Chapter 68: The First Person to Back Down

It was nearly 6 o'clock when Yang Tianxing returned to school; the twilight of early winter had descended very early, and the self-study classrooms of the Z-block teaching building were brightly lit floor by floor, looking from afar like a glazed pagoda.

However, Entrepreneurship Base 102 was pitch black, and 101 only had a single incandescent bulb lit, dim and murky in the chaotic winter night.

Yang Tianxing frowned as he walked into 101 and saw Liu Jiaoyue sitting under that incandescent bulb, holding a book in one hand to recite while holding the other to her mouth to blow warm air on it.

The faint light enveloped Liu Jiaoyue, looking pitiful, helpless, and weak.

Early winter in Chang'an is both dry and cold, and since 101 is large, the cold wind blows right through the whole room; how could it not be cold?

"Snap, snap, snap."

Yang Tianxing turned on all the lights in 101 directly; the suddenly bright light gave Liu Jiaoyue a start, and when she turned her head and saw it was Yang Tianxing, a trace of peace flashed through her beautiful peach-blossom eyes.

However, Yang Tianxing's expression was not very good, and after Liu Jiaoyue noticed, she stood up nervously: "You, you've been drinking, then I'll go get some hot water."

There were hot water rooms in the teaching building, but Yang Tianxing ignored her and instead questioned: "Why didn't you turn on the lights, and why aren't you using the electric heater?"

"I'm the only one in the room, I'm not afraid of the cold."

Liu Jiaoyue whispered in explanation.

"I know you want to save money, but there's really no need."

Yang Tianxing pulled the electric heater out directly, and after pressing the switch, it wasn't long before "whoosh-whoosh" waves of heat surrounded their bodies.

"Come here."

Yang Tianxing pointed to the stool beside him.

Liu Jiaoyue moved over in small steps, looking at Yang Tianxing's expression first before slowly sitting down.

"Stretch out your hands."

Yang Tianxing said with a stern face.

Liu Jiaoyue was somewhat hesitant; students riding bicycles often passed by outside.

Yang Tianxing glared: "Stretch them out!"

"Oh, oh, oh, please don't be angry, okay?"

Liu Jiaoyue said softly and weakly.

"I'm not angry now, just stretch out your hands."

Yang Tianxing's tone began to grow impatient.

"Stretch, stretch which hand?"

Yang Tianxing was almost laughed into a better mood by her, and finally sighed and said: "Both hands."

Liu Jiaoyue stretched her two small hands out in front of Yang Tianxing, and as he held them in his, they were indeed ice-cold.

"And you said you weren't cold."

Yang Tianxing glanced at Liu Jiaoyue.

Liu Jiaoyue lowered her head and didn't speak; the fiery red light of the electric heater shone on her beautiful profile, making her round, fair chin look flushed.

After rubbing them for a good while, Liu Jiaoyue's hands finally warmed up, and only then did Yang Tianxing say: "Don't think about saving money in the future; turn it on when the weather is cold. When students see a bright 101 at night, they will also have a sense of trust, which is more beneficial to the promotion of our 101."

Liu Jiaoyue didn't understand these principles; the habits she had formed since childhood made her only turn on one light, and she was even more reluctant to use the electric heater.

Yang Tianxing brought over a laptop: "I'll teach you how to use Excel spreadsheets so you can record data on the computer from now on."

"Oh."

Liu Jiaoyue nodded obediently.

Opening Tan Zhizhi's laptop, Yang Tianxing glanced at the desktop; it was all common programs, QQ, Qianqian Jingting, and some study files.

"I didn't expect Little Zhizhi's elective course to be Business Law."

Seeing the content of the Business Law elective, Yang Tianxing immediately realized that Tan Zhizhi must have studied it for his sake.

There were also two private files on the desktop, "Family Birthdays" and an unnamed Word file; Yang Tianxing, lacking interest, skipped them directly.

Liu Jiaoyue had zero foundation with computers, and even after teaching her the simple Excel several times, she still didn't get it; Yang Tianxing had no choice but to lightly tap Liu Jiaoyue's little head.

"So stupid."

Liu Jiaoyue didn't make a sound.

After tapping her, Yang Tianxing felt a bit of regret: "Does it hurt?"

Liu Jiaoyue turned her head with teary eyes.

"My, my head hurts a little."

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It was around seven o'clock in the evening when Yang Tianxing prepared to head out; he was going to conduct classroom promotion with the second team of part-time students tonight.

At the entrance of the A-block teaching building, Yang Tianxing gave another round of routine encouragement; Xiong Jiayi from the Outreach Department was also in this team.

Just now, the team members had all been full of confidence, but when it came to the actual promotion, the difficulty coefficient far exceeded their imagination.

Because the university students studying in the classrooms might not have been able to find seats in the library and didn't want to read in the dorms; essentially, they were all quite diligent and didn't want to be disturbed.

Therefore, as soon as Yang Tianxing walked into the first classroom, before he even had a chance to speak, a female student immediately frowned, packed up her books, and left.

"Clang, clang, clang."

The sound of the girl packing her books was deliberately made quite loud, clearly carrying resentment.

Those part-time students were somewhat stunned, and they focused their gazes on Yang Tianxing.

Yang Tianxing acted as if he hadn't seen it and walked onto the podium with a calm face: "Hello everyone, excuse me for a minute of your time. We are the part-time students from 101 in Z-block, and today we would like to introduce our courier business to you..."

It was only about a minute of introduction, but to the members of the second team, it felt like an hour, because basically not a single student in the classroom looked up, and some even covered their ears.

However, in such an environment, Yang Tianxing still finished his speech calmly, then took out the flyers and distributed them one by one.

"Classmate, you can take a look when you have time; 101 Courier is right here on campus, it's very convenient."

Most students just nodded indifferently, and some didn't react at all; Yang Tianxing just placed the flyer on their desk and walked to the next one.

In the entire classroom, only one female student smiled and took the flyer.

It was an acquaintance.

"Minister Zhang, you're here too."

Yang Tianxing greeted her in a low voice.

Minister of the External Liaison Department Zhang Wei was also here studying in the classroom.

Zhang Wei flipped through the flyer: "I'd heard long ago that you were tinkering with these things in 101."

"University life is too boring, just finding something to do."

Yang Tianxing smiled: "Minister Zhang is welcome to come and provide guidance on our work."

He waved his hand to call Xiong Jiayi over; Xiong Jiayi was usually quite talkative, but at this moment, she was very reserved.

After chatting for a moment, Yang Tianxing prepared to take his leave: "I need to secure at least half of the classrooms in Teaching Building A tonight, I have to go run them."

Zhang Wei nodded: "Go ahead and get busy, give me a few more flyers, I'll go back to the dormitory and shout about it."

After coming out of the first classroom, Yang Tianxing was just about to go to the next one when Xiong Jiayi suddenly said: "Minister Yang, I don't want to run classrooms anymore."

Yang Tianxing thought it was because of Zhang Wei, so he comforted her: "It's fine, Minister Zhang won't mind these things; the Student Union is the Student Union, and this part-time job is a part-time job."

"It's not that."

Xiong Jiayi said with difficulty: "Before, I felt like I wasn't afraid of anything, but seeing the cold reactions in the classrooms, I find it very hard to open my mouth to them."

"Have you thought it through?"

Since Xiong Jiayi had spoken to this extent, Yang Tianxing did not want to persuade her further; of course, there was also the reason that Xiong Jiayi was not very important to the team.

In all fairness, promoting in classrooms was indeed more difficult than in dormitories, because the people studying in classrooms were strangers, whereas roommates could at least influence each other.

However, many times the boundary between success and failure is not very clear; like the situation tonight, if Xiong Jiayi could have persisted a little longer, she could have broken through herself, but not making it through meant staying in place.

Her withdrawal also affected others; it was originally a team of 6, and Yang Tianxing could also see timid emotions in the eyes of the other two students.

"Then you go back first, it's cold, get some rest early."

Yang Tianxing said to Xiong Jiayi, then pushed open the door to the next classroom.

Xiong Jiayi stood where she was; she had a premonition that this departure might be a departure forever.

Building Z Martial Arts Legend, "Mingyue Xin" pass.