Chapter 58: The Reward for Hard Work is Worry-Free

  Gu Xiang maintained this momentum until the monthly exam.

  Tang Luoluo flipped through her practice book and was quite puzzled: "You said you can all do it, why are you working so hard?"

  Lin Jiahuan said: "Do you want to be the second Jiang Zhitu? Getting full marks in every subject?" Recently, she's been enthusiastically watching "It Started with a Kiss" on TV and even bought stickers and tapes.

  Gu Xiang herself didn't know why, but she was like arguing with herself.

  Is physics difficult? No, it's not!

  But what was taught in class was no longer something she could just put down after casually reading for a while after school.

  She suddenly felt that her little advantage was all gone.

  Gu's mother was really scared by Gu Xiang's temper and immediately called Xia Jiao.

  Xia instructed and went to ask Teacher Jiang again.

  Gu Xiang has always been diligent in class, and Teacher Jiang didn't think she had changed. However, Xia Jiao said that Gu Xiang wouldn't sleep until 11 pm every night after going home. Moreover, as soon as she got home, she would start doing her homework and didn't have any other entertainment activities.

  Mr. Jiang wanted to have a talk with Gu Xiang.

  But what's the point of talking about it? Your grades are already good enough, no need to work hard anymore?

  Isn't it true that there's no teacher who doesn't want their students to work hard?

  So it's saying we should pay attention to our physical health?

  But looking at Xiang's rosy complexion and chubby cheeks, she didn't seem unhealthy.

  Teacher Jiang has come to school early twice and I also saw her jogging on the playground.

  Gu Xiang seems quite normal, only that her former physical education class in school playing badminton has now become her practice test time.

  Before school started, I finished the Huanggang and Wang Houyong's exercise books. Gu Xiang bought another book "One Lesson One Practice" over the weekend.

  Now I'm doing it from head to toe, and suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder.

  Gu Xiang patted his chest and said: "You walk without making a sound, you scared me."

  Chai Zi shrugged: "I called you, but you didn't hear."

  Gu Xiang closed her exercise book and asked in a bad tone, "What's the matter?" She had an unconscious hostility towards Chai Zi Yu, and now her attitude was absolutely not friendly.

  Chai Zi pointed outside: "We need to gather. The last two times the physical education teacher asked if someone was missing, Ning Peng told me to take a look."

  Gu Xiang responded with an "oh", "Then help me tell her that my aunt has arrived."

  Chai Zi's face turned red from his ears all the way to the base of his neck: "How...how can you say that?"

  Gu Xiang stretched his neck and shoulders, seeing him like this, he said lightly: "Actually, you just need to say that I'm not feeling well, the teacher will understand."

  Chai Zi nodded and hummed in agreement, then left. Actually, he wanted to say that girls shouldn't come here three times a month either, but he didn't have the nerve to speak up.

  Gu Xiang was in a great mood and hummed a tune as she continued writing on the half-finished scroll.

  After the monthly exam, Gu Xiang naturally got first place.

  But this first place didn't make her smile, she had tried her best and only scored 3 points higher than Chai Zi Yu.

  Cháizǐyù's math and physics are full marks, English 98, Chinese 91.

  It's no longer easy to get a perfect score in English now. Even if you answer all the objective questions correctly, the teacher will still deduct two points from your composition.

  Gu Xiang got a full score in physics, 99 points in English, and 98 points in math due to a deduction of 2 points for an improper step. Chinese language: Gu Xiang performed well this time, with 95 points.

  When handed back the exercise book, Gu Xiang's composition was deducted by only two points.

  But one look and you can tell it's not corrected by Teacher Ren. Although Teacher Ren is very kind, he is extremely strict when grading papers and would never give such a high score for an essay.

  So if language hadn't given her such a high score, she wouldn't even have won 3 points.

  Of course, this is the result of the top two, from the third place Li Wei, everyone's scores are still relatively normal, as long as each subject scores above 95, it is considered a high score.

  Li Wei and Tang Lulu's scores for each subject looked not low, but they didn't get full marks either. Adding them up, they were seven or eight points behind them.

  Tang Lu comforted Gu Xiang: "Now there are fewer subjects, and the gap can't be opened. You see, Zhou Shi in 10th place is only 15 points behind you. In junior high school, there will also be chemistry."

  Gu Xiang didn't know what to say anymore, until in the first year of high school, Chai Zi Yu got a perfect score on the chemistry exam again...

  It's infuriating just thinking about it.

  Teacher Jiang is particularly satisfied with the results of this monthly exam. Their class average score pulled out a 5-point difference from Class 2.

  In the class meeting, I praised everyone and allocated a sum of money to the life committee member Zhao Yue, asking her to buy some snacks over the weekend and distribute them to everyone in next Monday's class meeting.

  Gu Xiang held the paper with a somewhat disappointed look on her face, if only she had known this would be the result, why bother working so hard.

  Then she lost her motivation to learn and would often put her head on her desk during class breaks.

  After going home, I would finish dinner quickly and then do my homework. Sometimes I would watch TV for a while first.

  Gu's mother looked at her but didn't feel reassured, instead she became even more worried. Her daughter had been acting really abnormal lately.

  But on the surface, nothing can be seen.

  If her mother asked her something, she would say that she was too tired from studying recently and needed to relax.

  This relaxation just relaxed until the eve of the mid-term exam.

  Mid-term exam review, Gu Xiang still felt unmotivated, as if learning anything was meaningless.

  Mr. Jiang as the class teacher of course saw through it.

  But thinking that Gu Xiang did very well in the last exam, it doesn't make sense that the first in grade would be hit by just one test... If I say this out loud, no one will believe me!

  But Mr. Jiang started calling over Gu Xiang for questioning.

  Gu Xiang hasn't had much private contact with Jiang teacher this semester, and now facing Jiang teacher still feels a bit embarrassed. I guess it's rare for someone like her whose family members take the initiative to come and say not to be a class committee member, maybe one in a few years.

  Mr. Jiang acted as if nothing had happened and spoke to Gu Xiang as usual, "Now other teachers have started reviewing, right?"

  "Yes, Teacher Wang has reviewed everything once." Gu Xiang nodded.

  "Is there anything you can't do? Or something you feel you're not good at?"

  Gu Xiang thought for a moment and said: "It's all right, some blind spots in daily learning will be made up during review."

  Teacher Jiang asked: "Which subject do you think is the most difficult now?"

  "Physics." This time it's a no-brainer.

  "Physics isn't that hard, I asked your teacher Pan, and he said you got full marks on several quizzes and tests. That means you still have a good grasp of it."

  Gu Xiang pursed her lips and didn't speak. Behind the perfect score, was that she spent a lot of time reviewing after each class, after each unit ended, and before every major test.

  "Teacher Jiang said, "You're a kid who makes me feel the least worried among all the students I've taught over the years. However, don't set your expectations too high for yourself either. Learning is important, but you also need to pay attention to your mindset and health."

  Gu Xiang lowered her head and twisted her fingers.

  "Relax, work hard when you need to and relax when you can. As the saying goes, there's a time for everything. Don't worry too much about it," said Principal Jiang, patting her shoulder. "The mid-term exams are coming up soon, just do as well as you normally do and that'll be fine. The ranking isn't important; in my eyes, the top five students this time only differ by a few points anyway. If we really want to compare, wait until next semester when the coursework gets harder, then you'll see who pulls ahead..."

  Teacher Jiang's chicken soup for the soul has been fed to many, but the effect is unknown.

  Gu Xiang felt a lot more relieved in her heart, and that little bit of bad mood due to the two or three points difference in score had almost dissipated.

  If it were myself from a past life, I probably wouldn't care about these things at all.

  Gu Xiang had never realized before that she was also a very competitive person.

  However, in her previous life, when her family was falling apart, she shouldered the entire household alone and severed all ties with other relatives.

  She didn't want to see a pitiful look in those people's eyes.

  Although I have fallen into the mud, I still don't want people to pity me.

  Even her grandparents, she just secretly gave them money, but rarely went back again.

  Even if she can make money later, even if she can stand on the foreign stage, in the eyes of people who know her past, she is still that poor girl who dropped out of school at 18 to support her family and work everywhere.

  Gu Xiang went to the bathroom and washed her face.

  A drop of water slid slowly down her round face, and in the mirror, the girl was still a yellow-haired maiden.

  "Nothing! At worst, I'll just rely on my face to eat from now on! A beautiful girl like me should just safely return the world to those ugly people who need to rely on their brains to eat!" After saying that, she was so amused by herself.

  Gu Xiang hummed a tune and walked quickly back to the classroom.

  Looking at her like this doesn't seem like she was called in for questioning by the class teacher. Her classmates asked her what Teacher Jiang said.

  She furrowed her brow and thought for a moment, then said very seriously: "Probably it's telling me not to study so hard and leave some room for others."

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