Liu Jing and Ji Shenglì were watching TV in the living room.
Old Ji, as the district chief, preferred to watch the news when he had free time, paying attention to domestic and international affairs, with high political and ideological awareness.
Liu Jing enjoyed this feeling of family warmth, especially when the two children were home.
She could clearly feel the growing closeness between Ji Yangyáng and herself; watching Lu Ze and Yangyáng bicker always made her smile unconsciously.
"We're back!"
"Aunt, are you watching TV?"
Lu Ze was always very active at home.
On one hand, it was to help his cousin break through the thin barrier with his parents; the bigger reason was that he had already considered this place his real home.
Yangyáng, his aunt, and his uncle were all his family.
Among family members, casualness was the most normal way to interact.
Being overly polite was definitely not for the closest relatives.
"Have you two eaten outside?" Liu Jing got up from the sofa and headed towards the kitchen, her voice gentle. "I saved food for you two. If you're hungry, I can heat it up."
Lu Ze quickly waved his hand. "No need, we ate a lot of snacks outside and drank a bottle of<bos>."
Ji Yangyáng nodded along beside him.
After dropping Huang Zhitao off, this guy didn't choose to go home by himself. Instead, he waited for Lu Ze and insisted on going back with him.
In reality, Ji Yangyáng just wanted to figure out what Lu Ze was plotting.
Could he actually have fallen for Qiao Yingzi?
In his opinion,
Huang Zhitao was still a bit prettier.
As Liu Jing was chatting with them, the district chief Ji Shenglì asked a rather ill-timed question, "Little Ze, you mentioned on the phone earlier that Yangyáng was going to see a movie with a girl. Is this girl also your classmate?"
Lu Ze immediately started coughing uncontrollably.
Ji Yangyáng's eyes widened, and he looked at his cousin with disbelief.
Damn it.
It's one thing to pursue Yingzi.
But to use me as a shield?
Yangyáng was hurt!
"That's right, I've found a tutoring class for you two."
"Once I find the time to register, we can start classes. It's right upstairs from our place, with Aunt Song Qian."
......
When Qiao Yingzi got home, her mother Song Qian was tutoring some students. Yingzi greeted her mother as usual.
"Mom, I've already eaten. I'm going to my room to do homework. We have the class division exam the day after tomorrow."
Looking at her daughter, Song Qian felt a bit guilty about her actions during the Oath-taking Assembly that morning.
She instructed her students to study independently and then followed Yingzi to her room.
"Yingzi, Mom wants to apologize. Today, I..."
Qiao Yingzi moved the textbooks and workbooks from her schoolbag to her desk, and said to her mother with a helpless expression, "Mom, there's no right or wrong for that matter. The main thing is that my dream is to become an Astronaut, and seven hundred points isn't my dream."
For some reason.
Song Qian vaguely felt that something seemed to have changed in Yingzi today; it was a mother's sixth sense.
"You texted after school saying you were going out with Taozi. Where did you two girls go?"
"Not just Taozi, but also two boys from our class, the ones who came to our house last time, Lu Ze and Ji Yangyáng." Qiao Yingzi picked up a test paper and started doing it, saying without looking back, "We went to see a movie."
Song Qian then remembered something.
"Oh, those two boys, I remember them. District Chief Ji, wasn't he their parent?"
"His wife came to see me today. She said she wanted to sign up the two kids for classes, preferably for tutoring in the Shuxiang Yayuan area."
Qiao Yingzi, who was looking down at the test paper, her eyes instantly lit up.
Hmph.
This Lu Ze.
He even forgot to tell her about something this big!
"Alright, Mom."
"You go answer questions, I need to study!"
......
The next day, Class 3, Grade 3 entered a state of preparation.
The class division exam was tomorrow.
Everyone in the grade knew the importance of this exam. Those who hadn't studied hard during the school's summer tutoring sessions were secretly regretting it.
One always realizes before sleeping that only a little homework has been done.
One always realizes after the exam that the books that should have been read were not read.
Luo Dayou's lyrics seemed to perfectly capture the students' mindset.
Fang Yifan was the last to arrive in class. As he entered from the back door, he saw his classmates either doing practice problems, memorizing ancient poetry, or English vocabulary.
Fang Monkey's eyes widened, thinking he had entered the wrong classroom.
He even went out specifically to look at the class sign on the wall: Class 3, Grade 3.
"I'm not in the wrong class."
"What the heck."
"You're all freaks."
"But no matter how much of a freak you are, you can't be as much of a freak as my Lei'er at home. The first place in this class division exam will definitely be Lei'er's!"
Thinking of his cousin, who was currently in Teacher Lǐ Méng's office.
Fang Monkey couldn't help but curl his lips. After picking up his cousin at the airport yesterday, he finally understood what a genius looked like in this world.
......
Lín Léi'ér has arrived.
This was the second transfer student to Class 3, Grade 3 this semester.
At first, everyone was curious about the bespectacled boy. The Catfish Spirit Wáng Yīdí, as expected, added him on WeChat again. She seemed very interested in Lei'er, the quiet and honest type, and they chatted happily.
Fang Yifan quickly chased her away.
"Go away, Wáng Yīdí. Let me tell you all, my Lei'er is a Top Student among Top Students. Let me formally introduce him to you all: Lín Léi'ér is my cousin, Fang Yifan's cousin."
"From now on, please look out for him on my behalf."
Lín Léi'ér appeared very shy. "Hello everyone, I'm Lín Léi'ér."
Qiao Yingzi greeted the new classmate and returned to her seat.
She then turned and nudged Lu Ze, whispering, "Do you guys really all have younger brothers to play with? And I just saw the test paper that Lín Léi'ér took out. Wow, his handwriting is even better than mine, a girl's."
"This is unfair!"
"This kind of super scholar seems even more abnormal than you, Lu Ze."
Student Lu yawned lazily, "What abnormal? I'm just an ordinary student. He's the real genius, right?!"
Well.
Especially after drinking.
The moment Lín Léi'ér appeared in the classroom.
Lu Ze noticed a reaction from the system in his mind.
【Ding-dong!】
【Detected Host has contacted an important figure in the Little Joy World, 'Lín Léi'ér'. Due to your similar experiences, the passive mission 'Shared Misfortune' has been triggered.】
【Shared Misfortune: People who have gone through similar experiences will surely have common topics.】
【If the Host helps Lín Léi'ér resolve the emotional burden of his mother's death and achieve complete redemption, you will receive the system's exclusive reward: LV3 Skill: Eidetic Memory.】
【Does the Host accept the mission?】
"Accept!"
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