When the teacher who went out to find some chalk came back and saw Feng Fei, his expression was as if he had seen an alien.
Mixed within the excellent students, Feng Fei who especially stuck out was silent.
“……”Â
Feng Fei lowered his head and grabbed his textbook, grinding his teeth “Laozi feels like a monkey in a zoo….”
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The teacher was stunned for a long time before making a sound. Pretending that he hadn’t seen anything, he said,
“Since everybody is here, then I won’t wait until the class period begins to start teaching. Time is of the essence. Please open your textbooks to page 127…..”
Hai Xiu resisted laughing until his stomach hurt and quietly whispered “You… how come you didn’t tell me earlier?”
Feng Fei pulled a long face “Previously I wasn’t sure whether or not I could go in through this back door. If Director Han didn’t let me come no matter what and I told you previously wouldn’t you feel let down? I’m too lazy to tell you about all these uncertain matters”.
Although Feng Fei didn’t need to put in a lot of effort to convince the director and the school knew about his family background so most wouldn’t offend him, Ni Meilin hadn’t promised earlier. One was because she didn’t want the school to think that it was she herself who leaked information about the supplementary lessons. And secondly, she wasn’t the one in charge, so she couldn’t make the decision. When Feng Fei heard about the lessons, he hadn’t thought much at first.
Later when I thought about it, I came up with this idea and got my brother to call Director Han the very same day.
But when Feng Fei told Feng Xuan about the matter, he thoroughly stunned his brother and sister-in-law.
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Feng Fei didn’t want to recall the phone call even now. Feng Xuan repeatedly asked whether he was selected to go to makeup lessons and he didn’t want to go, or whether he wasn’t selected to go to makeup lessons and he insisted on going to the makeup classroom.sssss
Based on Feng Xuan’s understanding of Feng Fei he could only comprehend the first scenario. He needed to understand exactly what Feng Fei was begging him to help with.
Feng Fei felt powerless as he held his phone “Bro…… I know that you probably don’t believe me, but I really do….. want to go to makeup lessons.”
Feng Xuan was speechless.
Feng Xuan asked in return whether he was drunk or not and Feng Fei wailed into the phone’s microphone. Feng Xuan calmed Feng Fei and relayed his intentions to Director Han.
Compared to Feng Xuan, Director Han accepted this matter much more easily. Of course there was a high chance that Director Han thought that this was what Feng Fei’s parents wanted and that there was an 80% chance that Feng Fei was forced to do so.Â
Director Han exaggeratedly praised Feng Fei to Feng Xuan. Saying that these past 6 months Feng Fei had made a lot of progress and didn’t cause trouble anymore. That he had put all his efforts into studying these past few months and that his grades had soared. To the point that Feng Xuan felt like his mind had soared into fogs and clouds (T/N: he’s in a daze). He almost doubted whether Director Han was talking about his little brother or not. Â
In the end, Feng Fei got permission to attend the makeup classes.
Haixiu tried his best to suppress the rising corner of his mouth, and nodded, “En, you also … also pay attention to the class.”
The teachers’ review lessons for top students were completely different from ones for normal students. Feng Fei originally thought that the teachers would give out difficult questions or something like that and didn’t think that the teachers would completely abandon test questions.Â
They just talked about the question format starting from the format of the last question, analyzed the direction of the exam, and highlighted the focus of the exam. And in the end they returned to the textbook and emphasized connecting all the knowledge they learned.
Feng Fei originally had a bad foundation and even though he relearned a lot of the knowledge these past 6 months there are still always some gaps in his knowledge. After listening for a while he surprisingly had the feeling of Where am I? Who am I? Feng Fei could actually understand most of the content. The only problem was that the teacher spoke too fast.Â
When discussing a question some steps in between were skipped and slightly simple areas were skimmed over with a single sentence. Everyone else understood what the teacher was saying and could easily react to the teachers words. Feng Fei found it a bit difficult but thankfully Hai Xiu was right beside him.Â
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Haixiu would quickly explain to him in a timely manner. Feng Fei was smart and the simple small questions he had could instantly be solved. And for the questions that couldn’t be answered in one sentence Hai Xiu made Feng Fei write them down so that after class he could go through and explain them one by one.
After 2 lessons both of them gained a lot.
Feng Fei looked at the notebook on the table filled with messy notes and tossed the pen onto the table “My hands are about to break!”
“When we get back tonight I’ll explain to you in greater detail.” Hai Xiu smiled while placating Feng Fei “We’ll take it slow and steady.”
Feng Fei was stunned “We’re not going to the evening self study class tonight?”
Hai Xiu shook his head and whispered quietly “There’s no evening class in the technical school over here. If we come and go all the time at night it’ll be easier to get caught so I don’t plan on organizing an evening self study class.
Feng Fei was speechless “Doing this, it’s just like we’re some kind of cult organization. Not having an evening self-study class is good. This way we can get home earlier and even go out to play occasionally.
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Hai Xiu heavily nodded his head and Feng Fei smiled “What’s up with you? You’ve been very excited since just now.Â
“I’m happy that you’re here.”Hai Xiu was afraid that others would hear so he laughed quietly and explained“I had originally planned to listen to 2 lessons and then pretend to be sick and take a couple of days off to go find you.”
Feng Fei put on a serious look “You dare? Your courage has grown.”
Hai Xiu laughed and thought for a second before replying “But the teacher just now explained very well, thankfully…. Thankfully you came.”
Feng Fei smiled and looked at the students who had left their seats and gathered in small groups to discuss and asked “Is there a schedule? What’s the next class?”
“Chemistry.” Hai Xiu explained “There is no schedule, every morning there’s STEM classes and there’s Chinese and English in the evening. The rest of the time is self study and the teacher who watches over the self study class isn’t fixed, it should be based on who’s on duty.”Â
Feng Fei was struck dumb “There’s no sports?!”
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The students discussing in the front row heard Feng Fei and turned around, their eyes shua shua (T/N: sfx for when you do something so fast the wind kinda blows (I think)) looking over at Feng Fei in surprise. Feng Fei could clearly tell from the confused look in their eyes that they were thinking “How did this person from the other end of the spectrum (T/N: Like the spectrum of students where one end is the students who study all day long and poor physical fitness and the other end is students who only do sports and their grades suck) muddle his way into our group.” Feng Fei grit his teeth and lowered his head, cursing quietly. Hai Xiu had his head buried in his textbook and his shoulders were shaking with his laughter.
Feng Fei wasn’t sure if the fast pace of the class was the reason but he felt as though the evening had flown by.
The technical school was very close to their school, so in the evening they went to the restaurant they normally ate at. Feng Fei flipped through the menu while cursing “I was crazy to come over and suffer this kind of torture! There was a good holiday! I…”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry.” Hai Xiu soothed “You did it for me, for me okay.”
Feng Fei looked up and glared at Hai Xiu, his anger dropping by a lot.
Feng Fei finished ordering, handed the menu over to the waiter and exclaimed “I’ve long been tired of eating the food here.”
Hai Xiu resisted laughing “For dinner we’ll eat what you like and we’ll go wherever you say you want to eat, okay?”
“You forgot, we agreed to go to the captain’s place at night since he invited us.”Feng Fei suddenly thought of something and warned “When we eat together at night you’re not allowed to tell them I ran over to the review classes! Okay?!”Â
Hai Xiu couldn’t stop laughing (T/N: lol Hai Xiu trying to dig a pit for Feng Fei) and repeatedly nodded his head “I know, I know.”
Feng Fei was unhappy and with a dissatisfied expression drank his tea and waited for the meals.
In order to save time, the evening review class started very early. After the two finished their lunch, they didn’t dare to waste time and quickly went back to the technical school (T/N: So they’re going back to the review classes which are hosted not at their school but at a technical school.)
The first lesson in the evening was English. Just like the teacher in the morning, when the English teacher walked in and saw Feng Fei he also almost forgot what he was going to say. Feng Fei saw his expression and didn’t say anything out loud, only cursing inside. Resisting hunger and sleepiness, he forcefully raised his spirits and listened for half an hour.
During the last 10 or so minutes he didn’t listen to anything the teacher said. And by the second class, Chinese, Feng Fei directly laid down on the desk and slept like the dead.Â
Hai Xiu felt helpless, considering that language class is indeed not that…. important he didn’t wake Feng Fei up. Taking out his big scarf from his school bag, he draped it over Feng Fei.
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The language teacher gave a warning cough, and Haixiu hurriedly lowered his head to take notes. The language teacher was furious inside. Even after teaching for so many years, this was the first time she saw someone sleeping in cram school!
After the language class ended the students started talking loudly and Feng Fei was awakened. Groggily looking up he asked with a confused look “What time is it?”
Hai Xiu looked at his watch “It’s almost 3, were you cold while sleeping?”
Feng Fei finally realized that Hai Xiu’s scarf was draped over his body. He blinked hard and pulled off the scarf, handing it over to Hai Xiu. Frowning he asked “Is it the self-study class now?”
“En.” Haixiu was afraid of affecting others, and said, “How about we sit in the back of the classroom? It’s more convenient for me to discuss the questions with you.”
Feng Fei shook his head and yawned “When does school end?”
Hai Xiu smiled “It ends at 6 PM.”Â
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“Then it’s fine, you can read a book and I’ll pick you up at 5:30.” Feng Fei slept in an uncomfortable position and his entire body felt sore. He stood up and stretched “I’m going out to play for a while. I’m exhausted from sitting for so long.”
Hai Xiu felt that it was already difficult for Feng Fei to be able to listen to the entire morning class and nodded “Okay.”
Feng Fei straightened out his clothes and took his phone and wallet leaving his book bag beside Hai Xiu. Before leaving he even cautioned Hai Xiu saying “Properly study okay.”
Haixiu nodded obediently and Feng Fei glanced around “If someone bullies you call me. I will come back and beat him.”
Feng Fei’s voice was neither loud nor quiet and many people heard him. The nearby students looked at Hai Xiu with fear and Hai Xiu couldn’t help but push Feng Fei away while saying “Hurry and go.”
Feng Fei tapped Haixiu’s head and yawned before lazily walking away.
In the following self-study class Hai Xiu devoted himself to sorting out his morning notes and marking the places that Feng Fei didn’t understand so that he can explain to Feng Fei when they return home.
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From time to time Feng Fei would send Hai Xiu a Wechat text about what he was doing and what he saw. Feng Fei took a picture of a poster of a Chinese New Year movie that had been released recently in the cinema and discussed with him which day to go see it. Hai Xiu stopped writing and texted back: Any day is fine.
Feng Fei : Okay, then I’ll go buy the tickets right now.
A short while later Feng Fei sent a photo of 2 stuffed animals, explaining: I bought couple seats for the movie for the day after tomorrow and the cinema sent a small gift.Â
Hai Xiu’s heart was unbearably full of sweetness and he carefully peeked at the teacher sitting at the front of the classroom reading a book before replying: couple seats!
Not even a second after he sent the message Hai Xiu’s phone vibrated.Â
Feng Fei: En, the type that doesn’t have the armrest in the middle. As soon as the lights turn off I can kiss you whenever I want.
Hai Xiu felt embarrassed and right after he put his phone away Feng Fei’s text message reached him.
Feng Fei: Am I allowed to kiss?
Hai Xiu’s face went red with embarrassment and replied: Allowed.Â