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Chapter 47: Chapter 45 You Have a Tail (Seeking Recommendations!)_1
The first class was over.
Li Kai immediately rushed over.
He just couldn’t refrain from asking Tang Qing about it.
"Old Tang, how could you possibly score so high? Tell me your trick. I’ve been working so hard but I’ve only made a little progress." Li Kai asked curiously, sitting in front of Tang Qing.
He had indeed made a huge improvement this time.
But he couldn’t compare with Tang Qing.
The higher you go, the harder it is. It is quite challenging to improve from two hundred points to four hundred points, but not nearly as tough as improving from six eighty points to seven hundred. Each point in the latter stage takes a lot of effort to achieve.
"This is a matter of difference in IQ, incapable of being learned," replied Tang Qing coldly.
How could he explain this? Study hard and keep moving up every day? Li Kai might scorn him for that. So better scorn you first — this is wisdom indeed. Yeah, this is how intelligence is flaunted.
"Then why were you similar to me before? I didn’t see that coming." Li Kai spat out, rejecting the idea entirely.
"Young lad, we’re brothers after all. I did that to save your dignity. Ah, it’s hard to be too talented. You get doubted and envied, just like you are now. This is why I remain low-key."
Tang Qing said earnestly, patting on Li Kai’s shoulder.
"You...you... you! Are you going to kill me!? Aren’t you satisfied until you’ve hit me down!?" Li Kai slapped Tang Qing’s hand away, retorting. This was absolutely disrespectful. He couldn’t stand it any more.
He didn’t know what else to say.
The fact was there. No matter what Tang Qing said, he had a reason.
History is written by the victor, after all. Since I score higher than you, whatever I say is true. When I have more money than you, people listen to me, trust me, and follow me.
If you, a beggar, talk about your dreams, ambitions, and overturning Alibaba and trampling on Tencent.
Ha-ha.
Better call the cops.
"Pfft..."
Wang Yan, who was on the side, couldn’t help but laugh out loud watching the two guys quibble. She knew that they were just joking around. Li Kai was always being ridiculed, but he still enjoyed it every time.
He rushed at it just like a moth to a flame. It was amusing even to think about it.
"To make up for your barely remaining shattered pride, I’ll treat you to a feast Sunday night. You’ll pay for the karaoke." Tang Qing made another jab. He borrowed Liu Qian’s diamond card.
Never pass on free food, and show off while I’m at it.
I’ll eat first and talk about it later.
Of course, he knows that Liu Qian will be aware of any of his expenses.
But so what?
The stronger their relationship, the more assured Liu Qian is.
If he never used Liu Qian’s card, then Liu Qian would worry instead. Once neither party could figure out who owed whom, their relationship is at its strongest then.
"Hmph, no need. I’ll pay for the meal too. If I say I’m treating you, my dad will definitely give me the money." Li Kai said, pouting. He thought Tang Qing was going to treat them to a sidewalk eatery, so he readily agreed.
"Alright, get back to studying. You’ll have a chance to win back next time." Tang Qing said encouragingly with a smile. Jokes aside, one should encourage when necessary.
"Hmph, I’m going to correct my mistakes." said Li Kai, huffing.
He left as soon as he finished speaking.
You could imagine that the students would be rather busy these couple of days.
In addition to teaching papers and not giving classes, those who study well typically have no homework these few days.
Tang Qing also enjoyed this privilege. The thrill of copying down questions dozens of times was so great that he couldn’t help but shiver at the thought.
"I really envy your relationship," Wang Yan said to Tang Qing after Li Kai left, smiling.
"Don’t you have a best friend? What’s there to envy?" He remembered that Wang Yan had a best friend in high school. He didn’t know where she was now, but he could be certain she was in the same city and later studied in a university in Beijing, quite far away.
He only saw her a few times in public.
As for now, he couldn’t even remember what she looked like.
In this class, Wang Yan didn’t really have any close female friends. She had always been on her own. If it wasn’t for his knowledge of Wang Yan’s character in the future, he would have thought she had autism.
"I do have one, but she’s too far away. I can only see her on weekends. We haven’t met for over a month because of the tight study schedule," Wang Yan said thoughtfully.
"Oh, it’s okay, just hang out with us more in the future," Tang Qing consoled.
Now that he had resolved his inner conflicts, he wasn’t ready to engage in a relationship, but being friends didn’t put any burden on him.
Given Wang Yan’s character, as long as Lin Jiaxue was around, she wouldn’t create trouble for himself. She is a smart and traditional woman. She had once told him that she wouldn’t be a home wrecker.
"Sounds great!" Wang Yan immediately responded joyfully.
She didn’t ask for anything to develop between her and Tang Qing either. If Tang Qing gave up Lin Jiaxue for her, she would despise him. She just wanted to stay by Tang Qing’s side. All she needed was that Tang Qing didn’t repel her.
The rest of the day was spent handing out test papers, collecting them, and discussing them.
As a result,
The unexpectedly prominent Tang Qing was the focus of the teachers. They all wanted to test Tang Qing. One after another they called him to the stage.
At first, he felt a bit nervous.
But after the first time, he was no longer nervous. With Uncle’s way of thinking, his language organization ability was not bad either. His explanation made the teachers frequently nod in approval and praise.
Tutoring is a skill.
Just because you understand something doesn’t mean you can explain it to everyone. It’s not a simple task to explain it, making sure all the students understand, given their varied comprehension levels.
Tang Qing taught the entire problem-solving process step by step, treating it as the most basic level of instruction.
Then.
Tang Qing experienced a tragedy.
Except for Chinese language, a subject that he had failed, about one-fifth of the topics in other classes were explained by him.
The teacher did not think it was a big deal.
On one hand, it showed everyone Tang Qing’s ability, and on the other, it allowed the lower-performing students to see the gap. It also let Tang Qing share his problem-solving methods and techniques. It killed three birds with one stone and also saved the teacher’s energy.
Tang Qing was not impatient.
In his opinion, if you want to study and firmly grasp a concept, the best way to understand something thoroughly is to explain it to others. Repeating it over and over, this turns out to be a quick study technique.
When you explain it a few times.
Basically, you won’t forget this knowledge point in a short time.
So Tang Qing knew.
In his past life, he had heard of a super top student’s study technique which was to set up a blackboard at home, pretend there are students underneath and then teach the air from a teacher’s perspective.
This method was incredibly effective.
It helped with retaining the knowledge.
He held the rank of the school’s number one student for many years, and it was only after he was admitted to Peking University that he shared this method with the public.
Although it did not become widespread in the end, or perhaps people were practicing it and enjoying the benefits without admitting it, Tang Qing didn’t pay attention to it anymore. He had already entered university and wasn’t interested in this matter.
Through this lecture.
Tang Qing’s abilities were unanimously recognized by the entire class. They also accepted Tang Qing’s scores without any doubts and there were no more skeptical voices. That’s students for you – if you know something, you’re superior, if you don’t, you’re inferior.
Just like that.
Tang Qing ended this interesting day.
"Tangtang’s back, how much did you score this exam, let me see."
As soon as he came home, his aunt had already returned. Primary school ended early, so his cousins had already returned and were doing their homework in their rooms. Only the results of his elder cousin’s monthly exam were unknown.
"Well, here."
Tang Qing took out all his papers from his bag and handed them over. In his past life, his aunt always checked his exam papers after each monthly exam. So he bundled all the papers together to avoid the trouble of searching and handing them over one by one.
His aunt took Tang Qing’s papers and laid them out on the tea table to read them.
The Chinese language paper was on top. He scored 118, which was a very normal score, almost the same as last time, it was good that the score did not decrease.
After the Chinese paper was Mathematics. When his aunt saw the Math score, her eyes lit up. This was a great progress! So she became happier as she continued reading. After reviewing all the papers, she closed them and excitedly said,
"Tangtang, is this score real? Adding this up, it’s over 650, your first monthly exam only scored 576."
"Yes, my tutoring efforts recently paid off. I came tenth in the whole grade."
Tang Qing said after drinking a sip of water.
"That’s excellent, your uncle will definitely be very happy to know this." After saying that, his aunt started to look at the papers again carefully. Even though she only taught at an elementary school, she could still understand many of these questions.
"Well, as long as you’re happy." Tang Qing chuckled.
The moment she heard her mom let out an exclamation, Qin Shiqi rushed out excitedly,
"Elder bro, how many marks did you score? Mom is very excited." She then sat next to her aunt and looked at Tang Qing’s papers.
"Wow, bro, you must’ve cheated." Qin Shiqi covered her mouth in surprise after seeing the scores.
She looked at Tang Qing as if he was an alien.
As for this sort of look.
Tang Qing enjoyed it very much, after all his elder cousin rarely looked at him like this. She usually criticised him for various things, even down to the way he held his pen. It takes quite a bit of nagging for her to be satisfied.
"Shiqi, how could you say that about your brother, apologize quickly." His aunt gently tapped Qin Shiqi’s head and reprimanded.
"Big brother, sorry, please forgive your cute little sister."
Qin Shiqi poked her tongue out and looked at Tang Qing with a pair of cute eyes. She said this out of habit, but even the nonchalant her knew that you shouldn’t make irresponsible claims about such things. It could hurt people’s feelings.
"No problem, It’s normal to be unable to accept it for a while. That’s what happens when someone is too brilliant." Tang Qing wouldn’t fall for that trick, he held his head high. He felt great to see Qin Shiqi apologise.
"Hmph, let the cat out of the bag, huh." Qin Shiqi mumbled.
"You’re the one with the fox’s tail." 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
"You have one..."
"You have..."
"You have..."
...
Seeing the two siblings quarrelling, their aunt was amused by the scene.
In this family, it always feel better when it’s lively. Really. Even Qin Shiyu who was doing her homework inside her room was smiling as she eavesdropped on her sister and Tang Qing’s banter. This made her feel happy too.
Not long after.
Qin Yugang returned home. Seeing Tang Qing’s scores, he was very pleased too. To celebrate this occasion, he decided on the spot to dine out in the evening.
Savoring a big pot of hot pot.
The atmosphere was lively and warm.
