Lin Jinran was slightly stunned. She ranked 22nd in the class and 56th in the grade.
It was far from the ideal ranking in her mind.
It was also a certain distance away from Tsinghua or Peking University, the universities she had been longing to get into.
With her current grades, she could only get into a 985 or 211 university.
The huge gap almost overwhelmed her.
When she first heard Tao Wan say that she had ranked first in the grade in Chinese, she had thought, thought that she had really done extremely well.
But in the end, she was only in the fifties in the grade, not even in the top fifty.
Lin Jinran looked blankly at her grades, standing there motionless as if she had been frozen.
The students just a few ranks ahead of her only outscored her by seven or eight points.
In her previous high school, she had always been among the top three in the grade.
Suddenly, she had fallen to the fifties in the grade.
She knew that she hadn't studied hard during the summer vacation because of her mother's situation, and then she had come to a strange school where she needed to adapt to the new question - setting pattern.
Her studies must have fallen far behind.
It was just wishful thinking on her part.
Lin Jinran gave a bitter smile. Her gaze moved up. The first place in both the class and the grade was firmly occupied by the name Su Qinian.
Lin Jinran turned her head and looked at the high - spirited young man.
Su Qinian was looking at her quietly with his head down, one hand resting on a desk beside him. His eyes were filled with starlight, and the corners of his mouth were turned up in a smile.
The whispering of the classmates came into her ears with the wind. As the two looked at each other, Lin Jinran suddenly remembered what he had once said: if she had any questions, she could come to him at any time. And for some reason, she remembered the scene of their first meeting.
The boy had been furious and cold - spoken at that time, but now he had become her deskmate. Since she was new and unfamiliar with the place, he had followed the homeroom teacher's instructions and taken almost meticulous care of her.
Who could have expected that fate was so magical? After all the twists and turns, she had actually become his deskmate.
The huge sense of gap was gradually replaced by calmness. Lin Jinran slowly curved her lips and looked at him firmly.
It's okay. There's still a year. It's not too late.
Lin Jinran comforted herself like this.
In Wannan No. 1 High School, a place full of high - achieving students, she could get a grade - ranking of the fifties, surpassing most of the students in the grade.
Didn't this mean that she had already done her best?
It was only because her expectations were too high for the first exam that she had been caught off guard.
The students who had bent down to look for money realized that there was actually no money on the ground. Someone complained,
"Monitor, you're talking nonsense. There's no money on the ground at all."
"Damn it! I was tricked by you, monitor."
"Ahh! Class is about to start. You're going too far, monitor!!!"
"..."
The students whose time for checking grades had been delayed were chattering away, almost all looking at Su Qinian resentfully.
What should they do now?
Lin Jinran immediately looked at him nervously. If it weren't for her wanting to check her grades, he wouldn't have done this.
Judging from his confident look before, he must have guessed her grades long ago and there was no need for him to come over.
"Really not?" Su Qinian spread out his palm, showing a ten - yuan bill, and said innocently, "I just picked this up on the ground. It seems that it dropped when I was walking over. Check your pockets to see if you've lost any money."
Lin Jinran: "..."
Playing dumb to catch someone out. Su Qinian was really good.
Where no one could see, Lin Jinran secretly gave him a thumbs - up.
Su Qinian saw it and the smile on his lips deepened.
"It's not mine."
"Nor mine."
"Monitor, be more careful next time. You even dropped your money."
The resentment of the students checking their grades turned into concern. They all gave him concerned instructions one by one.
Su Qinian nodded and said a simple "Okay", then winked at Lin Jinran as if to say, How about it?
"You're amazing," Lin Jinran mouthed silently and returned to their seats with him.
The next class was a self - study class.
"Lin Jinran, how about we go to the rooftop for self - study later?" Su Qinian asked. He glanced at his pile of books and took out one or two.
"Ah?" The situation changed so quickly that Lin Jinran hadn't reacted yet.
"Bring your test papers from this exam. I'll analyze them for you. Don't worry. The homeroom teacher has a class in another class this period."
When checking the grades just now, Su Qinian had noticed that something was wrong with the girl's mood. Most likely, it was because she hadn't done well in the exam.
And discussing the questions in the corridor would also affect the self - study of the classmates in the class.
"Okay, thank you, Su Qinian." Lin Jinran was overjoyed. She nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice, afraid that Su Qinian would go back on his word the next second.
She immediately grabbed her test papers and scratch paper, smiled at him and said, "Let's go."
The girl's smile was so bright, like the broken glass flowing outside the window.
Su Qinian was stunned for a moment. He smiled gently and nodded.
...
"Fortunately, our classroom is on the fourth floor. It's not tiring to climb up." Lin Jinran followed behind Su Qinian. Watching him take out the key to open the door to the rooftop, her eyes widened slightly. She asked in surprise, "How do you have the key to the rooftop?"
"Otherwise, how could I bring you up here for self - study?" Su Qinian didn't answer her question directly. He turned the key in his hand to the right. With a "click", the lock was unlocked.
He opened the door, stepped aside and let Lin Jinran go in first.
After she went in, Su Qinian followed behind her and gently closed the door.
Lin Jinran was like someone who had discovered a new continent, looking around in surprise.
The sunlight spread wantonly here, covering the ground like a golden carpet.
She walked to the railing. Afraid that she might not notice, Su Qinian shouted in her direction, "Lin Jinran, be careful!"
"Okay!" Lin Jinran smiled brightly. She looked down from above and took in all the scenery of the school. In the distance, the bustling area was faintly visible.
Su Qinian couldn't help but laugh. Looking at her, he walked closer step by step, getting closer and closer to her.
"Su Qinian, it's so beautiful," Lin Jinran exclaimed. Her eyes were as bright as diamonds. "How did you discover this place?"
"I found it by chance," Su Qinian said softly. Under this expanse of sky, he and she were looking at the same scenery.
After enjoying the scenery for a while, Lin Jinran noticed a wall on the right. There were a lot of words written on it with chalk.
"Wen Wan likes Qin Huai. No one knows!"
The girl's secret feelings were buried in this corner, never to see the light of day.
"Were these words already here when you first discovered this place?" Lin Jinran asked.
Su Qinian gave a faint affirmative answer.
If she hadn't accidentally entered the rooftop, perhaps the unspoken feelings on this wall would really have remained unknown to anyone.
"Su Qinian, shall we also write something here?" the girl looked up, full of expectation.
The flowing sunlight shone on her, making her seem to be glowing. It seemed as if she would disappear the next second.
Su Qinian's heart skipped a beat. He was stunned for a moment and stared blankly at Lin Jinran.
Did she mean to write something like "Wen Wan likes Qin Huai"?