176 Back to School
Qiao Yi was relatively well-behaved over the next few days perhaps because of Qiao Yue’s warning.
Qiao Yue’s injuries were almost healed. Although she cared more about fulfilling her filial duties to her grandfather than her studies, Old Master Qiao had specially called her over and told her to study hard. She couldn’t break her grandfather’s heart.
The night before she went back to school, Qiao Yu came to Qiao Yue’s room.
He also brought with him a large stack of new notes and practice questions.
Qiao Yue looked at the notes and practice questions, which had all been neatly annotated by Qiao Yu using different colored pens.
He also took out plastic sheets of different colors. “This is a learning method I heard from someone. Use different colored sheets to cover the answers.”
He flipped open to a practice question where he had written his explanation in red. He covered his annotations with a red plastic sheet, leaving only the question visible. “Practice once without looking at the explanation and then read the explanation. It’s much more convenient this way and you can practice as many times as needed.”
“Did fourth brother worked hard like this to become a top student?” Qiao Yue said as she flipped through the book.
“That’s not necessary. I’m usually able to get everything right on my first try but based on fifth brother’s current academic performance, I think such learning method is necessary.”
The corners of Qiao Yue’s mouth twitched. She had indeed succeeded in her role as a terrible student.
“After all, I don’t want you to lose your bet with Sun Bin.”
At the mention of Sun Bin, Qiao Yue suddenly remembered her bet with Sun Bin using their year-end results.
It was almost November now, and the mid-term exams were just around the corner. The final exams were only two months away.
“I heard that Sun Bin has been studying very hard recently, burning the midnight oil every day. You have been recuperating for a month because of your injury. If you don’t study hard now, you will be wasting my effort of transferring you to my class.”
Qiao Yue almost spat blood.
She didn’t really care about the bet. After all, whether she remained in Harvey wasn’t something that could be decided by just a bet.
She entered Harvey with a letter of recommendation. Even if she wanted to drop out, she would probably be forced to stay. If she tested for real and did better than Sun Bin and Sun Bin had to drop out, the Sun family would probably kick up a fuss. That would be another storm.
Qiao Yu looked at Qiao Yue’s troubled expression and thought that she was not motivated enough to study. He reached out and ruffled her hair. “If you beat Sun Bin, I’ll buy you a motorcycle. You can choose any model you want.”
Qiao Yue raised her eyebrows. She didn’t lack motorcycles, but if it was a gift from her family because of her grades, she was interested.
She was raised by the Godfather, and he had never given her any rewards.
The relationship between the two were unlike that between a normal parent and child. The Godfather always liked fair trade. Whatever she wanted, she had to give something in exchange.
Qiao Yue didn’t know familial love until she came to the Qiao family.
The two chatted for a while more before Qiao Yu left.
Qiao Yue opened the book of practice questions and looked at the questions.
These questions were not difficult. To her, it was like a college student solving 1+1. Moreover, the process of solving the questions was too cumbersome for her. But it was understandable. After all, they were given points for effort!
Qiao Yue glanced at it a while more before she put down the book of practice questions. She then picked up the notes and started reading.
Her memory was surprisingly good, and she quickly grasped the latest lessons.
She looked at her watch and realized that it was already very late. She could not help but feel a little puzzled.
She had been sleeping well since she came back to Nanshan Village half a year ago. She even slept more than before.
After she came to the Qiao family, she often felt tired.
Perhaps it was because of her chronic fatigue from before, she tried to catch up on sleep whenever she had down time. But she hadn’t been so sleepy lately.
At the thought of this, she checked her pulse. It seemed fine. Perhaps she had rested well during her recuperation. She read another book before we went to bed.
The next morning, Old Master Qiao and the rest of the family sat at the table for breakfast.