Chapter 69: Unexpected Harvest (04)

  Life doesn't believe in tears, but we must believe that life is full of unexpected surprises.

  It's been over a month since the start of school, and it feels a bit surreal, yet inevitable. Time slips away quietly, making it hard to notice its passage. However, amidst this quietness, Chen Haonan encountered something unexpected. Perhaps life is full of surprises and delights everywhere, but we're all too "busy" to notice, letting many wonderful things slip by unnoticed.

  It is also unknown what happened, Wang Ze suddenly removed the class life committee member Xu Zhicai, although he did not explain the reason, but there was a rumor that it was because the school deducted points for the hygiene area of the class.

  Apart from the third year of high school, Yan Nan S Middle School divides the entire campus into blocks and assigns them to each class in the first and second years as sanitation areas. The school also requires each class to arrange for someone to conduct a small cleanup every morning, and a large cleanup on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. In addition, the school has established a system of inspection and deduction of points, regularly organizing the Student Union's Life Department to conduct inspections, and deducting points from classes that do not meet standards, as well as deducting the class teacher's monthly bonus.

  This system is called "labor ability training" by the school, but most rumors say it's because the school doesn't want to spend money hiring cleaning staff. Students have a lot of complaints about this, but since it involves the "vested interests" of each class advisor, under their strong pressure, the suffering students can only "work hard" - "improve labor ability". This is why Wang Ze was deducted points by the school and scolded by the leaders, and took his anger out on the sanitation committee member Xu Zhi-ping.

  Although it's not unusual for a class advisor to remove a student from their position, Wang Ze said he would select one of the new students who arrived last semester to take over as life committee member. He even sneered and hypocritically said that this was to train the new students' leadership and organizational skills, and to make the whole class more united and harmonious. But what is his true intention? It's really hard to figure out!

  This caused the class to erupt. After half a semester of grinding, most students had abandoned their prejudices, but Wang Ze's words brought out the factions in the class again, and the students were discussing and arguing with each other - finally, Zhang Fengxu from Class 210 and Chen Haonan from Class 211 became the topic of discussion. This was good, originally the two factions from Classes 210 and 211 had a brotherly relationship, but now they were openly fighting and secretly challenging each other; while most students from Class 214 just sat back and watched with a smile, not helping either side.

  Although Chen Haonan was not enthusiastic about this matter: first, he had resigned as the study committee member in class 211 and really didn't have much interest in being a class cadre again; second, after experiencing two important exams (the mid-term and final exams last semester), he discovered his own shortcomings, especially that his grades were always slightly lower than Zhang Fengxu's, which made him realize the urgency and importance of seizing loopholes and making up for deficiencies. However, after a "crazy bombing" from a group of old friends from class 211, Chen Haonan had some changes. As the saying goes: trees compete for a piece of bark, people compete for a breath of air. Because he gradually felt that this time was not just to fight for himself, nor was it just to fight for his brothers and sisters from class 211, but more to fight for his old class... He clearly remembered a sentence that he said at the farewell party when they split into different departments: people from class 211 are the strongest, as long as you work hard, everything is within reach!

  So, Chen Haonan began to communicate more with his classmates in the class, and he often looked at the "Weekly Sanitation Arrangement Process" posted on the right side of the blackboard. He had also told himself more than ten times: I must get this "Life Commissioner"!

  However, the saying "the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment" was fulfilled in Chen Haonan. Wang Ze neither talked to people nor understood the situation, nor did he elect a life committee member through student democratic voting, but instead "dictatorially" appointed Zhang Fengxu as the life committee member - the guy who was originally from Class 210, whose grades were similar to Chen Haonan's, and who looked white and clean like a girl...

  Chen Haonan was flustered and confused, the spark of self-confidence that had just been ignited was ruthlessly extinguished again, and he didn't dare to speak with others anymore - even if it was just a few words, they would hastily pass by. Moreover, he became somewhat neurotic, always feeling like someone was pointing fingers behind his back, gossiping about him. Once again, he fell into the abyss of self-doubt.

  Life's affairs, as if there is a predetermined number in the dark, often can't be forced. However, some things are destined, no matter how you try to escape, in the end you still have to face them yourself. Because the path is yours alone, only by bravely walking and striving forward will you forge a better road.

  At the moment of self-panic, a young and beautiful female teacher quietly walked into Chen Haonan's world. A little unexpected, yet so ordinary, whether sad or happy, tears or laughter, who can tell clearly. Perhaps this is the taste of life, or the taste of youth, making people think deeply, imagine, and ignite new hope...

  These days, Chen Haonan has been devoting all his spare time to making up for his English studies. Firstly, he has truly realized his severe shortcomings in English learning, and secondly, he wants to use this opportunity to forget some unpleasant things. As it turns out, the effect of this spiritual diversion is quite good. That evening, after dinner, he returned from the cafeteria and started reciting English vocabulary with his head down. Perhaps he was too serious, he didn't notice that there were more and more people in the classroom, nor did he notice that the noise was getting louder and louder.

  Suddenly, Chen Haonan felt something poking at his shoulder with his fingers. He was sure it was Xiao Qiuming that little brat playing tricks on him again, so he didn't pay attention to it at all. However, the thing seemed to be poking more and more vigorously, somewhat like an awl - slowly drilling into the flesh.

  Finally, Chen Haonan's patience reached its limit. He turned around with some anger: "Qiu Ming, what are you doing? Is that all?" However, in the moment he turned around, the sly smile on Xiao Qiu Ming's face was replaced by a beautiful girl's face: her cheeks were white and delicate, her cherry lips were very charming, especially the piercing spirit in her eyes... "Ah! How is it you? Ou, Ouyang Yiweng - I'm sorry, I thought it was Xiao Qiuming playing tricks on me!" Knowing he had been rude, Chen Haonan panicked and didn't know what to say. He only felt his cheeks and ears burning fiercely, and his voice naturally stuttered.

  "How is it me? Did you know in advance that I was looking for you?" Ouyang Yiweng was shocked at first, but soon she laughed.

  "No, no... I don't know..." Chen Haonan felt extremely embarrassed and hastily stood up, quickly shifting his gaze away and asked in a low voice, "Do you have something to ask me?"

  "I don't have anything," followed by a silvery laugh, "It's your language teacher who wants to see you, she seems to have something to discuss with you... Hurry up and go, maybe you'll gain something unexpected!"

  "Looking for me? The language teacher looking for me? And 'unexpected harvest' too?" Chen Haonan smiled wryly, "Big sister, don't joke around, today is not April Fool's Day!"

  When Chen Haonan said that, and seeing his silly expression, Ouyang Yiweng couldn't help but laugh again. Suddenly, she dropped a sentence "Believe it or not, oh——", and then ran out of the classroom with small steps.

  Chen Haonan was almost choked to death by his own words. "To go or not to go?" He muttered to himself, watching the distant figure of Ouyang Yiweng.

  After a moment, Chen Haonan decided to go and take a look. He was worried that if the language teacher really had something important to say, it would be too rude; besides, he couldn't see Ouyang Yiweng as the kind of girl who liked to play pranks. So, he quickly tidied up his desk and rushed out of the classroom...