Chapter Eighteen: The Ups and Downs of Class Division

  After May Day, Xia Meng devoted all her energy to reviewing for the final exams.

  After school in the afternoon, Xia Meng went to the cafeteria to eat quickly, took a bath and then went to the classroom for evening self-study. Usually, Xia Meng was the first to arrive at the classroom. Zhang Li didn't go home directly after school, but instead went straight to the classroom after eating in the cafeteria, sitting at his desk with rapt attention reading books and doing exercises, and he wouldn't easily look up even when Xia Meng walked into the classroom.

  They sat in the front and back seats, all immersed in a state of intense learning, the classroom was quiet, with only occasional page-turning and pen-tip scratching sounds breaking the silence. Perhaps the most important reason why top students can become top students is that they are sufficiently focused on their studies. On the other hand, Li Han was the opposite, leaving the classroom first after school and entering the classroom just as the bell rang.

  After the final exam results are released, the school will announce the list of liberal arts and science classes, which also means the disbandment of Class 3 of Grade 1.

  Xia Mengwen's scores in both liberal arts and science are good, with no bias towards any subject. She has a strong interest in finance and economics, especially in big data, and hopes to study it in depth in the future, so she chose science; Li Han and Zhang Li's science scores are also very outstanding, and their choice of science is also expected. Chen Yumeng and Zhao Yino are preparing to take the art exam, Wang Qi and Sun Biao's liberal arts scores are relatively outstanding, so they all chose liberal arts.

  The final exam results are out. First place: Zhang Li, second place: Xia Meng, third place: Wang Yiqun, fourth place: Lin Chutian. What's surprising is that Li Han ended up in last place! From second place to last place, this drop is too big, leaving everyone shocked. All the teachers and students are gathered in front of the scoreboard, discussing it heatedly. As for Li Han himself, he left school early and is nowhere to be found.

  Xia Meng and Chen Yu Meng stared at the two words "Li Han" in the last place, extremely shocked, looking at each other in dismay. On the contrary, Zhang Li was very calm, he had personally seen Li Han fill out the entire test paper, if so, getting the last place with such strength would be incredibly powerful! But what was Li Han's purpose in doing this on purpose?

  Xia Meng's mobile phone received a text message from Li Han: "Girl, come to my house for a visit."

  "What's going on with your final exam?" Xia Meng shouted at Li He as soon as she entered the house.

  "You and Zhang Li are too close, it's affecting my studies!" Li Han said with a pout.

  "Rubbish!" Xia Meng said with a slightly embarrassed tone of reproach, "How could I and Zhang Li possibly affect you?"

  "What are you doing alone in the classroom every day after school?" Li Han asked Xia Meng.

  Xia Meng pushed Li Han away and gave him a white eye: "Do you think Zhang Li is as idle as you? What can we do together? Read books and do exercises!"

  "Hey, where exactly do you think I'm worse than Zhang Li?" Li Han asked weakly.

  "Xiang Li is better than you in every way!" Xia Meng ruthlessly teased Li Han, "Where do you think you're better than Xiang Li?"

  Li Han looked at Xia Meng, shrouded in a deep sense of frustration. But he knew that he couldn't give up easily.

  This time's final exam, Li Han has made a big bet. The second year of high school will be re-divided into liberal arts and science classes, and according to the class division rules in Class A, the top 100 students before the final exam will be assigned by the head teacher of each class through lottery.

  Li Han understood that if he continued to perform normally, he would likely be separated from Xia Meng. However, if he were to get the last place, he would return to the same situation as when they were assigned to classes in high school, and he would have more opportunities to choose. Li Han knew that Zhang Li and Xia Meng were both strong-willed individuals with their teachers' high expectations, and they wouldn't make any mistakes, definitely not holding back in the final exams, and would continue to secure their top three positions. Therefore, the probability of Zhang Li and Xia Meng being separated would increase, while the possibility of him and Xia Meng being assigned to the same class would be higher.

  So Li Han followed his own heart and self-directed, self-acted the final exam that one song, the test papers were all filled up, but not a single question was correct.

  Originally, Class 1 (3) head teacher Liu continued to serve as head teacher of Class 2 (3).

  Li Han never thought that Xia Meng and Zhang Li would both be selected by their class teacher Liu, while he himself was assigned to Class 5! The class teacher of Class 5 was overjoyed at "picking up" Li Han.

  For Li Han, it was simply a bolt from the blue! The moment Li Han learned of the result, he almost collapsed! What's going on, is heaven intentionally going against me?!

  The class assignment results are out, and everyone's emotions are mixed. Although we're still in the same school, the workload will get heavier after sophomore year, and the liberal arts and science departments won't be in the same building, separated by several playgrounds, so we'll have fewer chances to see each other. Especially for Xia Meng and her dorm-mates, only Xia Meng chose science, and when the four of them were together, they would occasionally bicker, but happy times outnumbered the bickering ones. Now that separation is looming, everyone tearfully tidied up their dorm room.

  Li Han was heartbroken and indignant about this class division result! He couldn't accept it no matter what, so he decided to take another gamble.

  He knocked open the principal's office door.

  The principal is also waiting for Li Han in the office.

  "Li Han, be honest and confess, what's the motive behind this!" On the principal's desk lay Li Han's exam papers, covered with shocking big red "X"s.

  "Principal, I just want to continue following Teacher Liu. She understands me too well! Apart from Teacher Liu, I couldn't find this resonance with any other teacher! Teacher Liu has a profound influence on me! She taught me according to my aptitude, which made my academic performance leap from the bottom of the class to the second in the class! Moreover, my physical education grades were originally very poor, but under Teacher Liu's diligent guidance, I finally made a breakthrough!"

  Li Han looked at the principal, unmoved, and suddenly said, "Principal, if you don't let me transfer to Liu's class, I'll transfer schools!" He glanced at the principal, still expressionless. Li Han felt a bit anxious in his heart, silently cursing: "Old fox, what do you want from me?"

  Time stood still for a few minutes, and the principal slowly said: "You are Li Shengjie and Ma Qian's son! Li Shengjie and Ma Qian read this high school more than 20 years ago, and I was their principal. A clearly prohibits early love, your father Li Shengjie didn't show off in front of me! Now, their son wants to reenact the old trick in front of this old man!" The principal had tea water in his mouth, gulped it down, glanced at Li Han, and said: "You just want to chase girls, right? I deliberately put you in Class 5!"

  Li Han's back was drenched in cold sweat: "You old fox, you're too cunning!" But all he could do was smile wryly and say, "Principal, next time, at the end-of-term exams, I'll definitely come first. Whatever competition you want me to sign up for, I'll go, okay?"

  The principal swung his silver hair, without saying a word.

  "Well, everything is up to you then!" Li Han said with his head down and a sorrowful face.

  Kid, you think you can take me on? You're still too tender! Monkey Sun can jump out of the Buddha's palm! Watching Li Han walk out of the gate with his head hung low, the principal was overjoyed.

  Not knowing Kung Fu, the head teachers of Class 5 and Class 3, Teacher Liu, were summoned to the principal's office. For an entire morning, the door to the principal's office was tightly closed, with intense arguing voices occasionally coming from inside.

  The result of the closed-door negotiation was that Teacher Liu, the head teacher of Class 3, used all the students in the class who were not Zhang Li and Xia Meng and ranked within the top 100 to exchange for any student designated by the head teacher of Class 5 and Li Han. Teacher Liu had paid a high price to "buy" back Li Han.

  This old fox is playing me! Li Han was delighted!

  "Li Han, don't disappoint me with your expectations!" Teacher Liu said with a serious tone and patted Li Han's shoulder.

  Xia Meng was very surprised at this result, because once the school made a decision, it had never been changed.