The next morning, Zhang Yuping rubbed her sleepy eyes and opened them to find herself in her hotel room. Seeing that she was dressed only in her briefs and bra, her heart raced—thousands of uncomfortable sensations surged through her. Yet strangely, her briefs and bra had not been pulled down at all. Moreover, her clothes were neatly folded at the side of the bed, clearly washed and carrying a faint fresh scent. Who could it be? As she was puzzled, a sudden thought struck her—she noticed a computer card from the Moon Bay Internet Café lying on the floor. Her face turned crimson. It had to be him! Impossible! Zhang Yuping didn’t have time to dwell on it anymore. She dressed quickly and headed for Hanhai No.1 Middle School. To her surprise, she arrived almost at the same time as Gao Liang, who was entering the classroom of Class 1, Senior 3. Gao Liang was holding a brand-new MP5, which he had purchased with the money he earned—his expression was full of pride. Zhang Yuping thought about last night's incident, her face turning crimson. Gao Liang smiled warmly and greeted, "Good morning, class president!" Zhang Yuping managed a weak smile and nodded. Inside her mind, she muttered: Hmph! You're quite good at pretending! If you actually ate my tofu last night, I'll never forgive you! Gao Liang walked to the empty seat at the very back of the classroom and sat down beside his desk partner, Wu Shun. "Stop playing! Liu He-Gou has arrived!" Wu Shun pushed gently at Gao Liang, who was deeply engrossed in his MP5 game, as if he had no ears at all. A middle-aged teacher in a black suit, his face pale and his eyes turned white like fish bellies, tapped the lectern loudly with his blackboard eraser, glanced disdainfully at Gao Liang at the back, and announced to the whole class, "The final scores for the first round of senior three review exams have been released! I'll now read them out. First place: Zhang Yuping!" Zhang Yuping stood up amid the enthusiastic applause from her classmates. Liu Mo smiled warmly, a sharp contrast to his earlier disdain for Gao Liang. Excitedly, he said, "Not only is Zhang Yuping the top student in our class, but also the top student in the entire school!" "Wow! Our class president! Our school's beauty! Truly amazing!" Each student raised their thumbs in admiration. Meanwhile, Gao Liang, who had barely slept well the night before and had been thinking about the MP5 game, felt a wave of drowsiness come over him and fell asleep without realizing it. After Zhang Yuping sat down, Liu Mo continued reading: "Second place: Dong Jiao! Third place: Xiang Yunfei... As each student stood up, Liu Mo's eyes scanned the final row of the score sheet, his face as pale as when he first entered the classroom. He called out, 'Last place: Gao Liang!' 'Excuse me! Would you like to buy equipment? I have some here!' Gao Liang, suddenly awakened by being called upon, quickly responded. Liu Mo threw the blackboard eraser at Gao Liang, who was standing tall and bright, amid the burst of laughter from his classmates. Unexpectedly, Gao Liang managed to catch it, and with a confident smile, said, "The new storage equipment really works—welcoming everyone, organizing everything neatly!" Liu Mo roared, addressing the entire class: "Gao Liang! You're not just the last in our class—you're the last in the entire school! More precisely, you're the last among the four schools in this joint exam!" "I'm a struggling student—I don't need to fear anyone! Liu Black..." Gao Liang suddenly stood up. At the same moment, Zhang Yaping, the class president, also rose, facing Gao Liang directly. Her poised gaze carried an invisible strength that made Gao Liang unable to utter the next word. "Gao Liang! You dare to insult your teacher in front of everyone? Hmph!" Liu Mo stared at Gao Liang with utter disdain, chuckling while tilting his head back, and coldly added, "I'm going to report this to the principal. Just wait and see!" "说完，扬长而去. After evening classes ended, Gao Liang was the first to rush out. The classmates pointed after his back and chuckled, "Our Yu-Gi-Oh! must have headed for the internet cafe!" Zhang Yупing immediately stepped in, her eyes as clear and calm as a lake, and asked, "Gao Liang, are you really willing to sink so deeply into decline?" "Class president, please stop interfering with my affairs!" Gao Liang replied, hurrying off. Behind him, Zhang Yупing's voice lingered, "He's truly beyond saving!" Gao Liang was a punctual and responsible person, even though he worked part-time. When he finally arrived at the Moon Bay Internet Cafe, gasping for breath, an unexpected scene awaited him. His father, Gao Zhongming, was talking with Du, the owner, while holding his mother, Shen Hanfu, by the arm. Gao Liang immediately turned to leave, but his mother noticed him and called out, "Liang! Come back!" As a dutiful son, Gao Liang had no choice but to return. At that moment, a net user in the internet cafe shouted, "What's wrong with this computer? It keeps freezing! I'm giving up!" Ye Qian and the other network administrators rushed over, but after struggling for a while, couldn't resolve the issue. Gao Liang, who was particularly familiar with computers due to his two-month internship at a computer city during the summer, stepped forward with confidence and said, "I'll take care of it!" Indeed, within just three minutes, Gao Liang successfully resolved the hardware problem. "My son is just that capable!" Du Boss praised him before his parents. "He's been quietly doing this for three years without us even knowing!" Father Gao Zhongming thought of himself as a laid-off worker from a cotton mill, and his wife, Shen Hanfu, had been diagnosed with leukemia three years ago, accumulating a debt of 100,000 yuan for treatment. He felt a deep sense of melancholy. It turned out that Gao Liang had chosen to live on campus as a boarding student while working part-time at the internet cafe to earn money for tuition and to repay his family's debts. Yet, what could he do for his son? Senior high school studies have been exceptionally intense, and with only over 100 days left until the college entrance examination, the parents are firmly unwilling for their son to continue working at the internet cafe. After all, they don't want him to sacrifice his education in order to help them earn money and pay off debts. Under the strong pressure from the parents, the internet cafe manager was eventually forced to resign from his position at Gao Liang. At the time of departure, he personally handed over an additional 1,000 yuan to Gao Liang's parents, praising them warmly: "Gao Liang is highly dedicated! Over the past three years, no matter how big or small the matters were, he has always handled them with excellent organization and efficiency!" The parents were deeply moved, tears streaming down their faces—Gao Liang had truly contributed so much to the family. Suddenly losing his job, Gao Liang found it extremely difficult to adjust. Returning to his studies, he had fallen behind significantly in his coursework. Could he catch up? He had made every effort, yet his foundation was weak and his starting point was not strong. Time and again, his exam and assessment results placed him at the bottom of the class. Originally, Gaoliang didn't lose heart about being at the bottom of the class. He had determined to start over. However, just recently, his homeroom teacher had changed to Mr. Liu Mo, a teacher well-known throughout the school. Since joining the class, Mr. Liu has never once looked Gaoliang in the eye, and often ridicules him in front of the entire class. Once, Gaoliang noticed a comment on his assignment: "Stop reading! Go home and start running a stall!"