Glancing back at Hu Yuying, Long Aotian couldn't help but feel a strange urge to laugh. Following behind him, she looked like a little tail attached to him.
After returning to the classroom,
Hu Yuying began rummaging through her backpack.
Soon, she pulled out a few worn-out notebooks.
The contents of these notebooks were meticulously recorded by her.
They were all the key points taught by the teachers.
Hu Yuying's excellent academic performance was largely thanks to these notebooks.
Now, she placed all of them on Long Aotian's desk.
"This one contains the key points from the first year of high school, and this one is from the second year..." Hu Yuying sorted the notebooks to make it easier for Long Aotian to review.
Looking at the stack of notebooks, Long Aotian couldn't help but break into a sweat. "Isn't this a bit too much?"
"Not at all. These are all important points," Hu Yuying replied calmly, as if it were nothing. If it weren't for the fact that she was often bullied, she could have written even more.
"Alright, I'll take a look," Long Aotian said. Having dropped out of high school and spent years navigating the complexities of society, coupled with the rapid development of technology, he hadn't written with a pen in years.
Seeing the neat handwriting in the notebooks, he couldn't resist picking up a pen and scribbling a bit.
After seeing Long Aotian's notes, Hu Yuying roughly understood his academic level.
"Brother Long, how about I tutor you?"
This was the only skill Hu Yuying could confidently offer, and the only way she could help Long Aotian.
Long Aotian had taken her under his wing, and in return, she could tutor him—at least it proved she wasn't completely useless.
"Won't it interfere with your studies?" Long Aotian asked, clearing his throat.
He knew exactly how poor his foundation was.
In the original story, Long Aotian, the antagonist, didn't excel academically either. His father had used connections and money to send him to a third-rate vocational college.
Because the plot required the antagonist, this vocational college was conveniently located across from the university Hu Yuying attended.
Most importantly, the original novel didn't include Hu Yuying tutoring the antagonist.
With the intense workload of the final year of high school, would tutoring Long Aotian affect Hu Yuying's performance and cause her to miss her dream university?
If she missed it, would she still become a rising star in the business world? That was the question.
Hu Yuying looked at Long Aotian, her eyes inadvertently reddening.
"What's wrong?" Seeing her eyes well up, Long Aotian immediately felt uncomfortable.
"Nothing," Hu Yuying mumbled softly.
She was just deeply moved.
Someone who had long been ignored and bullied would react this way.
The slightest bit of kindness from others would touch her heart for a long time.
No one had ever cared whether helping them would inconvenience her.
They only ever bossed her around...
But this older brother, whom she had just met today, not only helped her but also took her under his wing, treated her to lunch, and now was concerned about whether tutoring him would interfere with her studies.
The kindness of a stranger could unexpectedly break down one's defenses.
"If it's nothing, why are your eyes red? Don't tell me you're about to cry because you're moved by me. Be careful, or I'll hit you!"
"You'd hit me even though I'm moved by you?" Hu Yuying asked softly.
Long Aotian saw Hu Yuying's teary eyes fixed on him and awkwardly looked away, though his tone softened considerably. "Don't think being moved by me means I won't hit you."
Most people would get upset upon hearing this, but Hu Yuying was different. She had truly been bullied too much. She glanced at Long Aotian timidly and whispered with little confidence, "Brother Long, can you not hit me?"
Seeing her timid demeanor, Long Aotian couldn't help but laugh in exasperation. "You're so spineless. Don't tell anyone you're my follower when we're out."
In the final year of high school, there weren't many new lessons to teach.
The afternoon was mostly spent practicing problems.
Hu Yuying reviewed Long Aotian's test paper, and the more she looked, the more shocked she became. It was almost unbelievable how he managed to avoid every correct answer with such precision.
"How did I do?" Long Aotian asked with a frown. He had put a lot of effort into this test, and it was the first time in years he had picked up a pen to write. He couldn't help but feel a little anticipation.
"9."
"What? Over 90 points?" Long Aotian was stunned. "Damn, I didn't know I was such a genius!"
It was hard to say he wasn't excited.
If he had known he was a genius, he would have tightened his belt and finished high school back then.
If he had finished high school and gone to college, would his life have turned out differently?
Seeing Long Aotian so excited, Hu Yuying awkwardly said, "Brother Long, it's not over 90 points. It's 9 points."
"No way. Look again. With so many fill-in-the-blank questions, even if I stepped on the paper, I could guess at least 20 points. How could I only get 9?"
Long Aotian would rather believe Hu Yuying had made a mistake than accept that his carefully written test paper had only earned him 9 points.
"Brother Long, I've checked carefully. You really got 9 points, and 2 of those were bonus points for neat handwriting."
"So you're saying I only scored 7 points?" Long Aotian found it hard to accept.
If he had just scribbled randomly, it would be one thing, but he had put genuine effort into this!
Seeing Long Aotian deeply doubting himself, Hu Yuying softly said, "Brother Long, look at this problem. It should be solved like this."
Hu Yuying began working through the problem on scratch paper, and soon a complete formula was derived.
She broke down each step of the solution clearly.
Long Aotian glanced at it and not only understood but also grasped the method.
"What about this one? I spent a lot of time solving this."
"But you misread the question. This problem is asking for this, but you calculated that instead. Brother Long, read the question carefully again."
Hu Yuying focused on the problem, her tone and the confidence in her eyes making her seem like a completely different person.
This aura was entirely unlike her usual self.
Long Aotian couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.
Not hearing a response from Long Aotian, Hu Yuying, who was explaining the problem, looked up.
Their eyes met, and Hu Yuying instinctively touched her face. "Is there something on my face?"
"No, it's just that you look really beautiful when you smile."
"You should smile more."
Hu Yuying bit her lip lightly, and the tips of her ears quickly turned red.
"It's... it's nothing," she said, nervously turning slightly away. Her hands fidgeted, as if only through these constant small movements could she hide the shyness in her heart...
n] Top-tier player Zhou Yi died and was reborn into the body of a hopeless simp who shared his name. His first love callously dumped him for a rich heir, his childhood sweetheart saw him as an embarrassment, the ice-cold campus beauty looked down on him—every woman he ever loved treated him like a pathetic doormat. But later, his ex came crawling back in tears: "Yi, I was wrong. Please take me back." His childhood sweetheart became hopelessly devoted: "Yi, just one more glance from you is all I ask." The aloof campus belle blushed as she handed him a love letter: "Zhou Yi, I was blind before. Will you accept my feelings?" To all of them, Zhou Yi just smiled. "Sorry, too late. I’m done with love." Oh, and he also gained a system—every time he earned a woman’s affection, his looks improved and his bank account grew. Soon, he became the nation’s most eligible bachelor, with socialites and heiresses begging for his attention...
world slacker. But a genius female disciple just had to get clingy, insisting that he take her as a disciple. Not only that, she was always making advances on him, thoroughly disrupting his peaceful slacker life...
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
