Chapter 2: Fame Spreads Far and Wide

  The next day, Guo Ming got up early, washed and dressed, looked at the handsome young man in the mirror, smiled slightly, then restrained his smile, touched the faint blue stubble on his chin, and said softly: "Guo Ming, you're not a kid anymore, it's time for you to repay your parents."

  Taking a deep breath, Guo Ming returned to his room, opened the window, and sniffed the fresh air outside. He couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia as he gazed at the scenery where everything was starting to come back to life, watching the sunrise peeking through, realizing that he had missed many beautiful scenes all along.

  I will no longer be greedy for sleep from now on. Why sleep a lot before death, when you must sleep long after death? For some reason, Guo Ming thought of this famous saying.

  But now is not the time for sentiment, his first early rise in life was not to watch the scenery, he sat down and started reading words. His English has always been the worst, before he always thought that as a Chinese, why learn English, this sentence makes some sense, but China now emphasizes test-oriented education, without scores you can't even think about going to good schools, let alone wanting to get a degree must pass the English level 4 exam.

  Suddenly, a beautiful skin appeared in front of him, three points more beautiful than the swan neck, Guo Ming's eyes flashed with a strange light, and then he lowered his head and began to recite words silently.

  Shui Mengyao stood tall and slender, opening the window to breathe in the fresh air outside, stretching her waist and immediately revealing a large expanse of skin. This was exactly what Guo Ming had just seen. At 16 years old, Shui Mengyao had already developed quite well, although slightly green, but already showing strong development potential.

  Suddenly, she saw Guo Ming reading on the balcony, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of her mouth. This was something she hadn't seen in seven or eight years, it was really strange. She waved at Guo Ming, although they weren't very familiar with each other, but after all, they had been neighbors for over ten years, so greeting him was necessary.

  Guo Ming's heart was racing uncontrollably, his face grew hot with embarrassment, and a voice in his mind shouted: "Now you've lost face, look at this, now you've been seen through." As soon as he thought of this, Guo Ming didn't dare lift his head or even breathe loudly, all he could hope for was that the girl would leave quickly.

  Shui Mengyao saw Guo Ming ignoring her, smiled and turned away.

  Guo Ming took a deep breath, stood up and was about to leave. But the big words on the wall pierced him harshly, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "What's there to be afraid of? She studies her own way, I study my own way. Am I still afraid of losing face? Haven't I lost enough over these years?" Thinking of this, Guo Ming firmly returned to his seat and began reciting vocabulary silently.

  Ten minutes later, Shui Mengyao returned from across the way, glanced at Guo Ming, and also picked up her own book to read.

  An hour later, Guo Ming thought back to the words he had just recited and couldn't help but feel a little excited. He had immersed himself wholeheartedly and managed to remember quite a few words. It seemed that from now on, he would have to work hard! Knowledge really did rely on accumulation. Thick accumulation and thin emission was indeed the right principle.

  Guo Ming realized through his previous studies that he wasn't stupid, but rather hadn't studied diligently before. He casually tore off a piece of paper to reveal the large characters "99", this was his final moment's shock chart.

  "Tomorrow, eat more."

  "Yes! You study hard and fill your brain, at noon mom will cook chicken soup for you to drink." Guo Ming's mother also showed a long-lost smile on her face.

  Guo Ming felt a bit unaccustomed for a moment, and soon he guessed what it was - his parents must have seen him getting up early to study. His parents were delighted, and Guo Ming couldn't help but smile too. His family background wasn't bad either; in the 1980s, his parents had started a small business that had grown into a fortune of tens of millions by now.

  After dinner, Guo Ming rode his half-new bicycle to school. Although Guo Zheng was wealthy, he managed his children very strictly and never allowed his son to waste money.

  Suddenly, the bell rang behind him, and Guo Ming turned his head to see that it was Shui Meng Yao. Today she wore a pair of white cowboy pants with a white T-shirt on top, and there was a big heart-shaped logo on her chest. It had to be admitted that this outfit looked particularly pleasing to the eye when worn by Shui Meng Yao.

  "Lost in thought for a moment, Guo Ming chuckled and said: 'Beautiful girl, leaving so early?'"

  "Hehe, I've always been up this early." Shui Mengyao said sweetly: "But I'm curious about you, you actually got up so early today, did the sun rise from the west?"

  Shuǐ Mèng Yáo was just joking, but Guō Míng's face turned red, and he hastily said: "That, that, because I went to bed early yesterday, so I got up a bit earlier today."

  "Really? I thought you were going to make a strong effort!" Shui Mengyao smiled softly and said, "Let's go, let's walk together."

  Guo Ming smiled and nodded slightly.

  On the road, Yu Meng was lost in thought and almost collided with a pedestrian on the side of the road, fortunately Guo Ming reminded her just in time.

  "What's wrong with you? I see your condition isn't very good." Guo Ming said with concern.

  "There's nothing, I'm just thinking about the monthly exam in seven days and whether I can surpass Chen Ziyu from the experimental class and Zhang Zihan from the review class. To be honest, I really don't have any confidence." Shui Mengyao said with a low tone.

  About these two, Guo Ming is quite familiar. The school has been cultivating top students since the first year of high school, and they are selected once a year. Shui Mengyao has always been one of them, but due to illness, she missed the exam in her second year and was transferred to an ordinary class in her third year. The two girls were originally rivals, and their achievements have always been comparable. As for Zhang Zihan from the remedial class, he is a well-known handsome boy in school, and his good grades are unquestionable. Every time the top three students in the school are announced, it's always these three people who can't be beat, and the difference between the fourth place and the third place is not just one or two points.

  Guo Ming nodded, but felt a pang in his heart. From the other person's tone, he sensed a condescending attitude. Yes! She had her own goals, her own social circle, and if she weren't Water Dream Jade's neighbor, she might not even bother with him.

  It's just six o'clock now, and there are almost no people in school. The gate is still ajar.

  Shuǐ Mèng Yáo said sweetly to the old gatekeeper, "Grandfather Zhang, open the door for us."

  Old Zhang, who was over 70 years old, opened his slightly closed eyes and saw Shui Mengyao. He immediately chuckled and said, "Wait a minute, Grandpa will open it for you." For Old Zhang, people like Shui Mengyao who respected him were rare, not to mention that her father was the deputy county head. Facing such a good granddaughter, he was naturally very pleased.

  After finishing, he slowly got up and slowly opened the school gate. As for how Old Zhang could still be a security guard, Guo Ming knew some of it - Old Zhang had some connections with the principal; otherwise, he would have been replaced long ago.

  Old Zhang suddenly saw Guo Ming with Shui Meng Yao, his face changed slightly, and he pointed at Guo Ming: "Meng Yao, why are you with him? He's not a good person." After saying that, Old Zhang regretted it a bit, wasn't this obviously tearing down the other person's facade? And in front of the beautiful schoolgirl.

  Guo Ming was furious upon hearing this, but the Guo family's upbringing was excellent, and he could still endure the anger in his heart. He thought to himself, "You're speaking right in front of me! Although I know I often get into fights, ask around, which time did I not beat up a hoodlum? Have I ever extorted money from someone or bullied an innocent person? This is simply too humiliating!"

  Angered, Guo Ming directly pushed the car away.

  "Grandpa, Guo Ming is very kind."

  "I'm telling you, this kid is the fighting king of this area, really, it's said that he's very bad, you'd better not get too close to him, you're so pretty, who knows what kind of bad ideas he might have." Old Zhang said in a low voice.

  Guo Mingzheng happened to be walking to the intersection and turning around when he saw Shui Mengyao nodding at him.

  A sharp pain spread through his heart, and Guo Ming let out a sigh. It seemed that his notorious reputation had already spread far and wide, whether Water Dream Jade was just humoring Old Zhang or really wanted to distance herself from him, this all indirectly said that he was absolutely not a good person in everyone's eyes.