Chapter 11: Getting along with classmates, city mock exam results

This made him a little hesitant whether to come back every weekend in the future. He would be in a particularly good state of mind to study with Zhang Wanwan, and home would be quiet without him having to worry as much as he would at school.

The next day was Monday again. Because Zhang Baiyan was at home, the family was together and neatly arranged. Zhang's father and mother were in a much better mood than usual when they sent them out in the morning.

The brother and sister walked together for a while and then separated. On the way, Zhang Wanwan ran into Ding Juncai and others who were riding bicycles and playing. Ding Juncai's eyes lit up, and he stopped to wait for Zhang Wanwan, waved at her and said, "Miss Wanwan, how did you feel about this mock exam?"

Zhang Wanwan looked as if she had seen a ghost. Did the sun rise from the west today? The poor student actually started to care about his grades!

"It's okay. I don't have the correct answers, so I don't know how many points I'll get." Zhang Wanwan said conservatively, her peaceful face looking very quiet.

Ding Juncai grinned, "My parents asked me to take the entrance exam for Yucai Middle School. Don't you want to take the entrance exam for Yucai Middle School too? This way we can be classmates again. I will copy your homework then!"

Zhang Wanwan staggered and almost fell, looking at Ding Juncai in surprise. He was so shameless and heartless that no one else could be compared to him.

The boy riding on the other side of Ding Juncai was immediately furious, mocking him without any hesitation: "You want to apply to Yucai Middle School? Will the principal agree? Even if you use your connections, they will only charge you money but lower the standard of the entire school. It's not worth it!"

"Go! Get out of here!" Ding Juncai was so angry that he kicked the other person while riding his bike. He was staggering and looked very dangerous. Zhang Wanwan was so scared that she quickly rode to the front, but Ding Juncai caught up with her and kept trying to get close to Zhang Wanwan, as if they had been admitted to Yucai Middle School.

Zhang Wanwan was still confused until she entered the class. She and Ding Jun had only been classmates for three years, and he had never been so enthusiastic when he saw her before. What had happened today? She couldn't figure it out, and since the head teacher had already appeared, Zhang Wanwan immediately let go of her entanglement.

Although the results of the city's mock exams have not yet come out, this does not prevent teachers of each subject from reviewing the papers, so that students can estimate their own scores.

After two days, the students who were originally full of fighting spirit were like eggplants hit by frost, especially Feng Ying and Ding Juncai, who were standing beside Zhang Wanwan. They sighed one after another, which made Zhang Wanwan depressed. She put down her book helplessly and looked at them, "Do you want to sigh down all the crows? From morning to afternoon today, school will be over in one more class. Do you still plan to continue sighing?"

"Hey!" they said in unison.

"I give up!" Zhang Wanwan spread her hands and ignored them.

Feng Ying beat her chest in frustration, "How can the teachers be like this! They're already reviewing the results before they come out. Now I'm feeling very nervous. Yesterday when I got home from school my dad asked me how much I did. I said it was hard to tell since they're already reviewing half of it before the results come out, so I managed to get by vaguely. Now the answers for each subject are out, and the estimated score is 30 points less than what I expected before. How am I going to explain this to my parents when I get home! Woo woo woo."

Feng Ying was pretending to cry at first, but she ended up crying real tears, which scared Zhang Wanwan so much that she quickly looked for tissues to give him.

Ding Juncai, who was standing by, watched listlessly and howled, "I am the one who is miserable! My parents said that if I fail a subject this time, they will cut off my pocket money. That means all my pocket money for this year. This is going to kill me!"

Feng Ying's crying stopped abruptly. She looked at Ding Juncai with wide eyes and suspicion. "Forget it. Let's not talk about anything else. You have never passed English since we were in the same class in junior high school! You can't even copy history and politics correctly when they put them in front of you. I think your parents' expectations of you are not realistic."

"Puchi!" Zhang Wanwan couldn't help but lower her head to her chest, her shoulders trembling.

Ding Juncai became even more angry and sad. "If you want to laugh, just laugh. It's really hard for you to hold it back!"

"Hahahaha." Zhang Wanwan and the classmates around her all laughed out loud.

The depressing atmosphere became much more relaxed because of the noise made by Feng Ying and Ding Juncai, and the expressions of those who had been frowning before also relaxed a lot.

Feng Ying had a few words with Ding Juncai and then ignored him. She asked Zhang Wanwan, "Wanwan, what about you? I didn't even hear you say how many points you estimated."

Zhang Wanwan paused and said seriously, "I don't think my estimate is very accurate. First of all, I'm not sure about politics, history and composition. The teacher also said that they only announced the standard answers. Every teacher grades papers differently, some are strict and some are lenient, so I didn't estimate. I'll know the results tomorrow."

Seeing her calm and composed look, Feng Ying kept shaking her head, "Tsk tsk tsk, if I were half as steady as you, my parents would wake up laughing in their dreams."

Ding Juncai interrupted at an inopportune moment: "Come on, you're not steady, you're steady and heavy!"

"Ding Juncai, you want to fight, do you?" Feng Ying was so angry that she threw the book, stood up and rushed towards Ding Juncai fiercely.

Ding Juncai was not good at studying, but he was good at running away. The two of them chased him around the front and back doors of the classroom, but when the bell rang, Feng Ying still couldn't catch up with Ding Juncai. Instead, she was out of breath, which was very embarrassing.

When the two of them sat down, their eyes were piercing each other like a knife.

Because the last period was a self-study class, the two could not be too unrestrained and could only throw paper balls at each other, which resulted in Zhang Wanwan being hit several times. After finally making it to the end of school, Zhang Wanwan packed her schoolbag before the bell rang. As soon as the bell rang, she left the classroom immediately. Feng Ying and Ding Juncai stood up at the same time. It was clear from Feng Ying's attitude that she would not give up until she could beat Ding Juncai.

The next day, the results of the third-year junior high school mock exam and the school and city rankings were posted on the bulletin board outside the school gate.

Zhang Wanwan entered the school and found that the gate was so blocked by her junior high school classmates that even her bicycle could not pass through. She was "shut out" and held the handlebars with both hands, standing on tiptoe and stretching her head to look from time to time, but unfortunately she could not see anything.

Just then, their squad leader broke through the siege and squeezed out. Zhang Wanwan was overjoyed and quickly shouted, "Squad leader, squad leader, what's going on?"

The monitor, Su Yuxing, was a tall, sunny boy who was on the school basketball team. When he heard Zhang Wanwan's voice, he immediately ran towards her and said with a bright smile, "Zhang Wanwan, congratulations, you did very well in the exam this time. You ranked first in our class, second in the school, and 81st in the city. If you can still rank so well in the high school entrance examination, you will definitely be admitted to No. 1 Middle School. You can choose any high school in Pu City!"

"Thank you!" Zhang Wanwan was really grateful to him, but she stood there motionless with a reserved smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)