How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 47 - Gloom_1
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The male student Hu Xiaobing’s face changed color, his legs went weak, but his mouth was still tough, “Scared of what?
I’m not scared at all!”
Hu Xiufang scoffed, “If you’re not scared, you should face off against him one-on-one!
Not talk about his wife.
Such a coward, always picking on the weak.”
“Who are you calling a coward?
Say that again, I dare you?” Hu Xiaobing’s face turned red as he pointed at Hu Xiufang, his eyes almost popping out.
“Coward!”
Ring, ring, ring, the class bell rang.
Reluctantly, Hu Xiaobing returned to his seat, and the crisis was averted for now.
During this class, Li Qiao’s mind was elsewhere.
She felt down, not understanding why everyone was so malicious towards her.
Especially those who talked about personal matters.
The phrase “the child of a loser is just a little loser” kept replaying in her head.
The math teacher called her name twice.
Hu Xiufang kept nudging her until she came back to reality.
“Li Qiao, why are you daydreaming during class?
Think you’ve learned it all, do you?
Come and solve this problem.”
Li Qiao responded promptly, deciding that from that day on, she would no longer keep a low profile.
The better she performed, the more respect she would earn for herself, and the less others would look down on her.
And she wrote furiously.
The math teacher nodded repeatedly, “Good job.
No wonder you were distracted; you’ve got it all figured out.
Now explain your thought process to the class.”
Li Qiao went over it in detail, then added, “Actually, there’s an even simpler method.” Afterward, she explained the concepts to the class as if she were the teacher.
Li Jinhua watched Li Qiao as if she’d seen a ghost.
Even if Li Qiao had been reborn with cheats, this was too much, wasn’t it?
Her personality had changed too.
The Li Qiao of before was always timid and shy in front of everyone, even more cautious as she got older.
Where was that spirit from back then?
She had turned into a completely different person.
After Li Qiao finished speaking,
The classroom was silent.
The math teacher led the applause, “Solid foundation.
Continue like this and I think there’s no problem for you to get full marks in the exam.”
“Mr.
Song, you flatter me.
A student’s success cannot be separated from your teaching and cultivation.”
The math teacher smiled, a smooth talker.
“I have some math papers.
If you’re interested, you can take them to do.
There’s a math competition in the county town at the end of next month.
I’ll sign you up.
If you place, you can earn twenty extra points for the college entrance exam.”
Hu Xiufang’s eyes sparkled with envy.
Li Qiao’s level used to be below hers, but now she had surpassed her.
She had to work even harder and look up to the good students.
Li Jinhua was in disbelief.
Math competition?
Get a place and you can add twenty points to the college entrance exam?
Through these past few days of study, her sealed memories had slowly unlocked, and she remembered that in her previous life, Li Qiao had failed the entrance exam by just nine points.
If she could get these twenty extra points, wouldn’t college be all but guaranteed?
Jealousy turned her eyes crimson.
The unexpected good news dispelled the gloom in Li Qiao’s heart; this was exactly what she wanted.
In her previous life, she had been admitted to college through competition.
If she kept this up, she might get her college admission notice in advance.
She excitedly said, “Thank you, Mr.
Song.”
The math teacher smiled genially.
As soon as the class was over, Li Qiao went to find the teacher and got his papers.
Hu Xiufang followed and watched.
Li Jinhua came over and glanced at the problems, not understanding any of them: “Big sis, do you understand these?”
Li Qiao ignored her.
Hu Xiufang shushed, “Don’t disturb her thinking.”
Li Jinhua: “….”
Li Qiao waited for Li Jinhua to leave before whispering, “I figured out how to solve it.”
“You’re amazing; I can’t understand it at all,” Hu Xiufang furrowed her brows, “let alone know where to start.”
Li Qiao analyzed the problem sentence by sentence, pointing out which knowledge points should be used to solve it.
Hu Xiufang gave two thumbs up, “Impressive!
Why didn’t I think of that?
Can getting married really open up one’s mind?
I remember you weren’t this good before.”
Li Qiao pursed her lips and smiled, “Why don’t you try it?”
“I have a distant relative who’s a university student, and he says there are countless outstanding young people at university.
If I were to try, I’d have to wait until I got into university,” Hu Xiufang said dreamily.
Li Qiao quite agreed; after all, they were outstanding talents selected by the nation, certainly much better than picking on her own.
….
Li Qiao spent two days of her spare time solving the problem published in the newspaper.
When she brought it to Mr.
Song, Hu Xiufang also followed into the office, requesting Mr.
Song to sign her up for the competition as well.
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Song considered for a moment, “You have the best chance of getting into a university from our school.
This competition requires time to solve problems.
Your math isn’t as solid as Li Qiao’s, and I’m afraid you’ll fall behind in other subjects, which wouldn’t be worth it.”
Hu Xiufang assured him with a torrent of promises.
Then Mr.
Song nodded, casually picking up Li Qiao’s notes, looked at the problem, and then the solution; after a moment, his casual sitting posture became more upright.
After a long while, with a hint of probing and disbelief, he asked, “Did you answer all of these yourself?”
Li Qiao: “Yes.” She hadn’t slept during lunch breaks these past two days, continuously working on it.
And enduring Li Jinhua’s harassment.
If her family weren’t poor.
She would have transferred schools.
So annoying.
Mr.
Song gave a thumbs up and praised her, “Pretty impressive, you can even apply above-grade content with ease.
Last year you only scored in the seventies in math; did you doze off during the test or something?”
Li Qiao thought, the teacher even checked her scores?
It seemed that he was quite concerned about her; she had to perform well and not disappoint him.
She joked, “Maybe I just wasn’t enlightened last year.”
“Then this enlightenment of yours is a bit too much,” Mr.
Song teased with significantly improved spirits.
He then said to Hu Xiufang, “Li Qiao has a good foundation, so discuss with her more often.
If you don’t understand something, be sure to ask more questions.
The last thing you want in studying is to act arrogant.”
Hu Xiufang modestly agreed.
Mr.
Song then gave Li Qiao a new newspaper and told the two to work on it together before sending them off.
On the way back, Hu Xiufang asked, “Li Qiao, do you study at home during holidays?”
“Whenever I have time, I study.
From my perspective, even if I absorbed everything taught in class, it still wouldn’t be enough for the exams.
I need to extend my learning outside class.
Since I decided to retake the year, I’ve purchased some materials that I think are very useful.
If you’re interested, I can bring them for you next week when school starts.
Do them whenever you have time.
If you really get them down, I feel scoring over ninety in exams shouldn’t be a problem.”
Hu Xiufang was afraid Li Qiao would change her mind, “Thank you so much.”
Li Jinhua, not knowing where she appeared from, said with a displeased face, “Third sister, if you have good things, why give them to others and not me?”
Li Qiao: “When I was ridiculed by classmates and verbally insulted by Hu Xiaobing, she, a stranger, spoke up for me.
Where were you then?”
What angered her most was that the whole thing was instigated by Li Jinhua.
Li Jinhua was at a loss for words and stammered, “I…
I’m afraid of Hu Xiaobing hitting me.”
“Isn’t Hu Xiufang afraid?”
Hu Xiufang felt somewhat embarrassed; she really couldn’t stand it back then.
A perfectly fine girl, claiming to be willingly married to a loser; who knows the bitterness in her heart?
It was bad enough without others sympathizing, yet there they were, slandering her.
Especially Hu Xiaobing, with his mouth full of filth.
No class!
A grown man gossiping about someone else’s marital privacy; he’ll never amount to much in his life.
If she were Li Qiao, she’d have Qin Jin beat him until his own parents couldn’t recognize him.
“I, I, she…” Li Jinhua couldn’t form a proper explanation, so she said, “I’m your sister, if you have good things, you should give them to me.”
Li Qiao scoffed coldly, when logic failed, resorting to sentimental blackmail.
She cooly said, “There’s a proper order for everything.
After Hu Xiufang is done, you can have a look.”
Li Jinhua replied with an “Oh,” then asked, “What did you talk to Mr.
Song about when you went into his office just now?”
Li Qiao with an expressionless face, “Nothing much.”
