Rebirth begins with studying hard

Chapter 4: I Want Both Fish and Bear's Paw

"You're so disloyal, just running away like that," Lu Jie said to Sun Bo irritably after sitting down.

Sun Bo looked aggrieved and innocent:

"Big brother, Sister Qing likes you, but you don't like her. You two must have had a falling out."

"No matter how much you provoke her, she won't retaliate against you, but that doesn't mean she won't take it out on me!"

"If she gets a bunch of thugs to beat me up, who will I be able to complain to?"

Lu Jie looked at him and chuckled.

Sun Bo winked and said, "I'm saying, why don't you just give in to her?"

"Actually, I think she has a lot of personality, no less than Victoria Song."

"And if you become her man, we can do whatever we want in this area."

As Lu Jie took out Xue Jinxing's "Complete Explanation of Middle School Textbooks" from his bag, which he had just bought over the weekend, he said:

"Stop, stop talking nonsense."

"I need to do my homework."

Sun Bo said, "Oh, you haven't finished your homework yet? I've already copied it. Do you want to copy it too?"

"Hey... chemistry homework isn't like homework, is it? The textbook doesn't have the answers."

Seeing that Lu Jie didn't reply, he watched curiously for a while and discovered that Lu Jie wasn't doing his homework, but rather balancing chemical formulas in a textbook. He exclaimed in surprise:

"Holy crap, you're not doing homework, you're studying!?"

Lu Jie hummed in response.

Sun Bo's eyes widened: "You're actually studying?"

Lu Jie, without even looking up, said, "What are you saying? Is there a difference between real and fake learning?"

"Didn't you come with me to the market to buy study materials this weekend? What are you going to do with them if you're not going to use them?"

Sun Bo's mouth dropped open: "Aren't supplementary teaching materials for copying answers?"

After a moment of stunned silence, he asked with a strange expression, "No... what exactly triggered you?"

Lu Jie could understand Sun Bo's astonishment. If it weren't for his past life, where he was used to spending all his time with Sun Bo without studying, and Sun Bo suddenly became determined to quit games and novels and start studying seriously, his reaction wouldn't have been any better than Sun Bo's.

He thought for a moment and felt that explaining things from the other person's perspective would make it easier for them to understand, so he said:

"Your favorite, Shu Panpan, ranked tenth in the entire grade..."

Panic flashed across Sun Bo's face: "What the hell... Don't talk nonsense... No... How did you know...?"

Lu Jie was taken aback: "Uh, you still haven't told me about this?"

Sun Bo: "(O_o)??"

Lu Jie chuckled and mumbled, "That's not the point."

"Think about it, with Shu Panpan's grades, she will definitely get into the top class, and then she will definitely be able to get into a good university."

"With your current grades, you can at most get into a junior college, or you might not even get into a junior college."

Even if you try every means to get closer to her, and even catch up with her in high school.

"But what about the future? Women tend to choose partners who are more ambitious. Do you think you two have a future?"

Sun Bo blushed slightly: "I'm not sure I can win her over, and... I don't think she's that kind of person."

Lu Jie sighed: "People change."

"Just because it's not like this now doesn't mean it won't be like this in the future."

Sun Bo didn't want to discuss himself, so he quickly changed the subject:

"So, you're worried that if Victoria Song gets into a four-year university, you two won't have a future, so you want to focus on your studies?"

"But Victoria Song's grades aren't great either, she definitely won't get into a university."

Lu Jie remained silent for a moment.

Everyone now thinks he will be with Victoria Song in the future, and even he thought so in the past.

In the end, it was Ding Yiming who he dated.

Then, everyone assumed he would marry Ding Yiming.

In the end, he was dumped.

Life is truly full of uncertainties.

All he can do is keep improving himself and find his own certainty in an uncertain future.

"Don't mention Victoria Song anymore. What does my studying have to do with her?"

"I'm studying for myself."

"In short, I want to improve myself, reach a higher level, and see different scenery."

Sun Bo clicked his tongue: "Lu Jie, you've changed."

Lu Jie: "Hey, hey, don't be disgusting."

He ignored Sun Bo and continued working on his chemistry problems.

The first step to getting into a good university is to be able to get into the top class.

The top classes concentrate the best teachers and teaching resources in the grade. Moreover, Feicheng No. 12 Middle School itself is not a particularly top-tier high school. The closer it gets to the college entrance examination, the worse the learning atmosphere becomes in the non-top classes, and the more lax the teachers' management becomes.

Getting into an honors class doesn't guarantee admission to a good university, but failing to get into an honors class makes it very difficult to get into university.

Lu Jie thought carefully about how to get into the honors class.

The elite classes are divided into arts and sciences, with 60 students in each class. After excluding students with special athletic talents, there are approximately 55 students in each class, meaning that a total of 110 students are admitted to the arts and sciences elite classes.

His cohort happened to be part of Anhui Province's first college entrance examination reform experiment, and the reform plan has not yet been finalized.

There are rumors that there is no distinction between arts and sciences, and there are also rumors that there are six subjects in the arts and sciences, and students can choose three subjects they are good at to take the college entrance examination.

There are even rumors that this year's university admissions will not solely consider the Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination) scores, but will also take into account the students' regular grades in each midterm and final exam.

Although he knew that the college entrance examination would ultimately follow the division between arts and sciences, the requirements for the grade of the high school graduation exam were increased. For example, good universities would require a certain number of A grades in the high school graduation exam.

However, amidst the various opinions at the time, although their top class was still divided into arts and sciences, the subject-specific exams did not differentiate between arts and sciences.

In other words, students are ranked according to their total score in Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Politics, History, and Geography. Those who are inclined towards science will go to the science-focused honors class, and those who are inclined towards humanities will go to the humanities-focused honors class.

Therefore, as long as you rank in the top 110 in the whole grade in the final class placement exam, you can get into the key class.

Currently, his grades rank 412th in the entire grade, which is quite a distance from 110th.

But that doesn't mean there's no chance.

Although his grades were poor, he wasn't bad at every subject; he was just particularly weak in certain subjects.

English was my worst subject, followed by subjects like politics and history that require memorization. I did poorly on those subjects because I was too lazy to memorize them.

Chemistry, biology, and physics are his strengths; he scored nearly full marks in chemistry and physics in his middle school entrance exam.

He was confident that his poor monthly exam results were simply due to a lack of study, and that he could catch up quickly.

My math foundation is decent, but my Chinese scores are mediocre; however, Chinese isn't a subject where I can improve my scores quickly.

Therefore, if you want to improve quickly, you should start by improving the subjects you are good at.

Then, focus on mastering the subjects of politics, history, and geography, which can be quickly improved through memorization.

Just maintain your level in Chinese and Mathematics.

Because of a very poor foundation in English and the difficulty in improving scores, it is advisable to temporarily give up on it.

This is his strategy for improving scores.

......

Because Lu Jie is currently focusing his learning efforts on subjects he is good at, he feels that things are going relatively smoothly.

However, he was very unsuccessful in persuading his mother to go to the hospital for a check-up.

"I don't smoke, so why would my lungs feel uncomfortable?"

"I'm perfectly healthy! Why would I go to the hospital? Do you think making money is easy?!"

"You'll need money for college, marriage, buying a house, and so on. Can you afford to spend it recklessly?"

"If you do well in your studies and give me less to worry about, my health will improve!"

"Improved grades? What does improved grades have to do with my trip to the hospital?!"

Stop daydreaming all day and focus on your studies!

No matter what he said, his mother refused to go to the hospital.

Although he was distressed, he could understand his mother's attitude and reaction at this moment.

Because he was mischievous and didn't do well in school from a young age, his mother was very worried about him and was left with a stereotype of him being a troublemaker and unreliable.

Because of this impression, it was difficult for his mother to listen to him, and she was also worried about his future, so she would try to save enough money for him.

Saving money naturally requires being frugal and focusing on making money while you're still able to work, spending as little money as possible and avoiding waste.

In the minds of my mother's generation, going to the hospital is a waste of money if you are not feeling unwell.

Therefore, to resolve the issue, the first step is to make the mother feel that he has grown up, become sensible, and stopped acting recklessly. Only then will the mother truly listen to what he says.

Then, let his mother see that he is capable, so that she doesn't need to worry about his future or save money for his future wife.

This is the only way to get your mother to spend more money on herself, even if she sees it as extravagant and unnecessary.

This way, he could persuade his mother to go to the hospital for a thorough check-up every six months, nipping any signs of illness in the bud.

Studying hard, improving grades, and stopping his aimless behavior will make his mother proud that he has grown up and become sensible.

But if he wanted his mother to think he was capable, simply studying hard was not enough.

He also needs to demonstrate that he is capable of making money so that his mother can truly feel at ease.

If he is capable of making money, even more than his mother makes from her fruit stand, then his mother will naturally not have to be so anxious and preoccupied with saving every penny.

She might even feel proud and happy for him, which would make her health better.

Thinking of this, Lu Jie took a deep breath.

Studying is important, but you also need to find ways to make money.

Only by doing both of these things well can you comfort your mother and get her to listen to your advice.

But we need to find a way to make money that has the least impact on our studies.

He wants to have his cake and eat it too.