Chapter 70: High school enrolment, chao in class allocation
(Part 1)
After last night’s cleansing by the heavy rain, the Sunday morning sky was particularly blue, and the smell of rain with earth made one feel energetic. Lu Anran who finished her morning exercise, wiped the sweat off her forehead with a towel.
“You haven’t trained in vain for these past two months. Your physique has clearly improved!” Lu Anhu said happily.
“Yeah!” Lu Anran also agreed with Lu Anhu. The first day she ran with Lu Anhu, she was so tired that she collapsed on the ground like a dead dog and could not even move just after half an hour of slow jogging. If Lu Anhu had not done some simple massages that relaxed her muscles that night, she might not be able to get up the next day! But it was different now. She ran for an hour today. Although she was somewhat tired, she also felt good after sweating it out. She was convinced that her physical condition was getting better. “Can I learn self- defense from you now?”
“Can!” Lu Anhu nodded and said, “Tomorrow morning we will start from the most basic military boxing.”
“Okay!” Lu Anran smiled, “Let’s go! Shower, then breakfast, by then it should be time to go to school.”
“Mm.” Lu Anhu nodded, “What are the arrangements to get there?”
“Uncle Zhang is still on vacation, so Bro Anwei will send us to school and then send Mum to the company.” Lu Anran said, “What time did Bro Anwei come home yesterday?”
“About 11PM. Didn’t see him buy any books, but he was drenched all over. When Eldest Aunt saw him, she personally prepared ginger soup for him, watched him drink it all and said a few words to him before turning into bed.” Lu Anhu shook his head. “I’m guessing that he definitely did not visit the bookstore.”
“Where do you think he went?” Lu Anran asked amusedly as she raised her eyebrows.
“You obviously know where. Why are you still asking me?” Lu Anhu poked Lu Anran’s head with his index finger.
“I just want to see if we have the same thinking or not!” Lu Anran rubbed the place that she was stabbed and said grinningly, “Shall we countdown on three, two, one and say it together?”
“Deal!” Lu Anhu agreed readily. “Three……”
“Two……”
“One……”
The two of them counted backwards, each saying a number and spoke in unison, “Went to look for Teacher Qin!”
Hearing the other party saying the exact same thing, the duo started laughing at the same time. Actually, they were only half- correct. Since Lu Anwei has already decided not to intrude in Qin Shuhan’s life anymore, naturally he would not hastily rush to look for her. Instead he just stood under the window of her house just like he did previously, and dazedly stare at that beautiful silhouette……
Lu Anwei knew that this action of his was not very honourable and was a little like a peeping Tom, but he could not help it. He wanted to see her, wanted it so much that he was turning mad. He did not know if she was well, if she ate on time, if she paid attention to her own health. Now that the nights were turning cold, he was even worried if she would catch a cold. It was only when the lights in her room went out that Lu Anwei gently whispered “Goodnight……” to the air and returned back to Lu Residence.
When he was driving, Lu Anwei focused on the road in front of him. As all primary and middle schools in S city were enrolling today, even the wide roads were experiencing a bit of traffic jam. The original half- hour journey took 45 minutes to travel two- thirds of the distance. Finally, they reached on the dot at a place not far from the school gates of First High. As the car needed to turn back, Lu Anran and Lu Anhu alighted from the car. After getting down from the car, Lu Anran waved goodbye to Ji Rou and Lu Anwei who were still in the car, before running towards the school gates of First High with Lu Anhu.
Standing at the school gates, Lu Anran hesitated. The complex feelings in heart unexpectedly made her feel a fleeting moment of fear…… Fear of stepping forward one more step…… At that moment, it was as though she had returned to her previous lifetime where there were countless pairs of disdainful eyes sneering down at her……
“What are you doing standing here so foolishly?” Lu Anhu was a little confused when he noticed Lu Anran’s actions. They were going to be late. Why was she still so relaxed? So he held Lu Anran’s hand and ran forward.
Chapter 70: High school enrolment, chaos in class allocation
(Part 2)
Lu Anhu’s strong tug pulled Lu Anran back to reality. Her foot will step into First High’s campus in the next second. She was no longer the her from the previous lifetime. She would never allow the tragedy of her previous life to replay again in this lifetime!
Running to the registration area with Lu Anhu, the place was already filled with long queues of people. The two of them stood at the end of a line which had about 30 people. Lu Anran caught her breath, looked in front and then calmed her jittery palpitations. After waiting for about over 10 minutes, it was finally Lu Anran’s and Lu Anhu’s turns, but there was still a long line behind them. Looks like everyone was a little late due to the traffic jam on the roads today.
First was submission of proof, then signing and confirming their names. Following that, they had to go to the next table to collect their new books and their student ID from a member of the student union. After collecting everything, they went onto the next table to collect some forms that they will need to fill in, and materials for their classes.
After Lu Anran completed this process, she flipped through the class arrangements. Lu Anran saw a somewhat hasty scribble of ‘D’ in black and remembered that she was also in this class in her previous lifetime. However, because Chu Yao was in Class A, and she wanted to be in the same class as her, she was transferred to Class A after much coaxing and persistent pestering.
“You are in Class D?” Lu Anhu frowned slightly, “Then I’ll try to transfer to Class D!” His original purpose was to protect Lu Anran.
“You are in Class A ah!” Lu Anran caught sight of the letter on Lu Anhu’s class arrangement notice. “It’s better for you not to transfer! If I’m not mistaken, Chu Yao is also in Class A so stay and keep an eye on her for me!”
“Sure…..” Lu Anhu nodded. On campus, the greatest danger to Lu Anran should originate from this Chu Yao or whatever!
“Lu Anran……” A guy who passed by called out Lu Anran’s name gently.
“……”Lu Anran was stunned and stopped walking to look at the back figure of the guy. He wore the summer uniform of First High and seemed like a senior. The view of his back was rather familiar, but Lu Anran could not remember where she had seen this figure before.
“What’s wrong?” Noticing that Lu Anran has stopped walking, Lu Anhu asked, “What are you staring blankly at?”
“Ah?” Lu Anran recovered from her daze, “Uh…… Nothing much. Let’s go!”
The two of them found their classes quite easily by following signs and directions by the student union members. Seeing two familiar people in her class, Lu Anran’s mood changed for the better almost immediately and the matter of meeting a weird guy on the way to class was forgotten.
“Anran!” Spotting that Lu Anran was also allocated to Class D and was still classmates with herself, Ji Ling rushed out to give Lu Anran a bear hug and started to happily pull on both hands of Lu Anran while skipping. “SO HAPPY! WE ARE IN THE SAME CLASS AGAIN!”
“Yes!” Lu Anran was also very pleased. She followed Ji Ling and sat in an empty seat. The two of them sat next to each other near the windows and continued chatting. When she became aware that someone behind her was constantly gazing at her, Lu Anran turned around curiously and made eye contact with the guy sitting behind her. Smelling the light scent of black tea coming from the guy, Lu Anran recalled the guy’s identity, “Qin Shumo?”
“You still remember me ah!” Qin Shumo smiled brightly. Evidently, he was very happy that Lu Anran still remembered who he was.
“Yes ah! How fated! We are in the same classroom again!” Lu Anran grinned and then puzzledly creased her eyebrows, “But aren’t you the top student for First High’s entrance exam? Why are you in Class D? Shouldn’t you be in Class A?”
“First-years in First High are not assigned based on grades. It is only in third year that they will be assigned to class based on grades. They try to balance the average results of all first- year classes, so I have been allocated to Class D!” Qin Shumo explained smilingly.
“Like this ah!” Lu Anran joked, “Would be good if we could seat near each other later when seats are arranged.”
“Mm?” Qin Shumo’s eyes could not help but brighten. What does this mean? Can he fantasize a little?
“So that I can ask you for help at any time when I don’t know something!” Lu Anran still remembered this was how Lin Da help her in middle school. Thinking of Lin Da, Lu Anran was a little worried. Although she knows that Lin Da was now studying in a closed mysterious academy, she has already sent Lin Da seven emails. Like a stone was dropped into the bottomless ocean, all had no replies. Since Lin Da has left two months ago, the only phone call she received was when Lin Da called her to tell her that she has arrived safely. Lu Anran was inevitably worried.
“So it’s like that ah……” Qin Shumo smiled. A touch of faint disappointment flashed through his eyes.
“Mm?” Lu Anran did not understand what Qin Shumo meant with his words. Tilting her head, she looked at Qin Shumo, anticipating a further explanation from him.
Qin Shumo was unable to think up a good reason for a moment and was quite vexed. Thankfully the form teacher walked in alleviating Qin Shumo’s embarrassment.
“En…… All quiet down!” The form teacher was a handsome man of about 30 years old. He wore a white shirt and dark- coloured suit pants. His hair was a little messy and though he was handsome, he often gave others an impression that he has not had sufficient sleep and was irritable.
The noisy classroom became silent in an instant with the appearance of the form teacher.
“My surname is Lu, name is Lu Rui. I’ll be your form teacher till you reach second year. The main subject I’ll be teaching is English. I don’t care about other subjects, but every time your English score is below the class average, you will copy questions that you answered wrongly twenty times and the vocabulary that you spelt wrongly a hundred times.” Lu Rui glanced at all the students in the class. “I hate troublesome things. For all matters, get your class monitor to settle it. Choose two class monitors, one male and one female. At the same time, the monitor will also be the representative of the English class. The male monitor will oversee attendance and penalty. The female monitor will oversee distributing and receiving all assignments. Do you all understand?”
“Under….. Understood…..” The replies were very few and very weak. Lu Rui’s words probably have not sunk in for everyone yet. They all say that First High’s students were elites and First High’s teachers were cream of the crop…… But this Teacher Lu Rui…… Why was their impression of him so far from what they imagined……