My Youth Began With Him

“Everyone, quiet down and let our principal speak,” the dean of education said before he handed the microphone to the principal of Second High, who was a man in his fifties. He had greying hair and glasses framing his serious face.

“Students, I believe that you’re no strangers to these two here. Today, I am going to formally introduce them. This man standing beside me is the president and chief executive officer of the GK Corporation, Mister Qin Chu. The woman beside him is his wife, Huo Mian. They were students of Second High, and they were here two days ago to experience school life again.”

After the principal spoke, the crowd went wild…

The girls in the fifth class of twelfth grade screamed…

“No wonder he’s so handsome, he’s president Qin… My god, that’s so cool!”

The chubby boy in the eighth class of grade eleven was so surprised that his glasses almost fell onto the floor…

The girl that he had feelings towards, that cute looking smart girl was actually the famous senior Huo Mian?

Why was Huo Mian famous? It wasn’t because she married Qin Chu and became Mrs. Qin.

Rather, there were many tales of her during her time at Second High. Apparently, she was a genius who received perfect grades on her middle and high school entrance examinations, and her uni-entrance exams’ scores were also terrifyingly high.

She could’ve gone to the best school in Jing City, but she gave that up and chose to stay at a local third-rate medical school.

The incident caused an uproar back then…

It was said that the teachers of Beijing University went to her house multiple times to convince her, but their efforts were in vain.

Even the teachers of Second High tried to change her mind but failed.

Such a legendary character appeared in his school, and it was magical that they were in the same class for an entire day.

They even sat so close together!

The chubby boy felt his blood pressure rising to the point of almost passing out…

“Wow, no wonder she’s so good at tests. She’s the genius girl,” the students of eleventh grade commented.

At that moment, the principal said, “As two of our school’s most successful alumni, President and Mrs. Qin came back to school for the experience, and decided to donate fifty million yuan to the school.”

“Fifty million? God, that’s crazy…”

“Oh my god, you can do everything when you have money.”

“Uh… We will never understand the world of rich people.”

The principal continued to say, “Thirty million will be used to repair and run the library, computer lab, and science labs. The rest will be used towards improving the quality of life for students in need. Those with good grades who are in need of financial aid will receive money each month that will be used for food and other necessities. Let’s give them a round of applause and thank them for contributing to our school.”

After the principal finished his sentence, thunderous applause rang throughout the auditorium…

Huo Mian stood on stage calmly and only smiled…

She wasn’t doing this to boost her reputation, she didn’t care about those things.

During this ‘Back to Seventeen’ event, she felt extremely sympathetic towards that straight-A student named Du Hongguang.

He was so hardworking and smart but ate sub-par food due to poor family conditions…

She knew how tiring high school life was, many kids had to eat supplements to support their brain.

She heard the other students say that Du Hongguang’s father often biked thirty miles through the mountains to C City just to bring him twenty boiled eggs.

A father’s love was godlike, and it moved Huo Mian very much…

So, after explaining the situation to Qin Chu, he immediately agreed to donate an extra 20 million.

“Wow… Mr. Qin and Ms. Huo are my idols, they’re such a good match.” One of the female students fangirled over them.

“No wonder he was so good to her, they’re husband and wife… I’m so jealous…”

The girls thought that the two legendary characters were from a cheesy TV show.

“Principal, let Mr. Qin say something,” a brave girl stood up and shouted.

The other students immediately cheered them on…

The principal was easy going and immediately handed the microphone to Qin Chu.

“President Qin, why don’t you say something?”