Despite his humble smile, Zhou Changgui was already feeling quite smug amidst the praise and compliments he received.
He explained in great detail with great seriousness, while Xu Jianian looked at Zhou Changgui with a smile and quickly spoke up during his pause.
"Teacher Zhou, I have some things I'd like to ask you about in a little while, but I suddenly remembered that I need to call home to let you know. Could you wait for me a moment?"
Zhou Changgui was taken aback at first, but then quickly realized what was happening.
"It's alright, you go ahead and do your work."
Xu Jianian quickly nodded, then gave Liu Xiaoli, who was standing next to him, a wink.
Liu Xiaoli quickly realized what was happening, and a few minutes after Xu Jianian left, she excused herself to go to the restroom and left the private room.
The two girls soon met in the lobby on the first floor.
"Little New Year".
Upon seeing Xu Jianian, Liu Xiaoli quickly went over and placed the note in her hand in front of him.
"Tell me quickly, did you write this poem?"
Liu Xiaoli's face was full of anticipation, and she already had a strong feeling that Xu Jianian had written it: "I have to say, this poem is really well written. If it really was you, then you are really a hidden talent. I can't believe I only found out now..."
"I didn't write it."
Xu Jianian interrupted Liu Xiaoli with a single sentence. Seeing the other woman's somewhat surprised look, he calmly said, "This poem was written by a friend of mine. As for who it is, I think you can guess without me saying."
Liu Xiaoli actually knew about the things between Xu Jianian and Jiang Sheng, and it was Xu Jianian who told her.
The poem praising friendship that I just wrote was also written by Liu Xiaoli to help Xu Jianian.
Upon hearing Xu Jianian's words, Liu Xiaoli immediately blurted out.
"Could this poem have been written by that college student named Jiang Sheng?"
“That’s right!” Xu Jianian nodded: “Because this poem praising friendship, although well-written, might not be suitable for Teacher Zhou if given to Jiang Sheng’s sister, so he wrote it on the spot…”
After a brief explanation, Liu Xiaoli's face was full of admiration.
"I never expected this college student to be so talented in writing. He's nothing like what Professor Zhou said, who was full of flaws. I really like him!"
As Liu Xiaoli spoke, she grabbed Xu Jianian's wrist and asked eagerly, "Xiaonian, is Jiang Sheng here now? Can I see him? I really want to see what the person who can write such beautiful poems looks like."
For some reason, Xu Jianian felt a strange sense of resistance after hearing Liu Xiaoli's words.
She opened her mouth, but in the end she just said dryly, "He's at a party with friends today, so it's not convenient for us to meet him. How about we do it another day?"
Liu Xiaoli could only nod regretfully, but then cheered up again.
"That's alright, we'll meet again someday anyway, and I'll definitely ask him for advice on poetry then!"
As Liu Xiaoli spoke, she looked at the paper in her hand again.
“This poem is really well written, I like it more and more as I read it,” Liu Xiaoli couldn’t help but read a few more lines, and then asked impatiently, “What is the name of this poem? I don’t see it written here.”
Xu Jianian thought for a moment before saying, "When I asked him before, he seemed to say it was called 'The Prosperity of Love,' which is indeed a fitting name. You can take this poem to Teacher Zhou and ask him for guidance. I won't go into the rest; you should know what to do."
Liu Xiaoli naturally gave an OK sign with her hand and agreed without saying a word: "No problem, just watch my performance later."
The two girls huddled together, discussed their plans, and then returned to their respective private rooms a few minutes apart.
Meanwhile, inside the private room, many students were still surrounding Zhou Changgui, asking him all sorts of questions. Zhou Changgui, on the surface, was very patient in answering all kinds of questions for everyone.
Just after answering the last question, Zhou Changgui spotted Xu Jianian and another pretty young girl walking towards him.
Zhou Changgui remembered that girl; she seemed to have a good relationship with Xu Jianian, and she was quite pretty.
Although her facial features are not as good as Xu Jianian's, it is said that her family is quite wealthy.
Thinking of this, Zhou Changgui's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled as he looked at the two people walking towards him.
"Xu, Liu, is there something you need?"
Liu Xiaoli had just blinked when Xu Jianian, who was standing next to her, started to speak with a smile.
"Teacher Zhou, Xiaoli just showed me a poem she wrote herself, and I think it's really well written."
“But Xiaoli is a little insecure, always feeling that her writing isn’t very good,” Xu Jianian said, looking at Zhou Changgui with a sincere expression and asking earnestly, “So, Teacher Zhou, could you help me out by taking a look at Xiaoli’s poem and pointing out what’s wrong with it, so that I can know exactly where the problem lies and how she can improve.”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Changgui raised an eyebrow slightly and then looked at Liu Xiaoli, who was pretending to be insecure.
Liu Xiaoli cooperated perfectly, looking in Zhou Changgui's direction with a hint of inferiority on her face.
"Teacher Zhou..."
Liu Xiaoli said somewhat nervously, "I think my writing is alright, but I feel like there's something still not quite right. Could you take a look?"
It must be said that Liu Xiaoli's acting skills are really good.
His words did not arouse any suspicion from Zhou Changgui; on the contrary, they aroused Zhou Changgui's curiosity as well.
In order to appear humble and refined in front of everyone, he agreed without even thinking about it.
"Of course, no problem. Since it was written by Liu, although I can't say I'm giving pointers, I can at least see some areas where it can be improved."
After agreeing with a smile, Zhou Changgui comforted Liu Xiaoli a few more times: "Liu, don't be too self-deprecating. Since it's a poem you wrote yourself, just show it off and let everyone see it."
"Liu, it's already great that you've taken this first step. We need to be more confident. Only by facing our shortcomings can we become better."
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