"No, I figured it out! Looks like I guessed right on those last few questions!"
"..."
Yin Shixiu looked at the person repeatedly examining the report card as if they were an idiot!
Because of this report card, Su Xiaong was happy all night.
Yin Shixiu also wanted to be happy for her, but he really didn’t want to act like a guardian who received their daughter’s perfect report card!
So even though Su Xiaong was always proud, Yin Shixiu’s mind wasn’t on the report card, but on the excited woman’s body!
Su Xiaong was delighted!
No matter how they turned and tossed, she let him be!
Yin Shixiu finally got a taste of the sweetness.
Where there’s joy, there must be worry.
Exam grades have levels and specific scores, and the University of Bath is quite despicable in so aspects!
For instance, they let students check their grades by logging into their personal accounts on the campus network, making it very personal and privacy-protected!
Yet after every exam, soone posts the exam ranking information on the school’s forum!
For sothing so confidential to be leaked, it’s obvious, no matter what alias the poster uses, it can’t be unrelated to the school itself.
In short, it’s to make students aware of competition.
But... the approach is much like that of Chinese middle and high schools.
This is why Dick made those remarks at the beginning of the school year.
For those who co last twice, he would counsel them to leave.
The first ti was Su Xiaong, and the second ti, Su Xiaong was sure it wouldn’t be her again.
People in Class D were quite interested in who would co last in the second exam.
Many who didn’t like Su Xiaong or held stubborn misunderstandings and prejudices against her were hoping it’d still be her at the bottom.
So when they saw a student nad Shen Dawei at the bottom, they sighed, finding it uninteresting.
No one cared why Shen Dawei perford so poorly.
So even noticed the na Shen Dawei for the first ti, realizing there was such a person in their class.
Su Xiaong casually glanced at the rankings, mulling over the na Shen Dawei, but with no impression, she ignored it.
Going to school the next day, Su Xiaong naturally appeared triumphant.
Not triumphant in front of others, but satisfied with herself.
With no classes in the first period, Su Xiaong arrived just before the second period started at ten.
The weather was clear, and the sun hanging high added so warmth to the face.
But upon entering the classroom, she still felt cold and hunched up.
The second period was taught by Cherry, whom Su Xiaong idolized like a goddess, just like almost everyone in the class.
Cherry’s class was also the students’ favorite!
Su Xiaong knew that the A Cherry gave her was sowhat generous.
Cherry’s international news translation was tough for her due to her limited knowledge.
Even with Cherry’s one-on-one guidance, achieving good grades in such a short ti was almost impossible!
During class, Cherry praised students who had improved their grades in the final exams.
For those whose grades were not ideal, she gave appropriate encouragent and comfort!
The goddess remains a goddess, even when criticizing people, she shines bright!
In stark contrast to Cherry’s gentle approach was Dick.
He imdiately nad several people, his harsh words sending chills down their spines.
Perhaps because everyone was no longer a freshman, Dick spoke even more bluntly than at the start of the school year.
Su Xiaong thought, thankfully, her ntal resilience was strong. Otherwise, being mocked and ridiculed by Dick in front of everyone could lead one to despair imdiately; contemplating suicide wouldn’t be out of the question!
Yet, who knew...
Soone indeed couldn’t handle the ntal pressure!
After the two afternoon classes were over, while so headed ho, others returned to the dorm, and still others went to eat, a thin, very gentle-looking boy climbed up to the top of the library’s clock tower.
The clock tower wasn’t very high, only about thirty or forty ters.
If one fell, they might die or beco disabled.
After class, Su Xiaong went to the library to borrow books, and upon finishing, rushed to the school gate, as her husband was on business in Bath and would be done soon.
They agreed to go ho together.
But after painstakingly borrowing the books and leaving the library, the scene outside had already changed!
Around the clock tower of the library was a circle of heads, and then another!
Everyone’s heads were almost uniformly facing upwards!
There were whispers and discussions throughout the crowd, chaotic and mixed.
For a mont, Su Xiaong really didn’t catch any useful information, until she followed everyone else’s gaze—
Oh my God!
Su Xiaong instinctively opened her mouth wide, is... soone going to jump?
Could it really be this dramatic?
The boy was standing so high that at first, Su Xiaong couldn’t recognize who he was, but upon asking soone nearby, she learned this was her classmate, Shen Dawei!
Shen Dawei...
The student who ca last in this exam.
Su Xiaong thought, it can’t be, classmate, it’s only the first ti you’re at the bottom, jumping off a building is too much, isn’t it?
By now, the school’s leaders and teachers had taken all necessary actions!
The security guards were pulling the crowd away from the foot of the clock tower!
The principal and several other leaders were discussing counterasures at the bottom of the clock tower...
Su Xiaong clenched her fists; this was also a fellow Chinese international student, and an excellent one!
Though Su Xiaong’s circumstances were sowhat different from others, everyone was an international student, thinking about the parents far across the Atlantic Ocean, still unaware...
Thinking about all the efforts parents made to send their children abroad, just so they could have better resources and training...
With all this in mind, Su Xiaong’s heart was heavily stirred!
At this mont, Dick arrived, stood before the principal, and after exchanging a few words, Su Xiaong vaguely heard.
It seed that they wanted Dick to go up and persuade Shen Dawei.
Su Xiaong’s heart skipped a beat; this was not saving a life, this was practically murder!
She thought, if Dick were actually to go persuade, forget about stalling Shen Dawei’s steps, making him hesitate, he would probably end up pushing him down!
He would definitely die even faster!
Dick knew he wasn’t suited for this and probably realized that if he went to persuade, it would only make the kid more desperate.
So he was thinking of a way.
While thinking, those eyes, starkly black and white, began to secretly look around!
Finally...
They landed on Su Xiaong!
Su Xiaong, due to her nervousness, had been watching Dick, wanting to know what the teachers planned to do to save him!
After all... seeing students unable to handle pressure and committing suicide by jumping off a building was sothing only seen in the news, but if you actually encounter it yourself...
It’s definitely sothing unforgettable for a lifeti.
Just then, she t Dick’s terrifying eyes!
Instinctively, soone recoiled, and then Dick pointed at Su Xiaong, beckoning her over...
Several classmates nearby understood that Dick was summoning Su Xiaong.
Su Xiaong couldn’t pretend not to see and had to walk over,
"Teacher..."
"You and the boy both ca from Beijing, go up and persuade him to co down."
Dick just gave the order straightforwardly.
Yes, it was an order, with no room for negotiation, just a simple... go up and persuade him to co down.
Su Xiaong looked blankly at Dick...
"Don’t understand?"
I don’t understand.
Su Xiaong responded in her heart.
"Or pretending not to understand?"
Dick’s eyes narrowed.
"..."
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