Chapter 79: Things in School

"Here." Lu Yan He returned the notebook to Bai Yu.

Bai Yu immediately received it in her hand, lowered her head, and her eyes were red.

Linyu accompanied her, raised her hand and patted her back lightly.

Lu Yan He then looked at Luo Zicheng again.

"Hit you? Who hit you?" His gaze looked at Luo Zicheng like two rays. At this moment, everyone around felt that Lu Yan He's whole aura had changed, becoming inexplicably awe-inspiring, "Slapping your head is to make you wake up. You are a man bullying a girl, are you embarrassed? Watching Bai Yu unable to snatch her own notebook, you are very proud, right? If you have the ability, go take Li Pengfei's notebook and let him come to snatch it, then you will know what it means to hit you."

Luo Zicheng was humiliated by Lu Yan He's words until his face turned red, but he couldn't refute a single word.

"You also have the face to say that Liu Laoshi will scold Bai Yu, and won't scold you? You think Liu Laoshi is your mother, not distinguishing right from wrong?" Lu Yan He's mouth was like spraying sulfuric acid,

Luo Zicheng said angrily, "Enough, are you sick? What does this have to do with you? I've put up with you for a long time!"

The expressions of the others looking at Luo Zicheng changed.

At first, many of the onlookers didn't know the cause and effect, nor did they realize how excessive Luo Zicheng's actions were. After being told by Lu Yan He, they all realized it too.

This matter wasn't as simple as a prank between classmates.

"Luo Zicheng, apologize to Bai Yu," someone said. "I thought you were just messing around, I didn't expect you to be deliberately trying to humiliate her."

"Exactly, you're so classless," someone immediately followed up.

Luo Zicheng looked at these people in disbelief, and for a moment, he seemed almost faint with anger.

Weren't you the ones laughing the hardest before?

Now he's the only shameless one?!

Li Pengfei crossed his arms over his chest, his tone full of threat: "Did you hear that? The eyes of the masses are sharp, and the voice of the masses is telling you to apologize. Apologize now!"

Luo Zicheng's face was so red it seemed like it would drip blood.

He turned around angrily and went back to his seat.

Li Pengfei immediately spat, "Shameless scoundrel."

At this moment, Chen Qin, who had returned from the bathroom, happened to enter from the front door. Hearing this from Li Pengfei, he looked blank and asked, "Who are you scolding again?"

Li Pengfei: "Is there anyone else in our class who deserves those four words?"

Chen Qin was confused, having no idea what Li Pengfei was talking about.

"Have you noticed that Lu Yan He has changed so much lately?" Li Xiang whispered to Xu Zijun. "He never used to talk in class, let alone stand up for others. I feel like he used to be the one who would get bullied by others."

Li Xiang was one of the few people Xu Zijun was close to in class. They both came from towns, so they didn't have that many burdens when getting along.

Xu Zijun nodded and said, "The change is indeed huge."

"He's really handsome now. Although he was good-looking before, I didn't think he had any charm at all; he was timid and didn't feel like he had any masculine spirit. Now, in every gesture, even a casual smile is so handsome," Li Xiang said, her eyes shining, a shy, girlish smile on her face.

Xu Zijun asked, "Do you like him?"

"A little bit," Li Xiang said, then laughed shyly. "Although I know he definitely wouldn't like me."

"It's the third year of high school, don't let these things distract you," Xu Zijun cautioned.

Li Xiang's grades weren't as good as Xu Zijun's, ranking around 100th in the grade, belonging to the edge of the first-tier university threshold.

Li Xiang's face fell, and she said, "You're so annoying, what a buzzkill!"

Xu Zijun stopped talking.

After a while, Li Xiang suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, did Liu Laoshi look for you?"

"No, why would she look for me?"

A mysterious expression appeared on Li Xiang's face. She even turned her head to look around to confirm no one else was eavesdropping before whispering in Xu Zijun's ear: "I heard Liu Laoshi went to talk to Zheng Meiqi about recommendations for guaranteed admission and independent recruitment. Your grades are also very good, Liu Laoshi should look for you soon to talk about this too."

Guaranteed admission and independent recruitment quotas are methods used by some top universities to compete for the best students in advance. The former mainly looks at grades and comprehensive quality, while the latter is generally aimed at students with outstanding achievements in a certain major.

Xu Zijun could generally maintain a stable position in the top 20 of the grade. In her situation, she could usually get a recommendation quota for independent recruitment.

There was no hope for Zhenhua and Yuming, but for slightly lower-tier universities, there was a lot of hope.

Hearing Li Xiang's words, Xu Zijun's previously calm state of mind wavered.

In the past, people said that guaranteed admission and independent recruitment were the privileges of children from wealthy and powerful families, and had nothing to do with students like her who came from small places and had no background. But after arriving at the 13th High School, she had heard many seniors say that their school's guaranteed admission and independent recruitment quotas were entirely ranked by grade. As long as the grades were good, there was a chance.

Sure enough, after school in the afternoon, Liu Qin came to the classroom to find her. Seeing she was there, she called her to the office.

There was no one else in the office, only a boy in a school uniform sitting in a corner with his back to them, copying something.

Liu Qin got straight to the point: "Zijun, I'm looking for you to talk about the independent recruitment recommendation indicators. Generally, once you get an indicator, you can be exempted from the preliminary test and enter the re-examination directly. The probability of finally getting an independent recruitment quota is very high. According to your grades in several key major exams, you are ranked 22nd in the grade. The recommendation indicators for several universities you can get are Anhua, Zhongli, and Chuanhe. There's no need to consider anything worse than these three. Do you want to participate in independent recruitment?"

Xu Zijun nodded and said, "I want to."

There is only one chance for the college entrance exam, and no one knows how she will perform on that day; good or bad, it's an unknown.

Independent recruitment is like having an amulet; even if you fail the college entrance exam, there is still a fallback school.

Liu Qin said: "I have to explain to you that if you pass the independent recruitment of one of these three universities, they will require you to sign an agreement with them. No matter how you perform in the college entrance exam, as long as you reach the first-tier threshold, you must go to this university, even if you could get into Yuming in the end."

Xu Zijun was stunned, "Ah?"

This was unexpected for her.