Reborn Bao Guowei, I really didn’t want to be a great writer!

Chapter 289: Zhou Mingcheng is Bao Guowei?

1930 7 Month 18 Day.

Shanghai, Jishu Middle School.

There were crowds of people on the campus. It was already noon, and it didn't look like people were going to school.

Every student had a smile on his face, which was in stark contrast to his usual attitude of going to school like going to a grave.

Obviously, this period is the summer vacation.

In fact, "summer vacation" is also an imported word.

In 1903, against the backdrop of the spread of Western learning to the East, the late Qing court brought back physical education classes, laboratory classes, the semester system, and the winter and summer vacation systems.

It’s a pity that such imitation could not prevent the collapse of the corrupt late Qing government.

In the 1929th year of the Republic of China, that is, in , the national government promulgated the "Regulations on School Academic Year, Semester and Holiday Dates".

It stipulates that "Summer vacation for specialized schools shall not exceed 70 days."

Therefore, summer vacation is not a rare thing nowadays.

Jiqi Middle School is a well-known middle school in Shanghai, and the students there are either from extremely wealthy families or have exceptional academic talents.

There are few worries that ordinary people have, so you can't feel the impact of war and economic depression here at all.

Some are just full of vitality.

Class 1, sophomore year.

The head teacher, Mr. Lin, took out a list and knocked on the desks, and the classroom suddenly became quiet.

Looking around, the seats were already full of students, except for one seat in the back row, which remained empty and was even covered with dust.

"Your final report cards have been released a few days ago. You should all know whether you will live or die. I will not say much. I will start reading the results next."

"Tian Yuhua ranks 398th."

"Wang Wenji ranks 620th"

"Ke Ziyun ranks 176th"

As the results were read out one after another, the students in the audience were either sad or happy.

Mr. Lin has emphasized many times that the transcript will definitely be sent to their home, which means they don't even have the chance to hide it.

This is undoubtedly a disaster for poor students, and they are about to face an extremely difficult summer vacation.

Some are happy, some are sad, but some people steal the show.

"Nie Ziyun ranks second"

Suddenly, there was a burst of exclamations in the classroom.

"Brother Ziyun, there are more than 2,000 students in our grade, and you have managed to rank second. You have a bright future! From now on, whether it is a school in Jinling or a school in Peking, it will all be within your reach!"

As a veteran lackey, Wang Wenji would never miss such an opportunity to flatter, and immediately said with a beaming face.

Many girls in the class also looked over and secretly observed Nie Ziyun's reaction.

Nie Ziyun was not very excited, but frowned instead. He obviously had greater ambitions.

"The quality of domestic universities is not good enough. I still want to study abroad. I will go abroad after completing the formalities next year."

"Let's go together! No matter how much money it costs, I want to go abroad. I heard from my uncle that foreign countries are countless times more prosperous than ours!"

Facing the noisy Wang Wenzhi, Nie Ziyun did not pay much attention. Instead, he looked at the seat behind him and made a very strange comment.

"It's really strange. This person doesn't come to class on weekdays, and he didn't even come to get his report card. Does he not want to continue his studies next year? His name seems to be... Zhou Mingcheng?"

Wang Wenji curled his lips and said, "What's so great about him? He usually ignores everyone and only comes occasionally. I saw him during the last exam! He has no merits other than his good looks. I guess it's just that his grades are not good."

During the last final exam, Wang Wenzhi noticed Zhou Mingcheng and saw several girls looking at him infatuatedly.

He immediately felt unbalanced. He was not as good as Nie Ziyun, and even worse than Zhou Mingcheng. What was so great about him?
"No, maybe he is not an ordinary person, otherwise he wouldn't be like this, or maybe he has some difficulties, or he has other specialties?"

Nie Ziyun had met Zhou Mingcheng several times, and his intuition told him that this man was not an ordinary person.

"He can't be the top student in the grade, right? If he were, I would lick his desk."

Wang Wenji leaned back in his chair and said with a look of disdain.

He just couldn't believe that Zhou Mingcheng was extraordinary. The key was that he tried his best to please Nie Ziyun, but Nie Ziyun ignored him. Zhou Mingcheng didn't do anything, but he attracted the other party's attention.

Wang Wenji really felt insulted.

Nie Ziyun ignored him and just looked at Mr. Lin intently. Just now, a student had curiously asked who was the number one in the grade, which actually stole the limelight from Nie Ziyun.

Mr. Lin looked at the students below with a complicated expression.

"You guys are not active in learning knowledge on weekdays, but you are active in talking about this." He said unhappily, "The top student in the grade is not from our class, but from another class, a girl named Zhang Nianyue, a transfer student."

In fact, the name Zhang Nianyue is not well-known and is only known in a small circle. She is Bao Guowei's fiancée, which is rarely known to the general public.

So the students present were just surprised, but since they didn't know this person, they didn't feel jealous at all.

Wang Wenji was very proud and felt that he had won.

"Look! I told you, we don't even know if Zhou Mingcheng has any results!"

Nie Ziyun remained silent, just frowned deeply.

"One is Bao Bingwen's "Answer", one is Zhu Ziqing's "Back View", and one is Zhou Shuren's "Diary of a Madman". These are all important works for you to learn vernacular Chinese. Don't be lazy during the holidays and write a review of each one."

Routine and summer homework are also essential.

Normally, the textbooks are mostly foreign classics, but this time, I don’t know what inspired Mr. Lin to assign some popular writers to read.

However, after hearing Bao Bingwen's name, many girls' eyes lit up immediately.

"I didn't really want to do my summer homework, but if Bao Bingwen was there, I would definitely do it seriously."

"I participated in a protest last time. It would have been nice if it was The Old Man and the Sea."

"Hush~ Don't talk about The Old Man and the Sea! I heard that the government has banned this work recently."

The students in the audience immediately started chattering, and Mr. Lin showed a triumphant smile on his face. These students could only be motivated to study with the help of some celebrities.

These are famous writers who cannot be avoided when studying vernacular Chinese.

Thinking of this, before leaving, Mr. Lin looked at the empty seat in the corner again and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Sir? Where is Zhou Mingcheng?" Nie Ziyun couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart and came up to ask.

"What?" Mr. Lin was a little surprised as to why Nie Ziyun mentioned Zhou Mingcheng.

Nie Ziyun decided to get to know this person better and find out what was so different about him, so he asked.

"What happened to Zhou Mingcheng? I noticed that he hasn't been to class for a long time, and he didn't get any grades for the final exam. Did something happen at home?"

Nie Ziyun took a deep breath, thought about his words and said, "If there are any family difficulties, I can help as the class monitor. If there are any academic difficulties, everyone can help solve them."

"Yes! Yes! This student Zhou Mingcheng is a bit pitiful and shy. His clothes are shabby and the hair oil he uses is not high-quality. We can all help him and let him come back to class!"

A female classmate said enthusiastically.

She was obviously observing very carefully, but luckily Bao Guowei was not there. If he had been there and heard her criticizing his oily hair, he would definitely have argued with her.

"because this?"

Mr. Lin breathed a sigh of relief, he thought it was nothing serious.

He leads this group of students himself, and unlike other playboys, he is actually kind-hearted.

But when he thought of Zhou Mingcheng and compared his words with those of his students, Mr. Lin couldn't hold it together anymore and had a very strange expression on his face.

"What's the matter, sir?"

Mr. Lin thought about it and struggled for a long time. He thought it was time to speak. He sighed and said, "Zhou Mingcheng should be very happy about the kindness of all the students, but there is no need to do so. Zhou Mingcheng will probably not come. He has been specially recruited by Peking University. He does not need to study in the third year of high school and can go directly to Peking to study."

"What???"

The students around him almost popped their eyes out, especially Wang Wenji who almost fell down.

Nie Ziyun frowned tightly, unable to believe his ears.

"Isn't he just a sophomore in high school?"

Mr. Lin smiled and looked at everyone with interest.

"Didn't you guys notice anything? You didn't notice anything unusual during these few encounters? This Zhou Mingcheng is the famous Bao Guowei!"

"ah?!!!!"

Suddenly, the classroom exploded.

Nie Ziyun, who had just said something kindly and wanted to help Bao Guowei, was petrified on the spot.

His face turned red.

"Bingwen, you can consider what I said. This is a letter that Peking University asked me to send. This may be your best choice."

In the principal's office, Bao Guowei took the letter from Huang Zhongsu with a complicated expression.

Looking at the signature above, it is a group of professors and scholars from Peking.

I couldn't help but feel a little moved.

(End of this chapter)