Chapter 203 Competition Class Ning Mingmei

"Hello, classmate. I'm Lian Chengyue." Lian Chengyue extended her hand to the boy and said politely, "Your performance in class just now was really impressive."

Lian Chengyue's polite smile can make everyone feel good about her, but obviously, it doesn't work on this young man. The boy just glanced at him, which made Lian Chengyue a little unhappy.

"Oh," the boy said, "that's normal."

Lian Chengyue said: "From today on, we are classmates. Let's work hard together from now on."

Boy: “Oh.”

…The young man refused to listen to anything. Before the next Chinese class began, Lian Chengyue returned to his seat. Shi Ruzhuo, who had been silent for the entire class, asked him, "Are you interested in that boy?"

"This is the first time I've seen such a powerful peer." Lian Chengyue twirled the pencil in his hand. He used the reflection of the blackboard to look at the young man at the back of the classroom. "And he suddenly appeared out of nowhere. None of the disciples around him know his background. I have to get close to him and investigate him."

Shi Ruzhuo said, "Do you feel a sense of crisis? I think he's quite handsome."

"Appearance is just skin and flesh. Strength is the most dazzling thing." Lian Chengyue said, "Old senior, do you still remember that rumor?"

"What?"

"The best students in the cram school can get the qualification to enroll in the inner sect after the college entrance examination." Lian Chengyue said, "Now that I have missed the opportunity to take the competition, this is the only way to increase my chances of success in the college entrance examination. And he is likely to become an obstacle for me."

Shi Ruzhuo said: "It's rare to hear you being so modest. But are you sure you want to take the college entrance examination this year? And even if you take the college entrance examination at the same time, he may not be admitted to Piaomiao Peak..."

Lian Chengyue: "Piaomiao Peak is the best place, why shouldn't he go in?"

Shi Ruzhuo: ...

The Chinese class was about to begin. Lian Chengyue took out the "Chu Shi Biao" and wrote a few words from memory. He then said, "Old senior, I can't control my concern for him. It seems that he must have what I care about the most - the qualification to be the biggest competitor in the college entrance examination."

Shi Ruzhuo: ...

Lian Chengyue: "I want to be the top scholar. I want to enter Piaomiao Peak. Well, this is my goal."

Shi Ruzhuo: "You'd better shut up. And what if he's only good at math, but poor at Chinese and other subjects?"

Lian Chengyue said: "That makes sense."

Maybe Ning Mingmei withdrew from the competition class.

In addition to these large and small cram schools, the outer sect of the Qingji Sect also has special, officially established classes and schools, which are under the jurisdiction of different immortals. The cram school that Lian Chengyue attended was more like a college entrance examination training camp. He entered Qingji Sect halfway through his studies and missed the autumn semester in September and the spring semester in February every year, so he could only rely on this kind of training camp to improve his grades.

When Lian Chengyue inquired, he found out that these middle schools originated from the middle school that Ning Mingmei set up in Piao Miao Peak eight years ago - because he felt that the basic learning quality of the disciples recruited was too low, so they had to start from middle school in Piao Miao Peak. After eight years of various educational reforms, the trend of middle schools finally reached the outer gates. From then on, all middle schools were only set up in the outer gates, and Piaomiao Peak was only responsible for the management of undergraduate and graduate students.

The outer sect's middle schools generally follow the same setup as Piao Miao Peak. There are morning reading, evening self-study, monthly and weekly exams, quizzes, sports meets, and communication between home and school. Classes in middle schools are divided into the following types: rocket classes, parallel classes and competition classes.

As the name suggests, the Rocket Class is a class that only students with outstanding academic performance can enter. Some of them even strive for excellence and set up a "Piaomiao Class". There is no other reason, because Piaomiao Peak is the only TOP1 in Qingji Sect. Parallel classes are the classes for ordinary disciples. Competition classes are classes set up for competition students.

The students in the competition class will spend a lot of time on a single competition subject and reduce the study of other subjects. However, there are only a few people who can enter the school team, or even the outer team or the sect team. A general's success is the result of the sacrifices of thousands of soldiers. Disciples who are unable to join the sect team and obtain the qualification for admission, and have reached the age, can only regretfully withdraw from the competition class and enter the ordinary class to study with ordinary disciples, and sprint towards the college entrance examination with their raw scores.

In the eyes of others, students in competition classes are often shrouded in the aura of "academic masters". However, the fact is that due to being busy with the study of a single subject or even beyond the syllabus, the overall performance of the students in the competition class may be even worse than that of the students in the ordinary class after leaving the competition class. Therefore, in the eyes of many people, entering a competition class is often a "gamble with life". Bet with your own talent and hard work, bet that no one will perform better than you in the competition, bet that there will be no policy bias this year and that your middle school will get more places on the sect team.

Not only Shi Ruzhuo thought so, many other disciples also thought so - in their eyes, Merlin should be a competition student who retired from the mathematics competition class.

That's why he came to Yang Zhishui's cram school at this time. The time schedule of the competition students was very mysterious. They did not interact with the students in the parallel classes and were in training all year round. Therefore, they seldom saw the true faces of the students in the competition class. This also explained why they did not recognize Merlin.

Even Yang Feng, who went out to the toilet, heard the discussions. He explained to the disciples who were familiar with him: "Don't spread rumors. Merlin said he had been in seclusion for twenty years and just came out."

"Yang Feng, you don't know this. Many disciples who dropped out of the competition class are very ambitious! Just think about it, he is so outstanding, but because of the quota allocation and black box reasons, he was unable to join the sect team. Tell me, how disappointed he must be?" Another disciple said, "So, when he said that he was in seclusion for twenty years, he must be trying to save his dignity!"

"That's right. If he really had been secluded for twenty years, would he still know what mathematical induction is? My friend who participates in competitions told me that when they can't solve the big questions, they use mathematical induction. Most of the time, there is always one question among several big questions that can be guessed by mathematical induction."

"And you see, those who participate in math competitions are training all year round. Sometimes they are taken to a cave deep in the mountains and forests in carloads. The seclusion he mentioned must be training!"

The students were very imaginative. Since they had no idea what they were learning in the math competition, they spoke very convincingly. Even Yang Feng was convinced by them.

They are right!

In recent years, the Qingji Sect has developed rapidly. Merlin, however, took the bubble tea well. It was obvious that he was doing math training in a cave where he could order takeout!

The disciples were holding on to the door frame, some were watching Lian Chengyue wiping the blackboard, while others were watching Merlin staring out the window in a daze. Soon, several emotional and heterosexual female disciples stared at Merlin's perfect profile with tears in their eyes.

"Oh my god, the expert who was expelled from the competition team... he is so pitiful!"

"He looks so good... No, he looks so pitiful."

"He must have a broken heart beneath his proud exterior. We must comfort him!"

"I originally thought that Lian Chengyue was the most handsome disciple in the outer sect. Now it seems that although Lian Chengyue is beautiful, he is actually shallow. The most attractive are the beautiful, strong and tragic boys with stories!"

Ning Mingmei, who was sitting by the window, hadn't felt a chill down his spine yet, but Lian Chengyue, who had just finished wiping the blackboard, already felt a chill down his spine. He thought for a while while holding the blackboard eraser, and said to Shi Ruzhuo, "It seems that those people outside the door also regard Merlin as their competitor."

Shi Ruzhuo: ...I don’t think so.

As soon as the bell rang, everyone returned to their seats with pounding hearts. Ning Mingmei didn't listen carefully just now, but now he realized that the bell for the start of class in this cram school was "Kikujiro's Summer" and the bell for the end of get out of class was "To Alice".

...These are the ringtones that Ning Mingmei used to play in the Piaomiao Peak Affiliated Middle School.

Old Seventeen and Old Eighteen, you really copied the whole thing!

Ning Mingmei used a recording stone to record the evidence of the two people's infringement with an expressionless face. All of this will be included in Ning Mingmei's bill. When Yang Feng saw Ning Mingmei pursed his lower lips, ripples appeared in his heart.

"He is unhappy," he thought.

"He is not happy..." thought the female disciple next to him.

"He is not happy!" thought the male disciple next to him.

Only Lian Chengyue is truly unhappy.

Today's Chinese class is taught by Cai Xiaoying. Cai Xiaoying is also an inner disciple and also belongs to the Yangzhishui Education Alliance.

Brother Cai has a shortcoming: face blindness. For example, today, she said to Merlin: "Lian Chengyue, stand up and recite the "Leaving the Capital"."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Merlin actually raised his eyebrows and stood up.

Then……

"What? Didn't the requirement to recite the entire text of "The Memorial to the Emperor on Leaving the Capital" only require fluent reading?! Did the exam syllabus change again this year?"

"Oh my god, isn't he a contestant? How come he can even recite the "Leaving the Imperial Academy"?"

"The teacher said the next sentence and he continued the previous one. What kind of anti-monk's recitation is this!"

“No.” This time, Yang Feng gave his explanation again, “Didn’t the selection of the sect team come out a month ago? During this month, he must have been reviewing the college entrance examination content in the cave with sadness, getting up early and sleeping late, without a single day… Oh my God!”

“Oh my God!”

Everyone looked at Merlin with more pity and admiration.

After listening to Meilin's recitation, Cai Xiaoying nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, you have made great progress compared to before!"

The only unhappy person in the classroom at this moment was Lian Chengyue, who was called by the wrong name and was also being bullied: ...

Merlin is not only talented in recitation, but also very good at answering essays and reading comprehension questions. In addition, he also showed his talent in composition, using positive argumentation, negative argumentation, and group example argumentation to prove the simulated composition topic, and summarizing the central idea with parallel sentences.

Everyone was shocked again.

How can this be a competition student! This must have been marinated by the Qingji Sect’s college entrance examination!

"It turns out that a humiliation can make a person work so hard." Several disciples' eyes were filled with tears again, "Merlin!"

"Merlin!"

"It's just another naked score! Merlin!"

Among all the disciples, only Lian Chengyue didn't know what they were talking about. Fortunately, he still has a ring to show his concern for him.

Shi Ruzhuo: "Raise your hands higher, I can't see the blackboard."

Lian Chengyue: "I didn't expect Merlin to be more powerful than I thought. But I..."

Shi Ruzhuo: "Can you please stop talking? If you really can't help it, I'll take the Informatics Olympiad for you. The core subject of Fu Xiu is now called Informatics. What's the reason for this?"

Lian Chengyue: "Old senior, are you sure you know what it means?"

Shi Ruzhuo, who had no idea about various algorithms, sneered and said, "I am a talisman cultivator in the Void Refining Stage."

The old man and the young man each have their own thoughts.

Yangzhishui training courses are only offered on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Today's Chinese class ends at 7pm, leaving the students two and a half hours of self-study time. Lian Chengyue would have taken advantage of this time to stay in the classroom for a while longer and chat with the teacher who was supervising the evening study session.

But Lian Chengyue doesn't plan to do that today.

Because he saw Merlin put down his pen and left the classroom.

Judging from Merlin's expression, he doesn't plan to go to evening self-study.

Before leaving, Ning Mingmei asked the evening study teacher for the payment method, and readily booked all the courses from today until the college entrance examination. The teacher in charge of evening study was obviously very satisfied with Ning Mingmei's performance. Especially when he found that Ning Mingmei paid the tuition fees very generously.

Ning Mingmei had no objection to this - the money would eventually flow back into his pocket anyway. But the evening self-study teacher was obviously too happy, so he recommended to Ning Mingmei: "It is absolutely worthwhile for you to come to our cram school - the top student here can get a self-recruitment quota after the college entrance examination. When the time comes, you can get extra points for admission and choosing an internal major!"

Ning Mingmei: "Hmm?"

There are indeed many ways for external schools to obtain self-recruitment quotas. But this is the first time that I have obtained a self-recruitment quota through a cram school. This sounds like a breeding ground for corruption.

Ning Mingmei then said, "If we talk about schools, only public middle schools can get this kind of quota, right?"

"Don't disbelieve me. Our cram school is very well connected." The evening self-study teacher said mysteriously, "Do you know which inner sect peak our boss is from?"

"Which peak?"

The evening study teacher did not say it explicitly, but just pointed upwards mysteriously. Ning Mingmei thought to himself that Old Seventeen and Old Eighteen had run a really big business and had no rules at all.

Even the self-recruitment quotas have been released. This time Ning Mingmei really needs to stay undercover a little longer to thoroughly uncover the chaos at Yang Zhishui’s cram school.

Ning Mingmei asked: "Is our boss also attending classes?"

The evening self-study teacher said, "The boss is the boss, how can he be so free. But if you want to get their guidance, you still have a chance. We also have sprint classes and parallel classes here. You will definitely be admitted after the exam selection next week. At that time, the students in the sprint class will have the opportunity to get personal guidance from the boss, and have the opportunity to listen to the boss's lectures~"

These two had a pretty good time.

Ning Mingmei then agreed.

Since the exam selection for Yang Zhishui's cram school does not consider regular scores, there is no need for Ning Mingmei to stay here for evening self-study. After answering questions for an entire afternoon and crushing the middle school students for an entire afternoon, Ning Mingmei felt refreshed both physically and mentally. He felt that he had more energy to go back and correct his students' papers.

As a result, he had not walked a few steps out of the yard when someone followed him. The man was holding a skateboard and his smile was gentle and elegant.

It's Lianchengyue again.

Ning Mingmei still remembers Lian Chengyue's ambitious, gnashing-teeth, dark puppy look. Now that he was pretending to be a good student, Ning Mingmei was a little uncomfortable with it.

And Lian Chengyue should have heard about the self-recruitment quota just now, right?

"Classmate Mei." Lian Chengyue said, "It's on the way down the mountain, let's go together."

Ning Mingmei said: "Aren't you going to evening self-study?"

"Doesn't classmate Mei also not attend evening self-study?" Lian Chengyue said.

"I don't go to evening self-study because I don't have to." Ning Mingmei said, "Your foundation is not that good? Why don't you go to evening self-study?"

The cat-eyed boy stood in the shadows, his hands folded. Lian Chengyue said: "I am surprised that Mei cares about me so much. I thought that Mei would not notice my weak foundation."

The cat-eyed boy raised his eyebrows, as if he realized that he had let the cat out of the bag. Lian Chengyue continued, "It is important to learn the basics, but in my opinion, going home with classmate Mei is also very important. Classmate Mei, I am actually very curious about you."

Ning Mingmei: "What a coincidence. I'm not curious about you."

Lian Chengyue: "Then what would Mei be curious about?"

Ning Mingmei only uttered two words: "Study."