Sun Ying climbed onto the bed and lay down on the quilt, snorting contentedly. It was unknown whether she was responding to Zhang Yan Jie or if she was simply comfortable. Then she picked up a book and turned it over.
In the past few days, Sun Ying had used as much time as she possibly could for studying. Right now, she had no time to consider her “friendship” with Zhang Yan Jie.
If she failed the pre-selection, then everything she had done during the semester would be a joke. Zhang Yan Jie had tried hard to get close to herself since the beginning and afterwards, she had always ignited the war between her and Su Mian, whether intentionally or not. She would definitely settle this account with her when the pre-selection was over!
Seeing as Zhang Yan Jie was still staring at her, Sun Ying turned over helplessly and continued reading.
Su Mian noticed the subtle change between the two of them. It seemed that her provocation of Sun Ying was still effective. Sun Ying had devoted herself to studying for the past few days and did not have time to pick quarrels now. Su Mian was only too glad to be at leisure.
On the morning of the next day, the students already knew that the city the earthquake had occurred in two days ago was Fu’an.
“Fu’an city was ruined, the whole city has been leveled!”
“That’s right, it’s all in ruins now. My father wanted to go to Fu’an to replenish stocks yesterday. When he arrived at the suburbs, he was terrified, even the house was gone!”
“Sigh, natural and man-made calamities, may the deceased rest in peace!”
The whole morning, everyone was discussing the disaster brought about by the earthquake until Wu Yu Mei announced a message during class.
“On Monday and Tuesday next week, there will be a pre-selection before the university entrance examination. Please review your studies and prepare well. Our school is a key high school, therefore, the county education board will only give places to half of you. Students who fail the pre-selection exam can only graduate from high school this year and take the university entrance examination again next year!” When Wu Yu Mei first heard about it, she could not believe the news. After all, there were still two months left. It would be unfair to the students to eliminate half of them first.
A tossed stone raised a thousand ripples and the entire classroom was in disarray.
“What, there’s a pre-selection first? Isn’t the university entrance examination in two months?”
“I was still waiting for the next two months to study hard!”
“If I fail the pre-selection, my father will kill me when I go home. Will my family have money to spare for me to repeat my studies?”
“Next Monday, not even a week’s time. How are we going to prepare?”
“Teacher, if our high school is halved, then what about other high schools?”
Wu Yu Mei saw everyone’s agitation in their eyes. She was helpless now as well and could only comfort them, “Our high school has the highest pass rate. Only one quarter of the other high schools will pass.”
There was no harm without comparison, and there was no balance without comparison. When everyone heard what Wu Yu Mei said, they felt a little better but they were still not content.
What was meant to come would come eventually. Sun Ying pursed her lips and encouraged herself. She must pass the pre-selection. If she failed, her father would likely break her legs.
She did not want to be sent home from school, she could not afford to be disgraced like that.
When Zhang Yan Jie heard this, she kept panicking. She had been planning on taking the university entrance examination in July. When she went home, she would say that she did not pass and with that, her father would not prevent her from entering the house.
She knew her own grades too well and she would definitely fail the pre-selection.
Zhang Yan Jie refused to think that she would be sent home within a week. Why had Su Mian’s grades become so good since the semester began? Had she not endured humiliation and made compromises just to make her leave high school? As a result, it was her who would leave high school. She loathed to accept this injustice!
These days, Su Mian’s grades soared. She had brought glory to their class in the sports side and a few days ago, she had even received a silk banner from the police station…
Zhang Yan Jie became angrier the more she thought about it.
