Chapter 247

Chapter 247: Love Letter

Everyone hurriedly prepared for the class division exam in early September. The questions were relatively difficult, mainly to make everyone reassess their grades in the nine subjects and see if they were truly better suited for liberal arts or sciences.

Additionally, it was used to test the learning outcomes of the previous academic year, selecting some outstanding students from parallel classes to join the science and competition classes.

Lin You Xi still maintained her genius-level academic ability from her past life. Even after being busy with various affairs, she still secured the top spot in the class on this exam;

Mei Fang spent his first-year high school沉迷于玩游戏和享受高中生活, 导致学习成绩有所下滑，排名从第10名掉到了第15名;

Xia Yuan didn’t need to be mentioned; she had already prepared herself for the possibility of being placed in the liberal arts class.

Due to her continued excellent performance, Lin You Xi received another invitation to join the competition class, which led to her being bombarded with heart-to-heart talks by the grade director and the competition class teacher. During these exchanges, Lin You Xi also gained some useful information—

There were about ten oiers in the competition class, meaning students who aimed to participate in the National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI). This was also the goal that Mei Fang and Lin You Xi wanted to achieve during their second year.

The three of them needed to make achievements in high school to get better opportunities for university education. Currently, Xia Yuan had become a well-known internet celebrity due to her popular song, and her path for admission as a music specialty student was already well-paved.

Mei Fang and Lin You Xi, wanting to get better opportunities under existing rules, could aim for the NOI competition besides focusing on the college entrance examination.

The National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) is one of the most valuable competitions at the high school level. Those who win gold medals in the final round of the NOI can directly gain admission to prestigious universities like Qinghua and Dadi. Even those who win silver or bronze medals can qualify for the Strong Foundation Program and gain admission or reduced scores to other universities.

However, participating in the NOI has very strict conditions. Each province can only send a limited number of candidates. Everyone must obtain the corresponding qualifications by taking the NOIP—Olympic Information Technology League exam.

NOIP is a prerequisite for NOI. There are no major restrictions on registering for NOIP, but it starts its preliminary rounds in mid-October. Mei Fang had actually started preparing for this competition from the beginning of the year, although he had scattered time. After the new semester began, he started systematically solving problems with Lin You Xi.

Only through experience does one realize that the problems in information technology competitions are not what Mei Fang initially imagined.

For it, programming languages are just the foundation. It’s a form of training for discrete thinking. Most problem types involve using programming languages to solve mathematical Olympiad logical problems.

Fortunately, Mei Fang’s math level had always been at the T1 level, so he felt relatively confident about the upcoming preliminary rounds.

The final class division list was announced. Except for Xia Yuan and Liu Xiaoyu, who were moved to the new liberal arts class 11 due to their preferences, everyone else remained in their original classes. The division between liberal arts and sciences was quickly completed.

In the next month, Xia Yuan began preparing her second album with Liu Xiaoyu. Lin You Xi and Mei Fang, while checking the marketing and promotional plan provided by C-Station for “Cloud Journey” and fixing issues, were also busy solving various competition problems. With the increased pressure of second-year studies, their free time after class gradually decreased. Mei Fang spent most of his time sitting at his desk solving problems.

Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi occasionally came together to chat with him, and sometimes one of them would come alone, though not frequently. Most often, the other person couldn’t spare the time.

Besides that, a new regular visitor appeared outside Mei Fang’s window.

Zhu Nainai, a freshman from the first year.

Zhu Nainai was the little fan girl Mei Fang had mentioned before. She was the first to ask Mei Fang for an autograph, making her practically his single supporter. Upon recognizing Mei Fang, she immediately asked for his signature.

Since then, she often appeared outside Mei Fang’s classroom window with her classmates during breaks. They usually did not disturb him much, only watching him from afar. Sometimes when Mei Fang looked up, they would shyly disperse.

Among the fans, only Zhu Nainai took the initiative to talk to Mei Fang, and her approach was quite aggressive.

Previously, she wanted to call him Fangbao, but Mei Fang sternly corrected her, so now she called him Senior Brother.

“Senior Brother, why are you reading again today?”

“Senior Brother, the weather is so nice, how about going out to bask in the sun?”

“Senior Brother, I brought you bubble tea—ah, do you not want it? If you don’t want it, I’ll drink it myself. Actually, I’m just being polite, hehe.”

Mei Fang never accepted anything from Zhu Nainai and repeatedly hinted that he had someone he liked. However, Zhu Nainai insisted that she was just a fan and had no improper thoughts about him.

Because Zhu Nainai didn’t bother him too often and mostly stopped at a point, Mei Fang couldn’t use this as a reason to drive her away. After all, the corridor outside the classroom wasn’t his responsibility.

But Zhu Nainai’s appearance made Mei Fang realize something.

Now, Yuanyuan and Youxi weren’t in the same class. Youxi was fine on her own, but Yuanyuan, without Youxi’s support, was even more gentle than Liu Xiaoyu.

They were now in a new class, and he wasn’t sure if they would be pursued by boys in the class or younger juniors…

Shouldn’t I go over there and increase my presence?

So, once he made up his mind, Mei Fang, to avoid Zhu Nainai’s persistence, also to boost his presence, started visiting Xia Yuan and Lin You Xi’s classes more often.

Without Xia Yuan around, Lin You Xi didn’t come to find Mei Fang as often. But since Mei Fang had gotten to know many students from Class 5 during the team-building event last time, when Mei Fang visited Lin You Xi for the first time in his second year, the students of Class 5 started shouting playfully:

“Class President, someone is looking for you!”

“Class President, a boy from Class 3 is looking for you!”

“Class President, Fangbao is looking for you!”

“Class President, your Fang is here!”

The enthusiasm of the students seemed even higher than when Mei Fang and Lin You Xi met. Lin You Xi herself didn’t feel embarrassed, and her expression remained calm when she walked out of the classroom to meet Mei Fang.

“Why do you have time to come see me today?”

“Well… reciprocity, right? I can’t always wait for you guys to come.”

“Did you look for Yuanyuan before coming to me?”

Just as Mei Fang was about to answer no, he noticed Lin You Xi staring at him, and he immediately stuck out his tongue in disgust, “Yuanyuan’s class is upstairs. Of course, I’d speak to you first since I passed by your class first. How could I go find Yuanyuan first?”

“After all, you’re like a dog, doing anything.”

“Why do you have to learn to call me like Yue Xinyi, it makes me cry.”

“Yue Xinyi calling you a dog is indeed insulting you, but we’re childhood friends. Calling you like that isn’t meant to insult you.”

Taking advantage of a student passing by, Lin You Xi slipped her hand across Mei Fang’s chin, as if teasing him, while making a kissing sound. Only after Lin You Xi finished teasing him did he start complaining:

“Ahh… you really treat me like a dog!”

“Do you not like it?” Lin You Xi asked with her hands behind her back, tilting her head and smiling at Mei Fang, causing his heart rate to spike.

“At least… not in public.”

“Alright, Master Dog.”

Lin You Xi suddenly reached out and patted Mei Fang’s butt, pushing him forward, “Hurry up and go upstairs to greet Yuanyuan. Otherwise, you’ll miss class if you don’t hurry.”

Xia Yuan’s new class had seats next to Liu Xiaoyu by the window. When Mei Fang quickly went upstairs to meet Xia Yuan, he saw them looking at a letter together.

Pink letter paper, could it be anything other than a love letter!

When Mei Fang knocked on the window, Xia Yuan and Liu Xiaoyu hurriedly stuffed the letter under the table. But seeing that the person was Mei Fang, Xia Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Ah Fang, stop scaring people…”

Mei Fang continued knocking on the window, “Can I take a look at what you’re hiding?”

“Why should I show you?”

“I’m your childhood friend. Anyone who wants to pursue you will have to pass me first, right?”

Xia Yuan hadn’t understood the situation for a moment, but hearing Mei Fang explain, she immediately got the point:

“Oh, you’re jealous, ha ha…”

Xia Yuan stretched out her hand to gently stroke Mei Fang’s head, as if she might kiss him at any moment.

“It’s not a love letter sent to me! Everyone knows that with you as my childhood friend, no one would dare send me a love letter.”

Xia Yuan had a tearful expression, “At least, not high school juniors and seniors. Freshmen might not know. As for this letter…”

“It’s actually for Liu Xiaoyu.”

Liu Xiaoyu, who had been blushing and silent, seemed very embarrassed when Mei Fang found out about this.

(End of Chapter)