After giving Zhen Tian a disapproving look, Ye Qingyan said, "With so many people in your family speaking up for you, of course you can do whatever you want."
Finally, she added, "I can't."
"Why not?" Zhen Tian, who grew up with a liberal education, asked in bewilderment.
"Because it's for my own good." Ye Qingyan made a funny face, then pretended to be serious and cleared her throat solemnly: "You should know that I'm doing this all for your own good. Who am I doing this for? Isn't it for your future well-being?"
"This is my dad."
“Oh.” Zhen Tian nodded in understanding, then she thought of Ji Yuzhi’s words: “Zhizhi told me that the reason my brothers and uncles wanted me to go abroad was because they were worried that I might not be able to get into university and find a good job.”
"They just said that they didn't want me to actually achieve anything, they just wanted me to have a goal to strive for."
She paused for a moment and then continued, "I think your father probably thinks the same way. After all, your family is so much richer than mine; you could support several generations without doing anything. But I think you could talk to your uncle about your plans and ideas for the future. Maybe if your uncle knows that you have goals in mind, he won't pressure you to do anything."
This was the first time Ye Qingyan had seen Zhen Tian explain things so logically and methodically. She was truly impressed and listened attentively, even asking, "Will this work?"
How will you know if you don't try?
"That's true." Ye Qingyan nodded repeatedly as she pondered, "Then shall I give it a try?"
"Yes." Zhen Tian nodded firmly.
After a moment, Ye Qingyan looked at Zhen Tian suspiciously: "You're not kidding me, are you?"
"Why me?" Zhen Tian blinked innocently.
"That's true." Ye Qingyan also rejected this idea: "Then what goals have you set?"
"Me?" Zhen Tian grinned, "I'm going to the same university as Zhizhi so we can be on the same campus again. Isn't that amazing?"
"That's amazing." Ye Qingyan was very supportive, but then she changed the subject: "But how can you go to the same university as Senior Ji with a score of less than 300? That's one of the top ten key universities in the country. You need at least 550 points to get in, right?"
Zhen Tian choked on her words when she was asked, "Oh, right."
She was dumbfounded. She had only thought of this goal, but hadn't considered whether she herself could achieve it.
"550 points, I got 300, which means I need to get another 250 points. That's so many..." she muttered to herself.
“Yes.” Ye Qingyan asked her enticingly, “How about it, do you want to come up with a new goal together? There’s strength in numbers, we’re sure to come up with something good.”
"Change it?"
"yes."
Zhen Tian thought for a moment, wondering what she would do if she didn't go to Zhizhi's school. She found her mind completely blank.
"No, that's the only thing I want to accomplish." Zhen Tian shook her head and refused Ye Qingyan: "It's just 200 points! I'll study for it."
"Tsk."
Forget it, she'll figure it out herself. Relying on others is unreliable; she'll have to rely on herself.
"What do I want to do?" Ye Qingyan wondered.
The school bell rang.
Zhen Tian tugged at Ye Qingyan, who was still deep in thought: "Qingyan, why hasn't Yuanyuan arrived yet? Are we going to be late?"
"Huh?" Ye Qingyan, whose thoughts had been interrupted, snapped back to reality: "Didn't they come?"
She glanced behind her: "They really didn't come. What's going on?"
"Make a phone call after class."
"Hmm, Lao Yang didn't come today, otherwise we would have asked him." The Lao Yang that Ye Qingyan mentioned was their homeroom teacher, Yang Tian: "It's strange, Lao Yang has been coming to supervise the morning self-study sessions lately, why didn't he come today?"
"He's probably in a meeting or something." Zhen Tian pulled a sketchbook out of the drawer.
It's just studying, I'll study.
Her own words suddenly echoed in her ears: Yes, she needed to study. She shoved her sketchbook back onto her desk and took out her textbook.
"Why aren't you drawing anymore?"
Ye Qingyan noticed her hesitant movement and then saw her taking out her textbooks. She raised an eyebrow and said, "You really do study."
"Of course, you have to do what you say," Zhen Tian whispered, her eyes fixed on the teacher who came in.
However, she still looked guilty, after all, the child who hadn't attended many classes in a year wouldn't understand anything now.
Ye Qingyan smiled secretly at her, then leaned on her arm and set goals for herself again.
In a 45-minute class, Zhen Tian spent five minutes chatting with Ye Qingyan, ten minutes getting into the classroom mindset, twenty minutes staring blankly at the teacher, and the last ten minutes wandering in space.
When the bell rings to signal the end of get out of class, ask Zhen Tian what she heard.
"How was it? Did you understand?" Ye Qingyan asked.
Zhen Tian: "..."
Ye Qingyan grinned, "I knew it. Let's go, let's call Yuanyuan, and stop by the convenience store, we're hungry."
"Oh." Zhen Tian followed Ye Qingyan out dejectedly, feeling that she had a long way to go.
The two hid in their usual haunt for doing bad things—the toilet.
Zhen Tian was still in a dejected mood and hadn't left the restroom by the time she calmed down.
"Class is about to start. What's wrong?" Zhen Tian pointed to the phone with a pink case and pendant hanging from Ye Qingyan's hand.
"I won't answer." Ye Qingyan shook her head.
"Let's go back to class first. If Yuanyuan hasn't arrived by then, we'll ask Teacher Yang."
Ye Qingyan reluctantly put away her phone: "This is the only way."
"Ring ring ring..."
"Oh no, class is starting!" Ye Qingyan exclaimed, pulling Zhen Tian along as they ran towards the classroom.
Just like the previous lesson, Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan perfectly copied all the states from the previous lesson.
Zhen Tian: Chatting—Entering—Bewildered—Soul Out (╥╯^╰╥)
Ye Qingyan: I want to—want to—want to—want to—want (*⊙~⊙)
After class ended again, the two of them rushed to the classroom office without stopping.
"Teacher Yang." Ye Qingyan still pretended to be polite in front of her teacher.
Zhen Tian also obediently called out, "Teacher Yang, we wanted to ask you why Yuan Yuan didn't come? Is she sick? We couldn't get through on the phone."
Yang Tian paused for a moment, his expression a little strange: "You guys don't know?"
Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan exchanged a glance: "What do you know?"
Yang Tian knew that the two of them had always had a good relationship with Yuan Yuan, so he didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "Yuan Yuan has applied for a leave of absence from school."
"Take a leave of absence from school!"
Zhen Tian and Ye Qingyan called out directly in the office.
"Why did you take a leave of absence from school? How come I didn't know?" Ye Qingyan asked in disbelief.
"I don't know the specifics either, but the procedures were completed early this morning," Xu Tian said.
Did Yuan Yuan come by herself?
"Yes." Yang Tian nodded: "I only processed it after receiving a call from her family beforehand."
"She came without even telling us!"
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