In March, Wenzhou's spring deepened, temperatures gradually rose, and the earth began to awaken.
Living near the school gate felt great; he could leisurely eat breakfast.
The school's breakfast mainly consisted of porridge, with steamed buns and baozi, and fewer noodle dishes.
Yesterday, Sunday, his younger sister Fang Tingting came back and complained that her classmates didn't believe her brother was Fang Bai, asking him to prove it.
"If they don't believe it, they don't believe it. How else can I prove it? Am I supposed to run to the girls' dormitory?"
"Bro, you don't need to. You just need to stand outside our classroom and shout 'Little Sis' and that's it."
"Study hard, stop thinking about such messy things."
Fang Bai tapped her head, and Fang Tingting, hearing her brother refuse, looked full of grievance, rolled her eyes at him, puffed out her cheeks, and left huffily with a "hmph."
This morning, Fang Bai was going to school to pick up his exam papers; he didn't know how many points he had scored.
As he passed the security guard, he, as usual, handed Uncle Wang a cigarette: "Uncle Wang, good morning!"
"Fang Shao, good morning."
The security guard's address for him had changed, and his face was full of fawning smiles.
He used to resent these rich young masters, but seeing Fang Bai was completely different; he had no airs and was very good to those at the bottom, easy to talk to.
Fang Bai waved his hand, walked up the steps, and as he passed the school hall's public notice board, he glanced at it and saw a mock exam score ranking list, with his name prominently at the top.
[First Place, First Repeat Class, Fang Bai, 602 points;
Second Place, Repeat Class 02, Zhang Yuanqing, 571 points;
Third Place, Applied Class 8805, Jiang Ya, 563 points...]
Fang Bai was quite satisfied with his score; with three or four more months, his grades still had a lot of room for improvement.
It was currently class time, and as he walked past the Second Repeat Class, a student in the classroom noticed the student outside in the corridor, exclaiming, "Oh, Fang Bai is here."
All the students in the class, including the teacher, looked towards the classroom door.
Among them was a girl whose mood was quite complex, wanting to go up and say hello and ask a question.
Fang Bai noticed the students looking at him, but he maintained a calm expression, intending to enter through the back door of his own classroom.
However, the back door was closed, so he had to go through the front door.
"Oh, Fang Bai is here. Your mock exam results are very good this time."
Zhan Feng, who was teaching, her originally serious expression softened, her eyebrows arched, and she revealed a smile.
His classmates also noticed Fang Bai, and the classroom immediately became lively, with some students applauding his arrival.
"Fang Laoda is just amazing, his grades are improving like a rocket taking off!"
"A key university is a sure thing. If he blindly chooses a top university, he might even get in."
Fang Bai took off his backpack and placed it on Wang Dakai's chair, then moved his own chair and sat down.
He saw a stack of exam papers neatly piled on his desk and casually flipped through them: Chinese 102, English 95, Math 110, Physics 85, Chemistry 83, Politics 72, Biology 55, for a total of 602 points.
Chinese and English were extremely difficult to improve, and he was currently focusing on his weaker subjects.
Politics was a compulsory subject for both arts and science streams, and it was hard to get high scores.
Zhan Feng, standing on the podium, said with slight joy: "Fang Bai, strive to improve your weaker subjects in the next three months, stabilize your total score around 620 points, and aim for a top key university.
This mock exam was a city-wide test. Top students from key high schools like Wenzhou High, Wenzhou No. 2 High, and Ouzhong are very strong; there are quite a few students above 620 points, with the highest score reaching 648 points. These are all aiming for top universities."
The hope of the entire school being able to get into a top key university now rested on Fang Bai's shoulders.
Originally, the school leaders hadn't even considered that any student from this graduating class would get into a top key university, as good students were all recruited by key high schools in the city, or they went to vocational schools.
"Uh, I'll try my best."
Fang Bai grinned, revealing two smiles.
"Which university are you preparing to apply to?"
Zhan Feng asked out of curiosity, also wanting to motivate the students in the class.
"Maybe Shanghai."
"That's good there. We won't talk much about Fudan and Shanghai University of Science and Technology, but there are also key institutions like Tongji and Shanghai Institute of Chemical Technology."
Zhan Feng nodded, "Keep up the good work, let's continue with the class."
Shanghai Institute of Chemical Technology was renamed "East China University of Science and Technology" after a later reform.
Currently, there are less than a hundred key universities nationwide; 88 were announced in 1978, and over the past decade, many universities have changed names or merged, with some changes.
The 211 Project universities were launched in 1995, while the 985 Project universities were launched in 1999, and ten key universities were not selected for the 211 Project.
Fang Bai took out his exam papers to check where he made mistakes.
His English essay was deducted 1 point, reading comprehension 2 points... Fang Bai felt that his English was also difficult to improve.
As for Chinese, it seemed there were still 18 points left to a perfect score, but he still shook his head.
Scoring 110 in Chinese was no different from getting full marks in other subjects; even Chinese teachers would find it extremely difficult to score 110+.
Fang Bai directly gave up on Chinese, focusing on improving Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
He still recited English daily as usual, without needing to specialize in it.
After school in the afternoon, Fang Bai was about to leave the campus, walking under a tree.
Suddenly, a girl with delicate features standing by the tree blocked his path, revealing two small dimples on her face, and waved to him with a smile: "Hello, Fang Bai, can we get to know each other?"
"You've got the wrong person. Fang Bai is still in the classroom. I'm Li Feiyu."
Fang Bai gave a mischievous smile, not expecting this girl to be so bold.
"Huh, did I get it wrong?"
The girl scratched her head, feeling a bit embarrassed. Was the information she had inquired about wrong?
When she looked up again, she saw that Fang Bai had already walked more than ten meters away.
Then she walked past the First Repeat Class, glanced into the classroom, and asked a girl near the window in their class: "Hey, classmate, has Fang Bai from your class not left yet?"
In reality, she didn't know who Fang Bai was; there were still more than a dozen students reading in the classroom.
"He just left," replied the girl who was asked, whose name was Luo Xiaofeng.
"Then who is Li Feiyu?"
"Oh, you're looking for Li Feiyu? He's in the middle of the third-to-last row, the one wearing the blue jacket."
Luo Xiaofeng saw the girl who asked her looking a bit lost, so she directly shouted into the classroom, "Li Feiyu, a pretty girl is looking for you!"
The delicate-looking girl looked over and saw the boy who was called out raise his head; his face had a lot of acne.
This was not her Prince Charming at all; his demeanor was completely different from the mischievous-looking boy from just now.
She knew she had been tricked by Fang Bai, stomped her foot in anger, and quickly ran off, wanting to make a small voodoo doll to stab Fang Bai.
Li Feiyu was very excited to hear that a beautiful girl was looking for him, but he didn't see any beautiful girls outside the classroom.
He walked to Luo Xiaofeng's desk and asked, "Where is she?"
"She left."
Luo Xiaofeng snapped back to reality, "She was probably looking for Fang Bai, but it's strange that she asked about you."
Li Feiyu pursed his lips upon hearing this, feeling a bit awkward, realizing he had been happy for nothing.
...
Yongjia Middle School, Principal's Office.
"Principal Luo, it's been investigated. Liu Fengqing indeed worked at our school as a handyman for several years. Her son is Fang Bai. I really didn't expect that Xinghai Electric Appliance Market belongs to Liu Fengqing's family. Ah, what a pity."
Vice Principal Liu and his wife went to Xinghai Electric Appliance Market to buy appliances over the weekend and happened to run into Liu Fengqing.
If she hadn't called him "Hello, Vice Principal Liu," he really wouldn't have noticed her.
Liu Fengqing asked them if they were buying appliances and offered a 10% discount if they were, which surprised them.
Upon inquiring, they found out she was the boss and had worked at Yongjia Middle School before, so they were acquaintances.
That's why they got the special discount.
Vice Principal Liu was very surprised, never expecting a school handyman to have such a powerful background.
Upon further inquiry, he learned that the market was started by her son, and her son was Fang Bai, the repeat student who had recently become quite famous in various middle schools in the county.
Oubei No. 1 Middle School received a donation of 300,000 yuan, and all the school leaders in the county knew about it and were very envious.
What puzzled them was why the county's key high school didn't receive this donation.
The reason was that student Fang Bai made the decision, as he was a repeat student at Oubei No. 1 Middle School.
Moreover, Vice Principal Liu also heard Liu Fengqing personally admit that she couldn't control how much her son wanted to donate or to which school.
Vice Principal Liu even joked, "Why didn't you let your son come to our school to repeat? Our teacher resources are definitely better than Oubei No. 1 Middle School."
"I asked, and I even asked my second sister-in-law, Chen Xia. She said my son's grades were too poor, and it would be difficult for him to get into Yongjia Middle School.
My son's grades aren't bad at all; he was first in his grade in the last monthly exam at Oubei No. 1 Middle School."
Liu Fengqing said cheerfully, indeed not expecting her son's grades to be so good.
But she just said it casually, yet it made Vice Principal Liu frown: their teachers actually rejected Fang Bai from entering Yongjia Middle School!
What nonsense!
They were blind!
If Fang Bai had repeated at their school, then perhaps that 300,000 yuan donation would have been theirs.
Vice Principal Liu and his wife's mood was very complicated after buying the appliances.
Upon returning to school, he talked to Principal Luo about the matter.
Principal Luo told him to investigate carefully before drawing conclusions.
Vice Principal Liu personally investigated and indeed it was true: Liu Fengqing had worked as a handyman at the school and resigned last year.
From the information filled out, Liu Fengqing's family lived in the countryside, and their economic conditions did not seem very good.
He then investigated Liu Fengqing's colleagues and found out that Chen Xia was her second sister-in-law.
"Ah, how foolish! Let Chen Xia come over. I want to ask what the situation was back then, pushing away the God of Wealth."
Principal Luo felt very puzzled and took out a cigarette to smoke.
300,000 yuan, just like that, slipped away!
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got!
There are still a few chapters until the college entrance exam ends. The plot has been a bit slow recently, but the main storyline will speed up.