Vol 1 Chapter 44 (2/2)
On the street, there was a person who continuously rang the bell on their bicycle I turnedHe was sitting on his bicycle, one foot on the ground and one foot on the pedal, staring at me I blanked out for a ritted my teeth in pain and breathed in and out quickly
Chen Jin laughed out loud and nearly fell from his bicycle I coldly stared at hinize him and stood up to leave
He chased after , “Luo Qi Qi, do you still remember me?”
I pretended to be confused and looked at hi, I was your desk mate in primary”
I continued to ignore hiive up, as if in disbelief that he would actually be forgotten by so lorification that hich was even , depressed, not saying anything yet not leaving either
I suddenly asked him, “Why?”
He asked me, “What why?”
“Why aren’t you Chen Jing?”
He understoodand hisChen Jing, My dad allowed me to laze around for a few years or else, who knohat other tricks ht e university student and create a sensation on the news She’ll feel the glory but I’ll have to be classrandht not even have any friends to play table tennis with”
I understood, “Then you’ll have to becoain”
He sighed, “Yeah, now that I’et into university If I don’t well, my dad will be displeased”
I smiled, “Then I’ll wish you a speedy success!”
He also smiled, “What about you? When will you decide to put in all your effort?”
I asked, “What do you mean?”
He continued s, “I heard that you won an award in aprimary Everyone in the class must have been quite surprised but I don’t find it a bit weird at all When I was your desk mate, I realized that you were actually quite smart”
I objected, “I’y!” After speaking, I ran off at lightning speed
Results for our ’s rank rose fro first in the year It created the wonder of being the greatest result rise since the founding of the school All the teachers were duh school teachers rushed to ask his ood and he had only done poorly on his entrance exarade rise was too uniinable News don’t usually spread between the h school departments but we actually heard of his naer than the others in his year, in an instant, the title of child prodigy returned back to hih school prodigy
However, Xiao Fei didn’t approve of hirow feelings for hi When she lecturedfor a boyfriend, not a library”
I laughed out loud when I heard this, Xiao Fei always had her fallacious reasoning Perhaps it was because froranted so she didn’t think of it as the slightest bit uncommon
After ’s supervision, I continued preparing forto understand countless poetry recitals froain hts
One day, I chose Liu Xi Yi’s ‘Sorrow of an Old Man’ Although beforehand I had put ht into how I should recite itand I knew that this was a tragic poe the mercilessness of tily, when I got to the line “A year that is spent sirief
Today, we are all sitting in this classroom, tomorrohere e all be? Where will I be? Where will Xiao Fei be? Where will Zhang Jun be? Where will Xiao Bo be?
We’re so irow up and break free frorow up, e be able to understand how precious our present time is?
After I finished reciting, Ceng Hong applauded energetically My classmates all stared at s I had just thought about in that short period of ti probably understood
Ceng Hong toldpoetry and that fro class recess
She took e and look down at the eh position
“Fro your speech delivery Giving a speech isn’t the sauage to engage the listener We need to learn use our eyes, sestures to stimulate the listener’s emotions”
Under Ceng Hong’s guidance, I started the dull practice of telling ain She corrected each and every one of my small movements andi oneself was She even invited the teacher of the high school department’s dance teae to the racefully and leave
I started learning how to be graceful froe while Ceng Hong sar below the stage
The dance teacher was her high school class college so their relationshi+p ran deep Often she would lecturelike this, you really won’t be able to get married”
Ceng Hong blew out snored her then coldly pointed at ? You were just taught but you’e forgotten already! Smile! Smile! Even if you aren’t happy inside, you still better have a smile on your face!”
Due to Treasure Bowl, I was considerably well known a the teachers The dance teacher looked out for my expression but saw that I didn’t care at all whereas she was quite surprised She felt that I wasn’t stubborn and unruly with no regard for elders like the ruirl is quite interesting, no wonder the lazy you would give a lot of care to her”
I wasn’t a three year old, I knew long ago that there are all kinds of different things between scolding and good words Some people can hide ill will under praises, other people will bury their painstaking efforts under the sound of lecturing People who treat you well aren’t necessarily truly treating you well and those who treat you badly aren’t necessarily actually treating you badly
Of the entire year level, it wasn’t just , other Chinese teachers all picked the best in the class, got them to practice a few ti chose such a bad student like me and persistently spared no effort to trouble oneself and trouble other people to co head a hundred times, I still had to take it in
The five topauditorium The speech competition was divided into the different year levels and the television station even ca the city’s news broadcast
I didn’t let down Ceng Hong’s teachings and got awarded second prize The dance teacher felt soot first prize had a sweet voice, bright ietic but actually, I see and I were both very satisfied with the result Toable to talk cal I had learnt was considered a success And being able to personally get a person who tree and didn’t even dare lift their eyes into so Hong’s eyes, a success
I discovered that I was quite si, ere both people ould put in their full efforts during the process but when the results ca as we met our basic requirements, ould be satisfied We weren’t people ould take unnecessary pains for an insignificant probleet first
When I went upstage to receive my award, I suddenly saw a very fa Jun alking towards the door I instantly became absentminded The auditorium could only fit two thousand people and the school didn’t require every student to attend The students who caood students in the eyes of the teacher, those who took delight in attending class activities and cared about collective honor Bad students had long taken this opportunity to not go to class as a school holiday and went out to play Although Zhang Jun’s grades weren’t considered bad, but I didn’t believe that Zhang Jun would care about what the teacher and students’ thought to co speech competition
Why did he come?
As soon as ht opened, I immediately shouted stop atto do with me?
After getting an award at the speech co or small the poetry recital competition, speech coo I didn’t refuse any, from the school ones to the city ones, I participated in all of the an award,another part was for gettingmy skills
Because of the speech coht that I was a fluent speaker and also letcompetitions
Actually, after I overcame my shyness and nervousness, speech co co The requiree and reaction speeds were higher and it was really to my taste
I liked searching for loopholes in the opponent’s speech or using language designed to ed trap There wereas I could defeat the opponent
I fully enjoyed the ate my opponent
I started to also repeatedly ards for debating, to the extent that I joined seniors in higher year levels representing the school in state competitions
Along with my ‘public appearances’, I could be considered to be a bit well known a the teachers, parents and classmates Even ’
I pretended not to care on the surface but inside, I was secretly proud of my ‘achieve as I thought of Guan He and Zhang Jun ae, I would feel especially excited It seemed like the person I defeated wasn’t the opponent but Guan He; it seemed likeJun
While I was privately proud offorward, Guan He didn’t stand still either
An essay Guan He wrote for the school newspaper was sent to ‘Youth Literature’ by Class (5)’s teacher Not only did ‘Youth Literature’ use it, they put it in a prominent space on that week’s publication The second year middle school teachers all ot me to read it to the whole class so we could all appreciate Guan He’s excellent writing
Perhaps there are very few people who subscribe to ‘Youth Literature’ now but in the 90’s, pretty azine Back then when there weren’t azine idespread across China and had a bigger influence than any of the youth azines today In comparison, my second prize in the speech competition that appeared for three seconds in the city’s news broadcast wasn’t even worth
Seeing Guan He’s writing be changed into text and printed onto the beautiful pages, I couldn’t tell what I was feeling other than sweetness, sourness, bitterness and spiciness I had to s or else I’d really disappoint the devil Treasure Bowl and the angel Guan He’s training but nowadays,that even my master, Guan He, wasn’t able to tell it was fake
I thought that I was already running with effort but I never thought Guan He would run faster When I had only just started to think that I was a bit closer to Guan He, she had thrown ance I had inside didn’t even have the chance to swell before it was shattered to pieces
When I thought to how Class (8)’s Chinese Teacher would definitely also praise Guan He’s talet and perhaps may even call up a student to read her essay out loud for the entire class to appreciate, I couldn’t help but think how Zhang Jun would feel His taste would probably also be very complex but he definitely wouldn’t have full stomach of bitter envy like me