Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

Chapter 99: There's only one perfect score chapter (Third update, please subscribe!)

Li Zhao found a seat and sat down, and He Shuyao naturally sat down next to him.

"You want to ask about the inspection team, right?" Li Zhao said.

"—Yes." He Shuyao took a deep breath. "Yes, which school is it from?"

"New Taipei First Senior High School".

He Shuyao's spirits lifted considerably. "So, what did they say?"

Li Zhao smiled and said, "He hasn't arrived yet. He'll be here on Wednesday."

"Oh, oh, oh—so, are you considering it?"

"What are you considering?"

The girl was a little anxious. "I'm just considering whether or not to go to New Taipei First Senior High School. They're all coming to find you, so they definitely want you to go."

Then she noticed that Li Zhao was suppressing a laugh.

"You—" He Shuyao became even more agitated, "I'm not talking to you anymore if you keep this up."

Why would you think I shouldn't go to New Taipei First Senior High School?

"I've said it before, I think you can go to a better school."

"As I said before, I will go to New Taipei First Senior High School."

He Shuyao was taken aback. "I... I thought the inspection team was from some other school."

"I already mentioned New Taipei First Senior High School, why are you asking me if I'll consider it?"

He Shuyao turned her head away and started pinching her fingers together.

"That's not how you ask a question—"

He spoke very softly.

Li Zhao originally wanted to ask, "Why are you asking me this?", but seeing that she was already a bit at a loss, he gave up.

But another question he couldn't help asking was: "What are you doing on this bus? Where are you going?"

"Uh—" He Shuyao straightened her back like a frightened kitten.

Looks like you haven't come up with an excuse at all.

"Xinwang Bakery, right?"

"?"

"You want to buy bread at Xinwang Bakery, am I right?"

Li Zhao looked at He Shuyao with a smile on his face.

The sun was setting, and the setting sun shone through the shadows of the trees, flashing past the car window in bursts.

He Shuyao's face flickered between light and shadow, but her eyes shone brightly.

This girl is indeed quite beautiful, a real beauty in the making. However, there are many girls as cute as her nowadays. Aside from He Shuyao herself, he has never seen anyone grow up to be the kind of girl that Li Zhao would feel it was a desecration if he looked at her for too long.

Even after I made money from it, I never saw it.

Looking at it this way, my past self in junior and senior high school was really amazing. I was so focused on studying the classics. How silly of me!

"Yes, I'm going to buy bread." He Shuyao said, raising her head.

"It seems you really like it." Li Zhao smiled.

He Shuyao glanced at him. "I do like it very much."

A sense of drowsy tranquility suddenly washed over Li Zhao, and he yawned.

"After all—his pork floss bread is the best in Qingqiao District."

"7

After about ten seconds, He Shuyao suddenly said something.

Finally, Li Zhao, carrying yet another pork floss bun that He Shuyao had given him, said goodbye to her and watched her skip away from the second-floor window of the apartment building.

It was almost time to eat when he got home, and it wouldn't be good to explain having bread in his hand, so Li Zhao simply ate the bread while standing in the stairwell.

Sigh, this bread is delicious, but I can't keep eating it all the time!

[The best pork floss bread in Qingqiao District. Happiness +2, Total 23]

Has the system even learned to use subtle expression techniques?

On Wednesday afternoon, a Coaster bus pulled up to the entrance of the pedestrian street. After a less-than-pleasant exchange with the pedestrian street management, three people in white shirts and two people in polo shirts got out of the bus.

Four men and one woman walked briskly, frowning as they commented on the construction of the pedestrian street.

Meanwhile, the school leaders and the director of studies of New Taipei No. 6 Elementary School were already waiting at the alley entrance.

The two groups greeted each other with smiles, shook hands warmly, and exchanged pleasantries for a while.

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Principal Shen complained about the impact of the pedestrian street construction on the education of Xinbei No. 6 Elementary School. Principal Cai chimed in, saying it was really embarrassing to make Principal Shen and his group walk such a long distance. Principal Shen waved his hand and replied, "Elementary school students walk this way every day, so what's a little walk for us?" Principal Cai said, "I don't know what to do when the pedestrian street opens, it's really troublesome." Principal Shen changed the subject, saying, "It's really remarkable that you can cultivate a child like Li Zhao in this environment." So everyone laughed heartily, and as they talked, they arrived at the school gate.

Teachers He Lin and Huang Keyun waited at the school gate, looking nine parts excited and one part nervous.

A group of people slowly walked toward the principal's office, making the originally spacious and comfortable office suddenly seem a bit crowded.

It was during class time, and Lin Wenjuan was teaching a math class in Class 1 of Grade 6.

She couldn't help but keep looking at Li Zhao.

How can this child be so steady?

He knew perfectly well that the inspection team was coming this afternoon, and that He Lin or even the head of the teaching department might come up and take him away with a smile in class.

Isn't this the perfect opportunity for kids to show off?

That's practically a privilege reserved for the very top.

In previous years, when the students from Qingzhong Middle School came with the Chengnan inspection team, those who were called over at the last minute always looked very proud.

Students with good grades all know the inspection team is coming, and they wait to be called over to make a good impression, hoping to bring back a guaranteed admission spot, making others envious.

So during the half-day the inspection team was there, the candidate students were basically in an excited state, and it was obvious at a glance that their minds were not on the class at all.

Li Zhao was engrossed in writing, just like he was in class every day.

This is what they mean by "a man with thunder in his heart but a calm face is worthy of being called a general."

In reality, Li Zhao felt no shock whatsoever, not even the slightest ripple of emotion.

Since the arrival of the inspection team has no impact on his final decision, and his admission to New Taipei First Senior High School is a foregone conclusion, there is really nothing to look forward to.

You call that showing off?

They weren't pretending when they were number one in the country.

By this time, the small talk in the principal's office was almost over. The middle-aged, balding, and amiable man sitting in the main seat on the sofa was Shen Jinghong, the principal of New Taipei First Senior High School.

On the left and right sat Vice Principal Gu Mingyuan and Director of Academic Affairs Han Xu. Principal Gu was slender and had a classical style, while Director Han looked like he had a habit of exercising and was quite strong; his shirt was very full.

Behind the sofa sat a dignified woman with short hair, Lin Zhihui, the vice principal in charge of moral education, who had little presence.

Strangely, on the sofa next to me sat a very young man who only said he was Teacher Wang, the head teacher of the experimental class. He was not recognized by most people at the Sixth Primary School and didn't say much throughout the whole thing.

Logically, a homeroom teacher shouldn't be seated at the table in such an inspection team, but he occupied a chair all to himself. Principal Cai made his judgment:

They're either connected by connections or they lack emotional intelligence.

"Alright, Principal Cai," Shen Jinghong said calmly, "Time is precious, so let's not waste any more time. I can make it clear that we're here specifically for Li Zhao, this student."

Huang Keyun felt secretly pleased.

"Yes, we expected that," Principal Cai said. "Li Zhao is a very, very special child. I've been in the education industry for decades, from being a teacher to now being a principal, and I've never seen anyone like him."

"I've heard about it," Principal Shen said. "Actually, I don't need to ask you all anymore about how outstanding this child is. We've already communicated quite a bit before, and I even used some connections to ask about something on his behalf."

"Oh?"

Principal Shen's connections are far superior to Principal Cai's.

But what could he possibly ask that Liu Xiao didn't know?

Principal Shen took a sip of tea, sat up straight, and said loudly, "Now that we're all here, there's no harm in telling you. In this national competition, there was only one paper that received a perfect score."