Chapter 73 Decision
"Okay, let's look at the next question together: In the above reading material, what kind of feelings does the author express? What expression method does he use? From the first sentence of the passage, we can see that..."
On the podium, the Chinese teacher was talking eloquently, while some students were writing furiously, while others were drowsy. Rong Yuan was twirling his pen and staring out the window in a daze.
Suddenly, his arm was poked twice. He turned around and saw his deskmate pointing towards the back door of the classroom. Rong Yuan looked over and saw the head teacher standing at the back door with a smile on his face, waving at him.
Rong Yuan stood up and gestured to ask the teacher for permission. The Chinese teacher also saw the head teacher's action and nodded to indicate that he could go out, without being interrupted in the lecture.
Rong Yuan quietly left from the back. The students sitting in the front were not alarmed, except Xiao Xiao who suddenly turned around and looked back.
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"How do you feel about the classes recently? Are you able to keep up?" The head teacher asked this question after handing Rong Yuan over. Rong Yuan had not been to class for a while because of the competition. When he came back, he had basically finished more than one chapter of each subject.
Rong Yuan said: "It's all pretty easy if you can keep up."
"That's good, that's good." The head teacher smiled so much that his eyebrows were not visible. He said, "Well, you have done very well in the last few competitions! The teacher is proud of you! How are you doing? Have many universities contacted you recently? Which university do you want to go to? Do you need a teacher to give you a recommendation?"
According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education of Tang Country, students who rank in the top 50 in the national finals of each subject Olympiad can be recommended for admission, and can freely choose any university and major in Tang Country. At this time, it is not the school that is selecting students, but rather competing for them. At this time of year, the best universities in Tang Country are fighting to attract more outstanding students to their schools. A top student like Rong Yuan in three subjects is like a spotlight that attracts all schools to compete for him.
However, Rong Yuan's answer was beyond the teacher's expectations. He said, "I don't know... I unplugged the phone line."
"No wonder..." The head teacher suddenly realized, "Are you tired of them?" He has been teaching this student for almost two years, so he knows Rong Yuan's temperament pretty well.
"Yeah." Rong Yuan nodded in response.
"You're right to do that, otherwise they will definitely make you sleep poorly." The head teacher said, " Forget about those messy schools. Teachers from the top schools in the country, such as University A, University B, and University N, have come to our school to see you in person. They are in the conference room right now. You can talk to them about which school you want to go to and what your requirements are."
"Teacher," Rong Yuan stopped and said, "I don't want to make a choice now."
"Hmm?" the head teacher asked, "Why? Do you have other goals? Or haven't you figured out what you want to do in the future?"
"Neither." Rong Yuan said, "It's just that we can leave this matter until after the international competition."
“Hahaha…” The head teacher laughed and praised, “Good, you have great ambition!” Then he added with the attitude of an elder giving earnest advice, “But even if you don’t want to choose, they have come all the way here, so you should meet them . You should also listen to the conditions they offer, so that you can have a reference in the future and not make a blind choice and suffer a loss!”
"Yes." Rong Yuan followed again.
The head teacher thought of something else and asked, "Speaking of which of these three subjects do you want to join the national training team?"
"Can't I choose both?" Rong Yuan asked back.
"International competitions are different from domestic exams. The difficulty and intensity of competition are far beyond the standards of your usual practice. If you choose an extra subject, the pressure will increase several times or even dozens of times. Can you handle it? Don't want everything, only to end up with nothing!" the head teacher said earnestly.
Rong Yuan said: "I know, but I want to give it a try."
So far, he has only felt pleasure in the process of solving problems and has never known what pressure is. Although sometimes he encounters difficult problems and makes mistakes, these times only make him feel more interesting.
If the process is calm and smooth, it would be boring and tiring.
The head teacher showed a look of disapproval, but thinking about the conversation that seemed to have happened when Rong Yuan decided to participate in the three-subject finals, he couldn't help but feel a little hopeful. Although he felt that the hope was slim, he still hoped that he could create a miracle.
So the head teacher said nothing more, patted his shoulder, looked at the student who was about the same height as him, and said: "Since you have made up your mind, then do it! Don't let yourself regret it in the future."
"I know, don't worry." Rong Yuan said.
"Have you told the organizing committee about this idea?" the head teacher asked with concern.
"I've already contacted them by phone." Rong Yuan said, "They said they would study it and give me a reply later."
The top 50 students in the finals must first join the national training team, undergo several months of intensive training and study, and be screened and eliminated in competition after competition. In the end, only four people can participate in the international competition. According to past practice, different Olympiad subjects will also be trained in different cities. If this is the case this year, it will be impossible for Rong Yuan, who has chosen three subjects, to travel back and forth between different cities to participate in training and selection competitions. If an ordinary candidate had made such a request, it would have been rejected long ago. But Rong Yuan was seriously studied and discussed because his scores in all subjects were so amazing that it would be a pity to give up any subject.
"Well, there have been examples of people participating in both mathematics and physics competitions in the past. In your case, there is a great chance that you will be approved. If it doesn't work, don't complain. Just do what you should do and try your best. That's enough," said the head teacher.
"yes."
"By the way, your cousin called me because I couldn't get through to you on the phone." The head teacher frowned and said, "He wants to invite you to his house for lunch this Saturday."
"Saturday, isn't it Friday afternoon?" Rong Yuan had become accustomed to Rong Lixin's invitation to "Friday dinner" over the years, and when he first heard it, he thought the head teacher had made a mistake.
"No, it's this Saturday at noon. What's the matter?"
"Nothing." Rong Yuan shook his head and said, "No matter what day it is, I won't go. Teacher, can you help me reject all ?"
"No problem." The head teacher agreed immediately and said with emotion: "Although the saying goes that distance does not separate close relatives, I think you should have done this a long time ago!" As a father and an elder, he had long been dissatisfied with Rong Lixin's attitude, but because he was an outsider and felt that Rong Yuan still had expectations for family affection, he had never been able to say anything.
Rong Yuan smiled slightly and said nothing.
Should I have done this a long time ago? Yes, I had wanted to do this a long time ago. When I first met that man, I felt that he was disgusted by his self-esteem and authority. Because he had no strength or courage to challenge stronger people, he could only satisfy himself by bullying the weak. When he thought he was showing off his strength and power, he actually revealed his disgusting, superficial and ridiculous nature.
But could he refuse? No, because he was weaker than the other person at that time. Humans are social animals. Living in this society, they have to be bound by various shackles such as power, status, money, and social opinion. It is not impossible to refuse the other person outright, quarrel with him, insult him, fight with him, or even fight for your life... However, it is a pleasure, but it will make you bruised and bloody, while the other person will only suffer superficial injuries at most.
So he endured and endured until he suffered internal injuries and from time to time some very scary thoughts would pop up in his mind. Finally, he endured until he had the strength to get rid of it all.
The Merit Book gave him the greatest confidence to change his fate and challenge all the rules. However, the Merit Book cannot be revealed to others. Rong Yuan has always been very clear about this. Even if it was Jin Yang, he would not want to use this secret to test the other party's moral bottom line. No matter how deep the relationship is, if you repeatedly test and negotiate, and use your own distrust to test the other party's trust, then this kind of relationship will gradually become shallow and lost.
Now, even without the Merit Book, he can fight for greater freedom and power with his normal identity. He is now number one in the country, and in a few months, he will be number one in the world. He has already thought about his future path, and he will stand in a higher, more stable, and more important position. By then, not to mention Rong Lixin, even his father himself will no longer be able to use blood ties, public opinion, power and other things to influence him in the slightest.
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The head teacher maliciously did not convey Rong Yuan's reply to Rong Lixin. On Saturday noon, Rong Lixin, who thought Rong Yuan would arrive on time obediently, watched the time pass by. He looked at the livid face of the man sitting in the main seat who had been waiting for more than an hour, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his forehead.
"But... maybe the child was delayed by something? Cousin, what do you think... how about we eat first?" Rong Lixin's wife said with an awkward smile, and at the same time kicked Rong Lixin hard with her foot under the table.
Rong Lixin smiled, picked up the wine glass and said, "Cousin, I toast to you..."
The man sitting in the main seat - Rong Licheng looked at him coldly, stood up, picked up his coat on the sofa without saying a word, turned around and left.
"Cousin! Cousin! Please wait a little longer and he will surely come! I'll call him again to urge him! Cousin..."
No matter how Rong Lixin and his wife shouted from behind, Rong Licheng did not slow down at all. When he walked outside the building, Rong Licheng's driver had already opened the car door and was waiting on the side. After he got in the car, he ignored the Rong couple who were chasing behind him and drove away immediately.
"Mr. Rong, are we going back to the hotel now?" asked the driver.
"Have you found out where the child is?" Rong Licheng asked.
The driver said: "I asked a classmate, he is in the library of City A."
"Go over there and take a look." Rong Licheng ordered.
"Yes." The driver turned on the navigation, looked at the direction, and changed to the left lane.
In the back seat of the car, Rong Licheng looked at the rearview mirror in front of him. Reflected in the mirror was a face that was very similar to Rong Yuan's. However, his eyebrows were sharper, his lips were thicker, and his facial contours were tougher. Time not only did not carve the vicissitudes of years on his face, but instead added a lot of mature man's charm.
