Chapter 403 Glory
After Qingming Festival, the sky turned blue.

Taking advantage of the bright spring breeze, Zhang Yunqi rode his bicycle through the streets and alleys of Jiangchuan City. When he brought Chu Jian to the No. 1 Middle School, a group of animals at the school gate stopped and watched him go.

They looked at the legendary academic master and beautiful girl, with her hands gently around Zhang Yunqi's waist, her clear little face slightly flushed and with a pure smile. The sunlight penetrated the leaves and sprinkled on them, forming mottled light and shadows.

The world is already difficult enough, why do people show off their love so unscrupulously? At this moment, the boys at the school gate are a bit like those readers of Qidian Chinese website in the future who want to read porn every day. Looking at the meat buns in their hands, they suddenly lose their appetite.

Zhang Yunqi has no interest in taking care of these things.

He rode his bike to the bicycle shed and parked it, then he and Chu Jian came to Class 156 under the gaze of others.

There were already quite a lot of people in the classroom, chattering, and the whole room was filled with the smell of meat buns and fish meal.

Zhang Yunqi sat in his seat and focused on his studies.

To be honest, his grades in all subjects during the past three years were pretty good. Even his extremely poor English was able to score around 100 points thanks to the one-on-one private training of his English teacher, Lorraine.

During the college entrance examination, he thought that it would not be a big problem to get into a key university. If he worked a little harder, a key undergraduate program would not be an unattainable goal. However, human energy is limited after all, and he could not have it all. If he wanted to go higher, such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, or the top ten universities in China, it would not be a big deal. But then again, although he did not care, he still had to work hard and get a few more points, at least his mother would be happy.

Zhang Yunqi didn't come to class for some time, but fortunately there were no new courses in the second semester of senior year. It was all repetitive review and endless exams, so it was okay.

Chu Jian now sits in the same row with him.

She handed him a thick stack of test papers that she had accumulated during this period, and pursed her lips and said, "When you were away, I saved your test papers for every exam. You need to finish them and check the answers later. During this time, I took notes on the courses that the teacher reviewed, and I will tell you about them during the afternoon self-study class."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said yes.

Under the bright sunshine, Zhang Yunqi spread out the test paper and started working on it while scratching his head.

During the second self-study class, the classroom was very quiet. Zhang Yunqi was still concentrating on his test paper. The head teacher Wang Mingzhen came in and called him out.

Zhang Yunqi had great respect for Wang Mingzhen, an old man with a high moral character. He was impeccable in all aspects of his treatment of students and was able to consider issues from the students' perspective. Sometimes Zhang Yunqi felt embarrassed. Although he never felt that he had done anything wrong in school, he did cause trouble to the old man.

The things that happened to Zhang Yunqi some time ago were reported in the newspapers every day. Wang Mingzhen naturally knew about it, and the leaders of the school also knew about it. But those things were far beyond the scope of what he and the school could take care of. Now that the rain has passed and the sky is clear, he can call this student who no longer looks like a student to his office. It's nothing, just to have a chat and ask about the recent situation.

Zhang Yunqi gave a brief account of the situation.

After listening to this, Wang Mingzhen coughed twice and said with some regret: "Although I am your teacher, you don't need me to teach you how to do many things. The way you deal with people and the things you have done in the news are enough to prove that you can handle the various storms in the real society. As a teacher, I may not be as good as you in many things."

Zhang Yunqi was choked up, and after a while he said politely: "Teacher, you are too kind."

He was a little uncomfortable with this. In fact, over the years, no matter how well he performed, Wang Mingzhen never praised him and always acted like a strict teacher in front of him. Today, he suddenly praised him for no reason, which made him a little unsure of how to respond.

Wang Mingzhen picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then pointed to a newspaper on the desk. It was the "Southern Hunan Daily" published many days ago, which contained the article signed by Zhang Yunqi, "The Concept of Public Enterprise System Reform and Rural Land System Reform under the Perspective of China's Urban-Rural Integration Development". Wang Mingzhen's expression seemed to be a bit sighing, and he said: "I read the article you wrote, and read it several times. After reading it, I am very proud. It is indeed a bit unexpected that such a student would come out of the last class I, Wang Mingzhen, taught before retirement. I think that the No. 1 Middle School in the city can't trap you, and the school can't trap you, but no matter what, you are still young after all, you still have to study hard, and you should go to university. Now there are only three months before the college entrance examination. In addition to running your own business, you should also spend a little energy on studying."

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "I know, thank you teacher."

Wang Mingzhen suddenly coughed, his face flushed: "It's good enough as long as you know what to do."

Zhang Yunqi asked: "Teacher, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Mingzhen waved his hand: "It's okay, go study."

Zhang Yunqi nodded hesitantly.

When he went out, he looked back at Wang Mingzhen.

In the sunlight that came in through the treetops outside the window, the old man's face was sallow and his cheeks were visibly thin. His body became more hunched over as he coughed.

Zhang Yunqi shook his head and turned to walk towards the classroom.

The class was over by then. When passing by the corridor outside the classroom, Zhang Yunqi saw two little fools, Wang Xiaokai and Tian Zhuangzhuang, lying on the balcony basking in the sun and chatting, so he walked over.

Wang Xiaokai turned over and saw Zhang Yunqi coming over. He asked, "Boss Zhang, what did the old class teacher talk to you about?"

Zhang Yunqi said: "He asked about my recent situation."

Tian Zhuangzhuang scratched his head: "Then do you know what your teacher did for you some time ago?"

Zhang Yunqi was puzzled: "What's the matter?"

Wang Xiaokai next to him said, "We don't know the details, but when you got into trouble, the negative impact was so bad that the school held a meeting specifically for you, and the only topic to be discussed was expelling you. Our class teacher is a senior in the school and has some prestige. He is a classmate and neighbor of the principal, and he is very arrogant. In order to protect you, he argued at the meeting and seemed to have quarreled with several school leaders. The general meaning was that your case is still unresolved, and you can't be expelled just like that."

Tian Zhuangzhuang leaned against the wall and continued the conversation vividly: "I heard from others that in the conference room, our old class leader pointed at the noses of a bunch of school leaders and scolded them: Before you, Zhang Yunqi, had no trouble, they used you as a signboard for advertising outside every day, flattering you, saying that Zhang Yunqi was the most outstanding talent in our school since its establishment 90 years ago! Now, the wind has just changed, and they can't wait to distance themselves from you, and even add insult to injury and want to step on you a few times. Is this what a teacher should do? In my eyes, Wang Mingzhen, you are a student of Jiangchuan No. Middle School, and a student of me, Wang Mingzhen! No matter what, after so many years of contact, I trust the character of my student. I can't expel you before your problem is determined! They have no reason to expel you!"

Zhang Yunqi was silent, not knowing what to say.

He looked up at the sun in the sky, which was so bright that it was dazzling.

Wang Xiaokai hooked his arm around Zhang Yunqi's shoulder and said with a smile, "Thank goodness our teacher saved you. If you were really expelled, the school leaders would be so regretful that they would kneel at your doorstep to invite you back."

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Pls. I just resumed updating, but my condition is not very good. I am constipated from writing. Let me recover.

(End of this chapter)