Exam Preparation
"Hey? Why didn't the squad leader and Shengyan come today?" Chen Shan asked.
Although morning reading began at 7:30, the grade required students to be in the classroom by 7:00. Chen Shan hated this rule; she always arrived late. Normally, by the time she entered the classroom, most of the students were already there, especially He Qingtian and Shen Anyan, who were always the first to arrive. Today, Chen Shan was surprised not to see them in the classroom.
Lin Yue said: "I don't know either. Did you ask for leave?"
Chen Shan asked, "What a coincidence? Did the two of us at the same table invite them together?"
Someone speculated: "Could it be that they were called in for a talk about what happened in history class yesterday?"
Lin Yue said: "Then you must call me as well."
A classmate who shared a dormitory with He Qingtian interrupted, "I'm not sure about Shengyan, but I know Qingtian. She said she had something to go out for last night, and we didn't pay much attention to it. But when we woke up this morning, we found out that she hadn't come back all night."
Lin Yue was shocked: "What? Didn't you go find her?"
Chen Shan also said anxiously: "Didn't you tell the teacher? What if she encountered something... Bah, bah, bah, let's not talk about this, let's not talk about this."
The roommate explained: "When she left, she told us that if she didn't come back for a while, we could just go to sleep and leave the door open for her. I just sent her a message to ask..."
"What are you talking about?" Teacher Jiang came into the classroom at some point. Seeing Lin Yue chatting animatedly, he walked over and asked.
Lin Yue hurriedly asked: "Teacher, why didn't the monitor and Sheng Yan come today?"
Teacher Jiang said: "Oh, they both asked for leave today."
After receiving the confirmed news, Lin Yue finally felt relieved.
Seeing that everyone was present, Teacher Jiang walked up to the podium, clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, stop for a moment. I have two things to tell you."
Everyone stopped reciting and looked up at the head teacher.
Teacher Jiang said, "The first thing everyone should be aware of is the history teacher's matter."
The students became a little agitated, exchanged glances with each other, and then looked at the teacher.
Teacher Jiang said, "After discussion at school, the grade has decided to have Teacher Qi Bai teach history for both of our classes. I think some of you should know Teacher Qi. She's a rehired veteran teacher, about my age. Remember to behave well in her class and don't make her angry."
As soon as Teacher Jiang finished speaking, cheers broke out in the classroom.
Chen Shan's cheers were the loudest. She clapped her hands excitedly and said with a smile, "Great! It's finally changed! I can finally take a proper history class!"
Lin Yue was also happy to hear this: "As long as it's not that old Deng who teaches it!"
Someone asked around, "Who is Teacher Qi? Does anyone know him?"
An informed classmate explained, "Teacher Qi Bai is a veteran teacher who's won a provincial Outstanding Teacher Award. I watched her open class recordings when I was studying history on my own, and she was such a great teacher! I never thought the school would actually invite her to teach us!"
Everyone was even more excited when they realized how capable this old teacher was.
Teacher Jiang waited until everyone was happy before talking about the next thing.
"Two very bad things happened in the school some time ago. I think everyone still remembers them, right?"
This news was a bit serious. Everyone's smiles faded a little and they listened to the class seriously.
Teacher Jiang said, "Don't worry for now. The culprit has been found. I can't go into details here. The school will probably hold a grade meeting to discuss this matter later."
This was much more important than the history teacher's matter. Everyone was whispering to the students around them, wondering what was going on.
Teacher Jiang cleared his throat and added, "The reason I'm bringing this up specifically is because it will probably be mentioned at the grade meeting, so I'm letting you know in advance."
Hearing that there was more to the story, everyone immediately stopped talking and listened quietly to the teacher.
Teacher Jiang said, "This person was caught by Sheng Yan and He Qingtian from our class."
Everyone's eyes widened, and when they realized what was happening, the class was in an uproar.
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"That's so mean! You did something so important without telling us!"
The next day, when Shen Anyan and He Qingtian returned to school, as soon as they entered the classroom, they were accused by a group of people led by Lin Yue.
Jiang Xiaosong said, "Qing'er, we're childhood friends! You didn't even take me with you on this secret operation!"
Chen Shan said: "I'm in the dormitory next door. Why didn't you ask me to come with you when you went out?"
Lin Yue shook Shen Anyan wildly: "I also want to explore the campus at night! I also want to solve the case and arrest people! I also want to experience a hearty and exciting speed and passion!"
After explaining the whole process, He Qingtian said helplessly: "I just made a spur-of-the-moment decision without giving it much thought."
Shen Anyan was shaken so hard that she felt like vomiting. She quickly held down Lin Yue's arm and threatened, "If you shake me again, I'll really vomit on you!"
Lin Yue quickly withdrew his arm, but his eyes still looked a little resentful.
Chen Anyan said, "It's not a good thing. How could you feel comfortable staying up late every night to do this? Besides, the fewer people there are, the more convenient it is. If there are so many of us gathered in the classroom, it would be strange if we didn't get discovered!"
Only then did Lin Yue reluctantly forgive the two people opposite for their independent actions.
Shen Anyan rubbed his head and asked again: "By the way, the school held a grade meeting yesterday? What did it say?"
Lin Yue said, "They just criticized the guy from Class 7 and mentioned you two a little bit, but they didn't praise you. I guess they thought you violated the school rules."
Jiang Xiaosong was a little indignant: "Rules are dead, but people are alive. Qing'er and Yan'er have done something that the school couldn't do for a long time. What's wrong with being flexible?"
He Qingtian said: "Not punishing him is a concession. But it still has its benefits."
Chen Shan asked: "What are the benefits?"
He Qingtian said: "We were rewarded with mock exams for six subjects."
Everyone: ...
"cough."
He Qingtian couldn't help but smile: "Of course, there's more than just this."
She pulled out a golden card from her pocket. It had a beautiful cartoon pattern on it, with the iconic Ferris wheel in the middle.
"The head teacher gave us this: a pass to try out the new amusement park downtown. It's unlimited, and includes ten free rides."
Lin Yue's eyes lit up instantly.
Chen Shan coughed lightly and smiled gently: "Good Xiaoyan, good Banban——"
Jiang Xiaosong said: "Qing'er, our childhood sweetheart! Yan'er, our sisterly love!"
Shen Anyan smiled: "I'm fine."
He Qingtian smiled and said, "How about this weekend together?"
However, before the weekend trip to the amusement park, everyone first had to deal with the upcoming monthly exam.
The exams were scheduled for Thursday afternoon and the entire day on Friday. After the intimidation incident had passed, everyone completely immersed themselves in the atmosphere of reviewing and preparing for the exams.
Therefore, these days, everyone around me has a lifeless expression on their faces.
Even Lin Yue, who usually has the most energy, stopped playing around. Every day when he climbed onto the table to review, he looked like an old monk in meditation.
Shen Anyan and He Qingtian had become quite popular these days. The office was packed with people asking questions, and some students, unable to squeeze in, found other ways to ask these two for advice.
"Zhou'er, I know you are closer to Yan'er, but let me finish asking this question first, otherwise I will really die." Jiang Xiaosong said sincerely.
Chen Anyan used to take two or three days off every week to tutor Lu Zhou during evening self-study, but since many students came to ask her questions these days, she stopped tutoring in the evenings and stayed in class to help students around her answer questions.
Lu Zhou didn't care. When Shen Anyan couldn't come to his class, he would come to him. Every evening after self-study, he would talk to Shen Anyan under the pretext of "asking for advice."
If the teacher in charge of the evening study in Class 1 is not strict that day, he will go directly to the other class to study.
Jiang Xiaosong finally made it to the end of get out of class and wanted to use the short ten minutes to ask Shen Anyan how to answer the last big math problem, but Lu Zhou got there first, so he had to shamelessly cut in line.
Lu Zhou didn't really want to learn anyway, and when he heard the other party say that he had a better relationship with Shen Anyan, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed and immediately agreed happily.
Jiang Xiaosong then opened the exercise book and pointed out the questions he didn't know how to answer to Shen Anyan expectantly.
Shen Anyan took a look and said in surprise: "Are you sure you want to ask this question? It's very difficult. If you want to review, it will be more effective to review the basic questions."
Jiang Xiaosong said, "I know. Didn't Teacher Chen highlight the key points of this question? Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't even look at it."
After listening to the discussion between the two, Lin Yue immediately turned around and took a look at the question.
"Oh! I don't know how to do this conic section problem either. I was planning to do it last, but since you're going to explain it now, let me listen too."
He Qingtian and Chen Shan also came over.
"This question is very difficult. I think it's not cost-effective, so I skipped it. Xiaoyan, do you have any ideas?" He Qingtian asked.
Chen Shan has always held the attitude of "give up if you can't beat it" towards this kind of difficult problem, but seeing that his friends around him wanted to listen, he also shouted that he wanted to challenge his own limits and listen.
There were quite a lot of people who wanted to listen, and Shen Anyan was in a dilemma for a moment.
She said, "It's hard to explain with so many people gathered around. Some people are bound to miss the calculation process. Or should we listen in pairs?"
Seeing this, Lu Zhou suggested, "Why don't you just go to the blackboard and talk? Everyone will be able to hear it, right?"
Shen Anyan slapped his head, thinking that he had really confused the question and couldn't figure out such a simple principle.
She took the exercise book and stood on the podium to give a lecture.
Shen Anyan's seat was vacant, so Lu Zhou simply sat in his seat, acting quite naturally, as if it had always been his seat.
Jiang Xiaosong curled her lips. She had originally wanted to sit in Shen Anyan's seat, but someone else had gotten there first. She had no choice but to pull over an empty stool and sit down next to He Qingtian.
Someone noticed Shen Anyan's movements and asked, "Hey, Shengyan, do you want to explain a question? Which one?"
Shen Anyan said: "The last one on page 38 of the tome."
After hearing this, most of the students took out their exercise books and turned to that page. Then someone else said, "Hey, this question is hard. Let me try it too."
The people around echoed.
Seeing that everyone wanted to listen, Shen Anyan stopped suppressing her voice. She took out a piece of chalk and wrote the process on the blackboard while sorting out the ideas of this problem for everyone.
The students below listened attentively. Sometimes, if some of them couldn't keep up, they would raise their hands to ask their questions, and Shen Anyan would patiently answer them.
After a question is finished, everyone basically understands it. If there are some questions that are not understood, they can ask around and almost understand it.
Shen Anyan put down the chalk and was about to go downstairs when he saw the director standing outside the classroom door, holding up his mobile phone to take pictures.
Shen Anyan was a little confused: "Teacher?"
The director smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay. You guys continue. This is a very good habit, worthy of praise. You should continue to maintain it in the future."
Shen Anyan nodded.
The next evening study session was supervised by our homeroom teacher, Teacher Jiang. Lu Zhou didn't stay long and left the classroom as soon as the bell rang.
Teacher Jiang came in with a smile on her face. She walked to Shen Anyan and asked, "Did you explain the problem to the students just now?"
Shen Anyan responded with a “yes”.
Lin Yue said: "Teacher, Xiaoyan explained it very well. We understood it right away!"
Teacher Jiang said, "Very good. The director just praised you in the grade group."
Chen Shan asked: "Teacher, since we performed so well, is there any reward?"
Teacher Jiang thought about it and said with a smile: "How about this, after the exam, as long as your grades are good enough, I will set aside a Chinese class to show you a movie, how about that?"
Chen Shanben just said it casually, but he didn't expect it to come true. His eyes widened in surprise for a moment.
The students around who heard this promise also became excited. Some students in the back row who didn't hear it saw the people in the front shouting "Thank you, teacher" and "Old Jiang is so good" enthusiastically, and hurriedly asked the people around them what happened. After learning the reason, they immediately joined in the shouting.
The fatigue caused by the exam was relieved and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
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