Chapter 6 Part 1 - The So-Called "Manner of a Senior"

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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):

-俞知乐(yú zhī lè)- Yu Zhi Le, the female protagonist.

-余子涣(yú zǐ huàn)- Yu Zi Huan, the male lead

-李姐(lǐ jiě)- Sister Li, a staff of the mini-mart/Yu Zhi Le’s colleague.

-四中(sì zhòng)- Fourth Middle/High School, the name of the School in the neighbourhood.

-一中( yī zhōng )- First High School

-师大附中( shīdà fùzhōng )- The High School Affiliated to Normal University

Yu Zhi Le, who initially had the idea of tutoring junior high school students, completely dismissed the idea after looking at Yu Zi Huan’s final report card. The legendary creature of being first in the grade, she could be said to have witnessed the real thing. She even suspected that based on her mathematics ability as a university student, who had only studied one semester of Higher Mathematics and never touched mathematics since then, Yu Zi Huan might be the teacher instead.

So it was better for her to just concentrate on being a happy kitchen auntie.

At least when it came to cooking, she had confidence that she could beat this “instant noodle” boy.

As they entered summer break, faced with the Yu Zi Huan who accompanied her every day to the supermarket, Yu Zhi Le suddenly realized a problem.

When school started again, Yu Zi Huan would be going into third grade of middle school—which meant that he would soon face the middle school exams. So shouldn’t he start thinking about which high school he wanted to go to? The high school division of Fourth School was neither good nor bad. If possible, it would be best for him to test into a better school. This way the quality of his classmates would improve, which would be more beneficial for him when he had to take the college entrance examination.

Although Yu Zhi Le had some understanding of the universities in S City, she had no idea about its high schools. Based on the ideology of knowing oneself and knowing others, she would talk with Sister Li, Mr. Wang as well as other middle-aged and elderly people in the community about issues with advancing to a higher education whenever she had free time. She was finally able to figure out some tips.

One night at the end of July, Yu Zhi Le accompanied Yu Zi Huan to play basketball downstairs for a while. Drenched in sweat and hugging the ball as the breeze blew against their figures on their stroll in the community afterwards, Yu Zhi Le took this opportunity to bring up the topic.

“You will be in the third grade of middle school when school starts. Have you ever thought about which high school you want to apply for?” Ignoring her hair that clung to her face due to the sweat and humidity, Yu Zhi Le thought that she must have seemed pretty senior-like when she said these words.

They happened to have walked under a street lamp. Yu Zi Huan jumped up without warning, stretching his slender arm out to try to touch the lamp.

But clearly, he failed. Yu Zi Huan’s head would just reach the waist of the street lamp.

Under the circumstances of not having a significant effect of growing tall by drinking milk, and the fact that Yu Zhi Le told him before that reaching upwards could aid him in growing taller, Yu Zhi Huan didn’t really react. However, afterwards, he would often try to challenge some impossible heights.

Yu Zhi Le, who was left behind, felt the bleak cold wind hitting her face in the hot environment. She didn’t fret so much when she was attending school herself, okay? Yet, he was ungrateful. She suddenly felt weathered from her body to her heart.

“What’s there to consider? I can just apply to the Fourth High School.” Yu Zi Huan replied as if it was a matter of course after his jump, looking back at Yu Zhi Le.

Having gained a response, Yu Zhi Le resurrected on the spot.

“With your grades, it would be a waste if you applied to Fourth High School. Why don’t you try to test into a better school? Such as First High School or The High School Affiliated to Normal University, etcetera? ”

These two high schools that Yu Zhi Le has mentioned were the top two high schools in S City. It was the accurate information which she had gained from chatting with other people for so many days. There were some schools that were debatable that she didn’t mention at all, because she was confident that Yu Zi Huan could go to the best high school.

Yu Zi Huan naturally also knew that the two schools were good, but he frowned and responded, “Elder sister, do you know where First High School and The High School Affiliated to Normal University are located? If I were to attend the school there, I have to get up at five in the morning.”

So you chose Fourth Middle School because it was closer to home?

”Yu Zhi Le automatically ignored his impatient tone and continued to advise him, “But they all have dorms. If you live on campus, then wouldn’t you not have to get up so early?”

Yu Zi Huan’s eyebrow knitted tighter, but he couldn’t think of any reason to refute. Yu Zhi Le continued, “And the teachers and teaching environment of these two schools are much better than that of Fourth School. In the same three years, the knowledge and experience you gain will far surpass those of the Fourth High School students. Most importantly, you can get away from some people you don’t like. Even if people like Xie Cheng Long reformed himself, they wouldn’t be able to test into these two schools. ”

After he left the people in this neighborhood, who knew all about him, behind him. He could start anew with a change of environment in high school. After all, his new teachers and classmates would not know anything about his past.

This was indeed very tempting.

Yu Zhi Le, who stood under the streetlamp, was right in the middle of the circle of light that fell upon the street, forming a clear boundary with the darkness around her. From head to toe, she seemed to be showered with golden light. Yu Zi Huan looked at her black hair that seemed to be shining and her expectant eyes. He said, “I’ll think about it.”

Yu Zhi Le felt like she wanted to faint. Her mouth and tongue were dry from her efforts to convince him. In exchange, all she got was a phrase that he “will think about it.” But Yu Zi Huan always knew what he wanted. He was unwilling, and she was not in a hurry at this moment. Thus, she was going to stick to her original strategy.

Spring turned into rain and moistened things silently. Brainwashing him slowly would do.