After Valentine’s Day, there were only a few days left of the winter vacation.
After school resumed, Mengmeng and her classmates moved up to the second semester of their sophomore year.
At this moment, there was a year and a half left until the mid-term exams.
Just a few days after school started, the chemistry competition also began.
Everyone could sign up to participate.
Upon hearing this, Luo Mengmeng quickly asked Gu Zhihan, "Are you going to participate in the chemistry competition?"
His grades in chemistry had always been excellent, always either full marks or near full marks. If she participated, she would definitely be able to win first place.
"I will." Gu Zhihan nodded his head.
After all, there was nothing else to do.
"Mengmeng, I’ll be participating too!" Jiang Yibai stepped forward, smiling as he told her.
Upon hearing this, Mengmeng immediately gave him a thumbs up, "Good luck!"
Even though it was just a simple phrase, coming from her, Jiang Yibai felt an unprecedented motivation.
He wanted to compete with Gu Zhihan for the first place.
He wanted to show her that he was no less than Gu Zhihan!
Mengmeng couldn’t see the turmoil within him, but Gu Zhihan could, and immediately reached out to pull the naive girl to her seat, "Class is about to start, no more chatting."
"Oh... oh..." Luo Mengmeng complied, bowing her head to look for her textbook while asking, "By the way, what class is it now?"
As soon as Gu Zhihan finished speaking, the chemistry teacher’s beer belly preceded him as he stepped into the classroom threshold. He walked up to the lectern with a laugh, placing the book that was tucked under his armpit down, and looked at everyone.
"I assume you all have heard about the chemistry competition? Could those from our class who are participating raise their hands so I can take count?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Zhihan, Jiang Yibai, and a dozen other boys all raised their hands.
"Very good, very good." The chemistry teacher was obviously very pleased with everyone’s enthusiasm, but when he saw Lu Zichen also raising his hand, he couldn’t help but laugh, "Lu Zichen, you might as well not embarrass yourself, put your hand down now."
A student scoring single digits in chemistry participating in a physics contest?
Was he sure it wasn’t just a way to disgrace their school?
As soon as the teacher finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Lu Zichen, even Mengmeng was taken aback.
Tong Mo bluntly said, "Who gave you the courage? Liang Jingru?"
"Shut your mouth," Lu Zichen snapped back at Tong Mo before looking up at the chemistry teacher, "Teacher, I am your student. If you look down on me, aren’t you looking down on yourself as well?"
"I’m doing this for your own good. What if you score in single digits in the first round? Won’t you embarrass yourself? Won’t the school be embarrassed?" the chemistry teacher took a sip of tea to calm himself.
"I will try my best!" Lu Zichen clenched his fists, refusing to give up.
His grades were poor, but he really wanted to try hard and prove to Mengmeng that he was no worse than Gu Zhihan and Jiang Yibai.
"Suit yourself." Seeing that he wouldn’t listen to advice, the chemistry teacher couldn’t be bothered to say more.
When the class ended, he distributed chemistry materials to the students who were going to participate in the chemistry competition, "The knowledge and experiments included here might be tested; you guys should study them seriously. As for the experiments, you can practice them in the school’s Talent Development Building No. 2 Chemistry Lab during every lunch break, and you can come to the office anytime if you have any questions."
The chemistry competition was divided into two parts, the first part being a written test on basic knowledge and the second an experiment.