Fu Ying's heart would always soften a little toward people who were earnest and eager to learn.
She grew more patient and devoted more care to teaching Wang Yu. Fu Ying herself had previously rediscovered her interest in mathematics through finding patterns and doing calculations with geometric and arithmetic progressions. She assigned similar problems to Wang Yu, avoiding word problems and instead presenting the same underlying concepts in slightly different forms so Wang Yu could calculate the answers, gradually master the methods, and slowly regain her confidence.
Perhaps sensing that Fu Ying was genuinely willing to teach her and wouldn't fly into a rage and scold her even when she got things wrong, Wang Yu gradually became able to work out the answers, and her accuracy rate improved.
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