Chapter 416: For the Sake Of a Groundless Friendship
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Ah? Why?”
“Forget about Li Yuanyuan. I heard that her grandfather studied Traditional Chinese Medicine. Shi Jin is… Ah, full marks?”
The people around Tian Xinjie went forward to take a closer look at the list. When they saw Tian Xinjie’s score, they realized that there was indeed a gap between the two of them. They could not help but look at Tian Xinjie in fear.
Everyone looked at Tian Xinjie.
She pretended to be calm as she took the list from her best friend. When she saw Shi Jin and Li Yuanyuan’s results, her face paled slightly. Her smile froze on her face. The corners of her lips wanted to curl up, but she could not.
“Xinjie?” A classmate shook her arm.
She suppressed her annoyance and humiliation and handed out the list.
Someone else took the list, and more people saw the contents.
“Shi Jin actually scored full marks for both subjects!”
“Li Yuanyuan is actually so good!”
“Ah, if Shi Jin and I had done the experiment together, I might have gotten 19 or 20 points for the experiment!”
Everyone was silent for a moment. At that time, in order not to be picked to do the experiment with Shi Jin, everyone agreed to team up freely and did not want to draw lots blindly. However, someone quickly said, “The good results of the experiment can’t be attributed to Shi Jin alone, right? Xu Zhaodi has always been very serious and read books every day. Li Yuanyuan is also from a family with deep roots in studies. How can the results be Shi Jin’s alone?”
“That makes sense.” Everyone reacted.
However, no matter what, there was no dispute that Shi Jin scored full marks for both subjects.
Li Yuanyuan was still a little surprised. “Shi Jin, I actually got into the research class!”
She was extremely excited. She had never thought about something like this before. She did not expect her theory score to be the same as Tian Xinjie’s. And the score of the experiment beat everyone except Shi Jin.
“Because you’re already very good to begin with.” Shi Jin lifted her eyelashes and looked at her. “Isn’t it normal to get into that class?”
“No, it’s all because of you.” Other people didn’t know the reason behind it, but Li Yuanyuan knew it too well.
Xu Zhaodi also walked over and said in a small voice, “Congratulations.”
She was also very happy. From a young age, she did not fit in anywhere. She had worked very hard, but her grades had always been below average. However, she did very well in this experiment and increased her overall grades.
This restored her confidence.
Li Yuanyuan said, “Shall the three of us have lunch together to celebrate? Shi Jin, how about it?”
“Okay,” Shi Jin replied.
Xu Zhaodi squeezed her fingers. Seeing that they were so happy, she also agreed. However, she thought about the fact that she was short of money… However, she did not want to spoil the fun for the first friends she made.
“Right, Shi Jin, do you want to be with Director Zhang or Vice Director Ouyang?” Li Yuanyuan asked.
“Vice Director,” Shi Jin said without thinking.
Li Yuanyuan said, “Alright, then I will also choose the Vice Director.”
“Shi Jin, Teacher Cai wants you to go to the office,” a classmate came over and said.
Shi Jin got up and walked towards Teacher Cai’s office.
She knocked on the door and heard Teacher Cai answer. She walked in.
This time, Teacher Cai had a whole new level of respect for her. When he spoke, there was more or less a smile on his face. “Shi Jin, you have also seen the results of your selection test this time. Let me give you a brief introduction of Director Zhang and Vice Director Ouyang’s classes. Make your choice.”
“I choose the Vice Director’s class,” Shi Jin said.
“You haven’t finished listening to my introduction. It’s not too late for you to choose after I’m done.”
“I’ve already thought about it, Teacher Cai.”
Although Teacher Cai didn’t like Shi Jin in the past, he was still a teacher after all. He had a basic sense of responsibility. “Shi Jin, I know that your results this time are good, but you can’t be arrogant just because your results are good. Being good once doesn’t mean that you can be good every time. As for Director Zhang’s class, he has many advantages. Not only did he bring up many outstanding people in many industries, he also has outstanding students like Qin Fanya and Hu Hao. Qin Fanya is currently visiting the International Ancient Chinese Medicine School.
“And you also know the principle of the strong raising the strong. Because Director Zhang has these advantages, more people choose him every year, making his class stronger.”
Since he insisted on introducing the two classes, Shi Jin did not refute and just listened casually.
“As for the Vice Director’s class, there are also many outstanding students. However, his class also has an advantage. Because there aren’t as many students as Principal Zhang, he can personally guide them for a bit longer.”
After Teacher Cai said that, he looked at Shi Jin and said, “Right, Director Zhang has another advantage. He has a lot of research funding and has a herbal test field.”
“Herbal test field?” Shi Jin was interested.
Seeing that she was interested, Teacher Cai thought that she had changed her mind and said, “There are all kinds of medicinal herbs planted in that experimental field. It’s very beneficial for the students’ practice. Although the field is not big, only a few hundred square meters, you know how precious and important it is for your studies in a place like Imperial City where every inch of land is precious.”
Indeed. Being able to personally plant medicinal herbs, understand their growth habits, and further strengthen their practical research, even many famous doctors did not have such an opportunity.
Being able to come into contact with these things while still a student was truly rare. However, Shi Jin was only slightly interested. It was not enough to move her.
She said evenly, “I still choose the Vice Director.”
Seeing that she couldn’t understand and was very stubborn, Teacher Cai could only wave his hand and say, “Alright then. Go report to the Vice Director later and ask Li Yuanyuan to come over.”
Shi Jin turned around and left. Soon, Li Yuanyuan arrived.
Teacher Cai repeated the same words to Li Yuanyuan.
Li Yuanyuan was obviously conflicted. She looked less determined than Shi Jin.
Teacher Cai took a sip of tea. Finally, there was a sensible person who did not joke about her future.
Li Yuanyuan hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I choose the Vice Director?”
“Yes, but you have to think carefully…”
“I’ll choose the Vice Director then!”
“Have you really thought it through? Why did you choose him?” Teacher Cai was really curious.
“Because Shi Jin chose him.”
“You!” Teacher Cai slammed the tea on the table.
“Then I choose him.” Li Yuanyuan revealed an innocent smile.
Teacher Cai was really angered by these little girls. They were joking about their future for the sake of their friendship. How troublesome!
When he reported the results, Zhang Fengnian took a look and was a little surprised.
Over the years, he had gotten used to being everyone’s first choice. Only the students he disliked would be pushed to Ouyang Ping.
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This was the first time that all the students in the class chose Ouyang Ping.
