Meng Yan's Transformation

The stars do not ask the passers-by, and time will not let down those who work hard. Zhan Mengyan was walking home from school, holding her high school entrance examination report card, feeling as light as a flying bird...

As soon as Zhan Mengyan reached the door, she shouted loudly, "Mom, I'm back!" As soon as she entered the room, she gave Yunqing a tight hug.

"Mom, the high school entrance examination results are out. Guess how I did?" Zhan Mengyan asked excitedly.

"My daughter, Yunqing, did very badly in that exam! She must have been among the best!" Yunqing said pretending to be happy.

"Mom, you're being too perfunctory. I was asking you, what place can I rank?" Zhan Mengyan said excitedly.

Yun Qing was pretending to be guessing a riddle when Zhang Xincheng pushed the door open and walked in.

"Is Sister Mengyan back? I heard that the high school entrance examination results are out. How did Sister Mengyan do?" Zhang Xincheng asked cautiously.

"Look at Mengyan's smiling face. She must have done well in the exam. She asked me to guess her ranking. Xincheng, you're here at the right time, so you can guess. I'm afraid that if I guessed wrong, this girl would say I was just trying to please her again." Yunqing said.

"Let me guess, Mengyan's high school entrance examination score ranks first among the candidates of Xinxing Middle School, and also ranks first among the candidates in the whole county." Zhang Xincheng said decisively without hesitation.

"Zhang Xincheng, you did it on purpose, didn't you? How could you just blurt it out without even thinking about it? I'm not as good as you think." Aunt Zhan Meng glared at Zhang Xincheng and said.

"Did I guess wrong? Even if I guessed wrong, I was almost certainly wrong, with a difference of no more than five places." Zhang Xincheng said affirmatively again.

"Mengyan, please stop trying to sue us. We are not fortune tellers or prophets. Among tens of thousands of candidates, who can guess every one accurately? Aren't you making things difficult for us?" Yunqing said, still pretending to blame.

Zhan Mengyan's joyful mood emerged like flowing water, and she showed her report card to the two of them.

"Wow, Zhan Mengyan is amazing! With this grade, it will be no problem for her to get into the key high school in the county. It's just a pity..." Zhang Xincheng said, feeling happy at one moment and depressed at another.

"What's wrong? Zhang Xincheng, is there anything wrong with my grades?" Zhan Mengyan asked anxiously.

"There's no problem with your grades, but you can't go to a regular high school, so we can't be alumni. I feel a little regretful. Mengyan, can you bear with it a little and come to my county's regular high school? Let's become alumni and make up for my regret?" Zhang Xincheng said pretending to be unhappy.

"Zhang Xincheng, you are trying to piss me off on purpose, right? Who can go to a key high school but goes to an ordinary high school? Do you think I'm a fool? I don't care whether you regret it or not." Zhan Mengyan said with a pout.

"Zhan Mengyan, you are so cruel. You don't care if others are envious or sad as long as you are happy." Zhang Xincheng said jokingly.

Zhan Mengyan and Zhang Xincheng were playing around when Zhan Zixun walked in and said, "Xincheng, you're here. I don't understand an analytic geometry problem. Let's work it out together."

"Zhan Zixun, your sister Mengyan's high school entrance exam results are out. Why don't you ask how she did?" Zhang Xincheng asked puzzledly.

"I knew it a long time ago. Sister Mengyan did well in the high school entrance examination this time. She ranked first in the county in English and Chinese, and ranked second in Xinxing Middle School in the total score, and fourth in the county. This result is enough to get into the county's middle school. Sister Mengyan, please remember, the eagle's posture is flying; the butterfly's posture is fluttering; the flower's posture is fragrant; your posture is growth. I wish you more and more progress in the days to come. There are thousands of paths in life, not just going to high school... You have worked hard for so long, you should give yourself a good vacation... Xincheng, come here and let's do the exercises." Zhan Zixun said calmly.

"Brother Zixun, why do I feel like you are unhappy that I was admitted to a key high school? Why?" Zhan Mengyan asked.

Zhan Zixun hurriedly explained: "Sister Mengyan, you think too much. When I knew your high school entrance examination results, I was so happy and excited that I couldn't express it in words. Only then did I calm down..."

"Sister Mengyan, you should prepare well for high school. There is no suspense about this." Zhang Xincheng added.

"Mengyan! Mengyan...your classmate An Pingping is looking for you..." Yunqing, who was drying clothes in the yard, shouted.

When Zhan Mengyan heard that her good classmate An Pingping was coming, she hurried out to greet her.

Zhang Xincheng looked at Zhan Mengyan's receding back and said, "Zixun, what's wrong with you? You look unhappy, and why are you talking so strangely? What do you mean by Mengyan's posture is growth? Isn't there more to life than just going to high school? Aren't you happy for Mengyan's high school entrance exam results?"

Zhan Zixun said with a sad face: "Zhang Xincheng, don't worry about our family's affairs in the future. You can't control it even if you want to. Our whole family has known Zhan Mengyan's high school entrance examination results for a long time, but no one dared to tell her. My father and mother didn't want Zhan Mengyan to go to high school because the family couldn't afford two high school students. We thought that Zhan Mengyan was sick a few days ago and delayed her schoolwork. Her high school entrance examination results would be very poor and she would not be able to get into high school. She couldn't pass the exam herself, so she couldn't blame anyone. Now that her high school entrance examination results are so good, I'm afraid Mengyan won't be able to accept it if I tell her that she can't go to high school. The only way I can help my sister Mengyan is to beg Dad to wait until school starts before telling Mengyan that she can't go to high school, so that she can be happy for a summer vacation."

"What kind of solution is this? Don't you feel bad when you see Mengyan preparing for high school every day? A few days ago, she even borrowed my freshman class notes from high school... She prepared so hard for high school, and in the end, telling her that she can't go to high school, isn't that cruel?"