Chapter 96

Mathematics teacher Shen Yi walked into the classroom from the front door.

Seeing such a lively and happy atmosphere in the classroom, he asked with a face full of surprise: "What's the situation? Everyone is looking forward to my math class so much today?"

"Teacher Shen, you're overthinking it."

A male student denied it loudly.

"Hahaha..."

The students in the classroom burst into laughter.

"Then what is this applause for?"

Shen Yi asked with curiosity.

Everyone laughed and said nothing.

Following the gazes of many students, Shen Yi's eyes also landed on Xia Nuannuan, realizing that this applause was for her.

"What exactly happened? Someone share the happiness with me!"

"Teacher, it's class time now."

Qin Tian reminded him loudly.

"Alright, alright, then I'll save my curiosity for later, let's start class first."

Shen Yi shrugged helplessly, and then started his serious teaching mode.

Xia Nuannuan let out a sigh of relief, looking at Qin Tian beside her with a grateful gaze.

If someone had really satisfied the math teacher's curiosity, she would have been too shy to face anyone.

Qin Tian smiled brightly, gave her a thumbs up, and praised: "That was very domineering just now, I like it!"

Upon hearing this, Xia Nuannuan's pretty face flushed red again, and she hurriedly turned her head away, pretending to listen to the lecture seriously.

Qin Tian smiled, didn't continue to tease her, and went back to reading his foreign classic.

Nowadays, except for Li Yanwang, all the other subject teachers had already left him to his own devices.

As long as he didn't affect class discipline or others listening to the lecture, Qin Tian could do his own thing.

Forty-five minutes for a class; if you focus on doing one thing, it feels like it passes very quickly.

As soon as the bell for the end of class rang, Teacher Shen didn't drag it out for even a second, directly stopping the example problem he hadn't finished explaining and announcing that class was over.

The originally quiet classroom immediately became noisy and boisterous.

Shen Yi looked toward Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan, leaned over, and asked a male student in the front row about what had happened earlier.

Although he was a math teacher, his personality wasn't rigid or boring; on the contrary, he got along very well with the students in the class.

The boy didn't hide anything and told him everything in a sour tone.

"So that's how it is."

Shen Yi rubbed his chin and nodded in sudden realization.

"Teacher Shen, aren't you going to manage those two?"

The boy lowered his voice and instigated.

Shen Yi glanced at him and grinned: "I'm just a math teacher, not the homeroom teacher, this matter isn't my business. Besides, they didn't do anything out of line, did they? Did they personally admit they were dating?"

"Tch..."

The boy gave him a look of disdain.

"Hehe... I think you're just envious and jealous, kid. Keep it in check, don't look so ugly."

Shen Yi patted him on the shoulder and said in the tone of someone who had been there before.

"Teacher Shen, when you were a student, you must have been just like me, so you're already used to it, right?"

The boy retorted with a cold laugh.

Shen Yi's expression stiffened, and he immediately denied it: "Bullshit, your teacher here was a top student in school back in the day, and I was handsome too. I was the existence that others were envious and jealous of, just like Qin Tian, okay?"

"Heh, keep blowing, you've almost got me believing it."

The boy's disdain was written all over his face.

"Ahem..."

Shen Yi cleared his throat and said seriously: "Forget it if you don't believe me, I'm not going to bicker with you anymore, you just keep on being envious and jealous!"

"Same to you!"

"I don't know this problem, teach me."

Xia Nuannuan moved a math reference book in front of Qin Tian, the pencil in her hand pointing to a problem on it.

"Let me see."

Qin Tian looked at her, and seeing that her expression was a bit too serious, he asked with some surprise: "Are... are you okay?"

"What? I'm fine!"

Xia Nuannuan shook her head blankly.

"Why does it feel like you have the college entrance exam tomorrow? It's only a few minutes of break time, why not rest? How about I explain this problem to you at noon?"

"I'm not tired, explain it now."

"Are you really okay?"

"I'm really okay!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded forcefully, and seeing him looking at her with an expression of disbelief, she confessed helplessly: "Alright, I do regret it a bit. I should have studied hard before. Now I want to catch up to you guys as much as possible. The goal you set for me last time, I think it can be even bigger."

Qin Tian was stunned and couldn't help but laugh: "Are you treating that Su Yan as your rival?"

"No..."

Xia Nuannuan subconsciously wanted to refute, but once the words were out, she nodded with a blushing face.

"There's really no need, there's too little time left, you'll be very tired like this."

Qin Tian persuaded her, feeling both amused and heartbroken.

"I know I might not be able to catch up, but I just want to try my best once, so I don't leave any regrets in the final stage of high school."

Xia Nuannuan said with a solemn expression.

Qin Tian stared blankly at the girl in front of him.

The sunlight shone in through the window, falling right on her, making her black-and-white eyes and rosy face look so vibrant.

At this moment, Qin Tian felt a certain string in his heart being touched, and ripples appeared on his calm lake of a heart.

"Alright, then I will do my best to help you."

A bright smile appeared on his handsome face, and he said in a serious tone.

"Mm-hmm!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded repeatedly with a sweet smile.

"Then what goal will you set for yourself for the next mock exam?"

Qin Tian asked with a smile.

"Hmm..."

After Xia Nuannuan lowered her eyes and thought for a while, she replied: "I don't want to focus on class ranking anymore. I want to be in the top twenty of the whole grade, and then for the college entrance exam, I want to try my best to get into the top five of the grade."

The top five of the grade was exactly the ranking that school beauty had maintained for a long time.

"That's really a bit difficult!"

After all, Class Ten was an ordinary class, and the average grades were still very far from the two key classes.

Ranking in the top five in this class might not even get you into the top one hundred in the whole grade.

Therefore, the goal Xia Nuannuan set for herself was not easy at all.

"I don't care, as long as you help me, I will definitely be able to do it."

"Alright!"

Qin Tian nodded with a light laugh, not saying anything more.

"Then let's hurry up and look at this problem."

"Mm!"

Afterwards, the two of them—one focused on explaining the problem, the other focused on listening.

The students in the classroom saw this scene, and their hearts were filled with indescribable envy, but strangely, very few felt jealous.

It was just because the scene in front of them was too pure and beautiful, making people unable to bear having any negative emotions.

Especially most of the girls in the class; their hearts were filled with nothing but blessings and admiration for Xia Nuannuan.

"Xia Nuannuan feels so driven!"

"Yeah, it's not surprising, Qin Tian's grades are so good, she must be under pressure."

"Ahhh... I really hope they go to the same university? That would be too romantic."

"Me too, during this time, watching the two of them is just like watching a Mary Sue novel or an idol drama, it's really easy to ship!"

"Think back to the Xia Nuannuan from before, she really has changed so much."

"Exactly, it feels like she's become a completely different person, and even compared to that school beauty, she doesn't seem to lose out at all!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I have that feeling too."

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