Chapter 823: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 823: Returning to Alma Mater, Becoming a Role Model

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The next morning, Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia went together to No. 1 High School; everything about the alma mater's environment was still just as familiar.

The former high school homeroom teacher personally came to receive them and told them the procedures to follow next.

At nine o'clock in the morning there is a Senior Year Three mobilization oath assembly; all Senior Year Three students will gather on the playground, and at that time Wang Xiaohua needs to go on stage and say a few words.

After the oath assembly, the Special Elite Class students will also be invited to the Administration Building's Conference Hall to share their study insights and the wonderful life at university.

The purpose is to make the Senior Year Three students even more actively prepare for battle, making full sprint preparations for next June's college entrance exam.

After sharing study insights, there will also be a seminar; this meeting is mainly attended by the school's leaders and the Education Bureau's leaders.

When the seminar ends, they will go eat a meal together with the leaders.

After eating, it will be over.

The whole process is roughly like this.

As for details, the homeroom teacher couldn't explain too clearly to Wang Xiaohua.

Wang Xiaohua has to control it himself.

Wang Xiaohua sorted it through in his mind, then said he would follow the leaders' arrangements; however the leaders want him to do it, he will do it.

After all, this trip is doing positive-energy things, able to help next year's upcoming exam-takers, so Wang Xiaohua is naturally very willing to exert his modest effort.

The homeroom teacher said:

"The Principal said to just let you perform freely; he believes in your ability. I think you're quite socially anxious; later at the oath assembly you'll face over a thousand students from the entire Senior Year Three grade, afraid you'll be nervous, you can prepare a speech draft in advance."

Wang Xiaohua smiled and said:

"Teacher, rest assured, I prepared this last night; you take a look and see if there's anything that needs revision."

Wang Xiaohua handed the pre-prepared speech draft to the homeroom teacher.

The homeroom teacher browsed through it once and smiled:

"Xiao Hua, your writing skill has evolved again; Teacher I can't pick out any faults; go for it, just don't be nervous!"

Wang Xiaohua felt like crying and laughing in his heart; the homeroom teacher's understanding of him still stopped at the Wang Xiaohua before the college entrance exam.

Back then, he indeed was quite inarticulate.

Now it's not the same.

Although he's still that personality — words he should say he'll try to say concisely, words he shouldn't say he won't say a single sentence of — he's no longer nervous and stage-fright like before; after Debate Society training, his psychological quality is much better than before.

Additionally, now he returns to his high school alma mater with a successful person's identity; the identity shift will also bring a mindset shift.

In a blink it reached nine in the morning; the oath assembly proceeded as scheduled.

On the school playground, all Senior Year Three students had gathered.

One class in two columns, one column male students, one column female students.

Over ten classes in total.

The students stood lined up neatly and orderly.

Regular Class and Special Elite Class students, one glance tells the difference.

Regular Class students, while lining up, were horsing around, laughing and joking.

Special Elite Class students, some brought English vocabulary books to memorize, another part brought test papers or error notebooks to review; as for the remaining small portion who brought nothing, those are all talent-type players, laughing and joking like Regular Class students; their homeroom teachers responsible for organizing discipline looked at them with eyes full of spoiling.

Seeing them play too excessively, they couldn't help but go up and remind them:

"You, you — if you worked as hard as Wang Xiaohua, maybe next year you could test into Tsinghua too!"

The talent-type players hearing such words immediately turned full-faced embarrassed, laughing foolishly not knowing what to say.

The oath assembly process was tedious and lengthy; first the Academic Affairs Director went on stage to preside, then the Principal spoke, then the student representative spoke, after the student representative finished speaking, only then was Wang Xiaohua let go up to speak.

This year's student representative was actually that talent-type player who was just laughing and joking.

After he went up, he was composed and calm, holding the microphone, speaking eloquently.

Surprisingly not stage-fright at all.

Most importantly, this talent-type player was actually quite tall and handsome.

This made Wang Xiaohua look with eyes full of envy.

So-called in the prime of youth, just like fellow students — nothing more so.

His youth must be many times more splendid than Wang Xiaohua's former youth.

Wang Xiaohua watched, his face involuntarily revealing a smile.

At this moment, the talent player on stage suddenly mentioned Wang Xiaohua.

"Heard that today Senior Wang Xiaohua also came; what I want to say is, we've studied to this stage, not only must we learn Senior Xiaohua's hardworking effort, more we must learn his relaxed sense; everyone should know Senior Wang Xiaohua's motto and target university posted on the Honor Roll, right? Those who don't know can go look after the assembly disperses; it's still posted there. His motto is: just work hard, let everything else take its natural course. His target university is: whatever, as long as there's books to read. Then he tested into Tsinghua. Let things take their natural course, as long as there's books to read, then he tested into Tsinghua — does this still let people live?"

The talent-type player spoke like doing stand-up comedy; the students below all laughed.

Wang Xiaohua also couldn't help laughing; speaking of it, were his motto and target university really like that? He himself somewhat couldn't remember.

The talent-type player continued:

"Doesn't everyone feel this is exactly Senior Xiaohua's most awesome part? Mindset simply too good! With this kind of mindset, forget Tsinghua and Peking University, Beida Qingniao should be a sure thing too, right!"

"Hahaha..."

Below came another burst of laughter.

"So Senior Year Three really doesn't need to be that nervous; eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, study when you should study; staying constantly tense instead won't have too good study efficiency. Finally I want to say one sentence to my homeroom teacher: I know you hope I can test out good grades, but don't compare me with Senior Wang Xiaohua; he's the only Tsinghua/Peking University student in our county town's history, while I might end up going to Beida Qingniao; not going to Beida Qingniao is fine too, going to Lanxiang to learn excavator — that's actually my childhood dream; so Teacher comparing Senior Xiaohua and me like this, I'll be Alexander; his goal is as long as there's books to read, my goal is no need to read books... kidding, books still need to be read, otherwise my dad and mom will double-team me. That's it, not saying more, saying too much wastes everyone's time, afraid after dispersal everyone will gang-beat me."

This talent-type player's speech was witty and humorous, relaxed and funny, from time to time provoking bursts of laughter from the students below.

Wang Xiaohua listened, and also couldn't help laughing out loud.

"This person is really interesting, who is he?"

Wang Xiaohua laughed and asked her former homeroom teacher beside her.

"His name is Lin Shuhua, he has steadily sat in first place in the grade since freshman year, this kid is a good seedling, extremely clever, his only shortcoming is that he doesn't really like to study, apart from study time during class, all other time is spent playing, basketball, soccer, chess, even online games, he plays everything, and plays them all pretty well, heard he's even the best in the whole grade at League of Legends."

The homeroom teacher smiled bitterly and shook his head, sighed and said:

"If he were as hardworking as you, why worry about not getting into Tsinghua University or Peking University? It's just a pity his nature is like this, too relaxed."