Chapter 26: This Hero is Not That Hero

  "Next, we will proceed with the most important part of today's school assembly, to give the highest honor to our fellow students who performed exceptionally well in the previous semester."

  When the awards were announced, most of the students in the auditorium were filled with mixed emotions - joy and worry. After all, only a few people won the award, while those who didn't win had to pretend to be happy and applaud enthusiastically for others, which was undoubtedly a very painful thing.

  And A went through what he thought was the most difficult moment in his life, and the so-called award had already been very determined. The little chickens next to him kept wanting to take his hand and pull him away...

  You won the award and you're so excited, but also make them think that you're just an ordinary person, so they feel closer to you. But winning the award and still being so calm, with a face like you don't care about worldly things, it's really annoying to watch, making people feel inferior and frustrated...

  Cheng A certainly wouldn't know what the little chickens are thinking, after passing the school test, he started to worry about how to deal with his family, if Glasses Brother had called home behind his back, he would have been beaten when he got home.

  How to deal with his violent father and nagging grandmother is one of the urgent problems he needs to solve at present.

  To escape the pain of his flesh, he didn't even notice that the award ceremony on stage was in full swing.

  "As usual, the awards will be presented in order from highest to lowest, from class ranking to individual subject first place. Students whose names are called, please come up to the stage, don't be nervous, this is a reward, not a punishment, so you don't have to feel burdened." At this moment, Old Xu had long since lost his sarcastic tone from when he was grading their papers, and instead wore a kind and benevolent expression like a wise mentor.

  "Yang Mei from Class 1 of Grade 3 'First in Grade 3', Liu Juan from Class 3 of Grade 3 'Second in Grade 3', Wu Qi from Class 4 of Grade 3 'Third in Grade 3'... Zhang Qin from Class 15 of Grade 3 'Fifteenth in Grade 3'. The above fifteen students are the most outstanding part of our school's performance last semester. We also have many excellent students who, due to various reasons such as test anxiety and poor performance, did not make it into the grade rankings. I hope everyone will adjust their mindset and strive to perform at their best in this upcoming semester, which is the most important one, to face the most important exam of your life."

  Still the same old routine of awarding, taking photos, individual, dual, group photos... They are not annoyed, but the people under the stage are annoyed by the flashing lights.

  "Grade 2 Class 1 Liu Yue 'First in Grade', Grade 2 Class 2 Zhang Han 'Second in Grade', Grade 2 Class 4 Nie Cheng 'Third in Grade', Grade 2...... Grade 2 Class 11 Zhang Bo 'Twenty-first in Grade'. The above is..."

  When he heard the name 'Liu Yue' coming from the loudspeaker, a name that was almost forgotten in his mind, he instinctively looked towards the podium and saw a figure wearing a pale pink down jacket with long hair tied back, it was indeed his senior. She didn't disappoint everyone again, she smiled and stood in front of everyone once more, proving with her grades that she was the embodiment of intelligence and gentleness. At this moment, he felt that every smile and frown from her could make these innocent young men infatuated...

  "Brother A, did you see? Did you see? For the first time, I've discovered that there really exists someone with both intelligence and beauty, a embodiment of the entanglement of the devil and angel. She... she... is simply our dream lover!!!" Little Chicken pointed at Liu Yue excitedly, his words were incoherent and he didn't even know how to use punctuation marks anymore.

  "...the girl's, never seen a woman before, A egg pain holding onto the little chicken, he was really afraid that he would get excited and make a move to run up on stage to show his love."

  At this moment, Liu Yue was indeed captivating to these innocent virgins. She lightly tousled her bangs and smiled as she accepted the certificate of honor from Old Xu's red tray. With a gentle smile, she said "thank you" and stood aside... In the northern country, there is a beautiful woman, standing alone in the world, one smile can conquer the city, another smile can conquer the nation, it's no exaggeration to say so.

  At this moment, Liu Yue might be an angel, in his heart, in Xiao Ji's heart, in the hearts of all the school's virgins...

  "Lin Xue of Class 7, Grade 1 'First in grade', Zhang Dan of Class 3, Grade 1 'Second in grade', Li Li of Class 5, Grade 1 'Third in grade', Zhang Shao Feng of Class 15, Grade 1 'Fourth in grade'... Ye Zhen of Class 2, Grade 1 'Ninth in grade', Zhu S of Class 2, Grade 1 'Tenth in grade', Lin Si Jun of Class 2, Grade 1 'Eleventh in grade'... Cheng A of Class 2, Grade 1 'Thirtieth in grade'..."

  "Did Class 1-2 get an A?" Old Xu asked uncertainly, pointing at the list and turning his head to ask Liu Director who was standing behind him.

  "Yes, Class A of Senior One Grade Two."

  "Are you sure it's Class 2 of High School? No duplicate names?" Old Xu adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose.

  "It's really him!" Director Liu patiently repeated

  "Is it just now going on stage?"

  "It's him!"

  "Was it just now that he went on stage to accept the punishment?" Old Xu seemed to want to hear "NO! It wasn't him!" from Director Liu's mouth, his questioning voice suddenly rising, and a piercing noise came from the loudspeaker.

  "Yes! That's him! Cheng A from Class 2, Grade 1, the one who just went on stage to receive punishment." Director Liu did not meet Old Xu's small expectation, but instead cruelly told him a fact that he was not so willing to believe.

  Actually, when I heard Old Xu's question, Cheng A really had the urge to rush on stage and beat him up. You say you can't just give a simple answer, why do you have to make it so nerve-wracking? Can't I just fight instead of getting an award?

  "Alright, 'hero', you've really become a hero. Come on stage and accept your honor." Old Xu looked at Cheng with a mixture of helplessness and admiration as he walked up to the stage with his head held high, feeling a little proud, a little nervous, and a bit pretentious... The pride was for show, the nervousness was due to guilt, after all, his third place had some "water" in it. The pretentiousness, of course, was just an act... He had lost that kind of innocence back in elementary school when he got caught by the teacher for secretly kissing a classmate who had fallen asleep, and he had claimed that her face was red like an apple so he couldn't help but take a bite.

  He looked down at the stage with a guilty conscience, trying hard to find his senior sister's figure in the crowd, wanting to share this moment of glory with her. Unfortunately, God seemed to have fallen asleep again and didn't fulfill his small wish.

  A bit calm, a bit lost, and also a bit of relief after doing something mischievous...

  "Take your hero's honor, remember this hero is not that hero, and that hero is also not this hero!"

  Old Xu threw down a tongue twister and turned around to take pictures...