Yan Xiaoqiang sipped his wine with a smile, looking at Wu Jinban with satisfaction. This child was also raised by him and Cuihua. If the children could make a name for themselves with Nan Nan's help, their Yan family would truly prosper.
Five-and-a-half-pound boy's attitude towards learning began to improve. The school teachers were surprised to find that this child, who used to cause trouble, had not caused trouble for a long time, and his weekly test scores had also improved significantly.
The happiest person was none other than the English teacher. In the past, when Wu Jinban took English class, he would either draw on paper or bury his head on the table and sleep. Even if she threw chalk at him or made him stand outside as punishment, it would not change his dislike for English in the slightest.
But this usually stubborn child is now listening attentively in class, taking notes from time to time, and even asking questions during lunch break. His seriousness made the English teacher think he had been given a new brain.
It's English test day again, and most of the students are groaning that their English teacher is too idle, always coming up with test papers for no reason, which means they always get a beating when they get home.
Wu Jin twirled his ballpoint pen, looking at the questions on the exam paper. His joy was evident on his face. He had completely mastered the sixteen tenses that he couldn't understand before, and the words that he couldn't spell before were now deeply imprinted in his mind.
Wu Jinban answered the questions quickly, and was even able to piece together the essay that he had previously given up on. However, the essay was still quite difficult, and it seems that his English reading comprehension has not kept up. He will have to go to the bookstore to buy some English reading books in the future.
While answering the questions, Wu Jinban looked for his shortcomings and devised a plan to make up for them. He carefully checked his answers again before handing in his paper.
The next afternoon, the English teacher walked into the classroom with a stern face, slammed a stack of papers on the podium, and glared fiercely at the entire class, making every student's heart jump.
"It's really disappointing that 20 out of 35 students in the class failed. Of course, the questions were a bit difficult, but it's impossible for the failure rate to be this high. This proves that you didn't pay attention in class."
The whole class fell silent, secretly thinking that they couldn't escape a beating when they got home tonight. Even Wu Jinban was depressed, knowing that he would definitely lose points on the essay, a 20-point question.
"This time, the teacher wants to give special praise to Yan Qiusheng. Although his score in this exam was not in the top five, his progress was very fast. You should all learn from him."
The test papers were handed out, and Wu Jinban quickly flipped through them to check his score: 75 points, his highest score ever. Wu Jinban breathed a sigh of relief, determined to get 80 points next time.
After class, many students gathered around:
"Yan Qiusheng, did you cheat? How could you get only 75 points?"
"Yan Qiusheng, tell me how to improve your English grades. I want to learn from you."
“Yan Qiusheng, tell me secretly how you cheated, and I’ll give you a dime.”
Wu Jin was surrounded and didn't know how to answer or how to face his classmates' hostility and kindness. His good friend ran over and "rescued" him.
"Yan Qiusheng, my English teacher called me this morning. Do you know what it's about?" my good friend asked.
Wu Jin shook his head. How would he know?
"The teacher asked me about your performance lately."
Wu Jinban seemed to be deep in thought. He guessed that his English grades had aroused suspicion from his English teacher. In the past, it was already good that his English grades could pass, but now they had skyrocketed like a rocket launch, so of course it would arouse suspicion.
After all, it's still a short time, and a child can't possibly progress that quickly. But everyone in the dorm knows that Wu Jinban gets up at five o'clock every day to go to the playground to memorize English words.
After lights out at night, he would use a flashlight to recite texts from his books. His seriousness was unbelievable to his roommates. They wondered if Yan Qiusheng had some kind of difficulty that made him force himself to learn English like this.
The English teacher was also puzzled. What kind of motivation could make a child change so quickly? If every child could work as hard as Yan Qiusheng, the class's English grades would surely improve.
Five-and-a-half was called to the English teacher's office again, but this time the English teacher was extremely kind and gentle, which reminded Five-and-a-half of the story of the Big Bad Wolf, and made the hairs on his body stand on end.
"Yan Qiusheng, tell your teacher, what makes you like English so much?"
Wu Jin and his head were spinning. He didn't know how to answer. Should he just tell the teacher that his aunt was going to send him to study abroad? That would be too stupid.
"My dad's wife has a child, I can't let myself be outdone," Wu Jinban thought to himself.
The English teacher felt a pang of sadness. If that's the motivation, then forget it. There's no point in making all the children's parents divorce just to improve their grades.
"Yan Qiusheng, your teacher is proud of you. If you can get the highest score in English in the class in this final exam, your teacher will make you the English class representative."
Wu Jinban shook his head in alarm. He just wanted to study English properly and didn't have time to be a class representative.
English teacher: "... ..."
During this time, Liu Jin was very unhappy. He originally wanted to keep quiet, but in the end he couldn't hold back and went to the backyard to find Yan Xiaonan.
"Auntie, don't you like me anymore?"
Yan Xiaonan looked at Liu Jin in surprise: "What makes you say that?"
“You’ve already promised to let Wu Jinban go to university abroad, so I want to study abroad too.”
Yan Xiaonan smiled. She had been waiting for Liu Jin to come to her all this time, but the boy was obviously more composed than before. Unfortunately, he was still too inexperienced and finally couldn't hold back.
"Liu Jin, your aunt has a few serious questions for you. You must think carefully before you answer. First, do you like singing opera?" Yan Xiaonan asked seriously.
Liu Jin nodded without hesitation. Of course he liked it. Who wouldn't praise and love his good voice? Besides, singing opera could not only make money, but more importantly, it could also teach him a lot of lessons.
"If you were to act in a movie, would you like it? You'd like to watch a movie in a theater and see the characters played by the actors."
Liu Jin tilted his head and thought for a moment. The roles played by the people in the movie meant that his aunt wanted him to be an actor.
"Auntie, I like it! I want to be Guo Kaimin in 'Romance on Lushan Mountain' too!" Liu Jin exclaimed excitedly.
"Auntie wants to start a media and film company. If you like, Auntie will send you to study abroad. How about studying film and television performance arts?" Yan Xiaonan said with a smile.
Liu Jin's eyes lit up. He had seen foreign film and television companies in magazines and had always dreamed of applying to those companies after graduation and becoming an actor.
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