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Chapter 532: Chapter 349: From Today Onwards, I Am the New Me_2
Having expended a lot of energy, Xue Yuantong had a hefty meal.
After eating, Aunt Gu gave her daughter some fresh clothes and told her to take a bath before heading to school.
Xue Yuantong was immersed in her cellphone, playing a find-the-detail game, and only after a while did she slowly make her way to the bathroom.
Just then, Aunt Gu entered the yard and saw her standing at the bathroom door, urging,
"Tongtong, stop playing with your phone, go to study hall after you bathe."
Xue Yuantong scrolled through her phone, "Mom, how did you know I hadn’t bathed?"
Aunt Gu chuckled, "You look filthy, go take a shower."
Upon hearing this, Xue Yuantong retorted, "I am clean though."
Saying that, she immediately entered the bathroom with her phone. She played the game for a few minutes without doing anything, and then came out.
Xue Yuantong put her hands on her hips and shouted, "Mom, do I still look dirty?"
Aunt Gu replied, "You look much cleaner now."
Xue Yuantong proudly said, "Hahaha, actually, I haven’t taken a shower yet!"
Next door.
Jiang Ning was practicing cultivation when suddenly the door was pushed open.
Xue Yuantong frantically said, "Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, save me, my mom is bullying me!"
Outside the window, Aunt Gu’s silhouette appeared.
...
Wu Xiaoqi said, "Kun Nan, you did well today."
"Scored two three-pointers in a row."
Guo Kunnan covered his chest with his right hand and said indifferently, "Thanks to my good mentality."
He looked around, ever since he decided to change himself for the better, the entire world seemed different, and the twilight was even more beautiful.
’Indeed, the harder you work, the luckier you become!’
Guo Kunnan returned to class 8 with a joyful heart.
As he walked, he kept imparting his mindset to Kaiquan, and whenever he encountered a pretty girl, Guo Kunnan didn’t look around as he used to. He became more sedate.
Moreover, he hadn’t messaged Xu Yan at all that day.
Guo Kunnan harshly thought, ’Xu Yan, you will eventually realize that no one will ever treat you as well as I did after you’ve lost me.’
As Guo Kunnan walked, he continuously reflected upon himself, with each step blooming like a lotus.
When he reached the entrance of class 8, he saw ’Flounder’ Wang Yanyan and Li Shengnan coming towards him.
The old Guo Kunnan was a very genuine boy; he couldn’t hide his feelings, showing admiration for pretty girls and disgust for those he found unattractive.
That wasn’t good because every soul in the world is equal, and there shouldn’t be any distinction between them.
Besides, acting like that, he was inadvertently looked down upon by others.
At this moment, after reflection, Guo Kunnan flashed a smile at Wang Yanyan.
Wang Yanyan didn’t notice, she was talking to Li Shengnan. Perhaps she was too engrossed in the conversation and didn’t watch her step. She tripped over the threshold, immediately losing her balance and falling forward.
Now, constantly striving to be better, Guo Kunnan was eager to make amends for his past mistakes. Seeing Wang Yanyan fall over was the perfect opportunity to act.
Instantly, he sprang into action, stepping forward to catch Wang Yanyan and prevent her fall.
Time seemed to stop, it was like the legendary bullet time.
Everything around slowed down, Guo Kunnan saw the panic on Wang Yanyan’s face, heard the loud volume about to burst from Li Shengnan, he saw the wind and the dust.
His awareness slowed, and as Guo Kunnan moved step by step, reaching out his hands to catch Wang Yanyan.
But in Guo Kunnan’s world, Wang Yanyan suddenly accelerated, falling to the ground before he could reach her.
Before Wang Yanyan hit the floor, her hands instinctively reached to grasp something for rescue, grabbing Guo Kunnan’s pants and pulling them down with her falling body,
Revealing a patch of leopard-print underwear.
Silence fell over the entire back row.
Guo Kunnan’s expression froze.
Wang Yanyan lay on the ground, quickly apologizing, "I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to do it!"
"I’ll help you pull it up!"
She reached out with both hands and helped Guo Kunnan pull up his pants.
...
Guo Kunnan spent half of the evening self-study session in a daze.
Wang Longlong waved his hand in front of him, "Brother Nan, what are you afraid of, Wu Xiaoqi raised his leg too high a while back and tore his Tai Chi clothes, isn’t that worse than what happened to you?"
Thinking about Wu Xiaoqi’s unfortunate incident and then his own, Guo Kunnan’s mood instantly improved a lot.
"On the road to success, facing a few setbacks is inevitable."
Was he wrong?
No, he wasn’t wrong. At least his mindset wasn’t the same as before, Guo Kunnan had learned to treat everybody equally.
"Brother Ma, stop messing around."
"This evening self-study is supervised by Fatty Gao!" Wang Longlong reminded.
Gao Heshuai didn’t show any favoritism; he would seize Jiang Yanan’s phone without a second thought. Rumor had it that he had smashed a student’s phone with his own hands in another class, and when the student’s parents came to the school, they not only didn’t hold a grudge but also thanked him.
Guo Kunnan recalled the terrifying aspects of Fatty Gao, but today, he no longer feared Gao Heshuai; from this moment on, he was a good student.
Gao Heshuai deliberately entered the classroom through the back door with a menacing look, his bull’s eyes exuding a scary brightness as he tried to spot any mischievous students.
Everyone’s hearts lifted, and the classroom was silent with no one daring to speak, only the sounds of flipping pages and pens scraping on paper.
Gao Heshuai grabbed a stool and sat on the platform at the back because he was too ominous, even Wang Longlong didn’t bother to offer him a seat.
Guo Kunnan opened his math paper and started to work hard on the problems; he wanted to be in the top ten of the class, no, the top three!
When that time came, he would be on equal footing with Xu Yan, or even surpass her.
Unfortunately, Guo Kunnan’s level was quite poor, and he got stuck after just a few questions.
He subconsciously thought of Jiang Ning, but she was too far away to ask for help.
Just then, he suddenly thought of Gao Heshuai, Fatty Gao!
Although Gao Heshuai’s personality was average, his teaching level was unquestionable. Dong Qingfeng and Wang Yong had said that Gao Heshuai’s teaching level was a lot better than the previous math teacher’s, not at all inferior to that of the teachers in the experimental class.
Since Gao Heshuai replaced the previous math teacher, the sight of students approaching the podium to ask questions during self-study had disappeared.
The Guo Kunnan of the past wouldn’t have dared, but now he had changed.
"Do what others don’t want to do, achieve what others can’t!" Guo Kunnan stood up, holding his math paper.
He walked step by step toward the podium as if he were a brave court minister from antiquity heading to his execution.
In the silent classroom, his movements caught the attention of many students. Everyone looked at him, even Gao Heshuai glanced at his paper and showed a gratified smile.
Finally, Guo Kunnan stepped onto the podium, which was not just a podium but a high platform before heading out to the battlefield in ancient times.
Guo Kunnan presented his paper with great confidence and blurted out:
"Fatty Gao, can you explain this problem to me?"
...
The next morning during the big break, the red mark on Guo Kunnan’s face was still visible.
To the southeast, Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong were playing rock-paper-scissors.
Chen Siyu had bought a bag of milk outside of school, fresh milk produced that day from a nearby dairy factory, which tasted particularly healthy; it was her first time buying after hearing about it.
The packaging of the fresh milk had a weird design; Chen Siyu struggled to tear it open but couldn’t.
She watched helplessly as the milk was right in front of her, yet she couldn’t drink it.
But no worries, Chen Siyu had someone who could help. She turned around and handed the milk to the back row:
"It’s too hard to tear, can you help me?"
Xue Yuantong took on the big task, "Easy!"
With that, she tried to tear open the milk bag forcefully, her face turning red, but still, she couldn’t do it.
Chen Siyu wanted to say something but stopped herself; she had initially wanted Jiang Ning to do it, but Xue Yuantong acted first. Xue Yuantong was even weaker than her, how could she have succeeded?
Xue Yuantong tried several times with great effort, and her wrist hurt. She sighed with her little mouth, "Siyu, let’s forget it, we won’t drink it."
Chen Siyu: "Huh?"
Suddenly, Xue Yuantong took a deep breath, burst forth with all her strength, and with the determination of a baby feeding, "rip!" the milk bag opened.
Xue Yuantong proudly said, "Just now I was tricking it, I tore it open when it wasn’t paying attention!"
Chen Siyu finally drank the fresh milk, but for some reason, she felt a sense of guilt; she and Xue Yuantong were too cunning.
