Monday, before dawn had fully broken, Guo Kunnan woke up.
The noise of him getting up woke Hu Jun in the next bed. Hu Jun groggily opened his eyes. "Nan Bro, why are you up so early?"
Guo Kunnan said solemnly, "I'm going to the classroom to study!"
Hu Jun said, "Really?"
Guo Kunnan rallied himself. "Do what you need to do in April and May, and the answer will come in July and August!"
Hu Jun: "?"
After washing up and brushing his teeth, Guo Kunnan headed straight for the classroom.
The campus was especially quiet in the early morning. Guo Kunnan walked along a path blooming with flowers and grass, greedily drawing in a breath and savoring the empty campus.
Gazing at the morning sun in the east, Guo Kunnan thought about his life so far. It had been ordinary. From childhood to adulthood, he had never lived amid flowers and applause.
He had always watched the backs of those outstanding people, applauding from below as little more than part of the backdrop.
The exam was today. He wanted good grades. He wanted to step onto the Speech Platform to receive an award and bask in the attention of the entire student body.
He thought of his good brother, Shan Kaiquan.
The reason Shan Kaiquan's grades had improved so quickly, allowing him to seize a spot in the top ten of Class 8 among so many strong students, was because Kaiquan worked hard. He studied not only at school, but in the dorm at night too.
Guo Kunnan decided he would work even harder than him.
If Kaiquan could do it, so could he!
Guo Kunnan loved a saying: "If you don't push yourself, you'll never know how astonishing your potential is."
He arrived at the entrance to