Chapter 75 Reunion
Chapter 75 Reunion
Xia Anqi and Tong Xiaowei are neighbors living across the hall and best friends who grew up together. Both are top students and are considered academic superstars by others.
However, the two grew up in completely different environments.
Xia Anqi comes from a wealthy family and has been pampered by her family since childhood. She has a bright and outgoing personality and exudes confidence and freedom.
Her parents arranged one-on-one tutors for each subject early on to address her specific weaknesses, resulting in balanced academic performance across all subjects with virtually no shortcomings.
Tong Xiaowei comes from an ordinary family. Her parents are busy making a living, so she has to rely on herself to support her studies and life most of the time. As a result, she has become more introverted and gentle. She always does things quietly and does not compete or fight.
Despite their vastly different family backgrounds, it did not affect their long-standing friendship at all. Xia Anqi always kept Tong Xiaowei in her heart and took good care of her on a daily basis.
When Tong Xiaowei saw Xia Anqi rushing over, she felt a surge of warmth in her heart and was deeply moved.
"Xiao Wei, have you been here alone for a long time? Don't you feel bored?" Xia Anqi sat down next to her, her tone full of concern, and asked casually.
The scene from just now kept replaying in Tong Xiaowei's mind:
Lu Yuan leaned close to her, looking down intently to ask her about the problem. The two were so close that they could feel each other's warm breath, and even the faint scent of his body lingered around their noses.
Thinking of this, her cheeks flushed slightly, and the tips of her ears felt a little hot.
"No, it's not boring." She lowered her head subconsciously, her fingertips gently clutching the hem of her clothes, her voice soft and sweet, with a hint of barely perceptible shyness.
The straightforward Xia Anqi didn't notice her friend's unusual expression at all, assuming she was just feeling unwell and lacking energy. She smiled and waved her hand, saying, "That's good. I'll stay here with you until you feel better, then we'll go together."
"Aren't you going to evening self-study? What if the teacher finds out? Won't they scold you?" Tong Xiaowei looked up, her eyes full of worry. She always followed the rules and was afraid that her friend would break the rules because of her.
Xia Anqi patted her chest nonchalantly, her eyes confident and arrogant: "Why would the teacher care about me! Xiaowei, you're just too rule-abiding. Some things don't need to be done according to the rules every time. Just do what you feel is right. Does that mean we won't study or won't study well without a teacher watching over us?"
"This..." Tong Xiaowei pursed her lips, vaguely feeling that there was some truth to what she said, but deep down she was not the kind of person who would easily overstep the rules.
She also knew that for students like them who had outstanding grades, as long as they didn't do anything too outrageous, teachers would mostly turn a blind eye.
But she always believed that once the rules were set, they should be followed properly; otherwise, the rules would lose their meaning and it would be unfair to other students who followed the rules.
"Okay, okay, stop thinking about these things and get some rest."
Xia Anqi knew Tong Xiaowei's personality best, knowing that she was a good girl who was stubborn and followed the rules. Seeing this, she quickly smiled and smoothed things over, not wanting her to worry about it anymore.
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On the other side, Lu Yuan carried Jiang Yiqing, who was feeling unwell due to her period, and walked slowly along the path to the girls' dormitory.
The night was quiet, and the road was deserted. Jiang Yiqing lay quietly on Lu Yuan's back, her cheek pressed against his broad shoulder. The discomfort she had felt earlier seemed to have dissipated, and she felt a sense of comfort and peace.
After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but speak softly, breaking the silence: "Lu Yuan, do you remember when I secretly slipped you a note during the first year of high school exams?"
"Is that so?" Lu Yuan was slightly taken aback.
For him, who has been reborn, his first year of high school is no longer the past two years ago, but a distant memory that has been sealed away for more than ten years. He can hardly remember most of those trivial things.
He frowned and tried hard to recall for a long time before a vague fragment of memory finally surfaced in his mind.
It seems to have been during an exam in his first year of high school. He and Jiang Yiqing were assigned to the same exam room. At that time, he had no interest in studying at all. Every time he took an exam, he would just write his name on the answer sheet, fill in the multiple-choice questions randomly, and then lie down on the table and fall asleep.
There did seem to be a small note passed to him from the side, presumably Jiang Yiqing wanted to give him an answer, but he was too lazy to even copy it and simply kicked the note aside.
After thinking it through, Lu Yuan chuckled, his tone somewhat relieved: "Hey, back then I didn't care about my exam scores at all. Even if you gave me the answers, I wouldn't have bothered to copy them. But I'm not being personal, so I still appreciate your kindness back then."
"That's not the answer." Upon hearing this, Jiang Yiqing immediately became anxious and quickly whispered in his ear to retort.
"Not the answer?" Lu Yuan asked, puzzled, pausing for a moment. "Then what is it?"
"Yes...yes..." Jiang Yiqing's cheeks flushed red instantly. She stammered for a long time, but couldn't get the words out.
Lu Yuan frowned slightly, immediately sensing the strangeness of the person on his back. Recalling Jiang Yiqing's unusually close behavior towards him during this period, a bold guess suddenly popped into his mind.
Could that be a love letter?
Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. He sighed to himself, "After being reborn, I'm no longer obsessed with Xu Lingjing. Why do I suddenly find myself surrounded by so many suitors?"
I was originally focused on one person, but now I realize that I am surrounded by a garden full of blooming flowers.
Unfortunately, he is currently focused on his studies and has no desire to get involved in romantic relationships.
So Lu Yuan quickened his pace and soon escorted Jiang Yiqing to the girls' dormitory building, gently telling her to go back and get some rest.
Jiang Yiqing had so much to say to Lu Yuan, but seeing how eager he was to get back to the classroom to study, she swallowed her words and said goodbye to him with a heavy heart.
For the next few days, campus life continued as usual. Everyone was immersed in the intense preparation for the college entrance examination, doing practice questions, listening to lectures, and taking tests, day after day, plain yet fulfilling, without any special ups and downs.
Lu Yuan and Ye Yixian maintained close academic exchanges, encouraging and explaining to each other. During this period, their grades improved significantly, which was clearly evident from their test scores.
However, Lu Yuan was still completely baffled by the challenging math problem at the end of the lesson. Unfortunately, math was not Ye Yixian's forte, and she was helpless to help him with his confusion.
Left with no other option, Lu Yuan tried to ask Xu Lingjing for help. However, even though Xu Lingjing was willing to explain, she often looked troubled when faced with those advanced problems, and her explanations were only half-understood, unable to help Lu Yuan fully understand the problem-solving approach.
After much thought, Lu Yuan decided to go directly to his math teacher for help. This was the first time since his rebirth that he had taken the initiative to walk into the teacher's office and ask a question.
When Lu Yuan took the initiative to ask questions, the math teacher was full of surprises. What surprised him even more was that Lu Yuan asked about extremely difficult knowledge points in the math subject.
If you can thoroughly understand these concepts, you have a real chance of scoring 130 in math.
Although Lu Yuan's math score improved significantly in the mock exam, his math teacher still felt that he was too eager for quick results and did not believe that he could conquer such difficult knowledge points all at once. So, the teacher kindly advised him to go back to the basics first, make sure to get the points for the simple questions, and then go on to study the difficult ones.
But Lu Yuan knew in his heart that he had already mastered all the basic mathematical knowledge points and insisted on overcoming these difficult points.
Seeing this, the math teacher thought he was just being arrogant and boastful, so he took out a math test paper and asked him to do the test on the spot.
Lu Yuan took the test paper, calmed himself down, and finished answering all the questions he knew how to do in just an hour and a half. The math teacher, with a skeptical attitude, quickly finished grading the papers, and was instantly dumbfounded when he saw the score on the test paper.
Lu Yuan actually scored over 110 points!
You should know that during the first mock exam, Lu Yuan's math score was hovering below the passing mark. Now, less than two weeks later, he has made such a big breakthrough!
Now, the math teacher dared not be negligent in the slightest. He quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead, straightened his posture, and explained the knowledge points that Lu Yuan did not understand to him with utmost seriousness.
Just then, the math teacher from Class Two led Tong Xiaowei into the office.
"Xiaowei, failing the mock exam once is nothing. Don't take it to heart. It won't affect your subsequent review and score estimation."
The teacher from Class Two spoke with exceptional gentleness, pulling out a chair for Tong Xiaowei to sit down, her eyes filled with appreciation for this top student.
"Thank you, teacher. I'm fine. One setback won't affect me. I'll definitely do my best in the second mock exam." Tong Xiaowei's voice was soft, but every word was filled with firm confidence.
"That's good, that's good." The teacher from Class Two smiled and poured her a cup of hot water, then sat down opposite her and said, "Alright, take out the questions you have, and I'll explain them to you."
"This is the question." Tong Xiaowei nodded and gently pushed the test paper marked with difficult questions in front of the teacher.
The teacher glanced down at the question, a faint smile playing on his lips, and patiently began to explain: "This question may seem complicated, but the solution is actually quite clear; you just need to..."
The teacher in Class Two was intently explaining the problem to Tong Xiaowei when Lu Yuan heard the noise and subconsciously turned his head to look.
His gaze fell on Tong Xiaowei, and he stared at her quietly for a long time.
Tong Xiaowei was initially focused on the teacher's lecture and didn't notice that there were familiar faces in the office until she inexplicably felt a focused gaze. She subconsciously looked up and her eyes met Lu Yuan's...
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