The boy's name was Wang Li, his house was two doors down from Jiang Mianmian's, and like Jiang Mianmian, he was also starting middle school in the second half of the year.
The girl's name was Li Lan, from next door Aunt Li's place, a grade younger than Jiang Mianmian, preparing to take the middle school entrance exams next year.
She was a child who loved to study, but her grades just wouldn't improve, causing both her own frustration and her family's anxiety.
Knowing that Jiang Mianmian started reading at a fourth grade level as soon as she entered school, she greatly admired her, and after learning that Mianmian had ranked first in the primary-to-middle school entrance examination, she took Mianmian as her study role model.
So when her mom asked her yesterday if she wanted to study with her role model, she didn't even have to think before agreeing.
