Rekindling the dream of becoming a star

Chapter 83 Half-day Tour of Lishan No. Middle School

"Please buy a bicycle quickly. It's very heavy." Chen Fang looked up at the four big characters [Lishan No. 2 Middle School] on the high school gate archway and complained to Lu Yun who got off the bike.

"I know. It's your broken car that's the problem. Blame me." Lu Yun said impatiently.

It is half past eight now, which is long past the class time. It is quiet inside and all you can see are buildings standing in front of you.

"Why does this school look like a workplace?" Chen Fang wondered.

"It's like this in all big cities. Land is scarce, so schools can only build tall buildings as high as they can. They can't be too tall to avoid the need for elevators, so they are built like big bunkers, with their arms and legs spread out." Lu Yun had a playful expression on his face, as if he had seen nothing new.

The two walked to the side, and the security guard stopped them suspiciously and asked, "What are you doing?"

"A day student." Chen Fang took out the borrowing pass prepared for him.

This might be the first time the security guard has encountered this. He checked again and again but still had no idea, so he said, "Wait, I'll make a phone call."

After a while, he came out of the security room with a much calmer expression: "Go in, the get out of class is not over yet, go to the Academic Affairs Office at 3, 2nd Floor, Unit 202, Area B, someone is waiting for you there."

"Okay, thank you, uncle."

As soon as they entered the campus, they saw a panoramic map sign. They knew how to get there after a little searching. The two of them walked in the quiet campus. Chen Fang found that the structure of this school was quite peculiar.

The buildings are covered with roofs on top and hollow below, connected by closed human-shaped corridors. The ground is full of functional venues, including basketball courts, tennis courts, and athletic fields.

"This is great, it's like being semi-indoor, it doesn't matter if it's windy or rainy." Lu Yun said.

"Don't you feel depressed?" Chen Fang felt uncomfortable at the thought of not being able to see the sky.

"Then you might as well sleep on the street." Lu Yun snorted.

The Lu Yun I met this morning seemed no different from yesterday, with all kinds of thoughts and conversations.

The Academic Affairs Office was easy to find. After entering and stating their purpose, a teacher led them inside to a small separate room.

"Director Li."

"Enter."

The teacher led the two of them and pushed the door open.

"Director, this is a student from the Sports Bureau who is here to study on a part-time basis." The teacher said briefly, then closed the door and left.

Director Li was a middle-aged woman. She looked at Chen Fanglu Yun several times with scrutiny and held out her hand for a pass.

"Chen Fang, Lu Yun."

"Director, it's me." The two responded quickly.

"Our No. 2 Middle School is a neighbor of the Sports Bureau, so we have always had this policy. The students who used to study on loan were naughty and caused a lot of trouble. In principle, I am quite opposed to this policy of studying on loan."

Neither of them said anything, just listened attentively.

I'm not afraid at all. Everyone is here, and they are all precocious people. It's just a show of force.

"I hope you can change my mind." Seeing that both of them were looking down at their shoes, and that they were considered to be polite students, Director Li did not say much.

"I'll arrange for you two to be in Class 22 of Grade 2, on the second floor of Area D. Your class schedule is different from that of other students, so you must not make any noise when entering or leaving the campus, and you are not allowed to trespass except in the teaching area."

After that, she picked up the phone on the table and said, "Teacher Zhou, take these two day students to Class 22 of the second year of high school in Area D."

"Take care of yourself, get out."

"Thank you, director."

"Excuse me, Director."

The two people spoke in different voices but with similar intentions. They looked at each other and quietly retreated.

After I went out, I felt a lot more relaxed. I came towards the teacher with glasses. She had naturally curly hair and looked quite young.

"Oh, you're so tall, are you also a sports student?" the man took the initiative to speak.

"What's your name, teacher?" Chen Fang asked.

"You can just call me Teacher Zhou. Let's go. The get out of class is about to end. I'll take you to meet your homeroom teacher."

After going downstairs, Teacher Zhou automatically introduced each place to them. He was really enthusiastic.

"You are sports students, so you must like sports very much. The facilities in Area D are very complete, with basketball, football, and volleyball."

"Classes 21 and 22 are both physical education classes. Let me remind you: don't get involved in their affairs." Teacher Zhou said this out of the blue.

"What's the matter? Teacher Zhou, please take care of me." Lu Yun became excited and asked curiously.

"There is a little competition between the two sports classes. Last semester, a student on loan was used as a gun, and then there was an accident and a fight."

"Don't do this." Teacher Zhou reminded at the end.

"Thank you, teacher." Chen Fang didn't care. He was very busy and he didn't care about anything in this school.

Not long after, Teacher Zhou led them to the grade office on the first floor.

"Is Teacher Fan here?"

A purple-faced man lying in a reclining chair in the corner stretched out his hand: "Here."

"There are two students coming into the class."

The purple-faced man stood up holding a hand-warming teapot. He must have heard something about it, but he was not surprised and walked out slowly.

He circled around Chen Fang and Lu Yun, muttering to himself, "The ones from the Sports Bureau are no different."

"Teacher Fan?" Teacher Zhou asked tentatively.

"Oh, that's OK. Thank you. You can go and do your work. Everything is fine here." The purple-faced man made the handover with a smile, then suddenly changed his expression and stared at the two of them grimly.

"I don't care what your temper is like. When you get to Class 22, don't cause trouble, don't join the gang, and leave after class. Don't cause trouble for me, not even once."

Lu Yun smiled and said, "Coach, don't worry, we are just here to report, so don't treat us like students. Is this okay?"

The purple-faced man's fierce expression gradually softened, and finally he smiled: "Negotiate with me, you have character, I like it."

"bell!"

The bell rang for the end of get out of class.

"Go up directly and find an empty seat later." The purple-faced man turned around and went back to the classroom.

Instead of going upstairs, the two found a place to sit down.

I didn't know where these people came from, and in the blink of an eye, they were everywhere.

In front of them was a basketball court, and a group of students ran out and played with rebounds.

"Get out of the way!" someone shouted, and then a group of tall and dark teenagers came out from the stairs. They were wearing casual school uniforms and looked sloppy at first glance.

The students scattered like monkeys when the tree fell and disappeared without a trace.

This group of people started playing on the court.

After playing for a few minutes, the purple-faced man came out of the office and yelled even louder than them: "Did I let you play ball? You have energy but nowhere to use it, right? Go to the track and field and run 800 meters and come back."

"Coach, why are you here?" The group of students wailed.

"Didn't you say that your class is in the afternoon?" "Stop talking nonsense. I'll count to three!"

Before anyone could even shout, the group of teenagers rushed out like they were putting out a fire.

"It seems that this person is waiting for us." Lu Yun said.

I guess this is what happened. The whole story can be deduced immediately. This group of sports students thought that the head teacher was not at home, so they came down to steal some fish. Unfortunately, this head teacher came today specifically to hand over to them, so they ran into trouble.

"Are you not going up yet?" The purple-faced man spotted them with a sidelong glance and said rudely.

"Let's take a look at the scenery." Lu Yun grinned.

"See." Unexpectedly, the purple-faced man did not get angry. He turned around and went back to the office.

"Let's go, but don't go too far." Chen Fang wanted to take a look at the new environment.

The two went upstairs, and unexpectedly, their classroom was at the corner of the stairs.

Looking inside, you can see how filthy the classroom for gym students is. Those who know about it will understand. If you haven’t seen it, you can refer to the Japanese anime Suzuran High School.

None of the desks were aligned, and the sanitary wares piled up in the corner looked like a garbage dump.

There was a pig's head drawn on the blackboard with a person's name written next to it.

"Zhu Chang." Lu Yun repeated.

There was no class now and they didn't know where the seats were empty, so they left the classroom again, leaned against the railing in the corridor, and waited for class to start.

Chen Fang frowned. This environment was a bit unacceptable. It was difficult to attend the class.

Lu Yun seemed to have found the feeling of home and looked around.

"There are quite a lot of girls in this No. 2 Middle School, but the school uniforms are really average."

"Ding ding." The class bell rang.

But the two still didn't go in because the teacher didn't come. Chen Fang remembered that there were still a few jogging buddies who seemed to have not returned yet.

Just as they were thinking about it, a middle-aged man appeared from the stairs holding a textbook. He ignored them and walked straight into the classroom. As soon as he entered, he was stopped by Lu Yun.

"teacher!"

The middle-aged man turned around and looked at the two men suspiciously.

"We just arrived, teacher." Lu Yun stated his identity.

"Come in." The teacher was very kind. He said, "I'm your chemistry teacher. You can just call me Teacher Liu."

"The seats in the front are all empty, you can sit wherever you want." Except for a student sitting at the edge, the seats in the first row were all empty.

Lu Yun was stunned, but Chen Fang was surprised.

They come, the security.

Chen Fang chose the seat in the middle, and Lu Yun had no choice but to sit down with him.

As soon as I sat down, a group of sweaty teenagers came in from the back door.

Teacher Liu turned a blind eye and continued teaching.

"Turn to page 32. Today we will talk about how electrical energy is converted into chemical energy, which is the chemical principle of electrolysis." Teacher Liu read with his head down, then turned around and started writing on the blackboard.

This knowledge point has been covered in Dongsheng. Last week, we started talking about the direction, limit and rate of chemical reactions.

It seems that the progress of the physical education class is slow, but it does not prevent Chen Fang from taking notes and listening to the lectures seriously.

Teacher Liu soon noticed Chen Fang's excellent learning attitude. He put down the chalk, took the notes and looked at them, and nodded: "Very good."

"Have you had the monthly exam?" he asked.

"I took the test."

"What's the total score?"

"Five hundred and fifty points." As soon as Chen Fang finished speaking, the classroom went in an uproar.

Teacher Liu was also stunned. He didn't quite believe it and asked again, "Where did you study before?"

“Dongsheng High School in Nanyang.”

“Dongsheng!” Teacher Liu was surprised and nodded repeatedly: “What a great high school. Last year, 32 students from the school were admitted to Peking University and Tsinghua University.”

"Very good, that's rare." Teacher Liu was very happy. He seemed to have found a sense of mission in teaching, and even his voice became much louder.

While the teacher was writing on the blackboard, Lu Yun came over and said, "I told you to be low-key, and this is what you do?"

Chen Fang was helpless. He was an average student in the class and didn't think there was anything to hide about his grades.

"This is a physical education class. I estimate the highest score is just over 300. You jumped two levels."

Chen Fang raised his finger, signaling for the booing to shut up.

After the class, Teacher Liu was very enthusiastic. He asked what he didn't understand, so Chen Fang said that he had already learned the second chapter. The two of them then started a question-and-answer journey to solve the problems.

The next class was taught by the physics teacher. He came in and discovered the situation. Teacher Liu shared this joy. Chen Fang saw with his own eyes the whole process of the physics teacher's change from being unhappy to smiling.

Lu Yun sneered at the side, and he touched the only buddy in the first row out of boredom.

"Brother, what's your name?"

"My name is Zhu Chang." The student whispered.

Lu Yun turned around and looked him up and down. The student looked dark and thin, with short yellowish hair, and he looked malnourished. He held back his smile and held out his hand: "I've heard a lot about you."

Zhu Chang was flattered and shook it with both hands.

The fourth class was taught by the biology teacher. He had obviously heard the news, as Chen Fang looked very kind. However, after switching targets, he became indifferent, which surprised Lu Yun, who was observing carefully.

They say teachers are the king of changing faces, but this is the first time I’ve seen one switch so quickly.

After class, it meant that the two of them had finished their cultural classes for the day. After packing their backpacks, they walked out swaggeringly under a group of strange looks.

It's not that they are overbearing, but they are indeed several levels lower in quality.

The place these athletes probably want to go the most is the Shandong Institute of Physical Education across the street. Not to mention Chen Fang and the likes of Lu Yun, who are already in the Basketball Management Center above the institute.

No matter how kind you are, you can't pretend to be low-key in front of Ma Luo. Not paying any attention to his face is already a very low-key behavior.

After finding the bicycle location and walking out of the school gate, Chen Fang looked back.

All I can say is that there were no surprises or accidents.

Maybe it's better this way, to be a steady stop and wait for the moment to take off.

From the time I arrived in Jinan and checked into the base until now, I have visited all the places I should go.

Now we just need to take one step at a time and move towards our dream.

　Chen Fang came to the new place and laid the groundwork for the familiar and daily things. Next, enter a fast pace. There are 3 other things to say. First, the weather is getting colder, so keep warm and don't catch a cold. Wear long sleeves when playing. Second, congratulations to Zhang Wenjie on embarking on the road to pursuing his dream of going to high school in the United States, and I wish him good luck. Why say him, Chen Fang's path is a bit like him, so I pay special attention to him. Third, it will be on the shelves next Monday, and there will probably be few people subscribing. There is no way. If I don't write about the NBA at the beginning, how can I make a living. But it doesn't matter, I will continue my updates, my favorite stories.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)