Chapter 57: Giving Up Halfway VS Active Effort ③
Huang Yan nodded, “Nie Qiu asked me to show you all my mathematics notebooks. I… I made so many mistakes…” Huang Yan looked at Peng Yu Yang a little embarrassed, “But, for the things I didn’t know, I asked the teacher and Nie Qiu, and now I know how to do them!”
“For every type of problem I didn’t know how to do, I would ask Nie Qiu. Nie Qiu would find practice problems for me. If there were parts I didn’t understand, I would also ask her, and she would explain them to me very carefully. I basically know all the schoolwork we’ve learned so far. Peng Yu Yang, you mustn’t give up halfway! Today, because of you, Nie Qiu didn’t even finish a whole class!” Seeing that Peng Yu Yang didn’t reply, Huang Yan smiled at him, “Everyone else has gone to physical education class, aren’t you going?”
This person in front of me, this person named Huang Yan, is she not just like him, only starting to study a week ago? Why has she already used up so many notebooks just for mathematics homework?
So, it’s because he wasn’t working hard enough?
What was he doing yesterday after finishing his homework? That’s right, he went to the arcade with his peers from the residential area.
“I’ve already written this much, that’s enough. Let’s go to the arcade to play games!” After finishing his homework yesterday, he thought.
“Anyway, the physics teacher’s homework isn’t due until the day after tomorrow, so it’s the same if I write it tomorrow.” After finishing his homework the day before yesterday, he thought.
“I got it wrong again! Sigh… Anyway, the teacher is going to explain this problem tomorrow, I’ll fix it tomorrow.” After getting a problem wrong before, he thought.
Had he… really worked hard enough?
Peng Yu Yang looked at the notebook in his hand and murmured, “Giving up halfway? Is that why my homework is always crossed out? Is that why my homework is always wrong?”
“Peng Yu Yang?” Huang Yan bent down and looked at him, confused.
“Huang Yan.” Peng Yu Yang picked up the notebook from the ground, stood up, and handed it to Huang Yan. “I think you’re truly amazing.” He originally thought he had worked hard enough, but he never expected there to be someone even more diligent than him! What right did he have to complain? What right did he have to grumble? Clearly… clearly it was because he himself wasn’t working hard enough.
Huang Yan was stunned, her face turning a little red. She shyly took the notebook Peng Yu Yang handed over and smiled bashfully, “When Nie Qiu asked me to show you my notebooks, I actually didn’t want to! I thought you would laugh at me!”
“Heh heh.” Peng Yu Yang chuckled, wiping away a tear that had escaped, whether from sadness or happiness, and said softly, “Being able to work hard is the most amazing thing!”
“Huh? What did you say?” Huang Yan hadn’t heard clearly and asked in confusion.
“It’s nothing, let’s go to class! The Senior High School Entrance Examination also includes physical education!” He took Huang Yan’s hand and they walked out of the classroom together to attend physical education class. So what if it’s Class 10? What does Class 10 matter? As long as they work hard, they can still get into the schools they desire.
Nie Qiu, who was doing exercises with her classmates, saw Huang Yan and Peng Yu Yang and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed her method had worked.
Peng Yu Yang wasn’t unintelligent; he just wasn’t diligent enough. He would listen attentively in class, but he would also play very seriously after class. People like him wouldn’t make a detailed study plan outside of fixed study time. In other words, he wouldn’t even think about studying during his free time.
However, complaining to oneself or giving up on oneself would only lead to a decline in grades. She wanted Peng Yu Yang to look at Huang Yan’s homework so that he would realize he wasn’t working hard enough himself. This way, perhaps he could see his own shortcomings and study seriously.
Nie Qiu herself was also conflicted. She disliked people like Peng Yu Yang who would give up easily at the slightest setback, but she couldn’t just ignore it. Peng Yu Yang was just a child of fifteen or sixteen. She didn’t want this person to end up like this, to have his whole life be like this.
Huang Yan smiled at Nie Qiu, who was looking over, and secretly gave her a thumbs-up. She finally understood Nie Qiu’s purpose in asking her to show Peng Yu Yang her notebooks, and she was also happy to be able to help someone.
Ever since she first spoke to Nie Qiu about homework after Nie Qiu was discharged from the hospital, she knew Nie Qiu was actually a thoughtful and soft-hearted person. On the surface, she appeared indifferent and acted coldly, but she was more considerate and soft-hearted than many others.
Nie Qiu would patiently explain problems to her word by word, and even if she didn’t understand, she would repeat it over and over until she did. Although Nie Qiu clearly disliked Peng Yu Yang’s actions, she still found a way to help him get back on his feet.
Before, during class, she only thought about reading CEO romance novels, without considering how she would live her life in the future. Now, she understood that whether it was a Cinderella-type story or a princess-like one, they each had their own personalities, and they were all university students. At the very least, they had their own unique skills. The reason they could attract handsome CEOs was because of their uniqueness.
Everyone is unique in this world, and she also knew that she had her own personality. She fantasized about love in stories, but she also knew that if she didn’t work hard, she would only live in stories forever.
Just as Nie Qiu said, did she want to be supported by her parents her whole life? No, she didn’t. Did she want to be unknown in a factory her whole life? No, that kind of life was even less what she wanted.
So she worked hard. She wanted to get into a good school. She wanted to pursue a dream life like in the novels, experiencing all the happiness, sadness, and all the bittersweet moments like in the novels. She didn’t want to live a mediocre life.
Seeing Huang Yan give her a thumbs-up, Nie Qiu suddenly felt a bit embarrassed. She flusteredly turned with the group’s movements, twisting her arms and legs to keep up with the rhythm of the other students doing exercises.
Seeing this, Huang Yan couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh, but later she couldn’t hold it in and burst out laughing, “Hahaha…” She didn’t expect Nie Qiu to be shy, when she had… she had done a good deed!
Walking beside Huang Yan, Peng Yu Yang looked at her curiously and asked with a smile, “What are you laughing at?”
Seeing Peng Yu Yang ask her, Huang Yan lowered her head, “N-nothing…” She felt it was strange to be walking next to a boy.
Seeing that Huang Yan wasn’t saying anything, Peng Yu Yang didn’t press further, just smiled and said, “Huang Yan, from now on, after every class, can you teach me the knowledge points I’ve learned recently? Both physics and mathematics.”
“No, no, no, no!” Huang Yan waved her hands in a panic. “My own grades aren’t good! How can I teach you? I have to find Nie Qiu several times a day, and I have to find the teacher several times a day.”
“Just teach me what I learned today. I won’t ask you to teach me things you don’t understand. All my homework today was wrong!” Peng Yu Yang said, feigning a wronged expression. “I just said today that I wouldn’t study anymore. If I went to ask Nie Qiu or the teacher, people would definitely laugh at me. Huang Yan… Little Huang Yan… please teach me!”
