Chapter 447 (2/2)

Firstly, the students had to register themselves, and the teachers of respective subjects would recommend them; Next, according to the “recommended regulations” for outstanding students, which had been adjusted and updated accordingly over the years by the school, an evaluation would be conducted; Finally, a decision would be made by the school after thorough consideration.

There were three types of good students: The first type usually had excellent academic performance; The second type excelled in various academic competitions; The third type were those that were constantly actively participating in student activities. Generally speaking, it was not easy to accomplish any one of the things mentioned above. Even so, Huang Zongchao was brilliant in all three aspects. He used to be the chairman of the student council. Moreover, the student council managed by him is probably considered to be one of the most capable student councils in the entire history of the school.

Huang Zongchao’s class teacher, Qiu Yingchun, was very proud of him. He stood by and supported Huang Zongchao, “First of all, based on the school’s record of results for the past three years, it is clear that he had placed first in the entire grade; secondly, he is also a class representative with a bright personality and an exceptional ability to engage in various activities. Everyone had always highly supportive of him. Additionally, he is an expert when it comes to competitions. During his first year of high school, he won the first prize in the city’s English Speaking Contest which was broadcasted on national television. During his second year, he received the first prize in the provincial Physics competition, and was thus recommended for university admissions. Further, he had also placed second and third before in the provincial Mathematics competitions. In short, this student has excellent personal growth and development as a whole.”

In addition to the headmaster and class teacher, Huang Zongchao’s “little brother” also stood up and spoke for Huang Zongchao, even though he was also a good student that was always stepped on by Huang Zongchao. He had already been recruited in advance by Chung Hua University, but he still had to take the college entrance examinations. He was not like Huang Zongchao, who could get into the Capital University as long as he passed the interview.

Almost no one in the school objected to Huang Zongchao receiving such a subsidy. However, there was also another viewpoint —- —-

This benefit would be wasted on Huang Zongchao. He already had such good results. He would surely be able to get into the Capital University! Wasn’t it better to recommend some other students who were more talented than he was?

As the school officials and Huang Zongchao were still “sitting tight in the fishing boat despite the rising wind and waves”[4], Han Leng, an alumnus who held the “rebellious” banner up high stood out and sneered at Huang Zongchao – not in person, but on Weibo. He said that the school had decided on Huang Zongchao a long time ago. It was unavoidable, for they clearly had no one else in mind. They still had the courage to say things like Huang Zongchao being the best student in the school. To him this was a huge heap of politically-fueled fiasco!

At that time, many netizens discovered that this rebellious genius writer and clueless chick magnet who liked to drag and delay his books was actually from the same school as Huang Zongchao. What’s more, he was an alumnus!

Han Leng was originally already known as an influential public intellectual and an “angry youth”[5] who loved to spread hate around. After his words of indignation appeared, it suddenly made the netizens very interested. Was there really an inside story behind all of this?

Or, did Han Leng feel that he was the one who was best suited for the real-name recommendation?

Amid the intense gossipping of the netizens, Han Leng did not hide or disappear. To make things clear, he arrogantly expressed that he did not really care much about the Capital University in the first place…

He was just very upset. Why did the school overlook Zhao Youyue? In what way was she inferior to Huang Zongchao?

What? Who’s Zhao Youyue?

Are you all living in your dreams?

She’s none other than your beloved Lady Ah Yu!

Translation note :

[1] Comprehensive Universities () have a signicant degree of research activity and a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional degrees.

[2] The “real-name system” is a system in which when a user who wants to register an account on a blog, website or bulletin board system, is required to offer identification credentials including their legal name to the network service center. One may use an online pseudonym. However, the person’s real identity would be available if rules or laws are broken.

[3] “Faker” is the in-game name of Lee Sang-hyeok, a South Korean professional League of Legends player who is considered by many to be the best League of Legends player of all time. He was given the nickname “Unkillable Demon King” due to his impressive gaming skills. Some call him king. Some call him demon. Some call him a League of Legends god, but everybody calls him something.

[4] “Sitting tight in the fishing boat despite the rising wind and waves” (,) refers to how someone is still calm and unshaken even when confronted with a complicated and perilous situation.

[5] “Angry youth” is the literal meaning of “Fenqing” ().It mainly refers to Chinese youth who display a high level of Chinese nationalism. This term first appeared in Hong Kong in the 1970s, referring to those young people who were not satisfied with Chinese society and sought reform. It has now evolved into a term used predominantly in Internet slang. Whether fenqing is derogatory or not usually depends on the person. Chinese critics often refer to them using the homophone characters “” which are pronounced identically but translate to “shit-youth.” This is often changed further to fnfn () as a derogatory nickname.