allendalepharm Chapter 46 Mysterious Love Letter
Chapter 46 Mysterious Love Letter
To Hong Liguo's surprise, shortly after they finished their sparring match with Longhu..., they heard that Longhu... had disbanded and that the He Yunlong brothers had also dropped out of school.
Although Hong Liguo didn't know the real reason why they dropped out of school, they had been worried that the other party would cause them trouble, and now they could finally relax.
In those days, dropping out of school was not uncommon. When Hong Liguo was in the first year of junior high school, there were fifty students in his class, but by the second year, nearly half of them had dropped out, and very few students were able to continue until the third year.
Some students are from poor families and cannot even afford tuition, let alone a bicycle to go to school. They have to walk more than ten miles to and from school every day.
Some students feel that even if they finish junior high school, they will not be able to get into university, so they might as well drop out of school early and find a partner and have children.
Another reason was the lack of labor in the family. In an era when farming relied entirely on manpower, having an extra person to do the work was a pressing need for many families, especially those where the parents were often ill. In such cases, children would almost always drop out of school to help at home.
In those days, knowing a few words was enough. As for studying hard and finding a job, it was not something that most families valued. What most families cared about more was who could come back to help their parents with farm work and improve the family's living conditions.
Girls, in particular, are expected to drop out of school early to help with household chores and get married soon, so that they can ask for some dowry and help their older or younger brothers get married.
Back then, countless people got married at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Although there was a marriage law and a legal marriage age, there were always ways to circumvent the rules. Most people would get married first and then register their children's household registration a few years later. It was not uncommon for some to have children who were already several years old when they went to register their children's household registration.
Because they defeated Longhu in a sparring match… although they used some tricks, Hong Liguo and his group became famous. From then on, no one dared to cause them trouble, let alone provoke them.
Throughout history, those who stand at the pinnacle... are always lonely. No one wants to joke or play around with them, and their lives are utterly dull.
With no more sparring to do, Hong Liguo and his friends, bored out of their minds, had no choice but to start reading, writing, and studying. Before, they almost never touched books, spending all their time thinking about who to spar with or waiting to be challenged to a match. When they got together, all they discussed were sparring techniques, and nothing to do with studying.
Since refocusing on their studies, their grades have gradually improved, much to the delight of their teacher and Wang Yuxin. Previously, the teacher had never paid attention to Hong Liguo and his classmates, but lately he would occasionally call on them to answer questions—which Hong Liguo resented, even feeling that being ignored was more comfortable than before. Later, Sun Changlin couldn't help but argue with the geography teacher and was called to the office.
The geography teacher was short and thin, a young teacher who had just graduated and returned to the school. Standing next to Sun Changlin, he looked like a primary school student; if Sun Changlin wanted to teach him a lesson, it would be effortless.
Sun Changlin warned him, "Aren't you too idle? There are fifty students in the class, why are you always staring at me and asking me questions? From today onwards, if you call on me to answer questions again, I won't be so polite to you."
The geography teacher carefully explained, "It's not that I'm deliberately making things difficult for you. I know your father, and he specifically asked me to do this so he could supervise your studies more, ask you more questions, and find out your weaknesses so I can explain them to you. If you don't want that, I just won't call on you anymore."
Faced with a spoiled brat like Sun Changlin, which teacher wouldn't think it's better to avoid trouble? If you don't like being asked questions, then don't ask. What does it matter to the teacher whether you're doing well or not? Anyway, the students' grades were generally average back then, so one more wouldn't make a difference.
Wang Yuxin was overjoyed to see Hong Liguo start studying diligently. Every day when they walked to and from school together, she would always have a long-lost sweet smile on her face, and she would often chat with Hong Liguo as they walked, no longer avoiding Yu Deshui—which made Yu Deshui feel very uncomfortable.
For a period of time, Yu Deshui even instigated some students from other classes who still had some ability to sow discord between Hong Liguo and his classmates, saying all sorts of bad things about Hong Liguo behind his back, in an attempt to damage Hong Liguo's image in Wang Yuxin's mind.
However, upon hearing that they were going to provoke Hong Liguo and his group, these people shook their heads vigorously, thinking to themselves, ever since they defeated Longhu in their sparring match… Sun Changlin and Hong Liguo had become extremely close. Provoking Hong Liguo was tantamount to provoking Sun Changlin. They had already experienced Sun Changlin's strength firsthand and suffered the consequences; they dared not show off again. Therefore, Yu Deshui wasted a considerable amount of money, and in his financial straits, he could only fill his stomach with water every noon.
Although seeing Wang Yuxin's smile made Hong Liguo feel quite comfortable, he wasn't really willing to walk with her. Because when they were together, Wang Yuxin kept talking about studying, exams, work, and the city residency she so desperately wanted; it would be better to be with a few of his buddies, chatting about martial arts, wuxia novels, and who got beaten up by whom, and who beat up whom – that's what people their age should be discussing.
In the blink of an eye, there are only a few days left until the final exams of the first year of junior high school, and Hong Liguo's first year of junior high school is about to end.
That morning, Hong Liguo and Fa Zi had just arrived at the classroom when they saw Zhang Qiaoyun burst in from outside, looking furious. No one knew what was wrong with her.
Zhang Qiaoyun put down her schoolbag and took out a letter from it—an envelope she made herself out of white paper.
There were still more than ten minutes before class started, and most of the students had arrived. Some were reading, some were playing around, and some were frantically copying down the homework they hadn't finished the night before.
Zhang Qiaoyun walked straight to the podium, held up the letter, and shouted, "Everyone, quiet down and listen to me! Yesterday after school, I found this letter in my schoolbag. I don't know who secretly put it there. When I opened it, it was a love letter written to me, but it didn't even have a name! Who wrote it? Which boy wrote this love letter? You have the guts to write it, the guts to put it in my schoolbag, but you don't have the guts to leave your name. That's too cowardly! Who wrote it? If you have the guts, stand up and admit it in front of everyone. I might have some respect for you then; otherwise, I despise you from the bottom of my heart! Who wrote it? Stand up and let me see!"
Her shout instantly silenced the classroom—those reading put down their books, those playing around stopped, and those copying homework stopped writing. Everyone was curious about who was so bold as to write a love letter to Zhang Qiaoyun.