Chapter 40: Encounter
With two months left before the end of term, the school began stepping up its publicity about the final exams, making the atmosphere in the classrooms a little tense every day. Even the students' extracurricular activities dwindled considerably.
And this was at the relatively open-minded No. 27 Middle School. Other schools would already have been bracing for battle. Only the students in their final year had a somewhat easier time at this stage, with the college entrance exams approaching.
Just as Su Can's two major businesses began taking root and sprouting in Rongcheng, his mother, Zeng He, harbored ambitions of opening branches outside schools throughout the city, and Su Licheng's standing within the Head Office rose by the day, he began frequently attending strategic research meetings that steered the company's overall direction and repeatedly earned excellent marks in its management appraisal system.
Su Can was still sitting in class as a Senior Year Two student, listening to a teacher slap the desk and earnestly tell everyone, "Your burden is already much lighter now. Back when we were students, the questions were at least twice as difficult as they are today."
On the sports field during the exercise break after second period, Su Can caught sight of Zhao Chengyan, Li Qingyang, and the others. The latter met his eyes twice with an almost gloomy look before turning away, and nothing further happened. After the incident that day, Zhao Chengyan's group had lain low for a while and no longer made a big production of causing trouble for Su Can. Nor had they blocked his way outside school again. Li Qingyang, who belonged to the same club as Su Can, was likewise quiet and exchanged few words with him, but he was noticeably less imposing when he saw him.