"Xiao Xi, your typing speed is getting faster and faster," Yuan Qing said cheerfully, looking at the nearly half-completed workbook. It was hard to believe this was the same person who had been so boisterous a moment ago. Without waiting for the young girl to reply, Yuan Qing picked up the already graded papers and started looking at them.
He had to admit, seeing the beautiful handwriting made him feel much more comfortable. Even the "crooked" writing, which he might have complained about before, now seemed quite pleasing to the eye.
Hearing her teacher's teasing tone, Qiu Xi didn't respond. She knew her teacher was just making a casual remark. Her current task was still the workbook in front of her. Having graded more than half of them, she realized that the two teachers were too lazy to say anything more, and with a few disruptive students, anything they had to say was likely already written in the workbook. So, Qiu Xi, who had been a little confused at first, now had no complaints and was even more focused.
"Not bad, not bad," Qiu Xi continued grading as Teacher Yuan's satisfied voice filled the room. The three people beside her hadn't left either. They had also been sitting there for a while, "grading" in their own way. For instance, Yan Zijing stared at the draft in her hands, pen in her hand, but with nowhere to start, like a wooden person. She had been staring at the draft for a long time.
About half an hour later, Qiu Xi finally looked up. "Teacher, I'm done here." She then handed back the two stacks of workbooks. Yuan Qing's smile widened like that of a Maitreya Buddha. "Good, good. Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Xi." "It's about time. Sit for a while, Teacher Liu will lecture you later." Qiu Xi nodded, "Okay."
A few minutes later, Qiu Xi started her lesson with Teacher Liu. Zhou Shu also joined them. And then... the two of them attended a lesson that lasted about an hour. Finally, Qiu Xi casually packed her things, leaving Zhou Shu still in a daze. After a long while, the two teachers couldn't stand it anymore and reached out to pat her. "What are you spacing out about?" They found this girl to be quite strange today.
"..."
"Teacher, why does Xiao Xi sister know so much?" She had been thinking about it for a long time and still couldn't understand. Liu and Yuan exchanged a look. They thought it was some difficult problem! And it turned out to be just this?
Yuan Qing reached out and lightly hit her again after hearing this. "She knows a lot because she's intelligent and hardworking. Unlike you..." He looked her up and down and continued, "You have a brain, but I don't see any effort!" Although his words were a bit exaggerated, Yuan Qing felt he was criticizing her perfectly! Zhou Shu felt a pang of doubt for the first time.
"Alright, you can go back now if there's nothing else." After speaking to Zhou Shu, Yuan Qing turned and casually waved at Yan Zijing and Gu Ci. "You two, come find me after you've finished editing your drafts." The obedient and intelligent children were gone. These ones were still a headache. It was better to send them back soon.
Zhou Shu said nothing, but the other two quickly nodded. "Yes, Teacher." "We're leaving now. Goodbye, Teacher." After quickly saying goodbye, the two disappeared. Not long after they left, Zhou Shu glanced around slyly and also left the office. Yuan Qing and Liu Qingyun had clearly noticed this, but as long as they left, they wouldn't bother with such a small matter.
...
After returning, besides studying, Qiu Xi was also preoccupied with the matter concerning Pei Wen. "Xiao Hua, I have time now." "According to our agreement, first help me find the evidence I can't dig up." "Got it~" With the points in place, there was nothing Xiao Hua couldn't do.
With Xiao Hua's response, Qiu Xi got busy. Peeling back the layers, Qiu Xi truly found many interesting things. She had initially thought Pei Wen was miserable, but she didn't expect there to be several others propping him up. And judging by the situation, there likely were still more.
"Wow~" she exclaimed, "Even at this age, they're still so wild!" She had only intended to look for legitimate academic misconduct, but she stumbled upon unexpected gains. It was just that she didn't know how to proceed with this. "Xiao Hua, also help me investigate this that I just discovered," Qiu Xi said with a trace of disdain in her eyes. Such scumbags should live elsewhere! Their lives must be quite enjoyable!
"Okay, but we have to follow the rules." Qiu Xi felt a bit helpless. "Fine! You won't lose out." Xiao Hua was becoming increasingly "greedy." Perhaps it was because she had been "slacking off" for a while... "Alright!" "I guarantee to handle it perfectly for you!"
With Xiao Hua's guarantee, Qiu Xi organized the information she had found and went to rest. The information she already possessed was enough to cause a lot of trouble for those people. Combined with what Xiao Hua would later provide, she was already looking forward to the unfolding drama. Thinking about it, Qiu Xi informed Song Jingshu and the others that the plan needed to be steady and that timing was crucial for a decisive victory.
With the task completed, Qiu Xi truly went to rest. The next day, after class, Qiu Xi, who had no plans, stayed in the dorm with Liang Yunfei. Suddenly, her phone rang. Qiu Xi glanced at it; it was an unknown number, so she ignored it and hung up. However, the caller kept calling, more than ten times. Finally, Qiu Xi answered. As soon as the phone was connected, there was a wail.
"Xiao Xi sister!" "You finally answered my call!" Qiu Xi instinctively moved the phone away and replied subconsciously, "Zhou Shu?" "It's me, it's me!" "..." "How did you get my number?" "I tricked... cough cough, got it from Old Yuan." "..." It seemed she had gone out without even practicing her persuasion skills. Qiu Xi didn't know if Zhou Shu believed herself, but she certainly didn't.
"What do you want?" "If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up." Her time was also tight, so she didn't want to waste it. "Don't!" As soon as she heard this, Zhou Shu immediately shouted, "I'm at your school right now, can you come out for a bit?" Qiu Xi, "..." "What's the matter?" Forgive her, but she didn't know her well yet and didn't want to go... "There's no specific reason..." "Then you should just look around yourself. We'll talk another time." With that, Qiu Xi prepared to hang up.
"Don't!" "There is! I'm here to learn from you!" "..." Come to her for learning? "Really!" Fearing Qiu Xi wouldn't believe her, Zhou Shu brought up the class they had attended together in the office. Qiu Xi was stunned for a long time. Although... shouldn't she be asking Teacher Liu for this?
Regardless of what Qiu Xi thought, she eventually went out. And she even brought someone with her as company! "Xiao Xi, who is this Zhou Shu?" Liang Yunfei was very curious, this person sounded quite interesting. "She's a student of one of my Century Cup training teachers. We... we've taken classes together, sort of." Qiu Xi hesitated a bit when she said this. "I see..." Liang Yunfei said understandingly. "Yeah, if she doesn't have anything serious to do later, you can pull me away." "Sure! Leave it to me."