Chapter 506: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 506: University Life Begins

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the afternoon, the counselor had the class cadres lead the students to collect textbooks and school uniforms.

Wei Qian, as vice class monitor, was busy running back and forth.

Xiao Hua, on the other hand, was idle; because of his short stature, none of the class cadres called him to help carry the textbooks.

He went to the library alone.

Tsinghua University has many libraries; the main library includes the Old Library, the Yifu Library, the Li Zhengwen Library, and so on, and besides that there are various specialized libraries, such as those for liberal arts, law, architecture, fine arts, and so on.

Chemical engineering also has a specialized library, inside which are collected many chemistry-related professional books and journal papers; it can be said that everything one could want is available.

Xiao Hua came to the Chemical Engineering Library, searching here for various professional books and journal papers, hoping to draw useful knowledge from them.

Unfortunately, his cultivation was still shallow; he took out some journals to read and found he could not understand them at all, and for some fully English journals and books, he could not even read them fluently.

This was truly tormenting, giving him a great sense of frustration.

At this very moment, English, this weakness of his, was like a demonic claw clutching his throat, making him feel somewhat unable to breathe.

He had never felt so keenly the huge impact brought by his disadvantage in English.

Imagining that Wen Lingyun and Wan Zhiyuan could read the most cutting-edge fully English journals without any pressure, while what he was reading in the library was actually already lagging behind, yet he still could not understand it.

This made Xiao Hua feel that between himself and those heavenly prides of the great sects, there was simply a difference as vast as heaven and earth.

However, although he felt frustrated, it did not discourage him, nor did it make him lose his fighting spirit.

On the contrary, this made him even more high-spirited.

"Wei Qian is right; my aptitude is not inferior to theirs; I will definitely catch up to them..."

Xiao Hua reminded himself in his heart like this.

And to catch up to those heavenly disciples of the great sects, relying on effort alone was not enough; a meticulous study plan was also needed.

So after returning from the library, Xiao Hua began to formulate a study plan for himself.

He planned to spend half a year making up for English, setting himself a goal that within half a year, he must be able to fluently read the most cutting-edge English chemistry journals.

For this, he even forgot about getting his teeth corrected.

Originally, he had planned to go get his teeth corrected after reporting to the university.

But now, for the sake of studying, for the sake of catching up to those geniuses, he no longer cared so much about his image.

And in fact, within the campus of Tsinghua University, there was no one who would care about his image.

Although there were many handsome men and beautiful women here, no one would judge a person by their appearance.

The atmosphere here was vastly different from the outside; everyone placed more emphasis on spiritual and academic pursuits.

Of course, placing emphasis on spiritual and academic pursuits did not mean they had buried themselves in books.

On the contrary, they were at the forefront more than anyone else.

Not only the latest journals and latest knowledge, but even the latest electronics and online tools, many students would use them.

Because using the latest tools meant the highest efficiency.

It was just that the way they used them was different from ordinary people.

For example, ordinary people going online might just watch dramas or scroll through Weibo, while those who thirsted for knowledge would go online to learn about various cutting-edge academic reports, news of various new product launches, and so on.

Of course, they would occasionally watch a drama to relax, and it was not that they were always in a state of studying.

Not long after Xiao Hua arrived at the school, it was time for the freshman military training.

Tsinghua's military training was very intense, and the duration was also terribly long.

Military training at ordinary schools lasted anywhere from seven days to half a month.

But Tsinghua's military training started on August 19th and did not end until September 6th.

Lasting 21 days, nearly a month!

And there would also be a 20-kilometer forced march, enough to make people collapse.

Fortunately, although Xiao Hua was short, he was born in a rural area and had always been able to endure hardship from childhood; this bit of suffering in military training, he gritted his teeth and got through it.

What surprised Xiao Hua was that other classmates from the city also gritted their teeth and persisted.

They did not choose to slack off because they had been pampered in the city, nor did they find excuses to retreat.

Even Wan Zhiyuan, the youngest student in the whole class, persisted.

Wen Lingyun, this rich young master, also persisted, and moreover, from beginning to end, he did not say a single word of complaint.

Throughout the entire military training process, Wen Lingyun could even laugh and joke during rest periods, completely not complaining about the hardship and fatigue of military training, and was always very optimistic.

This directly overturned Xiao Hua's stereotypical impression of rich young masters.

From childhood, the low-level TV dramas and movies he had been exposed to were all instilling in him that second-generation rich heirs were all dissolute and profligate, uneducated and unskilled, lazy and gluttonous.

But in reality, this was generalizing from the particular.

Poor people also had those who were uneducated and unskilled, lazy and gluttonous, and rich people similarly had those who could endure hardship and had good moral character.

And Wen Lingyun was such a person.

He was not only handsome and humble, but also thirsty for knowledge and never complained.

When he first came to report to the school, he did not complain about anything; on the contrary, his parents disliked the poor environment of the school dormitory and complained a few words.

According to Wan Zhiyuan, Wen Lingyun's family was very wealthy; they had a large villa in the center of Beijing, but Wen Lingyun never used this to show off; the clothes he wore every day were Uniclo gray round-neck short-sleeve shirts, paired with Uniclo black long pants, and his attire remained unchanged year after year.

People who did not know the truth might still mistakenly think he never changed his clothes, but in fact, he had brought five or six identical short-sleeve shirts and long pants.

Moreover, he always ate at the cafeteria and had never even ordered takeout.

He hardly even bought water; he had an extra-large thermos cup, and when he went to eat breakfast in the morning he would fill a big pot of warm boiled water, then keep drinking it until evening.

Later, finding the thermos cup too heavy, he actually switched to a large bottle of Medical Insurance, carrying that big Medical Insurance bottle with him to class and to the library.

He put on an air of being detached from worldly affairs, which made Xiao Hua admire him immensely.

What surprised Xiao Hua was that Wen Lingyun also said he was merely learning from an outstanding senior.

Asked which senior he was learning from?

He said:

"Have you all heard of Wei Shen of Peking University?"

Xiao Hua and Wei Qian both shook their heads, saying they hadn't heard of him, while Wan Zhiyuan said he had.

Wen Lingyun said: "Wei Shen made it into the provincial Olympiad team in his second year of junior high, into the national training team for the Mathematical Olympiad in his third year of junior high, scored full marks in multiple national-level or higher mathematics competitions, was recommended for admission to Peking University three years ago, and is only in his third year of university now; in mathematics he is already a god-like existence, and for us who aren't good at math, we've turned to chemistry or physics competitions instead, and the gap with him is not just a little bit."

When Wen Lingyun said these words, his eyes were full of the light of admiration.

Wan Zhiyuan hurriedly nodded in agreement: "The reason Wei Shen is called Wei Shen is not for nothing; he really is incredibly awesome! Crushing us is like crushing pupils! We really should learn more from him!"

Xiao Hua listened, stunned again and again.

Is that Wei Shen really that amazing? He can even get full marks in national-level mathematics competitions, and not just once, but multiple times!

That really is a god-like existence!

I originally thought that Wen Lingyun and Wan Zhiyuan, who got into Tsinghua or Peking University through competitions, were already incredibly awesome heavenly favorites, but I didn't expect that above heavenly favorites there are even more awesome heavenly favorites.