help them carry their books. Of course, my deskmate is a boy, so I'm a little special. Secondly, I have a head injury, and I was afraid of affecting the other students' attention in class, so I wore a hat. Also, Qin was worried about touching my injury. That's all." After saying that, she removed her hat.

When the classmates saw the scar on Gu Yin's head, they were all in an uproar!

In her past life, she sat with a girl, and this incident never happened. So Gu Yin genuinely didn't know that it was wrong to sit with a male classmate. After all, in the experimental class, male and female students could sit together, and no one would have any wild ideas.

The teacher seemed surprised that Gu Yin was so bold as to dare to argue. He paused for a moment, then said coldly, "I don't expect any students to contradict me. Just pay attention and do as I say. There's no need for any more nonsense. Alright, you can go back to your books. School ends at 11:30. Remember to bring your tools for a big clean-up this afternoon!" With that, he turned and walked out.

As soon as the teacher left, the class started making a ruckus.

"Wow, this teacher is so fierce! So scary."

"Yeah, yeah, could he be our homeroom teacher? That's scary!"

"He teaches physics and seems to be the homeroom teacher for Class 5. But we're going to be reassigned to different classes. I hope I do well on the exam and don't end up here!"

Qin Xueming was a little frightened, and he sat there quietly without making a sound.

Gu Yin glanced at him and said, "Why aren't you saying anything? Don't worry, based on your grades, even if you're not in the experimental class, you won't be in Class 5."

Qin Xueming's eyes lit up: "Yeah! He's really fierce, I don't like him."

What Gu Yin didn't tell him was that even after they were separated into different classes, she would still see him often. He taught her all the physics in the first year of junior high, and this teacher had a particular aversion to students who didn't do well in their studies.

Gu Yin once took a day off and missed the lesson. The next day in class, she was asked a question and didn't know the answer. He made her stand by the podium until the end of get out of class.

At that time, her family suffered a misfortune. Gu Yin, who was already sensitive, stood there for a moment and never raised her head again. She was so self-conscious that she was afraid of the word "physics".

Given a second chance, she would never give this teacher another chance.