Yu Zihan and Du Yuning underwent a week-long intensive training at the No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital. Their instructor was Ms. Hou Ling, the head of the English teaching and research group at the No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital.
Teacher Hou, a top student at Imperial Capital Normal University and a distinguished figure in English teaching, was appointed to lead the West Province team.
This time, the West Province students competing in the competition consisted of eight high school students and eight junior high school students, for a total of sixteen. However, only four students were eligible to travel to the imperial capital: two from the high school group and two from the junior high group.
Therefore, after a week of training, the sixteen people will have a selection competition, and only the top four students can go to the imperial capital.
The students who were able to enter the training camp were all top students in their original schools, so their level was also very high, especially in the mastery of basic knowledge.
The sixteen people are all in competition with each other, so their private relationships are not harmonious.
The junior high school group includes Zhang Li, Jiang Ying, Luo Xia, Hao Yumei, Yu Zihan, Liu Hui, Wang Qiwen, and Yan Wenbin.
Jiang Ying is an outstanding student selected from the No. 1 Middle School in the provincial capital. She is excellent in terms of family background, appearance and academic performance, so she shows her superiority everywhere.
Everyone admires the strong, and from the beginning everyone thought that Jiang Ying would naturally get one of the two spots. And Jiang Ying thought so too.
So the remaining seven people began to compete in terms of psychology and strength.
Yu Zihan has been a completely invisible person since she joined the training camp. She doesn't participate in any activities unrelated to the competition and doesn't chat with others. She spends all her time studying.
Yu Zihan's performance makes people mistakenly believe that her grades are poor, so she has to work hard to make up for it.
So, in the group, Jiang Ying is the best one, and Yu Zihan is classified as the last one.
During the first three days, the teacher focused on the basics, helping students to correctly complete the test paper in the shortest possible time. The test paper covers a lot of knowledge from other areas, which requires students to accumulate knowledge in their daily lives.
In this regard, the teacher gave a lot of knowledge points, including astronomy, geography, history, politics, famous quotes, etc. Students are required to master and remember them.
The fourth day is for writing training. The teacher gives out topics one by one and requires students to complete the writing within the specified time.
On the fifth day, oral practice began. From answering questions to writing short essays and finally giving speeches, this section was a crucial part of the English competition and a test of the students' true abilities.
In the previous training, Yu Zihan's performance was on par with Jiang Ying, and he even mastered some knowledge better than Jiang Ying.
Teacher Hou gradually began to pay attention to this quiet student. She initially decided that Jiang Ying and Yu Zihan were the likely candidates for the spot.
It was during the fifth day of oral training that Yu Zihan truly amazed Teacher Hou.
Yu Zihan's answers were clear and concise, hitting the nail on the head. She never rambled on. Her pronunciation was the purest and most standard among all the students that Teacher Hou had taught.
What she appreciated most was Yu Zihan's speech. No matter what type of topic she drew, she could always give a speech that best matched the standard answer within the specified time. Not only that, she would also improve upon the standard answer.
Such thinking and expression abilities made Teacher Hou feel ashamed.
Only after the training camp did Jiang Ying realize how narrow-minded she had been. The person she thought was the last in line was far superior to her. It wasn't that she didn't understand him, it was that he was hiding his potential. It turns out there are always people better than you.
She lost to such a person, but she accepted it wholeheartedly because she believed that through hard work, she could become as good as Yu Zihan, and maybe even surpass her.
As Teacher Hou expected, the junior high students heading to the capital to compete were Yu Zihan and Jiang Ying, while the high school students were Du Yuning and Lu Yuhui.
Their departure date was set for May 2nd. The competition venue was the Foreign Languages College of Imperial University, which they had longed to attend.
Yu Zihan only talked about this with Yu Meijuan after she got the place. Before going to the training camp, she told Yu Meijuan to participate in the school activities, but did not say what the specific activities were.
"Mom has good news for you. I have been selected by our province to participate in the National Middle School English Competition. I will go to the Imperial Capital University in the capital on May 2nd." She looked at her mother as she said this.
Yu Meijuan didn't hear clearly what she said at first, but when she realized what she was saying, she looked at Yu Zihan excitedly.
"Child, you said you want to go to Imperial Capital University?" Her eager expression made Yu Zihan sure that her mother had some connection with Imperial Capital University.
"Well, we are going to the School of Foreign Languages of the Imperial Capital University." Before she finished speaking, Yu Meijuan's face suddenly changed and she couldn't help but shed tears.
"Child, take out the iron box that your mother asked you to keep. It's the one we dug out from under the big tree."
Yu Zihan quickly used his mind to find the iron box in the space.
Yu Meijuan stared at the iron box in a trance, stroking it with her hands, as if it was a treasure she had treasured for a long time.
Yu Meijuan used a special method to open the box.
She took out the things in the box one by one.
An old yellowed photo shows a handsome young man. Upon closer inspection, Yu Zihan's eyes are very similar to this man's, almost exactly the same, the kind of smiling almond-shaped eyes.
Yu Meijuan looked at the photo, and her eyes became much gentler. She handed the photo to Yu Zihan.
"Child, this man is your biological father. His name is Pei Xiao, and he's the eldest son of the Imperial Capital Pei family. It turns out he was the vice-president of the Foreign Languages College at Imperial Capital University. I don't know if he's still around, but I think he is."
When Yu Meijuan mentioned this man, her whole body was shrouded in tenderness, and it was obvious that she loved this man very much.
Yu Zihan wanted to ask what had kept them apart for so long, and what was keeping her from looking for him now. But she couldn't bring herself to ask. She was afraid it was just what she thought.
Yu Zihan turned over the back of the photo and saw two big words "Pei Xiao". The font looked free and unrestrained.
"Mom, do you mean that when I arrive in the capital, you want me to go find him?" Yu Zihan saw that her mother was hesitant to speak, so she spoke for her mother.
Yu Meijuan nodded: "No matter what happens between us, after all, you are his biological daughter. He should have the right to know your existence, and you are also entitled to everything you deserve, including status and resources.
Mom knows you are very good, but you should enjoy it, and there is no reason for Mom not to let you enjoy it. Mom is not asking you to rely on these things completely, Mom just wants to tell you that you have them. "After saying this, Yu Meijuan wiped the corners of her eyes.
Yu Zihan thought that the reason why her mother had such feelings was because she had received a lot of unfair treatment in this small city in the past few months.
She understood. But she had her own considerations. If she could meet that person, she would meet him calmly.
If he is a good father or a good lover, then she can accept him as a father, but if not, she will not accept him.
She has her own pride.
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