"Hey, Mark, look at this school, it's also big, there are students who go to school by car."
"Why don't you care, it's not like those short-brained rich people like to show off."
Although Mark said so, he also kept an eye on the new car that had just stopped in front of the other gate. He also wanted to know what 'caliber' character could be so brash. However, as soon as he saw the person getting out of the car, he was stunned. Like so many classmates next to me, I couldn't help but praise.
Mark, that girlfriend is so beautiful. Looks like new students like us. Oh my God! I wish I was in the same class as her." James patted Mark shoulder.
"The ability to study together is very high. Pretty girls often have short brains, God is fair. Giving people something better than others must also take something else." Mark was startled to regain his senses, then said contemptuously.
Mark words made James happy and full of hope. Suddenly, he felt how lovely this new school had become. Studying with such a beautiful girl, a lazy person, lazy to go to class like him will have the motivation to go to class every day.
Mark and James have been close friends in the same school for the past nine years. And now when two people take the entrance exam to the tenth grade, they also choose the same school to apply to. They are best friends, but their IQs are very different. So of course the results are also different. Although they both passed the entrance exam to this famous high school. But James scored 26 points, and Mark just got enough points to enter the school with 18 points. When Hainan went to see the admission announcement, he was very worried that in the past few days, all his efforts in tutoring Mark would go down the drain. He didn't want to go here together and couldn't go to the same school together. To see the list of candidates, instead of searching for his name, he searched for Mark name. But at that time he was really depressed, when he searched all four lists, he still could not find Mark name. At that time, his sad face went to James side. Originally intending to open his mouth to comfort him, he spoke first.
What do you have to be sad about, as long as I pass, it's fine, right?"
"You passed?" James looked at Mark in surprise.
"Didn't you find my name? It's at 249." Mark was surprised by Hainan's unbelievable reaction. He's been searching for so long without seeing your name? That's strange.
James froze, now he understood why he couldn't find Mark name forever. Because he trusted him enough to think he wouldn't be at the bottom of the list like that. So he didn't look to the last page very carefully. He once again tried to squeeze inside and looked at the last page. The truth is exactly what Mark said. He was in 249th place while only 250 students passed this time. In other words, he barely got the pass and just got ahead of another male student.
"Go ahead and find out what class you're in? Maybe you and I are in the same class." James returned to the present, once again joined Mark in the announcement to find his name in the classification.
"You can go up the upper grades a bit and find out your name. I'm sure to be in the last class. You're in the same class with me unless the class dividers are my parents." Mark said and quickly went to the last corner of the list.
Looking at the list of class 10A5, a glance was evidently just as he expected. His name is at number 25 Mark. When he saw his name, he immediately left. It took a long time for Hainan to come out.
"Which class?" Mark asked.
"10A1" James moody.
Mark raised an eyebrow, what does it mean to enter the first class with such a face. Is he teasing you?
"What the hell is wrong with you in the first grade? I'm in the last class." Mark despised.
"Stop being lazy, stop skipping school." James said sadly.
Mark really doesn't understand why a lazy person is better than him, and has fewer school days than him. But every time I take a test, I don't understand why the score is always higher than him. He often assumes that he is cheating, having a "charm" in his hand. No wonder he has nothing. There was a time when he was curious, but rather annoyed, asked him.
"Why did you go to class and sleep for more than half of the class and get a good score on the test?"
"Do you understand how IQ is superior? No way, who told you to be defective in this." James said as he pointed at his head with his finger.
Mark also really wants not to believe the so-called superior IQ Hainan said, but how can he not believe this. He only needed to glance at the teacher's lecture for a moment to understand what the lecture said, where the focus was. Even scarier, so are the social sciences that need to be memorized. If he had to chew it over and over and read it for the whole day to remember it all, he would only need to seriously read it once to remember it all. Is there any logic? That was also the reason why his mother often compared James with him.
That's right, James house and Mark house are in the same area. Every morning the parents of the two families meet to exercise together in the morning and then the comparison also takes place. James are teachers. His father is a professor and his mother is also a university lecturer. He often told his mother. James is smarter than him because his family has good genetics. As for your family... why don't you have parents who are teachers? Your father is just an architect, not a professor. His mother is not a lecturer, she is just a chief accountant of an international company. There's no genetics in your family. You must be stupid. When he answered like that. His mother glared at him angrily and left without saying anything. But when he told James about it, he exploded violently.
"Crazy man, your parents are good at calculations. You can't inherit it because you cut their genetic cords."
Mark is drifting away from his thoughts about his and James IQ difference. Suddenly, James slammed his hand on his shoulder.
You let your soul go somewhere else. If you don't hurry to find a class, meet the homeroom teacher. Everyone's gone." James is really worried about Mark. He didn't know if he wasn't by his side to help him, he wouldn't be able to go to class. Moreover, with a bad temper like him, I don't know if I can make new friends. Oh! You look like an old mother worried about her young son.
The two parted at the notice board and went back to their classrooms. Not too hard to find. Because next to the class list bulletin board, there is also a classroom map pasted. Grade 10 studies on the 1st floor, the position of the upper class is ranked from right to left.
As soon as James walked to the front of the classroom, his eyes widened in surprise. I don't know what he saw, but immediately ran excitedly into the classroom to find a seat. From that moment on, his gaze was only directed to one place.
James is overjoyed. He did not expect that he would be lucky enough to be in the same class as the beautiful girl he just saw at the school gate. Now, he has a reason to go to class diligently in the future without his parents reminding and threatening. Of course, outside of the class, he was looking at the other girl with passion, but there were other boys who were just like him. The focus of the whole class was the beautiful woman who got out of the car.
The teacher entered the class for all the students in the class to stand up and introduce themselves. All the boys including James were waiting for the introduction of the beautiful girl.
"Hi guys, I'm Edna."
"Edna." James muttered under his breath repeating her name.
When it was James' turn to introduce, he stood up and glanced at Edna, then took a deep breath, preparing to read the line he had been thinking a lot about. If you want girls to notice you, besides being handsome and rich, you have to be different. Make a great first impression. then the chances of pursuing her success will be higher in the future.
"I'm James, my parents are both teachers. My mother is very kind and easy to get along with. My father is afraid of my mother, so I will not be better than him in the future. So who wants to make my girlfriend feel secure? Well, I'm really single."
At the end of the introduction, James received a big round of applause along with laughter from the whole class. James doesn't care if others laugh or laugh. He only cared about one person's eyes, he accidentally caught Edna's glance and fleeting smile for him. He was just happy and excited right now. Confident that perhaps he had made some impression on Edna.
The class quickly ended and everyone went home. James quickly dared to run to stop Edna's footsteps.
"Hi, I'm James." James smiled happily to get to know Edna.
James thought that this friend would politely greet him back, but he didn't expect her to smile or show him, just ignoring him and walking past him. James stiffened, but quickly reacted, perhaps he had to go back and think about how to approach her. anyway, studying in the same class, he had a lot of opportunities and time. Thinking like that, James quickly regained his spirit and ran to find Mark's class. You have to show him that you are studying with the car beauties. Surely he will envy you.
James asked his classmates to find Mark's class, but he was no longer in the class. He frowned because he didn't expect Mark to leave first without waiting for him. He was angry in his heart, he would definitely go back to his house and beat him up. then told him about studying together with Edna, making him angry. The more James thought, the more annoyed he became. However, when he reached the gate, he suddenly saw that everyone was talking about something, moreover, they were still circling someone. Looks like someone is arguing or fighting.
"You apologize to me or I will report to the teacher to deduct your conduct points."
James raised an eyebrow, because the voice felt so familiar to him. Although he had only heard her give a brief introduction, he had already memorized her voice. His eyes suddenly lit up. She is being bullied by others, it seems that the other party is still a boy. Very good then. Time for him to come out as a hero to save the beauty. Help her get justice. Surely she will appreciate him then will love him. Thinking like that, he hastily pushed everyone out to squeeze inside, without seeing the other party, he spoke loudly:
"Hey classmate, is it a boy? Bullying you..." James' words were caught in his throat when he saw the boy opposite.
James rolled his eyes, why is the opponent Mark? He had a concussion today, but he bullied his beautiful woman.
Mark was as surprised as James. Seeing James standing on the other girl's side, he frowned and silently speculated. Maybe James was charmed by the other girl, so his brotherly friendship with him, he also put aside. Gracious contempt for you is this situation right? black-faced mark said coldly:
"James, do you know me?"
James's mouth twitched slightly. If possible, you'd really like me not to get in between the two of you. One is a future girlfriend. One is your good brother. Tell me what to do? Now it's hard for you. If he sided with Mark, surely Edna would be angry with him too. Then all the good images he had worked so hard to build before would be over. But if he denied the brotherhood for Edna, it would be difficult for him to live with Mark when he returned home.
"Hello, I hear you mom. I'll be right back."
James came up with the idea of pretending to be on the phone to get out of this awkward situation. He walked out with Edna's puzzled look, but with Mark's death gaze. Mark certainly knew James was acting.
James just left, Mark wanted to leave too. But the tree wants to be still, but the wind does not stop. Edna ran quickly to pull Mark's hand, but as soon as she touched Mark's hand, he pushed his hand away. Turning his head coldly, he warned her:
"Don't think everyone is captivated by your beauty. Stay away from me."
"You have to apologize to me." Edna still wouldn't let go.
How could Edna let it go when just because Mark touched her, she dropped her phone. Worse still, the screen is broken. Yet he not only did not intend to repay her, but he did not even say an apology. How could she ignore this? This is the phone you just bought.
"Everyone has testified that you touched me. You yourself are careless to blame." Mark is cold.
"But you have to pay me. The phone I just bought." Edna still did not commit to trying to get justice for herself.
"The rich and miserly calculate it so that no ghost will notice." Mark despised.
Driving to school by car and dropping your phone is unreasonable to force others to pay. A girl like that, even if she was a beauty queen, he didn't want to be friends. Indeed, God is always fair, giving people one thing will definitely take away another. No one can collect ten bucks like you.
Edna glared, she was rich she didn't know. Her mother opened a restaurant. Her father is a driver. So rich? She thought for a moment and then suddenly understood the problem. Looks like everyone misunderstood her family background. This morning, she actually went to school by car. But that's not her car. It is her father's driver to pick up her father's boss. She was just getting a ride on her way. If her family has such conditions, then why should she regret this cheap phone.
"You have to..." Edna raised her eyebrows and looked in front of her, realizing when Mark had left while she stood there, lost in thought. She sighed as she looked at her broken phone and painfully black screen. Then this year, she had to save and accumulate money again.
***
As soon as Mark got home, he went straight to his room. Go quickly to open the balcony door and then climb over the balcony and jump to the balcony of the next house. blatantly pushed the balcony door into the room.
"James, do you want to explain something?" Mark coldly asked James who was sitting leisurely eating fruit and playing games on the bed.
James put his phone aside and looked at Mark. He chewed through the unfinished apple before he spoke:
"Classmate."
James said more or less, then continued to calmly play the game. Doesn't care if Mark gets angry or what he does. But soon he threw the phone aside and sat up to look at Mark.
"Why are you and her arguing? Do you want to use arguing with her to give the impression of getting to know her? Isn't that right?" James narrowed his eyes at Mark.
Mark casually walked over to the fruit plate, took a piece and put it in his mouth. After that, he also climbed onto the bed James lay down and looked at him slowly and answered:
"I'm not the type of person who sees beauty blindly, without reason."
"Then why are you and the girl fighting? You say knock. If it's really you doing it on purpose, I'll ask for justice on her behalf." James looked at Mark with sceptical eyes.
"Your beauty..." Mark explained everything that happened to James then smirked waiting for his reaction. Mark thought to himself, he will surely be disillusioned with his goddess. But who knows that James' thinking is different from ordinary people like him.
"The goddess certainly did not disappoint me. The rich still know how to save." After a moment of silence, James smiled excitedly.
Mark's eyes widened in disbelief at James. Maybe he was distracted by the other girl. He really had nothing more to say to James. He left his house. But before going to the door James called him back:
"Hey, absolutely don't compete with me for the goddess you know. I will never give it up to you. Even if I die, I won't give up."
"Crazy." Mark glared at James and quickly went to the balcony and jumped back to his balcony.
Mark did not know that James' jokes today would come true in the not too distant future.
***
Edna just got home when her mother pulled her back. Looking at her daughter's sullen face, her brow furrowed with worry. Maybe she just went to school one day, her daughter was bullied.
"Daughter, what's wrong? Tell me who bullied you, I'll ask for justice on your behalf." Edna's mother raised an eyebrow at her.
"Mom, I accidentally dropped my phone. It's broken." Edna hugged her mother and sobbed. She had been trying to control her mood up to this point. But now she couldn't take it anymore. She had to cry to relieve the pain in her heart. Her number is really unlucky. I thought it was good luck to get into the school with the first grade, but before the day was over, I was entangled in bad luck.
Edna's mother raised her eyebrows and felt sympathy for her daughter. Then feel sorry for her. Even the other phone was because she was saving money to buy it, not asking her parents for money. Now, unfortunately, it's ruined, try to ask how it can not hurt. She hugged her and comforted her.
"Good boy. I'll give you some money to buy a new phone."
Edna was crying but immediately restrained herself from crying again. She wiped her tears with her hand and looked into her mother's eyes and said clearly:
"There's no need. I'll save the money later so that I can have surgery again. I'll save it for myself and buy it later."
Edna is a good and understanding girl. Her mother has kidney disease, so the family has long been trying to accumulate enough money to do kidney transplant surgery for her mother. From the age of twelve she started going out to work to earn money. After school, she works part-time washing dishes at restaurants. Although she is young, she is very careful. The dishwasher has never broken a single one, so the owner is very loving and often gives her more money. She spends the money she earns partly to remove the piggy bank for her mother to have surgery, and partly so that she will buy a phone in the tenth grade. But the result I just bought has not been used for many hours and it is already broken. Is it sad?
Edna's mother loved her daughter very much, knowing that she was filial, so she did not try to force her further. Mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled and went into the kitchen. Today is her first day of school, so her mother closed the restaurant to cook a small celebration for her. Now mother and daughter are preparing together, just waiting for her father to come home from work to eat right away.
***
Second school day.
Early in the morning James got up very early. Much earlier than usual. Because you need to take care of your appearance. Studying with the goddess, if you want to go with the goddess, you must also be a person with worthy beauty. even a person who has never used perfume like him bought a bottle online because of Edna that night. Because he had just placed an order, it was not delivered in time this morning, so he sneaked into his mother's room. While his parents were preparing breakfast, the person taking the bath, he sneaked into his room, stole a bottle of his father's perfume and sprayed it on him, then quickly put it back in place and ran back to his room.
"James came down for breakfast while he was at school." James's mother shouted from downstairs to call him.
He stood at the door of the waiting room waiting for his father to go out of the room before he followed behind. He calmly sat down at the table.
James's mother has sharp eyes, she looked once and discovered that James had something unusual. You seem to be dressed more carefully today. Even the hairstyle flows to the shine. She sniffed, then squinted at James suspiciously and asked:
"James, are you wearing perfume?"
"No. Mom must have smelled the perfume on Dad." James nonchalantly replied. Then calmly eat breakfast like I just didn't do anything against my conscience.
James's mother was still suspiciously squinting at James. Today he was really strange, maybe he just came to school to enroll, so he noticed a girl, so today was so strange.
James's father did not care, he ate breakfast while reading the newspaper. but suddenly he put down the newspaper in his hand and turned his head to speak to James' mother as well as to James intentionally.
"I had a meeting with the department inspector today, and heard that he is allergic to perfume, so I did not wear perfume this morning."
James was holding a glass of milk to drink, suddenly choking on coughing and spitting out the milk. So your dad didn't spray perfume today. How can you be so unlucky? I thought this calculation was a decade and a half, but I didn't expect it to fail at the last minute. Knowing that, he didn't eat breakfast but went to school. That way his mother wouldn't be able to see anything unusual from him. Now it's good to jump into the Yellow River and not wash it clean.