Chapter 25 The atmosphere in Chapter 25 was so silent it was almost awkward…
Shen Jiawan wasn't idle at the Jian family's house either; she was going to inquire about repeating a grade, and Jian Jingqiu went with her to take a look.
She also bought her some study materials for repeating a grade, and Jian Jingqiu promised to tutor her during the summer vacation.
Shen Jiawan felt that since her mother wanted her to repeat a year at a different high school, she should still make a choice.
After all, she doesn't have much money. If the cost of repeating a year is too high, she might not even be able to afford to attend a repeat class.
Shen Jiawan brought over information on all the high schools in the city. Naturally, she didn't know how to choose; her mother picked them out for her.
In the end, I chose Ningde Middle School, which is just an ordinary high school.
"Ningde Middle School is indeed a good choice, but it's located in the north of the city, which is quite far from here."
Jian Jingqiu glanced at the location of the middle school; it would take about an hour and a half to get there from her home.
“It’s okay, I can move in. But I’ll need to learn how to do laundry and cook, so I might need to trouble you, Jingqiu, to help me with my studies, and then I’ll need your help to teach me how to cook.”
Jian Jingqiu frowned, but still agreed.
She reminded them, "You don't need to cook, the school has a cafeteria. You can come to my house during holidays."
Shen Jiawan was still smiling, seemingly carefree.
"I can't trouble you all like that. I have to rely on myself to keep myself from starving."
Jian Jingqiu didn't try to persuade her anymore. After explaining a few problems to her, she found that her basic knowledge was extremely poor. To put it bluntly, she was not even as good as a junior high school student.
"How did you get into high school?" Jian Jingqiu couldn't help but ask.
Shen Jiawan was quite embarrassed, "My father donated a teaching building to the school back then."
Jian Jingqiu remembered; it was indeed true.
She sighed and could only start teaching Shen Jiawan from the very basics.
Jian Jingqiu also discovered that Shen Jiawan was very focused when doing other things, such as washing clothes. She learned very quickly, and after two or three times, she knew how to wash clothes clean.
Even cooking is something he can barely manage.
However, when it comes to studying, she is always half-hearted.
Shen Jiawan also realized her problem, and she was very distressed. "I'm sorry, Jingqiu, I've been like this since I was little. I can't concentrate on studying."
Habits formed from childhood are indeed not easy to change, so Jian Jingqiu could only try to improve her concentration first.
No matter how hard she tried, Shen Jiawan couldn't concentrate.
Until one day, when she entered the room, she found Shen Jiawan pricking her thigh with her mother's sewing needle, wincing in pain, while reciting English words.
Jian Jingqiu looked at her for a long time, but in the end she didn't disturb her. She just sighed and turned to leave.
Originally, I wanted to take advantage of Shen Jiawan's deep sleep to check on the injury on her leg, but I found that the injury on her leg had already healed.
She clearly saw Shen Jiawan stick the needle into her leg; the bloodstains on her clothes were still there, yet the wound healed so quickly.
Xiang Bei, who had just finished applying medicine to Shen Jiawan, did not expect Jian Jingqiu to see Shen Jiawan's injury, but she did not care, since Jian Jingqiu would not know that she was the one who did it.
Shen Jiawan has a bad sleeping posture; sometimes she puts her legs directly on Jian Jingqiu. She also talks in her sleep and often mentions her mother.
Jian Jingqiu looked at Shen Jiawan, covered Shen Jiawan's stomach with a thin blanket, and then lay down.
She thought that perhaps it really was Shen Jiawan's mother in heaven protecting her.
On the day the college entrance exam results were released, Jian Jingqiu wanted to check her score. Shen Jiawan looked at Jian Jingqiu and was even more nervous than Jian Jingqiu herself.
Shen Jiawan was even the first among her cohort of college entrance exam takers to know her own score.
Because I missed the exams, I got zero in every subject.
She felt that her score was too unlucky. When Jian Jingqiu checked her score, she took several steps back, but still felt it was not appropriate. So she simply hid, afraid that she would pass on her bad luck to Jian Jingqiu.
After checking her scores, Jian Jingqiu turned around and found that Shen Jiayuan was gone.
After finding her and hearing her explanation, I was both amused and exasperated.
"Why do you always have these strange ideas in your head? Why don't you write a novel? Such bizarre ideas would definitely be very attractive."
"Really?" Shen Jiawan looked at Jian Jingqiu with sparkling eyes. "I can write novels?"
Jian Jingqiu sighed; Shen Jiawan was still as naive as ever.
"Don't sigh, you shouldn't sigh, it's too unlucky," Shen Jiawan quickly said.
Jian Jingqiu was even more worried. With Shen Jiawan's current grades, even if she had to repeat a year, she would be lucky if she could get into any junior college.
"How did you do on the exam?" Shen Jiawan asked cautiously.
"It's alright, higher than I expected."
"That's great! Jingqiu, you're sure to get into a good university. By the way, what major do you want to study?"
"medicine."
Shen Jiawan laughed, "Then will I need to have a really good doctor friend in the future?"
Jian Jingqiu simply couldn't keep up with Shen Jiawan's thought process; her thoughts jumped around too quickly.
Before she could speak, Shen Jiawan had already pulled her away, "Quick, quick, let's go to the market to buy groceries and have Uncle cook something delicious to celebrate when we get home. If we go too late, we won't be able to buy any fresh vegetables."
Recently, Shen Jiawan has been learning how to bargain. She went grocery shopping with Jian Jingqiu and Wang Saifeng, and learned a lot from watching them bargain, but she has not succeeded yet.
However, Shen Jiawan now feels that she can do it again.
After the results are released, Jian Jingqiu still needs to go back to the school to fill out her college application.
Shen Jiawan went along too. Although she couldn't apply to any school with her zero grades in all subjects, she helped Jian Jingqiu choose a school.
The best medical university isn't in the local area, so Jingqiu has to go to a university far away.
Shen Jiawan was a little reluctant, but she still patted her chest and assured her, "Don't worry, Jingqiu, when you go to university, I will definitely take good care of your aunt and uncle."
Jian Jingqiu looked at her, her expression somewhat complicated. "Just take good care of yourself."
Laughter came from the side. Shen Jiawan looked over and saw Fu Shi'an and Xu Miaoyan.
The laughter came from Xu Miaoyan.
Shen Jiawan had almost forgotten about Fu Shi'an these past few days, but seeing him again still made her heart ache a little.
She had been pursuing the school heartthrob throughout high school, and before they even went public with their relationship, he was already holding hands with someone else and becoming someone else's boyfriend openly.
How could I not be sad?
Shen Jiawan followed Jian Jingqiu away.
Fu Shi'an was ignored by Shen Jiawan and felt an indescribable anger. "Shen Jiawan."
"What are you doing?" Shen Jiawan turned to look at him.
Fu Shi'an didn't know why he called out to Shen Jiawan. She had always been following him around, trying to please him. Whether it was in the classroom, the cafeteria, or the playground, he could always see Shen Jiawan whenever he turned around.
But Shen Jiawan was acting very strangely today; she only glanced at him before preparing to leave.
"If there's nothing else, I'm leaving. Jingqiu still needs to fill out her college application." Shen Jiawan found Fu Shi'an's behavior inexplicable.
He was the one who said he would fall for Xu Miaoyan, and he's the one holding hands with her now, so why is he looking at her with such an accusing expression, as if she's the one who did something wrong?
She still needs to fill out her college application with her classmate Jingqiu.
Seeing that Shen Jiawan was about to leave again, Fu Shi'an chuckled, "Shen Jiawan, you're quite pleased with yourself for toying with other people's feelings, aren't you?"
"What?" Shen Jiawan didn't understand.
Xu Miaoyan, standing to the side, hurriedly grabbed Fu Shi'an's hand. "Shi'an, say less. Let's go fill out our college applications. Even if we can't go to the same university as you, I'll be content as long as we're in the same city."
Fu Shi'an's gaze towards Xu Miaoyan softened considerably.
He walked away hand in hand with Xu Miaoyan. Before leaving, Xu Miaoyan glanced at Shen Jiawan.
After filling out the college application forms, someone in the class group organized a teacher appreciation banquet, and everyone signed up.
The private room fell silent the moment Shen Jiawan and Jian Jingqiu arrived.
"Why is Shen Jiawan here? Didn't her family go bankrupt? I heard she doesn't have a single penny left. I hope we won't have to split her share of the money later."
"How dare she come here? She sent Zhao Qing and the others to prison. Why doesn't she go die with her father?"
The people were speaking at a moderate volume, just loud enough for Shen Jiawan to hear.
"Alright, everyone, let's all keep quiet. I believe Jia Yuan didn't do it on purpose." Xu Miaoyan stood up and reached out to take Shen Jia Yuan's hand.
But Shen Jiawan avoided it.
She looked at everyone and said, "I'm not here today to ask anyone to share my burden. I just feel that after three years of being classmates, it's time to put an end to my three years of high school life."
As she spoke, Shen Jiawan's gaze fell on Xu Miaoyan. "Xu, if what you just said was about me accusing Zhao Qing of theft, then it was indeed my own insistence. Twenty thousand yuan is not a small amount. She committed a crime and should naturally be punished."
Shen Jiawan's gaze swept over everyone. "Classmates, just a friendly reminder: Zhao Qing stole my money and used it to buy you all milk tea."
Coincidentally, Shen Jiawan wasn't there that day, and Zhao Qing didn't like Jian Jingqiu, thinking she was pretentious, so she didn't buy Jian Jingqiu's portion.
Everyone's faces turned grim. "We didn't know that Zhao Qing bought it with stolen money."
Shen Jiawan widened her eyes, "See, see, you all know that stealing is wrong, so what reason do you have to criticize me, the one whose money was stolen? You've had so much money stolen from you, and you can still calmly say it's okay?"
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
The students in this class all have good grades, but few of them come from well-off families, let alone be able to come up with 20,000 yuan all at once.
Shen Jiawan was an exception. She didn't do well in school, but her father was very rich. He would donate buildings or scholarships whenever he wanted, which is how he managed to get her into the top class and make her the last in her class.
Throughout their three years of high school, all the scholarships they received were donated to the school by Shen Jiawan's father.
"That's enough," Fu Shi'an suddenly said.
“Shen Jiawan, your father did donate scholarship money, but we all earned it through our own abilities. We have a clear conscience and owe you nothing. What right do you have to talk to us like that?”
Shen Jiawan looked at Fu Shi'an and suddenly laughed, "But I was talking about the stolen money, not the scholarship."
His gaze fell on Fu Shi'an. "The scholarship was earned by Shi'an through his own abilities, but the designer clothes and watch you're wearing were gifts from me, Fu. You certainly earned those through your own abilities too."
These sarcastic remarks silenced the students in the private room.
The silence was somewhat awkward.
Shen Jiawan's heart was pounding. Those words were what her mother had told her to read aloud.
In other words, her mother had actually been paying attention to her all along.
Her mother actually knew everything she had done for Fu Shi'an.
Thinking of this, Shen Jiawan's eyes suddenly reddened.
She didn't want to cry, but the tears still streamed down her face. Crying at this moment made her seem weak and lacking in presence.
[I've sent an audio recording to your phone. Listen to it now.]
Shen Jiawan wiped away her tears, her hands trembling as she took out her phone and played a recording.
"Shi An, Shi An, are you serious? Can you say it again?" It was Shen Jiawan's voice.
"I like you, Shen Jiawan, I want you to be my girlfriend." That was Fu Shi'an's voice.
"That's great, Shi'an! I'm going to tell everyone that Fu Shi'an is my boyfriend now."
"Wait, I'll tell everyone after the college entrance exam."
Upon hearing the recording, the private room fell silent instantly.
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