Chapter 343: Campus Academic System (15)

"Sister Yang, it's fine if you don't come at other times, but you absolutely must come today! It's Little Seven's birthday today!"

"Little Seven's birthday?"

Xie Yang looked at Lin Zhihan, the youngest of the group, who was looking at her with an expectant expression.

"……Fine, the birthday star is the boss, let's go then!"

"Awoo—"

The boys cheered, scrambled to take the schoolbag from Xie Yang's hand, and pulled her toward the car.

"Screech—"

Following a harsh screech of brakes, a half-new, half-old mountain bike cut across in front of them, blocking their path.

"Let her go!"

Jiang Yinian knitted his brows as he looked at Xie Yang, who was surrounded in the middle, and fished a senior-citizen phone out of his trouser pocket:

"Otherwise, I'm calling the police."

The group of lackeys who were pulling Xie Yang to get into the car realized what was happening and were suddenly so angry they laughed:

"Yo, who are you! Calling the police... go ahead and call! You think I'm afraid of you?"

"Judging by the uniform, he's from First High School. He doesn't even understand the situation and he's already calling the police. The top students of First High School are nothing special!"

"Pah! What does a bookworm know! Don't mind him, let's go!"

"Since he's so fond of meddling, why don't we beat him up before we leave?"

Xie Yang felt like her head was about to explode.

"Stop bickering, all of you!"

She stopped her lackeys from pulling at her and said to Jiang Yinian first:

"You misunderstood, they are my friends."

Then she said to the lackeys: "He is my desk mate and also my tutor. Show some respect!"

"!!!"

"!!!"

Both sides wore expressions of astonishment.

Jiang Yinian let out a sigh of relief amidst his surprise.

He had seen her surrounded by this group from afar just now and thought the little hoodlums from his cousin's vocational school had come to cause her trouble, so he hadn't even waited for the red light to turn green before riding over at full speed.

He hadn't expected them to be her friends...

After Xie Yang introduced both sides, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind, and she turned to look at her group of "fox friends and dog buddies":

"By the way, do you guys want to have tutoring sessions? My desk mate has a really great method for explaining problems. I've been tutored for a few days and have made rapid progress. How about we form a study group? We can gather on the weekends, and if Jiang Yinian is free, he can come and teach us, how about that?"

"……"

The group of lackeys looked at one another, their faces full of confusion.

What is Sister Yang saying?

Why do they recognize these characters individually, but can't understand them when they are put together?

The more Xie Yang thought about it, the more she felt it was a good idea.

These lackeys didn't have great grades and were sometimes quite impulsive, but generally speaking, they were loyal, and she didn't mind giving them a hand.

Forming a study group would allow her to help Jiang Yinian complete his Tasks, help her lackeys make progress together, and also keep them from being dragged off to rowdy places like clubs.

Even if that club was opened by Cheng Zixin's family, clubs catered to a mixed bag of people in society; even for adult men and women, there was no guarantee of safety, let alone for impulsive, hormone-fueled, underage teenagers.

"It's settled! It's Little Seven's birthday today, and we agreed to celebrate, so we'll start from tomorrow. I'll arrange the location. I'll create a group chat later, and once it's set, I'll send the time and location in the group. Bring your textbooks and homework and be there on time."

Having said this, Xie Yang looked at Jiang Yinian and said solemnly: "Don't worry, if there are more people, we'll pay according to the rate for more people; we won't treat you unfairly."

Jiang Yinian: "……"

The group of lackeys cried out:

"You're not joking, are you, Sister Yang?"

"We aren't the type of people who can study!"

"Exactly, looking at those problems is no different from reading a heavenly book!"

"Spare us! We'll pay the tutoring fees, can we just not come?"

"No!" Xie Yang's face hardened. "Does your sister lack that bit of tutoring fee? If you don't want to come, that's fine, from now on we go our separate ways."

"……"

Upon hearing how serious it was, the group of lackeys nodded like chickens pecking at rice: "We'll come! We'll definitely come!"

Perhaps Sister Yang was just on a whim, and maybe after a night's sleep, the excitement would pass and she would forget about this!

Even if she didn't forget, at worst, they could just sleep with their heads down, just like in class at school.

Xie Yang had, of course, considered this problem. For the lackeys who truly didn't like to study, she could just get a pile of comics and novels for them to read quietly on the side. In any case, she would first reduce the frequency of them going to clubs.

This thought became even more firm after she had been to the club.

When she got home, she brought up this idea and received the full support of Xie Wenteng and his wife.

"Forming a study group is great! Dad supports you! You need a venue, right? How about next to the Jiangcheng Library?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I forgot we still have an apartment next to the library."

Deng Youmei clapped her hands excitedly; her daughter had finally become enlightened and was willing to take the initiative to study! This was a huge, wonderful thing!

She hurriedly found the keys to that finely decorated, large flat that was less than a hundred meters from the library entrance.

The couple themselves were uneducated, but they had always been very attentive to the education of the next generation.

Back then, when they heard that a city-wide largest library had been built in the Jiangcheng New District near the University Town, they had immediately bought a large river-view flat in the nearby new development, Jianglan Mingzhu.

They thought that being closer to the University Town and the library might provide some level of edification.

Who would have known their daughter had not a shred of scholarly air; from elementary school through high school, she never once stepped foot inside a library.

On the other hand, she didn't need anyone to teach her how to fight, and she was formidable at it, brawling her way from kindergarten all the way to high school, getting called in by the school authorities countless times, worrying the couple until they were going bald.

Now that they saw their daughter had suddenly had a change of heart and was proactively suggesting she wanted to study hard, how could they not be overjoyed?

If not for their daughter being present, the couple would have long since hugged each other in excitement and wept tears of joy.

Especially Xie Wenteng, who was so excited his face was glowing.

Oh my! May the ancestors be praised, his daughter had finally had a change of heart!

A fortune teller had once said that his daughter either wouldn't change, but once she did, she would be unstoppable, like a hidden dragon taking flight!

So much so that no matter what request their daughter made, they supported it! They absolutely had to support it!

"It's been a long time since I've been there, the electronic lock on the front door might be out of power, so take the spare key, go check it out tomorrow to see if you're satisfied, and if not, we'll look for another."

"I'll have people deliver food and drinks to you when the time comes, you just focus on studying."

"I'll go with our daughter tomorrow to see what's missing there and get everything fully stocked at once. I'll have the hourly cleaner tidy it up, set it all up, plug in the refrigerator, and chill some drinks and desserts you like."

"Prepare plenty of snacks too, so you can have something to tide you over if you get hungry halfway through studying."

"Do you want to take the coffee machine? Someone just gave me a tin of some elephant dung coffee beans, I heard they're very expensive, but I'm not used to the taste; you young people might like it, take it and grind some to try."

"Do you want to listen to music during your breaks? How about we take the record player too?"

Whatever the couple thought of, they would take it out and place it by the door to bring to that apartment tomorrow.

Food, drinks, daily necessities—the pile just kept growing... looking at this display, it was as if they were planning to move the entire house over.

Xie Yang was left between laughter and tears.

"Mom, Dad, stop busybodying, we're going to study, not go on vacation."

"Oh, you have to balance work and rest! Just studying blindly won't do!"

"Right! Listen to your father, studying itself is already very hard, so what's wrong with eating and drinking well? It's not like you're going there to suffer."

Xie Yang: "..."