Cheng Guoliang gave a brief self-introduction, then said, "Before everyone introduces themselves, let me first introduce our city’s top middle school exam scorer, Shen Mianmian."
Hearing the teacher introduce her, Shen Mianmian stood up helplessly, "Hello everyone, I’m Shen Mianmian from Zhao Family Village, Mianmian like the drizzling rain."
Her speech was simple, her expression calm, without stage fright or arrogance. This attitude of not being perturbed by honor or disgrace surprised Cheng Guoliang.
As the top scorer in the middle school exam and now in his class, this news had pleased him for some time. During registration, he had deliberately paid attention to this student, and now, upon seeing her again, she indeed had a certain quality about her.
Smart students are just different.
He nodded in approval, "Shen Mianmian, I hope in the next three years, you can maintain your middle school exam results, continue to study hard, and strive to get into Beijing University. You will set an example for the other students in our class."
Being the top of the city while in a town middle school, if she didn’t do well at No. 3 High School, it would later be said that the teaching quality at No. 3 High was not as good as at No. 1 and No. 2 High Schools.
As a teacher at No. 3 High, the school’s reputation was his own, and of course, he wanted the No. 3 High students to perform well. He hoped even more that No. 3 High could surpass No. 1 and No. 2 High Schools and show them that No. 3 High was not the worst high school in Li Town.
The goal was to make students proud, rather than ashamed, to study at No. 3 High.
This sentiment stemmed from a New Year’s family gathering, where a relative mocked someone else’s child for the mediocre school they had been accepted into, only managing to get into No. 3 High.
As a teacher at No. 3 High, you can imagine his feelings at the time.
"Teacher, I will study hard," Shen Mianmian stated in a calm voice.
Cheng Guoliang gestured for Shen Mianmian to sit down and then asked the students to introduce themselves one by one, starting from the first row on the left. Some students were shy, and when they stood up to introduce themselves, their voices were so soft that after just stating their name, they sat down again.
Of course, there were also some bold ones, whose introductions were loud and clear, like Du Xiaohui, whose self-introduction had quite a bit of extra talk.
"Hello everyone, I’m Du Xiaohui, ’Du’ from Dupu, ’Xiaohui’ from dawn, ’Hui’ from glory. I went to the same school as Shen Mianmian. Please take good care of me, fellow classmates, and I hope Shen Mianmian will also take good care of me."
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter, finding his self-introduction very entertaining.
Cheng Guoliang might have been older, but he wasn’t an outdated thinker. Hearing Du Xiaohui’s introduction, he also started laughing, seemingly infected by the atmosphere.
Lu Siyuan scoffed dismissively, as if to one-up Du Xiaohui. When he introduced himself, his delivery was even more impressive, "My name is Lu Siyuan, ’Lu’ from mainland China, ’Si’ from thought, ’Yuan’ from distant. I used to share a desk with Shen Mianmian and have fought with Du Xiaohui before. All three of us are from Li Town Middle School, and our dream is to attend Beijing University."
Some of the more outgoing students let out a cheer.
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Of course, these two wouldn’t behave, something Mianmian had guessed early on, so she wasn’t too surprised. Out of all the students, the self-introduction that left the deepest impression on her was from a student named Yang Xiaoxi.
She sat in the middle of the classroom and, when introducing herself, spoke at a moderate pace, with clear and strong enunciation. Her introduction seemed intentionally directed at Mianmian, tinged with a hint of antagonism.
’Yang Xiaoxi, ’Xiaoxi’ from the drizzling rain."