"Nuanhua, you should have told me! You can find me anytime if you want to borrow any notes. I copied all of them in cla.s.s!"
Tang Nuanhua smiled, clearly uninterested: "No it is fine. I want to look at Nanxiang's notes. She wrote them very neatly. I borrowed from her so l could copy hers." In fact, Tang Nuanhua clearly remembers that Song Yijun's previous notes were not complete. The teacher said that Song Yijun was not focusing so she could not remember it all.
Because of this, Song Yijun blamed Tang Nuanhua for distracting her and borrowing her notes when she should have been studying. Tang Nuanhua did not know how many times she was criticized by the teacher in the cla.s.sroom when she was not there. Song Yijun did not admit her mistakes every time but instead blamed her for the carelessness of not copying the notes.
With lessons from her previous life, Tang Nuanhua would not be so foolish to get teased and blamed for a second time. She returned to her seat and copied the notes.
Song Yijun frowned because she felt that Tang Nuanhua really had changed. She used to be much easier to manipulate. After quickly copying the notes, Tang Nuanhua returned the notebook and added: "Nanxiang, thank you. If l did not have your notes, l do not know what l would do in this cla.s.s."
Lin Nanxiang was flattered: "No…you are welcome."
The bell rang and Tang Nuanhua went back into her seat just as the professor was coming in. He took a roll call and then began his lecture. Although she copied the notes, in the first three years of college, she never listened in cla.s.s. So whenever she was in cla.s.s, she always daydreaming.
When it got to the questioning section, the professor asked her to answer a question. "Tang Nuanhua, please tell me and the rest of the cla.s.s what the correct answer to the question is."
"Yes…it is…" Tang Nuanhua looked at the options and did not know which one to choose. The professor saw her stuttering and was dissatisfied. He criticized her heavily: "This topic was clearly mentioned in the last lesson. Why didn't you attend the cla.s.s?"
The cla.s.s burst into laughter.
Tang Nuanhua really felt helpless. It seemed that she still needed to study more to make up for all the knowledge she hadn't learned in the past.
After the cla.s.s, Tang Nuanhua packed up her books and was ready to leave. Song Yijun got in her way again and asked: "Nuanhua, are you going back?" Tang Nuanhua did not want her to go the same way so she refused: "No, l have something to do. You go back first."
Then Tang Nuanhua saw Lin Nanxiang walking out from the cla.s.sroom and hurriedly chased after her: "Nanxiang wait for me." Lin Nanxiang saw Tang Nuanhua chasing after her and she was surprised. Tang Nuanhua quickly said something so Lin Nanxiang would not misunderstand: "I am sorry Nanxiang, but l have too much homework to catch up on. Can l bother you to teach me all the material that l need to learn?"
"This…" Lin Nanxiang was not convinced. She knew that she could not get on well with her other cla.s.smates let alone Tang Nuanhua. They were just too different.
Tang Nuanhua saw her hesitating and immediately looked pitiful: "Nanxiang, please. Please!"
Lin Nanxiang looked at her cute face and could not bear to refuse so she nodded: "Then l will help you."
"Great! Nanxiang, you really are my guardian angel! I invite you to dinner! Let's go home now!" Tang Nuanhua smiled and then dragged Nanxiang all the way to her house for a meal. Behind them was Song Yijun. She looked at this scene and was both shocked and humiliated. What the h.e.l.l was going on?
Did Tang Nuanhua suddenly have a problem with her brain? How could she suddenly get so close to that ugly duckling?!
Translators note: My hat has to go off for Lin Nanxiang here. She actually agreed to help Tang Nuanhua?! I genuinely thought she would have refused but anyway she is quite nice. Pftt Song Yijun getting ignored was the highlight of this chapter for me. I still have no sympathy for the way Tang Nuanhua is treated in cla.s.s. If she did not want to work and had no respect for her teachers, what else did she expect? People to kiss her feet? Aigoo.