Chapter 4: Passionate Youth

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Mr. Qian looked up at the quiet girl in front of him. Her eyes looked calm, but he could feel her resilience underneath the calm.

Hence, Mr. Qian relented and said, “I can agree. I went to a meeting yesterday. From this year onwards, in order to let the third-year students get into the study zone faster, there will be a joint examination for the third-year students every month. You have to promise me that you can’t drop out of the top three in the class and the top 20 in the cohort. Otherwise, I’ll force you to attend the evening self-study session!”

After Qiu Ying transferred, no matter if it was an exam or quiz, she would always score first place in class, so she nodded confidently.

After solving the problem of applying for leave, Mr. Qian took out her math book. The first class after the morning self-study session was her math class, so she decided to tutor Qiu Ying alone in the office. She planned to let Qiu Ying catch up on her progress and return to the classroom together later.

The students of the morning self-study class were reading the knowledge points they had to memorize in the classroom. Three minutes after class, they suddenly heard a voice coming from the loudspeaker downstairs. “From this semester onwards, the second year students will officially enter senior year. At this important moment, I want to confess to my goddess!”

The academic pressure in high school was high to begin with. Whenever there was something novel, the students would always rush out to watch the fun, especially when it concerned dating, which the school had repeatedly forbidden. Everyone leaned against the railing in the corridor and stuck their heads out to look down the teaching building. They realized that it was Class 9’s Chen Zhen.

The students began to cause a ruckus outside the classroom.

The dean, who was patrolling the fifth floor for the morning reading session, rushed downstairs when he saw this. He planned to teach Chen Zhen a lesson.

Downstairs, Chen Zhen continued to speak through the loudspeaker, “From the first time I saw you, I knew what it meant to fall in love at first sight. I’m deeply in love with you. I’m willing to spend the rest of my life with you. Before I met you, I was an out-and-out bad student. The only thing I have in common with you is being in first place. It’s just that I was in first place from the bottom. But because of you, I had the thought of studying hard for the first time.”

The dean slowed down when he heard this.

“Because I want the person standing beside you to be an outstanding me! Now, I’m no longer at the bottom! I confessed today because I want to tell myself that there’s only a year left, so I have to work hard. I have to go to the same university as you! On the day I graduate from high school, I want an outstanding me to stand in front of everyone and confess to you! I want others to know that the person who loves you is also outstanding!”

The dean, who walked out of the school building, revealed a loving smile and sighed. A person was in his best state when fighting for his dream and the person he liked. This was the most beautiful aspect of youth!

At this moment, Chen Zhen had finished saying what he wanted to say. He turned to look at the dean with some lingering fear. The dean hated students who didn’t focus on studying. Whoever he caught would be punished with running laps and having their parents called to the school.

When the dean saw Chen Zhen looking at him, he immediately changed his expression. With a straight face, he snatched the loudspeaker away. “To punish you for ignoring the school rules, go to the field and run 20 rounds! Use the time between classes to run!”

Then, the dean raised his loudspeaker again. “What are you all looking at?! All of you can get accepted to top universities?”

The students in the corridor ran into the classrooms.

Seeing this, the dean continued, “I know that adolescence is a period of blossoming romance, but I also hope that you can understand that liking is presumptuous and love is about restraint. I hope that you will all try your best to become outstanding not only for the sake of the person you like, but also for yourself! Only by working hard can you leave no regrets. Compared to fleeting crushes, I hope you guys can look forward to romance after you all achieve success.”

After saying that, the dean turned around and glared at Chen Zhen. “Hurry up and get back to class.”

Chen Zhen looked at the stern dean in disbelief. He actually talked about love with the students so calmly?

The key was that he didn’t call his parents. Afraid that the dean would suddenly remember to call his parents, Chen Zhen ran away.

Unfortunately, although Qiu Ying came to the morning self-study today, she was being tutored by Mr. Qian, so she didn’t hear anything.

The recess bell rang.

Year Three Class One

Yao Yu leaned over to Jiang Lin and said, “Interesting. I originally thought that an elite high school like No. 3 High School would be very boring. I didn’t expect that just a few days after coming here, there would be a gang fight and a love confession through the loudspeaker. How fun!”

Jiang Lin stared at black board and said slowly, “How childish.”