Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 136 Vicious Words
[Teacher Gu, I told Editor-in-Chief Gao about your story yesterday, and he said it was okay. It has been submitted, but we have to wait for the translation schedule.]
There was some good news before the final battle. According to the editor-in-chief Han Zang, the Chinese translators of both magazines had a lot of autonomy, and whether they could be ranked depended on luck and the quality of the article.

Luck comes before quality... It feels so familiar, just like the websites in my previous life that fooled people into selling copyrights! You fill in the information first, and whether it will be successful depends on luck, because the copyright department is too autonomous.

If I win, I am lucky, if I lose, I am doomed. Whenever Gu Lu thought like this, he was actually comforting himself and adjusting his expectations. He thanked the editor.

The next day, the students' fierce battle began. That day, No. 8 Middle School was very quiet.

The students' emotions were surging, and the teachers could see double in their eyes when marking the papers.

After much effort from all parties, the midterm exam results came out and the king of exams was born!

Gu Lu's scores in geography, politics, and history each increased by about 7 points. Although this was due to the contribution of his "tutor", it also could not conceal his talent in the liberal arts.

When King Gollum was feeling proud of himself, there were also people who "did not know what was good for them" and kept saying evil things about them.

"How come my math has not improved but has regressed? This shouldn't be the case."

"For chemistry, all you need to do is memorize these formulas. Why did you fail?"

"It's even worse for physics. As long as you get all the easy questions here, here, and here right, it's too easy to pass."

The speaker was Qi Caiwei, a classmate who was doubting her life. She looked at Gu Lu with a look that said, "Why are you so weak?"

What words!

"Isn't going from 30 points to 40 points an improvement? Wouldn't a smaller improvement not count?" Gu Lu argued.

"There is no difference between getting 10 points and getting 59 points," Qi Caiwei cruelly declared. "They are both considered failing."

Gu Lu said, "Fifty points is very close to the passing line, and everyone will think that they can reach it with a little more effort. Thirty points is an unreachable gap from the passing line. If you still work hard in this situation, you must be encouraged. Nowadays, society only looks at the results and has no respect for the process."

"Don't talk about these useless things. Why should I watch your process?" Qi Caiwei was not affected at all. "Just tell me directly, did you fail?"

High school students are not like junior high school students. They are not easy to fool. Gu Lu changed the subject and asked, "How about you? Have you improved in writing?"

"Speaking of composition, I really want to thank you for your guidance," Qi Caiwei apologized sincerely, "I used the writing techniques you mentioned this time, and my composition score improved significantly. But..."

"But what?" Gu Lu asked.

"The previous book, Lu Xun's New Stories, the one you wrote is a bit too vague." Qi Caiwei took out the book.

This is a historical novel written by Zhou Shuren, which expounds on some viewpoints through the magical changes of mythological stories such as Nuwa mending the sky, Gan Jiang forging a sword, and Chang'e flying to the moon. Gu Lu deliberately made it vague on the title page [using mythology as a metaphor for the society at that time].

Gu Lu hoped that Qi Caiwei would gradually dare to read the article with her own opinions...

"That's what we want. Think about it carefully." Gu Lu said.

"What are you thinking about! Why don't you just write it down and let me see it?" Qi Caiwei was particularly accustomed to being arranged, and as Gu Lu had inferred, she even felt a little insecure if she was not arranged.

"Reading is a very important aspect of expanding your worldview. You've handed this step over to others. Have you ever thought about the pressure?" Gu Lu said with a heavy tone, "Even if the other party doesn't feel pressured, and you don't have some self-judgment, what if no one helps you with ideas in the future?"

Gu Lu's words were a little subtle. He was referring to Qi Caiwei's parents. The most frightening thing in life is the various arrangements made by parents in the first half of life, but after entering society, they say, "You can only rely on your own efforts in the future."

But at this moment, Qi Caiwei couldn't understand so many things. She thought that her deskmate was bothering her. Thinking about it carefully, it was indeed very troublesome. Qi Caiwei opened her mouth, not knowing whether she should apologize or something else. "We are just strangers, why are you talking so much? You are the only one who can do it." Gu Lu also came back to his senses, realizing that his words just now were too harsh, and wanted to take them back.

In fact, being able to guide a beautiful girl in the direction of reading books was a secret pleasure for Gu Lu's vanity.

But King Gollum hopes that his classmates will get better and better.

The two of them didn't talk until school was over. Qi Caiwei didn't know whether she should apologize, and Gu Lu didn't know how to take back his words...

But in the last class before school was over, Gu Lu, who was called into the office, saw the grade rankings.

The behavior of No. 8 Middle School is very strange. Although the atmosphere is filled with the spirit of competition where "every point counts", the grade rankings are not posted. It is up to the class teacher to choose whether to publish them or not.

In fact, this was because Gu Lu was ignorant - last year, the education department of Wudu clearly stipulated that competition among students should be reduced, so the face-saving project had to be done well.

Back to the topic, Gu Lu saw Zhou Lin, who was second in the grade, saying that he was not sure.

"So your grades have declined. Does that mean you've dropped from first in the grade to second?" Gu Lu hated these academic masters the most.

Saturday.

If you don't sleep in, it's disrespectful to the weekend.

But since the heroine was coming to play today, Gu Lu had no choice but to disrespect her and got up early to buy a lot of vegetables.

There was a knock on the door, and when the door opened I heard a familiar female voice, a little shrill.

"Look, I'm the Purple Claw Witch."

Gu Jiayu raised her hands, her fingertips were stained black and purple by an unknown liquid, looking like she was poisoned.

"The fruit you used is from that tree, right? It's black in color, and when you crush it, there's purple liquid." Gu Lu had some impression of it, because even when he grew up, he would still pick it.

"When you practice Xuantian Magic Art to a high level, your hands will become like this. I've been poisoned by the nine heavens and ten earths. I'm going to die soon." Gu Jiayu loved to act. She covered her chest with one hand, as if she was going to die soon.

"..."Okay, Gu Lu remembered that he had also wrapped himself in a bed sheet in the past, so he put the TV remote control against his chest and pretended to be seriously injured by a sword.

"Then go and use Tianyi Divine Water to detoxify. The yellow bottle next to the sink is Tianyi Divine Water from Libai." Gu Lu said, "Go quickly, we are going to eat soon."

Hearing this, Gu Jiayu dragged her "seriously injured" body step by step to the kitchen.

“But did I use the wrong name for Tianyi Divine Water? This thing should be a detoxifier, right?” Gu Lu muttered, and got up to go to the bedroom to get a package he had just received.

After Gu Jiayu came out of the kitchen, Gu Lu spoke.

"Don't say that I don't protect you as your brother. This is for you. You are the first one to see it." Gu Lu opened the package, revealing a book inside. He handed it to Gu Jiayu.

"The Little Prince? I'm not a child anymore, why should I read fairy tales... Gu Lu? Brother, you've published a book?!" When Gu Jiayu first looked at the book cover [Fairy tales that adults should also read], the heroine looked dismissive until she saw the author's name and then she let out a long monkey cry.

(End of this chapter)