Chapter 44: The Rise and Fall of Branching Disciplines (01)

  Today is the second day after the National Day holiday, and according to the school's arrangement, the second-year high school students will fill out their liberal arts or science elective courses tonight. Although the school leaders and class teachers repeatedly emphasized the importance of liberal arts and science division, the so-called "voluntary filling" was very simple, just tearing off a white paper, writing your own name on it, and then writing "liberal arts" or "science" to settle it. For these things, students from various classes in the second year of high school were discussing and bustling with excitement.

  Because he still didn't know Chen Haonan's elective intentions, after dinner, Li Donglin returned to school early. He planned to have a good chat with his old buddies and discuss the matter of choosing courses. The classroom was crowded with people, all of whom were gathered in small groups discussing the course selection, and Chen Haonan was indeed among them.

  As soon as he entered the classroom, Li Donglin came to Chen Haonan's desk and pulled over a stool to sit down. He chuckled and asked, "Haonan, are you going to take arts or sciences?"

  "What about you?" Chen Haonan put down his pen and asked back.

  "Of course I'll choose science and stay in our class!" Li Donglin said with a smile, picking up a book from Chen Haonan's desk and flipping through it.

  "On the contrary..." Chen Haonan said with a smile.

  "What?! Lee Donglin was shocked and let out a loud cry, the other classmates instantly cast strange glances at him. He hurriedly lowered his voice and asked again: "Haonan, are you kidding me? This matter can't be ambiguous, have you discussed it with your mom?"

  "Of course, I've discussed this with my mom and also told my uncle about it. However, they both want me to make the decision myself - I've weighed the pros and cons many times before making up my mind." After finishing speaking, Chen Haonan smiled again.

  "Can you still smile?" Li Donglin was very worried about Chen Haonan's decision, but with so many classmates around him, he couldn't overreact. After taking a few deep breaths, he looked at Chen Haonan and said, "Let's go, we'll talk outside the classroom!" As soon as Li Donglin finished speaking, he stood up.

  Chen Haonan knew his good brothers were worried about him, and without hesitation he followed them.

  As he walked into the corridor, Li Donglin turned around and leaned his back against the railing, saying directly: "Haonan, have you thought it through clearly? This is a matter that concerns your whole life!"

  "Of course I do!" Chen Haonan looked at Li Donglin's face, then smiled and said, "Donglin, how did I find that you little guy is quite similar to our class teacher? What you just said is almost identical to what Old Li told me last time. I think you little guy may have a great future in dedicating yourself to the socialist education cause of our great motherland..."

  "Haha, you're quite amusing!" Li Donglin also burst out laughing. Not long after, he threw a punch at Chen Haonan's chest and said: "No matter what, you've made your choice, bro will definitely support you! --- But, aren't you not very good at math and science? Why do you want to take liberal arts? ... You have to tell me your reasons!"

  "There are many reasons!" Chen Haonan said with a sigh, and unintentionally leaned against the railing as well. "The most important thing is that I think my potential for studying liberal arts is greater than my potential for studying science; also, after returning from my father's funeral, because I delayed for a week, I found that math, physics, and chemistry were all a bit difficult to grasp, especially chemistry, and there was also the new biology class - I felt like I hadn't even gotten started..."

  "Is that all?" Li Donglin's expression turned somewhat serious, "Biology class is our new opening, many people are the same as you, it will be fine slowly - I think you were affected by the last chemistry test..."

  "Indeed, chemistry unexpectedly gave me 55 points, which really shocked me. But that's not the main reason I chose liberal arts - choosing liberal arts was a decision I made after careful consideration - Donglin, don't persuade me anymore!" Chen Haonan said as he put his hand on Li Donglin's shoulder and smiled slightly at him.

  "Have you considered other factors?" Li Donglin asked again in a soft voice.

  With a wave of his hand, Chen Haonan said: "To be honest, I'm also quite reluctant to part with our class. Although I don't have many good memories or friends in the class, at least you and our teacher are people I'll miss... I've been having second thoughts too, but since I made my choice, I won't regret it - you should be the same, got it?" Chen Haonan also gave Li Donglin a punch as he spoke.

  "This I know, the road of life has nothing to regret, as long as you move forward bravely!" Li Donglin said with a smirk, "However, have you ever thought that when you enter a new environment, you have to adapt again? This is not an easy thing! I also heard some seniors say that students who were transferred to other classes often couldn't get the attention of their class teacher, especially those who were transferred to liberal arts classes..."

  "Don't worry about it, if I just changed shifts and couldn't adapt, how would I make a living in the future? Besides, can't we still spend time together often? Don't worry, I'll be fine!" Chen Haonan patted Li Donglin's shoulder again. Li Donglin clapped his hands, shrugged, and fell silent. Chen Haonan saw this, smiled, and continued: "As for whether or not being transferred to another class will be valued, I think that depends on the person - you don't doubt my abilities, do you?"

  "Who says you're incapable? I'll be the first one to slap him!" Li Donglin was suddenly amused by Chen Haonan.

  "This is what you said, when the time comes and I'm in trouble, don't say you don't know me!" Chen Haonan also burst out laughing along with Li Donglin.

  "Of course!" Li Donglin said with his head held high and patted his chest, "We brothers are a lifelong matter!"

  Two people's hands were tightly clasped together...