The 100-day countdown rally was held in the gymnasium. Di Xiu was selected to give a speech on stage, while Cheng's parents sat below, their eyes filled with tears of emotion.
Eighteen years later, he had grown to be even more outstanding than they had expected.
My son is growing up; I hope he will become a dragon among men and live a peaceful life.
Ying Jiaojiao looked up at the outstanding and dazzling boy on the stage, recalling the scene when she first met him.
On the first day of military training, in the school clinic, he sat on another makeshift bed with a book in his hand. The blazing sun shone through the window, separating her and him, adding a warm filter to their relationship.
He was engrossed in his work when she startled him with her gaze. When he looked up, he smiled unconsciously, revealing a small dimple at the corner of his right mouth—a warmth she had never experienced before: "Classmate, you're awake? I'll go call the teacher."
She was too embarrassed to ask his name and class, but she soon heard about it from her classmates. He was the new school heartthrob and a top student who entered the school with the highest score in the high school entrance exam. He was a completely different person from her.
Cheng Shuo, the name itself sounds like it should be sparkling.
From then on, just looking at him made her heart tremble.
But when did she start to like Ah Chen?
It seems to be the start of the last semester.
The moment I saw him, it felt as if my heart had been pierced by Cupid's arrow.
After that, she shifted her focus, not because she liked him, but because of... a strategy guide.
The system seemed to treat Ah Chen and herself completely differently. She couldn't tell when he was doing a mission at all, and she would occasionally feel jealous. But when she heard about the Li family's troubles, she suddenly realized that perhaps the system had already abandoned him.
Hearing about his accident, she felt anxious but also relieved. Subconsciously, she also felt a sense of inferiority, feeling that she was not good enough for him.
Now, she has truly fallen in love with Ah Chen; the gentle warmth of the sun is nothing compared to the dazzling scorching heat of the blazing sun.
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After the 100-day countdown rally, Di Xiu chose to go back to his studies. His teachers trusted his self-discipline and readily approved his decision, only suggesting that he participate in mock exams and joint exams.
He then stayed in his family's shop, helping with the cash register when someone bought something, and reading books or typing on his laptop when no one was around.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheng were completely bewildered by the screen full of English letters and symbols. Apart from reminding each other not to slack off on their studies, they didn't know what else to say.
He wrote some software, including the one he had written in his first life. After optimizing it, he anonymously sent it to the police. He used the others to make a little money.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheng often felt extremely distressed as they looked at the ever-increasing balance in their bank account.
Their son is still a minor and has already started earning money; they're under a lot of pressure.
Sometimes when parents and students come to buy things, they recognize Di Xiu and can't help but pull him aside to ask about his study tips. He doesn't have any tips, so 001 prepares an answer key for him to use as a reference.
When the calendar on the wall changed from a two-digit number to a one-digit number, Teishu returned to school.
The atmosphere throughout the school was tense. The students in the class were the same ones who had entered their senior year of high school, except that Li Chen was missing.
Ying Jiaojiao buried herself in her studies, and after returning home, she also had to take care of her ancestors. She became increasingly thin and tired, making people feel that she might collapse at any moment.
Li Chen's two aunts heard the saying that Li Chen and Ying Jiaojiao's relationship was a curse on their relatives, and that the closer the relationship, the more severe the curse. So they dared not take him into their homes, and he continued to live with Ying Jiaojiao.
The two aunts hired a live-in nanny and then stopped caring about him. The grandparents couldn't resist their superstition and urged their two daughters to help, while they themselves were terrified of him.
The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) has finally arrived. Twelve years of learning, from elementary to high school, will come to an end at this moment.
When Cheng's parents saw that their son still intended to take the college entrance examination, they couldn't help but get nervous. They closed their shop for three days and waited outside the examination hall.
Di Xiu felt that it was no different from the usual exams. After the last exam, he saw that other people's faces were either relaxed and happy or worried. A few people cried when they saw their families.
He recalled the scene of Cheng Shuo's suicide.
He and his parents returned home, to the same old house.
Di Xiu took out the fine wine hidden in the cabinet, looked at Cheng Shuo's photo on the table, carefully wiped it clean with a tissue, remained silent for a long time, then poured some into a glass and placed it in front of him.
His kindness wasn't so excessive; Cheng Shuo didn't receive the same overwhelming treatment from him, and he remained forever stuck on the first day of the college entrance exam.
This summer vacation was long and peaceful, except for a relative who popped out of nowhere and disturbed the peace and quiet.
Cheng's father was the youngest son in the family. His parents had passed away a few years ago. He didn't get along well with his older brother and sister. Anyway, since Di Xiu came here, he hadn't seen them visit him during holidays.
Cheng's mother's mother died early, her father remarried, and she went out to work after graduating from junior high school. Even when she went back, it was only to sweep her mother's grave.
Relatives from both sides suddenly appeared, eagerly inquiring about how their nephews/nieces had done on the exam. The phone calls were especially concentrated on the day the scores were released.
Mr. and Mrs. Cheng had already calmed down thanks to their son's words, but the questions made them even more agitated, and they even developed blisters on their lips. So, Di Xiu grabbed some medicine from the system's online store to help them cool down and relieve their fever.
On the day the results came out, Cheng's parents kept checking the time, urging Di Xiu to stop coding and focus on the webpage.
Before the time came, Cheng's mother received a call from the admissions office of B University. Cheng's father thought it was a scam.
The school is worried that these hard-won students will be scammed, so they have been doing a lot of anti-fraud campaigns lately, sending text messages to parents every few days to remind them.
Mr. Cheng scolded, "If you're going to fight, fight in two hours. The results aren't even out yet, who are you trying to fool?"
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