Rebirth: Those Years When I Was a Bad Student

This was the most fulfilling holiday Zhang Yumian had ever had. For the first time, she completed all her homework carefully and reviewed the courses for the next semester. She felt a great sense of accomplishment.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of reporting.

It rained all night last night. Zhang Yumian got up and opened the window. The breeze blew in with the scent of grass. Looking out, the trees in the distance were particularly green.

Because today is the first day of school, you can just arrive at school at 10 o'clock.

Still the same as usual, get up and run.

Today she ran for ten more minutes, just because the air was so fresh. Breathing the fresh air, Zhang Yumian felt as if she had been completely rejuvenated.

After returning home, I took a shower and had breakfast.

I went back to my room, took my summer homework, and reported to school. After today I will be in the second grade of junior high school.

Although it is called reporting, it actually means going to school to hand in your summer homework, pick up your new books, and the seats may be rearranged.

Zhang Yumian set out on time today, and when she arrived at the classroom, it was almost full of people.

She walked slowly to her seat, and before she sat down, she heard Zhang Wentian ask without even raising his head, "Classmate, can you lend me your math and English papers to copy?"

Zhang Yumian took the schoolbag off his shoulders, put it on the table, and asked, "You haven't written anything yet."

But he still found the test paper from his schoolbag and handed it to him.

Zhang Wentian was dumbfounded when he saw the test paper. Each multiple-choice question had a process, and the calculation of each answer was written down.

Zhang Wentian turned around and asked, "Classmate, you wrote all of these by yourself. The other exercise books are all written in the same way." As he spoke, he picked up the exercise book that Zhang Yumian had just taken out and placed on the table and began to flip through it. He corrected all the wrong questions with a red pen.

Zhang Wentian suddenly felt guilty, but it only lasted for a second.

Then he said, "Please leave the math homework here for now. The answer at the end only has a result, not a process. It will be too obvious if you hand it in like this. I'll copy it later."

Zheng Yue stood up from the back row and said, "Since you are copying the test paper, then bring the exercise book over and I will copy it first."

Zhang Wentian didn't even turn his head, he just raised his arm and stretched it backwards.

After reading it, Zheng Yue exclaimed, "This is written too seriously."

Zhang Yumian looked around the classroom and found that most of the students were writing furiously with their heads down. Cheng Yao was sitting with his right hand on his left shoulder, massaging himself, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.

Although it was just some odd jobs, it was still a bit too heavy for someone of his age.

About ten minutes later, Lao Yang strode into the classroom.

I haven't seen him for a summer vacation. He has changed a lot. His hair has been trimmed. Today he is wearing a white shirt, black overalls and black leather shoes. He looks like an insurance or real estate agent.

I couldn't help laughing.

Old Yang looked over here and asked, "Zhang Yumian, what's so good about you? Tell us so we can open it and have fun together."

There was no way to tell the truth, so she stood up and thought for a while and said, "Teacher, I just remembered a joke I saw yesterday. The teacher asked Xiao Ming to make a sentence with the word 'thriving', but Xiao Ming said 'thriving' and 'farewell'. Isn't it quite funny." After she said that, she made a smiling expression, but no one in the class laughed.

Well, Zhang Yumian herself didn’t find it funny either.

Lao Yang: "Okay, sit down."

Zhang Wentian muttered: "Your sense of humor is not good. What's so funny about this?"

Old Yang pointed at the boys behind him and said, "You boys, go to the Academic Affairs Office to get your books." Then he said, "Study Committee, collect our homework. Write down the names of those who haven't handed it in yet, and then give them to the teachers of the respective subjects."

When the homework was almost collected, the boy who moved the books came back.

But Lao Yang just asked them to go down and did not distribute books. Zhang Yumian understood that it was time to arrange seats.

Although she and Cheng Yao became deskmates because of this seating arrangement in her previous life, they should not have been deskmates at that time in terms of height or academic performance.

But we happened to become desk mates.

But this time Zhang Yumian still hopes that they will not become desk mates.

Everyone went out and stood outside the classroom, waiting for Lao Yang to call them.

I don't know how Lao Yang arranged the seats, but when Zhang Yumian entered, there was no one around her. Her seat didn't change much, now it was the sixth row in the fourth row.

Before her new deskmate was confirmed, she heard Cheng Yao's name.

Suddenly she felt her heartbeat quicken, and her fingers curled up subconsciously. She held her breath, as if she was waiting for a verdict. It was only a few dozen seconds, but it seemed like she had been waiting for more than ten minutes.

Finally, Lao Yang's deep voice came out, "Cheng Yao, sit behind Zhang Yumian."

Fortunately, we are not desk mates.

Wait, behind...

Doesn't it mean that every move you make is under his eyes?

Until Cheng Yao pulled out a chair and sat down.

Zhang Yumian felt a little uneasy and was trying to adjust his mentality.

After a long time, Cheng Yao looked up at the girl in front of him, a smile flashed across his eyes. She had not moved since he sat down.

In the end, her new deskmate was Zheng Yue, and Zhang Wentian's deskmate was Cheng Yao.

This time the seating arrangement feels different, yet it also feels like it hasn't changed.

After Lao Yang announced that Cheng Yao was the physics class representative, he left the classroom.

Zhang Yumian returned to her previous seat, picked up her schoolbag, then returned to her new seat, picked up her biology and history books for tomorrow's classes, and prepared to go home.

Suddenly Zheng Yue suggested: "Classes will start tomorrow, how about we go out and play this afternoon?"

This suggestion naturally received Zhang Wentian's consent.

But neither Zhang Yumian nor Cheng Yao spoke. Zhang Yumian was thinking that if Cheng Yao didn't go, she would go.

Zhang Wentian and Zheng Yue's eyes kept moving between the two of them.

In the end, neither of them spoke.

Zheng Yue and Zhang Wentian could no longer sit still. Zheng Yue spoke first, "I'm telling you, you are not allowed to refuse. You all have to go today. It's the first gathering of the school year. We can't spoil the fun."

Zhang Wentian received Zheng Yue's gaze and agreed, "That's right, celebrating that we're sitting at the same table." He then patted Cheng Yao on the shoulder.

Zhang Yumian glanced at Cheng Yao and said to Zhang Wentian, "Okay, let's celebrate by parting ways with you and teaming up with Zheng Yue."

Zheng Yue took Zhang Yumian's arm and said, "I'm so happy to be partnered with you. I really admire you. I will study hard with you this semester."

Zhang Yumian patted her hands and said, "You're welcome. We will help each other and make progress together in the future."

Zhang Wentian was a little unhappy. "What do you mean? Why are we breaking up?"

Zhang Yumian stood up and said, "You are not celebrating your new deskmate. How can you form a new trench if you don't break up? I think my comrades are much cuter and more interesting than you."

Looking at Zheng Yue with a smile on his face: "Right, new deskmate."

Zheng Yue hugged Zhang Yumian tightly: "Ah...Mianmian, you are so kind. I heard your mother call you that before at the parents' meeting. Can I call you that?"

Zhang Yumian waved his hand and said, "Okay."

It was the first time that Cheng Yao saw Zhang Yumian like this. It seemed that she gave him a different feeling every time.