Chapter 56: Giving Up Halfway VS Active Effort ②
Nie Qiu’s gaze and question froze Bai Ya.
Nie Qiu glanced at Bai Ya, turned, and walked back to her seat. She picked up a book and stared at the black and white text. After hearing Bai Ya’s words, she finally understood that the person just now was indeed her aunt. So why had this person come to the school to ask her where Nie Aiwen was? Could it be that Nie Aiwen had already separated from this person?
Chen Yan’s feigned look of being wronged just now was truly sickening. Her acting wasn’t good, yet she acted as if they had no choice.
Nie Qiu took a deep breath. It didn’t matter; she didn’t know where Nie Aiwen was anyway. She would ask him privately the next time he came to their house.
With the monthly exam just two weeks away, the upcoming studies were becoming quite intense. Apart from the elite classes like Class 1 to Class 5, the study atmosphere in Class 10 had also become a scenic sight for the school.
Because Class 10 had added weekend make-up classes, for the sake of fairness, students in other slow classes also had this added weekend make-up class. To earn their year-end bonuses, all subject teachers were putting in their best effort to teach the students.
Compared to students in other slow classes, Class 10, which was willing to study, was naturally more favored by the subject teachers.
Nie Qiu stood on the lectern holding the corrected homework. “Today, I am very happy. Everyone has improved very quickly. For the homework assigned yesterday, thirty-nine students got all the answers correct. For the few other students, the mistakes were in similar question types. Today, we will discuss these types of questions. Huang Yan, please help me distribute the homework with the group leaders.”
Huang Yan stood up, went to the lectern, and carried the notebooks down. She distributed them to the group leaders of the four groups and then helped them hand out the homework.
Those who got it right were naturally very happy. This sense of accomplishment was something they had never experienced before. Those who got it wrong were naturally not in a good mood, but they secretly resolved to study hard.
“Hey, hey, Peng Yu Yang, why did you get it wrong again?” Wang Chao Lei leaned his head towards his deskmate, looking at the homework in his hand. “Cross, cross, cross, red crosses.”
Peng Yu Yang ignored Wang Chao Lei, suddenly stood up, and declared angrily, “I’m not studying anymore!”
Nie Qiu, who was flipping through a book on the lectern, was startled. She looked at the boy who stood out among the students sitting in the classroom. “Peng Yu Yang? You’re not studying anymore? Why?” She had been in this class for quite some time and knew some of the students’ names.
Peng Yu Yang glanced at Nie Qiu, clutching the homework that had just been handed out. He turned and ran out of the classroom. He wanted to study too! But why could he never study well? No matter how hard he tried, no matter how much he studied, why was he always the one who made the most mistakes? His good buddies and close friends who studied with him had mocked him more than once, saying he had a low IQ. He clearly tried his best! Why did no one understand? Could it be… it was really because his IQ was low?
To be mocked by people who, like him, only played games, only read novels, and only daydreamed in class was something he simply couldn’t accept.
Have you lost your perseverance? Do you find studying boring? Nie Qiu lowered her head and couldn’t help but mock herself inwardly. So, some people are just hopeless, aren’t they? She raised her head and looked at the stunned students in the classroom, smiling with a hint of disappointment. “Is there anyone else like him? Who doesn’t want to study anymore? Is there anyone else who has given up on themselves like him? Those who give up without giving their all, what right do they have to say they studied? Opportunities are for those who are prepared. There is no free lunch in this world.”
Nie Qiu hummed softly and said loudly, “I don’t know how many people don’t want to study anymore like Peng Yu Yang. But, students without parents who are officials or wealthy parents, do you want to go to vocational school after graduation? Do you want to wash dishes and wipe tables for others after graduation? Do you want to face the scorching sun at construction sites? Or… does anyone want to face the earth and sky every day? Or will you… rely on your parents for your entire life? Become a parasite in society? Become a bum that society detests? Don’t forget, people… everyone, will die. Whether you are the president or an ordinary person, you’ll live at most a hundred years, and that’s a blessing. So, after your parents are gone, how will you live? Who will support you? Then… do you want to be this kind of person? Do you want to become this kind of person?”
“No!” No one would want such a difficult life. They were the same. They found it hard to imagine that if they didn’t study hard now, if they didn’t live diligently now, would they really have to wash dishes and serve plates for others when they grew up? Or would they live off their parents their entire lives?
Just imagining it was hard to accept.
Hearing the students’ answers, Nie Qiu smiled. “Alright, then let’s work together to get into a good school, enrich our knowledge, and enrich our world! If you don’t get in this year, there’s always next year. As long as you don’t give up, as long as you work hard, as long as you give your all, you will definitely be able to get into high school!”
After speaking, Nie Qiu opened her book and began to lecture. She tried to use teaching to forget that small interlude, and the Peng Yu Yang who had given up on himself, but she found she couldn’t.
At half-past seven, Nie Qiu stopped. “We’ll stop here for today. For the remaining time, everyone should preview the knowledge points that the teacher will be teaching today.”
“Okay!” The students in the classroom responded, and they all took out the books they wanted to study from their desks.
Nie Qiu closed the textbook in her hand and returned to her seat with the book.
During the first class of the morning, Peng Yu Yang returned to the classroom. While the other students were diligently attending class, Peng Yu Yang was sleeping with his head on his desk. After the teacher reminded him twice, Peng Yu Yang yelled at him, and the teacher stopped bothering him.
The third class of the morning was Physical Education. The students in the class all headed to the sports field. Peng Yu Yang was still sleeping with his head on his desk.
Huang Yan walked to Peng Yu Yang’s desk with her homework from the past few days. She nudged Peng Yu Yang, who was sleeping with his head on his desk, and whispered, “Peng Yu Yang, Peng Yu Yang.”
Peng Yu Yang irritably flicked his hand, knocking Huang Yan’s hand away. He sat up from his sleeping position. “Get lost, don’t bother me!”
“Ah!” With a flick of his hand, Peng Yu Yang knocked several notebooks that Huang Yan was holding in her other hand onto the floor.
Peng Yu Yang looked down at the floor with some guilt. He saw the scattered notebooks on the ground, many red crosses, and many red checkmarks, so glaringly red.
He squatted down and picked up the notebooks from the floor. This type of question, this person had done it not just once, but even several times, dozens of times, until they could do it correctly. He looked up at Huang Yan. “These… did you do them?”
