Chapter One My High School

  Xia Hai, this city always has topics that can't be finished even after many years, including those undulating large areas of camphor trees, the ancient streets that are steamed to almost produce water on summer days, the crisscrossing power lines that cut through the clear sky, and those girls who occasionally flash a glimpse wearing fashionable green clothes.

  However, the First High School of Xihaishi has already started to make adjustments for its own imperial road. The core administrative building of the First High School, Tianjia Yu Building, is the most unique and beautiful building in the school, with coconut trees and lush iron trees planted below it. The roads on the ground are centered around the building, connecting various areas of the school, paved with green grass, giving a sense of Roman roads, crisscrossing in all directions.

  In the administrative center, in a conference hall within the brain of Xia Hai City's First High School that overlooked the school square and sports ground, some senior leaders of the school, head teachers of major classes, directors of the Teaching Affairs Office and the Political Education Office had all gathered. Principal Ding Juntao's face was heavy with worry, and the atmosphere in the room was somewhat solemn.

  "You tell them, what's going on this year?" Ding Juntuo said with his hands behind his back, standing in front of the glass window to his assistant.

  The assistant turned around and faced the school leaders, "This year's city-wide evaluation results are out, our No. 1 Middle School's average score is still the highest in the city..."

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief as they entered the venue and saw Ding Juntao's serious expression, which even made their heart rate increase.

  Just like Murphy's Law, there is always a twist in things. The assistant suddenly changed the subject, "But...the city's top scorer in the middle school entrance exam and the college entrance exam are not from our school!"

  This sentence was like throwing a heavy bomb, making the whole scene boil over. The number of top scorers in the middle school entrance examination, college entrance examination, and even the number of students admitted to first-tier universities has always been a highlight for each school's recruitment. Shiyi Middle School is not the strongest in Xiaohai City because of its large base of excellent students, but because it occupies the forefront of the annual quota for top students.

  If one day people's discussions and focus are no longer on the assumption that the top scorer of every exam is from Municipal No. 1 Middle School, then Municipal No. 1 Middle School will really have a problem.

  So everyone knows how severe the problem is at present.

  "Not only the top scorer in the college entrance examination, but also the top three in the middle school entrance examination, are not in our school, but in Waihai Middle School in the suburbs of Xihaishi. It is said that they are preparing to contact the city TV station to publish their recruitment announcement, with the most important thing being to make a name for themselves by relying on the double champion of middle and high school examinations."

  Everyone is aware of the severity of the problem. If we say that the top three schools in Xia Hai City are First, Second and Third Middle Schools, then Wai Hai Middle School is like a freak. It was established ten years ago but has been quietly unknown until recently it became more and more prominent due to the new principal's appointment. And it is said that the principal of Wai Hai Middle School used to be from First Middle School and had some grudges with the current principal, Ding Juntao.

  Everyone looked at Ding Juntao with uncertain expressions, but now he only left a lonely figure worth pondering.

  There may be more than one person on the scene who has doubts in their mind. Why have the various signs of Waihai Middle School in recent years shown that their target is always First Middle School? Apart from the ambition to win the top spot in the city, it's likely also related to Ding Juntao.

  Not resigned? ... Ding Juntao turned around, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.

  "Can't those students dig it up?" Ding Juntang lit a cigarette and said thoughtfully.

  Several people in charge of the teaching office shook their heads, "I heard that Wai Hai and they signed a contract. If you can become the top scorer in the college entrance examination, go to Tsinghua University or Peking University, and one person will be awarded 100,000 yuan in scholarships."

  Caused a stir, scholarships were not news at the time, some schools in order to keep their reputation and status, specially high-priced invited some excellent students to transfer, for the school to win fame and fortune, only in later generations will this wind rise, now it has already appeared.

  Ding Juntao took a deep drag on his cigarette, the other side was prepared for anything and had made up their mind to shake the position of No. 1 Middle School. If they didn't take some measures, could No. 1 Middle School still proudly stand as the top school in the city? Although this was certain, a school with such a long history and excellent teachers wouldn't be so fragile. However, if Haiwai Middle School were to rise like this, who knows what kind of problems might appear, at least affecting the enrollment and the highest position of No. 1 Middle School.

  External factors are only one aspect, and internal factors cannot be ignored. A large number of children of officials have set their sights on this school, and while they invisibly add to the school's reputation, they also secretly corrupt the originally good academic atmosphere and style of this school.

  Clamoring for comparison, eating and dressing up, puppy love, and even campus violence, to some extent, have become obstacles hindering the development of schools.

  How to suppress school bureaucracy and prevent them from causing trouble while controlling the school's atmosphere and rectifying the school's academic attitude is an urgent task.

  Ding Juntao quickly released three requirements: "First, starting from the latest high school students, implement a key training plan. After one year of study, students will be divided into key classes and ordinary classes based on their final exam scores, without any favoritism. Second, the key class will be divided into four classes, two for liberal arts and two for science, all with the most qualified and excellent special-grade teachers as head teachers. The head teachers of other high school classes will be evaluated based on the proportion of students sent to the key class. Third, prepare 200,000 yuan in special school funds to support this key division plan, and the school must start changing from now on!"

  Countless people are both shocked and delighted. Shocked at the division between these elite classes and ordinary classes, will it not cause a huge stir, striking the enthusiasm of ordinary students, making them mistakenly think that the school has given up on them, thus becoming apathetic towards learning? Delighted because this is related to the personal interests of teachers, it seems that next year there will be 2 million yuan in bonuses distributed among high school class directors.

  In high school, each grade has an average of seven classes. Due to its reputation, the over-enrollment of No. 1 Middle School is a fact that cannot be denied. Each class has one head teacher, and the head teachers of the first year will share a piece of cake together, what a wonderful thing.

  Xiao Rihu was previously worried about being the head teacher of the first year high school class, but now it seems like a great opportunity. He is considering changing to a new residence, as his wife has been complaining that their current dormitory room is too small for their family of three. They have been wanting to move out of the old dormitory and into one of the new apartments being built by the school next year, but they are still short a few tens of thousands of yuan. This seems like a perfect opportunity, as he can just work harder to cultivate a few more top students for the school, which shouldn't be too difficult.

  In the administrative building of Tianjia Yu in Municipal No. 1 Middle School, Principal Ding Juntao's voice still echoed, but he had already opened up a magnificent future landscape for the teachers present.

  All teachers concerned about their personal interests have started praying for a good draw and situation in the new freshman computer random assignment of classes.

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  August 31st, the day for freshmen to report and receive their books. Su Can changed into a clean casual outfit, left home, and carried a newly purchased backpack that was simple but sturdy, allowing him to carry many books. He arrived at the entrance early, so he first went to the noodle shop outside the school to have breakfast.

  Su's father and mother got busy, as the store had started operating. Every morning at 7 o'clock, Su's mother would get up to open the door, and his father would follow later to help his mother Zeng Ke with cleaning the storefront before going back to work.

  Sunlight spilled onto the streets and bus stops in front, the road ahead, the big trees, still carrying some dusk, Su's bright brown eyes reflected everything in front of her, her heart filled with infinite beauty.

  He thought that if a person were reborn, they would be full of ambition and dreams, pursuing all the regrets they had in their previous life, even to the point of being admired by the whole society.

  However, no.

  All of this is gone, after a true rebirth, I found myself walking the same route every day, in the world and time of eleven years ago, with an indescribable sense of treasuring and nostalgia.

  Every place that has not changed since the past, those video rooms, the thriving DVD rental stores, the familiar old men sitting at the entrance of the unit, fanning themselves and basking in the sun, the fragrant trees that have not yet grown into towering trees, the bus stops that have not changed their routes, the old supermarkets that have not been renovated, and the flower beds in the center of the street district that were once full of flowers but are now overgrown with weeds, all blend together to form the flavor of this bowl of beef noodle soup, rich, thick, and nostalgic, piercing through time and space, a taste that has been missed for ten years.

  Su Can knew he wasn't an ambitious person, although he had some dreams in his heart, they weren't too exaggerated or distorted. Even after rebirth, he didn't think he had great abilities, nor did he plan to have a life that would shine brightly and shoot out of the ordinary track like a rocket.

  So he is still living a peaceful and contented life, enjoying every moment of his rebirth granted by heaven.

  So it's not necessarily Lin Daiyu who is saddened by the withering of plants and flowers, but also Su Zhan, who feels that every mouthful of rice noodles lacks a little flavor.

  "Hey, what are you spacing out about!" A voice broke into his reverie, Su Can looked up to see Xue Yi Yang.

  Xue Yi Yang wore his new clothes, jeans, and Anta sports shoes on the lower half of his body. His whole being radiated energy, and his face was filled with anticipation for the new semester's encounters. He glanced down at Su Can's bowl with a hint of curiosity, "Hey, you're eating well! Beef noodles, huh!"

  "Want to go together? I'll treat you." Su Can smiled slightly.

  Xue Yi Yang had a slight change of heart, but then saw the No. 8 bus swaying unsteadily from the other end of the street, hastily swallowed his saliva, waved his hand and said "Forget it, the bus is here, I'll go first, still have to report for work, our class 5 is said to be full of beauties this new semester!"

  It's an undisputed fact that Xue Yiyang is a stunning beauty, but the way he deliberately says it out loud makes him sound somewhat pretentious.

  "Well, I'm off! See you later!" Xue Yi Yang jumped onto the bus with a dashing and clean appearance. "You can head to your school after you're done eating, who knows, maybe you'll even meet your other half!"

  Su Can opened his mouth, he wanted to say "Actually we can do it together." But before he could even get the words out, bus number 8 took off with this smug little kid, leaving him behind.

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