Volume 2: Flourishing Chapter 56: For One Person

  That day, the young woman I saved at the hotel turned out to be Qin Yanran's mother, which is really too coincidental.

  Su Lin found herself looking at Qin Yanran's mother, Fang Liping, who was also looking back at her and even smiled slightly and nodded in her direction. This made Su Lin feel a bit embarrassed, thinking about the intimate actions she had with her that day in the hotel room.

  But now that he thinks about it carefully, Qin Yanran and her mother Fang Liping are really quite alike, Su Lin feels that he should have thought of it long ago!

  Different from the usual speeches, Su Lin achieved his expected effect and triggered reflection among the teachers, students and parents present. However, this was just the beginning, as he had not finished his speech yet. Next, he would continue to talk about why people read books.

  "Fellow students, without a doubt, we are the new masters of the 21st century. Our future lives depend on our own efforts, but do we want to always follow the path arranged by others? Are you willing to have this feeling of forced effort?"

  The tone suddenly changed, and Su Lin began to enter the main topic, continuing to speak into the microphone, "Yes! We don't want to. We are students, we need to learn scientific and cultural knowledge, even if not for exams, not for going to college, but just for our better life, a better understanding of this society, we must work hard to learn. However, many of us do not understand what we are learning for. What I want to tell everyone today is not to give up on studying hard, but to find the motivation to study, and fundamentally understand the meaning of learning. Only then can we wholeheartedly strive to learn."

  After belittling learning, questioning the significance of learning and raising doubts about life, Su Lin's speech set up a barrier in everyone's mind from the very beginning. Now, this barrier has been suddenly pushed open.

  Yes, that's right. We must understand the true meaning of learning, not just reading books blindly, but with a purpose and motivation to learn, which is the correct path.

  "I don't know what you guys are feeling. But when I see my parents, working so hard every day, coming home exhausted at night, just to give me a stable family life. What excuse do I have not to study hard? Maybe many of you have good family conditions and don't need to worry about money now. But what about the future? When your parents get old, when the people you love encounter difficulties, what can you do if you've accomplished nothing? Just being a bystander in the market is not enough for me, I don't want to be the one who's always taken care of and nurtured by others, I want to use my own efforts to repay and take care of those I love and who love me..."

  "For one person, for the one I love, so I will strive to struggle, I will work hard to learn. This is my motivation for learning, this is the direction of my struggle. Maybe these big principles everyone will say, you don't know how many times you've heard them already. But without experiencing it personally, you don't know the difficulty in it. Please think back in your mind, is there such a person who would become your motivation to learn? When you think of her, you will use 120% effort to learn, to repay her..."

  After saying so much, Su Lin's heart was also filled with emotion. He thought of his parents, he thought of Zhu Jie, he thought of Lin Qingxue teacher, he thought of Qin Yanran...

  Work hard for someone! This person can be your parents or the one you love.

  As soon as Su Lin finished speaking, another wave of commotion arose from the bottom. In fact, everyone had thought about this problem before, but no one had expressed it as clearly as Su Lin. No matter what kind of life or struggle, ultimately isn't it all for giving a good life to loved ones and repaying parents and loved ones?

  "Sulin! Could it be that you really studied hard for me?"

  Qin Yanran sat on the playground with a complex gaze, her heart struggling intensely. Yes, she was moved by Su Lin. Although many boys pursued her, which one of them could make such changes for her like Su Lin did?

  There is no one except Su Lin who says and does. He publicly confessed to himself that he could be admitted to the top 50 of his grade, and indeed he was admitted to the 10th place in his grade.

  This person is Su Lin, and for some reason, he quietly entered Qin Yanran's heart in the last moments of her high school life, and could no longer be driven out.

  "This Su Lin! Always so astonishingly talented, he works so hard to study, is it all for one person? For...for Qin Yueran in our class?"

  Before that, Lin Qingxue had also witnessed Su Lin's confession to Qin Yanran outside the English exam venue. At that time, Su Lin was so generous and passionate, with his grades, saying such words just for Qin Yanran alone, no one believed he could do it, they were all ridiculing him, but in the end! Su Lin actually did it, this... Is it really the power of love? Can it make a person strive forward and burst out all their potential?

  For some reason, when she thought of this, Lin Qingxue felt a sense of inexplicable loss in her heart. Hehe! That's right! Su Lin was working hard for Qin Yan, not for herself...

  She suddenly came to her senses, Lin Qingxue was shocked again, how could she be jealous of Qin Yanran? No! No! Su Lin and Qin Yanran are both her students, what's wrong with her?

  Looking at Su Lin standing upright on the podium, Lin Qingxue's own heart was also bewildered.

  "This little rabbit, it seems has really grown up. Old Su! Our family's Little Lin is great!"

  What touches me most is Liu Ai Zhen, Su Lin's mother. During this period of time, both husband and wife were laid off, the family had no source of income, and the pressure was greatest on Liu Ai Zhen. Fortunately, Su Lin is now sensible, understanding his parents' difficulties, willing to study hard and achieved results, how can Liu Ai Zhen not be delighted?

  "That's it! I'm Soo Kuen Hong's son, can bear or not?"

  Su Guorong was also proud, proud of his son Su Lin.

  Behind the rostrum, Li Weimin, the principal of Jian'an No. 1 Middle School, nodded slightly, apparently also very satisfied and in agreement with Su Lin's speech.

  "My speech is over, thank you very much for listening to my chatter, fellow students, teachers and parents present."

  With a very solemn bow to the playground and the back of the rostrum, Su Lin's speech officially came to an end.

  Clap Clap Clap...

  As if on cue, there was a huge round of applause at the scene.

  This applause was not the perfunctory applause of the principal's speech earlier, but every person who applauded was sincere. Those students who were dissatisfied with Su Lin's sudden rise to fame in the exam had also completely admired Su Lin by now.

  Especially some low-grade little girls have completely become Su Lin's fans, with eyes full of love looking at Su Lin on the podium.

  Even on the rostrum, President Li Weimin led the applause, very warm and enthusiastic, watching Su Lin step down from the stage, and gave a smile of praise to Su Lin.

  And so, Su Lin's unusual speech came to a perfect end amidst thunderous applause from everyone.

  The swearing-in ceremony is over, and the students of Grade 1 and Grade 2 return to their classrooms for normal classes, while the third-year high school students have their last parent-teacher conference.

  The seating arrangement for parents in the classroom is based on the ranking of the exam results, which is a tradition at Jianan No. 1 Middle School.

  Liu Aizhen, Fang's mother, sat in the second seat of the first row of Class 3 (2) with some anxiety, because Su Lin ranked second in the class this time, so at the parent-teacher conference, Liu Aizhen's seat was the second one.

  However, this was not the reason for Liu Ai's anxiety. The real reason was that sitting right in front of her was Qin Yanran's mother, Fang Liping, who was the first in class.

  Fang Liping, the mayor of Jian'an City, Liu Aizhen has seen her more than once in the city's news reports. Unexpectedly, at this parent-teacher conference, she was actually able to sit behind Mayor Fang, how could Liu Aizhen not be thrilled?

  Of course, like Liu Aizhen, the parents of Class 3 (2) also found that Mayor Fang of this city was attending the parent-teacher conference with them. It turned out that their children and Mayor Fang's daughter had been in the same school for three years.

  It's no wonder that in the past, every time there was a parent-teacher conference, Fang Liping couldn't attend, as she was too busy with city affairs and couldn't get away. So at previous conferences, these parents had never seen Fang Liping appear. This time was Qin Yanran High School's last parent-teacher conference, and Fang Liping said she would push aside all other matters to come.

  "Hello everyone, I believe you are all familiar with me. I am Lin Qingxue, the head teacher of Class 3 (2). This is our last parent-teacher conference. First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all parents for your trust in me..."

  The parent-teacher conference was proceeding in an orderly manner in the classroom, while the third-year high school students were all free to go. Su Lin's father handed over a few words to Liu Ai Zhen after the swearing-in ceremony and hurriedly rushed to attend a job interview at a company.

  "Lin Zi, you're absolutely amazing this time! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that brilliant speech just now came from your mouth!"

  As soon as the swearing-in ceremony was over, Li Hao excitedly found Su Lin and pulled him along, chatting and laughing all the way.

  "Why can't it be what I said? By the way, Haozi, the college entrance exam is in a few days, what are your plans?"

  Su Lin patted his good brother's shoulder, and now Su Lin has become a true celebrity in Jian'an No. 1 Middle School. From the first year of high school to the third year, after this stunning speech, no one does not know Su Lin, and all along the way, they kept giving Su Lin sideways glances.

  Even some flower-loving little girls looked at Su Lin with red faces and hesitated to come up and talk to him.

  "Hey! What else can I do? You know my grades, unlike you, soaring to the top, now good enough to get into a top university in the country. I'll just casually take a college entrance exam and attend a vocational school, anyway, our family isn't short of money. After graduating from vocational school, I'll take over my dad's business, at least I won't starve. By the way, Linzi, which city do you want to go to? Although we can't go to the same university anymore, it's good to have someone to rely on in the same city!"

  Li Hao sighed, but he was also open-minded and knew that this was his level. His family had already made preparations for him and had established connections.

  "This... I haven't thought it through yet. Don't we usually take the exam first and then fill out our choices after the scores come out? Let's wait until the scores are released and then discuss it again..."

  At the thought of going to university, Su Lin's heart sank again.

  Yes! The college entrance exam is in a few days. After filling out the application and getting into different universities, we'll be in different cities... it's every man for himself...

  In the past, Su Lin rarely considered the issue of filling out university applications. After all, with his grades, he couldn't get into a good university anyway. But now, Su Lin actually started to worry and wondered in his heart: "I wonder which university Yanran will apply for? It must be one of the top two universities in the country, Qingbei or Yanjing University in Beijing."