Time Space: the Male Villain Has the Ability To Read Minds Chapter 88: Doing Questions
“Big Cousin, as long as you promise me that you will study hard with me, Tiantian will definitely find a way to improve your and second cousin’s grades!”
Pei Tiantian blinked her grape-shaped eyes and looked at him pleadingly.
Pei Zihao was a little reluctant. He didn’t want to study at all. He couldn’t even understand those books.
But seeing Pei Tianyu and Pei Tiantian staring at him, as if they would not give up until he agreed, he said reluctantly: “Then… let’s try.”
After successfully convincing the two, Pei Tiantian finally felt a little relieved.
As long as they were willing, she would find a way to improve their grades.
Pei Tiantian was about to leave when she suddenly thought of something, “Cousin, keep the five hundred yuan for yourselves. I don’t need a gift.”
Pei Tiantian thought that the gifts Pei Zihao and Pei Tianyu wanted to buy her were nothing more than dolls or something like that.
She was not really a five-year-old child. There was no need to buy so many dolls. Why waste the money?
“No, this is money we earned just for you. We have to spend it on you,”
Pei Tiantian said helplessly. “If you guys insist on buying me something, then buy me some tutoring books for grades one through six.”
Pei Zihao and Pei Tianyu nodded.
They thought Pei Tiantian was using the money for her own studies. Little did they know, they would end up using it for their own studies.
The next morning, Pei Zhiwen took Pei Tiantian and the others to school.
Pei Zhiqiang was the last one out, ready to go to the fields with a hoe. As he was coming down from his home, he bumped into a strange man wearing a black coat, black-framed glasses, and carrying a suitcase.
He looked around, a look of confusion on his face.
Pei Zhiqiang knew from the man’s attire that he wasn’t from the village. He asked, “Hey, bro, are you looking for someone?”
The man turned and said, “Yes, do you know where Mr. Pei Zhiwen lives?”
“What do you want from my brother?”
“Pei Zhiwen is your brother?” the man smiled. “Great! Is your brother home now? I’d like to see him.”
Pei Zhiqiang shook his head, wondering if this man had come specifically to see his brother for something urgent.
So he said, “My brother’s working in town and won’t be back until tonight. Bro, come with me to my house and wait for him.”
“Thank you,” the man said.
“No problem.”
Pei Zhiqiang took the man home.
They chatted for a while on the way.
Pei Zhiqiang then realized that the man was none other than Xing Weigang, the editor-in-chief of Story Collection.
This was the magazine Pei Tiantian had submitted her work to.
Xing Weigang’s manners were so generous that Pei Zhiqiang couldn’t help but feel a little more favorable towards him.
However, he was still curious why Xing Weigang had come to see them in person.
“Is there something wrong with the manuscript?”
“There’s nothing wrong with the manuscript, it’s great. I just want to meet Mr. Pei Zhiwen and talk to him.”
Pei Zhiqiang was a little confused, then smiled in sudden realization. “Editor-in-Chief Xing, you might be mistaken. My brother didn’t write this manuscript.”
Xing Weigang seemed surprised. “No? I saw Pei Zhiwen was the sender. Couldn’t the anonymous contributor be him?”
“No, anonymous is the pen name of my niece Pei Tiantian. She’s still a student. My brother just sent it to the magazine for her.”
“I see. It seems I misunderstood.”
Xing Weigang nodded.
He hadn’t expected the anonymous person to be a student.
Instantly, the image of a teenage middle school student emerged in Xing Weigang’s mind.
This only made him more eager to meet Pei Tiantian.
He was deeply curious: how could a student like Pei Tiantian know so many bizarre things, even writing about them in her novel?
Pei Tiantian had no idea Xing Weigang had come directly to her home to find her.
She was currently looking through Pei Zihao and Pei Tianyu’s previous papers, planning to develop a specialized rehabilitation program targeting their weaknesses.
After reviewing all their papers, Pei Tiantian discovered that they struggled with many of the questions. It wasn’t that they didn’t know how to do them, but rather that they simply couldn’t understand the questions—a problem of comprehension.
Ma Xiangdong had two consecutive math classes this morning.
After explaining the problems, he assigned a few exercises to everyone.
Then, with his hands behind his back, he patrolled the classroom, checking on everyone’s progress.
After walking around the room and seeing that everyone had a good grasp of the subject, Ma Xiangdong wrote an extended math problem on the blackboard.
Pei Tiantian looked up and saw it was an elementary school math Olympiad problem: planting trees.
“This is a famous elementary school math Olympiad problem. Does anyone want to try it?”
Ding Qiang was the first to raise his hand. Confidently, he walked over and calculated on the blackboard, coming up with the answer: 80 trees.
As soon as he put down his chalk, Ding Qiang waited for Ma Xiangdong to praise him.
After all, this kind of math Olympiad problem was something most people had never seen before.
He’d studied it specifically, so he couldn’t get it wrong.
“Ding Qiang, go down.”
Ding Qiang: “?”
Unconvinced by the expected praise, Ding Qiang returned to his seat.
Ma Xiangdong spoke again, “Anyone else willing to come up and try?”
“Brother Gu Rong, go ahead.”
Pei Tiantian noticed that Gu Rong had already calculated the correct answer in his notebook and urged him to come up.
Ma Xiangdong, hearing his voice, smiled, “Then, Gu Rong, come up and try it.”
Gu Rong quickly wrote a line of equations and came up with the answer: 160 trees.
Ma Xiangdong smiled with satisfaction. “Yes, the correct answer is 160 trees. Gu Rong is very smart.”
The classmates’ gazes at Gu Rong changed, and a chattering noise broke out.
“Wow, the class monitor got the question wrong, and he got it right!”
“No wonder he skipped a grade at nine.”
“I can’t believe there’s someone better at math than the class monitor.”
Of course, there were also sour voices: “What’s wrong with getting it right? He’s still dumb!”
It was clear that everyone in the class knew now that Gu Rong wasn’t silent; he was simply unable to speak.
Gu Rong remained expressionless throughout, as if they weren’t talking about him at all.
Ding Qiang was stunned, his face flushing.
He actually got it wrong?
This couldn’t be possible!
Ma Xiangdong frowned and shouted “Quiet,” signaling everyone to stop talking. Then he looked at Ding Qiang, “Ding Qiang, do you know why you got it wrong? Look at what my question says. Didn’t you notice that trees need to be planted on both sides? You only calculated the trees on one side, so your answer is wrong.”
“So, students, sometimes you can’t get the questions right even if you just do them. You still have to read the questions carefully. If you don’t read them carefully or miss something, you won’t get any points.”
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