On the morning of September 1st, Shang Lin went to No. 2 Middle School with a big backpack. There were fourteen classes in the first year of high school, with sixty students in each class. Class 1 and Class 2 were the key science classes, while Class 13 and Class 14 were the key humanities classes.

Of course, there are no subject divisions yet, so the students in all classes are not fixed. However, Shang Lin has been assigned to Class 1, and as long as he chooses science, he will likely stay.

However, high school life is more complicated than junior high school life. At least there are more students in the class, and boys at this age are just entering puberty, so who knows what kind of behavior they will exhibit.

Su Jinghang was unfortunately placed in Class 3 with Chu Jiu, while Luo Fanzhou and Bi Ran were in Class 4 and Class 14 respectively. He was speechless and wanted to ask the heavens why...

Why is everyone else in their own class, but I'm the only one who's in the same class as that guy from the ninth grade? Luckily, it's only for one semester. I hope they can be separated when the classes are divided next semester.

However, Chu Jiusheng completely disregarded Su Jinghang. Upon hearing that Shang Lin was also at No. 2 Middle School, he immediately rushed to find him. Unfortunately, he couldn't find him on the first try, but he found him on the second.

And as soon as he saw Shang Lin, he immediately adopted a fawning attitude, "Boss, what are you doing at No. 2 Middle School?"

Shang Lin felt a bit of a headache seeing Chu Jiusheng like this, but still asked, "Is something wrong?"

Chu Jiusheng chuckled sheepishly, “It’s nothing, ah, no, it’s something, boss, please take us in. Look how destined we are, we’re all in No. 2 Middle School, and under your influence, we’ve all turned over a new leaf and become sunny and cheerful young men.”

Shang Lin looked at Chu Jiusheng, who was still a head taller than him, with a bewildered expression. He had grown taller, but he hadn't expected this kid to grow taller too, which made him slightly annoyed.

Thus, the rarely emotionally swayed Sect Leader Shang resolutely refused, "No way, what's with all this 'eldest' and 'second' stuff? This is a school campus, do you think this is some ancient martial arts world?"

Despite being rejected, Chu Jiusheng remained undeterred, especially since it was something he had expected. So he continued, "But boss, we just admire you, not expect you to lead us astray. Why are you bringing up ancient martial arts? People strive for higher positions, water flows downhill, and you can't stop us from heading towards the sunshine. You are our sunshine, our lighthouse, our guiding light."

Shang Lin felt a chill run down his spine. Even someone as composed as him couldn't help but get annoyed and said, "Stop it! Are you reciting hymns to me? If you didn't know better, you'd think you'd gone mad."

Chu Jiusheng seemed completely oblivious to Shang Lin's displeased tone, or perhaps he was aware but didn't care, and continued to press the issue, "So, boss, you agree, right?"

Shang Lin really wanted to say, "I disagree."

But Chu Jiusheng was still so persistent. If he didn't take him in today, or explain things clearly, he probably wouldn't have any peace for the next three years. So he said, "What am I supposed to do as the leader? Take you guys to challenge the students from No. 1 Middle School to a fight?"

Chu Jiusheng looked at Shang Lin with a particularly complicated expression, and said in a patriarchal tone, "Boss, what are you saying? And how did you become so bad? What kind of fight are you arranging? Do you own a mine?"

Shang Lin, "..."

He was retorted by a child using his own words. Surprised? Unexpected? Infuriating?

Seeing Shang Lin's displeased expression, Chu Jiusheng smiled obsequiously and said, "Boss, I was just saying that casually. Actually, we want to study with you so that we can get into university in the future, escape from this small county, and develop our careers in a big city."

That's more like it. "Okay, but I might not have time to tutor you. You'll have to work hard on your own."

After a while, Chu Jiu was pleasantly surprised, but still a little uncertain, he asked, "Boss, did you agree?"

Shang Lin nodded, truly not understanding what this kid was so excited about. "Hurry up and go back to class."

"Okay, okay, boss."

Chu Jiu ran off happily, looking rather silly, but the vibrant energy unique to youth still made Shang Lin smile. Youth is truly wonderful!

However, the next second, Shang Lin felt a malicious gaze directed at him, but when he looked over, he found nothing.

School just started, and someone already has ill intentions towards me? No way? Could it just be my imagination? But I'm already at the third level of Qi Refining, the probability of something like this going wrong should be very low.

Because class time was approaching, Chu Jiusheng couldn't run to Class 4 and Class 14 to tell Luo Fanzhou and Bi Ran. But when he ran into his own class and saw Su Jinghang, he couldn't help but show off, "Shang Lin agreed."

The school bell rang the next second, making Su Jinghang feel uneasy. He had no idea what Chu Jiusheng meant by that nonsensical sentence. Shang Lin agreed? Agreed to what?

So as soon as school was over at noon, Su Jinghang ran to find Shang Lin, fearing that he would go straight home and he would have to wait until the afternoon. Fortunately, when he ran to Class 1, Shang Lin was still packing his schoolbag.

When Shang Lin saw Su Jinghang, he teased him, "Why aren't you hurrying to the cafeteria to grab some food? If you're late, you'll probably only be able to eat instant noodles."

Su Jinghang completely ignored Shang Lin's words and pulled him aside to ask, "What did you promise Chu Jiu you would be promoted to? That guy is as excited as a peacock with its tail feathers spread."

"Really?" Shang Lin chuckled. "You promised him we'd all study together."

"...That's it?" Su Jinghang's eyes were filled with disbelief. "When did that guy become so ambitious?"

Shang Lin said quite frankly, "We all come from small towns. Who wouldn't want to live in a bigger and better place? And for us, studying is probably the only way out."

That's true, but it just doesn't seem right when applied to Chu Jiusheng.

Shang Lin gently nudged Su Jinghang. "Stop thinking about it, hurry up and grab some food. I'm leaving."

"Oh, okay."

Su Jinghang hurriedly ran to the cafeteria. The cafeteria in the high school was indeed incomparable to that in the junior high school. Of course, there were also more people. He was really late, and the line was very long.

At this moment, Su Jinghang was particularly envious of Shang Lin, who had someone to accompany her to study. She could eat as soon as she got home, didn't have to queue, and didn't have to live in a cramped eight-person dormitory. It couldn't be better!

However, Su Jinghang didn't know that the apartment Shang Lin was renting now wasn't much better than the eight-person dormitory. Of course, this was all because he changed his mind at the last minute and transferred from No. 1 Middle School to No. 2 Middle School.

She Jinxing had to cancel his previous rental and find a place near the No. 2 Middle School. Finding one in such a rush was already a miracle; how could he possibly find something that met all his needs? He'll just have to wait until next year to look again.