Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 88 Grading Papers

Chapter 88: Chapter 88 Grading Papers

Han Mingyue expressed her thoughts, "I have read so many essays, why does it feel like the writing hasn’t improved at all? You are clearly not dumb~"

Han Jiayang suddenly interrupted, "It’s not that she’s dumb~"

Zhen Yu looked at him, always feeling like Han Jiayang couldn’t say anything wise!

As expected, Han Jiayang’s next words were, "She can’t even lie! How can she make up stories? She’s just naturally a bit slow~"

Han Mingyue glanced at her brother, then turned to see Zhen Yu’s indifferent reaction and thoughtfully said, "Everyone excels in different areas; perhaps you are more suited for studying science."

"Mm." Zhen Yu nodded noncommittally.

Actually, Han Mingyue was right. In this life, Zhen Yu benefited from the system, resulting in a fantastic memory that made her excel in humanities during exams.

In her previous life, Zhen Yu, because she worked and didn’t have time to memorize lengthy liberal arts texts, fared better in science.

In both high school and university, she studied engineering, and later became a typical female engineer...

Her life was filled with numbers and symbols, where there weren’t right or wrong answers, just possibilities of achievement or not.

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On Saturday, Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue did problem-solving together in the morning, and in the afternoon, Zhen Yu went for tutoring at Teacher Qian’s home.

Qian Duoduo greeted Zhen Yu with a big smile, clearly in a good mood.

Without needing Zhen Yu to ask, the young girl blurted out everything.

"My dad finished grading our papers this morning, and I scored full marks too~"

"Congratulations!" Zhen Yu responded lightly.

After all, she had a system’s assistance and wasn’t really interested in competing in grades with middle school students.

Her sights were set on the distant future, not on the trivial gains and losses at the moment.

Mrs. Qian was also in the study, sitting with Mr. Qian, each grading papers.

Upon seeing both Zhen and Han enter, they merely nodded their heads.

Teacher Qian stopped writing, smilingly greeted, "Come in~ Warm up for a while. Duoduo, go pour two cups of hot water~"

"Okay." Qian Duoduo turned and walked towards the kitchen, while Mr. Qian bent down and continued grading the papers.

Mrs. Qian briefly glanced at her daughter, with a flash of displeasure in her eyes.

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She simply wanted to spend the rare weekend with her husband and child.

Yet every week, there were interruptions by visitors, and if it were someone else, they might not understand, but Mrs. Qian was really discontent!

Moreover, according to Old Qian, he initially only wanted to tutor Zhen Yu, letting her study with his daughter to mutually stimulate learning and improvement.

However, this girl had the gall to bring another person along.

Fine to bring along someone, but it was a boy! Really...

Not knowing if they were in puppy love, but she better not lead her Duoduo astray!

Recently, Mrs. Qian had been trying to persuade Mr. Qian to pause the tutoring sessions using the winter snow as an excuse, but both her husband and daughter always refused.

Perhaps today, she could throw this dilemma at the girl, letting her tactfully back off.

With this thought in mind, she started grading papers distractedly.

She spent most of her effort thinking about how to get her husband and child out of the way to speak with the girl alone.

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Duoduo placed two cups of water on the living room table and took a seat next to Zhen Yu.

Seeing that his daughter had also seated herself, Teacher Qian picked up a stack of exam papers and distributed a small stack to each of the three of them.

"Father?" Duoduo called out, somewhat confused.

Zhen Yu, however, seemed to be deep in thought.

Whereas Han Mingyue simply obediently stretched out his hand to receive them, doing whatever the teacher asked.

Teacher Qian looked at the three with different reactions and said seriously, "The process of correcting exam papers is also a process of continuous learning and accumulation. I won’t give you the standard answers, try correcting with a pencil."

"Okay, Teacher," Zhen Yu responded first.

Duoduo nodded, got up to get three pencils and two erasers.

Seeing the three buried in correcting the papers, Teacher Qian also returned to his own seat to correct other papers.

Mrs. Qian’s attention was distracted, her gaze scanning around the room; she stood up to drink water, then went to the restroom. She hadn’t corrected many papers, but had already stood up several times.

Eventually, Teacher Qian couldn’t help but ask, "What’s the matter?"

Quick-thinking, Mrs. Qian replied, "I feel a bit unwell. Could you go inside and see if we have any cold medicine left? I need to take a couple of pills."

Without any suspicion, Teacher Qian set down his pen and went to the bedroom.

Mrs. Qian knew well that she had finished the last of the cold medicine and hadn’t replaced it yet. After quietly waiting a minute, sure enough, her husband returned empty-handed.

"We’re out," Teacher Qian said as he checked Mrs. Qian’s forehead, "You don’t have a fever. Did you catch a cold?"

"Maybe," Mrs. Zhen replied vaguely, "I just feel all-around uncomfortable~cough~~" (sounds like ’rain sticking’, a northeast dialect.)

"I’ll go buy some medicine then," said Teacher Qian, still concerned.

"Okay!" Mrs. Qian’s reply was eager, even louder.

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After watching Mr. Qian put on his coat and leave, Mrs. Qian waited another minute, fearing he might have forgotten something and would return.

After a minute, Mrs. Qian spoke up, calling Duoduo, who was busy correcting the exam papers, "Duoduo~ since your friend is here rarely, there are apples and pears in the kitchen, go wash a few, peel and slice them~"

Duoduo heard his mother and responded with an ’Okay!’ but continued to finish marking the last few multiple-choice questions before putting down his pen and heading to the kitchen as instructed.

Now in the living room, only Mrs. Qian, Zhen Yu, and Han Mingyue remained. Mrs. Qian then cheerfully asked, "Zhen Yu, what do you usually do at home over the weekend?"

Hearing the elder’s question, Zhen Yu politely put down his pencil.

Sitting up straight, he looked up and answered, "I read books and do my homework at home."

"The house is kept quite warm, right?"

"It’s alright, we burn a bit more on weekends."

"You see~ it’s getting colder and colder!" As Mrs. Qian mentioned the word ’cold’, her smile grew even warmer, "It’s just the beginning of winter and it’s already so cold that people don’t want to go outside~ By December, it will be twice as cold. It’s already hard enough for you two young ones going to school each day! This tutoring..."

Catching the implied suggestion, Zhen Yu quickly responded, "Let’s skip the tutoring! Even the farmers have begun to hibernate, let alone us~"

After saying this, Zhen Yu quickly lowered her head and picked up her pencil to look at the exam papers again, showing no interest in continuing the conversation.

She thought that would put an end to the matter~

But unexpectedly...

"Xiao Yu~" Mrs. Qian’s voice became even sweeter, to the point of being cloying, "Your Teacher Qian is so muddled up from teaching all day! Why don’t you tell him directly? I’m afraid if I say you won’t come, he might not believe it..."

Zhen Yu’s eyelids flickered, a chill in her eyes.

In just a second, it was so intense that it made Mrs. Qian shiver.

Just as Mrs. Qian was about to take a closer look, the girl had already averted her gaze and, under Mrs. Qian’s watch, placed her hand over the boy’s next to her.

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