Chapter 20: Perhaps It's Fate!

County No. 2 Middle School, evening self-study class.

Li Ye rested his chin on one hand, looked sideways at his seatmate Wen Leyu, and a mischievous smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

"Little thing, know now that there are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens?"

That day, Wen Leyu kindly gave Li Ye an English paper to help him improve his grades so he could get into the Foreign Languages Institute,

but unexpectedly, it led to Li Ye's "return gift," and the two began a "you give me one, I give you one" mutual assistance.

For example, today, Wen Leyu excitedly took out an English paper for Li Ye, only to find that Li Ye took out a set of three papers: math, physics, and chemistry.

Wen Leyu asked Li Ye curiously where the papers came from. Li Ye brushed it off with a "secret" and then let her struggle in the sea of questions.

Watching Wen Leyu wrinkle her delicate little face into a bun, a sense of "cultivation" pleasure grew in Li Ye's heart.

Wen Leyu's basic knowledge was unexpectedly solid. She had indeed never encountered many types of questions, but after deep thought, she could also find the correct method.

Even for the kind she really couldn't solve, as long as Li Ye gave a little guidance, she could not only understand it immediately but also draw inferences about other cases.

【This is a seed of a top student!】

Li Ye could conclude that in the entire repeat Class 1, no one had better learning aptitude than Wen Leyu. Getting into a national key university was a sure thing; with cultivation, getting into Qingbei was promising.

And Wen Leyu was successfully ignited by Li Ye's "fighting spirit" for doing questions. Whenever she finished one of Li Ye's papers, she would lift her chin slightly toward Li Ye like a victorious soldier, waiting for praise.

That cute and beautiful look made Li Ye, who was decades old combined in two lives, sigh—"After many years, this old man's heart is moved again."

"Tread, tread, tread~"

With the sound of a light door opening, a figure entered the classroom and walked toward Li Ye.

It was actually Wen Leyu's mother, Mr. Ke.

Li Ye sensed that Mr. Ke was looking for him and was about to stand up to greet her, but Mr. Ke waved her hand and took out a letter, handing it to Wen Leyu.

Wen Leyu's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly opened the envelope and began to read the letter.

And Mr. Ke tapped Li Ye's desk lightly and walked out.

Li Ye understood and hurriedly stood up to follow, while Wen Leyu was completely attracted by the letter in her hand and didn't even notice Li Ye going out.

As soon as Li Ye stepped out of the door, he heard countless whispers behind him.

"Look, look, I knew Li Ye was going to be in trouble. He actually dared to hook up with Mr. Ke's daughter; he really doesn't know how to die."

"No way! They are seatmates; discussing problems is normal. Don't you also often act intimately with Wang Chunhua?"

"What intimacy? We are discussing literature. Does Li Ye understand literature?"

Li Ye frowned, feeling a bit puzzled in his heart.

If Mr. Ke wanted to stop Wen Leyu from having excessive contact with him, Li Ye could understand.

After all, a fallen phoenix... is still a phoenix. Li Ye's family background could at most be considered decent in Qingshui County; there was a gap between him and someone like Wen Leyu who could achieve nirvana and immortality at any time.

But if that were really the case, why would Wen Leyu come to evening self-study?

After Mr. Ke was hired by County No. 2 Middle School, a dormitory was cleared for her in the school, and the mother and daughter usually lived in the school.

Because the English foundation of the students at County No. 2 Middle School was relatively poor, Mr. Ke would sit in the office every night, and some studious students could find her to answer questions at any time.

So when the mother and daughter first arrived at the school, Wen Leyu was in her mother's office, accompanying her mother in evening self-study.

But ever since Li Ye started exchanging papers with Wen Leyu, Wen Leyu had been attending evening self-study in repeat Class 1 for several consecutive days.

If Mr. Ke wanted to deliberately keep the two at a distance, wouldn't it be enough to just let Wen Leyu go back to the office to do questions? Why look for him?

A person of this high level shouldn't play the clumsy trick of "I'll give you a million, leave my daughter," right?

"Sit!"

Mr. Ke led Li Ye into her office and closed the door behind her.

This made Li Ye's confusion even heavier.

Not to mention that it's the 80s, even in later generations, if a teacher of the opposite sex called a student to the office to be alone, they would leave the door open to avoid gossip.

"Sit down! Don't overthink it; I just have some things I want to understand from you."

Mr. Ke personally pulled out a chair for Li Ye, which made the latter feel somewhat flattered.

After Li Ye sat down, Mr. Ke asked earnestly: "Were you and Xiaoyu very familiar before?"

".........."

【Whether I'm familiar with your daughter or not, don't you know?】

Li Ye was very puzzled. In the memories he inherited from the original owner, there wasn't much information about Wen Leyu; the two were just "acquaintances."

However, hearing Mr. Ke say this, Li Ye realized that Wen Leyu's attitude toward him seemed somewhat different.

Wen Leyu had been at County No. 2 Middle School for many days, and she seemed to be deliberately keeping her distance from others, and keeping it very skillfully.

But this little girl's treatment of Li Ye was clearly different from others, from passing small notes at the beginning to helping with questions later, feeling not far from a female best friend.

But Li Ye couldn't say this to her mother. He could only say ambiguously: "Sorry, Mr. Ke, Wen Leyu and I... weren't very familiar before. Why did you suddenly ask this?"

Mr. Ke smiled, pondered for a moment, and said: "Maybe you've also discovered that Xiaoyu is a bit timid and rarely communicates or talks to people, but I've discovered these days that she seems to be very compatible with you? Is that right?"

Li Ye didn't understand, so he said: "Mr. Ke, we are helping each other in our studies. Do you feel... there is anything inappropriate?"

Mr. Ke was surprised.

She understood what Li Ye meant, and was very surprised by Li Ye's sensitivity.

Li Ye was actually explicitly asking her: "Do you disagree with me communicating and contacting your daughter?"

An eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy actually had such sensitive thoughts, and his speech was logical and measured; calling him a young talent was not an exaggeration.

Mr. Ke liked Li Ye more and more the more she looked at him, and hurriedly said: "Li Ye, you misunderstood. I don't feel there is anything inappropriate between you and Xiaoyu. I hope this kind of help can continue, and... can deepen a bit."

Mr. Ke, what do you mean by this? Do you want me to change how I address you now?

Li Ye almost thought in the wrong direction.

"Xiaoyu told me a lot of things yesterday, some were asking about test questions, some were about you... In any case, I hope you can maintain this state."

Mr. Ke took some test questions from the desk drawer and handed them to Li Ye, saying: "I've come up with some test questions. You and Xiaoyu do them together, learn from each other, and help each other."

Li Ye finally understood Mr. Ke's painstaking efforts.

Maybe something happened in the past few years, and Wen Leyu developed the habit of not liking to talk, and she probably didn't talk much with her mother either.

This wasn't a problem that could be cured by injections or medicine, and Mr. Ke was probably worried to death about Wen Leyu.

Poor parents all over the world. Now that Mr. Ke found that Wen Leyu was "compatible" with Li Ye, she placed her hope on him, an outsider.

Li Ye took the test questions and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Ke. Wen Leyu's English and Chinese are both very good. I will ask her for more advice."

Mr. Ke's eyes lit up, and she nodded: "Then thank you. However, Xiaoyu might have a little temper, and I hope you can tolerate it more."

"Okay, I understand."

Li Ye left Mr. Ke's office and returned to the repeat Class 1 classroom.

Wen Leyu had already finished reading the letter. Seeing Li Ye return, she wrote on a note: "What did my mother call you to do?"

Li Ye said naturally: "Mr. Ke took a few test papers and wanted to test me. I don't know how to do many of the questions, so you help me take a look."

Wen Leyu was indeed interested. She took Li Ye's paper, looked at it, picked up her fountain pen, wrote out the answers in a few strokes, and began to explain the questions to Li Ye.

Seeing her dancing with joy, she was clearly very happy.

For the past two days, she had been suppressed by Li Ye's sea of questions, almost damaging the little girl's self-esteem. Now, finally, there was a time when Li Ye had to beg her, the top student Wen!

Outside the window of the back door of the classroom, Mr. Ke sighed lightly, her eyes full of expectation.

Her daughter hadn't been this active for a long time; she rarely talked to her usually, but now... perhaps it's fate! ===== CHAPTER 21 =====