"The mobilization meeting will start at two o'clock in the afternoon. We will start class half an hour early and teach the papers for 20 minutes. Everyone will take a ten-minute break and go down to the meeting." Xu Wei looked up and said to the other students kindly as if she had not seen Bai Liu standing. "It's almost May. The weather is hot and you have to stand for two or three hours. Drink some water before going down and be careful not to get heat stroke."

"Okay, everyone open your papers."

On a hot summer day, the cicadas' chirping was shrill. Bai Liu sat in the third-to-last seat in the back row, next to the window. There was a window on her left, so she could see the scenery outside by turning her head.

The window was slightly opened, and the wind blew in, ruffling the white gauze curtains. Bai Liu, wearing a student-style white shirt and black pants, lowered his eyelids, leaned lazily against the curtains, and casually flipped through his English test paper with one hand. The white gauze behind him became a misty background.

The collar of Bai Liu's shirt was also blown by the hot wind, half covering his pale lower lip. The sweat-soaked hair on his forehead was blown by the wind. The green shadows of the broad leaves of the plants outside the window shone through the window and fell on Bai Liu's eyelashes, creating tiny dances of light and shadow.

Bai Liu seemed to sense someone was looking at him, so he raised his eyelids. He exchanged glances with Hou Tong, who was looking at him from behind the papers. Bai Liu seemed to find it very interesting. He smiled with a curved brow, and mouthed, "Thank you for what I did just now, class representative."

Hou Tong's face turned red immediately. She turned her head away suddenly, covered her heart, took two deep breaths, and pounded on the desk with her fists.

Damn, what a handsome guy! I must get him!

"That's all for today's class." Xu Wei noticed the two people's little movements, and her face became darker. She put the lesson plan on the podium and it made a muffled sound. "Bai Liu, come to the office with me."

After saying that, Xu Wei walked away in her high heels without even looking back.

Several boys walked past Bai Liu with laughter: "Are you going to be scolded again, orphan?"

"If you work harder, you won't be scolded by the teacher. Don't let down the society and the country for their help to you."

"Get lost!" Hou Tong slammed the table and stood up. She glared at these bastards, "You're the only ones who talk too much bullshit! If you keep talking like that, I'll smash all of you shits in one shot next time!"

Hou Tong is a spiker in the volleyball team. She is tall and pretty, has a good family and is hot, so many boys covet her.

But Hou Tong is really too hot, not only does she have a sharp tongue. A normal male high school student of this age can never beat Hou Tong, who has been undergoing physical training for many years. She has extremely strong hands, and a single spike can really break several shots of these men. Last time, she even sent a boy who was flirting with her around the volleyball court to the hospital with one shot.

Later, the boy was diagnosed with a second-degree concussion.

From then on, no one dared to flirt with Hou Tong or tell her dirty jokes in public.

Seeing that Hou Tong was really angry, the group of boys left angrily.

It is an open secret that Hou Tong likes Bai Liu, which is also the reason why Bai Liu is particularly envied by the boys in this class.

Bai Liu thanked him politely: "Thank you."

"No, no need." Hou Tong, who had made up her mind to pick up Bai Liu five minutes ago, felt uncomfortable when she saw Bai Liu coming over to thank her sincerely. She turned her eyes away with a blushing face and took two steps back, "Go find Teacher Xu."

"I, I'll bring you some water and ice cream!"

After saying that, Hou Tong ran away in a flash. Amid everyone's whispers, Bai Liu opened the door indifferently and walked out of the classroom.

Bao Kangle followed and walked behind Bai Liu. He looked at Bai Liu with hatred, brushed past Bai Liu's shoulder, nudged Bai Liu with his shoulder, and turned his head with a mocking expression: "You went to take advantage of classmate Hou's free water and ice cream again."

"How shameless of you, Bai Liu, you keep drinking and taking other people's things for free, and you never ask for them to go back?"

"But..." Bai Liu slowly lowered her eyelids and said softly, "Hou Tong always insists on treating me to a meal. If I refuse directly, it would hurt her feelings, wouldn't it be bad?"

Bao Kangle was so angry at Bai Liu's green tea behavior that his face turned red. He cursed, turned around, and rushed to the teacher's office at the corner.

Bai Liu walked neither fast nor slow. He turned his head to look outside the corridor, sizing up the high school where he used to live.

Qiaomu High School is a closed high school that occupies a mountain. It has two large teaching buildings, two large dormitory buildings, and one special teaching building and special dormitory building.

There are two large teaching buildings at the foot of the mountain, called the Ordinary Teaching Building and the Experimental Teaching Building. Class 17 where Bai Liu is located is at the very end of the second floor of the Ordinary Teaching Building.

The two teaching buildings have similar specifications and floors. They sit facing each other. When Bai Liu turns around and looks out the window of her seat, she can see the experimental teaching building.

But the experimental teaching building is obviously better built, and it is said that the faculty is better, and the number of teachers and students is only half of that of the ordinary teaching building, so the classrooms are much emptier and look spacious, clean and bright. The students inside also speak softly and seem very civilized, which is completely different from the chaotic situation in the ordinary teaching buildings.

The students in the experimental teaching building are basically those who have more power or background, or those who have relatively good grades. They can basically get into a key university, but the path they take is not certain. It can be the college entrance examination, arts and sports, or directly studying abroad.

Lu Yizhan and Fangdian's first and second grade high schools are located in this experimental teaching building.

And when he reached the third year of high school... Bai Liu shifted his gaze and looked at the two buildings on the distant hilltop.

These two buildings are not as big as the teaching building below, but they are very beautifully built. They no longer look like a school building, but more like some luxury apartments. You can even vaguely see some carefully decorated small gardens and artificial lakes.

These two buildings are the special products of Qiaomu High School - the special teaching building and the special dormitory building.

These two teaching buildings are specially for senior high school students. Only the top 100 students and some particularly powerful senior high school students can go there. The total number of students does not exceed 200. It is said that each classroom in the teaching building is twice as big as their ordinary classes, with full digital teaching equipment and each student has a tablet. There are only ten students in each classroom, but there are three to four senior teachers to provide guidance.

The dormitory building has single rooms with independent bathrooms. Each room is about 20 to 30 square meters in size, which is two to three times the size of those of ordinary students. There are no more than ten students living on each floor, but there are two dormitory supervisors and a chef. It is said that students can press a bell and order food in the middle of the night.

Bai Liu testified that this was not a rumor and that it was really possible to order food in the middle of the night.

On the first day at Lu Post Station, Fang Dian and he ordered a whole table of dishes, which they secretly put in their clothes and brought down the mountain for Bai Liu to eat. After carefully calculating how much money they spent on the meal, Fang Dian almost ate his fill.

"Damn, more than a thousand." Fang Dian ate with tears in his eyes and cursed, "Can I take it out to sell?"

"No." Lu Yizhan patted Fangdian's back with a pained look on his face. "We were able to bring him down the mountain because of special privileges."

Qiaomu High School is a place where ordinary students without any background are strictly disciplined. Students in ordinary classes like Bai Liu are not even allowed to approach or enter places like the experimental and special teaching buildings.

Bai Liu once tried to find Lu Yizhan and Fangdian in the laboratory building, but was coldly stopped outside by the teachers and security guards. The reason was:

[Don't you know that students from regular classes can't come here? A poor student like you will only disturb their studies.]

[Friends? What friends? Students in the experimental class will not be friends with poor students. If you want to come to such a place, don't make excuses. Study hard and you can get in if you are in the top 400 in the next monthly exam.]

But at the same time, Qiaomu High School is very lenient towards students with special identities. For example, Lu Yizhan and Fangdian are the first and second in the grade. Even if they blatantly fleece the school and feed Bai Liu, the school will just turn a blind eye.

Besides, no matter how much three students eat, how much can they eat?

As long as Fang Dian and Lu Yizhan rank first or second in the city's college entrance examination this year, Qiaomu High School will be the top school next year. With this reputation, why should we be afraid that parents who want their children to become successful will not spend money to send their students to Qiaomu High School?

Bai Liu withdrew his gaze from the mountain and walked into the teacher's office at the corner without looking around.

The office in the ordinary teaching building is a large collective office. Teachers from all classes on the entire floor work in one large office. Unlike the experimental building where each teacher has his or her own private office, it is a place where there are no secrets and gossip spreads quickly.

Bai Liu stood in front of the door and looked towards the office: "Report."

"Well, come in." Xu Wei pretended not to see Bai Liu and was blowing the rose tea in her cup with her head down. "Stand in front of me."

Bai Liu walked forward and stood about one meter in front of Xu Wei, familiar with the place: "Teacher, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Xu Wei finally raised her bulging eyes and looked at him. She took a sip of tea, sneered, and threw a few papers at Bai Liu's feet: "Here are your second mock exam papers for other subjects. Pick one up and see how many points you got."

Bai Liu bent down slowly and picked it up.

Mathematics, 72 points, Chinese, 78 points, comprehensive science 158 points, plus English 83 points, a total of -

"——391 points." Xu Wei raised her hand and slammed it on the desk, making a loud bang. "With this score, if you go out and say that you are a student of Qiaomu High School, will you have the nerve to say that you are a student of Qiaomu High School?"

Bao Kangle, who came to the office to get some water, couldn't help but burst out laughing and muttered, "He got in because his parents died. He was too embarrassed to say that he was a student of Qiaomu High School."

Xu Wei gave Bao Kangle a fake look and said, "How do you talk to your classmates? Get the water and get out."

Bao Kangle glanced at the paper in Bai Liu's hand, and walked out, chuckling. Before he even left the door, Bai Liu heard Bao Kangle's giggling voice coming from behind: "Hey, do you know how many points Bai Liu got in the exam this time?"

"Didn't you bet with me last time that he could pass 400 points this time? I told you that you shouldn't have bet on that. He didn't pass, he was nine points short, hahahaha."

"I don't want to say anything to you either." Xu Wei looked at Bai Liu coldly, "But you have lowered our class average again this time. Even if you have given up on yourself and don't want to study anymore, you should at least think about other students in the class."

"Do you know how many quality points our class will lose if we lower the average score?"

"I don't expect you to be a good student, but at least you got a good place at Qiaomu High School. You should cherish it. Do you know how much other students have to pay to be able to study here?"

Xu Wei put the cup down on the table fiercely and took a deep breath. "I won't compare you with classmates from normal families. It's not fair to you, an orphan. But look at your classmate from Lu Yi Station who came from the same place as you. How many points did he get in the second mock exam?"

"687 points!"

"Your score is only half of his!"

"I'm still your friend! I always come to the class from the lab building to find you!" Xu Wei sighed as if she was disappointed with her friend, "Why don't you learn from me?"

"There's such a huge gap between you and others. I don't know why they are willing to come to you every day and be your friend. When you walk next to your classmates from Luyi Station, don't you feel ashamed?"

Bai Liu lowered his head, looked at the paper in his hand, and blinked slowly.