Chapter 65: The Power of the Study God
A study god was indeed a study god. At first, Gu Qinghuan was a little worried — with Su Lin’s intellect, would her tutoring be too hard to understand?
But Su Lin proved with her actions that an all-around, invincible study god had no blind spots.
Didn’t understand this method? Fine — here’s another one.
For the same wrong question, Su Lin gave multiple approaches to solving it, ensuring everyone could thoroughly understand it within their own level of comprehension.
After listening, Gu Qinghuan felt full of confidence. Even if she encountered a variation of the problem next time, she wouldn’t be afraid!
Yu Xin gained even more. She herself was a top student, but Su Lin’s methods were simpler, could improve her answering speed more effectively, and could be flexibly applied to other types of problems.
Qin Yue clasped his hands together, looking enlightened: “Now I understand why a study god is called a study god — it’s because she really is a god!”
Jiang Chuchu had already filled page after page with notes. Seeing Qin Yue still acting like a drama king, she wanted to stab him with her pen. “You still have the responsibility of explaining problems to other classmates, so hurry up and take notes!”
Qin Yue shrank his neck and obediently went back to writing.
Though Su Lin explained in such detail, from start to finish, the whole session took only about an hour.
“That’s it for today. If I talk too much, you won’t be able to digest it all.” Su Lin packed her things. “I also have to go to the hospital to accompany my patient.”
“Alright, thanks for your hard work today.” Yu Xin quickly went over to help her.
Jiang Chuchu swiftly pulled a bag from her backpack and shoved it into Su Lin’s hands. “Here, take this.”
Su Lin hadn’t meant to accept it, but Jiang Chuchu was so quick that by the time she realized, the item was already in her hand.
It wasn’t heavy, but fairly big — just an ordinary bag of toast.
“You’ve been busy with us until so late — at least take some food. You’re not going to reject this too, are you?” Jiang Chuchu’s tone was a little forceful. “You can eat it on the way to the hospital.”
Su Lin hesitated, but thinking it was just a bag of toast, she accepted it. “Then thank you.”
Jiang Chuchu quietly breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, giving food was much easier for someone to accept.
After sending Su Lin off, the four of them began packing their own things.
Yu Xin first went to the window and scattered some cat food in the usual spot for the stray cats, then started tidying the desk.
Gu Qinghuan and Qin Yue were busy posting the photos they’d taken of the blackboard and notes into the class group.
Neither of them had Su Lin’s ability to draw inferences from different topics, and explaining to the whole class would also take too long. So, it was better to let everyone self-study first.
Class president Gu and Vice president Qin thought they were being so considerate — even encouraging self-study skills and avoiding dependency.
They completely ignored the fact that the group chat was now boiling over because of the “study god’s” blackboard notes and explanations.
As for the chain of @mentions and voice messages, they simply pretended not to see them.
Yu Xin, unable to stand it, typed a couple of explanations, telling everyone that they could come ask tomorrow if they didn’t understand. Only then did the group quiet down, turning to study the blackboard notes instead.
Occasionally, someone would pop up to complain that Qin Yue’s handwriting was basically cursive, asking others what on earth a certain word was.
Jiang Chuchu patted Qin Yue’s shoulder. “Back then, I told you to learn calligraphy with me, but you ran faster than a rabbit every time. Now look — getting scolded!”
Qin Yue stiffened his neck. “My writing is very recognizable!”
Gu Qinghuan checked the office one last time, then locked the door and walked out with the others. “Are we having tutoring tomorrow?”
“I have club activities tomorrow,” Yu Xin shook her head.
“Then forget it,” Jiang Chuchu said immediately.
The tutoring had originally been arranged for Yu Xin, and besides, the knowledge they’d learned today would be enough for everyone to digest for a while.
Gu Qinghuan asked about Yu Xin’s club schedule, then said: “Alright, from now on, we’ll have tutoring every Tuesday and Thursday after school. One hour per session, mainly for Xin Bao to receive tutoring.”
“As for us, if we have something else to do, we don’t have to come. If we do come, we have to prepare questions or topics in advance.”
“No problem!” Qin Yue agreed instantly — this gave him way more freedom.
Jiang Chuchu also voted yes. “Trying to keep up with their pace is too much for me. It’s better to save up my own questions for targeted learning.”
Gu Qinghuan was thinking the same. Besides, Su Lin had to take care of her sick mom and manage housework. Even for a study god, she couldn’t handle everything.
Yu Xin also agreed this was more reasonable, and immediately messaged Su Lin. Before the group even reached the school gate, Su Lin had already replied “Okay.”
When Gu Qinghuan got home, her mom wasn’t back yet, but her dad was lying on the sofa resting.
Hearing the door open, Wang Jia’an craned his neck, saw it was Gu Qinghuan, and pointed toward the kitchen. “There’s a burger on the table, heat it up.”
Gu Qinghuan checked the bag — not just a burger, but also an egg tart and an Orleans roasted chicken wing. “Dad, what made you buy burgers?”
“Passed by, saw it was a special offer, so I bought a bucket,” Wang Jia’an smacked his lips. “Tastes okay, but you probably won’t like it much.”
Gu Qinghuan’s interest instantly waned. After eating, she poured herself a Coke and went back to her room to do homework.
Having been tutored by the study god, Gu Qinghuan found that night’s homework unusually difficult.
The main issue was that the newly learned methods clashed with her old thinking habits. While that helped reinforce memory, it really did take extra time and energy.
When she finally finished, she felt dizzy and lay on the desk, not wanting to move.
[System,] she called weakly, [if you can do a physical check-up, can’t you do some kind of hypnosis to relax me?]
The system thought for a moment. [There is a similar function, but it has side effects.]
[Huh?] Gu Qinghuan lifted her head. [You actually have that function?]
[It’s called “Return to Source,” which literally means flowing back to where you came from, like water.] the system explained.
[In the system’s view, all consciousness originates from the same kind of existence — something like an ocean, the “Sea of Consciousness.”]
[Self-awareness causes consciousness to separate from the Sea. Conversely, when one’s self-awareness becomes blurred, they return to the Sea.]
[In that state, it’s like returning to your source, able to quickly receive nourishment from the Sea of Consciousness, restoring mental and physical energy.]
Gu Qinghuan pondered for a moment, then said seriously: [Isn’t that just deep sleep?]
[…If you want to think of it that way, fine,] the system replied.
[So what’s the side effect?] Gu Qinghuan asked.
[While it can quickly pull your consciousness back into the Sea to rest, the problem is — when leaving the Sea, it takes a very long time.]
[How long?] she asked, a bad feeling rising.
[As short as a month, as long as a lifetime.] the system said.
Gu Qinghuan shot up from her chair. [Never mind, I’m going to shower — I’m feeling very energetic now.]
What was the difference between that and becoming a vegetable? This was one function she would never use!
