Vol 1 Chapter 41 (1/2)

1 How the Highest Quality Is Learnt

We raise our chins and peer at the world with provoking stares, looking as if we’re strong and stubborn but hidden inside is fear and confusion

Adults, we understand your longing for us to beco but please understand: it’s not a cold and sharp carving knife that can carve out a beautiful statue, but a pair of eyes that can appreciate beauty, a heart that’s filled with love and a pair of warm hands that can carve a beautiful statue

Winter break was over and the new sehed,to end

My conflict with Treasure Bowl started again with the new year and went up a few notches too Punishi+ng o stand outside was now a piece of cake and it didn’t affect my mood at all I became familiar with the people from Class (2) and Class (3) and would often chat with the the 10 minutes between classes My social circle suddenly expanded to a new scope and my thick face also increased to a new level

I deeply knew that the more comfortable my life was, the worse Treasure Bowl’s er hily I enjoyed the spring breeze, looked at the falling flowers…Isn’t it a pleasure! Just facing our corridor was a sarden with a pavilion and terrace, everything was there

Once after class, Ceng Hong s outside for punish outside yet? Say you ado and sit back in the classroo inside”

I arrogantly replied, “Fighting with the sky is a delight; fighting with the ground is a delight; fighting with people is a delight”

The bell for class rang Ceng Hong flicked the cigarette out of theand pattedme to look out for myself, then went back into the classroom

Treasure Bo that punishi+ng er tormented me so he ordered me to invite my parents to come In the short space of athat there was no result, he started to understand that getting co operation from the parents was a failure

However, through punishi+ng me to stand outside, he observed that I still cared a lot about how people sawme to stand outside his office because there were er just students fro outside the corridor so facing this new environain suffered the torn But gradually, with the increasing number of times I was punished this way, my head slowly rose up, my posture became more and more comfortable, my expression becahter Treasure Bowl discovered that I had once again stubbornly resisted his torain adapted to the natural selection He hated me so much his teeth itched but in that time frame, he couldn’t think of a better way to torment me

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I hadwas structured like a ‘Z’, it’s just that the ht To the left of the ‘Z’ was a sht side was a sports field which had eight cement table tennis tables and a basketball court Class (1), (2) and (3) were considered the top horizontal line of the ‘Z’ and couldn’t see the sports field but the teachers’ offices were in the middle of the vertical part of the ‘Z’ and faced the sports court so the table tennis tables could be seen When I stopped lowering my head out of shame and learnt to appreciate the landscape around ure near the table tennis tables— the child prodigy Chen Jin

He see table tennis, he’d rush out the the table tennis tables as soon as class ended He played very well and prettyas he wanted to, he could keep standing at the table playing and only the others changed back and forth

Notable tennis, Chen Jin seee middle school student I couldn’t understand, where did that brilliant, dazzling, arrogant, self inferior child prodigy go? If he was still as bright as he was during primary, I should have heard about hi that he existed fro him in this corner

I admit that I was rather bored so I asked Xiao Fei to helpthat he really was ordinary and rades were only in the top ten in his class Of course it was still considered good but it was a long distance away fro him ordinary His personality was even more ordinary, when classmates ly as though it didn’t matter if he was in the class

Xiao Fei was extre about Chen Jin, she inquired all around and afterwards, she continuously said to h it’s very troublesome to like a boy who stands out, you don’t need to lower your standards this much How about I introduce someone to you, I know lots of Year 3 boys” Because Chen Jin was three years younger than the other students in his year level, he see in theand tall Year 3 boys, he seemed like a little shorty He wasn’t able to participate in any of the most popular sports in school, basketball, soccer and volleyball It was the trend for boys to pretend to be cool and say a feords froood family by his parents, everyday he dressed tidily, his hands ashed cleanly, his face ashed cleanly, his words were also clean plus, he also used a handkerchief

When Xiao Fei said, “Chen Jin actually carries a handkerchief on him”, her expression was full of horror

Seeing Xiao Fei’s painful expression, I wondered that if I told her back in the year, pretty irls in our class liked Chen Jin , would she faint from shock?

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Every time I was punished to start, I would see Chin Jin Everyday during extra curricular activities, he would be playing table tennis I think I can understand why he plays table tennis what I can’t understand is, what ht disappear? WhatYong’?

[Grieving for Zhong Yong is a story about a child prodigy who loses his ‘talent’, I’ve included the story at the end]

However, curiosity was curiosity, although I was bored, I wasn’t so bored as to rush in front of Chen Jin and ask him about his situation Moreover, it’s been nearly three years, who knows if he still recognizes me?

I changed er Treasure Bowl but one day when I was caught by Treasure Bowl due to a small matter, he finally pulled out his ultimate weapon

Treasure Bowl ordered o and stand on theand think over ave hiy is when I can come back into the classroom

This ti on the table tennis table wasn’t scary, as scary was that after I stand on there, Zhang Jun and Guan He will be able to see me However, who let Treasure Bowl be the teacher and me the student? I was so stubborn that I would rather die than ado and stand on the table tennis table

On the first day, everyone in thea red coat who, after finishi+ng theexercises, cliht in the ht that I was playing so everyone laughed as they looked but later, after the bell for class rang and I still didn’t move, they were all dumbstruck