Chapter 268: The First Latecomer in the Grade

The next morning, Li Luo got up on time. Before washing up, he knocked on the door and entered Ying Chanxi's room.

Seeing that she was still sleeping soundly, Li Luo walked to the bed, squatted down, and poked her cheek with a smile: "Little lazy pig, get up."

"Hmm..." Ying Chanxi was woken up by him. He barely opened his extremely sleepy eyes. Then he muttered a few words in annoyance and immediately turned his back to Li Luo, "Let me sleep a little longer..."

Seeing how sleepy she was, Li Luo immediately looked helpless: "Who said yesterday that we have to get up early for a morning run in the future? Did you stay up late again last night?"

"So annoying..." Ying Chanxi frowned, "It's all your fault..."

Li Luo: “……?”

Why are you blaming him?

"Then you can continue to sleep." Li Luo stood up and said, "I'm going to school for a morning run first. Remember not to oversleep, you still have an exam today."

After leaving Ying Chanxi's room, Li Luo simply washed up, dressed neatly, put on his schoolbag, and went out to the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School.

On the school playground, Li Luo met up with Yan Zhusheng who had been waiting there early. Li Luo looked at the headphones that Yan Zhusheng handed over and was slightly stunned.

Because Yan Zhusheng had always put it on him directly before.

After running and walking towards the school cafeteria, Li Luo glanced at Yan Zhusheng and then asked.

"You seem to be in a bad mood?"

"Fortunately."

"Really?"

"fake."

Li Luo laughed: "So what's going on?"

"When will you write about the protagonist kissing Mo Qinghan?" Yan Zhusheng turned her head and stared at him. He could see some unhappiness on her face. "I read the latest chapter again yesterday. Have you revised the manuscript?"

"what?"

"The draft you showed me before didn't describe it in such detail." Yan Zhusheng frowned a little dissatisfied, "It was still a forced kiss, a wall-dong. Mo Qinghan just secretly kissed her once before."

After hearing what Yan Zhusheng said, Li Luo suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"It's just that when I write every day, I habitually polish the chapters to be published tomorrow." Li Luo coughed twice and explained in a low voice, "It just so happened that I had more inspiration the day before yesterday, so I polished the details. The plot is not much different from the draft I saved for you."

"So when will it be Mo Qinghan's turn?" Yan Zhusheng asked with a stern face, "You can't be partial."

"Next time, definitely next time." Li Luo looked away guiltily.

The main reason is that the plot is still in the stage of Shen Dongdong's TV series, and he promised Ying Chanxi that on March 3, he would write "Waiting for You to Get Out of Class" into the plot of that day.

Therefore, the content of this half month will definitely revolve around Shen Dongdong and this TV series.

The main plot about Mo Qinghan will probably have to wait until the second half of the month.

However, as a person with a mature and rational adult soul, Li Luo has mastered the clever technique of drawing cakes.

"Will I not be able to cooperate with Aunt Yuan and help her promote her new album in the book?" Li Luo said, "In the book, Mo Qinghan will be the one singing those songs."

"At least eight songs, combined with some key climaxes, it will take at least dozens of chapters to complete, with one climax after another."

"By then, all of these will belong to Mo Qinghan's highlight moments."

After hearing what he said, Yan Zhusheng became excited.

But when they were lining up in the cafeteria, she suggested very seriously: "If there are sad love songs, you can ask Mo Qinghan to ask Li Yang for help to help her find the feeling."

"...Okay, I'll make a note of that."

……

On March 3, a piece of gossip that was not too explosive spread.

Ying Chanxi, the top student in Class 1, Grade 1, was more than half an hour late for the Chinese language test in the morning.

Then the students in the class all said quietly that this entrance exam was probably the one with the best chance for the top ten students in the school.

If Ying Chanxi failed the Chinese language test, he might have a chance to become the top student in the grade.

Although it is only the first place in the opening exam, the value is not very high.

But given Ying Chanxi's condition, if they don't cherish the opportunity this time, they may never have this chance again in the next two years of their high school career.

However, this is not what Li Luo cares about.

"So you didn't set the alarm?"

At lunch, Li Luo looked at Ying Chanxi with a bit of a smile on his face. Seeing that she still had some dark circles under her eyes, he immediately shook his head helplessly, "I called you in the morning, but you just couldn't get up."

"Then couldn't you just force me to get up?" Ying Chanxi pouted and sulked, poking the rice with his chopsticks, looking a little unhappy. "It was almost nine o'clock when I got to the classroom. I'm so embarrassed."

"Where's the senior?" Li Luo looked at Xu Youyu who was standing beside him. "Didn't you call her when you got up in the morning?"

"I thought you guys went for a morning run together." Xu Youyu blinked and said helplessly, "It was already 7:30 when I got up. I must have gotten up and washed up and left immediately. I didn't even notice if there was anyone in Xixi's room."

Because the last three days are entrance exams, there is only one main subject in the morning, starting at 8:30.

Therefore, the school requires students to arrive at school before 8 am.

This is a three-day adaptation period for students who have just finished their winter vacation, so that those students who like to stay up late during the vacation can adjust their schedules back to normal during these few days.

After the entrance exam is over, we will return to the morning self-study schedule at 7 a.m.

Who would have thought that even with such a schedule, Ying Chanxi would actually be late and arrive at the examination room around nine o'clock.

When Mr. Sun, the teacher in charge of the examination room for Class 1, found that no one was sitting in the seat where the top student in the grade was seated, he was shocked.

When I called Ying Chanxi's father, Ying Zhicheng also said he didn't know.

Then Ying Zhicheng called Ying Chanxi again, but no one answered, so he called Li Guohong and Lin Xiuhong.

Li Guohong and his wife called Li Luo again.

But Li Luo is currently sitting in the examination room of Class 1, taking an exam.

In the end, it was Li Luo who volunteered and mentioned it to Teacher Sun. Then he borrowed Teacher Sun's cell phone and called Ying Chanxi again.

At this time, the exam had already started for more than ten minutes.

After making several calls, Ying Chanxi finally got through. After Li Luo woke her up, she hurried to the school.

When Ying Chanxi thought about walking into the classroom and seeing all the examinees looking at him in surprise, he immediately covered his face and said, "I'm so embarrassed. I don't know what to do when I return to class."

"That's nothing." Li Luo shook his head and laughed, "It's because you've never been late since you were a child, or you just don't have enough experience. You'll get used to it after you've been late a few times."

"Go to hell! Are you expecting me to be late a few more times?" Ying Chanxi glared at him and attacked fiercely with his foot under the table.

Li Luo calmly took on her entire set of attacks, and finally clamped his legs together, even trapping one of Ying Chanxi's feet.

Ying Chanxi's cheeks turned red, and she twitched her foot but couldn't pull it out. She glared at him again, but didn't dare to say it out loud at the table.

In the end, Li Luo let her go and did not continue bullying her in a public place like the cafeteria. Instead, he asked, "So have you finished your Chinese test?"

"It's finished."

"Can this be finished?" Li Luo looked surprised.

"I didn't even have time to check it." Ying Chanxi pouted, "I just finished the composition on time and handed it in."

Li Luo: “…”

Well, the world of the academic god is indeed incomprehensible to ordinary people. Although the ranking difference between Li Luo and Ying Chanxi is only a dozen places, the gap between them may be larger than the gap between Li Luo and classmates who are hundreds of places higher.

……

After the little incident of being late, the three-day entrance exam was completed smoothly.

When the results were announced on Friday, Jian Zhenyuan, who was ranked second, sighed deeply when he saw Ying Chanxi still sitting firmly on the top spot in the grade.

Even though Ying Chanxi's performance in Chinese was a little abnormal this time, his total score still increased by nearly ten points.

After reaching a level of 950 points or above, each additional point increase will be extremely difficult.

Not to mention it’s a damn 10 points!

In his limited high school career, Jian Zhenyuan felt that he could not see any hope of surpassing Ying Chanxi.

As for Li Luo, he felt no emotion when he looked at his result which ranked 23rd in the school.

After all, after reaching the top 40, it basically depends on everyone's performance, as well as the difficulty of the paper and the tendency of the questions.

Li Luo's performance this time was no different from before, except that others might have performed a little better.

Of course, there were also some that didn’t perform so well.

For example, Lu Jiahao from Class 40 did not do very well in the exam this time. He was in the top 45 in the school in the previous final exam, but this time he dropped to th.

Therefore, among the top 40 students in the school, Li Luo is still the only one in the parallel class.

Among the top fifty, besides Lu Jiahao, only Shen Shuhua from Class 16 could come in and touch them.

……

By Saturday, Li Luo received a thank-you letter from Hua Xiuxiu on International Women's Day written by the class representatives.

After reading it carefully, he made some simple modifications to it, changed some inappropriate wording, and then returned it to the class representatives, asking them to copy it again.

After finishing this, Li Luo went to Hua Xiuxiu to talk about buying gifts and bouquets, and gave her the money for the gifts.

"Squad leader, isn't this a bit too much?" Hua Xiuxiu looked at the money Li Luo gave her and was stunned for a moment, "It shouldn't cost that much."

"And your travel expenses." Li Luo said, "On the way, you can also buy some drinks, milk tea, etc. for yourself and the class committee members who are going with you. Don't be stingy."

Although Li Luo likes to be a hands-off boss, since he is letting Hua Xiuxiu and the others go out to do some work on the weekend, he will definitely not treat them unfairly.

After all, they are all classmates, not really in a superior-subordinate relationship. Li Luo doesn't mind spending a little more for things that can be solved with money, so as to avoid the class committee members who are called to help complaining privately.

"I will return the remaining money to you then." Hua Xiuxiu said seriously.

"Row."

Li Luo nodded in agreement. In this regard, he still had confidence in Hua Xiuxiu's ability.

This girl is really capable, except that she is a little serious sometimes. He used her very well last semester, and now they have gotten used to each other. The two of them can manage the class in an orderly manner by cooperating with each other.

Li Luo is generally only responsible for providing ideas and arranging plans, while Hua Xiuxiu is responsible for the specific implementation.

It can be considered a perfect match between the monitor and deputy monitor.

At least for Kong Junxiang, it really saved him a lot of trouble.

Originally, Kong Junxiang planned to call Li Luo over on Friday to talk about International Women's Day, but it turned out that Li Luo had already been preparing for this before school started.

This made Kong Junxiang feel very comfortable and he didn't have to worry too much at all.

He is now worried whether he can still keep his position as Li Luo as the class monitor when the classes are divided in the second year of high school.

After he got used to it, he was reluctant to change it for another one.

"Would you like to go shopping with me this afternoon?"

After school on Saturday, Li Luo asked the three girls around him.

"Ah?" Xu Youyu was stunned for a moment, thinking he had misheard, "Why are you going shopping?"

"Tomorrow is Women's Day. Let's buy a gift for my mom."

"You're quite kind-hearted?" Xu Youyu laughed. "Then I'll buy one too, and make my mom happy tomorrow."

"And the 14th is Xixi's birthday." Li Luo said, "It's next Saturday, so it's a good time to see what gift to buy her."

"You said that in front of me, I don't have any surprise at all." Ying Chanxi said dissatisfiedly, "If you want to buy a gift, buy it secretly."

"Then can I not buy it?" Li Luo joked.

"Hmph." Ying Chanxi ignored him. He didn't believe that he wouldn't buy it.

Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng on the side were surprised.

"Xixi's birthday is on the 14th?"

"Yes." Ying Chanxi nodded, then asked, "By the way, when are Senior Sister and Zhu Sheng's birthdays?"

"Me? June 6th." Xu Youyu said.

Yan Zhusheng, who was standing by, recalled for a moment and then said, "August 8."

Ying Chanxi nodded in understanding and took note of it silently.

Li Luo didn't need to remember it, after all, he knew it in his previous life.

As they walked out of the school gate while chatting, the four of them first went back to Bi Hai Lan Ting. After putting down their schoolbags, they went together to the Yintai Department Store in the south.

Whether it was Li Luo, Yan Zhusheng, or Xu Youyu, they were all shopping while planning to pick out a small gift for their mothers.

But only Ying Chanxi was in the highest spirits. He dragged Li Luo around to pick and choose, and finally bought a new dress and a silk scarf.

"Why don't I just not buy it?" Li Luo looked at the clothes and scarves that Ying Chanxi had the waiter pack up, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Anyway, they are all for my mother, so I'll just follow your lead."

"It's up to you." Ying Chanxi didn't care and pointed to the clothes in the bag, "Then you give this and I'll give the scarf."

"I'm just saying." Li Luo said with a smile, then walked into a jade carving shop. After looking around casually, his eyes fell on a bracelet.

"Boss, can the jade on this bracelet be custom engraved?"

"Sure, what do you want to carve?"

"Can you carve a Li and Lin on the front and a Bai Tou Xiang Lao on the back?"

"Sure, no problem. When do you want it?"

"Can I pick it up tomorrow morning?"

"OK."

……

The next morning, Li Luo came to the store, got the bracelet, and looked at its condition.

The jade wares in this kind of shop are definitely not that good, and Li Luo doesn't pursue that, as long as it looks good.

After appreciating the boss's craftsmanship, Li Luo nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Boss, can I customize another bracelet for you?"

"Okay, who is it for?"

"For a friend." Li Luo smiled. "It's her birthday."

(End of this chapter)