"Junior Jiang Jun, what exactly were you doing just now?"
"Huh? Senior Sister Su, I—I was listening to your lecture."
"Is that so?"
Su Yanfei cast a cold glance at Jiang Jun, placed the test paper on the table, picked up a red marker, and jotted down the score she had calculated in her head just moments before.
"The test was given right after my lecture, and you only managed to get 65 points? You should know these are all very basic questions."
"Look at these four multiple-choice questions. You initially chose 'D', which was correct, so why did you hesitate and change it to 'B'?"
Facing Su Yanfei's stern expression, Jiang Jun feigned embarrassment. Averting her gaze, he scratched his head and said in a low voice, "I—I wasn't confident in my own answers, so that's why I changed them."
Hearing this, Su Yanfei turned her back to Jiang Jun, who instantly felt a bit puzzled.
What is she doing?
Su Yanfei closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself down.
As it turned out, she was thoroughly pissed off.
History has proven that whether you are an aloof campus belle or a beautiful senior sister, the moment you step into the role of a "teacher" and encounter a hopeless academic slacker, your temper and blood pressure will inevitably rise in direct proportion.
Right at that moment—
"Senior Su..."
Jiang Jun paused. Seeing Su Yanfei's current stern expression, he simply decided to change how he addressed her.
"Teacher Su, I really was listening to your lecture. But as a student, I have to say, in all these years I've never seen such a fair-skinned and beautiful young teacher."
"I really wanted to focus and pay attention, but there was always a voice in my head that kept distracting me."
Sure enough, sincere praise delivered without a trace of exaggeration is the easiest thing for people to accept.
Even an aloof campus belle was no exception.
Su Yanfei tilted her head to look at Jiang Jun. Frowning slightly, she asked in confusion, "What voice?"
"It was basically a voice saying, 'There's a beauty, go look!'"
Su Yanfei: ......
"Teacher Su, actually, if you tried to make your lectures just a little more lively, students might find it much easier to stay engaged. Besides, with a voice as lovely as yours, you don't really have to be so ice-cold."
Su Yanfei: ?
What is that supposed to mean?
No, wait!
This is faint praise followed by criticism.
You get a terrible test score, and instead you decide it's my fault for being a bad teacher? You're making it my problem?
So infuriating, but she still had to hold it in.
With dark lines all over her face, Su Yanfei glared at Jiang Jun. If looks could kill, Jiang Jun would already be thoroughly dead.
The next second.
Jiang Jun picked up the red marker from the table and wrote a few symbols and numbers right after the score she had just marked:
+5 +5 +5 +5 +5
The moment he picked up the pen, Su Yanfei had curiously looked over. It was just that the way Jiang Jun had written that line of characters looked rather peculiar.
He first wrote five 5s—at first she thought he was trying to express the crying sound of grievance—and then he inserted a "+" sign between each number.
"Don't be mad, Teacher Su. I know I definitely have my faults too. After all, it's your first time being a tutor, and it's my first time taking private lessons. You and I are both 'first-timers' here, so running into issues is completely normal."
Su Yanfei's face flushed slightly. That sounded a bit strange, though she couldn't quite put her finger on why.
"I promise you, Teacher Su, if you are willing to change your teaching style just a little bit, I guarantee that every single test from now on will improve by at least five points. I mean every word!"
Hearing this, although Su Yanfei felt somewhat speechless, a thoughtful expression nevertheless appeared on her face.
No matter what, this somewhat sunny and handsome young man was, after all, the younger brother of her boss and senior sister, and she genuinely needed this part-time job.
After pondering for a brief moment, Su Yanfei's expression softened somewhat. Turning back to look at Jiang Jun, she said indifferently, "I'll consider what you've said. As for whether I'll actually adopt and improve upon it, I'll make a decision after I go online these next couple of days to study how other teachers teach."
"However!"
Su Yanfei suddenly heightened her tone, staring straight into his eyes with a cold look.
"If you keep up this exact same learning attitude, not only will your grades fall behind and cause you to fail your final exams, but you'll also waste a considerable amount of money on tutoring. My tutoring rates are not low, so in the end, the only one who loses will be you."
Hearing this, the corners of Jiang Jun's mouth twitched upward, almost harder to suppress than an assault rifle.
I'm about to win so hard I'm numb, how could I possibly lose?
"Don't worry, Teacher Su, you can count on me."
An earnest expression appeared on Jiang Jun's face as he asked, "By the way, what is Teacher Su's tutoring rate?"
Su Yanfei recalled her previous chat with Jiang Qinglan. Hesitating for a moment, she said, "80 yuan per hour."
For an ordinary student, that was indeed quite expensive, but for Jiang Jun...
It was mere pocket change, not even worth mentioning.
Seeing that Jiang Jun didn't raise any objections, Su Yanfei took a fresh set of test papers from her shoulder bag, handed them to Jiang Jun, and said, "These test questions are for your homework. There are more questions on the back. Hand in the homework during our next tutoring session."
"Next time... when exactly is that?"
"Probably Tuesday. I'll let you know the exact time. Tomorrow is Monday and you freshmen have a full schedule of classes, so we won't have a tutoring session."
With that, Su Yanfei packed up her shoulder bag and turned to leave the study room.
Watching the direction of Su Yanfei's departure, Jiang Jun suddenly smiled inwardly.
He had spent his past life as a bookworm, studying diligently for over a decade and always remaining a top student. Since he had been given another lifetime at school...
Since I spent a lifetime studying, can't I chase girls, flirt, and fall in love now?
Jiang Jun sat back in his chair, crossed his legs, and looked at the test papers on the table. A confident smile bloomed across his handsome face as he skillfully twirled the marker between his fingers.
He believed that how things unfolded from here on out would undoubtedly get more and more interesting.
...
Early the next morning.
All the freshmen ushered in their "Nightmare Monday," solely because today was packed solid with classes. But for Jiang Jun...
It was basically equivalent to just changing locations to zone out.
The four roommates of Dormitory 406 sat in a row, with just a few minutes left before class started.
On any other day, at this time, they might only just be on their way or even still heading out the door.
On Mondays, practically no one dared to be late.
Jiang Jun flipped through the textbook for the upcoming class a couple of times, then pulled the homework assignment Su Yanfei had given him yesterday out of his backpack.
Because he remembered that after getting the test papers yesterday, he hadn't even looked at them once.
Jiang Jun merely glanced over the questions on the paper, and the familiar standard answers instantly popped up in his mind. If he wanted to, he could write them all down rapidly right then and there.
Right at that moment.
Guo Kaihua, sitting in the adjacent seat, leaned a bit closer to Jiang Jun's side. Glancing down at the contents of the test paper, he let out a confident chuckle and said,
"Well, look at you actively doing practice problems for a change! I never noticed you having a side like this before, Old Jiang."
"Still, as the saying goes, a prodigal son who returns is more precious than gold."
Guo Kaihua rested his elbow on Jiang Jun's shoulder, patted his own chest with a grin, and spoke up once more with absolute certainty.
"How about this, Old Jiang? I'm ahead of you in studies by a month, and plus, your buddy Hua here is the class monitor anyway. If there's anything you want to ask, just say the word! I guarantee I'll tell you everything I know and hold nothing back!"
Hearing this, a roguish smirk touched the corner of Jiang Jun's mouth.
"Alright then, Huazai, I'm going to ask you a question."
"Do you like your dad or your mom more?"
Guo Kaihua: ......?
He had been brimming with confidence, ready to conquer the other person with his profound knowledge, only to hear such a move that instantly short-circuited his brain. What was going on here?