Envy

January 15th, Thursday, morning.

Three years of high school. Just three years.

If the average human lifespan was eighty years, then those three years accounted for only 3.7% of one's life.

After graduation, looking back on those three years of high school would make them seem like a fleeting instant. Yet while living through them, time moved like a snail, unbearably slow.

The lingering chime of the class bell echoed hazily in Chen Qian's ears. His classmates' laughter and horseplay rang out, rushing one after another into his mind.

Chen Qian raised his head from the towering sea of practice problems and looked with lonely, indifferent eyes at the two Water Dispensers in the northwest corner. The girls were crowded there, waiting for the water to boil.

In summer, they could get by with cold drinks. But in weather like this, even the toughest men had to cradle hot water before they could swallow it.

Chen Qian heard Lu Qiqi cursing Cui Yu, Pang Jiao growling under her breath, Duan Shigang talking about his dreams of brotherhood and the martial world, and Dong Qingfeng asking Meng Ziyun what dessert she wanted that afternoon, planning to cater to her tastes.

From a god's-eye view, Chen Qian surveyed the students. In the end, he merely smiled to himself and buried his head back in his books.

His ideals and ambitions were destined to lead him down a different path from his classmates! After Lu Qiqi filled her cup, she went to the back row to chat with the three Yu Jiang sisters. "Hey, have you checked Tieba?"

"I have. I browse Tieba every day," Jiang Yanan said.

Yuzhou No.4 Middle School's Tieba was run exceptionally well and had a huge number of active users, ranging from current students to graduated alumni, even