Chapter 107 Ice Cream
The numbers on the countdown on the phone are decreasing day by day.
From double digits, to single digits, and then to 0, the test to concentrate on school finally came to an end in the second week after returning to school.
It was the first ranking test for the senior high school students, and no one dared to slack off. Before the test and during the evening self-study sessions on the test day, all the students who had not completely given up on themselves were reviewing their notes with their heads down. No one spoke, and the only sound in the classroom was the rustling of flipping pages and writing. It was so quiet that it was completely different from the previous semester.
After finishing the last English exam, Su Xia couldn't help but feel relieved:
She is really smart. She agreed with Xu Jiqing on scores instead of rankings.
Give 110 a try, it seems there is still hope.
If she wants to improve by 110 places, it will be a life-threatening situation for her.
Without looking at other science classes, just looking at the momentum of their class, it would be harder than climbing a mountain to make another leap forward.
The next weekend, after the flag-raising ceremony for the new week, the monitor placed the cut report cards upside down on everyone's desk.
Su Xia took a deep breath, covered her face with her hands, and turned over, moving her palms little by little from right to left.
The three minor subjects in comprehensive science showed steady improvement.
English and Chinese are her strong subjects. She performed very well in this composition and scored even higher than last time.
Mathematics is...
116.
Su Xia was so surprised that she was speechless. She covered her mouth and remained calm for a long time, her palms sweating with excitement.
At this time last year, her score was only half of what it is now, and she couldn't even think about reaching triple digits.
In the first period of the morning, Teacher Ding posted the ranking list on the bulletin board. He did not rush to review the test papers. Instead, he picked out the students who performed exceptionally well in the baseline test and praised them.
In addition to the top three students, for the first time in history, Su Xia, an art student, was also brought along.
"Now that you're in your third year of high school, you should act like a senior. Don't just focus on maintaining your previous ranking. Everyone is pushing forward with all their might, and no one is waiting for you."
"You must set high standards for yourself and seek out role models. The student who made the most progress in our class jumped almost 200 places in the grade rankings during this refocusing exam."
"This person is Su Xia from our class."
"She's practicing the cello while competing in a cello competition, and she's also working hard on her studies. She's under pressure from both ends, but she's proven with her actions that nothing is impossible as long as you're willing to work hard. This attitude is something our whole class should learn from!"
There was thunderous applause, and the whole class was looking at her, with a few friendly whistles in between.
Teacher Ding’s praise was even more exaggerated than she had imagined.
Su Xia was not used to it. Her ears turned red with embarrassment and she lowered her head with a curled lip.
While Teacher Ding turned around and asked the class representative to hand out the papers, He Miao immediately poked her knee from under the table and handed her a small note of congratulations:
[My Xia is awesome! Do you still have time to sleep? It must be very hard.]
Su Xia wrote, "It wasn't hard at all, mainly because the teacher was great."
When the note was passed back, He Miao's handwriting was much heavier than the previous one, and he could hardly hide his realization that he had been deceived.
【There aren't many young couples who can fool my eyes. 】
[The teacher Xu who predicted the exam for you last year turned out to be this kind of teacher Xu. No wonder I couldn't find him anywhere after that. I thought he'd been poached by a rival company with a high salary.]
【It seems I don’t have the chance to attend the class. 】
What a young couple...
The fate hasn't even been decided yet.
Su Xia used her hair hanging down to cover her face, but the corners of her mouth were almost raised to the sky. [Next time, come with me. One person listens, two people listen, too. He is very generous.]
He Miao's carrot ballpoint pen clicked. [... Actually, that's not the case.]
[Thank you for the invitation. Your Prime Minister has great ambitions and doesn't want to be a security guard at such a young age.]
In just one summer vacation, Su Xia has been transformed.
She was singled out by Teacher Ding for a long praise, and after class several girls came to ask her for study secrets. Now she has an idol burden.
I wanted to cross off the countdown goal as soon as possible, but I had to wait until after lunch before I secretly took out my phone from the hole in the table.
It’s not one o’clock yet.
The early autumn heat had not yet dissipated, and the fans in the classroom were turned on at the lowest setting. The cool breeze made several rows of young boys and girls fall asleep.
Su Xia sat there holding the phone, hesitating for a long time and still not pressing the lock screen.
The provincial competition is at the end of this month.
All the members of Mathematical Competition S class arrived in Shanghai last week and started a closed training camp at F University together with the affiliated middle school next door. Xu Jiqing took a picture of the class schedule for her. The classes were held from morning to night and she couldn't understand the names of each course.
Everyone has his own important work to do.
Wouldn't it be too naive to ask him for ice cream at this time?
But no matter how childish the agreement was, it was like a carrot that had been hanging on her for a month. Now she had finally climbed to the top of the hill, but she continued to move forward as if nothing had happened without even taking a bite. Su Xia, who had a sensitive heart, couldn't stand it.
Excitement, shame, and a little hope that waxed and waned, bubbled up in Su Xia's heart.
Until someone called her name from the back door.
Her voice was soft, but her persistence was evident, as if she was determined not to give up until she turned back.
Su Xia was currently sitting in the back row against the wall. She was worried about disturbing the rest of the people around her, so she stood up, walked past Xu Ruiyang who was soundly sleeping, and tiptoed out the door.
Ever since she returned the gifts at the door of each class one by one last time, even if some boys wanted to send love letters or small greeting cards for strange holidays, they would go through He Miao in a roundabout way, and very few people would come to her directly.
We are already in the third year of high school. No one can bear to have the class teacher call the parents because of such a small matter.
Su Xia thought he was some troublesome athlete.
But when I looked up after going out, there was only a teenager in basketball uniform standing at the door.
She looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old, and her eyes couldn't hide her childishness. Just by making contact with her, her face turned red, and her arms and legs were almost twisted into a knot.
Su Xia felt that he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him. "Who are you?"
“…My name is Zhang Yue.”
The boy lowered his head, not looking at her. His mouth was quicker than his brain, almost revealing all his personal information. "Mr. Zhang Jianyuan from the Mathematical Competition is my uncle. Our junior high school hasn't started yet. Come, come to school and play."
Oh, it’s the little boy that Xu Jiqing took care of at the beginning.
Su Xia remembered.
She nodded, "What do you want from me?"
Zhang Yue handed her the white plastic bag he was carrying behind him. "Brother Xu asked me to buy this for you. You have to eat it quickly, otherwise it will melt in a while."
As soon as the first two words came out, Su Xia's breathing stopped for a moment.
A medium-sized bag from the school canteen.
I took it and looked inside. The top shelf was filled with all kinds of ice cream. It was enough for at least a dozen people.
Isn't this the treatment Xu Jiaojiao gets only if she scores 100?
Su Xia was still standing there in a daze.
Zhang Yue had already taken out his phone and quickly took a picture of her hand holding the bag. He said, "...Sister, I'm leaving now. My classmates are waiting for me at the stadium."
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