You hidden in my heart - Chapter 42.5

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Chapter 42.5
After returning to school, Li Xining found out something unexpected.
The subject of that incident was Xue Kun.
His right arm was broken, and it was in a plaster and hung around his neck with a white rope. Moreover, he had become much more down-to-earth and low-key, and his pretentious aura had subsided a lot.
Li Xining was sure that it had to do with Cheng Ling. ‘He must have dealt with Xue Kun after returning from the Green Bar that day. Xue Kun deserves to be punished for his bad actions, and evil people will punish evil people.’
At first, Li Xining believed that this matter was over, but later that afternoon, another trending post appeared on the school post bar.
“Apology statement on Li Xining, Class 7, Grade 3, who propagated rumours on October 3” was the title. Han Qiaowei was the poster’s name.
It wasn’t until lunchtime that Li Xining noticed this post. Since Han Qiaowei was not the type of person who could voluntarily apologise to her, and she did so in a public setting like a post-bar, it must have something to do with Lu Yuling.
‘Either she did it voluntarily or she must have been threatened.’
Counting on the possibility of her own conscience discovering it, there was only one other possibility left—most likely she was warned by Lu Yuling.
After lunch, Li Xining ran to ask Lu Yuling what was going on.
Lu Yuling was not an idiot. Ever since he knew that Han Qiaowei had brought people to block his little tigers, he guessed that there must be some dispute between the two of them. He was upset that Li Xining didn’t say anything to him about that matter.
To find out the truth, he went to Zhou Han and asked her what was going on.
Zhou Han simply decided to guard herself sensibly and revealed all of Han Qiaowei’s nice actions since she couldn’t afford to offend Lu Yuling. She was worried that he would find someone to deal with her.
It was only at that point that Lu Yuling discovered Han Qiaowei was the real culprit behind the post some days ago.
Since he was a man and couldn’t possibly attack a woman, he found someone to tell Han Qiaowei that if she didn’t publish an apology, the situation would be worse.
Han Qiaowei had no choice but to submit an apology because she was already at fault and couldn’t afford to anger Lu Yuling.
However, Lu Yuling just soothed Li Xining, saying, “This matter has been resolved,” out of concern that it would interfere with her studies. “Without a doubt, she won’t dare to bother you ever again. Don’t bother about anything else; just focus on your studies.”
Li Xining stopped asking about that anymore. But she felt warmth in her heart realising that Lu Yuling would protect her no matter what.
She recalled how her life was before Lu Yuling’s presence.
Studying, studying, and studying.
Just like her mother used to say, her life was boring. But since Lu Yuling appeared, her life suddenly became more colourful. He brought her into a different world. In this world, there was not only study and achievements but also freedom and the courage to love and hate. And of course, she became a bit rebellious.
He made her thoroughly feel what youth is.
Her life was changed by Lu Yuling at the age of eighteen.
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The next day, the monthly exam results came out.
Nearly every teacher and student in the grade was keeping an eye on Li Xining and Lu Yuling’s monthly exam scores.
It was necessary to pay attention to Li Xining because she had been fighting and missing school lately. Most people believed that this time, her test scores would undoubtedly fall.
The entire grade was now aware of Lu Yuling’s puppy love arrangement with Li Xining, which was why they were paying attention to him.
Even if it seemed really motivating, hardly anybody thought he could go from receiving the lowest grade to the top 100 on the test.
However, the entire grade was taken aback when the results were announced.
Among the others, Li Xining continued to be among the top three.
But Lu Yuling was the true winner.
He was among the top 400 in the grade, rising to 389th place from 807th place.
He successfully jumped from the last examination room in the laboratory building to the first examination room on the fourth floor of the teaching building.
Everyone was amazed.
‘The Goddess Xining is awesome.’Most boys thought that.
Lu Yuling sent a particular reminder to Li Xining after school that evening. “Hey, don’t forget to treat me tomorrow morning.”
‘This b*stard is so excited that he immediately reached the sky and stood shoulder to shoulder with the sun!’ However, Li Xining was not angry. “I know!”
“It depends on what you do. If you are willing to gamble, just do it.” Lu Yuling’s voice was full of pride. “I did better than Chen Lin this time.”
Li Xining: “That’s because Chen Lin didn’t take the comprehensive examination!”
Lu Yuling: “I don’t care; I just did better than him.”
Li Xining looked at him sideways. “If you have the ability, you can do better than him next time.”
“I have been comparing myself against him,” Lu Yuling said confidently, “and I can do better in the next exam. And before the college entrance exam, I will let you be my girlfriend.”
Li Xining didn’t want to hurt Lu Yuling’s feelings, but she didn’t want him to be arrogant. “Let me tell you. The higher the ranking, the harder it is to improve. You have to remember your competitors are getting stronger and stronger. The reason why you can advance by more than 400 places at once this time is because you were at the bottom. Even if your rank went up, you have to improve a lot, as you used to ignore studying for a long time.”
Not everything Li Xining said was intended to frighten Lu Yuling. What she said was also true. Otherwise, if he became arrogant, he would fall to the ground again.
She wanted to remind him not to be arrogant but to proceed steadily, one step at a time.
Li Xining was obviously self-conscious, and Lu Yuling was aware of her good intentions. Naturally, he was aware that his initial low ranking allowed him to surpass dozens of individuals with a single point, which was why he was able to increase by more than 400 places this time.
He knew he must be patient. However, he just wanted to catch her as soon as possible.
The power of love was really great. In order to seize the time to fall in love before graduating from high school, he must study hard. No matter how big or small the room for improvement was, he must make progress anyway. After all, there was not much time left for him to have puppy love…
Lu Yuling gave it some thought before responding firmly. “Don’t worry, Li Xining. I’ll show you what puppy love is, and I won’t let you regret anything in high school!”
Li Xining: ‘Then do I still have to thank you?’
Lu Yuling was determined to let Li Xining be his girlfriend before the winter vacation. He was determined to be in the top 200 on the next monthly exam. However, the ideal was full, but the reality was skinny.
When he took the monthly test in November, he did not get into the top 200 in his grade as he wished. He only improved 80 places from last time and was in 309th place.
When he took the monthly test in December, he had improved even less than last time, with an improvement of 50 places: the 259th place.
At the end of December, he also took the art test for the provincial unified entrance examination. Although he had not studied in any tutoring institution, his mother was a music teacher, so he had a solid knowledge of music theory since he was a child, and he could play both the piano and the guitar. With a good voice and years of experience of performing, he completed the art exam very smoothly.
His final opportunity before the winter break was the January final exam.
For a whole month, Princess Lu studied nonstop. From five o’clock in the morning to one o’clock in the morning the next day, he studied hard. He opened his eyes to study and closed his eyes to sleep.
Even Li Xining was ashamed about herself seeing Lu Yuling’s dedication to study.
She saw that he had two dark circles beneath his eyes every morning when they went to the cafeteria for breakfast.
‘He must have been up late last night without even realising it.’
In fact, she felt sorry for him, and now, she was about to relent and agree to his puppy love. She no longer forced him to study hard but instead advised him not to put so much pressure on himself and to relax when it was time to relax.
Even Lu Yuling’s uncle, Lu Rongxing, started chasing the class teacher, hoping that Lao Zhou would persuade Lu Yuling not to put much pressure on himself.
He also personally advised Lu Yuling not to put so much pressure on himself. “It doesn’t matter whether your grades are good or not. The main thing is to live well.”
Princess Lu, however, has profound beliefs. He would give up once he set his mind to something. Furthermore, he was under pressure from a different source than others. He was doing it out of puppy love, while others were doing it for the college entrance exam.
If he failed the college entrance examination, he could still retake it, but puppy love only had this chance.
Lu Yuling’s overall score had been rising even though he didn’t meet the predetermined goal in these tests. At the monthly class teacher meetings, even the grade leaders started to commend him as a positive example.
Moreover, Lao Zhou even specially asked him to move from the last row to the first row. However, because of his tall figure, he had to move back to his previous seat.
One week before the winter vacation, the final exam results came out. Lu Yuling ranked 203rd this time, just a few points shy of entering the top 200 in his grade.
‘The path to reconciliation may seem far away.’
But he wouldn’t give up easily; otherwise, he wouldn’t be Lu Yuling.
However, an unexpected incident happened.
Just when he was sure that Li Xining would not reconcile with him before the start of the next semester, the rabbit that he threw away was found at Mr. Li’s birthday party.
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End of chapter 42
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