Hearing the puzzled looks on the boys' faces regarding Yang Xiao's existence, Ding Kemeng really didn't know what to say.
Even if Yang Xiao has a low profile, you can't just ignore him like this!
Fortunately, as the athletes took to the field one after another, the noise gradually subsided.
Yang Xiao stood next to a group of boys, wearing the sports uniform representing Class 10, doing simple warm-up exercises on the track.
Ding Kemeng heard the boys' discussion again.
"Wow, you guys saw that? It's someone from our class!"
"Look, he's wearing our class uniform! So that's Yang Xiao!"
"Is he really in our class? I feel like I've never seen him before!"
"I know him, the one at the next table, it's him, Yang Xiao!"
"Wait, the table next to you? Isn't Tang Zhizhou sitting at the table next to you?"
"That's right, Yang Xiao is Tang Zhizhou's deskmate!"
Ding Kemeng heard the boy answering the boy next to him's question with a serious expression, and another boy looking shocked after learning that Yang Xiao was Tang Zhizhou's deskmate...
Ding Kemeng didn't want to talk anymore.
As if she knew what Ding Kemeng was thinking, Lu Ziyin suddenly spoke up: "Yang Xiao's presence is a bit weak."
Yes, she knows, she really is quite weak!
Ding Kemeng smiled but didn't say anything.
Really, no explanation needed, she knew!
Although his presence was weak, after Yang Xiao competed for the class, the boys in the class cheered him on very seriously, and their voices were not weak at all!
As soon as the referee gave the order, Yang Xiao and his group started running. Ding Kemeng, seeing this, also joined the students from Class 10 in cheering him on.
Although Yang Xiao usually has a weak presence in the class, once he gets to the track and field, he seems to become a different person. He overtakes one person after another and slowly moves up to second place.
Another huge roar erupted from the audience seats of Class 10, all of them shouting for Yang Xiao's happiness.
Time passed slowly, and the final 100-meter sprint was just around the corner. Yang Xiao was still following the leader at a leisurely pace until the last turn. Suddenly, Yang Xiao accelerated and overtook the boy in first place!
In this men's long-distance race, the first place belongs to Yang Xiao, who belongs to Class 10!
Riding on Yang Xiao's lead, Ding Kemeng and Lu Ziyin put in their best effort in the final sprint race the next morning, both winning first place. In the subsequent shot put competition, the two gave no chance to other competitors, winning first place with overwhelming strength.
Thus, Class 10, having participated in all events, concluded the competition with an astonishing first-place finish.
Amidst the envious gazes of the teachers, Zhao Qian returned to Class 10, his smile impossible to hide.
Class 10, which had previously been looked down upon by all the students in the school for both its academic and athletic achievements, finally washed away its shame at this sports meet, which also made the school's teachers realize the potential of Class 10 for the first time!
Holding the certificate awarded by the school after the competition, Zhao Qian walked into the classroom humming a little tune.
The students of Class 10 had taken their seats early and were waiting patiently for Zhao Qian's arrival.
"Teacher, where's the certificate? Did the school issue certificates?"
"Teacher, show us your certificate!"
This is the first time in all their lives that the students of Class 10 have received an award certificate on their own. Although it was won at the sports meet, it is still an award certificate!
I've never experienced the feeling of winning an award before!
"Hehe..." Zhao Qian chuckled twice, and amidst the anxious gazes of his classmates, he pulled out a gleaming gold certificate from behind his back. "Look! This is our Class 10's certificate, personally awarded by the principal. Aren't you excited? Aren't you excited!" As a new homeroom teacher, this was the principal himself, and the principal had personally awarded him the certificate!
Zhao Qian was extremely excited.
The students of Class 10 were naturally excited. After so long, their class was finally going to be able to redeem themselves at the sports meet!
"But as excited as you are, as you all know, the midterm exams are tomorrow. Are you all ready? The midterm exam results will be recorded in your files, and there will definitely be a parent-teacher conference. If you don't do well, I won't be able to cover for you!" Now that the happy things are over, it's time to put the unpleasant things on the agenda.
The bizarre exams in Xiushui are held the day after the annual sports meet, ostensibly to surprise students and check their true abilities, but in reality, they are incredibly malicious and just want to publicly execute these poor souls!
This is outrageous!
After Zhao Qian finished talking about the exam, he left. The students of Class 10, who had just been happy, no longer felt the joy they had felt after the sports meet.
"How were the seats arranged for this year's midterm exams?" Tang Zhizhou asked a boy in the row in front of him, wanting to know the seating arrangement for this year's exams.
The boy was just as clueless as Tang Zhizhou; he had no idea about the seating chart!
"I don't know either!"
"It should still be a mix of odd and even classes, just like in junior high. There shouldn't be much change this time," Xie Sichen suddenly said, recalling the seating arrangement in junior high.
"Single/double row, single/double row, then we're just with Class 9? What's the point of taking the exam then?!" Is there really that much difference in grades between Class 9 and Class 10? Copying their answers is less efficient than writing your own!
Despite being a poor student, Tang Zhizhou still had his own aspirations!
"Instead of wasting time figuring out the seating chart, you should spend more time writing cheat sheets. That way, you can answer a few more questions correctly during the exam." Xie Sichen rolled his eyes at Tang Zhizhou, scoffing at his idea of relying on others during exams.
Copying someone else's test paper versus copying from the textbook—the textbook obviously has a higher accuracy rate!
Lu Ziyin agreed with Xie Sichen's statement, rummaged through her schoolbag, found her Chinese textbook, took out a small piece of paper, and began to seriously write a cheat sheet.
The way they were acting made it seem like they were dealing with some major national event!
Ding Kemeng couldn't understand Lu Ziyin and the others' behavior. It was just a midterm exam, why make such a fuss?
It wasn't until she looked up and saw all the students in the class taking out their textbooks and starting to write notes seriously that Ding Kemeng realized she might really be wrong; the midterm exam might actually be very important for Class 10!
However, using cheat sheets is cheating, isn't it...?
Openly cheating on an exam, aren't you afraid of getting caught?
"If you do this, what if the teacher finds out? That would be considered cheating..." Ding Kemeng was starting to doubt her previous beliefs about how skillfully the students in Class 10 were making cheat sheets.
"It's alright, it's alright!" Tang Zhizhou waved his hand amidst his busy work, saying nonchalantly, "We're skilled in our work, we won't get caught!"
Ding Kemeng heard Tang Zhizhou's tone and felt quite proud.
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