How long does it take for a newcomer to integrate into an unfamiliar group?

The answer varies from person to person. There is a term called "ice-breaking" in the terminology of social studies, but no ice-breaking technique is as simple and quick as Chu Qianli's. She got to know many girls in the class during the lunch break alone and became the center of their conversation.

He Shichen observed the chattering girls with his peripheral vision. He felt very strange in his heart and needed to continue to explore Chu Qianli.

Interpersonal skills are also an important criterion for measuring a person. Her background is completely different from that of her classmates, and she is able to quickly bridge the distance between them. She is definitely not an idle person.

The bell rang and the girls finally dispersed. Tan Muxing picked up the teaching materials for the next class. He said with emotion and disappointment: "You are really amazing. You can talk to everyone."

Chu Qianli was able to integrate into the group in one afternoon, while Tan Muxing had been invisible for two years, and he looked miserable in comparison. He felt that his new deskmate had no shortage of friends, and perhaps she would soon take back her words about being friends with him.

"Is this amazing?" Chu Qianli followed him out of the classroom as she had to go to different classes for the afternoon classes.

"Very impressive, like the transfer student in anime, who has the aura of the protagonist as soon as he appears on the screen, and his drawing style is different from others." Tan Muxing smiled bitterly, "I may be a supporting character who doesn't even have a face. I am ordinary in every aspect."

Tan Muxing wants to be as outstanding as He Shichen, or have unique skills like Chu Qianli, but he is just an ordinary person with plain looks and no special skills. He basically does not attract attention in the class, and is occasionally teased about his body shape and hobbies.

There are many dazzling people in the world, but he does not have a single gleam of light, and he even takes it for granted.

Chu Qianli pondered for a few seconds, then raised her eyebrows and reminded him, "Wake up, your family background is definitely not ordinary, otherwise you wouldn't be able to attend this school. Don't redefine ordinary."

The tuition fee of this private high school is very high, and it is definitely not affordable for ordinary families.

When Tan Muxing thought about her previous upbringing, he immediately shook off his self-deprecating mood and slapped his face awkwardly: "Ah, if you put it that way, it does make sense."

The two went to the chemistry classroom to prepare for the new class. Chu Qianli finally knew the reason for the class change. The afternoon class was taught purely in English, and even the teacher was a foreign teacher.

Chu Qianli's English was pretty good due to her study of astrology, but she was still confused by what was said.

The reason is simple, this course is incredibly difficult to learn, and much more difficult than what is taught in the village!

This is something humans can learn!

Chu Qianli managed to complete her studies normally in her previous life, but now she is completely unable to keep up with the progress. As the saying goes, "use it or lose it", her learning speed is extremely slow.

Because the class was divided into groups in the afternoon, the teacher asked questions in order. Chu Qianli couldn't sleep like she did in the morning. She faced the questions on the screen and shook her head weakly: "Sorry."

All the students in the class took turns answering the questions smoothly, but Chu Qianli got stuck suddenly, which naturally made her attract strange looks from everyone.

He Shichen frowned slightly when he saw this.

The foreign teacher communicated with Chu Qianli in English. He and Xidi encouraged her to give it a try, saying that the question was very simple.

Tan Muxing glanced at her secretly, wrote the answer on a piece of paper and handed it to her silently, but she didn't look down to see it.

Chu Qianli: “Sorry.”

The foreign teacher looked regretful, but he did not continue to insist and turned to other people for answers.

"No way, this question is really not difficult..." someone muttered in a low voice. The foreign teacher was very considerate of the new student, but she couldn't even answer such a basic question.

"This is very different from He Shichen."

He Shichen is a legendary figure in his grade, but Chu Qianli is the exact opposite of him.

No one had noticed Chu Qianli's abnormality at first, but now they remembered that there was a difference in her growing environment. Maybe she had never received pure English instruction and probably couldn't even understand the questions. No wonder she could only repeat "sorry".

She might not speak English well. It is said that she used to live in the village, and what's more outrageous is that she can't even read.

Human imagination is always exaggerated, and Chu Qianli is almost becoming illiterate.

During the break, Tan Muxing cautiously tested him: "Haven't you learned this before?"

He was worried about hurting Chu Qianli's self-esteem. It was said that her living conditions were ordinary before, and she might not have had access to excellent educational resources.

Chu Qianli blushed: "I'm sorry, I have defamed our village. The high school students in the village are better than me."

This was the worst time their village had been slandered, mainly because she was indeed a fake high school student who had never listened to classes at school before, and now she brought shame to the village when she returned home.

As expected, He Shichen had the same doubt. He came over with a frown on his face and asked, "Don't you understand English?"

He still remembered that Chu Qianli had studied in the village. He couldn't even solve one step of the process, so he probably didn't understand the question.

Chu Qianli looked stunned: "No, I understand."

He Shichen became even more impatient when he heard her being stubborn, and said earnestly: "It's not shameful if you don't understand. You can switch to the Chinese class. Don't be so stubborn and suffer."

He Shichen was afraid that she was shy and didn't want to be laughed at by people around her, so she insisted on studying English. Learning knowledge is the most important thing, and other people's opinions are nothing.

Chu Qianli said sincerely: "I understand..."

He Shichen showed an unhappy expression when he heard this. He believed that she was being stubborn and she didn't want to change shifts and be laughed at just to preserve her fragile self-esteem.

He Shichen: “Nonsense…” You just want to save face.

The next second, Chu Qianli broke his guess. She said confidently, "I can indeed understand it, but I just can't learn it!"

Chu Qianli: "You can question my IQ, but don't question my English."

After all, she has strong Mercury energy and can be considered to have a talent for languages.

He Shichen: “…”

He Shichen heard her talking nonsense, so he just walked away, too angry to care about her. He left in a hurry, deciding to let her pretend to be rich, since he had done his best anyway.

Tan Muxing took Chu Qianli to change classrooms. On the way, he kindly suggested: "If you ask questions again in the next class, you can look at my answers."

It is not good for Chu Qianli to hang out all day. People in the class might mistakenly think that she is uneducated, which will make her image in the class too bad.

Tan Muxing was deeply troubled by this. Once a person's flaws and weaknesses were exposed, he would be ridiculed and mocked. He didn't want to see Chu Qianli repeat his mistakes.

Chu Qianli subconsciously asked, "Isn't this cheating?"

Tan Muxing lowered his head in shame, his face showing embarrassment: "Ah, if you think it's inappropriate..."

Chu Qianli: "It's suitable, very suitable, the most important thing is to participate!"

Tan Muxing: “?” What a fresh and unconventional way of saying cheating?

The two had a good plan before the class, but things always change faster than planned, and the following physics class was cruel. The foreign physics teacher gave a difficult problem right from the start and required the whole class to complete it within a specified time.

The celestial motion problem appeared on the screen. After reading it, He Shichen looked a little hesitant. He quickly calculated the process on paper, racing against time to unravel the complex problem.

Tan Muxing was about to give Chu Qianli an answer. He also lowered his head and began to calculate. Then he noticed that his deskmate didn't move. He whispered, "You better pretend..."

Chu Qianli sat there in a daze, she didn't even stretch out her hand to solve the problem, as that would have made her goal too obvious.

Chu Qianli: "Hey? You haven't figured it out yet. I can tell you the answer."

The two people's whispers attracted the attention of the foreign teachers. The physics teacher was much more serious. He found that Chu Qianli did not do the problem, and asked her the reason with a stern face.

Chu Qianli was now flustered. She answered casually in English: "I have already figured out the answer."

As soon as Chu Qianli finished speaking, the whole class was suddenly in an uproar, and even He Shichen, who was concentrating on doing his homework, raised his eyes in disbelief.

Wang Zheng said disdainfully: "You are just bragging. You can finish the questions in such a short time."

This is a physics question about three stars, with a complex diagram to analyze their interactions. It takes time for everyone to analyze the star system in the diagram, but she said she knew the answer with just a cursory glance?

Chu Qianli performed very poorly in chemistry class, which made her classmates unbelievable.

He Shichen's eyes were slightly deep, and he looked at the half-written process on the paper with a doubtful look. He should be the fastest person in the class in terms of calculation speed, and only Qi Yan from the next class could compare with him in the grade.

When the physics teacher heard the commotion from below, he waved to Chu Qianli and asked her to go up to the stage to do the questions.

Chu Qianli was not stage-shy. She walked up to the stage confidently, picked up a pen and started writing on the electronic screen. She didn't even have to stop to think, as if the answer had already been deeply imprinted in her mind.

Her frustration in chemistry class was simple: she was only quick at learning things related to stars, but was very slow at absorbing other knowledge.

What is celestial motion?

That is the movement of various celestial bodies in the universe, isn't it just the stars that are moving!

Although many modern astrologers rely on software to make horoscopes, in ancient times astrologers had to rely on their own calculations. If they wanted to deal with more complex problems, they had to have the ability to calculate and think logically.

Chu Qianli answered the question fluently, and the foreign teacher recognized it as the correct answer, which shocked everyone present.

Wang Zheng questioned: "She has done this problem before!"

The foreign physics teacher was originally quite dissatisfied with Chu Qianli, but now he explained with a smile on his face: "I changed the numbers in this question, and you probably won't be able to find the answer outside."

Even though Chu Qianli had done similar types of questions before, she was able to solve the changed questions quickly, even surpassing the physics teacher who modified the questions, which was admirable enough.

He Shichen looked at this scene in disbelief. He couldn't understand how someone who slept in class could have such strong physical strength? Was she a genius?

The foreign physics teacher didn't know her background, so he praised her in English: "It seems that you learned very hard in your original school."

Chu Qianli nodded cheekily: "Yes, our village has strong physics teaching ability."

Everyone in the class was shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect her to admit that she was from the countryside, and they didn't expect that the teaching level of her alma mater was not as good as that of a village!

Qiu Qingkong was stunned and asked, "Which village is that? I'm going to take physics classes."

He Shichen's face was tense. He held the pen tightly, his knuckles turning white from the exertion, and he felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

After answering the questions, Chu Qianli calmly stepped down from the stage and slowly walked back to her seat. It wasn't long before break time came.

Tan Muxing was used to her talking nonsense. He knew it had nothing to do with the teaching in the village, so he asked curiously, "Why are you so good at physics?"

Chu Qianli: "I am an astrologer."

Tan Muxing looked confused: "What's the connection? Isn't astrology fortune-telling?"

When talking about Mu Xing remembering the scene where she used poker cards to take fortunes, he had no idea what it had to do with physics.

When Chu Qianli heard the misunderstanding, she had a strong reaction for the first time and said aggrievedly: "It's not just fortune-telling, astrology is very scientific!"

Tan Muxing was a soft-hearted person, so he immediately lost his temper and said, "Oh, this is science... using the stars to predict fate..."

Tan Muxing wanted to support her theory unconditionally, but he obviously felt that fortune-telling was not scientific, or at least did not match the general public's cognition, and could only be attributed to metaphysics at best.

Chu Qianli was like a fussy child. She wanted to defend astrology and blurted out, "Science, of course science. Kepler and Newton were both astrologers, so I'm so good at physics!"

When Tan Muxing heard the name of the famous scientist, he complained weakly: "Newton's coffin lid can't even be held down..."

He felt that he accidentally touched Chu Qianli's scales, causing her to become very anxious.

Chu Qianli: "No, if you don't believe me, check it online."

Tan Muxing had no choice but to quietly take out his phone to search. He saw the words "Little-known Astrologer Newton" on the webpage and was immediately shocked: "It's actually true..."

Strange knowledge increased.

When Chu Qianli saw his surprised expression, a smug look flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't wait to change outsiders' prejudice against astrology.

Talking about Mu Xing's past was a huge shock to his worldview. He immediately searched whether astrology was scientific and found that it was still under debate. Sceptics and astrologers each had their own opinions, which were similar to the disagreement between him and Chu Qianli. Even astrologers had conflicts among themselves and there were various factions.

Chu Qianli argued righteously: "There is nothing in the world that cannot be known, only things that have not yet been known. Constrained by historical conditions, people's knowledge in each era is always limited, but people's knowledge is constantly expanding and deepening, so I think it is too arbitrary to insist that astrology is unscientific..."①

"..." Tan Muxing felt really strange when listening to the astrologer who used stars to predict the future talking about Marxism. She had a mixed style.

Neither fortune-telling nor divination will shock people. What is shocking is that the fortune-teller understands Marxism-Leninism and is truly keeping up with the times.