Chapter 74 — You Just Want Teacher Xu to Graduate
Lin Rumeng bit her lip. “Sister, my scores dropped… shouldn’t you be responsible?”
“??? Why should I be responsible? Your scores dropping isn’t my fault.”
“But… you taught me math!”
“So? I didn’t teach you all of math. I only taught you the problems you asked me about and briefly went over the related knowledge points.”
“But sister…”
Lin Yuejiu held up a hand. “Stop right there. The math problems I taught you, if you listened carefully and understood them, generally shouldn’t be a problem. You asked me for help on your own, and I taught you. Everything else isn’t my responsibility. You can’t blame the math for your mistakes, and you certainly can’t blame me for them.”
Lin Rumeng frowned, unconvinced. “Sister, don’t you think what you’re saying is a little harsh?”
“I don’t think it’s harsh at all. I’m just stating facts. You’re the one not being honest with yourself.”
Rumeng didn’t want to hear more. “Sister…”
Before she could finish, someone interrupted.
“What are you doing here?”
The two turned to see Lin Yimo stepping out of the car and walking toward them.
Yuejiu didn’t know who he was addressing and stayed silent.
Yimo glanced at Yuejiu, then shifted his gaze to Rumeng. “What’s going on? Why are you here instead of at home?”
Rumeng, feeling wronged, immediately complained. “Brother, sister is being too much!”
Yuejiu: “???”
EXCUSE ME? Me being too much? She thought. Does this girl have a screw loose?
Yimo frowned instinctively at her expression. “What’s wrong?”
Rumeng started whining to him. “Before, sister said I could ask her any questions I didn’t understand, and I did. I asked her!”
“I taught you too,” Yuejiu quickly added.
“Yes, sister taught me, but this time my math scores went down, and overall I did worse than last time.”
Yimo understood immediately. “So you think it’s her fault?”
Rumeng nodded.
Yuejiu was stunned by her words. She couldn’t help laughing angrily. “I literally just explained this to you! This is your own problem. If you listened carefully and understood the questions I taught you, those types of problems wouldn’t be an issue. Your score dropping isn’t my fault, yet you’re blaming me? Look at your exam—did you get the ones I taught you wrong? Or does your math paper only have the types of questions I taught you?”
Rumeng was speechless, unable to argue back for a moment.
“Maybe your score just hit a plateau. You don’t even analyze your own mistakes or figure out where you went wrong, and now you’re blaming me for your score dropping? Do you have no shame, or are you just shameless?”
“You—”
“Instead of complaining to me, you should go home, look over your exam, find the parts where you lost points, check which knowledge points aren’t familiar yet, and review them. Sitting here causing trouble for no reason… seriously, what are you even doing?”
After saying this, Lin Yuejiu turned and walked away, leaving them with a stylish back.
Rumeng stood there dumbfounded. Even Yimo was a little shocked—when did Yuejiu become so sharp-tongued? She wasn’t like this before.
Rumeng instinctively wanted to go complain to Yimo, but he said, “She’s right. You should look for problems in yourself, not blame her. She taught you everything she knows. If you got it wrong, it’s because you didn’t understand properly.”
Rumeng’s eyes widened in surprise. “Brother…”
Yimo didn’t meet her gaze. “Go. Hurry home and take a proper look at your exam.”
After leaving the Lin residence, Yimo went into her room to help her review the test.
He asked her to first find the math section. “Which problems did she teach you?”
Although Rumeng was reluctant, she pointed them out.
Yimo checked each one carefully. “The ones she taught you? You got them all right.”
Lin Rumeng: “…”
Yimo spoke the truth gently: “It’s your own problem. You shouldn’t blame her.”
“But…” Rumeng tried to argue a little more.
“You should apologize to your sister.”
Rumeng pouted inwardly, muttering, “Why should I?”
“Because you blamed her for your own mistakes. She didn’t get angry, and on top of that, she even told you how to improve your scores. You should be grateful.”
Rumeng: “…”
“Tomorrow at school, remember to apologize to your sister.”
“…”
“Did you hear me?”
“…” She replied reluctantly, “I heard you.”
Lin Yuejiu had been annoyed for just a moment, but she let it go. It wasn’t worth holding a grudge over someone like Rumeng.
After buying the study materials she wanted, she opened them up and got to work.
Xu Nianshen: [Got the materials you wanted?]
Lin Yuejiu: [Yes, got them.]
Xu Nianshen: [Need Teacher Xu’s guidance?]
Yuejiu chuckled softly: [Not for now.]
Xu Nianshen: [Teacher Xu feels like she’s about to lose her job.]
Yuejiu: [How could Teacher Xu lose her job? My student is right here.]
Xu Nianshen: [If my only student doesn’t need my help, isn’t that basically being unemployed?]
Yuejiu: [Teacher Xu, your eyes don’t look so good… I said I don’t need help for now.]
But Xu Nianshen ignored her and kept teasing: [Ah, Teacher Xu is losing her job! Teacher Xu is losing her job!]
Yuejiu laughed at him—so childish.
Yuejiu: [Teacher Xu isn’t losing her job. My student just has a question she doesn’t know yet.]
Xu Nianshen: [Okay, tell me. Teacher Xu is ready.]
Before Yuejiu could type, he immediately sent a video call. She hung up and glanced back—Chen Qianxi hadn’t reacted, so she relaxed.
Xu Nianshen: [Trying to make Teacher Xu unemployed again?]
Yuejiu: [Teacher Xu, I’m in the dorm.]
Xu Nianshen understood: [Video call inconvenient?]
Yuejiu: [Mm.]
He sent a sticker, then immediately switched to a voice call.
Yuejiu: “…”
She hung up again.
Xu Nianshen: [I get it now. You just want to make Teacher Xu unemployed.]
Yuejiu: [Teacher Xu, if you don’t want Qianxi bothering me all night, just send voice messages—don’t call.]
Yuejiu knew Chen Qianxi too well. With her personality, even if Yuejiu and Xu Nianshen didn’t have any issues, Qianxi would find something to tease them about all night. If Yuejiu didn’t stop it, Qianxi would surely pester her endlessly.
To ensure his girlfriend could sleep well, Teacher Xu had no choice but to give in.
