Although he had felt like he was sitting on pins and needles at first, once Xiao Zhang took a seat in the back row beside Little Red, he stopped caring.
With Little Red as his sunshade, he felt that no one would notice anything he did.
"Everyone, now that our transfer student has introduced himself, take out your math textbooks. We'll begin studying limits in calculus—"
Xiao Zhang's head instantly threatened to explode.
Calculus?
Elementary school kids had to learn that now?
Throughout the lesson, Xiao Zhang tried hard to keep up with the teacher, but before long, he was lost in an ocean of mathematics, drowning horribly.
Those forty-five minutes felt like torture. Every sentence out of the teacher's mouth was another torment.
His only consolation was that most of the other students didn't seem to understand either. Those reading comics kept reading comics, and those eating hot pot kept eating hot pot.
During the break, Xiao Zhang drank some water and stared miserably at his textbook.
Were fourth graders under this much pressure now?
Wouldn't they shoot straight into orbit in middle school?
"New student, are you having trouble with something? I'm the class study representative. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me."
Looking up, Xiao Zhang saw an elementary school boy wearing a two-stripe badge standing before him. His bright, piercing eyes looked as though he were wearing cosmetic contacts.
The boy was slightly chubby, but he had nice features and would probably look quite handsome if he slimmed down. He had the reassuring air of a good student.
"Thanks. I was just worrying about this. What should I call you?"
"I'm the study representative for Class Six, Grade Four, at Coal Safety Elementary School. Just call me Little Chubby. Of course, you can