"Yanyi, you never bother with this kind of idle matter." Zhang Yan was curious why Zhu Yanyi would care about such things.
Zhu Yanyi looked up at the sky and sighed deeply. "I usually don't care about these things, but this might waste my time. You see, I have to study many things every day. Besides regular classes, I must spend most of my energy on medicine. If this knowledge contest was challenging, I could treat it as fun. But the problem is, it has no challenge at all. If I don't join, it goes against my plan. So I have to force myself to go. But forcing myself makes me feel unhappy. That’s why I occasionally bother with this idle matter."
If there were a high-difficulty challenge, Zhu Yanyi would naturally be happy to accept it. However, this first-year middle school knowledge contest was truly too simple for her. Yet, not participating would make her seem out of place. She planned to be the top student at school. Even if she seemed out of place, it should be because people recognized her learning ability, not because she refused to join. Therefore, she had to participate. But this contest was a real waste of time for her, making her feel annoyed. When she felt annoyed, she naturally wanted to deal with the person causing this fuss.
On the morning of September 3rd, Zhu Yanyi, Cheng Chen, and three other classmates arrived at City No. 1 Middle School under the guidance of their principal.
Zhu Yanyi looked at City No. 1 Middle School. She originally didn’t know which class Zhu Yanli was in, but after asking Zhang Yan to investigate, she learned it was Grade 10, Class 2. Zhu Yanyi planned to visit Zhu Yanli during lunch if she had time.
"Just keep a calm mind during the contest. Don’t worry. After all, you’ve only had two days of classes. It’s fine if you can’t answer some questions," the principal instructed. These were the outstanding new students of their school, so he wanted to protect them. If they were discouraged and lost their desire to learn, it would be a great loss.
Zhu Yanyi and the others nodded, indicating they understood. Besides, not only Zhu Yanyi and Cheng Chen, but the other three students also didn’t care much. They came with the idea of participation being what matters. After all, they had only had three days of classes and hadn’t really touched upon the first-year middle school knowledge yet. Coming to the contest was just to fill the quota and enjoy the atmosphere.
The principal led them to the auditorium of City No. 1 Middle School, which was already set up. Representatives from various schools who could participate were entering one by one.
"Principal Liu." Someone greeted Zhu Yanyi’s principal.
"Principal Li." Principal Liu recognized the visitor as the principal from Jiaxiang Town Middle School. They had known each other for several years.
"Are these five the participants?" Principal Li looked at the five students beside Principal Liu. He knew that the aptitude of students from the city middle school was much better than those from Jiaxiang.
Principal Liu nodded helplessly. "We’ve only had three days of school. We can only come to join the fun." This was the truth.
Principal Li frowned too. "Do you think anyone will give them a slap in the face?" Principal Li was also angry. It was really looking for trouble. They originally lived their own peaceful lives. Of course, they knew that a new official starts with three fires, but this first fire wasn’t aimed at anything else, but at the students. What if the students’ psychological resilience wasn’t strong enough and they were discouraged by this contest?