Hearing that he was ranked seventh,
Zhou Na did not show joy; on the contrary, she seemed somewhat disappointed.
Because her goal was to be in the top five, her teacher had previously asked her how much she could improve, and she boasted that she would be in the top five.
As a result, I ranked seventh.
From the perspective of the whole school, this ranking is indeed impressive, even improving by two places compared to the last time, which makes many people envious, but she herself is not satisfied with this result.
This caused me to be sullen all afternoon.
The homeroom teacher noticed that Zhou Na was not in a good mood, so she called Zhou Na to the office and gave her some psychological counseling, which made Zhou Na feel much better.
"By the way, do you know about your brother's grades this time? He improved a lot, from over 200th to 57th. At this rate, he might catch up with you after a few more mock exams. Your brother is really amazing. He dropped out of school for three years and only took a month to get such good grades."
“I really hope he gets into the top ten in the whole school. If you and your brother are both in the top ten, that would be quite a story.”
The homeroom teacher's words continued to echo in Zhou Na's mind even after she left the office.
Zhou Chen has improved from over 200th place to over 50th place, and even his homeroom teacher has high hopes for him.
This left Zhou Na with extremely mixed feelings.
She recalled her conversation with Zhou Chen on the playground. She had said that it was a waste of time and meaningless for Zhou Chen to come back to school. But this time, Zhou Chen improved his grades to the 50s. While this ranking might not be considered top student, it was certainly worthy of being called an average student.
Zhou Chen is proving her wrong with her results.
She felt that Zhou Chen must be very pleased with himself and wanted to see her make a fool of herself. Fortunately, she had made some progress. As for Zhou Chen catching up with her, Zhou Na thought it was impossible in the short term.
It's easy to improve from outside the top 200 to within the top 100, but it's extremely difficult to go from the 50s to the top few.
Even for her, it was only through diligent study every day that she achieved this, accumulating knowledge over time.
Zhou Chen hasn't been to school for three years, so even if he comes back, he won't be able to catch up with her quickly.
Even if you catch up with me, I am confident that I will always be ahead of you and will not be overtaken by you.
Zhou Na's gaze was firm. She currently held a huge advantage, and as long as she continued to work hard and keep improving her score, Zhou Chen would only be behind her.
Construction site canteen
After school, Zhou Chen rushed over. His coworkers were having dinner when they saw him arrive and offered their congratulations.
Congratulations to him?
Faced with the enthusiastic congratulations from his fellow workers, Zhou Chen was a little bewildered, unsure of what to be happy about.
It wasn't until he sat down and listened to his fellow workers' explanations that he finally understood.
It turns out that Master Xu Laoqi has been promoted, from Foreman Xu to Supervisor Xu. From now on, he will not need to lead the work, but will supervise others.
This title is much easier than that of a foreman, because it doesn't require any physical exertion.
Becoming a construction site supervisor is not easy; one either needs a degree or connections. Xu Laoqi, a peasant with no connections, rose from an ordinary worker to a foreman, and now he has become a supervisor, which is quite remarkable on the entire construction site.
Zhou Chen could guess the reason why his master, Xu Laoqi, was promoted, and he still couldn't help but feel happy for his master.
"Oh, foreman Xu is here, oops, I mean supervisor Xu."
"Supervisor Xu..."
With the arrival of Xu Laoqi, everyone changed their address to "supervisor," and everyone wore a smile, clearly happy for Xu Laoqi.
With Xu Laoqi becoming the supervisor, life will become easier for all of them.
After all, supervisors in the past liked to cause trouble for no reason. They would find ways to make people redo work that was done perfectly, just to show off their status and authority.
Some people are very keen to make things difficult for others to the greatest extent possible within the limits of their own rights.
“Master, congratulations on your promotion. From now on, I’ll have connections too.”
After Xu Laoqi greeted everyone and sat down opposite Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen followed the others and flattered him.
Xu Laoqi immediately rolled his eyes. Others might not know how he got the supervisor position, but he knew better than anyone else that without Zhou Chen, Sun Liancheng would never have given him the supervisor position.
Zhou Chen actually joked with him, "You're the one who's my backer, aren't you?"
Xu Laoqi cursed the brat in his heart.
After the meal, everyone dispersed.
Liu Juan and Wang Lan began cleaning up the cafeteria.
The master and apprentice went outside, and Zhou Chen took out a box of soft-pack Hongtashan cigarettes with the wrapping film torn off and stuffed it into Xu Laoqi's pocket.
Every time he came, he would bring a pack of cigarettes as a token of respect for Xu Laoqi. Of course, he wouldn't bring too many, just one pack, because he didn't want Xu Laoqi to smoke too much.
After all, smoking is harmful to health.
"Everyone thinks I have powerful connections, but they don't know that my promotion is all because of you, kid."
Xu Laoqi took a drag of his cigarette and looked at Zhou Chen with a complicated expression.
Zhou Chen chuckled, "Master, I don't think it has much to do with me. It's mainly because of your abilities and the leader's discerning eye."
"You're never going to stop filming, are you?" Old Xu's lips twitched, not believing this nonsense at all.
But immediately,
Xu Laoqi straightened his face, becoming serious, and said, "But to be honest, my disciple, as your master, I really have to thank you. I never thought in my life that I could become such a high-ranking official as a supervisor on a construction site."
“Master, this is nothing. When I become the company boss in the future, I will make you the general manager. Everyone will listen to you. It’s a much higher position than a supervisor,” Zhou Chen said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Xu Laoqi laughed loudly, "Alright, then I'll wait until you become a big boss and get your master a bigger position."
As dusk fell, the master and apprentice talked until the setting sun disappeared.
There are two pieces of good news today. First, my mock exam results were good, reaching the average level, and I am no longer at the bottom of the class.
Secondly, Master Xu Laoqi was promoted to become a construction site supervisor.
This put Zhou Chen in a very good mood.
However, his good mood didn't last long before he received harassing text messages from Zhou Ling.
"Don't be proud of yourself just because you ranked 57th in the whole school. Your second sister ranked 7th in the whole school. You are far inferior to your second sister."
“If you go back to school, you’ll only become a foil for your second sister, or even a laughing stock. If you have any self-awareness, drop out of school to avoid embarrassing your second sister.”
Every word is laced with Zhou Ling's sarcasm and irony.
It seems he learned about the mock exam rankings from Zhou Na and deliberately sent her a nasty text message.
After reading the message, Zhou Chen didn't care and simply deleted it.
Zhou Ling thought he would be angry, but unfortunately, he wasn't that fragile. The mock exam wasn't the college entrance exam that determined his life.
He just needs to surpass Zhou Na's score in the college entrance exam and achieve his best results.
As for Zhou Ling, she likes to jump around and act like a clown, so let her do whatever she wants.
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