ACultivator'sCampusLife

Chapter 16 Great Minds Think Alike

It was unknown how long it took for Chu Minghui to come to his senses when he felt that someone was slapping him on the shoulder.

"Son, it's time to go home. What's the matter with you? Don't scare your father, will you?" When Director General Chu saw that his son who had been in a daze for several hours reacted, he suddenly hugged Chu Minghui in his arms and said.

Chu Minghui saw through his father's shoulder that it was already dark, and everyone went away.

At this moment, there was only he and his father on the campus, holding each other tightly.

"Dad, I..." Chu Minghui said feebly as if his whole spirit had been emptied.

"Don't say anything, son. I'm still here for you. Let's go home first!"

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Chu Minghui's father, Chu Tianyang, was forty-nine years old. He had a daughter and a son. His daughter, Chu Mingjing, was 27 years old. After graduating from graduate school, she worked as an assistant to the general manager of a foreign-funded enterprise in Xijing. His son, Chu Minghui, had been following him all these years and had been constantly changing schools along with the transfer of Chu Tianyang's job.

Chu Tianyang was not originally from Shuangta City. A few years ago, because of some changes in his job, he brought Chu Minghui to Shuangta City. He had planned to take advantage of the power of his job as the Director General of Education Bureau to recommend Chu Minghui for admission to universities so that Chu Minghui would benefit a lot in the rest of his life.

But unexpectedly, after his son arrived here, he worked very hard and his academic performance improved rapidly. In a short period of two or three years, Chu Minghui was among the top three in the city.

This made Chu Tianyang be in the limelight in the whole education system. What a good story it was that the son of a Director General of Education Bureau achieved such a good result through his own efforts.

This time, the placement test of the senior high school in Xinlu Province was valued by colleges and universities in Xinlu Province, including schools in neighboring provinces. Chu Tianyang also paid special attention to his son's grades two days ago.

Chu Minghui scored 685 out of 750, while the first place Lin Jiayi and the second place Dong Xiao scored 710 and 694 respectively. Thinking that there should be no problem with his son's quota of the recommended students for admission, he did not continue to pay attention.

Until Chu Tianyang was about to get off work yesterday afternoon, his son's English teacher, Liu Taibin, called him. Liu Taibin said that a guy named Lu Yao made a splash in this exam and got third place in the city. Lu Yao took away a quota that originally belonged to his son.

After a brief shock, Chu Tianyang felt that it was all right. In his view, with his son's abilities and the contacts he had accumulated over the years, there should be no problem in getting a quota for his son to attend a first-class university.

But later, on his way home, he heard that his son had made a bad bet with that young man named Lu Yao. So he began to reconsider the whole thing.

His son was like himself in every way. He was sophisticated and was eager to excel. Thinking about the bet, Chu Tianyang was afraid that his son would take things too hard. So after thinking all night, he decided to go and find the person that was sent by the Education Department of Xinlu Province to see if he could win over this quota of the recommended students for admission for his son.

Unexpectedly, the person from the Education Department was Director Yin of the Admission Office, which messed up all his plans. But after all, both of them had been working in the education system for a long time, so they were a little bit acquainted with each other. After he added the trimmings in the original story, an additional provisional exam for Lu Yao was finally decided.

Although he could not control the provisional exam, Chu Tianyang was still thinking about all other ways. But after talking to Director Yin just now, he walked past the school bulletin board and saw his son Chu Minghui. Chu Minghui was standing there foolishly as if possessed. No matter how Chu Tianyang called him, Chu Minghui couldn't wake up.

Until the onlookers scattered, the sky went dark, and more than an hour passed, Chu Minghui was still standing there foolishly. When Chu Tianyang planned to arrange for his secretary to come with the doctor, Chu Minghui gradually got back his sense.

"Son, what are you going to do next?" Chu Tianyang carefully brought Chu Minghui home. After eating some ginseng soup, Chu Minghui was almost back to normal. Chu Tianyang then asked slowly.

"I don't know!" Chu Minghui stammered and didn't know what to say.

"Well, listen. Let me tell you." Chu Tianyang glanced at his son, took him by the hand, and said slowly, "You rest at home for a few days. Adjust your mindset as soon as possible. When the limelight is over, you will go back to school as usual. I'll take care of the rest. Do you understand?"

"But dad..."

"There is nothing else. You just need to do what I say. I'm a man of experience. I have experienced things you never encounter. Don't worry about this trivial matter at all. Even Gou Jian, a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period, had to undergo self-imposed hardships so as to strengthen his resolve to revenge, let alone ordinary people like us. Besides, I don't think a little poor student like him can create any big obstacles for us!" Chu Tianyang looked out of the window and said gloomily.

"Dad..."

"Well, don't say anything now. Just go upstairs and have a rest!"

After saying this, Chu Tianyang got up and walked towards his study.

Looking at his father's grand body, Chu Minghui felt much more at ease.

Although Chu Minghui was usually very sophisticated, he was still a sixteen-year-old high school student after all. His father had gone through numerous hardships in officialdom for so many years so that his father must have a plan if he said so.

Chu Minghui comforted himself secretly in this way.

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"Lu Yao, I really didn't expect that you really got third place in the exam!" After Han Dong read the results list on the bulletin board, he excitedly took Lu Yao by the hand and said, "Our once-familiar Lu Yao is back!"

"Thank you, Han Dong! My good friend, thank you for accompanying me for so many years!" Lu Yao looked at Han Dong who was genuinely happy for what he had achieved, and he felt very grateful from the bottom of his heart.

"Lu Yao, what are you going to do about Chu Minghui?" After a short period of excitement, Han Dong mentioned the thing that also made Lu Yao feel troublesome.

"The person who humiliated others would also be humiliated by others. If he doesn't come to trouble me again, I can also consider not blaming him anymore. If he comes to provoke me again, I will certainly not let him walk away from it easily!" Lu Yao said.

"Good. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to get over it!" Han Dong said with relief.

"Don't worry. I know what to do!"

"Lu Yao, have you noticed that Lin Jiayi has treated you a little differently recently?" Han Dong half-jokingly said, "Are you hiding anything from me?"

"No, don't think about it. You'd better study hard and work hard to get into a good university." Lu Yao quickly defended himself.

"Well, I'm just saying. Look how nervous you are."

The two were talking and laughing on their way home.

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The next day, Lu Yao came to school as usual.

Some people on campus were whispering about the bet between Lu Yao and Chu Minghui. But this time they were not talking about how whimsical Lu Yao was, but how Chu Minghui swallowed the evil consequences he planted.

"I'm afraid it will be very difficult for Chu Minghui to stay in the No. 1 High School in Shuangta City this time!"

"This time, Lu Yao and Chu Minghui indeed confirmed the idiom story of The Snake and the Farmer!"

"No, it should be the story of Mr. Dongguo and the Wolf!"

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Listening to various versions of the discussion, Lu Yao did not think too much about it.

Recently, Lu Yao's cultivation had obviously reached a bottleneck. In recent days, he had once again practiced the first move of Mixed Spirit King Kong Skills, and his body's reaction was obviously not as strong as before. It seemed that after this event on examination went away, it was time to ask Li Jiang for advice on his future cultivation.

As he entered the classroom, Lu Yao glanced at Chu Minghui's seat and saw that Chu Minghui, who should have arrived a long time ago, had not arrived yet. He smiled and went to his seat.

After a while, Mr. Yang, the class teacher, came into the classroom with a smile on his face.

"Class! Let me tell you some good news!" After arriving at the podium, Yang Linchi said, "As our school has achieved excellent results in the provincial placement examination this time, the school leaders have decided that on the first day of next month, each class of the third grade of our school will organize an outing activity by yourselves. Before that day comes, shall we think carefully together about the places that our class should go to?"

"OK, let's go to the wild fruit forest! The beautiful scenery there makes it a good place to go hiking!"

"The wild fruit forest is not a good choice. I guess there will be a lot of classes going there, and it's no fun if there are too many people there!"

"Yes, the wild fruit forest isn't a fine choice."

"Let's go to the Back Gorge, where there are mountains and water. It is the best choice!"

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Everyone was expressing his or her opinions, and their moods were very high.

"All right, let's discuss these things when we're done. Han Dong, since Chu Minghui will take two days off for some special reasons, you are in charge of this outing. When everything is settled, count everyone's opinions and come up with a final plan." Yang Linchi said.

"Yes, Mr. Yang!" Han Dong immediately stood up and answered.

"Lu Yao, come out with me for a moment!" When Yang Linchi was about to go out, he waved to Lu Yao.

The two walked out of the classroom one after another. This time, they did not go to the office but only said a few words at the door of the classroom. Lu Yao then returned to his seat to continue his study.

"Lu Yao, may I ask you a question?" After Lu Yao sat down, Lin Jiayi asked.

"Ah? Of course, go ahead!" Because Lin Jiayi asked suddenly, Lu Yao was a little unresponsive for a moment.

"What are you going to do with Chu Minghui?" Lin Jiayi looked sideways at Lu Yao and asked.

"What do you think?" Originally, Lu Yao wanted to say that he did not want to get entangled with Chu Minghui too much, but somehow his words turned into a rhetorical question.

"A gentleman is open and poised; a petty man is unhappy and worried." Lin Jiayi thought for a second and said.

"Great minds think alike!" Lu Yao smiled and said.

Although they did not communicate a lot before, Shinese culture was so extensive and profound that these simple words caused a resonance in the hearts of the two people.

Lin Jiayi looked at Lu Yao and also smiled faintly.

During this period, Lin Jiayi did not know what was wrong with her. Because she, who had no interest in anything before, had a little interest in Lu Yao.

From a genius to a mediocrity and then back to a genius, what did Lu Yao go through and how did he accomplish it?