My wife is in my arms

Chapter 360: Trivial Events Before the Lunar New Year

Zhongxia, who was sitting on the far left of the third row in the corner, noticed the gaze of her homeroom teacher.

She looked up slightly, then lowered her head. A child's self-confidence consists of two important components: the first is his or her original family, and the second is his or her academic performance.

Midsummer has neither of these.

She was born into a poor family and her parents passed away early. Her grandmother, who used to take care of her and her sister, also passed away two years ago. So, in this world, she has no other relatives except her sister.

It's not that there aren't any, but in her case, her original relatives were afraid that she would bring her sister into contact, so they chose to avoid her. Although her academic performance was not a mess, it was obviously not enough for her to take the college entrance examination alone against thousands of other people.

Even though she has tried very hard.

But there are some aspects that cannot be compensated by simple efforts.

Without that little bit of talent, even if you shed 99% of your sweat it will be of no avail.

This is her case. It is said that the early bird catches the worm, but in fact, most slow birds will be left behind even if they fly to the point of exhaustion.

Teachers would occasionally tell them some inspirational stories to encourage them, but even if such stories were true, they were only a tiny fraction of the total.

then.

Due to her lack of family background and the fact that she herself did not have even the slightest talent for studying, she became extremely unconfident. She seldom spoke to other classmates in class because she simply could not understand what they were talking about.

For example, what cosmetics brands, how good the newly released movies were, etc. From beginning to end, she never even went to the cinema once.

Perhaps her classmates knew something about her family situation, and with Teacher Jiang protecting her, no one dared to bully her.

But occasionally... during class breaks, two or three classmates were chatting animatedly. When she came back from the bathroom and passed by them, Zhongxia would notice that they paused in their conversation, and only continued chatting after she left and sat back in her seat.

The looks her classmates gave her sometimes hurt her unintentionally, but even so, she didn't dare show it. She could only bury her head lower and continue to avoid other people's direct gazes when they looked at her.

Just like this moment.

When her head teacher, Mr. Jiang, looked at her, even though she noticed it, she still lowered her head with nervousness and uneasiness, and even worried that she might have some problems again, which was why Mr. Jiang paid special attention to her.

Since they were young, her grandmother warned her and her sister not to cause trouble when they leave home, and to endure it if they encounter any problems.

The first class is over.

Jiang Qiu packed up his textbooks and said, "Zhongxia, come out with me for a moment."

Hearing what the head teacher said, everyone in the class looked at Zhongxia. Zhongxia lowered his head, walked behind his deskmate, and then carefully followed Teacher Jiang out.

“I definitely didn’t do well on the test.”

A voice came from the classroom, and Zhongxia's face turned pale. She clutched the corner of her clothes tightly with both hands and whispered, "Jiang... Jiang teacher, I... I..."

“Don’t listen to them.”

Jiang Qiu looked at Zhong Xiadao with a gentle gaze.

Maybe.

This girl is not good at studying and she is not the kind of pretty girl that people like at first sight, but after getting to know her for a long time, Jiang Qiu can still feel the sincerity of this child.

At least all the students in the class chose to do the cleaning in a perfunctory manner, but this girl was the only one who cleaned meticulously, wiping the stains on the trash can in the corner with a rag. Without much hesitation, Jiang Qiu said, "You don't have to go to class this afternoon. Come to my office as soon as the morning class is over. I'll take you to your teacher Xia's store. Someone will take you to an audition this afternoon."

"..."

Zhongxia raised her head instantly. Unlike the timid and evasive look she had just shown, there was now a strange glint in her eyes.

"Okay, let's go back to the classroom! When you become famous, don't forget Teacher Jiang."

With a smile and a joke, Jiang Qiu turned and left.

After standing in the classroom corridor for a while, Zhongxia returned to the classroom.

Although she had an extra 10,000 yuan in her bank account at the beginning of this month, the long-awaited audition never came, and she even worried that she had been forgotten.

Unexpectedly..., sitting on the chair at the desk, Zhongxia held a ballpoint pen given to her by Teacher Xia in her hand, and looked down at the English test paper handed out by Teacher Jiang at the end of the class.

Her body was trembling slightly from nervousness.

Music...that was her only advantage. If she failed to pass Mr. Li Zongsheng's assessment standards, not only would Mr. Xia be disappointed, but she herself would also feel disappointed.

Her first contact with music was because of Teacher Xia. It was also because of music. She had never been praised by anyone since she was a child, but she was praised by Teacher Xia, and then... she fell in love with music.

Back in the office, Jiang Qiu turned to his math teacher and said, "Ms. Ma, Zhongxia won't be attending the afternoon class. I'll take her out for a while."

"You take her out!?"

Before Teacher Ma could say anything, the teacher at the desk next to him asked, "Don't ever tell me you're related to Zhong Xia from your class!?"

"No, send her to the musical instrument store owned by my sister-in-law."

Jiang Qiu replied with a smile.

Even though the senior at this high school is her father-in-law, Jiang Qiu usually doesn't put on airs when interacting with her colleagues, so everyone gets along very well, at least the performance is maintained well.

"Teacher Xia! You're not really planning to let Zhong Xia develop into a singer, are you?!"

Xia Zhiqiu used to be a music teacher in this school. The reason she chose to resign was that high school music was really unpopular. Even though she was the principal's daughter, teachers of other subjects could still say to her with a smile, "Teacher Xia, the monthly exam is about to start, you see..."

In short, the core of exams is to get good scores, so everyone is very familiar with her. Occasionally, when a teacher passes by a musical instrument store, they will come to the store to chat with her.

"But she's not my sister-in-law. You wouldn't believe it if I told you."

Jiang Qiu smiled and said, "Zhongxia was spotted by the singing queen Jiang Yiren's husband... Li Zongsheng, the man who wrote "Ask" and "When Love Has Become a Thing of the Past." He took her to an audition this afternoon. I guess if she passes today, she might become famous in the future."

"Li Zongsheng..."

Someone was stunned for a moment, then realized who it was.

Maybe he didn't remember who Li Zongsheng, the lyricist and composer, was at first, but the singer Jiang Yiren became famous a few years ago, so when the singer Jiang Yiren's husband was mentioned, everyone knew what this meant to Zhongxia.

"Teacher Jiang, when can you take me to see the singing queen Jiang Yiren in person? I love her so much!"

A female teacher said with a smile.

“I don’t have that ability.”

Jiang Qiu smiled and declined.

Even though she had met Jiang Yiren's husband in person and chatted with him for a few words, to be honest, she was only able to meet him because of her sister-in-law's relationship. Without her sister-in-law as a middleman, it would be impossible for her to meet a person like that whenever she wanted, let alone the singing queen Jiang Yiren herself.

(End of this chapter)