I was the leader of the righteous path in high school.

It wasn't that Gu Yun envied the students who got along well with Chu Zhao, but rather that she subconsciously thought so after hearing what Chu Zhao said.

Even if this isn't about tea, I've at least seen "social maneuvering."

Knowing how to quickly approach people and using one's appearance as an advantage in getting along with them.

Well...

It has a smell.

It wasn't that Gu Yun was overly sensitive; rather, he had seen others do it before.

He had a friend whose family was so poor that they could barely afford to send him to school.

He used his appearance to get close to the daughter of the deputy director of the education bureau, became her best friend, and received financial aid.

Xia Qige disliked her and called her a pretentious and manipulative woman.

He also forbade Gu Yun from playing with him, but that was all in elementary school, and he wasn't sure what the other person's situation was now.

In short, he really felt that Chu Zhao was a bit strange.

But he didn't say anything, he just watched Chu Zhao interact amicably with the other classmates, and then hurriedly left after class.

Wang Ziyuan was also one of the instigators. Looking at Chu Zhao's back, he smacked his lips with a hint of reminiscence: "Holy crap, I don't even know how many classes will envy us now."

"What do you think about transporting the dog?"

"It's really quite good," Gu Yun replied.

"Is that all?"

Wang Ziyuan looked at him, scratching his chin in confusion: "When you saw Teacher Chu Zhao just now, you didn't make much of a fuss, and I didn't see any surprise on your face."

"He didn't even cherish the rare opportunity to talk to Teacher Chu, and just buried himself in doing practice problems at the table."

"Could it be..."

Are you gay?

His large face came close to Gu Yun's, startling Gu Yun.

Hearing the following words, he speechlessly pushed the other person's face aside with his hand and said, "I just think it has nothing to do with us whether someone is good-looking or not, there's no need for us to know."

"This teacher looks like she just graduated from university. She must have had no shortage of admirers in college. What if she already has a boyfriend?"

"To take it a step further, what if you get married? Won't you explode?"

Gu Yun's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Wang Ziyuan's head. While they didn't restore his brilliant mind to its former glory, they at least brought him back to his senses.

"That's true. Someone like you, who has Xia Qige, naturally wouldn't like other women."

"...Do I have to throw you out of the building before you remember how many times I've emphasized this?"

This morning I told myself to seize the opportunity to win over Chen Zhizhi, and just one class later I heard rumors about myself and Xia Qige.

Gu Yun felt helpless about his good brother, who was so young but already had Alzheimer's disease.

"uncertain."

Suddenly, a voice broke in.

Gu turned her head and saw the boy sitting in front of her turn around, pressing his finger against her nearly 800-degree glasses, and analyzing:

"Although Ms. Chu is beautiful and seems to have a good personality, she may not have a boyfriend, let alone a husband."

"You know, good-looking girls have high standards, especially someone like Teacher Chu who is almost perfect in appearance. There must be many men pursuing her with her otherworldly temperament."

"But it's precisely because the requirements are high that no one can succeed. You can't build something great just by quantity. Focus on quality, not quantity, understand?"

"really."

Seeing that someone agreed with his point of view, Wang Ziyuan nodded in satisfaction: "That's what I think too."

"So, Lao Xie, I definitely have a chance."

"no."

The boy, known as Lao Xie, shattered Wang Ziyuan's fantasy with a single sentence, calmly saying, "Why did I say there was no chance? Because Teacher Chu is so beautiful, why didn't she become an actress or a broadcaster? She must have come here to be a teacher."

"So, your behavior falls under the category of...?"

Warning: Your students are attacking your teaching credentials!

Gu Yun nodded with great satisfaction, looked at Wang Ziyuan who seemed to be frozen in place, and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think about it, Wang Ziyuan."

"You still want to date the teacher? I'll just laugh at you!"

"Get lost."

Wang Ziyuan retorted irritably, then looked at Xie Hao and asked, "Old Xie, don't you ever have that urge? After all, everyone has a love for beauty, right?"

"I feel..." Xie Hao stroked his chin and said seriously, "She's not as good as Amiya, and she's not as pretty as Vishdel."

"Porridge is speechless. Go eat your feet."

Upon hearing that it was related to anime and manga, Wang Ziyuan immediately felt relieved.

Not to mention the lowest level of porridge.

Go eat feet!

....................................

Gu Yun remained engrossed in his studies until noon.

Fortunately, he remembered to go eat. After finishing all the questions, he stretched and followed Xia Qige to the cafeteria.

It's important to understand that the most important thing about English is not grammar or writing skills, but vocabulary.

There are about 5,000 commonly used words in high school. As long as you memorize all of them, it is relatively easy to get a high score.

So when Xia Qige saw Gu Yun memorizing vocabulary even while eating, she couldn't help but feel annoyed.

She snatched Gu Yun's notebook from which he was memorizing vocabulary words and said fiercely, "Eat your food now."

"Okay, Aunt Xia."

Gu Yun learned very little in those eighteen years, but the most memorable lesson was definitely "Never argue with a woman."

I remember arguing with my own mother and being punished by not eating for two days.

If he argues with Xia Qige now, he probably won't be allowed to use his meal card anymore.

Besides, eating is a trivial matter; there's no need to argue about it.

Xia Qige stopped when she saw him pick up his rice bowl and start eating.

As she ate, she suddenly asked, "Gu Yun, what are your plans for the future?"

"Forehead."

Gu Yun put down his half-eaten meal and said helplessly, "Isn't it a bit too early to ask this now?"

"I can only decide after the college entrance exam is over. Right now, I just need to focus on doing well on the exam."

"Um……"

Xia Qige thought about it and realized it made sense.

After all, thinking about your future major now is as unrealistic as deciding between Tsinghua and Peking University when you were a child.

So she rephrased her question: "What rank do you think you'll get in this exam?"

"I'd say around 30th, about the middle of the class."

"true and false?"

The 30-plus students have already made considerable progress.

There were 59 people in their class, and Gu Yun was 55th.

Improving by more than 20 places means that the opponent improved by at least 50 points.

For a moment, Xia Qige couldn't quite believe it, looking at Gu Yun with a suspicious gaze: "You're not lying to me, are you?"

Why would I lie to you? Are you going to give me a reward?

Gu Yun shrugged and asked in return, "I'd like to know how many points you can improve."

"Could he still be hovering around the teens, trying his best to get ninth place?"

"I……"

Xia Qige was speechless for a moment.

She did well in her studies, but that's about it.

Even though Gu Yun has been posting pictures of himself studying late into the night to provoke her into opening her books, she still doesn't have the confidence to be in the top ten of her class.

You've worked hard at your studies, but there are countless people who work hard, many more than you.

All she knew was that her deskmate, Xie Hao, was also known as Zhou P.

Besides playing games, he would go to bed at 2 a.m. almost every day and get up at 6 a.m., sleeping only four hours a day and studying like crazy.

Xia Qige felt that there was still a gap between her and them.

But I can't lose face in front of Gu Yun.

So she straightened her back and said, "I think I've at least improved this time..."

Suddenly, she couldn't speak.

The reason was that someone sat down next to Gu Yun.

She was sitting opposite Gu Yun, so she could naturally see who it was.

Su Nianshan.