Qingteng's Mind - Middle School Era

Chapter 1320 List
"After March, a drizzling spring rain arrived as expected, dense and delicate, like a scheduled flower event..."

Yan Xu slapped the table and said, "Okay."

Ding Kailing paused holding the pen, frowned slightly and looked at Yan Xu who was smiling, and said lightly: "Teacher Yan."

"That's great." Yan Xu turned around and asked, "Teacher Ding, you called me? Is there something wrong?"

Ding Kailing signaled with her eyes.

Yan Xu looked up and saw the surprised eyes looking at him. He quickly clasped his hands together and apologized repeatedly.

The teachers then withdrew their gazes and lowered their heads.

Young people can't keep calm!
"Teacher Ding, look," Yan Xu handed the manuscript to Ding Kailing. Seeing Ding Kailing's gaze, he lowered his voice, but still couldn't hide his excitement. "This literary talent, this talent, this writing style, this emotion, it's absolutely amazing."

"I know," Ding Kailing glanced at the familiar handwriting, "Geng Xinyu's."

"Teacher Ding, you..." Yan Xu said halfway and swallowed it back. Teacher Ding naturally recognized their handwriting and hurriedly took another copy. "There is another one. Look, this one is very well written."

Ding Kailing looked over and saw familiar handwriting, familiar tone, and familiar writing style:

"Spring in the south of the Yangtze River is always wet, and every green wall seems to contain a scroll of yellowed poems..."

He Shiling's, Ding Kailing smiled: "It's really good."

"It's very well written, very good." Yan Xu praised repeatedly, "The handwriting is also very good."

"Well," Ding Kailing handed the essay to Yan Xu, "Each class should pick ten essays and submit them to Teacher Wang before three o'clock in the afternoon."

"Ten essays per class?" Yan Xu was surprised and pointed to a pile of essay papers at hand. "These are not bad either."

What's more, the class he taught, oh no, the three classes taught by Teacher Ding, were among the top three in the grade, so how come there were only ten articles?
As if she had heard Yan Xu's thoughts, Ding Kailing smiled softly and said, "As time goes by, the moon waxes and wanes. Be content and be happy. Follow the school's instructions."

This is a city-wide essay competition, not just for the second-year high school group at Yunling Middle School, so naturally we have to follow the school's rules.

Yan Xu opened his mouth, but finally just nodded, spread the composition in front of him again, and began to select it carefully.

Half an hour later, Yan Xu spread out the selected list on his desk one by one according to the class, and gently tapped Ding Kailing's desk:
"Teacher Ding, we have selected thirty articles. Can you take a look at them?"

Ding Kailing stopped what she was doing and looked over. Her eyes slid across the manuscript on the table. After a moment, she looked at Yan Xu: "Where's Ling Mengchu? Find him and replace Lin Yijie's. Although the handwriting is beautiful, the content is not good."

Yan Xu suppressed the surprise in his eyes, took out Ling Mengchu's manuscript paper and put it to the last one.

Teacher Ding pointed to the right side of Geng Xinyu's composition and said, "Put it here."

Third place, only behind He Shiling and Geng Xinyu? Yan Xu was stunned. Teacher Ding was really selfless. He was not as good as Teacher Ding.

No wonder Teacher Ding is so popular and is known as the "Black Peony" by teachers and students.

"Okay, give them to Teacher Wang in the same order."

Ding Kailing glanced at Yan Xu's changing expression, lowered her head and continued preparing lessons.

Yan Xu has something against Ling Mengchu? She didn't hear the rumors?

I'll find out after I'm done.

"Okay." Yan Xu put away his guilty mood, put the manuscripts in order, and walked towards Teacher Wang in the southwest corner.

At dusk, Yan Xu walked alone on the central avenue of the campus, and did not even notice Su Qingyi approaching him.

"What's wrong?" Su Qingyi leaned forward, smiling, "Are you worried about something?"

Yan Xu then came to his senses and forgot about going to look for her.

"I suddenly feel that my vision is a bit small."

"What about you?" Su Qingyi laughed, "You finally learned to reflect on yourself, that's good."

"I," Yan Xu's face changed and his voice lowered, "Am I really that bad?"

"Yes," Su Qingyi laughed out loud while covering her face. Seeing Yan Xu's embarrassed expression, she stopped smiling and said, "I was just kidding. What's wrong with you? Who hit you?"

Yan Xu thought about it seriously and said, "It's not really a blow."

"Are you stimulated?" Su Qingyi blurted out, "Who is so powerful!"

It was the first time she saw Yan Xu like this. After all, Yan Xu always had an expression of high morale and a sense of being the best in the world, even when he was rejected when pursuing her. It was that confident and arrogant look that attracted her.

What's going on today? Su Qingyi's curiosity exploded instantly.

"Teacher Li is not here, could he be your idol?" Su Qingyi laughed, "However, your level is not up to the "favor" of being taught by Principal Cao himself."

Yan Xu said nothing.

"That is," Su Qingyi's eyes sparkled, "Teacher Ding? Why?"

"Yes," Yan Xu nodded, "Because he is the representative of the Chinese language department of Class 5."

"Ling Mengchu? The girl with round eyes and a smile," Su Qingyi laughed, "You and Teacher Ding both seem to dislike the class representative, you mentioned that."

"The list of names for the essay competition was handed in today, and Teacher Ding actually ranked her third."

Su Qingyi was slightly startled, then laughed: "Teacher Ding is indeed more visionary than you, you wouldn't have chosen her, right?"

Do you understand him so well? Yan Xu opened his eyes slightly, and the next second, he felt relieved. It was true. After two years, Miss Su and he still had this tacit understanding.

"Really didn't choose?" Su Qingyi raised an eyebrow. Seeing Yan Xu nodding with difficulty, he immediately laughed and shook his head, "You really are... You."

"She can be the representative of the Chinese language department, so her Chinese grades must be good, and her composition must be good. You can figure it out with your toes. You actually...

Su Qingyi shook her head repeatedly, "It's really a small pattern."

Yan Xu said nothing and walked forward silently.

At first, he picked it, but then he changed his mind and pulled it out. After all, one should follow one's heart.

Don't take pictures of this horse, it might backfire if you're not careful!
"Every failure is a learning experience. After all," Su Qingyi smiled sweetly, "We are still young and have the opportunity to make mistakes. Moreover, the internship has just begun. It is a great help to improve upon our mistakes."

"Well, it's great that you're here." Yan Xu looked at Su Qingyi, and the sunset behind her formed a beautiful landscape.

The next afternoon, Yan Xu told Ding Kailing with joy:
"The whole school selected 20 people, and our three classes accounted for seven. Class 5 had the most, with four people: He Shiling, Geng Xinyu, Fang Di, and Ling Mengchu. Class 16 had two people: Yi Lingfei and Gu Yanxi. Class 6: Tong Yan."

Ding Kailing smiled and nodded: "Not bad."

"Then I'll go and inform them. I'll give them a special meal in the afternoon and ask them to prepare." Yan Xu looked excited and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute," Ding Kailing stopped and looked at Yan Xu, "Keep a low profile and be more restrained."

"Yeah," Yan Xu pursed his lips, still unable to hide the smile on his face, "I understand, keep a low profile."

There are more than 40 classes and 20 students in the school. His students, oh no, he and Teacher Ding’s students account for one third.

"Also," Ding Kailing raised her slender hand slightly, signaling Yan Xu to come back, "He Shiling and Yi Lingfei can be notified, and there is no need to prepare a special meal."

Yan Xu was startled, then nodded: "I understand, they both write very well."

"Not really," Ding Kailing smiled slightly, "They are both going to participate in the physics competition, not the essay competition."

Yan Xu was stunned.

Then why register to school and occupy the quota randomly, isn't this just nonsense? !

"The physics competition is more important," Ding Kailing said lightly, "the two of them won the essay competition last year."

After hearing half of the sentence, Yan Xu's anger flared up again, but after hearing the other half, it instantly subsided: "What prize?"

"Both of them won special prizes." Ding Kailing said nonchalantly, "You should focus on Geng Xinyu, oh, and Gu Yanxi, and Fang Di."

Yan Xu thought of the essay yesterday and blurted out: "Didn't they participate last year?"

"Gu Yanxi and Fang Di participated, and won third place in the preliminary round, but did not win any prize in the semi-final," Ding Kailing paused, "Geng Xinyu asked for leave for the preliminary round, so she did not sign up."

As for why she asked for leave, she didn't know, and Teacher Li didn't tell her the reason either!
"Please ask for leave..." Yan Xu stuttered for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, then I'll go to the classroom first?"

Ding Kailing nodded: "Yes."

Yan Xu walked out of the office and looked into the room through the window glass. Teacher Ding did not say anything about taking special care of Ling Mengchu.

It turns out that it was just a formality?!

Then wasn't his self-blame for the whole afternoon yesterday just unnecessary trouble?