Those Years When I Was Forced to Top the Forbes List

Chapter 7 Let's Go Together? (Part 1)

The first evening self-study session at school, from 7:00 to 7:30, is called the "News Broadcast Class".

However, since starting high school, none of us have watched the evening news even once, let alone in our senior year.

Class 16 was in the middle of the dozen or so liberal arts classes, but it was still a key middle school. As soon as class started, everyone buried themselves in their studies, creating a tense atmosphere of preparing for the college entrance examination.

This made Chen Xuebing a little discouraged.

Everyone is sprinting desperately in the last 100 meters, but he's still at the starting line of the 400-meter race. How can he possibly outrun them?
Never mind, I'll focus on the ones with the most credits first.

Thankfully, it's a humanities subject, so the knowledge points are more scattered. If it were a science subject, I would have been completely doomed.

Chen Xuebing simply found two mock exam papers for the humanities section and started working on them.

History volume.

They started off with a burst of energy and enthusiasm.

Which figure was the founding emperor of a dynasty in ancient Chinese history?
Liu Bei, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Zedong.

Holy crap, this question... you're really daring!
Which revolutionary group did Sun Yat-sen lead?
GC Party, democratic parties, youth groups, Kuomintang.

Which dynasty did the Xinhai Revolution overthrow?

Novels, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty.

This is...

Is this the difficulty level of the mock exam? Are they trying to make me the history class representative?
After the first five questions, things started to get difficult.

The emergence of the "Illustrated Compendium for Convenience" reflects what?
What is the "Convenience Compendium"?
China has a long history of mathematics. Mathematics was included in the "Six Arts" of the Zhou Dynasty, and mathematical knowledge was essential for astronomical observation and calendar compilation throughout history. The Han Dynasty's *Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art* led the world in many areas, including fractions, square roots, linear equations, and the Pythagorean theorem, through the application of calculations to specific problems… Based on the material and your knowledge, summarize the characteristics of the development of ancient Chinese mathematics.

Based on what you have learned?
What knowledge did I learn?

This book is so hard to turn the pages of!

He could make up some things. But Chen Xuebing knew that the standard answer must contain several key pieces of information, and he would only get points for each correct answer.

Moreover, the humanities section has a lot of words. If you just make things up like a headless fly and try to find the answers, you probably won't be able to finish it at all.

As Chen Xuebing worked on the test, he started scanning the entire paper, and as he scanned, he began to question the meaning of life.

At the moment of his rebirth, he was somewhat confident: if I were to read Lao Tzu's works again, they would definitely be much better than in my previous life.

It doesn't seem to be much better.

Then he began to recall what information he knew about the college entrance examination in his previous life.

What is the college entrance examination essay?
I should have at least taken the test once back then...

As class was about to end, my eyelids started to droop, and I fell asleep.

The inherent weaknesses of underachieving students.

...

The bell rang, waking Chen Xuebing.

Damn! What did I learn? How come the whole class is over in one session?
I flipped through the book aimlessly for ages...

Class teacher Guo Shihai entered the classroom, stood at the door and knocked: "Teacher Sun won't be coming tonight. It's self-study time. I'll hand out a test paper in a bit. Do it when you have time and hand it in the morning after tomorrow."

The class cheered and jumped for joy, as if they were on holiday for a moment.

Nobody wants to have math class late at night; they're already sleepy.

The moment Guo Shihai turned and walked out of the classroom, Chen Xuebing stood up abruptly, walked to the front row, and stopped next to Yang Qingyue.

Yang Qingyue sensed the shadow beside her, looked up and saw Chen Xuebing. Realizing he was very close, she quickly turned her head back to look at the books on her desk.

"Zhao Li, can I switch seats with you?" Chen Xuebing asked Yang Qingyue's male classmate directly.

The surrounding area fell silent instantly.

Zhao Li was the vice class monitor, and some people in the class knew that he liked Yang Qingyue.

Of course, many people like Yang Qingyue, but Zhao Li has good grades, a good family background, and his clothes look more compatible with Yang Qingyue's. He is also her deskmate, so he has all the advantages and is more obvious in his feelings.

For example, he would bring two cartons of milk in the morning and give one to Yang Qingyue; when Yang Qingyue was not home when the test papers were handed out, he would take the test paper from her, and then look at it repeatedly and discuss her wrong answers with her.

Yang Qingyue was generous and friendly, and didn't draw too many lines, which was enough to make Zhao Li very proud.

He was very satisfied with the seat.

So even when Chen Xuebing came, he immediately shook his head and said firmly, "No." "I'll just switch to one night, just to help out."

Chen Xuebing just wanted Yang Qingyue to explain a test paper to him and learn some study methods. Yang Qingyue also gave him a stack of notes, and he wanted to highlight the key points before copying them.

Hearing that it would only be for one night, Zhao Li relaxed a little, but then he remembered seeing Chen Xuebing and Yang Qingyue together several times during evening self-study sessions, and became wary again.

"Teacher Guo doesn't allow us to change seats casually. Besides, your seat is so special, who would dare to switch with you?"

Yang Qingyue suddenly turned her head and said, "Zhao Li, Chen Xuebing borrowed my notes. He might have some questions for me. Why don't you exchange notes with him for a while?"

"He doesn't study, why would he need to borrow notes? Teacher Guo is coming soon, you'd better go back, or Teacher Guo will scold you again." Zhao Li waved his hand at Chen Xuebing, like herding a duck.

The class was quite quiet at the moment, everyone was watching the two of them.

Zhao Li's statement was somewhat willful, forgetting Chen Xuebing's status as a "top student".

With a few loud bangs, Lu Yiwen, Yang Hui, and Gou Hongyi all stood up and stared at Zhao Li.

"What did you say? Zhao Li, say it again? You don't want to leave school today, do you?" Lu Yiwen was already getting ready to grab a stool.

"What...what are you going to do?" Zhao Li finally panicked.

Yang Qingyue was a little nervous. She raised her hand and gently tugged at Chen Xuebing's sleeve, frowning as she said:

"Chen Xuebing, stop causing trouble..."

Chen Xuebing finally remembered why he and Yang Qingyue didn't click in his past life.

Back then, he was rebellious and liked the idea of ​​"I'd rather be with you than let the whole world be against you." Yang Qingyue was too kind to others, while Xin Mengzhen's aloof temperament was more attractive to him.

As for now...

An old man who has mothers-in-law everywhere has learned to appreciate different kinds of beauty.

Thinking about it, Chen Xuebing chuckled and gestured to the people standing there.

"If you don't want to change it, then don't change it."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to his back row to start packing up his books.

Everyone stared at Chen Xuebing as he tidied up the table, packed all the books into the table trunk, and then lifted the table up.

Then I put it down.

Chen Xuebing glanced at Zhao Li, who was clearly jealous in the front row, and suddenly smiled. He changed his mind, took out the books and notes he needed, grabbed only a stool, walked over to Yang Qingyue, sat down in the aisle, and looked at the dazed Yang Qingyue, saying:

"I'd like to ask you to explain a test paper to me. Do you have time?"

It took Yang Qingyue a while to react before she nodded.

Chen Xuebing thought for a moment and placed his book on the shelf of Yang Qingyue's desk.

"You may have already done the test paper I brought. Do you have a new one? Let's do it together. I can ask you if you don't understand anything. This way, you can also do a new test paper without wasting your time."

“Hmm…” Yang Qingyue thought for a moment, then found a simulation book. “I just need to do this. I’ll explain it to you as I do it.”

"Row."

Chen Xuebing glanced at Zhao Li, who was staring at him, and deliberately propped his elbow on the corner of Yang Qingyue's table, openly encroaching on her territory.

Without a table, they shared one, and the two of them sat closer together.

Yang Qingyue blushed, while Zhao Li turned green.

The two had just gotten into position and hadn't even gotten to the second question when the class bell rang.

Zhao Li was expecting Chen Xuebing to leave, but he never showed up.

rogue!

Zhao Li cursed inwardly, then began to look forward to the arrival of Mr. Guo, the homeroom teacher who was known for his strict discipline.

This time he wasn't disappointed; Lao Guo arrived in less than two minutes.

Upon entering, there was a pause.

"Chen Xuebing, what are you doing sitting here?"

Chen Xuebing ignored her and then, as if no one else was around, asked Yang Qingyue about the values ​​in Zheng Banqiao's poem "Bamboo and Rock".

The whole class was stunned.

(End of this chapter)