I'm not a hero, but I didn't say I couldn't beat you.

In the blink of an eye, the few days of review were over, the final exam was over, and the scores were quickly announced as the subject teacher continued to correct them during the evening self-study.

Now that the results have been announced, naturally some people are happy and some are worried. Fortunately, this time the paper is more difficult, and most people's scores are not good, which at least makes up for the mentality of some students who are not good or bad.

As for worrying about the parent-teacher conference after the exam?

What does it have to do with him?

He's just a Bateman!

But it feels like a bit of a joke from hell...

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed since the final exam. As long as today's parent-teacher meeting is completed, and then the social practice is completed in the next two days, we can have a wonderful summer vacation!

The third period in the afternoon ended. After the fourth period, it was occupied by the parent-teacher conference, so it was equivalent to the end of school. Fu Er packed his things, mainly sets of papers from teachers of various subjects. After all, he was about to be in his senior year of high school. Obviously, the teachers of various subjects will not let them relax this summer.

"Come on, Ful, come here."

Fu'er was just about to pick up his schoolbag and leave when he suddenly heard someone calling him. When he saw it, it was Boss Xie waving at the door, beckoning him to come.

Uh... I probably haven't made any mistakes recently. I didn't fail in my final grade... I may have even performed a little beyond normal.

Hope it's not too much trouble.

Putting down his schoolbag, Fu Er walked out and followed Boss Xie into the office.

"Come, sit down, want some water?"

"Huh? Uh... drink..."

Just drink tea as soon as you come up? Could it be that I made some mistakes without realizing it?

Why don't you slide and kneel first?

"Um...thank you, boss, I -"

"Hey, don't worry, I haven't said anything yet, why do you act like you made a mistake?"

Boss Xie handed her a glass of water, took a sip from the tea cup on his desk, and then said.

"Don't worry, I'm not here to criticize you today, I just want to find an opportunity to have a casual chat with you."

"Huh? That's it... Then tell me."

Hearing this, Fulun immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was better not to criticize him, otherwise it would be too miserable to be scolded on the last day of summer vacation.

"Look, isn't this a parent-teacher meeting today? Originally, as this parent-teacher meeting ends at the end of the second year of high school and is about to begin in the third year of high school, the purpose of the school is of course to allow teachers and parents of students to communicate with each other and confirm the situation with each other to protect your safety. An entire summer vacation will not be wasted. But that’s all nonsense. For me, parent-teacher conferences are of course just to unify expectations and training directions for each student after full communication with parents.”

"However, I don't know about your family situation, so I have no choice but to come and talk to you."

"Ah this..."

Fuer scratched his head, I became my own parent?

"I'll just ask a few questions. First, you really want to go to college, right?"

"Ah."

"Have you ever thought about which school you want to attend?"

"Uh, no."

"What about your major? Have you decided on a direction?"

"Uh...nor."

"So...what's your goal? Do you want to work hard to get into a key university, or do you want to just go to an ordinary university?"

"………………do not know either."

The more Boss Xie asked, the more panicked Fu'er became. It was hard to say that he just wanted to spend his whole life in ruins...

"Look, in this way, don't you get what I want to ask?"

"what?"

What? What did you ask?

"Look at you, you have neither goals nor expectations for the future. Rather than saying that you are a high school student, your mentality is more like that of someone who has entered society, struggled for several years, and finally gave up on the goal. Just like people who just muddle along."

"Of course, this may just be because your growing environment is different from most people. I am not opposed to having poor life goals, because in a sense, such a life is in line with the lives of most ordinary people."

Boss Xie sighed, and then continued to speak seriously.

"But I am a teacher after all. As a person who preaches and solves doubts, and at the same time, I am also your class teacher. I have to motivate you. It is not for anything else. I just hope that you can live a better life in the future."

"I have been working as a teacher for more than 30 or almost 40 years. I will probably retire after taking care of two or three students. Although more than ten years ago, I was like those young teachers. In short, I just changed my mind You study hard and get higher scores, I hope you can get ahead, but later, because of some things, my mind changed..."

"Did something happen?"

Seeing Boss Xie showing a very rare sad expression, although he knew that this might not be good, Fu'er couldn't help his curiosity.

"About ten years ago, one of your seniors was my student. His grades were not very good at first, but when I asked him what he wanted to do in the future, he vowed to participate in the development of rockets. , I said that those majors are only available in top universities. How can he realize his dream if he doesn’t work hard? But then he worked really hard, studied hard, and answered questions. Finally, in the sprint stage of his senior year, he was among the best in various fields at that time. Thanks to the teacher's optimism and his own hard work, he got the top score in the city in the college entrance examination, and he also successfully entered the coveted university with the best aerospace materials major in China."

"A few years later, he came back to visit his alma mater alone. When he and I had dinner and chatted together, I realized that he had not been able to continue his studies in college."

"Why? Isn't that the major he dreams of? Or is it because of external forces, such as some changes in the family?"

Fu'er frowned. It was hard for him to imagine that a person with a firm goal would make the choice to drop out of school if not under the influence of external forces.

"It is indeed an external force, but it is not from the family..."

Boss Xie sighed, and then continued.

"That day, we were eating together in the cafeteria. I asked him whether he was continuing his studies or entering an industry internship recently. He told me that he had dropped out of school last year."

"I was very surprised and asked him why he dropped out of school. Did something happen to his family? He just smiled and said:"

"[Teacher Xie, please rest assured. Nothing happened to my family. It was just an accident on my part.]"

"After that, he showed me something."

"A [Hero's] seal."

"[Teacher Xie, I became a hero, so I gave up my studies.]"

"To be honest, at that time, compared to the impact that he gave up his studies, I was more surprised that he became a [hero]. After all, he was also my first student recognized by the [vocation] system, or The most special [hero] vocation among them."

"I was surprised for a while, then I patted him on the shoulder and congratulated him, and he smiled and said that it was more interesting to be a researcher of aerospace materials than to be a hero or something."

"...Then...what happened next?"

The story obviously won't end here. If it were just like this, how could it cause Teacher Xie to suddenly change his mentality?

"Later..."

Teacher Xie put down the tea cup in his hand, raised his head and looked out the window. Fu'er followed his gaze and looked through the window next to the desk, which happened to be the school's old teaching building.

If calculated according to time, Boss Xie probably taught and educated people in a certain classroom in that teaching building.

"He... died... I heard it was an SS-level disaster incident on the border. In order to protect the scientific researchers, he fought to the end of his strength. Thanks to his fighting, the border scientific research base received reinforcements. s arrival."

"…………"

"…………"

The two were silent for a long time.

"Later I realized that his smile that day might just be a bitter smile. After all, he gave up his ideals and fought for the expectations of more people. He is a well-deserved [hero], but he is only a [hero] for others. ]."

Boss Xie turned his head and said to Fu'er very seriously.

"So since then, my thoughts on the students I teach have changed. We all know that this world is dangerous and full of all kinds of accidents, so instead of blindly learning, I finally become a cog in the entire society. Compared with this kind of life, I hope you can stick to your ideals. Even if you will still become a cog in the end, I also hope that it is your ideal cog. The college entrance examination is just a screening mechanism, and I don’t want my students to Ignoring one's own life choices just for the screening mechanism is fundamentally putting the cart before the horse."

"So, take advantage of the last summer vacation before the college entrance examination to think about it carefully. What kind of life do you want to spend? Even if it is a failure, there must be a way to make it worse. This is what I leave for you, extracurricular homework... …”

"……………………"

"Okay, that's all I want to talk to you. It's almost time for the parent-teacher meeting. Please pay attention to safety on the way back. Don't forget about tomorrow's social practice. This is the last plan you chose. It's late. I can't forgive you."

Seemingly having finally adjusted his emotions, Boss Xie returned to his normal demeanor and said to Fu'er.

"...Why are you dragging me alone to say this?"

Fu'er was a little confused.

"No, if it's just a question, I will also tell those parents about the choice of path just now, and I will also take the time to tell it to you, but I tell those stories specifically to you -"

"why?"

"Because... when he was still a student, the way he usually smiled and joked with me was really similar to you..."

On the subway in Hanhai City, there are bound to be no seats during the peak hours when get off work and school are over.

Fu'er swayed onto the subway with the crowd and finally found a corner to relax. He took out his mobile phone and confirmed the last facts he had learned from Boss Xie.

"Well, boss Xie, I have another question to ask you..."

"Well, let's talk."

"That senior...what's his hero's name?"

"It seems to be called... [Forger]... In the name of "casting", maybe even after becoming a hero, he has not forgotten his ideals?"

"…………"

"So... is he already dead?"

Fu'er sighed, put his phone back in his pocket, and looked out the window at the darkness in the tunnel, his eyes confused and his expression melancholy.

[2086, April 4, Xincheng District Pedestrian Street, disaster level: C level, disaster is a fire-like elemental creature, when the disaster broke out, it detonated several nearby underground gas pipelines and fire hydrants, as well as a household car, killing 19 people and injuring 2 people...]

[Due to the large amount of water ejected from the explosion of the fire hydrant, which suppressed the activity of the fire element, he was quickly killed by the hero: "Forger" who arrived. 】

He was the [Hero] who failed to save his parents because he came a step too late.

He also abandoned his ideals because of his duty as a [hero] and died in battle.

So ironic——