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Liu Qinyue transferred to the Experimental Middle School in her second year of junior high school because she was moving.

Before transferring schools, Liu Qinyue was a well-known top student in the local school, and her transfer was a great pity for the school's teachers.

Liu Qinyue is not only good at academics, but also at sports. She is a typical well-rounded student who excels in moral character, intelligence, and physical fitness.

She had just transferred to this school when she heard the legend of Liu Zihao, but she didn't pay any attention to it.

She was a bit prejudiced.

In her subconscious, a student who studies so exceptionally well must be a bookworm, with a face like Chen Jingrun.

This wasn't her type, so she didn't pay any attention to it.

Several months have passed, and she still goes home early from school on time every day. She has never even seen Liu Zihao, the boy that other girls talk about every day.

However, since they all went to the same school and are all celebrities, it's impossible that they've never met each other in person.

Finally, at the school's autumn sports meet, Liu Qinyue met Liu Zihao for the first time.

Liu Qinyue signed up for the triple jump and the 200-meter sprint, which are her two strengths.

Long-term, regular exercise has resulted in a curvaceous figure for the young girl, who is healthy and full of energy.

She participated in two projects early on and achieved excellent results, which also attracted a lot of attention.

Liu Qinyue is a girl who doesn't like to show off. As soon as the competition was over, she went back to change her clothes and joined the team cheering for her classmates.

......

Liu Zihao's academic excellence does not necessarily mean he is good at sports.

His athletic ability is only average; his only strength is his endurance, and his long-distance running results are passable.

In this sports meet, there is one long-distance running event that is the least popular, and that is the 1500-meter race.

This is a new event for second-year junior high students; the first-year students compete in the 800-meter race.

For eighth graders, 1500 meters is too long; running it would be exhausting, so almost no one signed up.

It won't work if no one participates; there's only one spot available per class, so someone has to sign up.

No one signed up for Class 5 of the second year of junior high school either, but that didn't stump the physical education teacher.

The PE teacher fixed his gaze on Liu Zihao, and his expression spoke volumes.

He knew Liu Zihao all too well; he was the symbol of Class 5, Grade 8. If he didn't participate in the sports meet, Class 5, Grade 8's presence would be greatly diminished.

Sure enough, without the PE teacher saying a word, the whole class started chanting in unison: "Liu Zihao!" "Liu Zihao!" "Liu Zihao!"

Unable to refuse such enthusiastic invitations, Liu Zihao awkwardly stood up and said, "Alright! I'll sign up."

"Oh!" "Aww!" The whole class erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

The PE teacher nodded in satisfaction. He didn't expect Liu Zihao to achieve any good results. To use the Olympic motto: participation is the most important thing!

......

The school sports meet lasted only one day, and soon it came to the last event: the 1500-meter race.

The second-year students will compete first, followed by the third-year students. After these two competitions, they will prepare to go home after school.

One lap around the stadium is 400 meters. When the first lap was almost over, Hu Dahai, a student from Class 1, Grade 8, was in the lead.

Liu Qinyue was about to cheer Hu Dahai on, because Hu Dahai was her classmate.

Just then, a chorus of voices suddenly rang out beside her, "Go Liu Zihao!" "Go Liu Zihao!"

Liu Qinyue was dumbfounded because the shouts all came from her classmates, and they were all girls.

Not only their class, but girls from several other classes were also shouting, without exception, "Go Liu Zihao!"

Liu Qinyue looked around blankly, then asked a girl next to her, "Who is Liu Zihao?"

She assumed Liu Zihao was the classmate who was closely chasing Hu Dahai, with the two of them no more than three meters apart, locked in a tight chase.

"That's the one!"

The girl raised her slender hand, pointed at Liu Zihao who had just run to the corner, and said in a sweet voice.

Uh! Liu Zihao is currently in third place with five people participating in the competition, and the gap between him and the top two is nearly fifty meters.

But this is only the first lap.

Liu Qinyue stared blankly at Liu Zihao running towards her; his sunny smile pierced her heart like an arrow.

Like a ray of sunlight before dawn, it instantly pierced the dark night sky.

From that moment on, Liu Zihao was deeply imprinted in her heart. She forgot to cheer, forgot the competition, and even forgot to breathe.

In her eyes, there was only Liu Zihao, who kept running during the competition.

......

The students who regretted participating the most in this sports meet were those from the second year of junior high school who participated in the 1500-meter race.

Because competing against Liu Zihao is a kind of torture.

The two students running behind Liu Zihao realized the situation on the first lap.

These two decisively chose to lie down, refusing to do anything as brainless as surpassing Liu Zihao, even if they had the energy.

However, the two students in the lead weren't so lucky. They weren't running at all; they felt like they were committing a crime.

Not only were the girls around him shouting "Go Liu Zihao!" at the top of their lungs the whole time.

The key point is that girls from other classes, as well as girls from their own class, all looked at them with a lot of hostility.

His eyes seemed to be ready to rush out at any moment, swing a big stick, and knock them both down with one blow.

The two in front had completely lost their motivation to keep running, and kept glancing back at Liu Zihao.

What's infuriating is that Liu Zihao's long-distance running is really not good. Even if the two of them slow down, it is difficult for Liu Zihao to catch up and overtake them.

The student in second place was a bit cunning; he pretended to sprain his ankle halfway through the second lap and dropped out of the race.

Hu Dahai was even more frustrated. That guy who came in second was shameless. How could he do something like that?

He's a man who cares about his reputation. Besides, it's really unacceptable for someone who's in the top two in a race to sprain their ankle.

Hu Dahai looked back again; Liu Zihao was only about 20 meters away from him.

But those twenty-odd meters are like an insurmountable chasm.

Liu Zihao was completely exhausted and could no longer run. Even if he wanted to hold back, Liu Zihao could not be overtaken.

The two running behind were still the most dashing, chatting as they ran.

Well, let's just keep running normally. Hu Dahai really can't do anything too outrageous. Fortunately, the race ended not long after.

The ideal was lofty, but the reality was harsh. Hu Dahai soon paid the price for his pride.

Just when he thought the nightmare was about to end, the real nightmare had only just begun.

Just as they were about to cross the finish line, a girl from some unknown class suddenly shouted something.

"Down with Hu Dahai!"

The sound, like a biological virus, quickly spread throughout the entire playground.

Around Hu Dahai, there was a chorus of shouts of "Down with Hu Dahai!" rising and falling, one after another, without end.

A feeling of grief and indignation welled up in Hu Dahai's heart, and he was speechless with emotion.

The usually quiet girls in the class stopped pretending and started flipping the table at him.

He knew that at this moment, he had become the public enemy of the girls in his grade, and even those from other grades.

Hu Dahai ran to the finish line in a daze.

The finish line was already crowded with girls, but none of them were waiting for him, the winner.

These girls were remarkably uniform in their attire: one hand holding a drink, and the other holding a towel.

Before Liu Zihao could even cross the finish line, a girl had already rushed forward and pulled him across.

Looking at Liu Zihao, who was surrounded by layers of female classmates, Hu Dahai sighed inwardly.

Fortunately, the teacher who was acting as the referee came over and comforted him.

"Don't worry about it! A fairy like that only appears once every 500 years."

Not only Hu Dahai sighed, but the teacher also sighed inwardly.

If there's anyone to blame in this situation, it's only because our school is too small to accommodate such a powerful figure.

Unsurprisingly, this year's 1500-meter results were the worst in the school's history.

However, it was also the most sensational class in the history of the school.

......

Time flies, and it's already May 2002.

Liu Xiangyang has been feeling uneasy lately, and the reason is his beloved daughter, Liu Qinyue.

Liu Qinyue has always been a well-behaved girl and is particularly self-disciplined.

I go straight home after school every day, and the time I get home is almost always within five minutes of each other.

However, since the second semester of junior high school, my daughter has suddenly started coming home more than half an hour later every day.

More importantly, starting this semester, his daughter suddenly blossomed like a flower bud, growing more and more beautiful, which made Lao Liu, who was extremely doting on his daughter, even more uneasy.

Growing increasingly uneasy, Lao Liu decided to follow his daughter home from school.

Then, Old Liu saw a scene that made him so angry he almost vomited blood:

After school, my daughter clearly didn't head home, but instead walked with a handsome male classmate, as if they were going the same way.

Moreover, her daughter, who usually doesn't like to talk to others, was the one who initiated conversations with the boy almost the entire way.

The daughter seemed particularly happy.

Old Liu cursed almost the whole way as he watched his daughter escort the boy to his building. The two waved goodbye, and the boy must have gotten home by then.

Then, looking at his daughter, he pretended to walk a short distance along the way, turned a street, and then hurriedly rushed back. Old Liu was furious.

Old Liu is a doting father to his daughter, and a serious case of it.

From a young age, I never dared to speak to my daughter, let alone hit her. I treated her like a precious gem, afraid of breaking her if I held her in my hands or melting her if I kept her in my mouth.

Needless to say, as they grew older, he would get nervous for ages if his daughter just frowned.

Now look what's happened, my daughter is clearly in a relationship too early.

The cabbage I've raised for so many years has been eaten by someone else's pig. What's even more infuriating is that it seems like my own cabbage is chasing after the pig and rooting around it.

Although Lao Liu was angry, he did not lose his composure.

He didn't go to the boy's family to talk to them, and he didn't dare tell his daughter either.

Being a doting father, he naturally wouldn't dare to offend his daughter.

He thought of the school principal, with whom he had worked before and was fairly familiar.

He decided to ask the principal for help to nip his daughter's budding romance in the bud.

The next day, I found the principal and explained the situation. The principal was delighted.

"Old Liu! This is probably a misunderstanding."

Seeing that Lao Liu was not convinced, the principal waved his hand.

"This Liu Zihao is a top student in our school, with excellent grades in all subjects. Especially in mathematics, he gets full marks on all his exams."

"Your daughter only talks to him about math problems. We've confirmed this with both of them; the school hasn't ignored these issues."

"The key point is," the principal suddenly changed the subject.

"This semester, Li Zihao approached the school and asked to skip the entrance exam for the third year of junior high school and directly take the high school entrance exam instead."

"Skip a grade to take the high school entrance exam? That's not allowed anymore!" Old Liu was very surprised.

The principal refilled the teacup with water and gently stirred the tea leaves by pinching the lid.

"Skipping grades does happen, but it's rarely done nowadays. Liu Zihao's case is a bit special, so we conducted an experiment first, out of a sense of responsibility."

"Hehe, just last month, the No. 1 Middle School organized a mock high school entrance exam for all five key junior high schools in the city. We had Liu Zihao participate, and guess what happened?"

"Hehe! We expected him to get a perfect score in math, but we didn't expect him to be the top scorer in the preliminary exam, surpassing the second-place score by a full 22 points."

The principal took a sip of tea, his smugness practically written all over his face.

"Experimental High School really showed off this time, hehe! 22 points! The difference between the second and 54th place is only 22 points."

"The principal of No. 1 Middle School has stated that Liu Zihao will not need to take the high school entrance examination and will directly report to No. 1 Middle School to start his first year of high school next semester."

"If it weren't for the fact that high school registration at No. 1 High School hadn't started yet and their student dormitories hadn't been vacated, I would have suspected that their principal was going to come to our school and snatch students away."

Hearing this, without the principal saying anything explicitly, Old Liu couldn't say anything more.

The No. 1 Middle School in the city is more than 30 kilometers away from their school, and it is mostly boarding school, not to mention that they are a grade lower. How can you question other people's boys now?

If there's any other possibility, it's that it's just wishful thinking on the part of his daughter.

......

September 2004, No. 9 Middle School of the city.

Wei Xiang has been very depressed these past two years! So depressed that he feels like he could sink to the bottom of the water.

Wei Xiang's student life has always been smooth sailing. When he was admitted to junior high school, he ranked first in the city.

The Affiliated Middle School of the No. 1 Middle School is a key junior high school in the city, and it is also the top-ranked key junior high school in the city.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, all students at the affiliated high school can get into the top high school in the city.

Wei Xiang spent his entire junior high school years at the affiliated high school.

From the first year of junior high to the third year, Wei Xiang ranked first in every exam and competition he participated in.

Moreover, his athletic achievements were outstanding in the entire school; he held the school records for the 100-meter sprint and high jump.

At the affiliated high school, Wei Xiang is a legend.

There was only one exception: the diagnostic test before the high school entrance exam.

That was a joint assessment by five key junior high schools, and he came in second place for the only time in his junior high school career.

Even so, the year he graduated from junior high and left school, he still received love letters from many of the prettiest girls in his class from the first to the third year of junior high.

There were even love letters from senior high school students who had already left the school and were attending the No. 1 High School in the city.

The year he left his alma mater, he earned a resounding title: "Goddess Harvester".

Unexpectedly, just after entering high school, a student named Liu Zihao who skipped a grade was admitted to the school, and then, it seemed that many things no longer involved him.

His high school life was like a burning coal suddenly falling into water; it made a brief hissing sound and then it was over.

That person who was the center of attention in junior high school suddenly faded into obscurity in high school.

It's not that he wants to keep a low profile; it's that even if he wanted to stir things up, he couldn't make a ripple.

He's a senior in high school now. A while ago, because he was about to face the college entrance exam, he became very infatuated with a girl in the junior class at his school.

He was afraid that after leaving school for the college entrance examination, he would lose the opportunity to confess his feelings to this girl.

So, he chose a good day, held flowers in his hands, and confessed his feelings to the girl for the first time.

Then, the girl named Liu Qinyue simply retorted, "Do you think you're Liu Zihao?" and left without even glancing at him.

At that moment, he felt that, not only among the senior students, but perhaps among all the girls in the school, only the legend of Liu Zihao was still circulating.

That's not all. Some time ago, he heard a rumor about the college entrance examination.

It is said that this student named Liu Zihao once boasted: "What kind of skill is it to get into university through the college entrance examination..."

This made him somewhat uneasy.

Because our school is a key university in the province, we have one guaranteed admission spot with the prestigious Chang'an Jiaotong University. This is mainly for our outstanding students as a backup plan if they underperform in the college entrance examination.

Although he was very confident about the college entrance examination, he was not so sure about getting into Chang'an Jiaotong University.

Therefore, he has been fighting for this spot, and it is highly likely that it will go to him.

However, things may have changed now.

I heard that Liu Zihao had arranged to meet with the principal this Friday to discuss something important.

He suspected it was related to the guaranteed admission quota. Who knew if this student who skipped a grade would ask for the quota? That was what worried him the most.

......

Friday, in the principal's office, only the principal and student Liu Zihao were present.

"Liu, what would you like to talk to me about today?" Principal Zhang asked with a kind smile.

Liu Zihao smiled calmly, "Principal! I don't want to take the college entrance examination to go to university."

"Oh?" The principal immediately thought of the guaranteed admission spot. However, the principal really liked Liu.

From the initial placement test that year, he had a strong affinity for this student.

This student is not only excellent in academics, but also in character.

The principal knew that this student was popular with many girls.

What's remarkable is that the principal didn't hear anything outrageous or scandalous about this student.

Besides being good at studying, he was also very polite to everyone.

She is the kind of person who knows when to advance and when to retreat, and her personality is more mature than many adult teachers.

More importantly, the principal had a vague premonition.

This student is very likely to make a significant contribution to his otherwise ordinary career.

Therefore, when Liu Zihao made the request, the principal was already willing to give him the spot.

However, the principal felt that he was fully capable of getting into Tsinghua or Peking University, and it would be a waste to use this spot. The principal wanted to persuade him first.

"The issue of getting a guaranteed admission spot shouldn't be a problem, it's just..."

The principal had barely begun to speak when Liu Zihao interrupted him.

"Principal, you've misunderstood. I don't want the guaranteed admission spot. I want to participate in the National Mathematical Olympiad at the end of the year and join the national team."

"You want to be admitted through the Olympic Games?" The principal was stunned.

"This is too difficult; there are only 6 spots for the national team."

Liu Zihao smiled brightly and cheerfully.

"Principal, how will we know if we don't try? Besides, it won't affect our college entrance exam if we don't succeed."

The principal thought about it and agreed; if it didn't work out, it wouldn't affect the college entrance exam.

"That's easy, the school will help you register."

The principal didn't take the matter to heart.

He thought it was just a minor incident in the child's growth process.

However, what happened next completely overturned his understanding.

Passed the first and second trials ~~ Participated in winter training ~~ Participated in national team training camp ~~ Represented the national team in international competitions ~~ Won first prize in the national team competition and special prize in the individual competition.

With each new surprise, the principal's once deep-set eyes widened, eventually becoming almost like goldfish eyes.

At the end of July 2005, while graduating high school students were preparing to fill out their college applications, the No. 7 High School of the city first held a celebration meeting.

Liu Zihao, a student from their school, returned from the Olympic Games and was admitted to Jiangnan University in their province ahead of schedule.

Originally, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Southwest University of Science and Technology and other universities had sent admission invitations, but the student insisted on attending Jiangnan University.

Jiangnan University, which was unprepared, quickly issued a replacement admission invitation, which is how Jiangnan University managed to snatch the offer.

At the celebration party, many leaders from all levels of the province came. Many of these leaders, who had little contact with the principal after assuming high positions, suddenly remembered that they had once been the principal's students.

Amidst toasts from the "teachers," the old principal, known for his high alcohol tolerance, got drunk.

What many people don't know is that on this night, there was also a girl named Liu Qinyue who got drunk.

While hungover, she posted a short poem on the campus network, which was later talked about by her classmates.

Alone I lean against the high tower, the wind howls mournfully; speechless, who can understand my heart's sorrow in the night rain?

No matter how wonderful the world may be, meeting Liu Lang can ruin one's life.