Meng Yan's Transformation

Chapter 213 Monthly Exam

The three of them studied until late at night, and Zhan Yu felt thirsty and got up to drink water.

Zhan Yu saw that the three of them were still awake, so he urged them, "It's already late! You three should go to bed. You've been working so hard."

The three exchanged glances, and Zhan Zixun was about to say something, but stopped himself, and the three packed up their books. Zhan Zixun asked Zhang Xincheng to stay and not go home, but Zhang Xincheng refused and went home.

Zhan Mengyan received extra lessons from Zhan Zixun and Zhang Xincheng for a few days, and faced the monthly exam of Xinxing Middle School with full confidence.

Before the exam, the head teacher Zhang Deren found Zhan Mengyan, took her to a corner of the playground and said, "Zhan Mengyan, you have missed so many days of school, you must have fallen behind in your studies. And I found that since the secondary normal school entrance exam, you have been absent-minded and distracted every day. Your heart is not on studying at all. Every student who takes the monthly exam will be ranked in the whole school. If you feel that you can't take the exam normally, I can apply for sick leave for you so that you don't take the exam."

"Teacher Zhang, I want to take part in this monthly exam. I don't want to be a deserter. I want to use this exam to see the learning gap between myself and my classmates." Zhan Mengyan replied.

Zhang Deren, the head teacher, was very unhappy when he heard that Zhan Mengyan wanted to take the monthly exam. He looked at Zhan Mengyan with contempt and said, "Zhan Mengyan, I know you have a strong sense of self-esteem. If your grades become the denominator of the class, I'm afraid your self-esteem will not be able to bear it. I am kindly reminding you because Zhan Zi'an has pleaded for you many times. Others want this treatment but can't get it."

Zhan Mengyan puffed out her chest, lowered her eyes, and said unconvincedly: "Teacher Zhang, don't worry, my monthly exam results will not be the denominator of the class. I will work hard to become the numerator and will never drag down the class's monthly exam results."

Seeing Zhan Mengyan's confident look, head teacher Zhang Deren became even more contemptuous and angrily said, "Zhan Mengyan, you are so stubborn. I advised you with good intentions, but you just ignored my kindness. Okay, okay, okay... Zhan Mengyan, you can do it, you can do it. Please take part in the monthly exam. Your monthly exam results have dragged down our class. It doesn't matter if you are embarrassed. The school will use the monthly exam results as the conditions for evaluating the titles of various head teachers. If your monthly exam results affect my being evaluated for the intermediate title, you should know that the consequences are very serious. No matter how much you ask your brother Zi'an to beg, it will not work! Think about it carefully and decide whether you want to participate or not!"

Zhang Deren left angrily after saying that. Zhan Mengyan stood on the playground, looked at Zhang Dexin's back and said, "I'm going to take the monthly exam, and no one can stop me!"

Zhang Deren seemed to have heard it. He stopped but did not turn around and continued walking towards the office.

"Mengyan, you are standing here staring at the back of our homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhang. What are you thinking about? What did he just say to you?" Classmate An Pingping stood behind Zhan Mengyan and said.

Zhan Mengyan turned around and said, "An Pingping, when did you come here? How come I didn't notice you? Our head teacher is going to be evaluated for the intermediate professional title. This time, the monthly test results of our school will be used as a condition for the evaluation of the professional title of each head teacher. The head teacher, Mr. Zhang, said that after the secondary normal school exam, I was not in the right state of study, and I was sick for many days and didn't go to school. I fell behind in my homework. He was worried that my monthly test results would be the denominator of the class, dragging the class down and affecting his evaluation of the professional title. He wanted to apply for sick leave for me and not let me take the monthly exam. At first, he was still playing tricks on me, saying: Considering my self-esteem, he was afraid that I would get unsatisfactory results, and my self-esteem couldn't stand it. Later, I expressed my determination to take the monthly exam, and he became angry and left angrily..."

An Pingping said thoughtfully, "I saw our class teacher, Mr. Zhang, take you to a corner of the playground. I guessed that it was no good. As the saying goes: good things don't go behind people's backs, and no good things go on behind people's backs. I found that this class teacher, Mr. Zhang, always likes to target you. Is he trying to make things difficult for you? What deep hatred do you have with him? I sneaked around from the poplar forest. I saw that he started talking to you with his hands behind his back, and then he talked to you with his hands and feet. I wanted to listen to your conversation, but it was too far to hear clearly. I didn't dare to get close for fear that he would find out that I was eavesdropping, but from the body movements of the class teacher, I felt that he was angry. Yes, Mengyan, we can take the exam if we want to. This is the right of every student. What's so great about his class teacher? He can't deprive us of the right to take the exam in a domineering way. Mengyan, I will always support you. But Mengyan, I think it's good not to take the monthly exam. Otherwise, you can talk to our class teacher, Mr. Zhang, and apply for sick leave for me so that I don't have to take the exam."

Zhan Mengyan pinched An Pingping's chubby cheeks and said with a smile: "Look at you, you have nothing to show for it. If you don't want to take the monthly exam, go talk to your homeroom teacher yourself. I just made him really angry. If I go and talk to him, I'll definitely get rejected."

"You're so mean. I was worried that you would be bullied by the teacher. We are still good friends, but you are unwilling to help with such a small favor." An Pingping said deliberately with an angry look.

"An Pingping, it is precisely because we are good friends that I don't want you to miss the monthly exam. The monthly exam is to test which knowledge points you have not learned solidly. It is also a good opportunity for yourself to exercise. It will be a pity to miss it in vain. Besides, your grades are not bad. It is useless for you to ask the teacher not to take the monthly exam. The teacher has to give sick leave to the student who he thinks may have the worst grades and not take the monthly exam." Zhan Mengyan explained.

An Pingping patted Zhan Mengyan on the shoulder and said, "Mengyan, I was half joking with you, but to be honest, I am still a little afraid of the monthly exam. Even if I don't want to take the exam, I have to bite the bullet and take the monthly exam. I know that my application for sick leave to skip the monthly exam was rejected by my homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhang. Yesterday, Lu Zhigang told me that he would be sick on the day of the monthly exam and he would not be able to take the monthly exam. I felt strange. How could Lu Zhigang predict when he would be sick? When I asked him in detail, he said proudly: The secret cannot be revealed. Now that you said it, I understand everything. Lu Zhigang always ranks last or second in every exam. This monthly exam is related to the evaluation of the professional titles of each homeroom teacher. I guess those who rank last in the exam will be sick and unable to take the exam this time. But Mengyan, your test scores have never been bad. You just missed school because you were sick for some time. Is this homeroom teacher too underestimated, or too cautious, and too concerned about this professional title evaluation?"

Zhan Mengyan put her arm around An Pingping's shoulders and said, "Let's not think too much about it. Who cares if they take the exam or not? Just relax and prepare for the monthly exam in a few days."