As a prominent figure in the school, He Qianjian took three consecutive days off and did not come to school, which sparked a discussion.
The results of the second mock test will not be released until Wednesday, but after the first mock test, many people from several schools made bets that the first place in the second mock test would still be Li Xiao or He Qianjian. Most people from the Affiliated High School and other schools chose Li Xiao, while Chenghua students basically all chose He Qianjian.
As for why He Qianjian has never won first place since the joint entrance examination began, there are two reasons why so many people in Chenghua still think he has the possibility of winning first place: first, in the previous joint entrance examination mock exams, even if He Qianjian did not win first place, he was still consistently in the top three, which shows his strength; second, because of his privileges, He Qianjian rarely took the exam before, and it is possible that he was not used to the exam, so he ranked second or third.
After the second mock test, there is the third mock test, and after the third mock test, it is directly the college entrance examination. Before the college entrance examination, there are only these two exams that can be used to rank. Last year, Chenghua at least had a top scorer in liberal arts. This year, there is no strong player in the liberal arts in the senior year, so everyone's hope is naturally placed on He Qianjian.
After all, He Qianjian had been granted various exceptions since elementary school, and he was a legendary figure in Chenghua. Even before he was promoted to high school, some people predicted that He Qianjian would win the top spot in the college entrance examination three years later. When the senior student won the top spot in liberal arts in the previous year, some people regretted that if He Qianjian had started school a year earlier, Chenghua would have won the top spot in both liberal arts and science that year.
Three years passed quickly, and He Qianjian's college entrance examination was about to come. However, he was either suppressed by Jiang Chen from No. 1 Middle School or Li Xiao from the Affiliated Middle School. His hope of becoming the top scorer in science was getting slimmer and slimmer. The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. Even before the final decision, the students of Chenghua couldn't help but murmur in their hearts: Don't be so glorious for twelve years, and then fail in the final stage.
Precisely because of this, not just the senior high school students in Chenghua, but even the junior high school students and the first and second year high school students, are paying close attention to the results of this mock exam.
Early on Wednesday morning, the Chenghua bulletin board was surrounded by students. The mock exam list showed the city's rankings. There was no need to even look at the schools listed behind the well-known academic masters. One could tell with just a glance. One only had to look at the rankings behind them.
"The first place goes to Li Xiao from the Affiliated High School."
Someone in the crowd sighed, but no one was too surprised. After all, ever since Jiang Chen from No. 1 Middle School took a long vacation and didn't even take part in the mock exams, Li Xiao has consistently ranked first.
"Who is the second one? I've never seen his name before."
"Huo Bo?" Someone looked at the back of the name and asked in surprise, "From Yan No. 1 Middle School?"
"Huo Bo?" Someone had some impression of him, and said with wide eyes, "Isn't that the school bully of Yanyi Middle School? And he's from Class 11, how is that possible? They have the same name, right?"
"Yanyi Middle School's famous trash class?" The person who spoke shook his head: "It must be the same name and surname. I admit that the big guys are good at fighting, but it's unlikely that they will be second in the second model test."
"How is it impossible?" Someone said, "I saw it before. He ranked 16th in the first mock exam. I heard that he was ranked 600th in Yan No. 1 Middle School in the first joint exam. In the second joint exam, he was in the top 200. Later, he was even better each time. At the end of last semester, he was already in the top 50 in the city."
"It's fake, right?" Someone couldn't believe it: "Or is the Huo Bo you are talking about not the same one we know?"
"That's the one." The man said confidently, "I asked my classmates at Yanyi Middle School. The students in their school were more surprised than us. I heard that someone directly questioned him for cheating at the time, but later a teacher in their school testified that he had been tutored by Jiang Shen. You should know that Jiang Shen did not attend evening self-study in the first semester of his senior year, but you certainly don't know that he was tutoring his two friends... Look, Chen Xu, ranked in the 30s, you should have heard of him, the one who is very playful, and he has been playing with Jiang Shen and Huo Bo since they were young."
"Fuck." A boy cursed, and it was hard to tell whether he was jealous or envious: "Playing well with Jiang Shen, and getting this benefit?"
"That's awesome." Someone burst out laughing for no apparent reason, shaking his shoulders as he said, "You said that Jiang Chen from No. 1 Middle School asked for leave as soon as school started. Could he be going to a tutoring class?"
The students at the bulletin board were stunned and couldn't help but laugh.
One person said: "If it's true, I'll go for a class even if it costs 10,000 f*cking dollars."
"Don't mention it, I'll go even if it costs 100,000 per class. What kind of amazing tricks are these? He can teach the last-place student in No. 1 Middle School to be the second-best in the city."
Someone changed the subject: "It seems that our school has no chance of becoming the top scorer in science this year. He Qianjian didn't even make the top three this time, only fourth."
"The third one is also from our school, Zhang Liang. Who is he? I've never heard of him."
"He is in the same class as He Qianjian. He wears glasses every day and has little presence. I heard that He Qianjian particularly disliked him for a while. The group of people who got along well with him played tricks on him several times. This time, he ranked higher than He Qianjian in the exam. I guess he will have a hard time."
"He Qianjian doesn't even know what he has done, and he still messes with other people's affairs."
Hearing this cold snort, everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Zhang Yanjing, who had always been at odds with He Qianjian, and they couldn't help but start gossiping.
Chenghua is a private school, and the family conditions of the students who can enter are not bad, but these backgrounds are also divided into different levels. He Qianjian and Zhang Yanjing are undoubtedly at the top of the pyramid. In the whole Chenghua, except for He Qianmin who has now transferred to Yanyi Middle School, the only one who can confront He Qianjian is Zhang Yanjing.
The gossips of big families are well hidden. People who are not in the same circle cannot get to know the truth at all, let alone the source of information. He Qianjian took three days off, and no one knew why he took the leave. There are many speculations now, but no solid evidence. Zhang Yanjing in front of him is undoubtedly one of the people who is most likely to know why He Qianjian took the leave.
Yan No. 1 Middle School has Huo Bo, and Chenghua has Zhang Yanjing. They are both school bullies, so the timid students are inevitably a little scared when facing them, but there are also brave ones who directly asked: "Brother Jing, why did He Qianjian take such a long leave? When will he be back? Is he okay?"
Zhang Yanjing did know why He Qianjian asked for leave, and he even knew a little about the recent instability in the He family. After all, the circle is so small, and some things can be concealed for a while, but something will definitely come out over time. It is impossible to hide it completely, not to mention that the He family did not deliberately conceal it, but just did not announce it to the public for the time being.
Thinking of the young man whom he had met from afar, Zhang Yanjing raised the corner of his mouth and looked at him much more pleasingly than He Qianjian.
Others might give He Qianjian and the He family face and not tell others about He Qianjian's scandal, but Zhang Yanjing didn't have such concerns. When he heard someone asking, he didn't keep it a secret. He smiled meaningfully and said, "He was bored and jumped off the building at home. He fell into a pile of cacti and broke his leg. The hospital staff took a major operation to remove the thorn. Do you think he's okay?"
"Jump off the building?" Some people found it unbelievable, but no one questioned whether Zhang Yanjing was lying. As everyone knows, he simply disdains to lie. He would rather hand in a blank paper than cheat, and he would beat anyone he dislikes openly.
Someone was curious: "Which floor?"
Zhang Yanjing sneered: "Second floor."
He fell like this from the second floor, and he didn't even look at where he was jumping, and fell into the cactus bush in his own home. Is He Qianjian mentally ill?
He Qianjian was unaware of what everyone in Chenghua was talking about. His eyes were red at this moment, and he looked at He Yanfeng in disbelief. His plastered leg and pale face looked somewhat pitiful.
"Dad? Jiang Chen treated me like this, pushed me down the stairs, and you're just going to let it go?"
Although he was talking to He Yanfeng, his gaze had already shifted to Yang Yun, with tears gleaming faintly at the corners of his eyes.
Seeing him like this, Yang Yun turned her head away slightly, but there was not much emotion in her eyes.
To be honest, when Yang Yun saw He Qianjian lying in the flower bed with scratches and bruises all over his body and a broken leg, she was very worried and distressed. After all, no matter what, she had raised He Qianjian for more than ten years. Even though she knew that he might have done a lot of bad things behind her back, she had thought about letting go of this child little by little, but this was not something that could be done overnight.
What's more, in stark contrast to He Qianjian's tragic performance at that time was Jiang Chen's careless appearance.
He broke He Qianjian's leg and forced him to fall into the flower bed, but he did not flinch at all, as if doing all this was natural, which was a huge contrast to the clean and elegant boy with a faint smile in her impression. With the previous example of He Qianjian, Yang Yun was most afraid of the contrast now, and the last thing she wanted to see was a different appearance from what she imagined.
That night, after returning to the room, her husband noticed that something was wrong with her. He didn't say much, but took out a thick stack of documents and handed them to her for her to look at.
It was written that He Qianjian had sent people to monitor Jiang Chen since the third year of junior high school, that he and Jiang Chen had physical examinations on the same day every year, that he had sent people to surround Jiang Chen and wanted to break his hand, that he deliberately provoked Jiang Chen at the skating rink, and then turned black into white after returning...
Black words on white paper, everything was very clear, Yang Yun's mind went blank as she held the stack of papers. She knew He Qianjian was not sincere, and suspected that He Qianmin's previous incident was related to him, but there was no concrete evidence, so it was difficult for her to completely separate herself from He Qianjian's mother-son relationship psychologically.
But now this investigation report was like a basin of cold water poured over her head, making her feel cold all over and completely sober.
She had once wondered about her husband's sudden cold and even apathetic attitude towards He Qianjian, and thought that this drastic change in her husband was too inhumane. But after seeing these, she realized that everything had a reason.
Later, she went to Yaner Hospital and saw the injured child with her own eyes. His head was wrapped in thick gauze, and even after so many days, he could only move around in bed. Compared with him, He Qianjian at this time was in much better condition.
Seeing that Yang Yun seemed indifferent, He Qianjian was shocked and his heart sank. He called out softly, "Mom..."
Yang Yun interrupted him, "Your father did nothing wrong. You injured Chenchen's friend first. The doctor said that his injuries were serious enough to call the police. Besides, the child was injured in the head and will take the college entrance examination soon. You are much better off now than him. Let it go."
He Qianjian couldn't believe what he heard. Was this the same mother who would feel so distressed when she saw him getting scraped while playing ball? Now he had a broken leg and hundreds of cactus thorns all over his body. Some of the thorns were peeled off with skin and flesh. It hurt so much that he couldn't even breathe. Yang Yun saw it all, but she just said forget it?
Is she really her biological mother? In such a short time, she favored her biological son. He thought Yang Yun had at least some feelings for him over the years, but he didn't expect that she would change so quickly.
He Qianjian could hardly suppress the gloom in his heart. He had been living in the He family for so many years. Before they knew his identity, the He family members were so kind to him, even though they gave him a way out because they knew he was not their biological son. But how could he have no feelings for them?
In his previous life, his parents were poor people at the bottom of society. They had no higher education and were petty and vulgar. They treated their children like their possessions that could be beaten and scolded at will. From childhood to adulthood, if he did something wrong it was always his own fault, and if he did something right it was considered the success of his parents' education and something they could be proud of and show off.
How many times had he seen his classmates' parents dressed in fancy clothes and behaved elegantly, and he was envious and jealous and blamed God for not giving him such a good birth and family. But after he died once, it seemed as if God opened his eyes and gave him the opportunity to choose.
There was no need to consider the difference between ordinary parents and rich parents. He Qianjian chose the latter. At that time, he only thought it was glamorous and respectable. Later, as he grew up in the He family, he saw what a family with real background and who loved children was like. He became more and more grateful for the choice he made on the first day of his time travel, and he was even more afraid that one day Jiang Chen would come back and take away everything from him.
Therefore, he tried his best to disguise himself and make everyone in the He family like him. He wanted to live like the favored child of heaven that he most wanted to be in his previous life, and he also wanted to get the warmth of family love that he did not have in his previous life.
However, the appearance of Jiang Chen shattered all his fantasies.
Biological children are biological children. Even though they had been in love for eighteen years and even though he was so flattering, He Yanfeng and his wife chose their biological son without hesitation between them.
He Yanfeng saw through the resentment and unwillingness, as well as the slight sadness in He Qianjian's eyes at a glance, but he was now extremely disappointed with He Qianjian. If the matter of Jiang Chen's car accident had not been clarified, he might have kicked He Qianjian out immediately.
"It's settled now." He Yanfeng said calmly, "No matter who asks, you can only say that you fell off the terrace by yourself, including your grandparents."
He Qianjian gritted his teeth, hating it so much that he could almost smell the blood in his mouth, and then he slowly raised his head: "What if I tell Grandpa?"
He Yanfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and the coldness in his eyes was self-evident.
"If Grandpa knew that Jiang Chen was that kind of person, would he let him return to the He family so easily?"
He Qianjian has always been afraid of He Yanfeng. Even if he were to live his life again, he would still be afraid of the oppressive feeling when he turns cold, just like the natural fear of students towards teachers and employees towards leaders. From childhood to adulthood, he has never dared to talk back to He Yanfeng and has always followed him, playing the role of the calm and excellent eldest son.
But now, seeing that He Yanfeng abandoned him without hesitation for Jiang Chen, and thinking of the embarrassment and fear he had experienced during this period of time, the resentment in his heart could no longer be concealed.
"Jiang Chen is ruthless, cold-blooded and cruel, and arrogant to the point of being lawless. He dared to break into my house, break my legs and force me to jump off the building even though he hasn't officially acknowledged me as a member of the He family. This shows what he will do when he really comes back!" He Qianjian's tone was suppressed but pointed: "If Grandpa knew, he would definitely not let someone like this who might disrupt the He family's atmosphere and ruin the He family's reputation come back!"
"Do you think your grandfather will still stand on your side after knowing that you were the first to attack Jiang Chen's friends?" He Yan said calmly: "Your own grandson and someone else's child, you have used this identity to do so many things since you were a child. You should know very well who the old man will side with in the end."
"Besides, you have been in the hospital for three days, and the old man and the old lady have not come to see you. Do you really think they don't know about this?"
He Qianjian froze, his face turning paler.
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