Lu Xiaobu was dragged in by the girl.
"Big brother, take a seat. I’ll finish the last question and then join you."
Ling’er said to Lu Xiaobu, then continued to study hard under the dim light.
Lu Xiaobu used the dim light to take a look around Ling’er’s room.
Her room was not small, clearly built by people from the village.
However, the room only had a bed and a desk, nothing else, making it seem quite empty.
After looking around briefly and finding nothing interesting, Lu Xiaobu’s gaze settled on Ling’er, who was biting her pen while solving problems.
Lu Xiaobu instinctively spoke out.
"Yeah, I’m not very solid with some of this material."
Without looking up, Ling’er casually replied, "Big brother, how did you do on your college entrance exam?"
"College entrance exam top scorer."
Lu Xiaobu responded casually.
"Oh, the top scorer, huh."
Ling’er nodded her head.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Ling’er’s pen dropped onto the table. She turned around, looking incredulously at Lu Xiaobu: "Top... top... top scorer?!"
Then, he slapped his forehead. Damn, he had blurted out without thinking!
Now, she would definitely want him to teach her.
But, he actually didn’t know how!
"Big brother, please teach me!"
Ling’er’s eyes lit up with intense brightness, as if she had found a treasure.
Seeing Ling’er’s eager expression gave Lu Xiaobu a headache.
Idle chit-chat, why even mention it?
But whatever, he didn’t want to let the girl down. He might as well help her.
"Wait a moment, I’ll find you a professional teacher. I’m not good at teaching."
Lu Xiaobu took out his phone and said.
"No need, no need, don’t bother others!"
Upon hearing that he was going to make a phone call to others, Ling’er quickly waved her hand.
Meanwhile, her eyes couldn’t help showing a touch of disappointment.
In her mind, it probably seemed like Lu Xiaobu didn’t really want to teach her.
After all, no one would believe that a top college entrance exam scorer couldn’t teach.
But little did she know, Lu Xiaobu truly didn’t know how!
Lu Xiaobu didn’t respond to Ling’er, and directly made a call: "Sister Lan, find a high school teacher, a good one, and connect them to my phone for video teaching."
"Alright, Young Master."
Liang Lan responded immediately.
In less than ten minutes, Liang Lan had gotten back to Lu Xiaobu, and a video call request came in on the phone.
Lu Xiaobu accepted the call.
"Hello, Young Master Bu."
A female teacher in the video greeted respectfully.
"Right, there’s a student here. Please teach her."
"Liang told me about it already."
The teacher nodded, indicating she understood.
"Okay, then you two go ahead and talk." Lu Xiaobu brought the phone to Ling’er: "Here you go."
"This... this... this..."
The girl showed a hint of embarrassment but still took the phone: "Thank you, big brother."
"I’m going to sleep. I’m tired."
Lu Xiaobu waved his hand as he spoke.
No mobile to play with, might as well sleep early.
Ling’er nodded vigorously, holding the phone like a precious treasure, respectfully said to the teacher in the phone, "Hello, teacher."
"Alright, let’s begin. Do you have any questions?"
The female teacher was very pleased with Ling’er’s attitude, so she went straight to the point.
Lu Xiaobu went off to sleep.
From time to time, he could still hear Ling’er’s soft exclamation, mostly shocked by the revelation of the teacher’s identity.
Lu Xiaobu had personally given Liang Lan instructions, so she was definitely going to find a one-in-a-million excellent teacher, no doubt about that.
"Wow, so you’re the famous Teacher Li."
"You explain so well!"
"So that’s how it is!"
This little girl was fully immersed in the sea of knowledge, something Lu Xiaobu couldn’t relate to; he was still immersed in the tempestuous waves of Duke Zhou’s daughters!
The next morning, Lu Xiaobu, who wasn’t used to the bed, got up.
He immediately saw Ling’er standing in front of him, giving her a big scare.
Lu Xiaobu looked at Ling’er’s almost crying face, and was momentarily stunned.
"I... I broke it! Big brother, I’m sorry!"
Ling’er held up the cellphone with her hands, her eyes starting to shimmer with tears.
Lu Xiaobu took the cellphone, looked at it, and saw it had just run out of power.
He was speechless: "It’s just out of power."
Upon hearing this, Ling’er immediately patted her little chest in relief.
She thought she had broken it and was wondering how to compensate for it.
"Have you not seen this kind of cellphone before?"
Lu Xiaobu asked her back.
Although it had only been two years since he started using a smartphone, it should have become widespread by now.
Even though his phone was indeed a bit more advanced than the market’s.
But the little girl surely shouldn’t be clueless about the phone running out of power.
"I’ve seen others use it, but I’ve never used one myself, so I didn’t know."
Ling’er held her clothes nervously, her face blushing up to her ears.
She indeed had never used one, even if she had seen them, she hadn’t seen one as advanced as Lu Xiaobu’s.
So, when she saw the black screen, her first thought was that it was broken, and she worried about it for a while!
"Oh." Lu Xiaobu nodded and then asked curiously, "How long have you been studying?"
His phone’s battery was very full.
The little girl’s head hung even lower.
She felt a bit guilty for taking advantage, and it was really embarrassing.
"Why are you embarrassed?"
Lu Xiaobu rolled his eyes and stood up to pat the girl’s head: "As long as you’re not tired, that’s fine. I can’t work that hard anyway."
"But big brother, you’re smart!" Ling’er quickly responded, "You were the top scorer in the college entrance exam! I’m very dumb!"
Lu Xiaobu, looking at the innocent Ling’er, was somewhat at a loss for words!
After all, his top score came from cheating, cough cough!
"Ling’er, didn’t you make room for the guests last night?"
At that moment, the old grandma’s voice came over, carrying a hint of anger.
Ling’er replied promptly.
"Then where did you sleep?" The grandma scolded: "I’m not senile yet, don’t lie to me!"
Ling’er stuck out her tongue at Lu Xiaobu and quickly ran out to explain to her grandma.
From time to time, they could still hear the grandma’s exclamations.
"What? Top scorer of college entrance exam?"
"What, you found a teacher? And from a key high school’s gold medal teacher?!"
"My goodness! You studied all night?!"
Though Grandma didn’t understand things like smartphones, her years of experience told her—there’s no such thing as a free lunch!
Why would a gold medal teacher from a key university tutor you all night?!
It definitely involved money!
And surely a substantial amount!
She gritted her teeth: "Ling’er, go attend to the guests, I’ll go slaughter the chicken."
Ling’er was instantly shocked: "Grandma, slaughter the chicken?!"
That laying hen was the only property their family had!
And now, grandma wanted to kill it?!