Undoubtedly, the first semester of the second year of high school was a completely different experience for Jiang Zhihan. Before last summer vacation, Jiang Zhihan had already spent ten years in school. In ancient times, it should be the day when the imperial examination bore fruit. Many students complained about the heavy burden of schoolwork since they were young and felt suffocated. But for Jiang Zhihan, the situation was different. Jiang Zhihan was actually a smart guy. Whether it was his memory, comprehension, or ability to draw inferences from one instance, he was quite good. These abilities or qualities were crucial for examination-oriented education. Therefore, Jiang Zhihan had no problem dealing with his studies, and it was not very difficult for him. He just strangely lacked the motivation to get into the top few. During class, when he encountered repeated things that he had heard before, his mind would wander and let his imagination run wild. After school, other than the most necessary homework (of course, he would copy some of it), he rarely touched extra-cursory exercises or exam simulations. Because of this, he had never been a top-notch student since he was young, and no teacher had ever thought of him as a talented and intelligent student.
Jiang Zhihan was just one of the hundreds of ordinary students who disappeared into the crowd. His grades were above average, his talent was average, he was hardworking, and he didn't like to talk. As for Jiang Zhihan, time passed very slowly. A 45-minute class would often have two or three daydreams before it ended. The long summer vacation was usually boring and difficult to endure. Even on a rare Sunday, other than sleeping in, he often felt that he had nothing to do and did not know where his goal was. He was muddleheaded. However, six years of primary school, three years of middle school, and one year of high school seemed to have passed in the blink of an eye. Time was such a strange thing. Sometimes it was slow, but sometimes it was fast.
The semester after the summer break was a completely different experience for Jiang Zhihan. Most of the time, he had to squeeze out time bit by bit. He practiced martial arts in the morning, meditated in the evening, practiced boxing in the evening, had class time that he could not escape, homework after class (even with Ni Shang's help), a huge extra-cursory reading plan, help with his mother's bookstore affairs, and the sudden incident like Xiaoqian that he was involved in. Each of these things occupied a fixed or irregular large chunk of his time. As a young man under the age of seventeen, his sleep time had been compressed to less than five hours. Fortunately, his excellent physique and his practice did not affect his energy. Ni Shang once laughed at him and said that an average of four to five hours of sleep, even if it did not reach the level of a prime minister, it was at least the level of a president of a large company. And on top of all these things, don't forget our young Viktor, who has just fallen in love, has plenty of time to squeeze out and meet his sweetheart.
In the beginning, what drove Jiang Zhihan was his determination to change, his curiosity, and his desire to succeed. However, when he had to complete these heavy tasks day after day, Jiang Zhihan undoubtedly needed more motivation to not give up. On the one hand, it was a small sense of vanity and accomplishment. For example, Jiang Zhihan could clearly feel the changes in his physical fitness and the difference in his meridians after practicing Qi. For example, he could feel his self-confidence increase and the change in the attitude of the people around him. His classmates respected him more and more and were used to following his advice. The adults were getting used to treating him as an equal and listening to his suggestions. Sometimes, Jiang Zhihan could feel that he was far more mature than his peers. In some aspects, he could even see further than the adults. It was undeniable that this made him secretly proud. On the other hand, as his life experience expanded, Jiang Zhihan felt more and more complicated and unfair in this world. He felt helpless and powerless in the face of injustice. He desperately wanted to make himself stronger so that he could protect the people he loved, such as his mother and Ni Shang, so that they would not be swallowed up by possible injustice at some point in the future.
Jiang Zhihan had risen like a shooting star this semester and was one of the hottest topics in Grade Two, Class Three. Jiang Zhihan's bravery at the beginning was unknown to his classmates, but the rise of the mid-term exam and his speech-like commentary in physics class had already shocked everyone. Later, the two classic matches in the sports meet made him even more famous. It was as if he had become the elite of the class overnight. However, Jiang Zhihan didn't stay in school for long. Due to the many things he had to deal with outside of class, he often disappeared after school. When he was in school, he spent most of his time with a few good friends, such as Chen Yimeng, Chu Mingyang, and Ni Shang. In the eyes of most of the students in Class 3, Jiang Zhihan had become more mysterious.
Most people were completely unaware of Jiang Zhihan's hard work after he became famous. Chen Yimeng and the others knew a little, but not in detail. Even his mother, Li Rongrong, did not know many details. On one hand, the bookstore business that she had just started took up a lot of her energy every day. On the other hand, ever since the summer break, Li Rongrong subconsciously trusted Jiang Zhihan more and more, to the point of blindly trusting him. Her intuition told her that her son knew how to handle things better than she did, so she did not care too much about his schedule.
Ni Shang was the only one who knew every detail. Couples in love were always willing to share the details of each other's lives. Not only did Jiang Zhihan share his dreams, his reading plans, his schedule, his thoughts, and his new understanding of this world with Ni Shang in detail, he even told Ni Shang about his so-called research results in great detail.
Alum was fortunate enough to participate in a research project this semester. It was an analysis of certain aspects of the economic decline cycle during the energy crisis in the United States in the 1970s, including the performance of the capital market. The focus of the research wasn't on the financial market, but Alum still shared some precious information and literature with Jiang Zhihan. Inspired by him, Jiang Zhihan had recently conducted a special research on the performance characteristics of the financial market during the two major economic crises. One was the Great Recession of the 1930s, and the other was the energy crisis of the 1970s. Jiang Zhihan firmly believed that history would always repeat itself in the future. Therefore, if he thoroughly studied history and understood it, it would one day help him foresee the future.
Ni Shang had a rough idea of the Great Recession and the energy crisis. Most of her knowledge came from politics and history books, and the rest came from reading outside of class. However, Jiang Zhihan's research was focused on the financial market and involved a lot of in-depth information collection, data sorting, and qualitative and quantitative analysis. Although Jiang Zhihan's research methods and system were inevitably immature and there were many areas that were not rigorous, it was already far beyond Ni Shang's knowledge.
The longer she interacted with Jiang Zhihan, the more Ni Shang realized that her curiosity towards Jiang Zhihan had slowly transitioned to admiration. Now, there were even signs of worship. Ni Shang felt that for some reason that she could not understand, Jiang Zhihan seemed to be standing higher and seeing further than her, or rather, compared to all his peers. So many times, she was willing to hold his hand and let him lead her to her goal. Occasionally, Ni Shang would worry that Jiang Zhihan was thinking too early about problems that did not belong to his age group and had distracted him. However, she immediately convinced herself that Jiang Zhihan's performance in the exam was quite good. Ni Shang firmly believed that if Jiang Zhihan focused all his energy on preparing for the exam, he would definitely surpass her. But at the same time, she knew that Jiang Zhihan would never do that.
It was a Tuesday, and the end of the semester was not far away. At noon, Jiang Zhihan chose to eat in the school cafeteria because he wanted to accompany Ni Shang. After the last conversation with Vice-Principal Wen, Jiang Zhihan began to pay attention to the details of the canteen. From the price of each dish to the overall layout and hygiene of the canteen, he had observed it carefully for a period of time.
After the two of them got their food, they walked to the basketball court and found a ladder to sit down as usual. Today, due to various reasons, the few people who usually hung out with them to cover up were not present, leaving only the two of them alone. Jiang Zhihan ate very quickly and finished his meal in a few bites. Ni Shang was still chewing slowly. Ni Shang often told Jiang Zhihan that eating too fast was not easy to digest, and it was easy for him to get stomach inflammation. Jiang Zhihan replied that it was fine when he was in his teens. It was not too late to worry about these habits when he was in his thirties or forties.
Jiang Zhihan casually wiped his mouth and said to Ni Shang,""I'm so busy tonight. I have to see Sister Xiaoqin first, and then I have to go to Chen Yimeng's house to see his father. I wonder what's going on between the two of them.”
"Is that so? Tonight was the first period of self-study, and Teacher Zhang was going to use it to do his practice questions. It's not good if you're not around, right?"
Jiang Zhihan said,"Don't care so much. Sister Xiaoqin has always been a person who doesn't visit unless she has something to ask for. She's probably looking for me because there's some new progress in Xiaoqian's case. I have to go. Speaking of which, I even dreamed about that matter yesterday.”
"Then how can I help you apply for leave?" Ni Shang asked. You were fine during the day. I can't lie and say that you're sick, right?”
Jiang Zhihan pointed at Ni Shang's bowl and said,""Such terrible food, and it often produces worms. Just say that I had diarrhea from eating dinner at school. At most, I'll send Teacher Zhang a sick leave note another day. I'm very close to an auntie in the infirmary of my mom's factory now. It's not a problem for me to write 100 sick leave notes.”
Ni Shang said," Last time, the form teacher, Teacher Zhang, was still talking about you in the teachers 'lounge. He said that you were very smart, but you were arrogant and distant from your classmates. You also didn't respect the teachers enough. I remember that Teacher Li from the physics class even put in some good words for you. It seems that she quite admires you. However, you still have to be careful. After all, the form teacher's comments are still useful.”
Jiang Zhihan frowned and said,"Am I very proud?" Why do I feel like I'm being modest?”
Ni Shang smiled and patted him gently, saying,"Maybe you don't spend much time in school. Other than Chen Yimeng, Chu Mingyang, and a few others, you don't talk to anyone else.”
Jiang Zhihan said," Some guys are so childish. They still put on airs and pretend to be mature every day. How can they stand this?"”
Ni Shang fiddled with the rice in her bowl and looked up at Jiang Zhihan.""Don't eat anymore."
Jiang Zhihan laughed at her and said,"Although it tastes bad, didn't you always teach me not to waste food?" Leader Ni, you have to set an example."
Ni Shang stuffed the lunch box into Jiang Zhihan's hands and said coquettishly," Then help me eat it."
Jiang Zhihan held onto this hot potato with a bitter face. He didn't expect that his teasing would bring him trouble. In order to please the beauty, his frowning expression was 70% exaggerated. Ni Shang could not help but burst out laughing and said,"Are you taking arsenic-based medicine?"
Jiang Zhihan laughed and said,"Isn't this what the ancients said? What's the point of being a dead woman?”
Ni Shang sighed and said,"Go ahead then. I'll ask Teacher Zhang for leave later."?Do you know that in the past few months since I met you, I've lied more in front of my parents and teachers than I've told them in the past ten years?”
Jiang Zhihan consoled her," We're not doing anything to betray our conscience by lying. You know, there's a word in English called White Lie. It's about this. These lies are harmless and might even be for the good of others."”
Ni Shang said,"You're so full of yourself now.”After a while, she tilted her head and asked innocently,""Do you think lying often will send you to hell?”
Jiang Zhihan almost spat out the uncooked rice in his mouth. He coughed twice and pointed at Ni Shang."Leader, you're an atheist who the school is focusing on nurturing. The organization will be very disappointed if you say that.”
Ni Shang pouted slightly and insisted,"Then what if there really is heaven and hell?”
Jiang Zhihan touched his nose with his index finger and said,""If telling lies will send you to hell, don't worry, everyone in this world will be there. Heaven will be empty.”
"Will you lie to me?" Ni Shang asked.”
Jiang Zhihan put his hand on his chest and swore,""Other than white lies, I definitely won't tell them.”
Ni Shang snorted at him and said,"What a glib tongue."”
Jiang Zhihan said seriously,"If one out of ten people in this world can go to heaven after death, I guarantee that you will be in that team." You're the kindest girl I've ever met who's willing to help others.”
Ni Shang was touched by his seriousness. She asked slyly,""What about you?"
Jiang Zhihan said,"I'm not sure." Even though one is bound to become red by the company of vermilion, there is still a high chance that I will go down because I don't have a kind heart like you.”He moved closer to Ni Shang's ear and said softly,""When the time comes, remember to find a thread to hang me up. We agreed that we would be together forever.”When Ni Shang heard this, her eyes flowed and she could not help but feel a little dazed.
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