Chapter 191 Self-awareness, Absence from Class
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The assistant’s call was left behind as Xie Dingyuan’s pace quickened, and an involuntary chill emanated from his body.
As he stepped out of the laboratory door, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his feet suddenly stopped.
Not far away, a young couple stood on the terrace, their shoulders almost touching.
The girl was eating with her head down, and the boy was looking at her, one graceful and charming, the other clear and upright.
The sunlight bathed them, and time seemed peaceful.
Xie Dingyuan frowned, feeling inexplicably uneasy about his impulsive behavior. What was he doing?
Young people dating, what’s there to be surprised about?
While he thought this, his gaze was fixed on the girl’s snow-white nape, revealed as she lowered her head, unable to look away.
He wondered, could the boy also see it? Even more clearly than he could?
This thought flashed through his mind, and Xie Dingyuan quickly realized it was inappropriate.
Peeping was inappropriate.
The thought was inappropriate.
The series of actions at this moment were all inappropriate.
The next second, he abruptly averted his gaze and turned back into the laboratory.
The hurried figure seemed to reveal a trace of embarrassment.
“Eh?” The assistant was about to follow, but saw Xie Dingyuan return on his own.
“Professor Xie,” he cautiously spoke up, “What just happened?”
The man looked up, his gaze cold. “Nothing.”
Nothing happened.
…
Jiang Fuyue finished lunch in ten minutes. “Thank you, I’m full.”
Ling Xuan collected the trash and put it in a plastic bag. Upon hearing this, he waved his hand. “We’re classmates, no need to be so polite.”
“I’ll go back to the lab first.”
“Wait…” Ling Xuan stopped her.
Jiang Fuyue turned back. “Is there something else?”
“Um… since you’re so busy, how about I bring you lunch and dinner from now on?”
Jiang Fuyue frowned, instinctively wanting to refuse.
But then Ling Xuan continued, “But I won’t give them for free. You’ll cover the cost of the meal, and I’ll run the errand. As an exchange, you’ll give me a set of questions every day, not real exam questions, but those that train critical thinking skills.”
Jiang Fuyue didn’t understand. “If you want them, you can just ask me directly, no need to go through this trouble.”
After all, those were practice papers she had already used and were considered useless.
Ling Xuan’s expression turned serious. “I know you don’t mind, but I’d feel embarrassed taking advantage of you. By helping you, I can do it with a clear conscience only if I feel it’s a fair exchange.”
Since the other party had put it this way, and considering that she would indeed be very busy in the next few days, Jiang Fuyue pondered for two seconds and agreed.
“But there’s one thing…”
Ling Xuan looked into her eyes. “Go ahead.”
“Each meal should have four dishes and a soup, preferably two meat and two vegetable dishes. You can choose what you like without asking me.”
That’s right, Jiang Fuyue wanted to save even the time spent ordering food.
“Okay.”
“Wait for me.” After saying that, she turned and went back into the laboratory.
About five minutes later, she came out with a USB drive and five hundred yuan. “There are eighty sets of papers in the drive. You can start with those, and if you finish them, you can ask me for more.”
Ling Xuan: “…” His soul started trembling.
“The money is for the meal. Since it’s been hot lately, I’ll give you ten yuan per day as a heat subsidy. You can use it to buy water or ice cream. Oh, and remember to keep the receipts, we’ll settle the accounts later, whether there’s a surplus or a shortfall.”
Ling Xuan: [Maintaining a smile] JPG
He was really being treated like an errand boy.
“That’s all for now,” Jiang Fuyue said. “There’s nothing else.”
Her idea was simple. Since Ling Xuan had expressed a willingness to exchange goods or services, this was essentially a business transaction.
Since it was a business transaction, it should be based on the principle of fair trade between both parties, equally negotiating the terms of the contract.
Ling Xuan, a rich young man, was running errands for her just for a few sets of discarded papers, obviously at a disadvantage.
So Jiang Fuyue not only gave him dozens more sets of questions, but also generously provided a summer cooling subsidy.
She considered herself a very good customer.
Ling Xuan probably agreed, too.
Because she saw him nodding with a smile, without a hint of reluctance.
This lunch not only filled her stomach but also solved the problem of meals afterward.
Jiang Fuyue was satisfied and continued to immerse herself in the next experiment.
In the afternoon, she was supposed to attend an NOI training class at University B, but last night Jiang Fuyue had sent an email to the head coach.
She briefly explained the situation and difficulties, and suggested that although she wouldn’t be present, she would complete the assignments on time, hoping for approval.
The meaning is very simple, Jiang Fuyue will no longer go to the classroom for daily classes, but she will follow along and complete the class exercises within the specified time frame.
At noon today, she received a reply from there: tentative agreement, try for two days before making a final decision.
So, at two o’clock in the afternoon, Jiang Fuyue opened her laptop on time, logged into the NOI training website, and found today’s assignment.
Usually, the coaches would issue all the tasks for the day at the beginning, nearly twenty pages densely packed, including homework.
Jiang Fuyue spent twenty minutes completing the in-class programming. After some thought, she decided to finish the homework as well, to avoid logging in again, which would be troublesome.
…
As a legend who always scores full marks in exams, Jiang Fuyue has “popularity” in the NOI training class that even she herself is unaware of.
Of course, this kind of popularity comes with “attention”.
Among this “attention,” there is pure admiration and envy, as well as dark peeping and surveillance.
There are many people always trying to catch her shortcomings.
For example, now—
“Jiang Fuyue didn’t come?!”
“She skipped class? So daring…”
“Just because she has good grades, she can be so arrogant? The teacher even turns a blind eye? Ha, talking about educational fairness, good students can do whatever they want.”
“The coach is biased!”
“The situation is not clear yet, everyone don’t talk nonsense. What if Jiang Fuyue just took a leave…”
“You’re naive, aren’t you? If she took a leave, it would automatically be announced on the website’s backend. Go check to see if there’s Jiang Fuyue’s.”
“What if something urgent came up, and she didn’t have time to…”
“Huang Hui, stop making excuses for her. Who doesn’t know that you two are close?”
“What do you mean I’m making excuses? I’m just speculating within a reasonable range about what might have happened…”
“Heh, just shut up. Don’t say anymore, saying anything is just making excuses for her!”
Huang Hui sneered coldly, d*mn it, a bunch of idiots!
He didn’t bother arguing anymore.
Someone as cautious as Jiang Fuyue, how could she possibly give someone a handle and make such a low-level mistake?
Gao Zhaoming saw him fuming and kindly advised, “I told you not to argue with those people. They’re a bunch of idiots. If things really escalate, just wait for Sister Yue to slap them in the face. Let’s just watch the show. Why are you making a scene?”
Fan Ye nodded frantically, “Yes yes, that’s right.”
Originally, she also wanted to argue with those people, but was stopped by Gao Zhaoming.
Lin Yuan glanced around and saw that all three of them were silent, thinking they were feeling guilty and lacking confidence.
Even Fan Ye, who had such a bad temper, didn’t make a fuss?
That’s really strange.
Could this indirectly prove that Jiang Fuyue did skip class without reason?
That wouldn’t be good, after all, the first rule of the summer camp is that absences from daily training without reason will result in the cancellation of training qualifications depending on the severity of the situation.
Thinking of this, Lin Yuan’s eyes flickered.
The first class hadn’t ended yet, and the coach received an anonymous report backstage.
Nearly five hundred words were written meticulously, analyzing the negative impact of Jiang Fuyue’s unjustified absence inside and out.
First, it showed a lack of regard for this summer camp.
Second, it showed disrespect for the coaches and teachers.
Finally, it set a very bad example for all the students participating in the training camp, even rising to the critical level of criticizing educational fairness and insisting that teachers should treat all students equally without bias.
The teacher’s computer screen was projected onto the screen with a projector, and when the information popped up, everyone below saw it.
Huang Hui: “D*mn! There are really people who aren’t afraid of death.”
Gao Zhaoming clicked his tongue, “Respect to him, he’s a man.”
Fan Ye’s mood was complicated, suddenly feeling that the outside world was dangerous, and society was really cruel.
If it were her, wouldn’t she be torn apart by these petty people?
The coach glanced calmly at the people below and spoke lightly, “Skipping class without reason, teachers turning a blind eye and favoring students with good grades, is that what everyone thinks?”
No one replied.
But the silence at this moment could also be seen as a tacit agreement.
Fan Ye raised her hand, “Teacher, I don’t think so! I believe that Jiang… uh, Classmate Jiang Fuyue must have had a reason for not attending class, and the teacher must be aware of it.”
Huang Hui stood up to support her.
Gao Zhaoming also expressed his support.
The coach’s slightly wounded heart finally found a bit of solace, and his gaze suddenly sharpened, “No matter what happens, never jump to conclusions and make judgments rashly.”
Lin Yuan frowned, suddenly having a bad premonition…
Today, it’s a cowardly move where you can only watch from a distance, feeling sour inside but refusing to admit it, brought to you by Xie 99.
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