When Xu Qing went home, she washed herself off and went to sleep. Her parents thought she was too tired from her tutoring, so they didn’t bother her.
Xu Qing was the kind of child who had been brought up by parents with a big heart!
After a good night’s sleep, she was a good man again!
If you are walking by the river abnormally, how can your shoes not get wet?
If you see Fu Xin on Monday, just go around and walk away!
Xu Qing’s claim to be a good man was still unknown, but her laziness was obvious to all.
On Monday, she was late again!
As the teachers and students stood in the playground watching the five-star red flag rise, she bent down, hunched her back, and hugged her small school bag, gingerly planning to sneak into the classroom.
Just as she reached the door of the school building, she was caught by the class teacher and invited to the office!
The class teacher, Ms. Wang, was a female teacher in her fifties. She looked at Xu Qing with her bag in her hand and said in a kind and amiable manner, “Xu Qing, studying in high school is not like in junior high school. Look at your recent exam results. The teachers think it’s very strange. How could you be admitted into our school? Maybe you played well in the high school entrance examination, but you can’t just keep lying on the merit book! Learning is like sailing against the current; if you don’t advance, you will fall back! You are really pulling the class down with your current grades! Even if your father pays more sponsorship fees, it won’t make up for the loss of your classmates’ honour!”
The teacher nodded in satisfaction. Although Xu Qing’s grades were not good, her attitude was very good and she could teach her.
So she said to her more gently and affectionately, “You don’t have to worry. Maybe there is a problem with your study method. The teacher has arranged for you to sit with Fu Xin, so you can study with him! Try to catch up with your grades as soon as possible!”
The words intended were like a bolt from the blue. Xu Qing stared at the teacher in amazement. Teacher, are you pushing me into the fire?
The teacher thought that Xu Qing was surprised because she was under pressure, so she gently advised her, “Xu Qing, you must cherish this opportunity. If you do not study hard, your father’s sponsorship money will be thrown into the water.”
Xu Qing wanted to cry but had no tears. Even if she was to be thrown in the water, she couldn’t be at the same table as Fu Xin!
However, this matter had already been settled. Xu Qing went to the classroom and saw that her original place was already filled with other students’ stationery!
She had to go to the last row and sit down in the empty seat next to Fu Xin’s desk. Fu Xin was tall, so he sat in the last row, and although Xu Qing was not short, she was sent to the frontier compared to the seat in front of her, which was very close to the classroom door!
As she reluctantly opened her bag and took out her stationery box and textbooks, the whole class that had attended the flag-raising ceremony came in.
With his delicate and handsome face and with his gentle and elegant appearance; in ancient times, he would have been a pure and honest, handsome noble son with an orchid and jade tree [1].
But Xu Qing knew that no matter how beautiful he was on the outside, if they cut through his shiny shell, this guy was all black inside!
Fu Xin saw Xu Qing’s face was as red as a peach blossom in March. She looked at him and immediately dodged away shyly, like a young bride who had just had her hood lifted on her wedding day.
When Xu Qing noticed Fu Xin’s playful eyes on her, she wanted to find a hole in the ground and burrow down!
This guy had always thought that she was deliberately trying to get close to him, and now, even if she jumped into the Yellow River, she couldn’t wash it away!
[1] an idiom meaning a child with splendid future prospects. The sentence would read “He would be a noble son with splendid future prospects”.
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