Even a Pig Would Have More Than Enough Time to Win Her Over!

"Whoa, you've really started memorizing essays? Wang Ge's kid actually has some tricks up his sleeve."

Through the window, the English teacher, a bespectacled man in his thirties, sighed emotionally as he watched Gu Panyan seriously memorize vocabulary and phrases.

"He's always been excellent."

Beside him, Wang Ge's homeroom teacher and Chinese teacher, Jiang Xiyu, spoke with a hint of pride.

"To be honest, when he came to my office this morning and told me about this plan, I didn't think it would do much." The English teacher shook his head with a smile. "After all, I've punished and scolded Gu Panyan before, but none of it worked. She still did whatever she wanted and was impervious to persuasion. Heh, I didn't expect... You really taught a fine student, Teacher Jiang."

"Wang Ge is excellent on his own. I actually had very little to do with it." Jiang Xiyu replied modestly.

"Ah, there's definitely a good teacher behind every good student, just as there's always a Bo Le behind a thousand-li horse." The English teacher grinned.

"Please don't flatter me to death, Teacher Zhou. Isn't Chen Yanxi in your class impressive too? She's been the top student in the entire grade for three years running, leaving my Wang Ge stuck in second place."

"Well, Chen Yanxi is impressive, but that girl is completely detached from the world. She doesn't interact with others, much less tutor them. Wang Ge is still better. Your class's average score is higher than mine, so that kid Wang Ge must deserve a lot of the credit..."

The English teacher was a veteran, and he had plenty of experience when it came to exchanging compliments.

"That's true. Wang Ge has a wonderful personality and high emotional intelligence. That child's future is sure to be limitless."

Jiang Xiyu praised Wang Ge first, then consoled him, "Chen Yanxi is already amazing to be this outstanding academically. We can't demand too much from a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl."

English Teacher: ?

That wasn't what you said when you praised Wang Ge from your class!

Besides, shouldn't you have found something else to praise Chen Yanxi from my class for at this point? What do you mean by not praising her?

No way, no way. You don't really think Chen Yanxi from my class is inferior to Wang Ge from yours, do you?

Nonsense! I have to clear Chen Yanxi's name!

The English teacher cleared his throat lightly and said, "That's true. Without exaggeration, academically, Chen Yanxi has practically surpassed all high school students at her current level. She's a true genius."

You're not going to praise her? Fine, I'll praise her myself!

"Is she really that incredible?"

As a relatively new teacher who had only recently started working, Jiang Xiyu had little experience with exchanging compliments. She was merely surprised by what the English teacher had said.

"If you actually taught her, you'd think my statement was still too conservative."

The English teacher sighed. "In front of her, as her homeroom teacher, I can only rely on having been born earlier to claim some superiority in terms of life experience. In every other aspect, whether it's comprehension, knowledge, or many other areas, she's far stronger than I am.

"Teacher Jiang, let me tell you a secret. But don't tell anyone else."

Seeing the English teacher lower his voice and act so mysteriously, Jiang Xiyu's curiosity was piqued. She asked, "What secret?"

"Actually, when I first took over this class, Chen Yanxi often skipped evening self-study. I thought, a new official should make three bold moves, so why not use the top student in the grade to establish my authority and make an example of her?

"Then I found an opportunity and called her into the office in front of the entire class.

"I asked her why she didn't attend evening self-study, and she actually said that it was completely useless to her...

"At the time, I thought this girl was far too arrogant. She needed to be taught a proper lesson."

"And then?" Jiang Xiyu asked curiously.

"And then..." The English teacher's expression began to turn strange. "Then, right in front of me, she got full marks on that year's National College Entrance Examination mathematics and science comprehensive papers in less than an hour."

"Ah?"

"I refused to believe it. Over time, I found a great many more problems for her to solve. I even dug out Olympiad problems, but she still didn't get a single one wrong." The English teacher mocked himself. "To put it in novel terms, I kicked an iron plate."

"This..." Jiang Xiyu was so shocked that she was left speechless.

"Only later did I learn that she had taught herself all the high school courses back in her first and second years of middle school. She had even studied a great deal of university-level material." The English teacher smiled bitterly. "I'd bet that even if she were sent to a university at Tsinghua and Peking University's level right now, she'd still be one of the best students there."

Jiang Xiyu was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Wouldn't a genius like that normally skip grades all the way through, then be sent to a gifted youth program at a famous university? Why did she come to our school?"

The English teacher thought for a moment, then guessed:

"She probably didn't want to.

"That day, before she left, she specifically told me not to tell anyone else about it, especially not her parents... Hmm, a few days ago, I tried to help her apply for an early admission recommendation, but she refused... She must be deliberately hiding her abilities, wanting to complete all three years of high school properly..."

Upon hearing this, the corner of Jiang Xiyu's mouth twitched.

She had thought Chen Yanxi's ability to suppress Wang Ge for three years was already the limit, but she hadn't expected this to be the result of her hiding her abilities.

What if she didn't hide them? Would she have been recommended to USTC at twelve?

Seeing Jiang Xiyu's shocked expression, the English teacher smiled with a mixture of pride and satisfaction.

Previously, Chen Yanxi had forbidden him from telling anyone about this. He had been forced to keep it bottled up inside, suffering like a cat scratching at his heart. Now that he had finally shared it, watching someone else's shocked expression felt incredibly satisfying!

I can't be the only one who gets shocked!

"Ahem, Teacher Jiang, don't tell anyone else, all right? I promised Chen Yanxi I wouldn't spread it around." The English teacher reminded her.

"Don't worry. I won't say anything."

Jiang Xiyu replied casually, but another matter came to mind.

Chen Yanxi didn't attend evening self-study, and that fellow Wang Ge didn't attend evening self-study either... Was it a coincidence? Or could it be...

Jiang Xiyu pretended to ask casually, "Oh, Teacher Zhou, if Chen Yanxi doesn't attend evening self-study, what does she do at night?"

"I think she goes to the library to read..." The English teacher, Zhou Chang, replied uncertainly.

"The library..." Jiang Xiyu immediately understood. Wang Ge had told her the same thing: that he was going to the library!

You little brat. I originally thought you were going there to read, but I didn't expect you were going there to court a girl!

The only two people who skipped evening self-study were the two of them, which meant that every night, the two of them were alone together in the library.

With such a long time, even a pig would have more than enough time to win Chen Yanxi over!

At this thought, Jiang Xiyu looked at the English teacher, whose pride and smugness had yet to fade. A trace of sympathy appeared in her eyes.

You never saw this coming, did you? You thought your class's student had won, but in reality, the cabbage from your class has already been trampled by the pig from mine.

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