Yet, I Have Recommendations
Returning to his own body, Xia Yu yawned.
"After this class, you all can have your vacation, please give me some dignity during this final time!" The Chinese teacher looked at Xia Yu and said.
"Teacher, you just yawned yourself!" Guizi Xiao accused the Chinese teacher, and the students in the class chanted in agreement.
Defending himself, the Chinese teacher argued that opening one's mouth doesn't count as yawning, and that scholars' opening their mouths doesn't mean they're tired. The class was filled with a happy atmosphere.
After chatting with the students for a bit, the Chinese teacher was too lazy to continue teaching. He put the Chinese textbook on the lectern and started talking with the students about the previous music competition finals, and his experience of eating lion waist with the principal.
As he continued speaking until the end of class, the Chinese teacher was not ready to stop. "Why don't we take a few more minutes? I'll tell you about my experience with the principal at the hotel."
The students hurriedly declined.
With regret, the Chinese teacher left the classroom.
"Vacation time!" The students cheered.
Today was January 25th, the day of winter vacation.
As for why the day of vacation wasn't an exam day but a school day, it's because in this world, they take exams, then attend three more days of classes, and then get their vacation when the results are released.
These three days, the teachers grading the papers would be very busy, and the teachers who didn't grade papers would just casually teach classes, mainly supervising self-study.
Not in a hurry to leave school, Xia Yu first logged onto the school's forum using his phone and checked the score list.
His name was ranked 15th in the entire class.
This semester, Xia Yu hardly listened to any classes, yet still managed to get 15th in ranking; this surprised him a bit.
Probably because he attended some classes at An Siyao's place and had a solid foundation in the top 10.
"Hahaha, my ranking is higher than yours now!" Guizi Xiao said with a proud expression.
His ranking was 14th in the class.
This was the first time he achieved such good results, surpassing Xia Yu, which made Guizi Xiao somewhat excited.
Although his results were not earned by himself, the scores and rankings belonged to him.
He patted Xia Yu's shoulder again, "You're not doing well, I can't believe I caught up with you and even surpassed you this time, hahaha."
Xia Yu was not annoyed, he smiled and said to Guizi Xiao, "I have a recommendation from Hua University."
Guizi Xiao's smile immediately froze, turning into a face full of disappointment.
Withdrawing his hand from Xia Yu's shoulder, Guizi Xiao felt like hitting someone.
At this time, he heard the discussions of the students around him.
"I can't believe I've made it into the top ten this time. Oh, it turns out Xia Yu has dropped down." The bespectacled boy pushed his glasses up.
"He used to be in the top six or seven, and now he's dropped quite a bit," the chubby boy echoed.
Both of their faces showed smiles, as Xia Yu had recently become the topic of conversation for the majority of the school's female students, thus making most of the male students consider him as an enemy.
"It's such a big drop," the two sighed with a smile.
Hearing this, Guizi Xiao knew his opportunity had arrived.
He must not only suffer, but let the whole world feel the pain!
He turned around and said to the pair, "However, Xia Yu has a recommendation from Hua University."
The two's smiles froze, revealing the same expression as Guizi Xiao previously had.
Pain can be transferred. Successfully transferring the pain, Guizi Xiao became happy again.
The two boys exchanged glances, feeling that they could not just enjoy this good news by themselves, they wanted others to also share in this joy.
They patted a classmate on the shoulder: "This time, Xia Yu has dropped from sixth to fifteenth place."
"Oh, he really fell hard. My rank even went up by five!" The classmate who was spoken to became excited.
"But he has a recommendation from Hua University." The boy with glasses said.
"Even if he ranks last, he can still attend Hua University. But even if you advance twenty ranks and become first in class, you can't attend Hua University!" The chubby boy added.
The smile on the talked-to classmate's face disappeared.
Feeling uncomfortable in his heart for a while, he felt that he could not be the only one suffering, so he nudged his best friend's shoulder.
"Did you see? Xia Yu's ranking dropped by nine places this time!"
...
When Xia Yu finished packing his things and was on the subway, Gui Zixiao excitedly sent him a message.
Upon opening it, Xia Yu saw a post on the school forum.
The title of the post read:
Shock, listening to a certain conversation, normal people feel happy at first but end up feeling pain!
The body of the post read:
What kind of jerk came up with Xia Yu's setback being big, but still going to Hua University? I am so sad now. If you were going to say it all at once, it would have been fine. But you first let me be happy with the first half of the sentence, then choked me with the second half. Are you a devil?!
Is there anyone else who was played like I was?
Below were a bunch of replies agreeing.
In addition, some people were discussing that they shouldn't be happy. If they heard the first half of the sentence like them and felt sad, they would feel happy after hearing the second half.
Most of these accounts were female.
One female even opened a post specifically to analyze the reasons for Xia Yu's setback this time, pushing everything to the competition.
It's already very remarkable that Xia Yu could still rank fifteenth, right? He was second in the entire district in the previous competition, do you know how hard he worked to stand out among all the contenders in the district? Do you know how much pressure he endured? Look at this screenshot, from the first image, we can see from Xia Yu's slightly furrowed brow at the time...
A group of empathetic comments followed.
"..."
I didn't even know I was working so hard!
In fact, because of the experience card, compared to other competitors, Xia Yu barely practiced.
Only the learning of guzheng music required a little more effort.
His grades dropped simply because he had a recommendation from Hua University and didn't want to work hard anymore; it had nothing to do with the competition.
As for the photo analysis, it seemed thorough, but in reality, it was a complete mess, just forced connections made after reaching a conclusion.
All he could do was sigh at how skillful these girls were at playing.
Replying to the shocking post that the initiator was Gui Zixiao, Xia Yu put his phone back in his pocket.
After getting off the subway, he headed to the coffee shop on the street corner. Today was his last day of part-time work, and the day after tomorrow, he would return to his hometown with Kong Hanyue.
He probably wouldn't continue working until after the New Year.
With a prize of 500,000 yuan for the second place in the music competition, after taxes, he no longer lacked money. Continuing to work for more than a month was just to repay the kindness of the manager who helped him before.
Turning the corner, Xia Yu was surprised to find the shop door closed.
"Xia Yu." The voice of the young shopkeeper came from behind him.
Looking back, Xia Yu saw a successful man in a suit, with neatly combed hair and gold-rimmed glasses.
"Manager?" Xia Yu was even more surprised than when he saw the shop closed.
"Yes, it's me." The manager was leaning against the door of a black sedan at the moment.
The car was grand and steady, very much in line with his current attire.
Straightening his tie, the manager's expression was sad: "I have to go back to inherit the family business, this shop won't be open anymore."
He looked up and looked at Xia Yu with expectant eyes: "Why don't I give you the shop?"
Xia Yu hurriedly waved his hand to refuse. Although the music in the shop was left to him, he didn't want to continue either.
"Well, that's it. I'll give you that house to live in, and your salary for this month will be the rent. You can stay there as long as you want." Without waiting for Xia Yu to say anything else, the manager got into the car.
Xia Yu reached out his hand but didn't have a chance to speak before the manager drove away.
Putting down his hand, Xia Yu sighed, "But you already paid me this month's salary yesterday."
Turning his head to look at the shop one last time, Xia Yu went back home.
As soon as he opened the door, Xia Yu heard the sound of laughter.
Yan Wei and Yan Li had come to play.
They were playing on a PS4, which Xia Yu had bought as the second thing he did after receiving his bonus.
Seeing Xia Yu, Yan Wei became a bit nervous, and the character she was controlling was instantly killed by Snow.
Handing the controller to her sister Yan Li, Yan Wei mustered up her courage and approached Xia Yu.