Lin Sheng rode all the way to school.
He got out of the car along with a group of students wearing the same uniforms.
At the breakfast shop by the school gate, he bought two meat buns and a packet of soy milk, then ate as he walked.
He entered the school, crossed the playground, and went into the classroom building in the middle.
As he went up the stairs, Lin Sheng saw several well-known students from Senior Three, Class Four, coming down.
They all wore glasses and had a strong air of bookishness about them.
They were indeed the top students Class Four was known for.
Lin Sheng glanced over them and immediately sensed that two of them had eyes quite unlike those of the other high school students.
Their eyes were more disciplined, more mature, more clear-headed.
They were nothing like the other students around them, who just drifted through life in a daze, following the crowd.
Students like these knew what their goals were and pursued them without wavering.
Could the differences between social classes already be showing? Lin Sheng shook his head inwardly.
He went upstairs, passing the group.
Soon he reached the door of the Senior Three, Class One classroom and looked inside.
The classroom was much quieter than before. It wasn't as lively and rowdy as usual; most people were in their seats, flipping through their books. Only a few students who had given up were chatting and fooling around.
He found his seat, put down his schoolbag, and sat down.
Shen Yan sat in front of him, spinning a pen in her hand. A foreign-language vocabulary book lay open before her, but from where Lin Sheng sat, he could see a black earbud tucked in her ear.
A faint stream of music kept