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Huang Xiaoming still didn't go to Beijing.

His parents arranged for him to go back to his grandfather's house.

It's a county town under Qingdao, more than two hours away by long-distance bus.

Before leaving, he came to see Fang Yuan and said he would be back in two weeks.

By the time he returns from his grandparents' and maternal grandparents' houses, his college entrance exam scores will probably be released.

Chen Xia gets extra English lessons every Monday.

Fang Yuan would make her a weekly study plan each time and check it the following week.

Chen Xia is very serious and has a better foundation than Fang Yuan, after all, her parents are both highly educated.

I frantically memorized vocabulary, grammar rules, and texts.

Rapid progress.

Fang Yuan spent the rest of his time writing novels.

Before starting, I specially lit three incense sticks early in the morning and bowed around the temple:

"Dear experts, please bear witness!"

The kid has finally been given a second chance at life, so he wants to make some money; it's not shameful.

If you can learn from this, I'm sure you'll be able to write even better works in the future.

Please forgive me!

Okay, I did some mental preparation first.

I started writing—no, copying—books according to the reading list I had prepared.

The first book I wrote was "The Sky at Eighteen".

He watched this show in his past life.

I remember it premiered in 2002.

Bao Jianfeng plays Gu Yuetao, Ni Jingyang plays Pei Pei, Li Zhinan plays Shi Yanfeng, and Jin Sha plays Lan Feilin.

It has 22 episodes and tells the story of senior high school students.

Fang Yuan wrote it episode by episode, relying on his memory.

He writes quickly.

Unlike "Flying Colors," which was revised repeatedly.

The plot is already in my mind; I just need to write it down.

Gu Yuetao is a very interesting teacher.

He had just arrived at Jiaying Middle School when he clashed with teacher Pei Pei.

Two people got into an argument while fighting over the last bottle of soy sauce at the supermarket.

When I got home, I found out that I had rented the same apartment and had become roommates.

Pei Pei was furious, but Gu Yuetao didn't care and even said with a smile, "It's fate."

Pei Pei slammed the soy sauce bottle on the table and said, "Who's destined to be with you?"

Gu Yuetao made quite a few embarrassing mistakes at the opening ceremony.

When the principal introduced him, he said that he had outstanding teaching performance and had been transferred from another place.

When he went on stage to speak, he spoke incoherently, leaving the teachers and students below greatly disappointed.

Pei Pei sat in the audience, rolled her eyes, and thought to herself, "Is this the teacher who's been mythologized?"

Class 8 of Grade 3 is an honors class, but the students there are all formidable.

Shi Yanfeng is a rich second-generation, handsome, and arrogant.

The whole class listened to him. He took the lead in opposing Gu Yuetao.

On Gu Yuetao's first day in the classroom, Shi Yanfeng led the whole class in a commotion, saying they didn't want this teacher and wanted to replace him.

Lan Feilin, the school beauty, is quiet and introverted.

He's strict at home, doesn't talk much, but is a good person.

She was the person Shi Yanfeng liked, but neither of them said it out loud.

Tang Song was a good student, but he was timid and stuttered, which made him a laughingstock among his classmates.

Wang Junze is a sports student with strong limbs, but simple-minded and loyal.

Yu Yifei is chubby, loves to eat, is talkative, but has a kind heart.

Lin Keyu is a pretty girl and a good friend of Lan Feilin. She is outgoing and loves to gossip.

Qi Jia is a quiet girl who doesn't talk much, but she has her own ideas.

Xu Tianxiang is a top student who wears glasses and ranks among the top three in his grade, but he is also aloof and doesn't interact with others.

When Gu Yuetao first took over Class 8 of Grade 3, the students didn't take him seriously at all.

In the first monthly exam, the class ranked last in the grade.

The parents were furious and came to the school to find the principal.

Gu Yuetao was summoned for a reprimand and, in front of everyone, made a solemn pledge—

He resigned after failing to get first place in his grade in the fifth mock exam.

Pei Pei listened from the side and thought he was crazy.

How many points are there between being last in the grade and being first in the grade?

Gu Yuetao didn't care. He wasn't just saying it.

He genuinely talked to each student individually and solved their problems one by one.

Shi Yanfeng was unruly, so Gu Yuetao neither suppressed him nor coaxed him.

Shi Yanfeng confronted Gu Yuetao in class, and Gu Yuetao made him stand up.

Shi Yanfeng said, "I won't stand," and Gu Yuetao said, "Then you can sit down, but you have to listen to what I have to say."

This was the first time Shi Yanfeng had encountered a teacher like this. He was stunned for a moment, then sat down.

Later, something happened to Shi Yanfeng's family.

His father's business failed, leaving him in debt, and Shi Yanfeng had to drop out of school.

Gu Yuetao found him and tried to persuade him.

Shi Yanfeng thought about it for three days and then came back to class.

Lan Feilin encountered more problems than others. Because she was beautiful, some men pursued her, but she refused them. As a result, the men spread rumors that Lan Feilin didn't want to go to school anymore. Gu Yuetao didn't try to persuade her; instead, he granted her three days off, saying, "Go out and think things through before you come back."

Lan Feilin stayed away for two days. On the third day, she returned to Gu Yuetao and said, "Teacher, I'm back to teach."

Gu Yuetao said "Okay," without asking a single question.

Tang Song didn't dare to speak in class; he would blush whenever he did.

Gu Yuetao encouraged him to become the class monitor.

Tang Song reluctantly took on the role. During his first class meeting, his legs were shaking as he stood on the podium.

But after he finished speaking, no one laughed at him.

Shi Yanfeng led the applause. Tang Song's eyes reddened.

Wang Junze has poor grades and wants to pursue a sports scholarship, but he can't pass the required academic subjects.

Gu Yuetao set a goal for him: to improve by ten points in each subject.

Wang Junze felt that this teacher was different from other teachers. Other teachers thought he was stupid, but Gu Yuetao did not.

Yu Yifei loves to eat, and he was caught by Gu Yuetao eating snacks during class.

Gu Yuetao didn't punish him, but said, "Bring me one next time."

Yu Yifei was stunned, and the next day he actually brought Gu Yuetao a bag of potato chips.

Gu Yuetao ate it in front of the whole class and said, "It's delicious. Bring more next time."

The whole class laughed.

From then on, Yu Yifei never ate during class again.

Lin Keyu is quick-witted and likes to gossip.

Once, some gossip spread about Lan Feilin, and she got angry. The two didn't speak to each other for several days.

Gu Yuetao called them both to his office, without saying who was right or wrong.

He only said one sentence: "You're friends, what can't friends say to each other's faces?"

Lin Keyu spoke first, and Lan Feilin followed suit. The two of them hugged each other and cried.

Gu Yuetao watched from the side without saying a word.

Qi Jia was bullied, but dared not speak out.

Gu Yuetao discovered this and spoke with the students who were bullying him.

He didn't yell at them; he just asked, "Do you think doing this is meaningful?"

The students kept their heads down and didn't say anything.

After that, no one bullied Qi Jia anymore.

Gu Yuetao not only manages the students, but also the teachers.

Pei Pei shared an apartment with him, and they argued every day.

Despite their arguments, the two of them worked together quite well.

Gu Yuetao was in charge of the students, while Pei Pei was in charge of discipline.

One sings the red face, the other sings the white face.

The students were initially afraid of Pei Pei, but later they discovered that she had a sharp tongue but a kind heart, and they grew to like her.

Director Ling, the head of the senior grade group, is an old-fashioned teacher who looks down on Gu Yuetao's ideas.

He felt that teachers should be serious and students should be obedient.

Gu Yuetao didn't care what Director Ling thought.

He just does what he's supposed to do.

Every day before he goes to work, he throws a coin into a glass bottle.

That was his own ritual.

Pei Pei asked him what he meant, and he said, "Give yourself hope every day."

Pei Pei said he was acting strangely.

But later, Pei Pei herself secretly threw coins into the bottle.

After spending time with the students in Class 8 of Grade 3, they realized that he was different from other teachers.

Other teachers only look at grades, but he looks at the person.

Other teachers only talk about principles, but he actually gets things done.

Gradually, the students began to believe him.

In the second monthly exam, Class 8 of Grade 3 ranked second to last in the grade.

They moved up one rank.

In the third monthly exam, Class 8 of Grade 3 ranked twelfth in the grade.

They improved by eight places.

Fifth in the grade in the fourth monthly exam.

Before the fifth mock exam, the students of Class 8, Grade 3 held a class meeting.

Shi Yanfeng stood up and said, "We must get first place in the grade in this exam."

Tang Song asked, "Can it be done?" Yu Yifei replied, "It has to be done, even if it can't be."

Lan Feilin said, "Teacher Gu made a solemn pledge for us, we can't let him leave."

The whole class was silent for a few seconds.

Then Shi Yanfeng said, "Let's do it."

In the fifth mock exam, Class 8 of Grade 3 ranked first in the grade.

On the day the results came out, Gu Yuetao stood at the classroom door, watching the cheering students inside.

Pei Pei walked over and stood next to him.

"You win," Pei Pei said.

Gu Yuetao smiled but didn't say anything.

He returned to his office and took out the glass bottle containing the coins.

I shook it, and it made a gurgling sound inside.

Fang Yuan paused here.

It's getting dark outside the window.

Yes, give yourself hope every day.