Chapter 42
On the day of reporting to high school, Lin Mian didn't arrive early.
Adjusting to the time difference is also a difficult thing. Fortunately, Lin Mei thought that the place where she lives now is a bit too far from where Lin Mian studies. It would be too hasty to buy a house and it would also require decoration. It would be better to rent a three-bedroom apartment nearby.
Not only did Lin Mian and Chen Xiaoqiu live there, but they also hired a nanny. What Chen Xiaoqiu needed to do now was not as complicated as before, but it was not simple either.
She had to learn a new language, participate in Lin Mian's training program, manage her time, and keep herself safe.
Lin Mei paid a high price for this nanny. The dishes she cooked were not only varied but also nutritionally sound to meet Lin Mian's physical needs.
Since my daughter wants to be an athlete, she cannot be careless about her body's food requirements.
Many seasonings cannot be added, which also tests the chef's cooking skills.
This nanny used to work in the provincial team canteen and was very familiar with the athletes' needs. In addition, she was paid very high wages, so she would carry out any requirements meticulously.
With two people taking care of him, Lin Mian would not be unable to get up.
When Lin Mian followed the crowd to the notification wall and saw the class arrangements, she was stunned.
Her name is the first one in the Grade 1 (1) class. This is not surprising, as it is obvious that the class is divided according to the ranking of grades.
But why is the last student in this class named He Xintong?
Didn't he say he was going to Mingde International School? It was clear he was planning to study abroad. He hadn't hidden it, telling them that his brother was the heir, and since he was a mediocre student, he was likely going to study abroad.
Then why is he now on the class division list of Experimental No. 15 Middle School?
He Xintong had a lot of grievances to express about this matter.
Lin Mian's intention to learn piano made He Xintong think that Lin Mian would also study abroad in the future, so he not only did not object to He Lang and He Yu's arrangement, but was also quite complacent about it.
If I could study abroad with Lin Mian, even if we were not in the same university, it would still be better than going to a foreign country.
He thought Lin Mian also wanted to study abroad, and Mingde was the most suitable school, but fortunately he was careful and took a peek at the application form filled out by Lin Mian.
Experiment 15?
He was still thinking about it in his mind at the time, but he didn't remember this school.
It's simply because this school is not very famous and has no outstanding achievements. Even its location takes a long time to find by looking through a map.
He Xintong didn't know how such a school attracted Lin Mian and made her choose it from so many famous schools.
But her vision is indeed quite strange, otherwise she would not make friends with such a group of people, especially the one named Jiang Dan. The way he looks at her is the same as his. Don’t think he can’t see it. He also wants Lin Mian to be his sister, right?
He is here today and no one can take him away!
He Xintong also secretly inquired about Jiang Dan's high school. After learning that it was not Experimental No. 15 Middle School, he breathed a sigh of relief. At least he didn't come to this high school because of this person, so one reason was ruled out.
As for why she chose to study at this school, He Xintong didn't dare to ask Lin Mian. He didn't even dare to let Lin Mian know that he had seen her application.
He knew why Lin Mian had kept it a secret from them, because she didn't want them to change their choices because of her.
It was lucky that everyone had walked the same path. Everyone had different plans for the future. Lin Mian didn't want to make them regret it because of this preference, especially since Zhong Yuqi had been pestering her to know her aspirations.
But Lin Mian knew Zhong Yulan's expectations for her daughter, and she also knew that Zhong Yuqi was aware of the responsibilities she carried, and she didn't want her to go astray.
But He Xintong is different.
He is not Zhong Yuqi, who does not need to bear responsibilities, nor is he Jin Zixuan, who needs to meet the expectations of his family.
He is a person who lives with his mother's blessing, and he can choose his own path without restraint.
He Xintong’s biggest wish at the moment is not to be separated from Lin Mian.
He would not choose to persuade Lin Mian to go to the high school he originally wanted to go to, but instead changed his own choice without hesitation.
When He Lang, who had already greeted his son, found out about this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Not wanting to see his son's silly face, he closed his eyes for a moment and then regained his composure.
"What's the reason?"
He needed a reason to prove that his son was not a fool.
"This school has a lot of red maple trees. Every autumn I can see my mother's favorite maple leaves, not just at home."
It wasn't because Lin Mian brought up his mother to fulfill his wish. When He Xintong found out that the school had planted many red maples, he instantly thought of his mother.
Even now, his garden is full of red maple trees.
He really felt that this was fate, and maybe staying here would make him happier than his original decision.
He Lang's eyes softened. He always couldn't bear to be cruel to this child, perhaps because he looked 70% like his mother.
He subconsciously rubbed He Xintong's head, as a way of agreeing with him.
Behind the study door, He Yu was leaning against it with his fists clenched, his eyes cold.
Just because he is the eldest son, he can never do whatever he wants. Just because he looks like his father, has he forgotten that He Xintong's mother is also his mother?
He Xintong was very young when his mother passed away, but he was only ten years old. He only enjoyed maternal love for six years more than He Xintong, and he had to share the remaining four years with He Xintong. Or maybe it couldn't even be considered sharing, it was purely favoritism.
Even when they met for the last time, she told him: "You are my brother, you must protect Xiaotong from now on."
But who cared about his pain at that time?
Everyone feels more sorry for the younger He Xintong. Who will feel sorry for him?
But He Yu has grown up and he doesn't need these anymore.
He just didn't want to give in. That's all.
The incident in which he deliberately leaked the news and let those people kidnap He Xintong left some traces, and he could feel that He Lang had doubts about him.
But so what? The He family will be his in the future. As long as he controls the He family, what will happen to this child who grew up in a honeypot?
This thought made He Yu loosen his fist and leave quietly.
He Lang seemed to have heard something and looked towards the door.
Studying in Experimental No. 15 Middle School was a very simple matter. He Xintong's own grades were enough, but if he wanted to be in the same class with Lin Mian, he had to rely on He Lang.
Even if he didn't say this, He Lang would help him change his shift, because He Lang didn't want his son to be in the wrong shift.
Although Experimental No. 15 Middle School did not satisfy him, it was considered average, and the admission rate of key classes was still very good.
He Xintong, who came to watch the class division while humming a tune, was surprised to find Lin Mian there. He wanted to scare her and patted her shoulder gently, but received a speechless expression from her.
After seeing the name, Lin Mian was suddenly patted on the shoulder, and she knew who it was without having to think about it.
"Aren't you going to Mingde? Why are you studying here?"
He Xintong smiled, revealing his sharp little fangs.
"I lied to you before. I didn't expect we'd go to the same high school. This is such a coincidence!"
This is nonsense, just treat her like a fool.
However, "It's great to be classmates again."
He Xintong was stunned, then laughed again, "Yeah, that's great."
He Xintong thought that the fact that the top scorer in the high school entrance examination came here to study was enough to make Lin Mian famous.
However, before school officially started, Lin Mian became famous during military training.
At that time, no one knew each other well. The classmates in the class only knew that the first place was a girl named Lin Mian, but they didn’t know that she was the top scorer in the high school entrance examination.
The main reason was that Lin Mian was busy training in Europe at the time, and after returning to China he participated in the promotion tournament. He did not accept interviews from any newspaper. In addition, Lin Mei did not want to disturb her daughter's high school life, so there were no photos of Lin Mian in the reports that appeared in the newspapers.
Even if someone noticed that this name was the same as the top scorer in the senior high school entrance examination, they would just think it was a duplicate. Who would have thought that the seemingly honest Experimental No. 15 Middle School could invite the top scorer in the senior high school entrance examination to study at its home?
I just thought that people with this name are probably good at studying.
Yu Qiyan also thought so. He ranked second. He actually wanted to meet this person named Lin Mian and see what was different about Lin Mian.
He looked around but didn't see anyone who fit his image of a "smart person", and felt a little frustrated.
The instructor had not arrived yet, and although the sun had not yet fully exerted its power, it was already quite hot.
There are always people in the shady places. Yu Qiyan found a step with the least people, where only a man and a woman were sitting.
I saw the boy talking non-stop and the girl responding intermittently. This combination was quite interesting.
Lin Mian, who was talking to He Xin, smelled a pleasant scent, like the scent of bamboo in the morning after the rain.
She opened her half-closed eyelids, but could only see her eyebrows and eyes hidden by the hat, with only the corners of her mouth showing a smile.
Did they say anything funny just now? No.
I wasn't laughing because of them, I was laughing because of the kind of boys who would laugh for no reason while sitting there.
Lin Mian lost interest and continued to chat with He Xin in a random manner.
He Xintong is very clingy. If she ignores him today, he will keep pulling her aside and asking her why she ignores him.
Looking at the boys who kept trying to attract girls' attention, Yu Qiyan couldn't help laughing.
Can't this guy see that the girl doesn't want to pay attention to him? What a tactless guy.
But this girl is quite interesting. She can keep chatting even if I'm not interested. She is really patient.
As he was thinking this, he suddenly heard the boy call the girl "Xiao Mian". Which "Mian"? Was it the "Mian" in Lin Mian's name?
Yu Qiyan tried hard to recall and make sure that no one in the class had a name that sounded the same as "Mian", but what if it was a nickname?
Thinking of this, Yu Qiyan didn't rush forward to disturb him, and he didn't know that Lin Mian's first impression of him was "a weird boy with a pleasant smell."
Not long after, the instructor came to organize the team.
Lin Mian was directly arranged to the first row, which made her grind her teeth. She must grow taller!
But the first row also has its advantages. The shadows cast by the people behind helped Lin Mian block some of the sunlight, so she was not so exposed to the sun. In addition, the trees in front blocked the sunlight, so the part of her body that was exposed to the sun was blocked by her clothes.
The training content is also simple. You have to run around the playground first to warm up.
One thousand six hundred meters is enough to shock many students.
"Instructor, do we really have to run four laps?" a student couldn't help but ask.
Liu Chang's face turned dark, but even though he was dark enough, it didn't look dark.
"If you want to report to the instructor, you can add another lap."
Seeing this, the others didn't dare to ask any more questions and jogged to the runway in formation.
"Run in formation. Don't run around and disrupt the formation."
Liu Chang's requirements were so strict that some students gritted their teeth and hated his ruthlessness in their hearts.
Lin Mian adapted well. One thousand six hundred meters was nothing to her. The intensity of her previous training was not comparable to this.
Even though the person running in front of her had long arms and legs because she was standing in the right column, she could still keep up, but in order to align with the person next to her, she slowed down.
Wang Yun, who was running in a panic, saw the girl next to her adjust her pace to accommodate her, and was left a distance behind by the person in front.
How does she know that the other party is just giving in to her?
Look at Lin Mian’s face, so relaxed, as if she was jogging. In fact, they ran very fast, making Wang Yun almost breathless.
Wang Yun gritted her teeth. She didn't want to be scolded by the instructor, so she quickened her pace so as not to fall too far behind the person in front of her. She also didn't want the girl next to her to be scolded by the instructor because of her.
But he didn't have time to eat breakfast in the morning, and because of his rapid breathing, Wang Yun accidentally fell forward due to inertia.
But a hand pulled her firmly and prevented tragedy from happening.
Wang Yun felt very embarrassed and fell on Lin Mian, pretending to faint.
The people behind could not see what was happening in front. The moment Wang Yun fell, Lin Mian pulled to the side to prevent the people behind from stepping on Wang Yun.
"What are those two girls over there doing?!"
Because of the perspective, Liu Chang didn't see that it was Lin Mian who grabbed Wang Yun when she was about to fall. He thought the two girls were trying to be lazy.
Lin Mian ignored him and first asked Wang Yun if anything was wrong. Seeing that the other party's eyes were closed but his eyelids trembled slightly, Lin Mian understood.
After she picked up Wang Yun, she reported to Liu Chang: "Instructor, she fainted. I'm taking her to the infirmary now."
Liu Chang cast a suspicious gaze on Lin Mian. He fainted after just two laps? Could it be that the two girls were acting to trick him?
He didn't think anyone would faint with such intensity.
Therefore, he was not in a good mood and said in a sarcastic tone in front of everyone: "Some girls, just relying on being a girl, want to be treated preferentially, without thinking about who will give you preferential treatment once you enter society. Girls should be less cunning, I am not someone who can be fooled."
This sentence made Wang Yun in Lin Mian's arms very nervous. She didn't dare to open her eyes because she was afraid of being scolded by the instructor. Now she was even more afraid to open her eyes, but she was afraid of implicating the girl who helped her.
What is he mumbling about? Lin Mian doesn't want to listen to Liu Chang's trash talk.
She looked at the girl in her arms who looked increasingly uneasy, and carried her forward.
"Stop! Did I tell you you could leave?! Don't you understand me?! I told you to stop!"
Lin Mian’s answer to this was “Oh”, and then he continued walking with Wang Yun in his arms.
This made Liu Chang, who experienced power being resisted for the first time, extremely unhappy. He wanted to chase after Lin Mian to stop him, but was blocked by a boy.
The 15-year-old He Xintong, standing in front of Liu Chang, who is shorter than him, is much more threatening than Lin Mian.
He smiled at the instructor, but looked a little sinister.
"Instructor, someone has fainted. It wouldn't be a good thing if something happened. Having such a good classmate come to their aid? Your first reaction shouldn't be to question but to be thankful. If it weren't for this classmate, that girl would have fallen to the ground and gotten hurt. For your sake, instructor, I'll go check it out too. Is that okay?"
Without waiting for the other party's reply, He Xintong waved his hand and followed forward. He was a little worried that Lin Mian would be tired holding the girl.
Liu Chang was left standing there with an increasingly unsightly expression on his face.
Lawless, lawless!
"What are you looking at! You guys don't want to train anymore, right? Then just faint! You're a bunch of ungrateful people."
This made everyone look a little worse.
Lin Mian, who was walking away, stopped after making sure that no one behind them saw them.
"You can open your eyes now."
What? She knows everything!
Wang Yun opened her eyes with a guilty conscience. She was about to explain when Lin Mian put her down and asked her to stay where she was while he went to buy her something to eat.
"You didn't have breakfast? You look so pale. I'll go get you something to eat. You can sit down and relax for a while."
Her back is so reliable, the sunlight shines lazily on her, and even her shadow is so reassuring.
Wang Yun sat down against a big tree and looked up. It was all red, just like that person. Although it looked cold like the moon, it was actually as warm as the sun inside.
"Why are you alone? Are you okay?"
He Xintong caught up and frowned at Wang Yun under the tree.
In front of this classmate, Wang Yun felt a little nervous and she hardly dared to look up.
For a moment, the air became heavy with silence.
"She went to buy me some food."
Finally, Wang Yun said timidly, and He Xintong also squatted down, and they waited for Lin Mian together.
When Lin Mian came back and saw He Xintong, she felt fortunate that she had bought more food for fear that Wang Yun would have a diet restriction, so that when she saw He Xintong now, she didn't have to worry about him clamoring for food.
Lin Mian handed the thing to Wang Yun, took out the chocolate from it and put it in He Xintong's hand.
"Why are you here?"
"That annoying guy is probably angry right now. I thought if I were with you, he wouldn't just be angry with you later."
Lin Mian frowned. "Are you saying he lost his temper with everyone, even when no one did anything?"
Is she feeling guilty?
When He Xintong was trying to reorganize his words, Lin Mian asked Wang Yun, "Are you feeling better now?"
Wang Yun nodded, and the bun in her mouth made her look a little cute.
Lin Mian was still not at ease, so she asked He Xintong to carry Wang Yun to the school clinic while she went back first.
He Xintong held Lin Mian's hand: "He is angry now, I will go back with you."
Lin Mian gently pulled He Xintong's hand away and said, "It's because he's angry that I want to go back."
Lin Mian had already seen the emotionally unstable man who couldn't control himself when he was angry.
So she didn't want others to see this scene.
But Lin Mian was late.
With the sun out in full force, all the students in Class 1 stood in horse stance in the sun, with no one standing in the shade. Drops of sweat as big as beans dripped onto the ground, staining the ground in a circle, but quickly evaporated, leaving nothing behind.
Lin Mian had chosen silence before, thinking that silence would make the other party calm down, but in fact it only made the other party worse.
But this time, she would not remain silent.
Facing the sun and everyone's gaze, Lin Mian stood in front of Liu Chang.
She was clearly looking up at him, but Liu Chang inexplicably felt that she was looking down at him.
"Report to the instructor. If you have a good heart, you will put the safety of the students first, instead of feeling that your authority has been challenged and then getting angry. Getting angry will only make you look worse."
All the students looked at Lin Mian with a look that changed from indignation to astonishment. No, how could she be so bold?
Ignoring Liu Chang's angry glare, Lin Mian asked the student closest to her, "What did the instructor call you after I left?"
The classmate who was taught not to speak wanted to say everything at this time, but Lin Mian understood his dilemma.
She looked at Liu Chang and asked, "Instructor, what did you ask them to do?"
Her constant "Report to the instructor" sounded so harsh to Liu Chang's ears.
"They have to run three extra laps because of you, and do horse stance for half an hour longer than students in other classes. These are all punishments they have suffered because of your mistakes."
Liu Chang showed a provocative smile, trying to overwhelm Lin Mian and make her hated by everyone.
Lin Mian looked at Liu Chang expressionlessly. "I've already called the school leaders to report the situation. I don't know what you'll face, but I'll do the two laps I missed, plus double their training. This doesn't mean I'm giving in to you. I did make some mistakes. I didn't consider that you're someone who can't control your emotions and vents them on students, so this is my apology to you."
"And you, too, made mistakes and deserve to be punished."
After saying that, she ran to the track and ran around without waiting for Liu Chang to react.
Liu Chang stood there in shock. She said that she had contacted the school leaders. Who was she to be able to contact the school leaders?
Are you trying to trick him?!
But more and more panic surged into his heart, and he didn't even notice that the students were distracted and staring at Lin Mian's running movements.
Liu Chang's panic was realized. When his superior came to him with an angry face, he realized that something bad was going to happen.
The students looked at Liu Chang being called away and stopped squatting. They told Lin Mian not to run anymore because the instructor had been called away.
But Lin Mian didn't stop, she just waved to everyone and continued running.
Even when the instructor from another class came over and asked them to rest in the shade, they still failed to persuade Lin Mian to go back.
When Lin Mian had just finished running, He Xintong also arrived.
After hearing everyone's description, he was silent for a while, apologized to everyone, and followed Lin Mian to squat in horse stance.
He knew that he couldn't persuade Lin Mian, and he would rather do these things with her that once seemed stupid to him.
On the first day of military training, Lin Mian looked several shades darker than before, but she was respected by everyone.
All the resentment disappeared when she chose to apologize by double training.
An apology spoken is not as sincere as an actual action.
And it shouldn't be her that they should hate, but she always swings her sword at the weaker ones.
However, Lin Mian is not a weak person.
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