Chapter 9 I Want to Be Zhou Chong's Deskmate

After dinner, Jiang Wan took Sun Qianyu to Lao Fan's office.

Sun Qianyu went into the office first, while Jiang Wan waited outside.

On the way here, she taught Sun Qianyu several times, even bringing up the reasons why Lao Fan forcibly separated them in their previous life.

Doesn't this hit Lao Fan right in the heart?

As long as Sun Qianyu doesn't get so nervous on set that she performs recklessly, there shouldn't be any problems.

Jiang Wan waited outside the office for a while longer before finally seeing Sun Qianyu turn around and come out, her face beaming with an undisguised smile.

"How so?"

"Old Fan said he still needs to ask Jiang Shengming for his opinion."

Jiang Wan nodded and poked her cheek again, "It's not even official yet, and you're already smiling so happily?"

Sun Qianyu laughed even more happily, "I'll use the tricks you taught me, like how I don't have much self-control, and how Jiang Shengming, as the class monitor, not only has excellent grades but is also very self-disciplined, so he can definitely keep me in check."

"Upon hearing this, Lao Fan nodded repeatedly, saying that I had finally realized my shortcomings and that if I could learn more from Jiang Shengming, I would definitely make significant progress."

Sun Qianyu became happier as she spoke, "When I heard that, I knew it was pretty much the case, so I immediately assured Lao Fan that I would definitely learn from him."

Jiang Wan smiled after hearing her retelling.

It's likely that this was what Lao Fan thought after separating her from Sun Qianyu in their previous life, which is why he arranged for Sun Qianyu and Jiang Shengming to be deskmates.

"Alright, you can go in now." Sun Qianyu patted Jiang Wan on the shoulder. "Good luck."

"Uh-huh."

Jiang Wan nodded and stepped into the office.

As soon as Lao Fan saw her, a knowing smile immediately appeared on his face. "Jiang Wan, your deskmate is leaving you. Have you decided where to go?"

“I’ve made up my mind, Teacher Fan.” Jiang Wan stood upright in front of Teacher Fan, offering a polite smile. “I want to be Zhou Chong’s deskmate.”

Now it was Lao Fan's turn to be stunned.

Zhou Chong and Jiang Wan, these two top students, never needed his help with their grades, but perhaps it was the arrogance of good students, but ever since they were assigned to Class 1 in the second year of high school, they had never given each other a kind look.

To be honest, Zhou Chong didn't give anyone a friendly look, even towards his homeroom teacher, he treated everyone the same.

Therefore, only someone with a good personality like class monitor Jiang Shengming could sit next to Zhou Chong without feeling uncomfortable.

As for Jiang Wan, she was smart and beautiful. Not only did she have good grades, but according to his understanding, she also came from a well-off family. Before being outshone by Zhou Chong, she had never experienced any setbacks.

If he remembered correctly, Jiang Wan used to look away from Zhou Chong whenever she saw him, raise her head, and turn away like a proud little swan.

Two people who are completely unrelated are going to be deskmates?

Old Fan was even worried that the desks wouldn't be wide enough for the two of them to draw a line down the middle.

However, experience truly matters. Jiang Wan clearly saw the surprise in Lao Fan's eyes, but it disappeared after a few seconds, and he returned to his calm state.

Perhaps... there's also a hint of inquiry?

Old Fan coughed lightly, picked up the thermos beside him, unscrewed the lid, took a sip of tea, and then slowly asked, "May I ask why?"

Jiang Wan had already prepared an answer to this question.

She lowered her eyes and pointed to the monthly exam ranking list on Lao Fan's desk. "Zhou Chong always gets better than me. I don't want to be second best all the time. I want to be his deskmate and learn from his study methods."

After saying that, she looked up and smiled at Lao Fan, "I want to improve together with Zhou Chong. Maybe the top two scorers in the science stream of Lincheng's college entrance examination this year will be in our class."

These words were so righteous and eloquent that they moved even Lao Fan.

In particular, the thought that his class might produce both the top scorer and the second-highest scorer at the same time was so tempting that it would be impossible for him not to be tempted.

"Good, good." Old Fan smiled, his eyes narrowing. "Jiang Wan, you should strive towards this goal."

This goal was stated vaguely, without specifying whether the goal was to become the top scorer or the second-best scorer. Old Fan thought he had handled this situation well.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wan, standing in front of him, had a smiling face but was actually panicking inside.

She made a boast, but with her current brain at twenty-eight years old, she'd be lucky to even make the list, let alone be second place.

Although her reasons for wanting to be Zhou Chong's deskmate weren't entirely pure, she genuinely wanted to learn from him about study methods. At her current level, if she didn't find a top student to tutor her properly, she was afraid she would be completely lost in the next exam.

Old Fan chatted with Jiang Wan for a while with a smile, and finally said that he would ask Zhou Chong's opinion again, so he told her to go back to class first.

During the afternoon break, Zhou Chong and Jiang Shengming were called out one by one.

They were only gone for a short time; they came back in less than two minutes.

Jiang Wan and Sun Qianyu sat in their seats, exchanged glances, and remained silent in tacit agreement.

When Zhou Chong returned, he passed by Jiang Wan in the aisle next to her and gave her a meaningful look.

Jiang Wan noticed, but she pretended not to see it and didn't ask Zhou Chong if Lao Fan had asked him if he would like to be her deskmate.

There's no point in asking that question; we'll find out the results tonight.

Lincheng No.1 Middle School has ample time for dinner, enough for some day students who live nearby to go home for dinner before returning.

When Jiang Wan was in her second year of high school, she often did this. Sometimes she would bring Sun Qianyu home for dinner, or go to a restaurant on the street near the school gate to try something different.

As for why we didn't do that in the first year of high school, it's because we didn't need to stay at school for evening self-study in the first year.

When she reached her senior year of high school, the studies became quite demanding, and Jiang Wan became too lazy to make the round trip.

Sometimes, when Shan Tong gets home early from get off work, she asks the housekeeper to prepare meals in advance, pack them in Lock & Lock lunchboxes, and bring them to school to improve her meals.

Most of the time, Jiang Wan and Sun Qianyu would eat in the cafeteria, and after the meal, they would take a walk around the school's artificial lake, chat, and review their lessons.

The idea of ​​seizing fragmented time for learning was a popular notion back then.

Strangely enough, Jiang Wan's memories of her senior year of high school were very vague, and she couldn't think of anything other than studying. But after returning to school, many vivid memories suddenly came flooding back.

These are all trivial daily things, such as the braised pork ribs in the cafeteria being delicious, but the sweet and sour pork ribs being terrible.

For example, many students would recite their lessons together by the artificial lake at school, but there would be fewer people on the side closer to the grove of trees, where there was a bench and you could always get a seat if you were lucky.

Today, Jiang Wan ate delicious braised pork ribs in the cafeteria, but after the meal, she and Sun Qianyu did not go for a walk by the artificial lake, but went straight back to the classroom.

Before evening self-study, Lao Fan would bring a new seating chart to organize everyone to change seats.