Chapter 35: The Stormy Night (05)

  The departure of his father brought about a tremendous change in Chen Haonan's world. Although he often quarreled with his father and was unhappy, psychologically, Chen Haonan always felt a special sense of security because he also knew that "fatherly love is like a mountain".

  But Father suddenly left, Chen Haonan felt like an unbalanced scale, heavily thrown to the ground, without a supporting point and reliance for his heart: he was dazed all day, unsure of what to do or what to be. He often inexplicably felt anxious and restless, afraid of other people's gazes - even if it was just classmates passing by him, his muscles would tense up in an instant.

  However, Chen Haonan missed a whole week of classes, which made his classmates feel strange. Some people asked with good intentions: Chen Haonan, what did you do last week?

  Or ask: Why haven't you come to class all week?

  Or is something wrong at your home?

  When encountering all kinds of problems, Chen Haonan's speech would become stuttering, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans would also come in succession. Sometimes he would even hastily run away from them... However, the broken house suffered another night of rain, the leaky boat encountered a headwind, and it was another fatal blow that suddenly struck, Chen Haonan almost went crazy.

  The chemistry teacher of Class 211, Mr. Gao, is not very tall, only about 1.7 meters, but he has a "high trick" in teaching, which is to give exams frequently. He wants students to do as many exercises as possible every day, and he seizes every opportunity to give them "cruel" tests. As a result, the students complain and grumble, some even jointly petitioned the school, but ultimately to no avail, and they can only swallow their anger and frustration.

  Although Chen Haonan had no grievances against Teacher Gao, one exam pushed him into an abyss - the exam was the same as usual, but a score of 55 gave Chen Haonan a fatal blow!

  55 points, such a score appears in such an ordinary exam, it's a shame for many people, and even more unspeakable sadness! Since he started learning chemistry from the second year of junior high school, Chen Haonan has never scored less than 70 points in every chemistry test. He also represented his class and school to participate in various competitions many times, and achieved good results.

  However, the score of 55 points became a permanent fact. Holding the test paper with 55 points, Chen Haonan's whole heart cooled down, and the strange eyes and whispers of his classmates around him made him feel ashamed. Moreover, there was also Teacher Gao, who called Chen Haonan to the office and scolded him severely:

  "What have you been eating all this time?"

  "What's going on here?!"

  "If it's going to be like this, I might as well go home early..."

  ……

  The sky around him seemed to have darkened, with black clouds and lightning mixed in. Chen Haonan began to become restless, he tried his best to shut himself off, hardly speaking to anyone. Especially when he saw the chemistry teacher, he would feel a sense of inexplicable panic and fear. All day long, he was nervous and fearful, desperately avoiding everyone's gaze, feeling as if their eyes were sharp daggers constantly piercing his heart.

  On a stormy night, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring. At this moment, Chen Haonan was really bewildered and lost, in an instant he felt as if all his dreams were slowly disappearing, never to be found again...