Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 150

When the students saw that Teacher Ji was so friendly, they couldn’t help but speak out what was in their hearts and wailed, “It was too difficult.”

“Yeah, it was really difficult.”

“Teacher, we didn’t have enough time. Do we also have this much time during the competition?”

Teacher Ji smiled and said, “That’s definitely not the case. It’s because our class time is limited. We can only teach you a few classes in the evening, that’s all.”

And he encouraged them, “Don’t be discouraged. If I give you more time, you will definitely be more capable.”

He smiled and said, “There are also three students who scored more than 80 points.”

Two of them were boys from Class 1. They were among the top three in their grades in all exams.

His smile was full of sunshine, and his eyes fell on Jiang Ning’s face. “It seems that we are expected to win a prize in our competition next year.”

When Teacher Ji said the words “win the prize”, his eyes fell on her face, and she couldn’t help but be a little surprised, “Teacher, you are not talking about me, are you?”

Did he have any misunderstandings about her? It was fine if he was talking about a Chinese language competition, but winning a prize in the math competition?

Teacher Ji thought that the principal talked to Teacher Wang, and they all understood it tacitly. 

From then on, Jiang Ning would concentrate on the competition. Teacher Ji was in a very good mood and was much more energetic than usual in class. He also knew that Jiang Ning could really understand what he was saying. He didn’t deliberately slow down his speaking speed like before, in order to take care of Jiang Ning, a new student, but returned to his original rhythm.

Teacher Ji was always sunny and smiling all day long. When he was in a good mood, he started to teach in high spirits, and the students who had been in class all day seemed to be in high spirits.

Even Jiang Ning, who was sitting upright in her seat and listening attentively on the surface, couldn’t help but secretly think that having a good-looking teacher teaching them was really eye-catching.

The class was very harmonious, but in fact, the students were not as calm as they seemed on the surface.

In the evening, they returned to their respective dormitories and told the other roommates in the dormitory about Jiang Ning, “She was in the top ten of her grade before. I knew there was a girl in the parallel class who had very good grades, but I didn’t expect her to be so smart.”

Others in the dormitory were also surprised when they heard the classmate’s comment, because this classmate himself was the top student in the class. Even he said that Jiang Ning was really smart.

The same thing happened in the girls’ dormitory.

There were five girls in the competition class plus Jiang Ning. Three of the other four girls were in Class 1, and one was in Class 2. The girls in the dormitory of Class 1 and Class 2, after hearing about Jiang Ning’s results in the competition class quiz, knew that there were only three people who were so good and above 80 points. She was one of them. She had only been there for a month. Through this specific comparison, they had a clear understanding of the strength of the student in the parallel class for the first time.

Jiang Ning didn’t know that others were talking about her, and she didn’t know that even the principal knew her name, and that she was noticed by the principal and the dean of the Academic Affairs Office.

She only felt that Teacher Wang had been paying too much attention to her in class recently. He especially liked to ask her to answer questions in class, and all of them were in English. After discovering that she answered him fluently in English, he talked about more than just the dialogues she had recently learned in the textbook.

Before, Teacher Wang also asked her to answer questions or talk to him in English, but he only talked about the words and sentences learned in the English class that day. There were sixty students in the class, and Teacher Wang had to try his best to give every student a chance to speak.

The class time was only forty-five minutes. It was impossible for him to attend to everyone, and it was impossible for him to hold on to one student and talk to him for a long time. Therefore, although he knew that her English scores were very good in the previous exams, he didn’t know that she was so good that she could communicate with him in English without any problem.

After learning that Jiang Ning was so good at English, not to mention Teacher Ji, who wanted her to concentrate on the competitive exam, even Teacher Wang suddenly wanted her to participate in the English competitive exam.

Teacher Wang felt that Jiang Ning would definitely win a prize in the English competition.

It was just that there were very few English competitions held in their area. They were usually in provincial cities. That idea only flashed through Teacher Wang’s mind and disappeared. Students still had to focus on their studies. Doing too many competitions distracts energy, which was not good for students.

Teachers from other subjects were also greeted by Teacher Wang, who paid special attention to Jiang Ning in class. The result of the teacher’s attention was the same—they liked to call her to answer questions.

Other students in the class also noticed the pattern. 

He Xiaofang held Jiang Ning’s arm with envy, saying, “Ning Ning, I found that the teachers all like you so much.”

When Jiang Ning heard that, she raised her head and said with a serious expression, “Isn’t it normal to like me? I’m so nice. It would be abnormal not to like me.”

That was the first time He Xiaofang saw someone praising themselves so seriously.

But looking at Jiang Ning, who was speaking matter-of-factly with a serious expression, He Xiaofang found that she really liked Jiang Ning for that. She felt that Jiang Ning seemed to shine, attracting her.

She nodded vigorously, “Yes, yes, our Ning Ning is so good, so smart, so beautiful. It’s normal to like you.”

The more she thought about it, the more she felt Jiang Ning was right. Jiang Ning was so good—who couldn’t like her? It would be abnormal not to like her.

Xu Xiuli also expressed her approval and said, “That’s right.”

She and Jiang Ning held hands, and Jiang Ning squeezed her hand with a smile, “Not only me, but you too. You are both very good, very outstanding girls.”

Xu Xiuli couldn’t help but raise her chin slightly when she heard this, and the corners of her lips raised as she said arrogantly, “Humph, I know.” 

She always knew she was excellent, but still felt happy when someone said it straightforwardly. He Xiaofang, who had never been praised so directly, couldn’t help but ask in surprise, “Is it true?”

She had been praised the most since childhood for being well-behaved, obedient, sensible, and good at work. She could cut rice quickly, plant rice well, feed pigs well, and help her mom both inside and outside.

But no one had ever said she was an excellent girl.

Was she excellent?

She had always felt she was a bit stupid, having to rely on a lot of hard work to improve her grades slightly. Especially after entering high school, with really smart people like Jiang Ning and Xu Xiuli around her for comparison, she felt even more inadequate.

But Jiang Ning said she was very good.

She held Jiang Ning’s arm tightly and leaned her head toward her. She wanted to snuggle against Jiang Ning, but was helpless—she was too tall. Jiang Ning wasn’t tall enough. “Ning Ning, I like you so much too.”

Jiang Ning patted her arm, “You have good judgment.”