“Do you remember me, Mr. Lowell? I’m David, I’m here to visit you.”David brought the two bags of goods into the security room with Celia following behind him as he spoke and placed them on the small table inside.Mr. Lowell took a good look at David. The young man looked familiar.After some thought, he finally remembered who the young man was.It was David Lidell, Shu City High’s ex-student. The reason why David felt familiar was that the young man used to deliver food to him during breaks. After some time, the two became familiar and close with each other. Mr. Lowell actually had a great deal of respect for this young man.While the other students studied and played around, David was usually out doing part-time jobs.What truly solidified that respect, though, was how despite doing part-time, David’s results had never faltered and he was always among the top two in his grade. David was one of Shu City High’s prized students, as he got enrolled in SRU after graduating three
Mr. Lowell got up and walked to the table to take David’s gifts only after David and Celia entered the campus.Mr. Lowell took a glance at its contents and was shocked.He quickly opened both the bags and was stunned by what he saw.One bag had ten high-quality cigarettes. It was a luxury cigarette brand, and Mr. Lowell had never tried a cigarette so expensive before.One cigarette of this brand cost a few thousand dollars, meaning ten of those cigarettes cost a total of a few dozen thousand dollars.The other bag had a box of expensive branded brandy.One bottle of this liquor costs more than ten thousand dollars, so a box of six meant another few dozen thousand.The two bags from David could amount to at least a hundred thousand. Mr. Lowell stared at them dazedly.It took a long while before Mr. Lowell could come out of shock.It had only been a few years since they last met and David was already successful enough to gift someone something so expensive.Coupled with the fac
David and Celia entered the office together.There were around several teachers packing things up when they got in, most likely getting ready to go for lunch.The couple stopped before their ex-homeroom teacher, Ms. Hans.“Ms. Hans!”“Ms. Hans!”They greeted at the same time.Giselle was currently straightening her table when suddenly, she heard someone call her.Not too far away stood a young man and woman.They looked rather familiar to Giselle and after some thought, she quickly recalled who they were.Both of them had changed a lot, but they had left a long-lasting impression on Giselle, so she immediately remembered who they were.David and Celia’s senior year was one of her proudest years in her teaching career, as two of her students were admitted into two of Somerland’s top ten universities.One of them even scored the highest among everyone in South River Province and got enrolled into the internationally renowned Greenwood University.That was the year she became
In an ordinary small restaurant.David, Celia, and their ex-homeroom teacher, Giselle, ate lunch together.“So, how are the two of you doing?” Giselle asked.“Not too bad. Celia’s studying at Greenwood University and I just came back from an exchange program with Greenwood University,” David replied.“David, I thought you were studying at SRU?”“Mhmm. But there were several quotas for an exchange program with Greenwood University, so I went and studied there for a bit.”“If that’s the case, you must be one of the top students in SRU. Or such a quota couldn’t have been yours.”“I guess,” David replied.Top student indeed, thanks to the money he donated to SRU.“That’s good, then. Very good. Both of you are the most hardworking and disciplined students I’ve ever taught. I know you’ll achieve great success in the future,” Giselle praised.“Stop praising us, Ms. Hans before we end up overconfident and prideful.”“What’s the relationship between you two?” Giselle asked pointedly.
“Who is this?” Mr. Johnston looked at David and asked.He did not remember David.As the principal of Shu City High, he would be able to remember Celia, the first leading light in the province in Shu City High’s history.David was admitted to the top ten universities in Somerland too. Although it was also a great achievement, there were a lot of students who had been admitted to those universities over the years.He might have remembered it at the time, but he would not be able to remember it after some time had passed.“Sir, this is also a student in Celia's class. His name is David Lidell and he was admitted to South River University,” Giselle introduced.“Oh? South River University? That's not bad either. You also brought honor to the school. I should thank you too, David.”“Mr. Johnston, you’re too courteous. I should thank the school for nurturing me,” David said.“Since the two of you are back, you two should gather the seniors and tell them about your learning experience
As soon as the two of them went on stage, there was a lot of discussion below.“Aren’t those two the ones on the field this morning? I was wondering why they looked familiar, it seems that they’re the seniors on the honor roll.”“Wow, Celia is so beautiful. She is even more beautiful than her photo on the honor roll. She’s good at her studies too, so she is really a perfect goddess.”“David is also so handsome. His grades are not bad too so the two of them are like a perfect match standing together. What a match made in heaven!”“Yeah, I envy them!”Mr. Johnston handed the microphone to Celia.Celia took the microphone and said, “Hello, everyone, my name is Celia Young. I was admitted to Greenwood University from Shu City High three years ago.”Next, Celia began to talk about some of her experiences of learning and her university life. She was describing it so vividly that the juniors who were sitting below the stage were all yearning for it.Mr. Johnston nodded secretly as he
Mr. Johnston did not know what to say when he took the microphone.He did not dare to say anything about the scholarship fund David mentioned.If David could not follow through with it then it would be very troublesome.David could walk away, but he was the principal of Shu City High and he would be the one who would bear the infamy if he went back on his word.At this time, Giselle, who was below the stage, also had a dull look on her face. At this moment, she was also very anxious.As David's homeroom teacher for three years, she knew all aspects of David's family very well.David had just promised this in front of more than 1000 students who were about to be seniors. With her understanding of David, such a feat was simply impossible.Although they had not seen each other for three years, what could a poor university student achieve in three years? He would just be working during the holidays, so how much money could he earn?David would need a lot of money to execute what he
To be able to go to school without paying money and get a scholarship to subsidize one’s family if they had good enough grades was an amazing thing.“Okay, everyone, dismissed. Teachers, please maintain order, and students, please line up to leave. Don't squeeze!”After half an hour.David, Celia, Giselle, and Mr. Johnston were sitting in the conference room of Shu City High.Since they were having extra classes during the holidays, the school leaders at Shu City High were working on a rotation basis, and today was Mr. Johnston's turn.Mr. Johnston looked depressed now.He should just let them go around and visit the campus, why did he get prompted by a sudden impulse to ask them to speak?Was he not shooting himself in the foot?If he did not handle this matter well, it would affect the reputation of the school.Shu City High was now well-known both in the city and the province.Once the students at the school spread this information and they failed to follow through on it,