Until they returned to the classroom,
Zhou Na's emotions were still far from calm.
She thought it would take Zhou Chen at least a few months to catch up with her in terms of grades, and that was assuming Zhou Chen made great progress.
This means that it will be difficult for Zhou Chen's voice to appear around her in the short term, and her life will most likely remain the same as before.
But just now,
Witnessing Zhou Chen playing basketball, which drew cheers from the entire audience and even his classmates shouting for him and exclaiming how handsome he was, Zhou Na suddenly had a bad feeling.
Will her peaceful life be disrupted by Zhou Chen, and will she once again be thrust into the spotlight of gossip?
She desperately didn't want to be talked about because of Zhou Chen.
Fortunately, those classmates wouldn't tell anyone about it, so at least in her class, no one would discuss it or bother her.
So what if Zhou Chen is good at basketball?
This is just a sport, and it doesn't represent the college entrance examination. Everything still depends on the results.
As long as she maintains her current grades and gets better and better each time, she will always be ahead of Zhou Chen, making Zhou Chen look up to her.
With this thought in mind, Zhou Na felt much better.
However,
Things took a turn for the better than Zhou Na had anticipated.
She told a few classmates not to talk about it, but that didn't mean others wouldn't discuss it or let it get back to their class. Besides, there were people at the scene who knew that Zhou Chen was her older brother.
A classmate recognized Zhou Chen and, before afternoon classes started, quickly told the other classmates.
The impact of the basketball game at noon was something Zhou Chen hadn't anticipated.
During the third self-study period in the afternoon, physical education teacher Lu Guoliang suddenly appeared at the classroom door and called Zhou Chen out.
This scene left all the students in the class stunned.
Why would Lu Guoliang, a physical education teacher for another class, suddenly approach Zhou Chen?
While the other students looked at each other, completely bewildered...
Only Li Kaile, Zhou Chen's deskmate, was happy for Zhou Chen, knowing that good things might be coming his way.
Zhou Chen forbade him to spread the word about playing ball at noon in class, but that didn't mean others wouldn't. It must have been Lu Guoliang who heard about his behavior at noon.
"Is Brother Chen going to join the school team?"
Li Kaile boldly guessed that if this were the case, Zhou Chen might become a member of the provincial team and the national team in the future, and would win the world championship.
They've made it big!
Li Kaile couldn't help but feel secretly excited for Zhou Chen.
Inside the office,
Zhou Chen looked at the relatively unfamiliar Lu Guoliang, wondering what this physical education teacher wanted with him. He wasn't Lu Guoliang's student, so why was he looking for him?
Could it be...?
"I heard about your basketball game at noon. I'd like to know if you'd be interested in joining the school team?"
"Don't rush to refuse. You probably don't know the benefits of joining the school team. First of all, you will have a great advantage in the college entrance examination after joining the school team. The college entrance examination will be awarded extra points. But that's not the most important thing. If you perform well enough and your grades are excellent, you may not even need to take the college entrance examination. You can be admitted directly to university through special admission."
Lu Guoliang was quite optimistic about Zhou Chen's sudden display of athletic talent. Although he couldn't see clearly from the teaching building at the time, he was certain that Zhou Chen possessed exceptional athletic talent based on information he gathered from other students.
A student like this would have a very bright future if he could join the school team.
The only thing that worried him was Zhou Chen's age; he seemed a bit too old. But it didn't matter, as long as his talent was strong enough, he could make up for this shortcoming.
What he valued was Zhou Chen's basketball talent and his terrifying jumping ability.
"So? What are your thoughts?"
"If you can't decide right now, you can go back and discuss it with your parents."
Lu Guoliang continued.
Zhou Chen looked up and knew that Lu Guoliang was unaware of his background. He smiled and said, "Teacher Lu, there's no need to discuss it. My love for basketball is just that—a love. I have no ambition to become a professional basketball player."
He refused.
Joining the school team is indeed good, but it will waste a lot of his time. You know, training takes a lot of time. His ambition is not to become an outstanding athlete. He just wants to get into a good university, then start a business and become an entrepreneur.
Upon hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed across Lu Guoliang's face, but he didn't show it. Instead, he forced a smile and said, "It's okay. Go back and think about it some more. You don't need to make a decision right away. This is a major life event. It's best to discuss it with your parents. They will give you advice."
Zhou Chen smiled, offered no explanation, said "okay," and turned to leave the office.
"No, such a good prospect shouldn't be wasted like this."
"We need to find a way to persuade him. We also need to talk to Wu Yingjie. Hopefully, his words as the homeroom teacher will be enough to convince the kid."
After muttering a few words to himself, Lu Guoliang immediately got up and went to another office.
When Zhou Chen returned to his class, he didn't say anything to the many curious classmates.
To his surprise, Li Kaile wrote a sentence on the note that correctly guessed Lu Guoliang's invitation to join the school team.
"You guessed right, but I refused."
Zhou Chen didn't hide anything and spoke in a low voice that only the two of them could hear.
Upon hearing this, Li Kaile's eyes widened.
He was rejected even though it was such a good opportunity to join the school team?
Immediately, Li Kaile wrote down a long list of benefits of joining the school team, persuading Zhou Chen to retract his previous decision and go find Lu Guoliang.
Zhou Chen knew that Li Kaile was thinking of him, so he smiled and said, "Thanks, but I'm really not interested."
If time is allocated to training, the cafeteria business, and the stinky tofu business, there will be very little time to take care of them, including study time, which will also be taken up.
Zhou Chen was unaware that his decision would undergo a complete reversal after the third class.
Because his homeroom teacher, Wu Yingjie, called him to his office for a heart-to-heart talk.
Leaving the office,
Zhou Chen was convinced. Wu Yingjie was genuinely concerned for him, and even after he went to university, Wu Yingjie had considered things very carefully.
Moreover, he had to admit that some of Wu Yingjie's words were correct.
As a sports specialist, he will gain benefits in many ways, and if he achieves even a little more outstanding results, he will also receive additional recognition.
He wants to be a boss and start his own business in the future, and this identity will be of great help to him.
This statement moved Zhou Chen.
Perhaps being a sports talent student isn't as bad as he thought.
Even if he has to dedicate some time to training, it doesn't mean that he will fall far behind others in terms of academics.
He could easily excel in both academics and sports, and his dream of becoming the top scorer in the college entrance examination might not be impossible to achieve.
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