Age of Legends

Chapter 17 Clearing the Name
Zhang Chen was sure that Shen Nuoyi, the fox, was not so easy to catch.

Fortunately, catching foxes was not something he had to do after his rebirth. There were still many things to do right now and they were very complicated. He didn't know how to start.

He needs some money, of course, the money must come from legitimate sources, and it should not take up too much of his current energy. Of course, the end of the semester is coming soon, and all this can be done during the winter vacation.

His current focus is on making a comeback as a poor student, which requires a lot of desk preparation. He has been attending lectures and doing exercises in class since today. At that time, Wang Shuowei was sneering at him, thinking that he was asking for trouble.

But only Zhang Chen knows the feeling, because he had the foundation before, but now he has just become rusty in skills. This is a process of making up for it again.

The nine-year compulsory education system launched in 86 has profoundly changed the domestic education landscape. We dare not say that this is the best system, but it has created a path for compulsory education in China where the material foundation is still underdeveloped.

It is also very likely the fairest path at this stage.

Just like the saying goes, only the college entrance examination allows you to compete with people from different classes on the same stage. This is the only stage where you can compete with them.

The entire compulsory education system is ingeniously designed with clear goals. It contains a large amount of first-hand feedback from grassroots educators. It can be said that the initial data collection came from the grassroots.

The content of compulsory junior high school education is actually designed to enable ordinary people to keep up. As long as one is willing to expend considerable diligence and effort, the foundation of general education can be successfully laid. This does not require too much talent.

But when you reach the middle of high school, this is the dividing line and watershed of higher education. The theme here is screening, or even a bit cruelly speaking, elimination.

This is unlike the reforms that were advocated in later generations, where a considerable number of people were to be assigned to vocational education after graduating from junior high school.

At this time, there is still an equal right to receive higher education, but from here, many people who have good grades in junior high school will suddenly find that the difficulty of high school increases sharply. Sometimes if you don’t attend classes for a few days, you may not understand them anymore.

This is the screening process, which will set up many obstacles and problems, and will require a higher level of your intelligence and understanding. Of course, because it is an exam-oriented education, it will inevitably kill many geniuses who are particularly good at one subject.

Under this system, unless you are gifted, you will have to put in more effort and diligence. Sometimes, even if you do this, you will not get corresponding positive feedback, so many people simply give up.

Wang Shuowei thought Zhang Chen was rowing against the current, but only Zhang Chen himself knew that for ordinary people, learning this knowledge is like climbing a mountain or a rock with bare hands.

He is like climbing with two trekking poles, one for accumulated knowledge and the other for knowing the way. He knows how to bypass obstacles that ordinary people cannot climb with bare hands, or at least which direction is more likely to make a breakthrough.

This is hope.

Once people feel that there is hope, they will not be confused, will not retreat, but will move forward bravely. After all, no one wants to experience the feeling of being beaten and bruised by failure.

Perhaps there is no need to fight against the torrent of fate.

And just because you don't want to experience the pain of powerlessness, it is worth fighting.

……

The last two classes in the afternoon are physical education classes, and these physical education classes are held at the same time for Class 5 and Class 7.

In Zhuang Yanyue's context, it was because their two classes had physical education classes together that she noticed Zhang Chen.

To many people, this is simply a narrow encounter.

When going down the stairs, a girl named Xu Rui from the class came up to Zhang Chen and said, "Zhang Chen, I heard that the people in Class 7 scolded you very badly! What if... they don't fight?"

Xu Rui had friends in Class 7, so naturally he had inquired about many things.

The boys and girls in Class 7 are quite displeased with Zhang Chen now, not to mention how awkward it would be if Zhang Chen and Zhuang Yanyue met now.

Of course, many people don’t know that Zhang Chen had met Zhuang Yanyue in the morning.

Moreover, it seemed that nothing happened between the two of them. Zhuang Yanyue even carried out the plan of "being friends with Zhang Chen" and gave Zhang Chen a beautiful turn.

Of course, Class 5 didn't know about this. Even Wang Shuowei said, "It will be really awkward to see a girl with big breasts later. Hey, you tell me, should I say hello to her or not?"

This guy... acts like you are very familiar with this person, but it's just because I'm in the middle that you are making things difficult for him.

Wang Shuowei has this kind of temperament, and his self-positioning is vague.

As expected, when gathering in the playground for physical education class, everyone in Class 5 felt the pressure from Class 7.

Occasionally, there would be conflicts between the two classes in the stadium, all of which were frictions during sports competitions, such as playing ball.

But it's all good.

But right now it seems like it has risen to the level of class confrontation.

The beauty of class 7 was humiliated by a small character in class 5. What's so great about class 5? Here, you class 7 are so arrogant, our class 5 is amazing.

For a moment, the Chu River and Han River separated the two sides, and the eyes on each other were bloodshot. In the huge playground, the atmosphere seemed to be frozen.

This confrontation directly continued to the football field. After the physical education teacher completed his task, it was basically free time, and the boys formed teams to play football on the football field.

"I'll help you teach them a lesson!" Wang Shuowei changed into his sneakers and went on the court. Some boys from Class 7 had been pointing fingers at Zhang Chen, and he really couldn't stand it. At this time, the boys from the two classes who wanted to play football started facing off against each other.

Zhang Chen sat on the stands and helped him guard his shoes and clothes.

Strangely enough, both sides seemed to be angry on the court today, and the shouting was louder than usual, as if they were trying to take advantage of some opportunity to stir up some trouble.

But amid the regretful sounds of several missed shots and dribbles, the people on the field suppressed their voices. No one paid attention to the ball rolling to the sidelines, but turned their heads towards the stands.

In everyone's eyes, Zhuang Yanyue, who was walking with a group of girls, suddenly stood out from the crowd and walked straight towards the stands where Zhang Chen was.

The stands of the stadium were made of cement surfaces, which were usually a bit dirty. Zhang Chen put a piece of homework paper on them. However, Zhuang Yanyue was not worried about her pants at all. She put her legs together, took off her woolen jacket that was wrapped into a ball, and sat down next to him.

At this moment, everyone in Class 5 and Class 7 on the entire playground was stunned.

Zheng Xue, who was enjoying the cool in the flowerbed at the edge, pointed in the direction of Zhang Chen to Shen Nuo in surprise, "Look, look!"

In fact, Shen Nuo had seen it early on without Zheng Xue’s reminder.

Probably everyone's head was facing in this direction at this moment.

When no one knew why Zhuang Yanyue came to Zhang Chen.

She sat side by side with Zhang Chen, but she didn't look at him. She just stared straight ahead and said, "Zhang Chen, if anyone says something bad to you, or does something bad, please tell me. I will go find them, and that was not my intention."

She turned her head and looked at him sincerely, "I don't mean to cause you any trouble. I hope you won't be bothered by this."

"No, no. That's not the case." Zhang Chen was a little unsure about her sudden move, and he choked up while speaking.

All of this fell into Zhuang Yanyue's eyes, and there seemed to be a hint of smile on her face. Then she stretched out her hand, "This is my home phone number. If you have any questions, you can contact me."

She held up the small piece of paper in her hand, stuck out her tongue, and playfully emphasized, "Friend."

Zhang Chen looked at her outstretched hand, stunned for a moment, but couldn't help laughing, then reached out and took the small note from her hand.

But to people far away, it was as if Zhuang Yanyue came to Zhang Chen, they talked and laughed, and finally shook hands.

At that moment, the tense atmosphere in the entire playground suddenly dissipated.

Even when the two classes were competing against the boys on the court, there seemed to be no more yelling and shouting at each other. It was as if the two sides had reconciled. Why were they still at loggerheads?
After doing all this, Zhuang Yanyue stood up and left, once again giving Zhang Chen a vibrant back view in the light and shadow.

Looking at the Arabic phone number on the small piece of paper in his hand, Zhang Chen felt that her emotional intelligence was indeed high. Without making a sound, she seemed to have solved many of his problems. After today, everyone would talk about how harmonious the two of them were in the stands today. Who would still be upset for her and argue with her in the future?

At this moment, when Zhuang Yanyue walked down the stands, she glanced at Zhang Chen from the corner of her eye.

Seeing him standing there in a daze, she smiled sweetly again.

Zhang Chen's strategy plan...

has already started.

……

……

But there are still people with sharp eyes.

Zheng Xue looked at Zhang Chen, who looked dazed and depressed, in the stands, and said to Shen Nuo indignantly, "Zhuang Yanyue is so smart! She must still think that she helped Zhang Chen out of trouble! It was obviously because of her that Zhang Chen was scolded for no reason!"

"Is that so, Nuoyi? Answer me!"

"Oh, oh." Shen Nuo smiled, revealing his fangs, "Hmm..."

(End of this chapter)