Chapter 98 Who exactly is at the school?!
Early Saturday morning, a bright red banner was hung up at the school gate.
[Warmest congratulations to our student Jiang Yingxu for winning first place in three categories at the National High School Physics Competition Finals: Best Overall Score, Best Theoretical Score, and Best Experimental Score!]
It's a long strip.
It trembled in the cold wind, flamboyant and dazzling.
The school's official WeChat account posted a celebratory tweet and also actively reposted the front-page news from the Jiangxi Daily—[Shocking! The national champion in this competition is actually from Jiangxi Province...]
Ningcheng No.1 Middle School was suppressed by Jiangda Affiliated Middle School for two or three years, but now it can finally hold its head high.
The tweet outwardly expressed a friendly stance, suggesting a collaborative effort with Jiangda Affiliated High School, but in reality, it subtly disparaged and belittled the school, while highlighting that in addition to being ranked first in the country, it also had one gold and two silver medals.
Lai Cheng performed exceptionally well, narrowly making it into the national team in 50th place, while Mao Yuhu and Shao Hanfei both won silver medals.
The No. 1 Middle School achieved great success in the physics competition, and the students in the other four subjects who were about to go to the finals were also inspired. They were still chatting in the group until midnight, feeling excited that they could win gold medals soon.
After receiving the award, Lai Cheng spent the entire night surfing the internet with great enthusiasm. The center of his nine-grid WeChat Moments post was a photo of him and Jiang Yingxu wearing their gold medals.
Lai Cheng: A small country, easily conquered!
Key point: A huge thank you to my brother Jiang for guiding us through the exam questions and helping us predict the answers the week before the exam. The sheer joy of seeing him actually predict a similar essay question during the final round is unimaginable! I want to kowtow and acknowledge Jiang as my father!
Mao Yuhu and Shao Hanfei both added "+1" below.
[You lucky bastard! Can you even understand this national anthem? Let me read it!]
【I'm not envious at all, I really am not envious at all. By the way, I have a package I wanted to send you, but the deliveryman said it contained controlled knives and wouldn't let me send it. What a hassle! I have to deliver it to your door myself. Could you please tell me your home address?】
[Jiang Shen seems to know a lot about math competitions, how about we predict some of the more difficult math competition questions?]
Brother Jiang, I am your brother whom you have never met—
On the high-speed train back, Lai Cheng, who had barely slept all night, was still full of energy, laughing like a fool as he looked at the comments on his WeChat Moments.
He held up his phone to show Jiang Yingxu in the front seat.
"Brother Jiang, I've found you a lot of brothers, sisters, sons and daughters you've never met before."
Jiang Yingxu remained calm and glanced at him.
Red cleared his throat.
He feigned seriousness: "Alright, don't get too excited. It's just a national first place."
"Teacher Pang, I'm so sorry, this child is just a little too lively. I hope he didn't disturb you?"
The teachers from the affiliated high school, separated by the aisle: "..."
The high school students in the same carriage: "..."
Teacher Pang smiled and said, "Jiang also won first place representing our Jiang Province. We are very proud of him!"
The affiliated high school's results this year were similar to previous years: six students were selected for the provincial team, with two winning gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals.
The two players who were expected to win the national team did so differently. One of them fell to the bottom of the gold medal count, while the other, Luo Siming, had an unstable mentality and only won a bronze medal.
On the contrary, a girl whose grades were usually mediocre achieved the best female score and broke into the top fifty.
Actually, the grades weren't bad.
However, Ningyi High School seemed to have a cheat code, producing the top student in the country and even providing predicted exam questions, which directly raised the overall level.
After showing off, Reid laughed heartily and turned back to pat Jiang Yingxu on the shoulder.
"Your teacher's wife will come to pick you up later, and we'll go to her house for dinner together."
Jiang Yingxu shook his head.
Red: "What, still being polite with the teacher?"
It goes without saying that there must be parents waiting to pick up their children outside Ningcheng High-speed Railway Station.
Lai Cheng and his family have parents who care for them, praise them, and encourage them.
We can't let Jiang Yingxu leave all alone.
Before Red could persuade him further, Jiang Yingxu looked up and said calmly, "Teacher, this week is a small week, I'm going back to school to teach."
Red: "?"
Red: "..."
Everyone else is eager to go home and rest; who would rush back to school?
Who exactly is at the school?
Oh, there really is one.
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The high-speed rail route on the return trip didn't detour around any other stations, and it only took three hours to get there.
Jiang Yingxu was going back to school, and Reid was seeing him off. He decided to come back as well and report to the principal about the competition.
The two parted ways in front of the administration building.
Jiang Yingxu, carrying his bag, sent a message to his pinned QQ contact saying he had arrived, put away his phone, and headed towards the teaching building.
It's 10:30 now.
There's still an hour until school lets out on Saturday.
As I went upstairs, I could still hear the teachers' rhythmic lectures coming from the classrooms next door.
Jiang Yingxu recalled the shocked and blank expressions on Lai Cheng's face when he learned that Lai Cheng was going back to school outside the high-speed rail station.
Before getting on the bus, the looks they gave me were filled with awe and admiration for the academic genius's brilliant mind and his ability to keep up with every challenge.
Actually, no.
Jiang Yingxu wasn't particularly fond of studying; to some extent, you could say that grades were merely a tool for making money.
He just has someone he wants to see.
Step onto the last step of the stairs, turn the corner, and you'll find the back door of the classroom.
Jiang Yingxu pushed open the door, intending to quietly return to his seat—
Several loud thuds rang in my ears.
The ribbon on the small bag was pinched open, bursting into colorful and dazzling sequins, like a sparkling rain.
Cheers erupted.
"Jiang Shen, return to work!"
"Ta-da!"
"Now standing before you is Jiang Yingxu, who has won the national gold medal for three consecutive years, and is this year's national champion with top scores in three events!"
The boastful words even come with artificial humming and background music.
Jiang Yingxu looked up a beat late. Amidst the colorful rain of ribbons, the group of people had bright, admiring eyes and radiant smiles, genuinely celebrating for him.
The Chinese teacher, who should have been teaching, leaned against the podium and clapped along.
Meanwhile, Shi Miao, who was keeping track of his every move, had meticulously planned all of this. Standing at the front of the crowd, she smiled sweetly with bright eyes.
She was holding a small crown that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
It's like the kind of toy you'd give a child to celebrate their birthday, complete with sparkly rhinestones—it's incredibly childish.
Shi Miao took two steps forward, her lips curving upwards, a hint of cunning in her eyes, and called out to him in a soft voice, "Jiang Shen, I crown you."
The rhinestone crown was completely out of place with Jiang Yingxu's temperament.
Someone laughed out loud.
This crown was purely a prop for fun. It was left over from last year's Christmas and New Year's Eve party when Class 1 performed a comedy play. It was piled up in a corner of the teachers' office, and while searching through the ribbon bag, a curious kitten picked it up and played with it.
No one thought Jiang Yingxu would wear such a cheap and childish toy.
Even Shi Miao was just teasing him, waving it in front of him, waiting for him to show a helpless expression before putting it aside.
The highest-exploded ribbon fluttered and finally landed on the boy's dark hair.
His long eyelashes fluttered, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and then he silently lowered his head.
The shimmering ribbons slid down her slightly shorter hair and gently landed on the surface of the girl's white sneakers.
Jiang Yingxu said in a low voice:
"good."
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