Long way to go

"Woah! I won the race!" An Xiulan shouted, parking her bicycle. She looked at the boy who was coming her way and added, "Now according to rules, you have to buy me crayfish."

She was so excited. 

She won the race. And now, he would buy her crayfish. 

"I read at the bottom of my school diary that rules are meant to be broken," Gu Shangyan mimicked her. His blank face while mimicking her face looked so funny. In the end, he uttered, "No crayfish."

An Xiulan's eyes widened as she realized what he just announced. With her short legs, she ran after him, shouting his name. 

 Gu Shangyan was running away from this clingy and crazy girl. There was no way he was going to buy crayfish for a cheater. 

"Gu Shangyan whoever goes back on his words get struck by lightning," An Xiulan announced, her hands placed on her hips. 

"An Xiulan! Where is your face?" Gu Shangyan asked, showing a disgusted look on his face. 

"Oh, I lost it in an icy lake," An Xiulan replied, flipping her braid. 

From the second floor window, Gu Yanzhi and An Qinyan were looking at the two children playing in the garden. They looked so happy and relaxed. Gu Shangyan's face paralysis was not visible today. Or it could be said that it wasn't visible in the girl's presence. 

"Look at them, "Gu Yanzhi said with a smile. Although he tried to make his nephew happy all the time, he still couldn't help but wish that his nephew would smile and play with children his age more.

 It wasn't that Gu Shangyan was cold and apathetic, it was just that he found the world too boring.  He liked to see new and interesting things. 

 "Aren't they happy?" Gu Yanzi said with a smile on his face. 

"They are," An Qinyan said as she stared at the carefree look on her daughter's face. "I'm glad she is friendly with Shangyan."Turning to look at him, she added, "Isn't it wonderful that Shangyan is friendly with someone?"

"My nephew knows how to care for uncle's interests," Gu Yanzhi said smugly.

 Of course, Gu Yanzhi knew what his precious nephew was trying to do there. 

Gu Shangyan was creating more opportunities for his uncle to pursue An Qinyan. If he managed to befriend Xiulan, his uncle could win her heart too which would help his uncle to win her mother's heart. 

"Aren't you too smug?" An Qinyan narrowed her eyes on him. 

"He is my nephew and he is amazing," Gu Yanzhi grinned. 

"She is my daughter and she is super amazing!" An Qinyan didn't forget to show off her wonderful daughter. 

"I'm not denying it, "Gu Yanzhi said, leaning closer to her. "If you agree, I can make her my daughter too."

"You are shameless," An Qinyan muttered and walked away. 

Gu Yanzhi sighed, clutching his heart in a dramatic way. 

'He has a long way to go…'

...

It was another day at school and An Xiulan was attending her extra classes in the early morning once again.

It was seven in the morning and she was sitting alone in the class. The regular classes start at nine and from seven to nine, she had to attend extra classes to complete her missed syllabus. She was finding it hard to not yawn while the teacher was explaining a maths sum.

Her sleep went away when she heard the next words uttered by the teacher.

"You have to appear for two monthly exams this month and so we can add your score to the final result."

"Two monthly exams?" An Xiulan asked with wide eyes. What on earth was happening? She loved studying. But exams? Why God? Why?

"We are taking your extra classes of the syllabus you missed in the previous month. After a month, you will take a test and your scores will be added to the final results, "Teacher Jin explained to her. "After that, you will have to take another monthly exam of what you were taught in your regular class this month. Don't worry, we will give you a week between the two monthly tests."

"Oh," An Xiulan fell silent. How was she supposed to prepare for two monthly tests in a single month?

She needed help. But who could help her?

She didn't understand a word of what her teachers were teaching her in class except for English class.

"What if I fail in monthly exams?"An Xiulan asked.

"This is Jingyuan high school, if a student fails three consecutive tests, he/she will be suspended, "Teacher Jin said with a straight face. "If you fail three consecutive tests, you will have to say bye to Jingyuan high school. And at this time, no other schools will accept a transfer student with three monthly test failures."

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