Chapter VIII
"Hey, Mingyue, how is it, how did you perform in this exam?" After the midterm exam, He Hua asked Li Mingyue curiously.
"Well, it's okay, except for mathematics, other subjects should be okay." Li Mingyue's grades are not bad, except for mathematics. This is really a big pain point for her.
After a while, the head teacher walked in and began to read out the results of the midterm exam. "Calendar and Moon, History 95.Geography 94.Politics 92, English 142.Chinese 133.Mathematics"
The head teacher paused, and glanced sternly at Li Mingyue, who was weak-hearted, "Mathematics, 5 points."
Li Mingyue slapped his forehead, 'It's too embarrassing'.
Gu Nanfeng laughed out loud: "5 points? 150 points of the paper, you got a single digit in the test, I drip, how did you get it? ”
The head teacher called Li Mingyue up and answered his question: "You can really do it, you perfectly avoided all the correct answers, and you got three points for answering a multiple-choice question correctly, and the remaining two points were the points that the teacher gave you for seeing that your paper was too clean."
"Oh, teacher, I'm also helpless, what kind of equation in mathematics, geometric proof, whatever, I have a headache when I look at it."
"Nonsense, it's just that you didn't study seriously, do you want to go to university?"
"Of course I thought about it" Li Mingyue straightened up, and tilted her neck arrogantly, "Ignore mathematics, with my current grades, I can still be admitted to college" This is not wrong, her comprehensive score is not low, but ......
"Don't you want to go to the University of Political Science and Law?"
The head teacher's next words were like a basin of cold water poured on top of her head: "With your current grades, you are still far behind, if you can't improve your math scores, you can't pass the test."
He Hua whispered to her: "It's also ha, you're not biased, you're lame at all."
Li Mingyue was also a little discouraged, and asked the head teacher: "Teacher, then how do you say I can improve here, is there any hope?" ”
"Find someone to make it up, start with the basics"
"Oh teacher, then according to you, my foundation is so poor, I can't start making up for it from junior high school mathematics."
The head teacher glared at her hatefully: "I don't care how I make it up, anyway, if your math score is always like this, if you can't improve, you will definitely not be admitted to the University of Political Science and Law."
After she was criticized enough, she asked her to sit down, and Song Zhiyi in the back came over: "I think if you really want to improve your math scores, you really have to start tutoring from junior high school math, after all, your foundation is too poor."
Gu Nanfeng also came over, and raised his eyebrows at Li Mingyue meaningfully: "That's right, isn't it just right to find a junior in the third year of junior high school to make it up for you?" ”
He Hua gave a thumbs up: "Well, this trick is good, hey, if you improve your grades in the end, and by the way, you can get the junior brother right, then isn't it just killing two birds with half the effort?"
Li Mingyue's eyes widened when she heard this, and she punched Gu Nanfeng excitedly: "Smart you."
No, I heard that the exam results of the junior high school have also come down, and Li Mingyue anxiously went to pay attention to the list, wanting to see what Jiangqu's results were.
His eyes were searching for Jiang Qu's name from top to bottom, but he caught a glimpse of a slender figure pacing in front of him.
Zhen Qian opened her mouth and said, "Is Senior Sister looking for the name of Jiangqu?" ”
Li Mingyue didn't bother to take care of her, but she said to herself: "Why is Senior Sister so persistent, he can't fall in love now, you are not suitable"
Li Mingyue felt ridiculous: "We are not suitable, are you suitable for him?" ”
She ignored Zhen Qian, continued to look for Jiang Qu's name, and finally saw his results at the top of the list, this kid is indeed a top student, the second in the whole grade.
"This guy is quite powerful" Li Mingyue muttered unconsciously, and a sense of pride rose in her heart.
Zhen Qian was still making noise: "Senior sister, I never thought that if you kept pestering him like this, would it have a great impact on him?" ”
Li Mingyue couldn't bear it, and shouted angrily: "You're not finished."
Zhen Qian was frightened by her momentum, she couldn't help but take a step back, her face turned pale, and she moved her mouth and was about to say something sarcastic about Li Mingyue, but she was stunned by Li Mingyue's preemptive words.
"Do you know what was the biggest failure when you were a student? I didn't talk about love even if I was in love, and my grades were a mess; If you don't study well and don't succeed in your studies, it's the biggest sorrow in your student days" Li Mingyue pointed to the column with Zhen Qian's grades printed in the middle and back of the transcript, and sarcastically said to her: "With your grades, do you still have the leisure to care about other people's affairs?" You have that time to shout in front of me, go back to the classroom and read more books" She glanced Zhen Qian up and down: "If you don't go and confess to Jiang Qu in person, since you don't dare, you won't be angry there."
Zhen Qian was scolded by her, and her face was blue and white.
"So, you, don't get involved in our affairs in the future, and figure it out yourself," Li Mingyue warned her.
Zhen Qian was both uneven and unwilling, clenching her fists and glaring at Li Mingyue, but she couldn't say a word to refute.
(…… )
After Li Mingyue found Jiang Qu and explained to him what she wanted him to tutor herself, Jiang Qu was stunned at first: "Let me tutor you in junior high school mathematics?" ”
"Well, my foundation is very poor, so I have to start making up for it from junior high school knowledge", seeing Jiang Qu's obvious hesitation, he began to praise him as soon as the words changed: "It's not that you can't find others, the key is that I know junior high school students, and you have the best, smartest, good-tempered and patient."
Jiang Qu was praised by her like this, and he was immediately embarrassed, of course, mixed with a little excitement.
Li Mingyue pursued after the victory: "So, who else is you, my requirements and vision are very high." Since you have to find someone to make up for it, you must find someone as good as you."
Jiang Qu became more and more embarrassed, but he still carefully worded and wanted to refuse: "Well, senior sister, but...... I ......, I don't think it's convenient."
When Li Mingyue heard him say this, she immediately put on a serious face again, and asked him solemnly: "Senior brother, you know that senior sister I am now a sophomore in high school, a very critical period."
Jiang Qu nodded.
"Then you know that senior sister and I are about to face the college entrance examination, right?"
Jiang Qu nodded again.
"Then do you want me to be admitted to a good university?"
Jiang Qu nodded again.
"Then can you bear to watch me pull back because of my math scores and finally fail the college entrance examination? Because I didn't enter the university of my choice, I might be depressed and have a nervous breakdown, and after graduation, I might find someone to marry, and then I would live my life in such a mess and aggrieved. Do you say you can't bear to see me like that? ”
Jiang Qu shook his head in a daze, and asked with a frown: "So, is it serious?" ”
"Of course," Li Mingyue replied solemnly, and her face was not red or panting.
"But ......" Jiang Qu still wanted to refuse.
Li Mingyue used the ultimate nirvana this time, patting Jiang Qu on the shoulder: "Don't worry, paid tutoring, can't you pay for tutoring?" ”
"Senior sister, it's not a question of tuition fees, you misunderstood; I'm not such a snob who values money so much, I just think it's not very convenient", Jiang Qu said righteously.
The class bell rang, and the students ran back to the classroom one after another, and Jiang Qu also turned around and prepared to go back to the classroom. But was stopped by Li Mingyue: "Eh, junior brother"
Li Mingyue gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, shouting: "Is it okay to have a hundred yuan in two hours?" ”
Jiang Qu turned around in an instant and said to Li Mingyue seriously: "I think it is really necessary to tutor you for senior sister, you can set the time and place."
Gu Nanfeng was surprised when he heard this, and asked Li Mingyue: "What method did you use to get him to agree, he shouldn't agree easily, right?" ”
Li Mingyue replied with the same expression: "Needless to say, of course it's my personal charm." But her heart is dripping blood, after all, her monthly living expenses are only 500 yuan, but she feels that it is worth it.
So, two days later, that weekend, Jiang Qu entered the gate of Li Mingyue's house.
Li Mingyue's family conditions are good, her mother is a teacher, and her father is a well-known local lawyer. Jiang Qu thought that such a family atmosphere must be rigorous and solemn, but in fact, on the contrary, the atmosphere of their family was very relaxed and happy, but it was no wonder that they could raise such a frank and enthusiastic daughter as Li Mingyue.
Jiang Qu was led into Li Mingyue's room, this was the first time he entered the girl's bedroom, naturally he was at a loss, Li Mingyue let go and let him sit down, his eyes didn't dare to glance at him at all, the whole person was restrained, not to mention the continuous redness on his face.
He sat squarely and squarely at the low table on the floor, and because his eyes did not dare to glance, he could only stare directly at the open math book, like a fixed puppet.
After Li Mingyue also sat down, he immediately took out a pen and sketched on the book, and instantly entered the tutoring mode.
Li Mingyue saw that he was obviously sitting away from her as if he wanted to keep his distance, and his serious and shy expression was actually quite funny, which made her laugh a little, and she wanted to tease him again. So, he deliberately straightened his face, clapped the table with his fingers and said, "Why are you so far away, I'm a monster, and I can still eat you?" ”
When Jiang Qu heard her say this, his face turned even redder. After thinking about it, he moved the book to her, but he didn't move.
Li Mingyue really wanted to laugh more and more when she saw his awkward appearance, but she remembered the story of Muhammad's 'If the mountain doesn't come to me, I will go to the mountain', and thought about it, so she took the initiative to move to the river canal.
Now, Jiang Qu is even more at a loss. Li Mingyue deliberately tilted her body towards him, but asked seriously: "Huh?" Brother, how is this equation solved like this? ”
Jiang Qu answered her with a pen on straw paper, but because of her proximity, he couldn't keep his breathing steady at all, his voice was a little shaky, and he was a little incoherent: "That's it, well, this X, take it ...... Set it to an unknown and ...... Then ......"
"Oh, the unknown" Li Mingyue looked at him with a smile on the corner of her mouth, and her body continued to tilt towards him little by little.
The river canal retreated by inertia, but the teasing of Li Mingyue did not end.
She pointed to the thick math book and asked Jiang Qu: "Do you know all the formulas and equations in this book?" ”
"Hmm" Jiang Qu nodded confidently: "Almost"
"What about other subjects? Can you understand it once the teacher talks about it? ”
"As long as you listen carefully, you can understand," Jiang Qu replied, still honest and confident.
"Oh" Li Mingyue narrowed her eyes: "That means you have super understanding"
"Uh, it's okay" Jiang Qu modestly paused.
Li Mingyue deliberately lengthened her tone and asked, "Then, what about love?" ”
"Huh?"
Jiang Qu was obviously stunned by Li Mingyue's question, and turned his head sharply to face Li Mingyue's face.
Li Mingyue thought that she would see his flustered or angry expression, but no, he seemed to be puzzled by this question, and a confused expression appeared on his face.
He frowned and said in a voice with bewilderment: "I, I don't know what love is"
After a pause, he added: "I don't understand what it's like to be 'like'."
Li Mingyue's original smiling expression froze because of this answer.
She sighed softly, but the next second she slammed closer. Looking at Jiang Qu's eyes boldly and seriously from a close distance, she liked these eyes, clear and clean eyes like two clear springs.
Slowly, she said in a very intimate tone at this very intimate distance: "If you don't understand, you have to learn, don't you have a very strong comprehension?" I'll teach you, how's it? ”
Jiang Qu's eyes widened in surprise, but he heard Li Mingyue repeat again:
"I'll teach you, what is love?"
"Learn ...... Senior sister", Jiang Qu stammered, and subconsciously wanted to retreat, but was grabbed by Li Mingyue's arm. Don't allow him to escape, Li Mingyue looked deeply into Jiang Qu's eyes without blinking, thinking that a series of feelings such as affection, appreciation, and affection for him were all passed through this look, and then asked him: "Now, in my eyes, what can you see?" ”
Jiang Qu did not answer immediately.
Li Mingyue asked again: "Say, what can you see from my eyes?" ”。
Jiang Qu hesitated for a moment, looked at her seriously, and then replied honestly: "Eye."
Li Mingyue almost didn't faint, quickly rubbed his eyes, wiped off the 'eye droppings', and asked him again without giving up: "Then, what does it feel?" ”
She quickly adjusted her expression affected by the 'eye droppings', approached him again, and asked from eye to nose, "How do you feel like this?" ”
Jiang Qu hesitated again, but felt that he should tell the truth, so he replied very frankly: "Garlic flavor."
What?
Li Mingyue didn't react.
Jiang Qu kindly reminded her: "Senior sister, you, eat garlic at noon, right?" Actually, I smelled ...... as soon as you came in."
"It's not important" Li Mingyue covered her mouth and immediately bounced away from the river canal as if she was spring, still waving her hand constantly, and said incoherently: "It's not important, hehe, what, let's study, solve the problem, continue to solve the problem." ”
The next tutoring is relatively normal, Li Mingyue didn't tease him anymore because she felt ashamed, and after two hours, the efficiency was relatively high. But Jiang Qu lost sleep that night.
Not because of Li Mingyue, but because he heard his parents next door arguing all night.
"You care so much about that vixen, you go to her, don't disgust me in front of me"
"If it weren't for the consideration of my son, you thought I would want to come back, you thought I didn't disgust you, you were a shrew"
"Yes, I'm a shrew, you shameless, I'll splash it on you......"
Then, the crunch of something hitting the ground, and the sound of tearing and scolding and women crying.
It's hard to imagine that the parents who usually pretend to be affectionate and respectful in front of him have already torn their faces, and he knows that their efforts to maintain this illusion are all for him, in order not to affect him, but he is really irritable and helpless, because he knows all this and has to pretend not to know. The quarrel continued, Jiang Qu covered his head with a pillow, and suddenly felt tired and felt that their family was particularly ridiculous. Unconsciously thought of Li Mingyue again, remembered that she always told him with a serious and straightforward face that she liked him, but how long can this like last, he thought that his parents should have really loved each other, but now they are in this field, don't they have a little nostalgia for the once sweet life when they quarrel and hurt each other? If this is love, he thinks he would rather not, if love is such an unbearable thing, then he will never touch it. He doesn't want to be like his parents, after being hurt by this so-called 'love' thing, live chickens and dogs jump into a miasma.