Chapter 221
Shi Ning almost couldn't breathe properly after being hugged tightly by Jin Sihan. Reaching out, she pushed him but was unable to budge even after a long time.
"You let go of me."
"No, I won't let go." Jin Sihan held on tighter and wouldn't let go.
Shi Ning could only threaten him.
"I'll get really angry with you this time."
Threatening him was really effective as the arms shackling immediately loosened.
Shi Ning stared at him.
"I have told you how many times, you can't hug me like this, why can't you just listen."
He's sixteen, not six, so how come he's still acting like a kid.
Jin Sihan pursed his lips, and his aggressive look wanted to be a puppy waiting to be petted.
"You know how hard it was for me to come and see you? I begged her for a long time, risked being scolded, avoided sassaeng fans, and went over the wall, I took so much effort to see you. I just miss you too much, so I can't help it …"
Shi Ning couldn't bear his ruse.
"Well, well, I'm not scolding you. But you should remember what I said. Even if we have a good relationship, people will misunderstand us when we do this kind of action. Besides, you are a big star now. You should pay more attention to these things. I don't want a gossip with you, your fans will surely malign me when that happens."
Jin Sihan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his outgoing aura immediately disappeared in an instant.
"Who dares?"
Even if it was his fan, he would still protect the person in front of him and would never let anyone harm her even a strand of her hair.
Shi Ning said this casually and did not think he would take it seriously.
"I was just kidding, we have been friends for so many years, there will be no scandal." Shi Ning said with a smile.
Jin Sihan, however, was laughing bitterly in his heart.
Just a friend? When will she be able to see me as a real man, not just as a friend, brother, or childhood friend?
The two men simply sat on the stone piers in the corner.
Jin Sihan was really busy recently. Because he was halfway through his career the company has to arrange a full daily schedule of training. In addition, his current film and television works were popular now, and there were still many activities to catch up on so he was working continuously and overloaded every day.
"If I had known it was so tiring, I might as well have gone back to school."
He sighed.
Shi Ning: "Studying is more tiring."
She scratched her ponytail.
"I've been starting to feel less hair lately."
Jin Sihan: "You have so much hair that you can't go bald."
Shi Ning's hair was black and dense, from the top of her head and hanging down to her waist, just like a waterfall.
"I heard you transferred to science class?" He asked.
"Yup."
"You don't think liberal arts is challenging so you want to change your strategy?"
"Do I look like someone who has nothing better to do? Who wouldn't want to take the easier path, it's just that the career I want to pursue in the future is related to science."
For the sake of her dream, she had no choice.
Jin Sihan: "This kind of thing may be difficult for others, but if it's you, I'm sure you can do it."
"Okay, Okay, Okay, don't blow rainbow farts for me as soon as we meet!"
"I mean what I say, I believe in you unconditionally." Jin Sihan seriously said.
He casually asked again.
"During my absence from school for so many days, apart from the matter of your transfer, is there anything else big happening in our school?"
"Not really, but …"
She hesitated for a long time, thinking about whether to tell him about Wan Yue.
She once asked Wan Yue if he would mind if people knew his identity and if he had ever thought about claiming his ancestry.
Wan Yue told her.
"What's wrong with people knowing? I've long been indifferent to my real identity, whether it's the son of a country grocery store owner or the illegitimate son of a wealthy Yangcheng businessman Jin Yan."
"It's just a title in other people's mouths, I'm me, what identity do I need? I dare to come here, so I'm not afraid of others knowing the truth, and I'm hiding it from you because I respect my biological mother out of politeness."
"As for recognizing my ancestors, sorry, never thought about it."
"Sihan, if you had a brother, what would you do?" Shi Ning asked tentatively.
Jin Sihan: "This brother thing is just an ATM for me. It's just too broad, otherwise, I think it's good to have a brother."
It's good to have an ATM brother, and this idea from Jin Sihan was very realistic.
But Wan Yue as a brother—she's afraid not only that Jin Sihan couldn't withdraw money from him but give him money instead.
"It's not Jin Shang, it's another brother."
"What another brother? I have only one brother!"
Jin Sihan said as if he thought of something and turned to Shi Ning.
"Can't it be my father's illegitimate son?"
….
…..
You know your father well.
Finally, Shi Ning chose to tell Jin Sihan about it.
She always felt that although Wan Yue acted like he didn't care anymore, his heart still craved affection.
Cao Shu and Jin Shang have no hope. But if they really care about Wan Yue, they won't let him live in the countryside for so many years.
Her brother, Shi Chen, was too deeply hurt by this, and naturally could not accept him easily.
Only Jin Sihan.
Shi Ning thought.
Maybe Jin Sihan could understand him, and it would be good for the two brothers to recognize each other.
Shi Ning: "Are you going to be okay later? Can you wait here for a while, I'll let you see someone."
Jin Sihan: "I can't stay too long. Although there are few people here, after all, the school is a densely populated place. If I'm found sneaking in to meet you, tomorrow you'll go on a hot search with me! Aren't you afraid of that?"
He said in a teasing tone.
Shi Ning: "I'm joking with you. I'm serious."
Jin Sihan: "I really can't stay too long. I've violated the company's regulations without permission. I'll be punished if I'm too willful."
"Forget it. Let's talk about it later."
"But if you ask me a favor, I'm willing to accept any punishment." He smiled.
"If you act like a spoiled child, you will act like a spoiled child to others every day. If you don't like to see him then forget it."
Shi Ning gave him a blank stare and lifted her leg to go outside.
Jin Sihan pulled her over.
"See him, I'll see him okay. And when did I ever act like a spoiled child to others? I just act spoiled with you."
Chapter 222
It's been too long since he last saw her, and all those suppressed emotions that he had for so many days were overflowing, so Jin Sihan has become particularly clingy.
Shi Ning tried to send Wan Yue a text message, but he didn't reply.
"Wait here, I'll go and call him."
Jin Sihan grabbed her hand.
"I'll go with you."
"I'm going to the classroom to look for someone, and you dare to come with me to the school building?"
Jin Sihan dragged her along.
"Then don't go and look for him. I just want to spend some time with you, I don't want to see anyone else."
He would just think later about the agreement that he, Nan Xiao, and Lin Suno had promised beforehand.
Brothers Shi Ning is most important.
Shi Ning doesn't know whether to cry or laugh at his appearance.
"Everyone says your aura has become intimidating after becoming a big star, and you look much more mature. Why do I think you're more childish instead.?
"I just want to stay with you a little longer." Jin Sihan said softly.
In the end, Shi Ning broke away from his hand and went to find Wan Yue in class three of literature.
At this time everyone was on lunch break, Shi Ning called out one of the students sitting by the door to help her call Wan Yue.
Wan Yue came out of the class and smiled when he saw Shi Ning.
"Why would you still come to me."
He went to see Shi Ning twice before, and each time he saw her sitting in her seat busy brushing up on her studies, he couldn't bear to disturb her.
Once he stood by the window but Shi Ning didn't see him, her deskmate, Lin Suno on the other hand saw him.
Lin Suno came out and told him that Shi Ning had just recently changed her curriculum and was very nervous about her study as she had a lot of pressure that she even spent her mealtime studying.
When Wan Yue heard her deskmate say so, he didn't dare to disturb her study. And since then, he hasn't seen Shi Ning.
Shi Ning looked surprised at him.
"Is it weird that I came to see you?"
Wan Yue: "aren't you so busy studying every day that you forget to eat and sleep? I'll be moved to cry if you can find time to see me."
Shi Ning smiled, "That's so exaggerated."
She just studied a little longer but she still eats her meals and sleeps like a normal person!
"I am looking for you this time, mainly because I want you to meet someone."
Shi Ning brings Wan Yue to Jin Sihan.
Jin Sihan looked at Wan Yue for a long time, his expression was extremely complicated, he tilted his head and asked Shi Ning.
"You mean, he's my father's illegitimate son?"
Shi Ning nodded.
Jin Sihan walked around him as he looked at him up and down.
"No wonder I said why I said you resemble me a little it turns out that you are also one of the old man's vicissitudes."
Wan Yue had heard that before Jin Shan was recognized by the Jin family despite being an illegitimate son of Master Jin and the actress.
Jin Shang gave him his identity and he was protected by the Jin family, so now almost no one dares to mention the word illegitimate son in front of Jin Sihan.
Compared with him, Jin Sihan was much luckier.
At least, the Jin family was willing to recognize him and defend him.
Jin Sihan leaned over and asked curiously.
"Does my father know your existence?"
Wan Yue: "Know."
"Since the old man is willing to let you be born, there's no reason not to recognize you. I heard from my brother that the old man played a lot when he was young and that he has more women outside and among those women, there were two or three who tried to get pregnant under his nose to get the old man's side but he forces them to abort the child saying that his only lover and the one he really loved was my mom. Who's your mother? "
Jin Sihan was obviously not surprised that his father had an illegitimate son, but he was curious about who Wan Yue's mother was.
"I won't say who my mother is, but I guess this matter can't be hidden for long, you will know later."
He finally chose to leave the last pair of dignity for Cao Shu.
Jin Sihan shook his head and said angrily.
"Damn old man, why did he say that my mother is his favorite? So he let me live, What are you? Is your mother my father's second love?"
Wan Yue: "Please allow me to remind you that I am one year older than you. That means that Jin Yan and my mother knew each other first."
"Fuck, my dad is really a stud of all the scum." Jin Sihan cursed. "No wonder he gave birth to my brother, a pervert."
Speaking of Jin Shang, he seemed to think of something and said seriously to Wan Yue.
"Everything else is fine, only one thing you should pay attention to, now it is best not to let my brother know of your existence."
"Jin Shang?"
"That's right."
"I'm an illegitimate child and I can't threaten his position, so it's not like he will mind me?"
Jin Sihan: "maybe he doesn't worry about you threatening his position, he worries about you threatening my position… In short, he is suspicious. Just stay away from him. He is not as kind and talkative as I am."
Wan Yue laughed: "So it looks like your brother is treating you pretty well."
"He owe me too much when I was a child. When I grow up, he finally had the conscience." Jin Sihan said.
In fact, if fate allows he could have a place in the Shi family of Yangcheng and no one would question his identity or judge him not because he relies on his father's influence but because he grew up with the heir, his brother Jin Shang.
This was why even if Jin Shang's desire to control him has reached a perverse level, he could still tolerate him.
Wan Yue didn't say much, but before he came, Jin Sihan had already heard much about him through Shi Ning.
Jin Sihan put his arm around Wan Yue's shoulder.
"Don't worry. Even if the Jin family doesn't recognize you, you still have me! I'd like to recognize you as a younger brother. We are illegitimate children, this is enough to draw us closer."
…..?
Goddamn it they were both illegitimate children but why is he the younger brother.
The corners of Wan Yue's lips twitched.
"How many times must I remind you before you can remember that between us, I am older than you. Even if you want to recognize me, I am the older brother, and you are the younger brother."
Jin Sihan: "I don't care. I'm always the youngest so today is my turn to be the big brother since I was the one who recognize you first, I am now your older brother and you are my little brother. It's first come first serve."
Wan Yue has no rebuttal to his set of nonsense and nonsense sophistry.
However, Jin Sihan's attitude towards him made him feel that not every blood relative was afraid of rejecting his existence.
At least some people were willing to accept him and recognize him.
This feeling was wonderful and warm.
Chapter 223
After the exam, Shi Ning not only did not relax but also became more nervous.
The math competition league was in 20 days, and the final exam was after that.
Even if she has three heads and six arms, it was still difficult to take care of all aspects.
The league was approaching, and Shi Ning's first priority was still the math competition league, after all, she has prepared for this competition for a whole year, and if she could enter the national competition to get into national means she could add twenty points to the college entrance examination results.
This was undoubtedly the best guarantee for her after transferring to the science class.
So these days, Shi Ning in addition to the class was also be self-studying while she listen to the teacher's discussion, and the time after school was used to brush the Olympiad math problems.
When Zhuang Zixue passed by them or asked Lin Suno to discuss a topic, he would occasionally come over to take a look at what was Shi Ning doing.
When he found that Shi Ning did all the competition papers every day, was not reviewing the contents of the final exam, and did not pay any attention to their bets. Zhuang Zixue could not help but comment.
"Are you looking down on me?"
Shi Ning did not understand his question as all her attention was on the questions she was reviewing.
"And what's wrong with me?"
Zhuang Zixue knocked on the test paper on her desk.
"You only care about your competition results, don't you know that the final exams are just a month away? I'm doing my best to prepare, and what about you?"
After knowing Shi Ning's strength, he no longer despised her but regarded her as a competitor worthy of his serious treatment.
So these days he was trying his best to revise the questions, he didn't even give time to review general questions for the competition and instead brush the exam papers for this semester in order to compete with her.
As for the national league, he'll be able to enter it anyway as the national league was three months away so he got more time to prepare.
So when he saw that Shi Ning slacking off her review for the final exams these days and concentrating on the competition instead, Zhuang Zixue felt that even if he won in the end, he would have no sense of achievement.
What he wanted was for this to be a contest where both parties give their best.
"I'm serious about preparing for this exam. You don't pay attention to how tedious my preparation is."
Shi Ning thought he was saying something important, but it turned out to be this.
"Aren't there more than a month left for the final exams, and the league is only twenty days away. Don't worry, when I finish the competition league, I will prepare for the final exam seriously."
Zhuang Zixue continued, "After the league is over, there are only ten or twenty days before the final exam. Are you saying that you will use half a month to surpass me?"
"Let's talk about it when the time comes."
Her brain right now was full of provincial league matters, and she has no time to care about the betting contract with him.
"You, you, you, are simply too arrogant!"
This perfunctory attitude of hers made Zhuang Zixue even angrier.
"Let me tell you what league matches you are preparing for. Although we are a competition class, only three or four can enter the national competition every year but even if your competition results are really good if your rank in the school is below the top ten in the whole school it will affect the results, so you might as well prepare for the final exam."
"All right, all right, you get out of here."
Shi Ning was too annoyed hearing Zhuang Zixue's long speech and decided to open her to drive her guest away.
Zhuang Zixue sullenly returned to his seat, thinking that this time no matter what, in the final exam he must also do well, and must let this transfer student know his strength!
"Does he always talk that much?"
After Zhuang Zixue left, Shi Ning asked Lin Suno, who was beside her all this time.
Lin Suno: "En, he also likes to play tricks. When I was a child, I learned Mathematical Olympiad with him. The children in the class said that he and I were two weirdos."
When Shi Ning heard this, she was not happy.
Nono was 10000 times cuter than the guy who talks so much!
"It's different, it's like two extremes. He's extra active and I'm extra tight lip."
He and Zhuang Zixue both grew up as children of other people's families in their parents' mouths.[1]
[1] refers to those who have been excellent in many aspects especially academic performance since childhood and are often mentioned as role models by other parents to spur their own children to work harder.
The two were also the top two performers in the competition class.
However, after every performance, Zhuang Zixue would not be satisfied until he was praised and recognized by everyone. Otherwise, he would feel uncomfortable and try his best to find a sense of existence in front of everyone.
Lin Suno, on the other hand, was indifferent to any praise. The type where he knows that he should be in the first place and doesn't need any praise or reward for getting the first place.
Shi Ning waved her hand to oppose his statement.
"He's not usually active, though he is really talkative, and I can't bear it."
If the league wasn't around the corner, she would certainly have spent all her energy on finals as well, after all, there doesn't seem to be much that could be done to shut this brother up right now besides her grades.
As soon as the league was over, she also had to review desperately.
And frankly speaking, the time was so short. Getting a score more than twenty to thirty points higher than others, she was also clueless.
"I read a scientific research report. Said that the research has proved that women have a much stronger desire to talk than men, so it's usually girls who talk a lot. But why does this Zhuang Zixue continue to talk like a girl?"
After she spat out Zhuang Zixue, she added in a whisper.
"I still like boys to talk less."
"I don't talk much." Lin Suno took her words very naturally.
As soon as the words were uttered, the atmosphere between them immediately became subtle.
Shi Ning froze, her eyes flickering, then her gaze flickering downward.
What should she say now?
She likes boys who talk less.
He talks less.
How was she supposed to answer that?
It's impossible to say, I like you.
Lin Suno also immediately responded that there seemed to be something wrong with his words.
He looked away, then looked at the textbook, and whispered.
"Sorry."
Ah, ah, what are you panicking about, Shi Ning? Suno to doesn't talk much since he doesn't like to talk in the first place! It's your twisted mind that took it the wrong way, what do you make people think of you!
Now look what you did, he was so shy that he said sorry because you look awkward!
Think of something else, think of something else.
Shi Ning denounced herself and looked up to Lin Suno.
"What is there to be sorry for, it's better to talk less, to talk calmly ah, I…"
I like people who don't talk very much.
Was the sentence she did not continue to say as she quickly stopped her mouth and once again almost said something she shouldn't have said.
"How about you?"
He asked, looking at her with bright black eyes.
"I just think you're fine the way you are."
After she finished, she quickly lowered her head and continued to work on the test paper.
Her shyness and panic were all in the bottom of Lin Suno's eyes, and a light smile swirled in his peach blossom eyes.
Chapter 224
The joint exam was on Saturday. Getting back to school on Monday, a large portion of the class was discussing topics they had on the joint exam.
"The provincial exam questions are really hard this time."
"I didn't even finish it; it was really too different from the preliminary round questions."
"I don't expect to win the national competition, at least I was expecting to have a good score for provincial competition since it can help me with my college admission."
"I'm not even asking for a province one, give me a province two."
Amidst all the noise, Lin Suno entered the classroom at this time and the class watched him all the way to his seat casting him with envious eyes.
"I really envy our class god of learning, he already secured 20 points after getting into the national level last year. I bet that the questions for the provincial exam that is too hard for us was just a breeze for him."
"Ai, if we can only see his answers, it should be a standard answer."
"I don't dare to ask, the god of learning is much more like a stranger to me. We were in the same last semester, but I never had a conversation with her much less a word."
"Let's wait for Zhuang Zixue to ask him the answer."
"Right, right, combining Zhuang Zixue's and Zhang Qing's answers, it's almost the same."
When Zhuang Zixue came to the classroom, several people in the class crowded up and began to ask him the answers to the paper questions.
Zhuang Zixue continued to seem to enjoy this feeling, relishing the opportunity to analyze the topic with everyone.
Seeing this scene before her, Shi Ning joked to Lin Suno.
"Look at everyone asking him, but they dare not ask you. Say, Suno is the only person who can talk to you in the class is Zhuang Zixue?"
Lin Suno was packing his pencil case when he heard Shi Ning say these. He stopped his movement and said to her.
"Don't I still have you?"
"I was talking about before I came."
"Well, he's the only one with the thickest skin who can't be driven away."
"Your temper just doesn't want to deal with people. And you naturally have a way to drive him away but choose not to because you think of him as your friend, right?"
"After all, you have known each other since childhood."
He was light in nature, but for those who have known him since childhood and genuinely treat him, he would still have a little more patience.
"Suno."
At this time, a girl came over. She looked beautiful and charming, looked like a good girl, and spoke softly.
Lin Suno looked up at her as the girl walked from two seats next to each other.
Their seats were by the window, Shi Ning sits outside and Lin Suno sits inside.
The girl looked at Shi Ning several times, and Shi Ning read a message in her eyes.
"Can you move over?"
It was reasonable that she could already recognize all these people in the class within a few days after she came.
The girl standing in front of her now was the girl with the best grades in the class, Zhang Qing.
Shi Ning thinks she has something to ask Lin Suno. Just as she gets ready to get up, Lin Suno presses her hand.
"Where are you going?"
"Tired of reading the questions, go out for some air."
After that, she walked out of the classroom and stood in the hallway.
The girl sat in her seat and took out her notebook as if she were discussing the competition asnwers with Lin Suno.
Shi Ning couldn't help but think when she saw it.
It turned out that not everyone in the class dared to approach him. In addition to Zhuang Zixue, Lin Suno had a female friend in the class.
After matching the answer with Lin Suno, Zhang Qing sighed with relief.
"Fortunately, I didn't make too many mistakes this time."
Lin Suno: "My answer is not necessarily accurate. You should have a standard answer online in a day or two."
Zhang Qing: "In my opinion, your answer is already very close to the standard answer."
Lin Suno didn't respond much and didn't pay much attention to her after he finished discussing his answers.
Zhang Qing looked at Shi Ning standing outside the window, her expression slightly changed as she pretended to be relaxed and asked.
"I still remember when we were young, I entered the competition class later than you and Zhuang Zixue. When I first went to cram school, the teacher asked me to sit casually, and saw that no one was sitting next to you."
"Who knows, I haven't even sat through a class yet and you let me change seats."
Lin Suno frowned slightly, not knowing the meaning of what she was saying.
Zhang Qing continued, "You told me that you don't like to sit at the same table with people."
"I was so embarrassed that I almost cried because of your anger. You told me that it had nothing to do with me. You don't like people sitting."
She paused and smiled as if nothing had happened.
"Why did you let Shi Ning sit next to you again?"
The mention of her, his indifferent eyes only fluctuate as his eyebrows stretch into a gentle curved.
"She is not someone else."
Not someone else?
What do you mean by someone else? Someone you like?
Zhang Qing was shocked.
Zhuang Zixue told her about this, but she didn't believe Lin Suno would be enchanted by Shi Ning. But, now she believes it.
According to his temperament, it must be his ultimate love, seeing how he could show his love so openly.
She lowered her eyes: "well…"
Lin Suno: "If you're done asking, call her in, it's pretty cold out there too."
"En."
Zhang Qing answered and went outside to call Shi Ning back to the classroom.
When Shi Ning sat down, she naturally smiled at Lin Suno.
Lin Suno didn't change his expression, but his whole state was completely different from when he was with others.
Zhang Qing watched this scene.
Her heart felt sore.
She used to look up to people she didn't dare to like, but in the end, he also liked someone else.
Chapter 225
The results of the league would have to come out next semester.
Shi Ning finished the exam and did not care about the result. She doesn't even bother to get the answer right. Anyway, the score won't increase just because you get the know the answer after the league.
She concentrated on preparing for her final exam instead.
Time was squeezed out, and she was now studying every day at twice the speed of the other students in her class, both in time and efficiency.
Shi Ning only needs to fill three sub-major subjects, among which biology does not need to spend too much energy and mainly depends on memory.
During more than a month of class time in physics and chemistry, she basically studied the contents carefully and carefully reviewed everything in the textbooks and workbooks.
In the midst of this, Lin Suno also helped her a lot, since he sat next to her, she encountered no need to run to the office to ask the teacher and just ask him directly, saving her a lot of time.
At the end of each term, it was like going to the battlefield. This time, it was more than just a battlefield. It was about to catch up with the Shura arena.
After the examination, they were given two days' leave, and the school informed them to get their report cards.
After Shi Ning went to the classroom, not long after, Zhuang Zixue also followed her into the classroom door.
"How did you do on the test this time?" Zhuang Zixue continued to ask.
"I think it's okay." Shi Ning replied in a light voice.
Zhuang Zixue continued.
"Do you think you can surpass me?"
Shi Ning thought for a moment and asked.
"What is your estimated score this time?"
Zhuang Zixue answered.
"The final exam is easier than the monthly exam, I estimate I can get on 700 this time."
Shi Ning: "I estimated the score of seven hundred and one."
Zhuang Zixue reacted as if he heard a joke and left out a "pft" sound.
"Who are you fooling, you spent so much energy preparing for the math competition before, and this just like that you can get on the seven hundred?"
"The final exam was not difficult."
A solid foundation was the foundation of everything.
Shi Ning started from the foundation when she studied science again and because she learned a lot at one time, she remembered many things better than her classmates.
After all, she has learned some knowledge for half a year.
So, the fact that the final exam questions weren't difficult worked in her favor.
"Well, you can't have more than 700. You think you're Lin Suno? Anyway, I don't believe it. If your score is really 701, I'll kneel down and call you dad."
No sooner had he spoken than the class teacher walked into the classroom with a spring in his step.
"Good news, good news, our students did very well in the final exam this time! The average score of our class also reached 623 points. Two of our students even stood out, getting a total score of over 700!"
Some students in the class agreed.
"There is no need to guess, it must be Lin Suno and Zhuang Zixue."
"Not necessarily. I think Zhang Qing has been working hard recently. Maybe it's Lin Suno and Zhang Qing."
"I bet Zhuang Zixue."
"I bet on Zhang Qing."
The teacher smiled mysteriously.
"Tsk, look at you guys, just because holidays are coming, you're all extra active and are even betting!"
The students said, "Teacher, just tell us who it is!"
The class teacher: "This first place, this time is still our student Lin Suno. He got a good score of 731, including a good score of 295 in the science synthesis."
"This second place, you all said it is Zhuang Zixue or Zhang Qing. Are there no other guesses? Or be confident and think it's you."
On the far left of the classroom, in the penultimate row, Lin Suno raised his hand.
The teacher laughed: "Eh, I already said the highest score is you, why raise your hand."
Lin Suno: "I didn't say it was me, didn't you say if we can guess another name for the second place? I guess Shi Ning."
"Wow—"
The class exclaimed, and all eyes looked their way.
Shi Ning was stunned and turned her head to look at Lin Suno.
She didn't tell him how she did on the exam so where does he have confidence in her, he was not afraid of being slapped in the face in case he got it wrong?
Zhuang Zixue also raised his hand at this time.
"Teacher, I think that's me. My estimated score this time is also exactly seven hundred."
The class teacher coughed.
"Second place this time, indeed, is Shi Ning. 712 points."
Zhuang Zixue's face collapsed, and the smug expression instantly stiffened.
"What about, what about me?" He pointed to himself.
The teacher had a hint of sympathy in her gaze.
"You 699. third place."
Chapter 226
What was meant by the unbearable weight of life?
At that moment Zhuang Zixue understood what that was, one point short of seven hundred—six hundred sixty-nine was the unbearable weight of his life.
Forget six hundred and sixty-nine, the main point here now was that Shi Ning had more than seven hundred points.
Zhuang Zixue remembered that he made a big speech saying to Shi Ning that if she really got seven hundred one points he would kneel down and call her father.
And now well, Shi Ning got 713 while he got 699. Shi Ning got seven and he got six these figures were obviously different and he had no choice but to face his loss.
The teacher saw his face paled and comforted him with a few words.
"It's okay, it's only one point difference between 699 and 700.
Zhuang Zixue did not feel comforted in any way but felt even worse.
After giving out report cards and winter break homework, the teacher briefly explained the start of school and what to do at home during winter break and left.
The class could not sit still for a long time, and once the teacher left, they couldn't wait to run out too.
When Shi Ning was about to leave, Zhuang Zixue came over and stopped in front of her.
"Don't go yet."
Shi Ning: "Why can't I go."
Zhuang Zixue lowered his voice and said to her.
"There are so many people in the class, you have to wait for people to leave before I can do that."
Shi Ning did not understand what he meant, while Lin Suno furrowed his brows next to her.
"Which that do you mean?"
Zhuang Zixue closed his eyes and said.
"The bet with Shi Ning! Didn't I say I would kneel down and call her father!"
Shi Ningjing: "You're being serious?"
She didn't take Zhuang Zixue's words to heart at all.
"Of course, a gentleman made his promise. My father taught me to keep my promise when I was young!"
He then coughed in a low voice and said to Shi Ning.
"But I didn't say to be in front of the whole class. Why don't you stay? I'll wait until the class is gone…"
Shi Ning refused: "No, I won't. I'm not interested in recognizing anyone as my son."
"What's wrong? This son isn't bad, right? Although I didn't beat you this time, next time, next time I will be able to!" Zhuang Zixue said unconvinced.
Lin Suno moves to pull Shi Ning behind him.
"Don't think about it, her son will be smarter than you in the future."
Zhuang Zixue's brain stopped functioning for a moment.
"What the hell? How did you know the kid is smarter than me before he's even born?"
Lin Suno did not say anything, his eyes sunken.
…
…..
Shi Ning felt that there was something not quite right, she poked her head out from behind Lin Suno and whispered.
"Isn't it too early to talk about children, I'm not even an adult yet."
She picked up her school bag: "No need to kneel and call me father, just don't bother me in the future. I still have something to do, I'll go first."
"What is it?" Lin Suno then asked.
Shi Ning: "Nan Xiao said that since today is a holiday, he asked me to have dinner together."
Lin Suno looked at her for a moment in silence.
"I will go with you."
At the dinner table, Nan Xiao looked at Lin Suno sitting next to Shi Ning with a face full of displeasure.
"I thought we were supposed to have dinner, why is he here."
Shi Ning: "Two people eating together is just eating even if there were three of us. Suno and I are seatmates, so we came together."
"Heh, I usually call him out to eat out to play, but have not seen him this active."
Nan Xiao said sarcastically.
Lin Senuo did not say anything, sitting next to Shi Ning to eat obediently, but he just eat not how to clip the food.
Shi Ning: "Why aren't you eating?"
Lin Suno's gaze glanced at Nan Prim.
"Isn't this meal on him? He doesn't seem to welcome me, so I'll eat a little less."
Look, Nan Xiao wronged Nono, he just bullied Suno but he still good temper.
Shi Ning glared at him.
"Why are you like this, I did not pull outsiders. Isn't Suno our brother? It's just one meal, what's wrong with that, but if it's a big deal then this meal is on me."
"I'll buy this meal if I say so, it's not your turn yet."
Nan Xiao said and then looked at Lin Suno.
"Okay, you kid, pretending to be a good boy and selling misery. Playing this kind of scenario, being calculative, right? See how this big brother cleans you up later."
Lin Suno on the other hand was so calm that he didn't seem to understand what he was saying.
When the food came up, Nan Xiao couldn't be bothered with an extra person and just gave Shi Ning dishes.
"Try this. It's the most famous one in their shop."
"And this eight-piece chicken, with soft and juicy meat."
"Sweet and sour pork chops are your favorite."
Shi Ning looked at the dishes in the bowl and the white rice in Lin Suno's bowl. She hurriedly brought him some dishes.
"Suno, you eat too."
Chapter 227
Shi Ning looked at the dishes in the bowl and the white rice in Lin Suno's bowl. She hurriedly brought him some dishes.
"Suno, you eat too."
…
…
This scene almost gave Nan Xiao a heart attack.
He clearly came to eat, not to be jealous.
"Shi Ning, what does it make me if you give Suno the food I give to you? " His face was slightly cold.
Shi Ning: "He's a picky eater."
Her brother was also a picky eater, he wouldn't touch any dish at all unless she serves and Shi Ning was used to serving Shi Chen at home.
"I'm a picky eater, too." Nan Xiao said.
Shi Ning also gave him two types of food.
"Is that all right?"
Nan Xiao hooked his lips and smiled in satisfaction.
"That's about right."
When the meal was almost finished, Nan Xiao thought of something and said to Shi Ning.
"I got the first place in my class this time."
In a year, he turned from a perennial snail in the bottom exam scum to the first in the class, and the first person he wanted to share the news with after the achievement was her.
"Really, congratulations. I told you, you were talented too, right?"
Shi Ning was quite happy for him.
Nan Xiao opened his school bag and took out a certificate.
This was issued by their school. Shi Ning also has it.
"This is the first time I got the certificate for best student."
Nan Xiao opened the honor certificate and smiled at the award embedded inside.
"Who would have thought that during this semester of my sophomore year, I wouldn't fight or smoke or skip classes, not a single credit point was deducted, and I ended up with this thing."
People in the school say that Nan Xiao has now become unlike himself.
Only he knows that he was slowly getting better because of a girl.
Previously, he could not find the path he wanted to take or something to get by, and studying was something he do for a mix of fun.
Now, he has found his guiding light.
His fingers were over the gold-stamped words "Three Good Students".
Nan Xiao did not expect that this title would one day belong to him.
"You're kind of a reformed man." Shi Ning joked.
Nan Xiao closed the certificate book, picked up Shi Ning's schoolbag behind the stool, opened it, and directly stuffed his certificate of honor into it.
Shi Ning: "You're putting it on the wrong bag, that's my school bag."
Nan Xiao threw the certificate in and re-zipped her school bag.
"That's right, it's for you."
Lin Suno: "Why are you giving it to her, this thing is just a piece of paper. But if you take it back to Uncle Nan to see, he will be happy that he will send you a watch if you want to."
Nan Xiao smiled at Shi Ning.
"Just because this is rare for me, that's why I'm giving it to you."
"After all, I wouldn't be like this if it weren't for Shi Ning."
He said this to Shi Ning, but his eyes fell on Lin Suno as if deliberately saying this to him.
Lin Suno put down his chopsticks.
"What's rare?"
He turned to Shi Ning and said.
"If you like, my family's collection can be put together in a box, packaged, and sent to you."
"…you don't have to."
Why are these two suddenly gnawing at each other?
Seeing that the two were going to argue again, Shi Ning said.
"I still like, my name for the award."
It's not like she doesn't have one, do they need to compete who would send it first?
What a naive child.
Time flew and the winter break passed so quickly starting another school year again. In the second semester of sophomore year, the speed of learning new knowledge from textbooks was very fast.
Especially Shi Ning who was now in the competition class, the progress was faster than in other classes. When the second semester of high school was about to end, all the knowledge of the entire school has been learned and the general review begins.
At the same time, the league results came out.
The results of the league were crucial for every one of the competition classes. Those who could enter the national competition were after all in the minority, and it was extremely beneficial for them to get the provincial one and two to participate in the independent admissions.
Most of the students in the class won awards, the worst of which was a provincial third prize, most of which were provincial second prizes, and a dozen or so who won provincial firsts.
Four more students from Provincial High School have qualified to enter the national competition and would go to Teikyo soon to take the national unified competition exam.
These four people are, respectively, Lin Suno, Zhuang Zixue, Shi Ning, and Zhang Qing.
Except for Shi Ning, the other three were expected.
Shi Ning's race score was only three points lower than Zhuang Zixue's, and even ten points higher than Zhang Qing's.
With such results, who would dare to say that she got into the competition class under her connections?
This time, all the sophomores who qualified for the national competition were from the competition class, and there were three more students in the senior class.
The sophomores and juniors do not travel together; the four of them were led to the national competition by a teacher assigned by their grade.
Chapter 228
The sophomores and juniors do not travel together; the four of them were led to the national competition by a teacher assigned by their grade.
The night before she was due to leave, Shih Ning discovered she had a slight cold.
When she went to the airport the next day, the cough was worse.
The sound of her coughing reached the teacher's ears.
Teacher: "Shi Ning, are you all right? Don't get sick at this critical moment."
Shi Ning: "Nothing teacher, just a little cold, it will not affect me."
Zhuang Zixue: "Recently the flu is prevalent, better pray that's not flu, it is possible to infect people. The teacher is buying our tickets together, you quickly see who you sit with."
The seat on the ticket showed that she was sitting with Zhang Qing.
Zhuang Zixue reminded Zhang Qing as if the world was in chaos.
"You have to be careful, ah, maybe the next person who will get cold is you."
Zhang Qing threw him a blank stare.
"Shut up, can't say a couple of nice things."
Zhang Qing smiled at Shi Ning.
"Shi Ning you ignore him, I'm not afraid."
After coming to the class for almost a year now, Shi Ning and the people in the class were a lot more familiar with each other.
In addition, Zhang Qing often came to Lin Suno to discuss the topic, so she naturally got to know Zhang Qing a lot.
The four were also the top students in the class, Shi Ning and Zhang Qing were girls, so they naturally have more connections and could easily consider each other as friends.
"Zhang Qing you are so nice, don't worry, even if I want to infect someone, I will infect him first." Shi Ning smiled.
Zhuang Zixue: "Bah bah bah, I do not want to get a cold, I want to take the exam in the best condition, I do not believe that I can't pass you in this competition, I can't be beaten in this competition!"
"Who wants to compare with you, if you can, you can compare with Suno."
Once Shi Ning said this, Zhuang Zixue immediately shut his mouth.
Sure enough, it's still useful to use Lin Suno at the critical moment.
After boarding the plane, Shi Ning was the first to enter the cabin after her teacher.
Zhuang Zixue was the second one.
They both sat in their respective seats.
The lead teacher sat next to them across the aisle, they were positioned in front and behind, with a row between them.
As Zhang Qing was walking toward Shi Ning, Lin Suno called out to her from behind.
"I'll switch seats with you."
Zhang Qing knew he was trying to sit with Shi Ning, and this made her heart sink.
With a smile on her face, she said.
"No need, Shi Ning is sick, I should sit with her. Don't let her infect you."
"It's all the more reason for me to sit with her when she's sick."
Lin Suno insisted.
Zhang Qing knows that he was stubborn and that no one could change what he decided, so she could only endure jealously and let him go.
Shi Ning saw that the person sitting next to him was not Zhang Qing but became Lin Suno.
She turned her head and looked at the back.
"Where's Zhang Qing, why did you change seats with her."
"I'm so used to sitting with you that I don't want to sit with anyone else."
He said in a light voice as he took his seat.
Two hours later, the plane landed.
The group rushed to the hotel where they were staying and then went to the designated school in the morning to take the test.
After getting off the plane, they walked out of the airport together and headed to the place where the rental car was parked.
The airport was crowded, between the shuttle of vehicles, a car drove over. Seeing this Lin Suno automatically pulled a Shi Ning back inside.
"Be careful."
"Oh."
This detail was seen by fellow travelers.
Zhuang Zixue: "I can't stand it, that car is still so far away, did you really think it will hit her?"
He knows he was one person who was not happy with the trolling, he has to find someone to troll with.
"Can you watch it? I can't watch it any longer."
Zhuang Zixue inclined his head and said to Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing droops her gaze as she whispers something in mumble while holding her suitcase and shrinks hard, feeling her hot palms.
When they checked in, the teacher gave them three rooms, one suite, and two single rooms.
Chapter 229
The school attaches great importance to this competition and allocated sufficient funds to the team teacher, allowing him to bring a few students to the Imperial City to meet the highest standard for food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation.
The hotel where they stayed this time was also a five-star hotel level.
The two girls, Shi Ning and Zhang Qing live in a suite with a common living room and two different small rooms.
And Lin Suno and Zhuang Zixue took two rooms.
After checking in, Shi Ning took her luggage back to her room and took out the test papers she had done to read.
Not long after, a person came into her room.
It's Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing: "I was bored after putting things away, so I came to find you. I didn't expect you to open the study mode just after landing."
Shi Ning greeted her over and sat down, pointed to the test paper, and said to her.
"I always feel that the memory and efficiency are not as good as before the test, so I wanted to review with a much more relax time."
"Do you want to see it?"
Zhang Qing sat beside her and looked at her test paper.
Shi Ning's study habits were very good, and every wrong question was annotated on top of the test paper.
"Do you have confidence in this competition?" Zhang Qing asked.
Shi Ning: "What confidence are you referring to? Actually, my goal this time is to think that it would be good to make it to nationals, and who knows about the rest."
"You're in the national tournament and don't want to get a national one?"
"Want ah, so let's do our best." Shi Ning said.
Zhang Qing felt bored watching Shi Ning reviewing alone, so she simply also brought her materials over and reviewed with Shi Ning.
After reviewing the paper, Shi Ning took out two more notebooks to look at.
Zhang Qing had a sharp eye and noticed that she had a notebook that was not her own.
"This handwriting, why does it look so much like Lin Suno's."
Shi Ning generously admitted.
"It's his ah, he asked me to take a look, I think it's quite useful, you can also read it later."
"OK…" Zhang Qing answered, smiling reluctantly.
Although Lin Suno talks little, he usually answers when his classmates ask him questions. But he doesn't like to lend his things to others for too long.
She had asked him for his notes before and wanted to borrow them and take them back for a few days, but Lin Suno refused.
He said, "I'm sorry, I get uncomfortable when my stuff stays with other people for a long time."
There was even a time when she borrowed his test papers and take them to her desk to read them, and when she returned them to him after reading them, Lin Suno said.
"No need to return them, just throw them away when you're done."
Just as he doesn't want to sit with people every day, he keeps a distance from everyone.
Even with his things, he does not want to be tainted with the smell of others.
But Shi Ning was the only one who was not subject to his law of distance.
She could sit beside him, use his book, and pen, and eat the same bag of potato chips with him.
He would stay up late to write notes for her, take off his coat, and cover it for her when she falls asleep after class. He would also keep an eye on her safety in the crowd.
Zhang Qing looks at Shi Ning with unspeakable envy. Her eyes were always on Lin Suno, but Lin Suno's eyes were always on Shi Ning.
The exam was only one day, but the national competition requires a personal visit to collect the results and awards, and the results were announced three days after the exam was completed.
So although they finished the exam, they had to stay in Teikyo for another three days.
After the exam, they were asked how they did on the test.
Shi Ning: "The questions of the national competition are the hardest, how well I did on the test will be known only when the results come out."
Zhuang Zixue: "I think I should do pretty well on the exam, 60% chance of getting a National One!"
The teacher smiled and nodded.
"Now more and more attention is paid to the transparency of scores. The proportion of extra points in the college entrance exams is not as good as the previous years. Some schools even canceled the independent enrollment plan this year."
"Our school also decided not to organize to participate in math competitions after senior year, so that you all focus on the college entrance examination."
"So, this may be your last year to participate in the competition. It would be best if you can get the first national one. After all, the policy can still add 20 points to those who got in the national one this year."
As the teacher finished saying this, she looked at Lin Suno and Zhang Qing.
"What about you two, how did the exam go this time."
"It's okay."
Lin Suno always looks like this after the exam, he couldn't see whether he did well or not.
Compared with the other three people, Zhang Qing's face was much uglier. She kept her head down after coming out of the examination room.
She didn't say a word when everyone was talking.
Everyone saw her look and knew she must not have done well in the exam this time.
The teacher noticed and didn't ask any further questions and patted her shoulder comfortingly.
"The title of the national competition is really difficult, but it is also difficult not only for you but for everyone as well. Don't be too discouraged. Wait until the results come out."
Zhang Qing's voice had a few choked sobs.
"But I didn't get a lot of questions."
"Maybe other people's situations are not much better than yours, and besides, even if you don't do well in the exams, the competition is just the icing on the cake. You still have the college entrance exams."
After they finished the test, the teacher said she was going to take them to a big dinner.
Zhang Qing ended up not even going to eat and went back to her room early.
Chapter 230
Shi Ning went back after eating and also packed some for Zhang Qing, entering their room she heard someone crying in the bathroom.
It was Zhang Qing who was crying.
The harder they worked at that time, the more they saw grades as everything.
It was normal for her to be sad after spending so much effort entering the national competition but the result was not satisfactory.
Shi Ning did not bother to disturb and put the meal in her room.
Because of the flu, Shi Ning was not feeling well these two days, but because of the exam, her spirit was out of tension, and some of her physical discomforts were ignored.
The examination room was like a battlefield, after returning from the battlefield and relaxing her body, her problem followed.
Last night before going to bed she felt a little dizzy, and she was in a daze waking up the next morning. It was Zhang Qing who called her out and woke her up.
"Shi Ning, why are you still sleeping, it's already time for lunch."
Shi Ning touched the phone and saw that it was eleven o'clock at noon, she propped herself up and tried to sit up, but found that her bones were soft, and her head was dizzy.
"I seem to be a little, not feeling good."
Shi Ning rubbed her head and muttered softly.
Hearing her, Zhang Qing came over, "Let me see."
She felt Shi Ning's forehead, there was no major problem with the temperature, just a little on the high side.
"You're coming down with a bad cold, I see you've been coughing for the past two days."
Shi Ning nodded and smiled bitterly.
"I usually don't take medicine when I can, but now it seems that this cold won't work without medicine, I'll go down and buy some medicine."
Zhang Qing held her down.
"You can't go out with this flu, and it is windy outside right now. I think you only have a low fever but if you go out like this, you'll really get into trouble or I can help you go."
Shi Ning was indeed uncomfortable and nodded to Zhang Qing.
"Then I'll trouble you."
When Zhang Qing was out of the hotel to help Shi Ning buy medicine when she ran into Lin Suno.
He should have just come up from lunch.
"Suno." She called out to him.
Lin Suno nodded and asked.
"Where is Shi Ning."
Zhang Qing was going to tell him that Shi Ning was sick and resting in her room.
But changed her mind when she opened her mouth.
"Shi Ning ah, still sleeping in her room, maybe she is too tired these days."
"Really, I was going to go to her."
Lin Suno lowered his eyes.
Only then did Zhang Qing notice that he was still holding something in his hand.
"This is?"
"Oh, some of the more famous snacks in Beijing."
Zhang Qing glanced at several of the most famous special snacks in Beijing.
She had bought them before in Beijing. They were so popular that she had to queue up for a long time to buy them.
If he wanted to eat it for himself, he would not have packed it up and brought it back this way.
Zhang Qing remembered that he said he was going to find Shi Ning and asked tentatively.
"For Shi Ning?"
"En."
He answered and looked at the object in his hand.
"I should give these to her before some of the food gets cold."
Zhang Qing: "How about this, you give it to me, I share a room with her, I'll bring it in for her, she'll be able to eat it when she wakes up."
"Alright."
After saying that he handed the item in his hand to Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing carried these things to the pharmacy as her mood sank to the extreme.
Last night she obviously showed her sadness, even Zhuang Zixue spoke out to comfort her when he saw her in the morning.
But he, they have known each other for so long, even as a friend, he was not willing to care more about her nor give her two sentences of comfort.
She couldn't even ask him for a word of care and greeting.
Instead, he went to the line like a fool for another girl early in the morning.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she couldn't imagine that Lin uno would do such a thing.
Zhang Qing walked to the pharmacy with a downcast look, asked the pharmacist, and then took two boxes of cold medicine to the counter to check out.
All that was on her mind was Lin Suno's and Shi Ning's business.
She even hated herself for why she went to review with Shi Ning on the night of the exam and saw the notebook.
Because of that, she had a sleepless night, and with the anxiety before the exam, she didn't sleep the whole night.
So the next day, on the exam she naturally didn't do well.
Thinking about the reason why she failed this exam was related to Shi Ning …
"The total is fifty-two yuan."
"Wait, little girl, I'm sorry, the medicine box in your hand is expired before the shelf. Let me help you get two boxes again."
The pharmacy cashier spoke up at this time.
Zhang Qing wanted to say yes, but a thought flashed through her mind and picked up the two boxes of medicine then took out fifty-two yuan from her bag and gave it to the cashier.
"It's okay if it's expired."
"This is not okay, expired medicine is useless to take and is not good for the body!"
The pharmacist did not understand what was wrong with this little girl.
Zhang Qing takes back 20 yuan.
"I don't have any money, so you can sell me as a bargain."
After saying that she ran out quickly, and even after the cashier called her again and again she did not turn back.