After the presentation at County Second High School ended, Lu Jingyao agreed to the school's request and began tutoring the top students of the Retake Class.
The reference books she had brought back from the capital for her younger brother became public teaching materials. Every day, their contents were copied onto the blackboard for everyone to study.
Xia Yue and the others treated them like priceless treasures, attracting students from several other retake classes to come scrambling for them as well.
And throughout this process, Li Ye's little group of eight was naturally shut out.
Hu Man and the others went to the classroom as usual to listen to the teacher's lessons, only to find it crammed with people from three retake classes. They were vaguely blocked outside, then came back fuming.
Li Ye said lightly, "Isn't it just fine if they won't let you into the classroom? Stop going over there to make yourselves miserable. From now on, just spend the whole day studying on your own at the Second Grain Store."
Hu Man said indignantly, "We weren't going there to learn from them. We just wanted to see what was so special about those reference books from the capital and compare them with the ones we found ourselves."
Fu Yingjie said, "Xia Yue and the others have formed a study group. Now that they have Lu Jingyao helping them, they've been secretly spreading word that they want to compete with us!"
Li Ye said, "A monk from the capital may not necessarily know how to chant sutras. Unless a highly skilled teacher tutors Xia Yue and the others one-on-one or one-on-two, no matter how they study, they won't improve much."
Li Ye had actually observed Class One's academic level over this period. It could be said that most