Chapter 1212: New Deskmate
Zhou Chengchen rarely had tablemates, and even if there were, they were mostly like Zhang Xiao, not very familiar, except for Xi Siyan, Liu Xiaoyu was considered a tablemate Zhou Chengchen was more familiar with.
Liu Xiaoyu was very simple-minded, without those messy, floral thoughts; his focus was basically only on studying, and it was only when Zhou Chengchen mentioned Xi Siyan that his eyes would light up.
At one point, Zhou Chengchen even wondered if Liu Xiaoyu might be gay.
During this period, there was another thing considered a major event for City No.1 Middle School.
The competition results came out before, and there was one first prize in the senior year, while the best results in the sophomore year were Xi Siyan’s second prize and Zhou Qi’s third prize.
Without guaranteed admission, when Zhou Chengchen heard this news, she immediately found Xi Siyan, she prepared a lot of comforting words, but when she saw that Xi Siyan seemed entirely indifferent, Zhou Chengchen suddenly couldn’t say anything.
Xi Siyan seemed wholly unaffected; Zhou Chengchen circled him several times, confirmed he was indeed okay, and then calmed down.
Conversely, Xi Siyan, seeing her relieved expression, smiled and rubbed Zhou Chengchen’s head: "Didn’t I mention to you before? This time was a trial. Next time, it will be serious."
Zhou Chengchen looked at Xi Siyan with bright eyes and nodded heavily: "Mm."
Naturally, Liu Xiaoyu knew the news too, and when he learned from Zhou Chengchen that Xi Siyan didn’t take the small failure to heart and was ready to return, Liu Xiaoyu’s admiration for Xi Siyan deepened.
In the second semester of the sophomore year, all teachers were busy catching up with classes to prepare for the all-out battle in senior year.
Zhou Chengchen could also clearly feel the pressure had increased a lot, and it seemed all teachers were following a pattern of difficult first, easy later; now, whether it was homework or some small quizzes, they all became considerably harder than before.
Other subjects were alright, but the math, where Zhou Chengchen was originally relatively weak, instantly exposed its vulnerability after the increase in difficulty.
Previously, she liked to pester Xi Siyan to explain the problems to her, but now Zhou Chengchen felt she shouldn’t bother him often.
From Zhou Qi’s side, Zhou Chengchen could also feel the increased pressure of the competition class, even Zhou Qi reduced a lot of game time, it was imaginable.
Lying on the desk, Zhou Chengchen looked at the paper in front of her and sighed deeply.
Liu Xiaoyu woke up groggily and saw Zhou Chengchen’s despondent look, shyly smiled: "What’s wrong?"
"Couldn’t figure it out."
Liu Xiaoyu glanced at the test paper, found his glasses and put them on: "Let me teach you."
Liu Xiaoyu’s tone was very casual, but Zhou Chengchen was taken aback: "You?"
It wasn’t meant to belittle him; it’s just that after being tablemates for so long, Liu Xiaoyu had never shown such confidence in teaching her. Although she knew he had rather uneven strengths in subjects, but because he’s so low-key and shy, Zhou Chengchen naturally forgot about it.
Now hearing Liu Xiaoyu say this, Zhou Chengchen was subconsciously surprised for a moment.
But after speaking, Zhou Chengchen realized her words were inappropriate, carrying a hint of contempt, and was about to say something to remedy it when Liu Xiaoyu casually replied: "Although I can’t compare to the masters, my math is okay."
Seeing Liu Xiaoyu genuinely didn’t mind, Zhou Chengchen didn’t explain further, pushed the paper in front of Liu Xiaoyu: "Then teach me well."