Lu Yue turned back dejectedly and picked up her book again. She was so worried, and she knew that worrying was useless, but she couldn't stop herself from thinking about it.
The last class was biology, and Zhang Hongmei spent the whole class taking notes. She definitely needs to buy more notebooks this Saturday; she doesn't have enough.
After school, I walked to my bicycle, swinging my sore arms, and saw the beautiful Zheng Wenhui.
"Is Zheng going home?" Zhang Hongmei greeted him.
“Yes, Zhang, shall we walk together?” Zheng Wenhui smiled broadly, but Zhang Hongmei noticed that her smile didn’t reach her eyes.
Both are beauties. Although Zhang Hongmei is younger and still quite inexperienced, she is still far superior to Zheng Wenhui.
Zhang Hongmei got on her bicycle, ignoring Zheng Wenhui behind her. Since she wanted to come with her, she must have something to say. If she didn't speak, she wouldn't know her purpose. She decided to wait and see.
Zheng Wenhui caught up with Zhang Hongmei and said, "Zhang, I just wanted to tell you that Jingze and I are childhood sweethearts."
"That's great. You still have your childhood sweetheart by your side. All my childhood friends are back in our hometown."
The two would part ways as soon as they left the school, so Zheng Wenhui got straight to the point.
“Zhang, my grandfather is planning to have me and Jingze get married.”
"I really can't say. Liu Jingze and I are from the same village, and I'm too young to be in charge of the household."
Seeing that Zhang Hongmei was not at all uncomfortable and spoke without any reluctance, Zheng Wenhui felt half relieved.
“I was just telling you, my grandpa said he’ll be going back with Jingze this year.”
"That's great, you should go and take a look too, our village is pretty nice. And Zheng, if you're done, I'll be going now."
"I'll definitely go. Let's go together then?"
"Sure, if we catch up, let's go together. Goodbye, Zheng."
"Okay, goodbye."
Zhang Hongmei couldn't help but smile as she rode her bicycle. Was this a warning? Not only did she have no romantic feelings for Liu Jingze, but even if she did, she wouldn't force him.
Besides, didn't she realize she was only thirteen years old, or fourteen by the traditional Chinese age reckoning? Wasn't it too early for her to be saying these things?
When I got home, I decided to treat myself to making dumplings, so I made more than twenty, enough for breakfast tomorrow.
I was craving dumplings with chives, eggs, and shrimp, and they were ready to cook in less than half an hour.
"This is so wonderful! As the old saying goes, nothing tastes better than dumplings, and it's so true. I feel so warm and cozy after eating them." Zhang Hongmei muttered to herself for a few moments, then drank half a bowl of dumpling soup before going into her space to wash up.
Remember to drain the water first tomorrow morning. There's not much left in the tank.
I didn't eat dumplings the next day, afraid of the taste of chives. Besides, there weren't any chives available at this time of year, so breakfast consisted of steamed buns, milk, and boiled eggs.
When I arrived at school, I saw a large crowd gathered in front of the display window, making it impossible to move. After parking my bicycle, I went into the classroom. I can look at this result anytime soon; there's no rush.
Zhang Hongmei had just finished wiping the tables and chairs and sat down when Wei Huaqiang rushed in. "Zhang Hongmei, you are amazing! You actually scored 380. You truly deserve to be the top scorer."
"You did so well on the exam?" Zhang Hongmei was still a little incredulous. After all, she felt that getting 80 in politics and history would be quite good.
"Of course, you're the top scorer again, almost 80 points ahead of the second-place student. You've really brought honor to our economics department."
"Hehe, that's my honor." Is it something I should do? I'm afraid of inciting public outrage.
Zhang Hongmei was torn. Should she ask her deskmate about her grades? She was afraid that if she did, the other person would have some opinions.
“Zhang Hongmei, I did well on the exam too, 290 points, ranking 56th in our year.”
"Congratulations, Wei," Zhang Hongmei said very sincerely.
"Thank you. I'm proud to sit next to the top student."
Zhang Hongmei burst out laughing; Wei Huaqiang was quite the character.
People gradually returned to the classroom and came over to congratulate Zhang Hongmei.
Zhang Hongmei smiled and thanked everyone for their congratulations.
Zhang Hongmei felt relieved when she finally heard the school bell ring. She rubbed her stiff, smiling face, thinking how difficult it had been.
Today's first class was Chinese, and the professor came in with a smile, which was unusual for him. It's been almost two weeks, and I've finally seen him smile.
"First of all, I congratulate you on the fact that there have been no personnel changes in your Economics Class 1."
Someone started clapping, and then a burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the class.
"Alright, let's start class now. I'll hand out the test papers after class. Everyone will know their weaknesses, so let's work on them."
After class, the counselor came over and handed out the test papers. When it came to Zhang Hongmei, she congratulated her with a friendly smile.
"Thank you, counselor."
Zhang Hongmei returned to her seat and was astonished to see that her Chinese score was 93. It turned out that only three points had been deducted from her essay score. It seemed her choice had been correct.
"Now that everyone has received their test papers, let's distribute the political science test papers for the next period as well."
Zhang Hongmei got a 95 in Politics. That's unbelievable! How could she get such a high score? Looking back, I think the teacher was quite lenient with the grading this time. She got lucky! She even got points on questions she didn't know? Well, that's probably why she was so arrogant about her future opinions.
At noon, Zhang Hongmei became like a monkey in a zoo when she went to the cafeteria. She really shouldn't have come. Even students from the Department of Political Science came over to greet her.
The most incredible thing was that the classmate from the mathematics department who had recruited Zhang Hongmei also came over.
“Zhang, you got a perfect score in math. We, as math students, don’t even have a score as good as yours. We feel ashamed. I’m here on behalf of everyone to invite you to the math department again. Someone as talented as you shouldn’t be overlooked. You should pursue mathematical research and contribute to the nation in the future.” He finished speaking and looked at Zhang Hongmei with great sincerity.
His words angered the students in the economics department, who jeered and kicked him out.
Zhang Hongmei wiped non-existent sweat from her forehead. She had made a mistake; she shouldn't have answered so well, and she definitely shouldn't have come to the cafeteria to eat.
With a big smile, Liu Jingze took the lunchbox from Zhang Hongmei and went to get his food.
Zhang Hongmei felt that this must be because they did well on the exam, and she was even happier than she was.
Liu Jingzhang went even further, exclaiming, "Zhang Hongmei, I never expected you to be so capable! And Jingze too, with such a promising talent, why didn't you snatch him up for the political science department? What a waste!"
"Liu, can you please not exaggerate like that? What does this result even mean?"
All the students in the cafeteria were paying attention to Zhang Hongmei, and after hearing what she said, they felt that this little girl was really good, neither arrogant nor impatient.
Zhang Hongmei has unknowingly gained a lot of fans. In everyone's impression, she is ambitious, down-to-earth, humble, and basically a representative of sunshine.
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