Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Something like that.”
Tang Qiaomiao’s response was nonchalant.
The physics teacher looked rather amused and sent the two girls back to their seats. However, he announced that Tang Qianmiao should stay behind after class.
No one was surprised. It was a standard procedure. This physics teacher almost always kept some of the students on after class for extra lessons. And of course, these were students who were far from excelling in their studies.
Hence, those who didn’t have to stay on after class would inevitably feel superior.
After the two girls had gone back to their seats, the physics teacher turned around, picked up the textbook, and started writing the steps for solving the second problem on the whiteboard. The students lowered their heads and began to take down notes.
At the end of the steps, the teacher simply wrote an equals symbol before Tang Qianmiao’s answer on the board.
Everyone was stunned and stopped writing.
“Sir, is that the correct answer?” Someone raised his hand and asked.
The physics teacher nodded and replied, “That’s correct. Tang Qianmiao has written the correct answer and the steps are all here. This is a contest problem and won’t normally be found in your exams. There’s no need to take down notes for it.”
Immediately, a pin-drop silence filled the air. Someone’s pen fell off the desk. The sound it made was clear as crystal.
Lin Wenyu’s expression was frozen. She didn’t seem to realize that her pen had dropped on the ground. Turning around, she stared at Tang Qianmiao with a look of disbelief.
Then she almost choked.
Seriously?
She wrote down the correct answer?
All the students from the top classes had the same expression of disbelief on their faces. Every one of them tried hard to find an explanation for this.
Those from the normal classes, on the other hand, smiled triumphantly. Meanwhile, those from the lagging classes showed no interest at all and continued doing their own thing.
“Tang Qianmiao, how did you arrive at the answer? It’s too clever,” someone from the top class couldn’t help asking.
Tang Qianmiao swept her gaze casually over those faces bearing an expression of wide-eyed surprise. Their suspicion and hostility were apparent.
So she answered clearly and deliberately, “I came across it previously in the guidebook.”
Everyone was stumped.
The students of the top classes heaved a sigh of relief and then laughed. Lin Wenyu picked up her pen from the floor, then turned and smiled at Shi Chengan, saying, “My cousin is really hard working. She stays up till late to study and reads more guide books than I do.
Shi Chengan glanced at Tang Qianmiao with an unfathomable expression in his eyes.
“An incapable person won’t get anywhere, no matter how hardworking she is,” Feng Chuchu sneered.
Although the physics teacher did not speak, he took a good look at Tang Qianmiao. At long last, the never-ending class was finally dismissed at the sound of the bell.
A total of five students had been asked to stay back after class. All of them were from the normal classes. The students from the lagging classes would normally not be asked to stay back as the teacher knew that they weren’t interested in learning. There was no point in keeping them after class.
Just as Tang Qianmiao was thinking of a way out, her cell phone suddenly rang once.
[I’m waiting at the main gate of your school. Feng Xian]
This guy… he wouldn’t give up.
She then typed out a reply.
[I’m busy. The teacher wants me to stay back after class.]
This should do the trick and put an end to it.
Sure enough, Feng Xian did not reply again.
Shortly after this, the physics teacher walked up to her and took the seat next to her.
“Qianmiao, just then…”
“Sir, I’ve just had something urgent come up and need to go.”
“A student’s focus should be on learning. You may leave in half an hour. But first, tell meーhow did you work out the answer to the given question?
“As I said earlier on, I came across it in the guidebooks.”
The teacher chuckled and said, “This child is still pretending with me. The fact is, that wasn’t even a contest problem. It was a new problem that a few other teachers and I developed. So tell me, where did you come across it?”
Tang Qianmiao did not look surprised but merely said, “Sir, I really do have to go urgently.”
Given her persistence, the teacher had no choice but to say, “Well then, get your parents to speak with me about it. If they allow you to leave, I’ll let you go.”
As he was saying this, a couple of knocks on the door were heard. When the both of them turned to look, they saw a handsome and elegant man at the doorway.
Feng Xian walked towards them. He looked at the teacher with no expression and said simply, “I’m her family, and I’m here to take her home.”