r18novel Chapter 69 Evening Self-Study
Chapter 69 Evening Self-Study
Chapter 69 Evening Self-Study
During the first week of school, there were no teachers during evening self-study sessions.
Therefore, participation in evening self-study sessions during the first week was voluntary.
classroom.
It is always filled with a unique scent that is a mixture of chalk dust, ink smell, and the faint smell of shampoo on the boys and girls.
It was a bit stuffy, but it also exuded a vibrant, hormonal energy.
Yu Chen sat by the window, and the evening breeze occasionally lifted a corner of the curtain, bringing with it the rustling sound of leaves outside.
He pushed the physics textbook sideways forward, making room for Xu Zhi to have her own "private territory".
"Hey, Yu Chen." Li Rui leaned over, twirling a pen in her hand, looking gossipy. "I heard you're going to tutor Xu Zhi? Don't make a mistake and lose face."
Li Rui came to evening self-study simply because he couldn't use his phone at home.
It's better to come to school and have fun.
Yu Chen didn't even look up, flipped open his workbook, and said lazily, "Who told me to be so bad at math? This is for survival, so I have to get things done even if I don't know how."
"That's true." Li Rui nodded in deep agreement. "Then you'd better be careful. Tan Xu, the one who delivered the soup today, is from one of the top classes in our school. You're messing with the big boss."
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Yu Chen paused for a moment, his pen still in his hand.
Tan Xu.
That harmless-looking engineering student in a plaid shirt.
"Oh." Yu Chen responded casually, a playful smile playing on his lips. "Perfect, I also want to see if his teaching methods are as old-fashioned as his plaid shirt."
As soon as he finished speaking, a slight commotion arose at the classroom door.
Xu Zhi has arrived.
She didn't carry a backpack, but only a lightweight canvas bag. Her hair was simply tied into a ponytail, revealing her slender, fair neck.
Cai Yingying, who was always inseparable from her, did not follow her.
I guess they've gone off to play somewhere.
Xu Zhi returned to her seat and sat down, carrying a slightly cool minty scent, like a bottle of ice-cold soda on a summer day.
"Shall we begin?" She turned around, spread out the draft paper, her eyes clear, with a hint of barely perceptible anticipation.
"Hmm." Yu Chen pointed to the workbook on the corner of the table. "Take a few questions to test your blind spots first. Don't blame me for not warning you, the test might be a bit of a blow to your confidence."
Xu Zhi raised an eyebrow, her competitive spirit rising: "Enough nonsense, give me the question."
Five minutes later, Xu Zhi put down her pen and pushed the draft paper over.
Yu Chen picked it up and took a look, his lips twitching.
Her solution steps were written neatly, like a model student, but in the crucial force analysis, she actually drew the direction of friction in the wrong direction.
It's like you're trying to go to Beijing, but the navigation system leads you to Antarctica. You've gone astray, and no matter how fast you run, it's all in vain.
"Here." Yu Chen picked up a pen and drew a large arrow on the draft paper, his tone carrying a hint of merciless mockery, "Miss Xu, do you think this little car is stupid? It's about to slide down, and you're drawing a downward force on it? Are you trying to help it speed up its rebirth? Friction opposes relative motion, understand? You have to pull it up! Your force analysis is even more confused than Cai Yingying eating snail noodles."
Xu Zhi leaned closer for a look, her face turning slightly red.
She reached out to snatch the draft paper back, her tone slightly annoyed and embarrassed: "I must have misread it, okay?"
Their fingers touched the edge of the paper.
Xu Zhi's fingers were icy cold, with a hint of minty coolness. Yu Chen's fingers were slightly warm.
The sensation at that moment was like a tiny electric current, a "whoosh".
Xu withdrew his hand as if he had been burned, his ears turning bright red.
"Then—say it again." She turned her head away, pretending to fix her hair to hide her embarrassment.
Yu Chen felt a strange urge to laugh.
It turns out that Xu Zhi can also get angry like this.
"Okay, let's start from the beginning. Physics, like daily life, is all about balance. Look at this force analysis diagram; it's like a game of chess—"
In order to make Xu Zhi understand, Yu Chen used all the metaphors he had ever learned.
"This pulley system is like Cai Yingying eating snail rice noodles. If you pull on the left, you have to move on the right. No one can be lazy, or they won't get any."
"And this circuit diagram, the current is like a group of students rushing to the cafeteria to grab braised pork. They squeeze to wherever the resistance is low, and they never take a detour."
Xu Zhi initially listened with a serious expression, but later she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
When she smiles, her eyes curve like crescent moons, much more vivid than her usual polite smile.
"Yu Chen, what kind of lousy metaphors are these? How tacky!"
"It's a bit broken, but did you understand?" Yu Chen raised an eyebrow, his face saying, "Praise me!"
"I understand." Xu Zhi nodded, her eyes sparkling as if filled with starlight. "You explained it much more interestingly than our physics teacher, although—it was a bit sarcastic."
Just then, someone walked into the classroom.
Tan Xu.
He held several brand-new competition problem sets in his hand, his gaze swept around the classroom, and finally landed precisely on Yu Chen and Xu Zhi's seats.
He walked over, his steps light, a gentle and polite smile on his face.
"Xu Zhi." Tan Xu's voice was gentle, with a rational restraint. "I just got the latest physics competition practice questions and thought you might need them, so I brought them over."
His gaze fell on Yu Chen, his eyes carrying a hint of inquiry and polite distance: "You are—"
Tutoring?
The atmosphere froze instantly.
Yu Chen, still twirling his pen, looked at him with a smile, seemingly oblivious to any offense: "Yes, I'm explaining physics to Xu Zhi. After all—" He paused, his tone light, "some fundamental things need to be grasped from the ground up, lest we can't even distinguish left from right in a pulley system later. Don't you think so?"
Tan Xu's gaze deepened: "A solid foundation is important, but elevating it is also crucial. Xu Zhi has great talent and shouldn't be limited to textbooks."
"Having talent is a good thing, but if you go astray, the higher your talent, the harder you'll fall." Yu Chen pointed to the question on the table marked with a big red cross. "For example, just now, Xu Zhi almost used friction as a bulldozer. If this happened in the college entrance exam, she would have nowhere to cry."
Xu Zhi, who was listening nearby, turned pale and glared at Yu Chen, then gave him a light kick.
Despite the pain, Yu Chen smiled even more brightly.
Tan Xu glanced at the question and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
Clearly, he also found it unbelievable that such a basic mistake would occur in Xu Zhi.
"Then I won't bother you any longer." Tan Xu placed the problem set on the corner of the table with meticulous movements. "Leave these problems here for now. Xu Zhi, take a look when you have time, and ask me anytime if you don't understand anything."
"Thank you." Xu Zhi nodded politely.
Tan Xu gave Yu Chen a deep look, then turned and left.
That silhouette, no matter how you look at it, exudes a "revenge is a dish best served cold" vibe.
The classroom fell silent again.
Xu Zhi sighed and picked up her pen: "Let's continue, Professor Yu."
"No rush." Yu Chen suddenly rummaged through his bag and pulled out a peeled orange.
He bought those fruit at the fruit shop that afternoon; they were golden and plump, emitting a sweet aroma.
He handed him an orange: "It's good for your brain. Physics is mentally taxing, especially teaching a genius like you."
Xu Zhi paused for a moment, looking at the golden orange, then at Yu Chen.
"Why do you still carry oranges with you?"
Yu Chen shoved an orange into her hand. "Eat it quickly, get some vitamins, or you'll pass out from being crushed by my intelligence later."
Xu Zhi lowered her head, peeled a petal, and put it in her mouth.
The sweet and sour juice burst in my mouth, washing away the boredom of evening self-study.
She watched Yu Chen's profile as he bent down to redraw on the draft paper. The light from the streetlamp shone on his face, outlining the boy's clean and neat features.
Yu Chen finished drawing and turned around to meet her gaze.
"What's wrong? Are the oranges tasty?"
Xu Zhi handed over the remaining oranges: "They're quite sweet. Here, have a segment."
Yu Chen didn't stand on ceremony and took it, stuffing it into his mouth.
"Yes, it is sweet."
He chewed on an orange and mumbled, "Then let's continue. This time, let's talk about this headache-inducing electromagnetic induction—"
The evening breeze swept away the summer heat, leaving only the scent of oranges filling the room.
【Ding】
[Xu Zhi's favorability +3, current favorability: 8]
[Note: Feeding successful, interaction pleasant. Host, please keep up the good work.]
Yu Chen looked at the system notification and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
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