Chapter 133

Chapter 133: Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School’s Summer Camp

Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School collected the best students from the entire Chu North Province through the specialized county student exam. However, objectively speaking, the quality of students varied greatly from different regions.

Therefore, they needed another exam to determine who were truly the strong ones, which led to the creation of the summer camp.

The summer camp experience offered by Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School was essentially an advanced training for specialized county students, starting their classes earlier.

During this one-month period, everyone got to familiarize themselves with life in Jiangcheng and at Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School, and the final summer camp exam would determine class placement.

Apart from parallel classes (quality classes) and international classes aimed at overseas studies, Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School also had five special classes: aviation class, competition class, Changfei class, science class, and humanities class.

The aviation class recruits pilots, while the Changfei class and science class both belong to science experimental classes.

The Changfei class is actually a floating class, a place for extracurricular learning, even with elimination mechanisms and student changes; there are five science classes, and the humanities class is Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School’s liberal arts experimental class.

The competition class, however, stands above the other classes. For specialized county students, only those who rank in the top ten in the specialized county student exam and the top ten in the final summer camp exam have the qualifications to be selected.

Of course, local students from Jiangcheng rely on their current year’s high school entrance exam scores to be placed in classes, so they do not need to participate in the summer camp.

However, if they are unsatisfied with their high school entrance exam results and wish to use the summer camp to try to get into higher-level classes, there is apparently a chance to sign up.

On the night before the start of the summer camp, Mei Fang and the others carefully studied these class divisions, planning their future high school lives.

Lin You Xi ranked third in the specialized county student exam, while Mei Fang ranked seventeenth. Xia Yuan’s score is not mentioned.

Although Lin You Xi has already crossed the threshold for the competition class, she does not want to directly advance to it. Her reason was straightforward:

“To be honest, I’m not particularly interested in math competitions… Studying in such a class would consume a lot of energy, and the academic pressure is heavy. This way, we wouldn’t be able to balance our work on games and websites.”

“That’s true… And I heard that if you don’t want to go to the competition class, you still have the option to choose your own class.”

Mei Fang thought for a moment, “Youxi, why don’t you join me in the science class? With my current scores, I should be able to get into the science class, and the teachers there are probably better than those in the parallel classes, but the pressure isn’t too great either.”

Upon hearing this, Lin You Xi looked over at Xia Yuan, who smiled slightly, “Youxi, don’t look at me like that. If you want to be in the same class as Afang, then go ahead. I think I can only get into the parallel class, and the humanities class might be out of reach.”

“In fact, I was planning to be in the same class as Yuanyuan.”

“… Ah? In the same class as me?”

Both Xia Yuan and Mei Fang were very surprised by Lin You Xi’s decision.

“No, no! Don’t lower yourself to be in the same class as me, that would make me feel uneasy…”

“I trust Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School’s strength. The teachers in the parallel classes shouldn’t be bad. Besides, our goal doesn’t necessarily have to be Qinghua University. What suits us best is what’s best.”

Clearly, Lin You Xi’s words meant she was planning to give up on competing for top rankings. Mei Fang understood that she wanted to invest more energy into website and application development.

Her words also reminded Mei Fang of his previous plans for high school life.

He didn’t want his high school years to be burdened by the stress of studying like his middle school years, so he explored methods for being recommended to prestigious universities;

The most suitable method for Mei Fang was first through competitions, including the National Youth Information Olympiad (NOI) and the National Primary and Secondary School Computer Production Activity.

The former is an Olympic-level competition in computer technology, while the latter, although it sounds lowbrow, is a standard national-level competition, and it’s simpler to participate in—just submit the game, webpage, or application you’ve made.

A step below that is provincial model student status, which has a relatively free evaluation criteria, but there’s a good chance to obtain it at Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School.

In fact, Mei Fang wasn’t too worried about losing the opportunity to be recommended due to not winning these awards.

He now has two golden cards—C Station and the gaming industry—and could become a super internet tycoon worth billions by age sixteen.

Just this title alone would likely attract various universities to extend offers to him, so there was no need to compete fiercely on grades.

The fundamental goal of achieving good grades was to get into a good university, find a good job, improve skills, and earn money. Now, Mei Fang had already jumped straight to earning money.

Therefore, enjoying a wonderful high school life while improving his abilities was what he should consider now.

So Mei Fang agreed, “That sounds good. I’ll just go to the parallel class instead of the science class. It will have less academic pressure, and I can enjoy high school life more. Besides, even if we can’t be in the same class, you and Yuanyuan can still be together, right?”

“Together?”

“Look, in elementary school, you and Yuanyuan were in the same class. In middle school, you and I were in the same class. In high school, you two can be in the same class again. That way, everyone will have the experience of going through school together.”

“We’ve already been in the same class since kindergarten.”

Xia Yuan grumbled discontentedly.

“Well… If you put it that way…”

“But, it would be nice to be in the same class as Youxi.”

Xia Yuan held Lin You Xi’s hand, “Then we can see each other every day!”

“We already live together, we see each other every day.”

“It’s still better to be closer!”

Lin You Xi helplessly looked at Xia Yuan, who had jumped into her arms. At that moment, Liang Meijuan called from the kitchen.

“Kids! Wash your hands, it’s time to eat!”

Early the next morning, the three of them put on brand new Jiangcheng No.1 Teachers’ Affiliated School uniforms and, accompanied by Liang Meijuan, entered the school gate.

The summer camp randomly assigned seats, seemingly avoiding placing friends in the same class. They were all assigned to different classes: Mei Fang to Class 2, Xia Yuan to Class 6, and Lin You Xi to Class 9.

New uniforms, new classrooms, everything felt unfamiliar. When Mei Fang arrived, not many students were present, but they had already started chatting in small groups.

They were outstanding students from junior high schools across Jiangcheng City and various counties in Chu North Province. Although they still had a hint of rustic accent in their speech, they exuded confidence in their tone.

Perhaps Lin You Xi’s consistent top ranking was a remarkable achievement.

But here, who hadn’t been the top student in middle school?

Mei Fang clearly sensed the air of competition among them.

However, he was indifferent. He found an empty seat and prepared to read. Soon after, a tall girl appeared in front of him.

“Classmate, hi, can I sit next to you? I’m a bit late.”

Mei Fang looked up at her and was secretly amazed by her height.

She must be around 180-190 cm, but she dressed in a cute and sweet style, though her hand was in a cast.

“Sure, you can sit here.”

“Thank you!”

The girl carefully sat down, but with only one hand, it was inconvenient to put down her backpack. Mei Fang helped her, and she thanked him repeatedly.

“How did you hurt your hand?”

“This happened when I fell off a tree while climbing in the countryside during the summer.”

The girl smiled at Mei Fang, “My name is Xiang Bingbing. I’m from Shennongjia. Where are you from?”

“Shennongjia?!” Mei Fang was startled, “Isn’t that a nature reserve? So, there are residents there?”

Xiang Bingbing laughed awkwardly, “Of course there are… Also, I want to clarify, I’m not a wild man!”

“My apologies… I didn’t mean that.”

Mei Fang waved his hand and smiled, “I’m Mei Fang. I’m from Baizhou, Baimei County.”

“Oh, I know about your place—the Baimei rolls and Baimei opera are famous! Your place is really nice, unlike our Shennongjia, where only wild men are famous.”

“Again, I apologize.”

Xiang Bingbing smiled, “From now on, we’re desk partners. Let’s get along well!”

“OK.”

Mei Fang gestured to Xiang Bingbing.

Actually, this character could be male or female, but I think a girl would be more endearing. Therefore, I designed her as a big loli character. To emphasize again, this story has two main female characters. The dropped-in character is usually a catalyst and generally won’t cause conflicts.

End of Chapter 133.