In this top-tier high school in the city, who doesn't study until the early hours of the morning, until they're completely exhausted?
With so many high-achieving students, what good would improving your score by 200 points do if you wanted to get into Class A?
It's normal not to pass the exam or catch up...
Almost everyone in the class had arrived, probably busy getting up early to check their rankings, and they were all chattering about their scores.
"Holy crap, Ning is awesome!"
"You really haven't wasted all that time studying!"
"It's such a pity, we were just ten places away from getting into Class B."
Faced with the swarm of classmates, Su Jinning simply smiled, then looked at her somewhat exhausted body slumped on the table and avoided their questions.
Seeing this, Wu Yong gently patted Shen Moyu's shoulder: "Hey, top student, what's wrong with Brother Ning?"
Several girls nearby also whispered among themselves.
"Alright." Shen Moyu also sat down, her mood becoming irritable. "Stop crowding around, everyone go about your own business."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the students who wanted to ask for an explanation had no choice but to slink away, wondering if these two had taken the wrong medicine, as they looked so unhappy despite doing so well on the exam.
After everyone had left, Shen Moyu reached out and patted Su Jinning on the shoulder, his tone somewhat commanding: "Get up."
Su Jinning let out a long sigh, her breath hitting the backpack and bouncing back. He frowned, stood up, and looked at him.
Shen Moyu looked at his worried face, feeling sorry for him but also somewhat helpless: "Don't look so listless. You've improved by several hundred places, you know? More than five hundred points, that's enough to get into a top-tier university, okay?"
Su Jinning closed her eyes indifferently, and after a long while, she only said one sentence: "I still didn't get into Class A."
For him now, this is the most important thing. There are 120 spots between them, and a difference of 200 points.
This is the distance between him and Class A, and also the distance between him and Shen Moyu.
Shen Moyu suddenly fell silent, staring blankly at him, before finally letting out a soft sigh: "You're making me very uncomfortable too..."
"It's nothing." Su Jinning shrugged, playing with her mechanical pencil, pressing it harder with each stroke, but her tone was very light: "After all, I know my own limitations."
He couldn't help but recall that night at the hospital when Shen Moyu grabbed his wrist and said, "Come with me to Class A."
The fact that Shen Moyu organized materials for him until the early hours of the morning every day was enough for him to curse himself a thousand times.
Shen Moyu felt a jolt of electricity run through her heart, a tingling, throbbing pain: "You..."
"Class, quiet down!"
"Alright, the teacher is here." Su Jinning smiled and gestured with her chin towards Jin Shuoshuo.
The ear-piercing sound of Jin Shuoshuo striking the podium with his pointer echoed throughout the classroom, disrupting Shen Moyu's entire mood. He turned away in annoyance and said no more.
Su Jinning looked out the window and closed her eyes.
The class assignments are coming up soon, and he doesn't dare to think about how he'll cope when he can no longer see Shen Moyu, especially since the A and B classes have such a heavy schedule, he might not see Shen Moyu for most of the day. What should he do then?
What if he can't solve a problem? What if he can't see my WeChat message? What if a pretty girl in Class A is pursuing him...?
The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became. He simply covered his head, which felt like it was about to explode, with his school uniform and tried his best to hypnotize himself.
Zhengde No.1 Middle School selects the top 100 students from each grade to form two elite classes, A and B, each taught by outstanding teachers of the year. They enjoy an excellent learning environment, but classes are tiered and students move between them based on their rankings. After each exam, students are placed into the appropriate class according to their ranking.
Jin Shuoshuo had almost finished speaking and let out a deep breath as if a great weight had been lifted off his shoulders: "Well... now that everyone understands, let's all cheer up and step into our new classes."
"Teacher! We can't bear to part with you!" Chen Hang suddenly stood up and shouted with great emotion.
Jin Shuoshuo just smiled and said, "I am the homeroom teacher of Class A."
Chen Hang: "..."
Laughter erupted from the audience, just like in Class 8 back in the day.
"If you do well on the exam, I won't punish you for now. Sit down quickly." Jin Shuoshuo said threateningly, but still smiled.
The audience quieted down, waiting for Jin Shuoshuo to continue.
"After this period of hard work, some people's progress is obvious to all." Jin Shuoshuo paused for a moment: "This time, the teacher will not praise Shen Moyu first."
Shen Moyu nodded and smiled, naturally understanding.
"It is our classmate Su Jinning who, after half a month of unremitting efforts, achieved an excellent score of 512 points." After saying this, Jin Shuoshuo was overjoyed and quickly led the applause.
Su Jinning smiled shyly and breathed a sigh of relief amidst the enthusiastic applause.
"Okay, then I hope the rest of you will also work hard. Although I won't be your homeroom teacher anymore, you can still come to me if you have any questions. Let's all cheer each other on." Jin Shuoshuo clenched his fist energetically, making everyone laugh.
As the bell rang to signal the end of morning self-study, the sounds of students who had been admitted to classes A and B getting up and packing their things could be heard from inside the room, accompanied by whispers.
Everything had the scent of departure.
"Brother Ning, we're leaving now." Chen Hang walked over and patted Su Jinning on the shoulder. Behind them were Song Wenmiao, He Qing, and Chen Yuanyuan.
Su Jinning looked up at them, smiled and nodded: "Study hard."
Chen Yuanyuan said with some reluctance, "It's okay, Sports Committee member, we're all waiting for you in Class A. You'll definitely make it!"
"Yes, feel free to ask us any questions you don't understand," He Qing said, pursing her lips.
“Yes, you should still tell us if anything happens. Don’t let us distance ourselves from you just because we’re leaving,” Song Wenmiao said, arms crossed, sounding reasonable.
"Are you crazy? Worrying won't help." Su Jinning smiled helplessly and waved her hand, "Hurry up and leave, I'll have some peace and quiet once you're gone."
Chen Hang stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. Although he didn't say anything, Su Jinning nodded knowingly when she met his gaze.
Watching the departing figures of the group, Su Jinning remained silent, only reaching into Shen Moyu's desk to tidy up the messy exercise books and put them into Shen Moyu's schoolbag.
Looking at Su Jinning helping him pack his things, Shen Moyu was momentarily at a loss for what to do.
"I almost forgot, you'll be given new workbooks after you get into Class A, so don't take these, they're pretty heavy." Su Jinning pulled out the few workbooks that were almost finished and put them on her desk, chuckling, "Perfect for me to practice copying them."