Chapter 58: Learning is just like this

Zhai Da didn't know for the time being that a group of teachers working overtime at school were arguing endlessly over him.

He continued to study step by step.

Only now, besides being taught by Lu Wei, he had an extra project: teaching Lu Wei.

For some time now, Zhai Da hadn't deliberately avoided Lu Wei when using the 【Old Man's TV】 and the 【Literary Girl's Pen】. After all, the two of them were squeezed together at night, and there was no hiding it.

However, when he watched TV, Lu Wei was usually reading. The content on the TV was too simple for her, and the 【Literary Girl's Pen】 occasionally required Lu Wei to write something, but it was just a few formulas or a string of numbers, so the effect wasn't apparent.

But today was different; Zhai Da began to systematically deceive... or rather, plan Lu Wei's studies.

He had to find a reasonable explanation to reflect the effect of the 【Literary Girl's Pen】.

In the cramped room, Lu Wei sat in her little prison, watching Zhai Da fiddle with the desk.

Zhai Da stacked a large number of books into a concave shape, like three high walls, and then stuck a sticker of Detective Conan on each of the three sides—they were sold at the small shop, only three yuan a sheet.

Lu Wei tilted her head: "What does this mean?"

"A special learning method I researched."

"Why is it... Conan?"

"'Hang Conan' (Gua Ke Nan), 'Hanging (failing) a subject is hard' (Gua Ke Nan)! Don't you think my memory is very strong? It's all the effect of this ritual."

Lu Wei was silent for a moment, then turned her head to look at Zhai Da with her big eyes: "Is this reasonable?"

"It's very reasonable. Piety is the main thing, ritual is secondary. If you believe, it works; if you don't, it's just traditional culture. You need to be a bit respectful."

"But... I haven't seen you do this before..."

Zhai Da said casually: "I usually secretly worship the washing machine because the washing machine is Conan. Don't interrupt."

Zhai Da pulled Lu Wei to sit in the middle of the "formation" and handed the 【Literary Girl's Pen】 to her: "Because we don't have offerings and are just freeloading, we need some rules and auxiliary materials. First, you have to use this pen."

"Secondly, every hour, as the connector between you and the ritual, I need to have physical contact with you to transfer magic power to you."

"Physical contact?"

"Like touching your little hand."

He didn't really want to touch her little hand... really.

It was mainly so that if he or the pen weren't around in the future, this method wouldn't work, and Lu Wei wouldn't figure it out.

It only works when he's around.

"Diligence in learning is not as good as metaphysics; attending class is not as good as burning incense. Learning is just like this. You'll know once you try. Just copy words today; remembering hundreds in one night is not a dream."

Lu Wei opened her English book with skepticism... although the education she had received didn't allow her to believe in this, her education had been interrupted, hadn't it?

She was always willing to believe Zhai Da's words.

Just as she was about to copy words, she remembered Zhai Da's instructions, turned around, looked at Zhai Da gracefully, and extended a little hand.

Zhai Da nodded; the child is teachable.

He grabbed Lu Wei's hand and rubbed it, letting her cold fingertips feel warmth.

"Go ahead, the mana replenishment is complete."

Lu Wei nodded and began to focus on copying words.

Zhai Da sat on his bed, took out the 【Joker Poker】 and the 【Nerd's Eyeglass Cloth】, and practiced magic.

Although theoretically he could read in the back or flip through Lu Wei's 【Math Notes】, he was already on the right path and just needed to improve step by step.

Grind, grind, grind.

Lu Wei sat with her back to him, hunched over the familiar desk copying. Her thin summer short sleeves outlined the trace of a delicate spine on her back. Under the table, her white, thin, youthful legs were faintly visible.

Every day in the cramped space, Zhai Da had already gotten used to the scent on her.

It was a fresh fragrance with a fruity undertone. Although he knew rationally that it was the combined effect of soap and shampoo, he still subconsciously sniffed it often.

The playing cards kept flipping in his hands, but his mind had already drifted far away.

Tomorrow was the weekend, and he had many things to do. After skipping evening self-study, he had more disposable time.

Although the results of the previous series of small tests hadn't been announced, Zhai Da had a clear idea during the answering process. At the very least, the first-tier university cutoff was firmly within reach.

He remembered clearly that because of the chaos with the new regulations, under the condition of filling out applications with known scores, this year's first-tier cutoff was a pitiful 330. Of course, this wasn't good news, because it happened under the premise that a large number of students were cut down by the college entrance exam, forcing a reduction.

Under the premise that he didn't need to grind himself to death and could steadily cross the mountain of the college entrance exam, did he have the energy to do other things?

Like finding equipment, like earning some money, like planning for his career... when he goes to college in the future, he couldn't still ask his family for 700 a month for living expenses, right?

He didn't know if Yu Yu Xiaoli was suffering, but he knew he would definitely suffer if he did that.

Just as he was calculating, Zhai Da's phone rang twice, and two messages came in.

One was a notification that 10,000 yuan had been credited to his bank card.

This bank card was something Zhai Da had begged Yu Yu Xiaoli to get for him when he got his ID card at sixteen, feeling he was all grown up. However, the amount in it had never exceeded two digits, protected for years by a six-digit password.

10,000 yuan was equivalent to nearly half a year of Yu Yu Xiaoli's salary, and Lu Wei would have to work for more than half a year, yet he had only written a hundred or so words.

The gap in labor compensation was undoubtedly reflected.

But in fact, this wasn't exaggerated. More than a decade ago, when ordinary workers were earning dozens of yuan in wages, some people were making hundreds of thousands in business. When ordinary families were smashing pots and selling iron for dowries, others were living in luxury in KTVs.

Money flows to those who don't lack money, and love flows to those who don't lack love.

Only suffering flows to those who lack both money and love; it has been like this since ancient times.

And he had two more such amounts coming. If the "milking" plan could succeed, there would be more income.

Once this wave stabilized, he planned to have a showdown with Yu Yu Xiaoli and start sharing the family's pressure.

The other message was from Lu Lu Lu Siwen, who said she had posted the blog according to Zhai Da's request.

The view count rose by 200 within five minutes. Neither of them knew what this number meant, and Lu Lu Lu Siwen couldn't keep staring at it; she still had to continue studying.

How high the view count could go and whether the effect of the 【Joker Poker】 could extend to the internet through the photo might have to wait a while to be known.

Literary Girl: "Classmate Zhai, is the new content for *Long Journey of Lu Tu* written?"

Handsome Zhai: "Yes, I've written quite a bit. I'll show you next week."

Literary Girl: "Is my fountain pen easy to use?"

Zhai Da subconsciously looked at Lu Wei's back: "Very easy to use, I like it very much."

Faintly, a voice seemed to drift through the void.

Listening carefully, it sounded like "*man."

Putting down his phone, Zhai Da had no heart to practice magic, so he simply took a lazy desk board from under the bed and propped it up on the bed.

He found a notebook and a pen.

Since he was idle anyway, he might as well write a bit more of *Long Journey of Lu Tu*... it was over 100,000 words in total... no need to drag it out.

An hour later, when Zhai Da looked up again, Lu Wei was squatting by the bed.

Zhai Da:?

Lu Wei stared with big eyes: "It really works, but an hour has passed. Touch my hand again..."

Zhai Da smiled: "Physical contact is enough."

Then he high-fived Lu Wei in the air.

"Clap!"

Zhai Da thought that such situations would be very common in the future, so he said: "Let's make up a set of moves, like a secret handshake high-five."

Lu Wei's eyes lit up: "You say it."

"First like this... then come back and touch the back of the hand..."

——

In the living room, Yu Yu Xiaoli, who had recently developed the habit of watching TV on mute, heard the "clap," "clap," "clap" sounds from the room, and her heart skipped a beat.

After a moment of silence, she stood up.

"I'll go cut some fruit..." ===== CHAPTER 59 =====