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After the trip to the theme park, Shen Anyan returned to his rental house and lay there for a day, recovering the energy he had lost after a whole day of fun.
When she was browsing her phone before going to bed, she saw the daily lives shared by her friends in the circle of friends.
Lin Yue went to the sports field to play ball and posted a photo of himself leaving. Under the setting sun, the shadow of the young man holding a racket in one hand and a badminton in the other was cast on the ground, looking particularly full of life.
Jiang Xiaosong went to a newly opened insect museum in the neighboring city. Her circle of friends contained a nine-square grid of various insects she had photographed. The caption also described in detail the scientific names and living habits of these insects.
Shen Anyan couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. Young people are really energetic.
He Qingtian spent the whole day in the library. Li Xinran shared her idol's new song, and Chen Shan sent a message: I will try to go to bed at ten o'clock tonight and will never stay up late again!
Zhou Tian's circle of friends was just like hers; clicking into it was completely empty. Shen Anyan felt a rare sympathy; it seemed there were others who, like her, couldn't handle the intense, continuous work.
Scrolling down, she saw a post by Lu Zhou on his Moments. It was posted in the early hours of last night. It was a photo of the two of them on the Ferris wheel yesterday. The post only had one sentence: "A perfect ending."
Shen Anyan gave a thumbs up.
Lu Zhou quickly sent her a message.
Lu Zhou: [Probe]
Lu Zhou: Teacher Xiaoyan, are you still awake?
Feast: I’m getting ready for bed. I have a habit of checking my phone for a while before going to sleep.
Lu Zhou: I saw that Teacher Xiaoyan liked my WeChat Moments post. Are the photos she took good?
Feast: Very nice.
Lu Zhou: [Cute]
Lu Zhou: I've set it as my phone's screensaver.
The two chatted for a while, then said good night to each other and went to bed.
The next day at school, Shen Anyan had just sat down in his seat for a while when he saw Jiang Xiaosong running into the class in a hurry.
There weren't many people in the class now, and only He Qingtian was around Shen Anyan. Jiang Xiaosong sat down opposite Shen Anyan and pulled out a bunch of specimens from his bag.
"I bought them yesterday at the Insectarium. There was a buy-10-get-10-free promotion, so I picked up a bunch of them. Take a look and take any that you like!"
Shen Anyan lent his breakfast bag to Chen Shan and placed it on his desk, making room for his insect specimens. He Qingtian also came over with interest.
Most of the specimens are butterflies, but there are also some insects such as beetles and dragonflies.
He Qingtian said: "This butterfly is so beautiful."
Jiang Xiaosong said: "Yeah, I took a lot of photos, they are so beautiful, I wish I could open a butterfly house in the future."
Shen Anyan asked: "Is there anyone you like best? I won't steal your love."
Jiang Xiaosong said: "It's okay, everything I can buy is what I like. Since you said you want to give it to me, I won't worry about it."
Shen Anyan then made her selection without hesitation. She chose a dark blue butterfly, while He Qingtian chose a butterfly with a gradient color from yellow to orange.
Jiang Xiaosong smiled and said, "Hey, you have really good taste. This is also the most beautiful one in my opinion!"
Lin Yue also entered the class at this time. She patted Jiang Xiaosong on the shoulder, raised her eyebrows and smiled: "The main person is here, why don't you give me your seat quickly?"
Jiang Xiaosong collapsed backwards, not only unable to get up, but also occupying half of the other person's table.
"Oh... I'm giving you my seat? Do you want to give up the little gift you brought with you?"
Lin Yue immediately smiled amiably and said, "Hey, what are you talking about? It's my honor to have you sit in my seat, old man. Please, please, please!"
Shen Anyan and He Qingtian couldn't help laughing when they saw this.
Lin Yue came closer, carefully examined each specimen, and finally said: "Hey, I like Banban's yellow butterfly!"
He Qingtian smiled and said, "Oh, you have good taste, but it's a first-come, first-served basis."
Lin Yue pretended to be depressed and pursed his lips, and finally picked a dragonfly with pink wings.
Jiang Xiaosong asked, "Hey, should I wait for Chen Shan to come? She's always late. Or should I wait until morning reading is over before coming to see her?"
He Qingtian said: "What's the difference? Don't you come here after every class?"
Jiang Xiaosong chuckled twice, took two meat buns from Shen Anyan, took his backpack containing the specimens and left.
The first class for Class 1 was taught by Teacher Jiang. She entered the classroom right after the morning reading.
Jiang Xiaosong was about to come over to give Chen Shan a gift, but when he saw the teacher in the classroom, he hurried back.
Teacher Jiang held a stack of notes in his hand and handed them out one by one according to the instructions.
The classmates were not surprised by this and howled skillfully.
“Are the results out so soon?”
"Okay, now my mind is clear now..."
“I wanted to keep it open for a few more days…”
This is a routine in Class 1. After the report card is printed out, the head teacher will cut out each person's report card and distribute it to each student one by one.
Lin Yue received his report card and looked quite satisfied.
"Forty-sixth in the year, not bad. How about the Banban Banquet for the two of you?"
She turned and asked.
He Qingtian said: "It's pretty good."
Shen Anyan said: "Perform normally."
Neither of them hid anything, so Lin Yue simply leaned over to take a look.
Then she didn't feel satisfied with her results at all.
He Qingtian came in first with 696 points, and Shen Anyan came in second with 689 points.
Lin Yue felt that his score of just over 600 was instantly not enough compared to these two.
Her comprehensive liberal arts score was even more than ten points higher than Shen Anyan's.
Lin Yue sighed silently, turned his head silently, and comforted himself silently. There are always people better than you, and you should compare yourself with yourself, not with others.
After the first class, as soon as Teacher Jiang packed up the lesson plans and went out, Jiang Xiaosong came in hurriedly from the back door.
Seeing this, Chen Shan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Oh, look how anxious you are! Even a little later won't do anything."
Jiang Xiaosong smiled and said, "I'm sending you something, so of course I have to be in a hurry."
She opened the schoolbag and handed it to Chen Shan, letting him choose.
Chen Shan was a little surprised: "Wow, it's so beautiful! I was wondering, seeing this on their desks, I was wondering if our school had come up with something new!"
After giving Chen Shan the gift, Jiang Xiaosong went over to Chen He and the others and said, "I asked about Gu Cijiang's results. He's third. So the top two must be you. Let me see."
He Qingtian handed the report card to his friend. Shen Anyan raised his chin, indicating that his report card was on the table and asked the other party to take it directly.
Jiang Xiaosong wailed after reading it: "Yan'er—I think the teacher won't have to work so hard anymore. I'll just give you full marks in math and English in advance, saving you the trouble of recording your grades..."
After howling, she took a closer look and said in surprise: "Bu'er, you got full marks in two subjects, how come you are still second?"
Chen Anyan said, "Having one or two is the norm. You can't always be first. In fact, I took advantage of the fact that I got first place last time because you didn't study hard during the holiday."
He Qingtian said: "It's mainly because your liberal arts score is lagging behind. It's less than 260."
Jiang Xiaosong took a look and exclaimed, "Really? Yan'er, your liberal arts score is too poor. It's not even as good as mine..."
She said halfway through, her face turned bitter: "No, it's even sadder. My comprehensive score in liberal arts is 20 points higher than yours, but how did you end up with a total score of over 30?"
Lin Yue sighed: "Do you think you are the only one? My liberal arts score is higher than hers, but she beat me by more than 40 points."
Chen Shan held his forehead with his hand: "What about me? My total score in liberal arts is not even as high as Xiaoyan's..."
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In addition to the freshly released monthly exam results, there is another big event today, that is, history teacher Qi Bai has officially completed the handover and will be teaching two key classes.
The two classes were excited again when they heard the news. Lin Yue and Jiang Xiaosong even used the class computer to play "Good Luck". The singing filled the entire corridor. In the end, they were punished by the late arrival of the grade director to write a self-criticism.
Teacher Qi Bai is about sixty years old, tall and strong. He has a leisurely temperament, and always has a gentle smile on his face.
After entering the classroom, she introduced herself to her classmates and asked with a smile, "Where is your class?"
Lin Yue, who was sitting in the front row, cried out, "Teacher—he didn't teach a single class. Our previous teacher only knew how to talk nonsense and never gave us a serious lecture!"
This really spoke to the students' hearts, and everyone started to accuse the former teacher of various bad deeds.
Teacher Qi listened with a smile, nodded from time to time, and waited until everyone had said enough before she made a stop gesture.
Everyone paused in unison. It was amazing; Teacher Qi wasn't the kind of teacher who was so serious she was intimidating. On the contrary, she was always gentle and polite, yet unknowingly convincing.
Teacher Qi said, "Okay, I understand. Now that things have come to this, let's think of a solution. Fortunately, we still have two years left. If we work hard, we can still complete the teaching tasks. This requires everyone's cooperation, okay?"
Everyone agreed in unison.
Teacher Qi opened the textbook and said with a smile: "Okay, without further ado, let's start the class."
Teacher Qi is an old-school teacher. One of the manifestations of this is that she doesn't like using PPT and only uses textbooks and blackboards to explain things in class.
But no one felt bored, instead everyone listened attentively.
Because Teacher Qi's classes are truly engaging. She also enjoys extrapolating ideas, but unlike her predecessor, she doesn't go from Qin Shi Huang's construction of the Great Wall to the school football games. Her extrapolations are always relevant to the course, with anecdotes about famous people and funny stories from the local community, making the students laugh.
Moreover, her classes are very organized. Besides being interesting, the stories she tells are all connected to the knowledge points, which can further strengthen and deepen students' understanding.
After the class, everyone was still listening with great interest. Teacher Qi Bai waved his hand to signal that the class could be dismissed, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked the students in the front row: "Who is the class representative of your class?"
Chen Shan explained: "Teacher, our previous history teacher didn't assign class representatives. Usually, everything was done by the class monitor."
Teacher Qi said, "Oh, that won't do. The monitor has a lot of things to do. I won't add to her burden."
She looked around the class and immediately spotted Shen Anyan. She walked over to his table and asked, "Classmate, what's your name? Are you interested in being my class representative?"
Shen Anyan was stunned. He didn't expect the other party to choose him. He replied politely: "Shengyan, yes, teacher."
Teacher Qi smiled and said, "Apart from collecting and distributing homework, there shouldn't be anything else to do. If there is anything else, I'll have someone call you."
After arranging the work for his new class representative, Teacher Qi left the classroom with the lesson plan.
Lin Yue said with a bit of envy: "I like Teacher Qi very much. I also want to be her class representative."
Shen Anyan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's a pity that I got there first. Otherwise, you could study history hard and become Teacher Qi's number one history student."
Lin Yue sighed, "Sure, if I let the first two classes hand in blank papers, I still have a chance of getting first place."
Not surprisingly, Teacher Qi was also well-liked by the students in the next class. The class representative chosen by the next class was Jiang Xiaosong. As soon as history class ended, she came over to chat with Shen Anyan, first bragging about being the class representative and then talking about how great Teacher Qi's teaching was.
Finally, she gave Chen Anyan a thumbs-up and said with a smile, "So, it's all thanks to you that we got such a good teacher! Yan'er, you're a great contributor to both of our classes!"
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