There was a subforum on Eighth High that included topics like basketball rankings, grade comparisons, getting to know other people and even searching for people. In any case, the subforum was always bustling with activity and this was especially so as of late.
One was because the monthly exam results were out. Aside from the third years, the first and the second years had their exams together. Though Eighth High wasn’t considered a top-tier school in A city, it was very rare to see someone score more than 700 points. In the past, the top 10 students of the grade were all from the experimental class, Class 1, and occasionally, students from other classes would appear too.
This time, the top and the second highest students weren’t from Class 1. In fact, an insider revealed that these two bosses who scored above 700 marks were students who were allocated in the last examination venue.
Among them, one was Shen Juan.
The infamous Shen Juan.
The onlookers expressed their disbelief–
2nd poster: [What generation are we in today? You can’t just judge the school tyrant based on his looks, now you also have to look at their grades?]
3rd poster: [Oh my god, when somebody asks how our school’s ascension rate is or how the quality of teaching is, how do I answer? I said even the school tyrant in our school got 700 marks.]
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39th poster: [I! Know! Her! Let me take the reins on this one! I was in the same examination venue as Boss Shen and was seated quite close to him, so when Boss Shen called out her name, I heard it. He even bought her something to eat….He seemed to have bought a pile of food….The kind that a boyfriend buys for his girlfriend…He even did a table slam, you guys know what a table slam is.]
78th poster: [Let me, someone from Class 10 who doesn’t fear death, say something. There’s no need to make any more assumptions. The two are pretty close, they’re desk mates.]
79th poster: [? Is this the difference between having male desk mates and female desk mates? Male deskmates nearly get beaten to death whereas female deskmates get treated to food?]
80th poster: [Will she become his girlfriend next?]
81th poster: [Same examination room here, looking at their interactions, I would’ve already thought the two people were already da….]
82nd poster: [As someone from Class 10 who doesn’t fear death, let me add something, the two people act very sweet in class every day. Boss is very patient and doting. Also his temper is usually good. Aside from sleeping too much, he’s really not that problematic. Our class was already beginning to doubt the truth of the boss’s rumors.]
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Li Lin quietly exited the school subform and secretly stuffed his phone into the drawer of his desk, looking at the back of the heads of the two talked-about figures.
He actually wanted to tell them to stop guessing. Even if the seedling of a relationship forming was there before, there was now an 80 percent chance they were on the brink of breaking up.
Even though the atmosphere around them wasn’t looking good, Li Lin felt a very odd cold air.
After knowing Lin Yujing for so long, he realized that she was actually quite lively. She had also gotten to know the other members of the class better since the mobile game incident and wasn’t a reclusive bookworm type, yet recently, she was kind of quiet.
Li Lin could feel the air pressure around the two getting lower day by day and felt that his future days looked very bleak.
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At the end of October was the sports meet for first and second years. Liu Fujiang advocated for a student’s all-round development, and especially zealously encouraged everyone to participate in some of the sports events. During class meeting time, he asked the sports committee student holding an event application form to get to work, calling on everyone to register.
“This is the last sports event you’ll have in your senior high life,” Liu Fujiang was all smiles, “By next year, you’ll remember today and would feel grateful that you were able to participate in the event. Your senior sisters and brothers are all studying intensively in their classrooms. They don’t even have time to spare for the sports meet, let alone go to the bathroom.”
Lin Yujing originally didn’t want to register for anything but there weren’t that many girls in class, and there were still a couple of events that were open. Lin Yujing watched the pitiful sports committee member stand on the podium and sighed, casually choosing to register herself for shot put, which wasn’t as exhausting as the other events.
Shot put.
After she signed up for this, even Shen Juan turned his head to cast her a look.
Lin Yujing treated as if she didn’t see him, not even looking him in the corner of her eyes. She reckoned that she wouldn’t even exchange any words with this asshole before Christmas.
The first class in the afternoon was P.E. The teacher asked how the registration for the events was going and after checking the list, the teacher nodded and said with a smile. “I heard that the top-scorer and the second best are in our class. Who are these two students? Come out and let me take a look at you.”
The teacher was quite young, having just graduated from sports college a few years ago. He loved playing and also loved making jokes, sharing a good relationship with the guys and often found playing ball with them. He was also quite humorous. “Sigh, there’s no need to be embarrassed. I just want to see what the top scorers look like. Two days ago, Mr Liu kept bragging about you both. I heard you guys scored more than 700 marks? I’m already this old but I’ve never scored past 350.”
Class 10 students howled in laughter, looking at Lin Yujing who was standing at the very front of the group of girls, then at Shen Juan who was standing at the very front of the group of guys.
The teacher also noticed their line of sight and raised a brow, “So it’s you two. What a surprise. The students with the best looks have the best grades?” The teacher beckoned to them, “Come, you two heartthrobs. What are you being so shy for? It’s not like I’m setting you two up.”
Lin Yujing was not very happy hearing all kinds of discussions regarding the monthly exam grades. Every time it was mentioned, she would feel an indescribable embarrassment. Moreover, she had to do her best to hold back the urge to fight with Shen Juan. She dropped her head down and took two steps forward, then watched Shen Juan lazily come out from the corner of her eyes.
Two people walked out of the organized group, appearing conspicuous.
The teacher became happy and waved his hand at them, “Do you have some big grudges against each other? You’re almost at opposite ends. Come here to where I am.”
Lin Yujing and Shen Juan walked over. The P.E teacher put an arm around Shen Juan’s shoulder. “Do you know where the material room is?”
“En.” Shen Juan nodded.
P.E teacher: “Alright, go then. Go get the mats here.”
Lin Yujing turned her head and walked to the room.
Shen Juan followed behind, his legs long able to catch up within just two steps. He looked down at her, “Do you know where it is?”
Lin Yujing paused and walked a little slower, going at a pace that’s about half a step behind him.
The two people traveled through the hallways of the gym to the material room entrance. Shen Juan walked in and didn’t turn the lights on.
Lin Yujing frowned and walked further inside.
Shen Juan cast her a glance, “Stay there. I’ll go bring it.”
Lin Yujing acted as if she didn’t hear him and walked straight to the spot beside him,
She was 168cm tall, considered to be on the taller side among the girls yet pulling the mats still took a bit of effort. Shen Juan went back, leaning against a metal basket filled with volleyballs and watching her pull out a mat and dragging it out.
Shen Juan grabbed her wrist.
Lin Yujing’s footsteps came to a pause and she turned her head to him.
He lowered his eyes, his eyelashes covering them, thick and heavy, “Lin Yujing.”
Lin Yujing raised her head and looked back at him, “What?”
Her voice was soft, her timber cold, together with the dust under the sunlight, they rose up and down in the morning autumn’s cool air.
Shen Juan took a deep breath and slowly said, “I’m sorry.”
Lin Yujing stiffened. The youth’s palm holding her wrist was warm yet his fingers were slightly cool, the feeling odd and itchy. She tried to jerk her hand away slightly but was unable to do so.
Lin Yujing tilted her head, “Why are you suddenly apologizing to me….”
“How would I know?” Shen Juan furrowed his brows, his timber sounding a bit low from trying to press down his annoyance, “Why are you unhappy?”
Lin Yujing glared at him, “If you don’t know, why are you apologizing to me?”
Shen Juan looked at her quietly for a few seconds and let go of her hand, sighing. He then leaned back, appearing defeated and helpless, “Then aren’t you unhappy?”
Shen Juan said in a low voice, “What else can I fucking do?”
Lin Yujing’s feelings were complex. Though she was angry, she also wanted to laugh.
To tell the truth, she didn’t know why she was kicking up a fuss for no reason because in reality, Shen Juan was quite innocent.
He didn’t deliberately deceive her nor did he hide it from her. Delinquent bro wasn’t that meticulous and he was also a guy, so the way he pondered over problems was different from how girls did.
Lin Yujing nodded and leaned closer to him, “Do you know why you got 2 marks higher than me?”
Shen Juan paused, seemingly feeling that going along with her would be better, “Why?”
“Because you’re more of a ‘2’ than I am.(1)” Lin Yujing said.
(1) In Northern China, the number 2 means to be stupid, foolish, so essentially, Lin Yujing is taking a dig at him by saying he’s an idiot.
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Not daring to stall any longer, the two people took the pads and went back. The P.E teacher was still squatting and talking with the boys, the mats were then spread out separately between genders.
P.E class was usually done separately, boys on one side and girls on the other. The boys would do push ups while the girls would do sit ups. However, for some reason, the teacher seemed especially excited today, as though it was his first time seeing a top student. Just as the boys were about to start doing pushups, he waved at Lin Yujing, “Come! Our top student!”
Lin Yujing walked over.
The P.E teacher smiled very broadly, revealing pearly whites, “I heard you two were desk mates. Then you can help him.”
At this moment, Shen Juan was doing a plank on the mat and raised his head, putting on a confused look.
Lin Yujing shot him a glance, assuming for an instant that the teacher wanted her to help Shen Juan correct his posture and hesitated, “Help…”
“Count,” The teacher said, “30. You can’t let him skip a single push up. Count for him and if he doesn’t do it right, knock him on the head.”
Shen Juan: “….”
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Lately, Liu Fujiang looked quite depressed.
There were two students who scored more than 700 marks in his class which was originally supposed to be a happy matter. Liu Fujiang was smiling ear to ear for a few days, feeling so happy that he ate two bowls more than usual.
Teachers who were friendly with him, joked around with him, saying that his luck sure was good. Thanks to these two students, he could probably become school director.
However, Liu Fujiang wasn’t happy because of this. He truly felt joy from the bottom of his heart. In his early years, he had the opportunity to rise to the same position and he had rejected it back then.
Watching the children move forward and have a great future was all he had ever asked for in exchange for a lifetime of teaching.
Those two were good children who Liu Fujiang quite liked until a young teacher saw him and said something, “Sigh. Mr. Liu, are the two top students in your class desk mates?”
Liu Fujiang was all smiles, “Yeah. They chose it themselves at the start of school! It must’ve been fate.” Liu Fujiang heaved a long sigh, “I just knew that some things were preordained by the heavens. The two children’s auras are compatible, doing quite well in their studies.”
The young teacher chuckled, “I don’t know about their compatible auras but Mr. Liu, have you seen the school threads? Those two students of yours are very popular, they even have a fanfiction written about them.”
Liu Fujiang appeared taken aback, “Fanfiction? What’s fanfiction?”
The young teacher shook his head, “You’ll know once you take a look. If I can say something, you sure are generous. These children are 16-17, the period where puberty is hitting them and you’re letting them sit together? Our class only has boys sitting with boys and girls sitting with girls. You need to be attentive; problems could easily arise from boys and girls sitting together.”
Liu Fujiang understood what he was trying to imply.
He held faith that the two children of his class would only have studying on their mind and downloaded the forum, heading inside Eighth High’s subforum for a look.
[818] Our school boss and his desk mate’s unspeakable story
[Shen Lin] ‘The Unseen Dawn’
[The school tyrant’s love story] Events that happened in his first and second year
[Highlight] Irrefutable evidence of the Big Boss’s romantic affair, comrades!!!
Liu Fujiang’s hand trembled as he entered the last thread.
Original poster: [Today, I had P.E class!! After running laps, it was free time. The guys in our class played basketball in the gym, and a certain someone surnamed Shen also had P.E class, but their class was doing pushups. I saw a little lady squatting beside him watching him do them!
I don’t know if this little lady is the one surnamed Lin ahhh I’ve never seen her before! But I feel like other than her, it can’t be anyone else…because this little lady!! This little lady kept hitting him while he did pushups! She would give him a knock on the head at times and did it without holding back too! Even I got scared just watching! It felt like big boss was going to explode the next second! But he didn’t! He didn’t! He just kept doing pushups! While wearing a happy face and getting hit!!!]
Liu Fujiang: “….”
Liu Fujiang felt that this indeed was a problem.
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Boss Shen: In the midst of pain and happiness
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