Chapter 22 - Exams (1/2)

Chapter 22: Exams

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“I am backward in my thinking! Why did you not set an example for me? In short, if you uses the Ding’s family old rules and thinking on Nan Nan, I will not let you off!”

With that, Qiao Dongliang got up from bed, took his pillow and blanket and went to sleep in the study room. He did not wish to share a bed with Ding Jiayi any more.

He did not care how the Ding family treated people, but he would not allow his daughter to be treated like that!

“You… you, where are you going?” Ding Jiayi was dumbfounded. Old Qiao refused to share a bed with her just because of that wretched girl?

On the next day, Qiao Dongliang was just his usual self; but Ding Jiayi’s eyes were puffy red and swollen. She had obviously been crying.

Qiao Nan started school at an earlier time than Qiao Zijin. She went out early in the morning, taking the deep-fried dough sticks that Qiao Dongliang bought along with her. She carried her bag and drank her soybean milk, making a stop at Zhai’s house to get her books before heading off to school.

Looking at the unfamiliar faces of her cla.s.smates whom she could not recall, Qiao Nan started to feel anxious. She could not even remember where she sat in the cla.s.sroom.

She finally found her cla.s.sroom by checking the cla.s.s plates outside. She stood dumbfounded at the doorway.

“Qiao Nan, why are you standing by the door, go in now.” Her cla.s.s teacher, Teacher Chen saw Qiao Nan and smiled brightly.

Qiao Nan always ranked top three in her level and ranked first in her cla.s.s. Every teacher loved a good student like her.

With Teacher Chen’s prompting, Qiao Nan braced herself and went into the cla.s.sroom.

Qiao Nan could no longer remember her cla.s.smates, but she still remembered Teacher Chen.

In this country, everyone had to go through nine years of compulsory education. In her previous life, Teacher Chen paid a lot of visits to her house when she stopped going to secondary three.

Every time Teacher Chen visited their house, her father would urge her to go back to school, but her mother would kick up a fuss. She was frustrated by all this and ended up doing a lot of stupid stuff, breaking Teacher Chen’s heart.

Looking at her junior high cla.s.s teacher, Teacher Chen, she felt a twinge of guilt.

Upon entering the cla.s.sroom, Qiao Nan had no idea where she used to sit. At this moment, Teacher Chen said, “Qiao Nan, you had better sit in your usual place.”

Teacher Chen pointed towards the second row of the second group, at the seat to the right.

That seat was the nearest to the blackboard and the teacher.

This was undoubtedly the seat that teachers reserved for good students.

Qiao Nan let out a breath and with her bag behind her, walked towards the seat that Teacher Chen said. She put away her bag at the desk.

When she was finally settled down, the rest of the cla.s.smates also streamed in gradually. Teacher Chen a.s.signed seats to everyone but the good seat besides Qiao Nan still remained vacant.

“The summer break was over. Let’s have a test. Everyone put away your books, do not leave anything unnecessary on the table. Hurry up.”

At Teacher Chen’s words, everyone started to complain.

There was a saying that goes: Examinations were a teacher’s weapon while grades were a student’s lifeline.

Qiao Nan turned as white as a sheet upon hearing Teacher Chen’s words.