LEARNING MAKES ME RICH CHAPTER 8

 [What I Say Counts]

Zhou Xiu rubbed her eyes, thinking more deeply.

Xi ShaoYuan went silent and turned his head against the burning gaze.

Zhou Xiu tidied up the dishes, stood upright, and said to Xi ShaoYuan, "Please don't worry, I don't have such thoughts for now."

Xi ShaoYuan said lazily, "I hope so."

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Early in the morning, Zhou Xiu steamed two meat buns and brought her lunchbox to school along with the snow mochi she made last night.

Looking at the fresh desserts at the same table that change every day, Hua Xu said in surprise: "So soft, so cute, chubby, and beautifully."

The white skin is soft as cotton candy, and it breaks after a bite. The whipped cream is mixed with fresh fruit flavor, so it is light and sweet. The taste buds were healed and soothed.

What kind of fairy is her desk mate? Can tutor homework and feed, talk less and ruthlessly, and Hua Xu are immersed in a deep sense of happiness.

Hua Xu asked Zhou Xiu to bring her breakfast, and she will give her breakfast money. But Zhou Xiu did not agree.

The ingredients for these foods are from the Xi family, and Zhou Xiu felt bad about charging money. Then, Hua Xu gave Zhou Xiu a bit of snacks in exchange. Various imported expensive snacks, such as truffle chocolate.

Zhou Xiu is hungry between classes; so she eats to replenish her energy.

Speaking of breakfast, Yu QingYan turned around to gossiping with Hua Xu and said: "Today Lu LingShan gave Yuan Shao breakfast again."

"It has been two days in a row! I want to see how many days she can last."

Zhou Xiu was not surprised by this news and took out the physics workbook and started writing. There would probably be more of this kind of news in the following days, after all, the housekeeper and aunt who oversee the meal have already returned to their hometown for funeral.

But Zhou Xiu was a little curious and stopped the pen in her hand: "Why do you always mention Lu LingShan in front of Hua Xu?"

Hearing this, Hua Xu showed a disgusted expression on her face.

Yu QingYan explained: "Because Lu LingShan step on Sister Xu."

"She relied on her grades to step on Sister Xu. There was a post that contained a bad review of Sister Xu. I suspect she was the one who released it. Sister Xu does not care whether she got chosen as the school flower or not."

Zhou Xiu glanced at Hua Xu’s soft 36D, and silently retracted her gaze.

Zhou Xiu had seen Lu LingShan vaguely in her dream. She was thin and slender, and she looked like first love in the Republic of China. It's true that teenage boys are more obsessed with this one.

Hua Xu rubbed Zhou Xiu's head: "Don't look at it."

"Look at your own, XiuXiu. You will get your own 36D in the future. A bottle of Deluxe Milk, will let you experience the soft and big feeling." The straws were inserted, and the milk was handed to Zhou Xiu.

Zhou Xiu's cheeks were red, and she successfully forced her eyes back on the physics test paper.

Math class.

The weekly test, Teacher Huang took the test paper and slapped it on the podium. He glanced at Zhou Xiu, who voluntarily took the test paper and prepared to walk out of the classroom.

Before the final exam, Zhou Xiu will not listen to Teacher Huang's class.

Teacher Huang was annoyed when he saw this prickly student. He sarcastically said, "Wait, you're the 'best student' I've ever seen anyway. Excellent students don't need to waste time writing weekly test papers."

Zhou Xiu put down the test paper, and went to the library to find a math paper to write herself.

Their class head teacher is an English teacher. She saw Zhou Xiu go downstairs and invited Zhou Xiu to the office. Miss Li heard about the conflict between Zhou Xiu and the math teacher.

She clicked on Zhou Xiu's profile page and saw that Zhou Xiu's household registration address was xxx village, which was particularly eye-catching in the high-end xxx community.

She frowned and looked at Zhou Xiu, and said: "Why do you have to be serious with Teacher Huang? You are a student. you have to understand what your learning task is, you immediately go to him and apologize, let him give you back the test."

Miss Li also said: "Teacher Huang is a respected and experienced teacher. Those words he said are for your own good, and the punishment is for your own good."

"You..."

Zhou Xiu suddenly looked up and stared at her lips painted with thick lipstick: "I have my own priorities."

Miss Li was angry, "Look at your English scores, what qualifications do you have to be stubborn with Teacher Huang?"

No money, no background, not even favored by the other students, an ordinary high school students. Miss Li had the patience to coax the students in the class but was impatient to coax Zhou Xiu. Zhou Xiu really has no abilities.

"If you continue to make trouble, you can't even read your books. Are you even look like a student then?"

Zhou Xiu said seriously: "I don't look like a student, and he doesn't look like a teacher. Let us be ourselves."

"There is a saying in the adult world called a promise worth one thousand in gold [1]. Although I am a minor, my words count."

[1] 一诺千金 // yī nuò qiān jīn - a promise that must be kept.

"Goodbye teacher, I'm going to go write my test paper."

Miss Li was furious. She seemed to understand Teacher Huang's feelings.

In the afternoon, English class.

Miss Li held the test papers and announced the English results one by one.

Several zero scores were read aloud, everyone laughed together.

Du FeiYang said: "How did you get a duck egg in the exam? It is so amazing. The pocket money will be deducted next month. Don't ask me to treat you to dinner!"

The few academic trash who got the duck egg glared back.

"I missed the exam!"

When she read Zhou Xiu’s, Miss Li paused and emphasized: "Zhou Xiu, 60 points."

The noisy classroom suddenly quieted down. Zhou Xiu also looked at Miss Li quietly.

The school has regulations not to announced students' test scores, but Class 24 does not care about the scores and does not care to read them at all.

The head teacher read the grades deliberately.

Zhou Xiu's English score is very poor. To be precise, English is a major shortcoming for a rural student. When Zhou Xiu was in junior high school, she only began to stumble through the 26 alphabets.

Although Class 24 is a backward class with a bunch of trash, they cannot learn anything else well, but they learn English very well. Going abroad was a common occurrence for them, so they had started receiving English education since small.

"Du FeiYang, 100 points."

"Hua Xu, 123 points."

"Xu Qing, 138 points."

After explaining the topic, Miss Li concluded: "I have found over the years of teaching that students who waste too much energy on other things will never do well. Solid learning will be rewarded."

The academic scums were hit by arrows and their heart hurt badly.

Zhou Xiu, however, understood that Miss Li's words were specifically addressed to her.

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After class.

Du FeiYang asked, "XiuXiu, did I hear it wrong? You got 60 points in the test."

Hua Xu asked, "Really sixty points?"

Sixty points out of one hundred and fifty points, yes, this score is very Class 24.

Zhou Xiu nodded.

The people in the surrounding circle were stunned. Their spirit that was filled up yesterday seemed to be cold and frozen.

It turned out that Zhou Xiu was not a master, but a trash like them.

Hua Xu thought inexplicably about the meeting when she first met Zhou Xiu. Zhou Xiu said that she was not a top student and had average grades. And during this time, she often saw Zhou Xiu recite English, even reading words while eating. It turns out that her English is not good.

Du FeiYang crumpled his 100-point test paper into a ball, so as not to hurt Zhou Xiu's self-esteem. He was suddenly entangled and hesitated to say: "Hey, XiuXiu..." The gap between Du FeiYang and her suddenly disappeared.

He now regards Zhou Xiu as the same as them, and he is even worried, how could a dunce like Zhou Xiu win the bet with the old bull.

Zhou Xiu looked at the people around her that with either contempt or troubled eyes and calmly accepted it.

After Xu Qing distributed the standard answers to the test, he said gently: "Would you like my notes?"

Although Xu Qing was in Class 24, but he was different from his classmates. He is a top student among Class 24. He is a student who can often get into the top 20 but still stays in Class 24. He is also the only student that Teacher Huang praised in Class 24.

Zhou Xiu shook her head and declined: "Don't worry, it's OK."

Xu Qing smiled, "Alright."

Zhou Xiu revised the test paper with her answers. The moment she decided in her heart, she added English to her final exam plan.

At the same time, the system popped a voice: [The road to flowers and applause must go through thistles and thorns [2]. You can get 1000RMB if you reach 130+ in English for the final exam, so go for it!]

[2] 披荆斩棘 // pī jīng zhǎn jí - to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail.

Xu Qing took Zhou Xiu's English weekly test paper and read it again. It was easy to analyze that she did not even understand the basic concepts, so she missed a lot of marks. This test paper is the one Zhou Xiu took on her first day of school.

She took the math test on the first day of enrollment, with 80 points. She was able to write the math problems that Teacher Huang made in one go, and the accuracy of the homework she wrote recently was very high.

She is actually very smart.

Xu Qing held up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.

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Xi ShaoYuan’s birthday falls on Sunday.

Zhou Xiu bought him a scarf with the same value of the living expenses and returned it to him as a birthday present. But combined with the nonsense remarks he said before, Zhou Xiu did not plan to give it to him.

On Sunday, Zhou Xiu took the scarf to return it, but the luxury store refused to return it. Zhou Xiu had to put the scarf away, planning to find an opportunity to resell it at a low price. So, she spent her day in the library.

[Ding-A 50RMB reward for reading 10 hours a day]

At the beginning of the night, Zhou Xiu closed her book and looked up to find that it was already dark. She rubbed her sore eyes and looked up to take drops of eye drops. She heard that Xi ShaoYuan had a birthday party in a villa outside, and he would never be at home at this time.

Zhou Xiu picked up her schoolbag and got on the bus back to Xi's house. As soon as she walked upstairs, she heard a voice.

"Young Master Yuan!" The girl's voice was full of grievances, and it was soft as a spring rain in March. It is as moist as a rain. The door to Xi ShaoYuan’s room did not close tightly.

Zhou Xiu's room is at the end of the corridor and is usually used as a guest room. And Xi ShaoYuan’s room is at the right-hand side of the corridor entrance. If Zhou Xiu wanted to go back to her room, she would have to alert the two people inside.

Just when Zhou Xiu was thinking about going downstairs for a while, the girl in the room wearing a pink dress stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Xi Shao Yuan with great effort. With lips falling on his face, Xi ShaoYuan’s face was slightly stiff.

The two kissed. A handsome man and a beautiful woman, full of youthful flavor, are very eye-catching scenes.

Zhou Xiu gave up the idea of going down the stairs and gingerly walked to the study on the left-hand side of the stairs, gently closed the door and turned on the light. She took out the math test paper and did not know how long she had been writing.

When she finished writing the test paper and opened the door, she heard a sound of brushing teeth.

Xi ShaoYuan was bending over and leaning with his hands in front of the washstand, rubbing his face. The water from the faucet kept flowing, and it rushed into Zhou Xiu's ears.

Suddenly Xi ShaoYuan saw Zhou Xiu's shadow in the mirror, and his cold voice rang: "Zhou Xiu, when did you come back?"

Zhou Xiu looked at the clock honestly, "Twenty past eight."

"Sh*t." The boy let out a low curse.

Zhou Xiu did not care and walked to her room.

Xi ShaoYuan’s face darkened. He walked in front of Zhou Xiu and looked at her condescendingly. At first glance, there was a sense of oppression. Xi ShaoYuan is very tall.

Zhou Xiu rarely had the experience of standing and staring at Xi ShaoYuan like this.

Under the warm light of the faint corridor lights, the tall boy’s face was covered with a gloomy aura, those peach eyes were slightly shining with water, the hair on the forehead was covered with a layer of moisture, and the color of his lips was as sexy as a zhǎn nán sè [3].

[3] zhǎn nán sè - also called as “Straight male killer”, is the color of a legendary lipstick, popular among thousands of girls. It is said that applying this color of lipstick can win the hearts of all straight men.

He asked coldly, "What did you see just now?"

Seeing that she did not say a word, Xi ShaoYuan tore off her schoolbag, and unexpectedly pulled out a man's scarf from it.

He held the scarf with a simple birthday card inside, and said, "Happy birthday?"

He pulled his lips and sneered. With a cold, almost emotionless voice, as cruel as dissecting the soul: "Zhou Xiu, I did not ask for birthday gift."

"I said I don't like girls like you, so don't waste your efforts."

Zhou Xiu snatched both the scarf and the schoolbag and when she heard this, she had the urge to take off her shoes and throw them at his face.

Who the hell wants to give it to him?

Zhou Xiu picked up her schoolbag and calmly turned back to her room.

She finished revising the test papers she had just written on her desk, and when she was idle, Zhou Xiu freed her tired brain to ponder for a while.

From Xi ShaoYuan narcissistic and shamelessly rummaged through her school bag birthday gift, his behavior is very suspicious.

How did he know that she would give him a present, most likely ...... he was just like her? In any case, he looked at her with prejudice as a possible "premeditated criminal". In the eyes of Zhou Xiu, it was ridiculous.

Zhou Xiu never thought of seduce Xi ShaoYuan to marry a wealthy family, and it was not very pleasant to be sentenced before committing a crime. Zhou Xiu turned the pen in her hand, [Can you give me more rewards, I want to move to the dorm next spring.]

System: [...]

It should recognize that the ruthless person who can finish a week of homework overnight does not need its pity.

With a wooden face, it slowly typed out: [All kinds of tasks you want, there are all here.]

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