Jiang Sheng finally came to his senses and looked at the girl's slightly naive face, his expression showing a hint of unease.

"It's nothing," Jiang Sheng said, ignoring the slight amazement in his heart, but he did admire Xu Jianian a bit: "Your method was indeed good, but are you really sure that it will work?"

"So you don't believe me?"

Xu Jianian said confidently, "Don't worry, since I've said so, even if it means overcoming all difficulties, I will definitely verify whether what you said is true or false."

Seeing Xu Jianian's confident face, Jiang Sheng didn't say anything else, but nodded.

"Since you've said that, and I can't find any evidence right now anyway, as long as we can produce evidence to prove what kind of person he is, I can help my sister get out of there in time and not get her into a deeper mess."

In fact, Jiang Sheng knew very well that his second sister was indeed developing a growing fondness for Zhou Changgui.

If Second Sister can't escape in time, Zhou Lu, that scumbag, will definitely hurt her.

"Actually, I don't really want to believe you either, because I really don't want to admit that Teacher Zhou is that kind of person, because he doesn't seem like a scumbag at all on the surface."

Although it was Xu Jianian who came up with the idea, she sincerely said at this moment, "After all, Teacher Zhou helped me improve my English grades, and from any perspective, he is a very refined and elegant teacher. How could he be that kind of person?"

Xu Jianian was indeed unwilling to admit this, but Jiang Sheng only heard her say this once, and his next words overturned her thoughts.

“You don’t need to think like that. Teacher Zhou only helped you improve your English grades because he took money from your family. Since he took the money, this is what he should do.”

"Instead of what you said, that you should think he's not that kind of person just because he helped you improve your English grades."

One sentence left Xu Jianian speechless. She paused for a moment, then pursed her lips and took a sip of hot coffee.

"Fine, you're good with words, I can't argue with you, but then again, what you said does make some sense."

Since the initial tension between the two had dissipated, they now sat together, drinking coffee and chatting, and there was a strange harmony between them.

It took almost an hour to finish the cup of coffee.

During this process, Xu Jianian kept pestering Jiang Sheng, wanting him to explain the inspiration and motivation behind the poem he wrote.

Jiang Sheng naturally had no creative motivation to speak of; he simply rambled on about word choice and sentence structure to get by.

However, by the time Xu Jianian finished his coffee, his impression of Jiang Sheng had completely changed.

The young man before me answered my questions with ease and composure.

Someone with such refined manners and demeanor is unlikely to be the type to slander Teacher Zhou.

An idea suddenly popped into Xu Jianian's mind, but he was too embarrassed to bring it up, so he kept it to himself.

"That thing..."

After Jiang Sheng paid the bill, as the two were about to leave, Xu Jianian couldn't help but call out to Jiang Sheng.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Sheng turned around, looking calmly at Xu Jianian, and said, "Any other questions?"

No, not at all.

Xu Jianian shook his head: "I was just thinking that since my English score has improved by 20 or 30 points, if Teacher Zhou is really that kind of person, could you help me find an English tutor? I want to take advantage of the summer vacation to improve my English grades."

Jiang Sheng originally thought that the other party wanted to talk to him about Zhou Changgui, but who knew that Xu Jianian actually asked him to help find an English tutor.

Jiang Sheng was momentarily surprised, but it wasn't a big deal for him.

He thought about it seriously for a moment, then nodded in agreement, but still gave a reminder.

"It's not a difficult thing, but I don't really know anyone who speaks good English. I'll ask my two older sisters to help me ask around, and then I'll contact you."

The fact that she asked Zhou Changgui for this favor at this time already shows that Xu Jianian doesn't particularly trust Zhou Changgui.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have suddenly brought up the possibility of changing tutors.

"Then I'll thank you in advance!"

Xu Jianian smiled broadly, her lips curving into a carefree grin, exuding a youthful and cheerful charm.

"To be honest, I'm taking the college entrance exam next year. If I can improve my English score, I'm confident I can get into Yenching University!"

Xu Jianian's words surprised Jiang Sheng.

"You're taking the college entrance exam next year?"

Seeing Xu Jianian nod naturally, Jiang Sheng was even more confused.

This girl doesn't look eighteen at all.

In this era, taking the college entrance examination is either for those who are too old or those who are just graduating from high school.

However, most of them are eighteen years old, since most girls who can get into university in this era are around that age.

The girl in front of me looked to be around fifteen or sixteen years old, even a little more immature than a fifteen-year-old girl.

If she's going to take the college entrance exam next year, how old would she be this year?

"What's wrong?"

Xu Jianian looked puzzled: "Is there something wrong with me taking the college entrance exam next year?"

"No, no," Jiang Sheng quickly shook his head, a little embarrassed, and asked, "I'm just a little curious. You look like you're only sixteen years old, and you're going to take the college entrance exam next year. Isn't it a bit too early for you to start school?"

"Are you indirectly complimenting me, saying I look younger than my age?"

To everyone's surprise, Xu Jianian was not angry at all. Instead, he chuckled with a smug look on his face.

"To tell you the truth, I'm already seventeen this year. After the college entrance exam next year, it will be my eighteenth birthday. How about that? Didn't expect that?"

Looking at the girl's bright, smiling eyes, Jiang Sheng couldn't believe for a moment that Xu Jianian was already a seventeen-year-old girl.

It turns out I almost caused a misunderstanding.

Jiang Sheng smiled a little shyly, then sincerely wished her well: "Then I wish you good luck in the college entrance examination in advance. I'll be waiting for you at Peking University."

Xu Jianian already knew from Zhou Changgui that Jiang Sheng was a freshman at Peking University, so after hearing this, his face was full of fighting spirit.