Start as a top student after transmigrating.

When Chen Dong returned home that night, he received a message from Wu Jie. It was very simple, just one sentence: asking Chen Dong to take good care of Han Ning'er.

Wu Jie is indeed very assertive, after all, the path she has chosen does not allow her to be weak, so she is as assertive as ever in educating her daughter.

She already spent very little time with Han Ning'er, and any occasional meetings or expressions of concern would subconsciously turn into domineering parenting.

Especially when Han Ning'er rebelled, her domineering attitude was like giving orders to her subordinates. Two years ago, she even forced Han Ning'er to choose between two options, compelling her to compromise.

That time, Han Ning'er compromised, and Chen Dong and Liu Yumo's student status was retained, but the relationship between the mother and daughter plummeted to a freezing point, becoming extremely estranged.

Han Jiancheng advised her, and recently she has been trying to change her way of interacting with her daughter, or rather, her educational philosophy.

She did understand a lot during this time, but it seemed, as Han Ning'er said, that it was too late.

She was heartbroken and remorseful, and at the same time, she knew that her daughter's cold attitude meant they would never see each other again in the short term. So she asked Chen Dong, just as Han Jiancheng had said, that he also hoped that her relationship with Han Ning'er could be improved.

Even if Chen Dong's starting point was for Han Ning'er's sake, not because of her.

"Ugh."

Chen Dong simply replied "okay" without saying anything else. Although he knew Wu Jie must be feeling bad right now, it wasn't his place to offer any comfort.

One can only sigh that even upright officials have difficulty settling family disputes since ancient times. He didn't want to get involved in these matters, but Han Ning'er clearly cared about Wu Jie.

……

The last week of classes is relatively intense. Although the winter break for senior high school students is very short, lasting less than two weeks, some students will definitely have too much fun during the break.

Therefore, all teachers intensified their review during the final week, with almost endless test papers every day and in every class, and even impromptu quizzes. They also assigned a large amount of homework based on the test results to identify and fill in any gaps in knowledge.

"This is killing me! I counted, there are over twenty test papers in the thirteen-day winter break, which means I have to do two a day on average. What's the difference between this and not having a break at all?"

"If this is the only way, I would like to continue attending classes."

It's Saturday again, and before the holiday is even over, teachers from all subjects have already started assigning homework. All sorts of test papers are being assigned, which is giving everyone a headache.

The classroom was filled with complaints and groans.

Senior year of high school is filled with constant exams, both big and small, and all sorts of test papers and past papers drive you crazy. Plus, you have to leave early and come back late every day, with very little vacation time. When you finally get a winter break, it's filled with all sorts of test papers.

Do you even want people to live?

Zhang Yan and Li Shuo stared at each other with bitter expressions. With their grades, they would struggle even with just two exam papers, let alone more than twenty.

As they packed their schoolbags to leave school, they watched Chen Dong with longing eyes.

"If you look at me like that again, don't blame me for gouging your eyes out." Chen Dong zipped up his backpack and gave the two a warning look.

What man from Chunyang can stand that kind of direct gaze? This is Sichuan, but not the provincial capital.

The two chuckled and, feigning concern, moved closer to Chen Dong, saying, "Brother Dong, my dear Brother Dong~"

popping.

Chen Dong first slapped Zhang Yan across the face, then slapped Li Shuo across the face with his other hand. The movements were fluid and seamless.

"Be normal for once," Chen Dong said with obvious disdain.

Zhang Yan touched her cheek, then revealed her intention, "Dong-ge, how are you spending your winter break? Are you going back to your hometown or something?"

"Just say what you want to say." Chen Dong was too lazy to beat around the bush with them.

"We want to contact Dong Ge two days in advance and copy his homework," Li Shuo said directly.

With a few swishes, several people in the back row looked at Chen Dong after hearing this, each one staring expectantly, some with pitiful expressions, others with tender feelings.

Chen Dong felt goosebumps all over his body.

"You guys want to copy Dong-ge's exam paper?" Liu Yumo looked at them with a smile.

Homework is always a painful thing for the top students in the back row. If you don't do it, you'll get scolded by the teacher; if you do it, you don't know how to do it.

It's always painful to copy homework, and I also have to put up with the attitudes of those high-achieving classmates, otherwise I'll get even more criticism if I hand in a blank paper.

He used to be like that, but now he's more confident in solving some problems.

"Hehe, if it were before the mock exam, who would look at Dong Ge's test paper? It's different now. The test paper of the top scorer in the city must be full of standard answers. One person can just copy two and hand it in." Zhang Yan chuckled.

Anyone who has copied homework knows that, especially when several people are copying the same answer key, you absolutely cannot copy them exactly. Each person should choose a few questions to copy, and guess the rest themselves.

That's more than enough to handle.

"Let's do it ourselves first," Chen Dong said after thinking for a moment.

"We want to too. English and Chinese are a bit easier. We can guess on the multiple-choice questions, and we can write whatever we want on the reading comprehension and essay questions. But math and the combined science subjects are too difficult. We just don't know how to do them." Li Shuo said with a bitter expression.

"We're completely exhausted. We've been working on this for two weeks and haven't been able to do anything." Zhang Shuo shook the math and science exam paper that had just been handed out, looking utterly hopeless.

"If you don't know something, look it up in the book first. You'll definitely learn something during the thirteen-day winter break." Chen Dong slung his backpack over his shoulder and was about to leave.

He also wanted to discuss winter break arrangements with Ye Wanwan and the others.

"Dong-ge, you can't abandon us."

"Godfather, you have to help us."

Zhang Yan and Li Shuo grabbed Chen Dong from either side, while several other top students in the back row looked at him pitifully with longing eyes.

"I didn't say I was going to give up on you. On the contrary, I'm helping you. Do it yourselves first. When I check your papers, if anyone leaves a blank or doesn't put in the effort, they can copy someone else's." Chen Dong shook off the two of them.

It's a deal.

"No taking it back."

Zhang Yan and Li Shuo immediately laughed and even pumped their fists to encourage Chen Dong. They knew they had to do some work on the problem, and they were just afraid they wouldn't know how to do it and wouldn't have anything to copy.

With Chen Dong backing me up, I'm confident I can do my winter break homework.

Chen Dong was speechless. He rolled his eyes at them and then walked out of the classroom with Liu Yumo. Ye Wanwan and Jiang Lina were waiting for them in the corridor.

The four of them walked out, heading towards Han Ning'er's place.

Jiang Lina looked at Chen Dong and asked with a smile, "Brother Dong, will our study group continue during the winter break?"

"You're still working on this even though it's a holiday?" Liu Yumo joked.

"You're a terrible student, you wouldn't understand." Jiang Lina rolled her eyes at him. She was aiming for a bachelor's degree, and he, a student who was struggling to get into a vocational college, shouldn't interrupt.

"Tch, you scored a hundred points higher than me in the mock exam. Don't talk like you're some kind of genius." Liu Yumo said dismissively.

"A perfect score is a chasm you can never cross." Jiang Lina wasn't a top student, but as long as she could suppress Liu Yumo, that was enough.

"I can close the gap in the first mock exam, and I can do it in the second. Let's have a showdown in the second mock exam," Liu Yumo said confidently.

"Going to Zhang Yan and Li Shuo will give you some sense of accomplishment, but going to me is just asking for trouble." Jiang Lina stared at Liu Yumo with a smile.