It's perfectly normal for the score to fluctuate by only two points; Xiang Anqi was just joking.
"How is that possible?" Chen Meizhen lost her composure and questioned the teacher in class.
"Why not? Teacher, why don't you grade Chen Meizhen's paper on the spot too? She's so capable, she'll definitely do better than Bai Jiaojiao."
Xu Yue said directly.
Even if Xiang Anqi wasn't particularly perceptive, he could still sense the tension between these people.
However, his classroom was not going to become a battleground for a few female students to compete. He said, "Alright, it won't take up class time. I'll take the other students' papers back to grade. Class monitor, come to my office to pick up the papers on Monday when you have some free time. If I'm not there, just leave your class's papers on the table and take them yourself. I'll give you a copy of the grade sheet."
After Xiang Anqi maintained classroom discipline, the class resumed as normal.
Bai Jiaojiao listened attentively to the entire class. After class, Xu Yue walked past Chen Meizhen with her chin raised and deliberately bumped into her shoulder.
"you......"
Chen Meizhen was furious.
Of all the girls in the dorm, they were the youngest, and Bai Jiaojiao was too lazy to argue with them.
"Alright, don't upset her." Bai Jiaojiao tugged at Xu Yue.
"Bai Jiaojiao, you are really amazing. You were able to perform so consistently. I didn't do as well as last time. After all, I haven't studied much since the college entrance exam."
Xu Yue genuinely admired Bai Jiaojiao: "We'll be studying together from now on, so you'll have to teach me a lot!"
"Okay, I'll ask you for help with the professional courses I don't understand."
Most of the students who were able to get in were gifted, and Xu Yue was one of them. Even though she hadn't learned much at the beginning of the semester, Bai Jiaojiao could already sense it.
"Don't worry, if I know how, I'll definitely teach you. Let's improve together!"
With such a great study partner, Xu Yue thought to herself that no one would want to be friends with Chen Meizhen, and she would never catch up with her in the future.
"Okay, let's make progress together."
“You have to include me too, you can’t complain that my brain doesn’t work as fast as yours,” Shu Manling said.
Xu Yue took Shu Manling's hand: "Oh, don't worry, we definitely won't leave you behind. Let's rest for a bit tomorrow morning and go to the library in the afternoon."
Ever since Xu Yue visited the school last time and was taken to the library by Hou Zhilin, she had longed to go there, but she hadn't been able to find the time.
"Tomorrow afternoon won't work, I have something to do."
"Did you make plans with your boyfriend again?" Xu Yue asked, looking as dejected as a puppy with drooping ears.
The reality is even harsher: "We agreed to go house hunting together, and if we decide on a place, I might have to pack up and move in."
"Move over? What do you mean? You won't be sleeping in the dorm anymore?"
"If the course schedule is tight, I might go back to the dormitory during the lunch break."
During winter time, there's only two hours for lunch between the third and fourth periods and the fifth and sixth periods. If you want to do something other than take a nap, it's more convenient to go back to the dormitory.
"Oh, how could this happen? Chen Meizhen kept saying she wanted to go home, but you're the one who moved out."
Xu Yue had a bitter face.
Shu Manling chimed in, "Is the place you found far away? Is it convenient for you to come to class at eight in the morning?"
"Actually, it's not that far, it's right at the school gate. In the past, our production team would wake us up at five o'clock in the morning to start working in the winter, so we weren't afraid of getting up early."
Bai Jiaojiao's words sounded guilty.
She lived in Shili Village, and there were very few days when she got up before 10 a.m.
"That's true. Our production team does the same. We get up even earlier in the summer, trying to work while it's still a little cool."
"You've all worked so hard."
Xu Yue's family was relatively well-off; at least her parents were working class. From a young age, she helped with household chores and never worked in the fields.
"Working people, after all."
Bai Jiaojiao now finds her experience in Shili Village quite interesting; with Shen Heng around, she didn't suffer much.
"But look at me, I've been working for years and my skin is all rough, unlike Jiaojiao. If you didn't tell me, I would have thought you were from the city."
"That's right, I think Bai Jiaojiao is more like a city person than Chen Meizhen."
"See, that's why I said you should look for a man like her when you're looking for a partner. Someone who can do the work is a good man."
Xu Yue looked at the skin comparison between Shu Manling and Bai Jiaojiao and began to believe Shu Manling's words.
That actually makes some sense.
But then she thought, "If Bai Jiaojiao married a city dweller who gets a government-subsidized job, she wouldn't have to work."
Shu Manling gave her frantic winks: How can you speak ill of someone else's man in front of them?
Xu Yue was still inexperienced in the ways of the world, and Bai Jiaojiao didn't want to explain too much.
"If Saturday afternoon isn't feasible, how about Sunday morning? We can finish this week's homework on Saturday. Bai Jiaojiao, you've already finished it, haven't you?"
University professors don't assign much homework, and it's mostly done in class. Bai Jiaojiao is very enthusiastic, so she must have finished it all.
The three of them were chatting and laughing in front of her, while Chen Meizhen was grinding her teeth in frustration. She just couldn't understand why Bai Jiaojiao could get such a high score in English.
On Saturday, Bai Jiaojiao finally slept in, but not past eight o'clock, which was a bit more diligent than when she was in Shili Village.
“I ran into your boyfriend when I came back from buying breakfast. He was waiting at the door of our dorm. I told him you were sleeping, and he asked me to bring the breakfast in for you. He’s gone now.”
Xu Yue said.
"I already told him I didn't need him to bring it to me."
Bai Jiaojiao muttered.
Shu Manling joked, "You little girl, you don't even know how lucky you are."
After washing up, Bai Jiaojiao found that only the three of them were left in the dormitory.
Chen Meizhen must have gone home. I wonder where Zhang Mai and Hu Xiao went. But I guess they went to study. Everyone is quite enthusiastic about studying. Although Shu Manling is also in the dormitory, she is holding an English book and reading. She is waiting for Bai Jiaojiao to wake up so she can ask her about the pronunciation.
Xu Yue lay on the bed reading a novel she had brought with her. Although she had read the book hundreds of times, she still found it very interesting.
When Bai Jiaojiao returned for breakfast, she asked, "Xu Yue, are houses easy to buy in your area now?"
"What, you're going to buy a house near our hometown?" Xu Yue was a little surprised. "Aren't you from the countryside? Are farmers all so rich these days?"
Shu Manling said, "Don't misunderstand."
"No, I was just asking around, thinking about whether I should move to another place after graduating from university. The winters in Yancheng are just too cold."
Bai Jiaojiao was indeed thinking about buying a house and waiting for the demolition and redevelopment in a few years. Although Yancheng would also become a place where every inch of land was precious in the future, Zhuzhou was still ahead of the curve.
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