Chapter 54: Outstanding Student Representative Su Lin

  "How's it going? Ai Zhen, this oath-taking ceremony is almost over. Where's that son of yours who ranked tenth in the grade? Let him come out and let me take a look!"

  "What's wrong, why isn't anyone speaking? Ai Zhen, this is the last item on the excellent student speech. It's been so long since we sisters have seen each other, how about we catch up after the parent-teacher conference?"

  In the midst of their quarrel, Liu Lanfeng got the upper hand. Su Lin's mother, Liu Aizhen, was furious, her cheeks puffed up with anger, and she mentally scolded Su Lin: "You little brat, you didn't even come to accompany your dad and mom at the parent-teacher conference, causing me to lose face in front of Liu Lanfeng. Just wait till I get home and deal with you!"

  Just as Liu Lanfeng was proudly strutting around like a victorious rooster, the broadcast sounded with the reluctant voice of Dean Li Jianxing: "Next, please welcome outstanding student representative, Su Lin from Class 3(2) to give a speech at the oath-taking ceremony to boost the morale of our third-year students!"

  "What? Su Lin? Su Lin from Class 3(2)? Liu Aizhen's son? Impossible, impossible, how can her son be an outstanding student representative?"

  Hearing the words on the radio, Liu Lanfeng's face was incredulous, thinking that it must be a namesake, how could an excellent student representative possibly be Liu Aizhen's son?

  "How's that? I've already told you, my family's Su Lin this time is the tenth in grade, don't you believe it? Take a look... if not for being the tenth in grade, how could he possibly be selected as an excellent student representative to give a speech?"

  "What's so arrogant about being tenth in the grade?"

  Liu Lanfeng wanted to retort, but he had already lost his confidence. Looking at Liu Aizhen's arrogant expression now, he was stifling a belly full of anger.

  In an instant, the tables were turned. Looking at Liu Lanfeng's unsightly expression on his face now, all the anger that Liu Aizhen had just suffered was gone. She thought to herself: "Little Lin, you little rabbit, how could you go up on stage to give a speech without even giving your old mother a heads up?"

  "Ai Zhen, look quickly... our school's Xiao Lin is on stage... didn't expect this kid to actually make it, and as an outstanding student representative, he's giving a speech."

  Although Su Lin's father, Su Guorong, is usually taciturn and rarely speaks, at this moment, seeing his son stand out among so many high school students in Jian'an No. 1 Middle School as an excellent student representative to give a speech on stage, how can he not be proud? Especially with the pride of being a soldier, he feels that his son Su Lin has greatly vindicated himself.

  Look at the parents of those students around, looking at Su's father and mother without their children by their side, they are staring at them with a strange gaze. Now that they know, it turns out that the son of this family did not come to accompany his parents because he was arranged by the school as an excellent student representative to give a speech. This makes these parents one by one turn around and envy Su's father and mother, who have a child who can be arranged by the school as an excellent student representative, how about learning achievement is definitely top-notch!

  "Hehe! This little rabbit is really something today! I'll have to make some delicious food as a reward for him when we get home!"

  As Su Lin stepped onto the podium and approached the microphone, his mother Liu Aizhen also straightened her back, feeling proud of her son, and had a kind of vanity that feared others wouldn't know she was the mother of the excellent student representative Su Lin.

  A woman's vanity is the most terrifying thing in the world, and once you can satisfy a woman's vanity, she will think that whatever you do is fine.

  At the same time, Fang Liping, sitting in the front row of Class 3 (2), saw Su Lin walking up to the podium and was also surprised: "Yanran, the one on the stage... is that the Su Lin you just mentioned, your classmate?"

  "Really? Mom, what's wrong? You really know Su Lin?"

  When asked by her mother, Qin Yanran's heart also tightened. To know that Su Lin's academic performance and behavior before this were not good at all, if her mother had known Su Lin before, then her impression of Su Lin would have been particularly bad.

  Qin Yanran knew that her mother had very high expectations for anyone. Judging from Su Lin's previous behavior, she would definitely be classified as a bad student who Qin Yanran was not allowed to associate with by Fang Liping.

  "Hmm! I've met him before by chance, he's a pretty good guy."

  Fang Liping also felt a little guilty and didn't directly tell her daughter about what happened at the hotel that day. On one hand, she was afraid of worrying her daughter, after all, she had indeed been kidnapped by gangsters that day, and if Su Lin hadn't appeared, who knows what would have happened? On the other hand, Fang Liping knew that Su Lin had taken advantage of her in the hotel room that day. This matter of being taken advantage of by her daughter's classmate was something she'd rather die than reveal! How could she possibly tell her own daughter about it?

  "Not bad? Mom, where did you meet Su Lin before?"

  Seeing her own mother didn't say anything bad about Su Lin, but instead praised Su Lin with a good word. Although it was a relatively vague term, it actually piqued Qin Yanran's curiosity and she hurriedly asked further questions.

  "It's nothing, just a casual opportunity, even if I told you, you wouldn't understand. Look, Su Lin is about to speak. Usually it's you who does the talking, today you should listen and see how others talk."

  Qin Yanran seemed to want to get to the bottom of things, and Fang Liping quickly changed the subject. A faint blush flashed across her face, and she herself was also puzzled - why did thinking about that hotel room with Su Lin bring a sense of shyness, a feeling she hadn't had in over a decade?

  "What's wrong with Mom today? She actually blushed just now...... And also, it seems like Mom has known Su Lin for a long time..."

  Qin Yanran also noticed her mother Fang Liping's abnormality today, but she also knew that if her mother didn't want to say something, no matter how she asked, it would be useless. So Qin Yanran temporarily buried this question in her heart and looked up at the podium where Su Lin's inauguration speech was about to begin.

  "Look up there, that's Su Lin, who ranked 10th in this year's entrance exam. I heard he used to be among the bottom one hundred or so, but this time he shot up suddenly..."

  "I also heard that. And it seems that right after the first English exam, he was already full of confidence and boldly claimed in front of many people that he could get into the top 50 of his grade."

  "Yes, and also made a bet with school flower Qin Yanran. Unexpectedly, this time he not only entered the top 50 of the grade, but also became the tenth in the grade..."

  "Progressing so quickly? You're not cheating, are you?"

  "Cheating? You try being tenth in class for a year and see how you like it!"

  "Wow, that's amazing! I would be satisfied if I could improve by 20 or 30 places, but he actually improved by several hundred places all at once!"

  ……

  Among the students below, some were envious and jealous when they saw Su Lin take the stage to give a speech. Some were skeptical, while others didn't care, but no matter what, they couldn't change one fact: Su Lin had already become a top student and a prominent figure in Jian'an No. 1 Middle School's third-year high school class.

  Su Lin suddenly rose from the bottom of her class to the top ten, how could it not cause a stir in school? Especially since this was also the best mock exam for high three. Not only were the students in high three paying attention, but so were those in high one and two.

  Now, the playground is not only filled with third-year students and their parents, but also first- and second-year students are watching. Especially many first- and second-year girls have heard about Su Lin's legendary story in the past few days, especially that one segment of his confession to Qin Yanran outside the English exam room. In the eyes of these little girls, it is simply romantic to death.

  It is undeniable that after this rumor, Su Lin, who was originally plain in appearance, has become a Prince Charming in the eyes of many young girls.

  The entire audience, all the students from grade one to three of Jian'an No.1 Middle School, parents of third-grade students, and almost all school leaders and teachers, at this moment, have focused their attention on the podium, on Su Lin's body.

  Now, it's Su Lin's turn to perform. In the history of Jian'an No. 1 Middle School, there has never been a student speech as highly anticipated as this one. Everyone wants to hear how the former underachiever soared to become the tenth in his grade.

  Su Lin, the protagonist of the whole event, stood on the podium, still panting and trying to calm down her breathing.

  Actually, Su Lin is also very nervous now. Making a speech in front of the whole school seems easy to say, but once you get up there, there are thousands of eyes staring at you, which makes Su Lin, who was already panting, feel even more breathless.

  "Calm down! Calm down...... At this time, you mustn't lose face......"

  Su Lin, who had never experienced such a scene before, took a deep breath, but his mind was in chaos. The official speech he had prepared earlier was completely disrupted, and without a prior script, Su Lin's mind was now a complete blank.

  Silence!

  The whole school was waiting for the magical boy on the podium to speak, but Su Lin just stood there at this time and didn't open his mouth.

  "What should I say? What can I say?"

  Looking at the teachers and students below, looking at this place where he had studied for three years, Su Lin was also filled with emotion. Ten years of hard study, the upcoming college entrance exam would almost determine a person's height in life.

  It was quite amusing that Su Lin thought it was heaven giving him a precious opportunity, allowing him to possess the ability to pause time, and thus changing his fate in just over ten days.