Sister, can I become a maid too?

No wonder, I did seem a bit too aggressive just now.

Claims like "Even kindergarten kids know how to set up this equation," or "I could solve this kind of problem with my eyes closed"...

Who wouldn't be angry after hearing that?

Jiang Yubai hesitated for a moment, but still comforted him:

"Well, actually... it's already pretty good that you've managed to do this much. I originally thought the situation would be worse."

Sigh, saying this goes against my conscience.

What can we do? If Li Yang were sitting next to us, he would have already started unleashing his full power.

The problem is, this is Lin Jianxia...

He didn't even use much force, and her ears were already this red.

If you go any further, what if the little pearls really fall out?

Perhaps Jiang Yubai's words of comfort had an effect, because Lin Jianxia gave a soft "oh," lowered her head again to stare at the test paper, and didn't say anything more.

Jiang Yubai glanced at her a few more times.

Although her face was flushed with anger, her expression remained relatively calm; at least she showed no signs of grabbing whatever was at hand and fighting him.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief and lightly tapped the next question with the tip of his pen:

"Come on, let's look at this one..."

This time, his tone softened considerably, and he even managed to suppress his urge to criticize when Lin Jianxia looked completely bewildered, patiently explaining it a second time.

—The school should really give me the title of outstanding teacher.

Jiang Yubai thought to himself.

Half an hour later.

After going over all the test papers and exercise books, Jiang Yubai breathed a long sigh of relief.

When Lin Jianxia, ​​who was writing and calculating, looked up with a happy expression, he slowly began to speak:

"So, the homework's done, the problems' been explained, and now... we should both have a pretty good idea of ​​each other's levels, right?"

Lin Jianxia's face, which had been beaming with joy at solving the problem, suddenly froze, and she looked at Jiang Yubai with a somewhat subtle expression.

Let me summarize.

Jiang Yubai shrugged.

"Your physics and math skills... are about the same as my Chinese and English, could I say that?"

Lin Jianxia opened her mouth as if to refute, but in the end she could only mumble an "oh".

Jiang Yubai stroked his chin, suddenly becoming curious:

"Lin Jianxia, ​​why did you choose physics when it's so bad?"

"I'm pretty good at chemistry and biology," Lin Jianxia muttered, "who knew physics would be so hard..."

You have a talent for chemistry, but biology... well, that could be considered a humanities subject, right?

"Never mind, I was just asking casually." Jiang Yubai shrugged.

Anyway, I can't change my course selection now.

He piled up the assignments from several courses and sighed.

"So, my dedicated and conscientious teacher Lin, how do you plan to help me save my appalling Chinese and English scores?"

Lin Jianxia pursed her lips: "...You go first."

also.

Jiang Yubai took the test paper he had just finished explaining, thought for a moment, and then asked:

"You should be able to do all of what I've told you, right?"

Mentioning this, Lin Jianxia immediately perked up, and her tone became lighter:

"I've mastered it. I'm sure I can do it again next time I encounter it."

To everyone's surprise, Jiang Yubai poured cold water on the situation with a blank expression:

"You're unlikely to find two questions exactly the same. If the conditions are slightly changed or the question is phrased differently in the exam, you'll probably get stuck again."

"...Then what do you suggest we do?"

"What should we do?" Jiang Yubai shrugged.

"Practice more. I'll pick a few unusual problems for you to do each week. If you can't solve them, I'll explain them to you."

"Once you've mastered the typical questions and past exam papers, I'll teach you some tips and tricks. Raising your score by 40 or 50 points will be no problem at all."

Hearing these grand words, Lin Jianxia couldn't help but mutter a complaint under her breath:

"Forty or fifty points...you really dare to say that..."

Before Jiang Yubai could gloat for a moment, she changed the subject again:

"Okay, if you study using my method, I guarantee you can improve your scores in these two subjects by 40 or 50 points combined."

Jiang Yubai: "?"

"Are you serious?" His face was full of doubt. "Two subjects... forty or fifty points combined?"

"Otherwise what?" Lin Jianxia pouted. "Do you really expect me to raise your score by fifty points in Chinese alone? The biggest boost will definitely come from English."

"How do we bring it up?" Jiang Yubai asked, her face full of curiosity.

It's not that I don't believe it, I just want to broaden my horizons.

"It's very simple. You just need to master the answer templates for Chinese," Lin Jianxia said. "The most important thing is vocabulary."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yubai immediately lost interest:

"I thought it was something else... My Chinese is okay, but the problem is I can't remember English words."

"Can't remember?" Lin Jianxia frowned. "How could that be... You just don't want to remember, right?"

Jiang Yubai let out a soft "uh," readily admitting it:

"If you put it that way... well, that's also acceptable."

Essentially, his parents never put pressure on his grades, consistently adhering to the educational principle of "grades are up to fate, but character must be upright."

If Jiang Yubai said that he failed both Chinese and English, his parents would just nod slightly and say, "Try harder next time."

But if he dares to say:

"Mom and Dad, I got a girl pregnant. Give me some money so I can go with her to the hospital for a minor surgery."

That.......

He would be 100% whipped by his parents with a brass belt, spinning like a top.

That's why Jiang Yubai has indeed gotten a bit too comfortable.

I'm good at math and physics, so I'll just focus on those two subjects.

Chinese and English are a headache, so I just casually memorize the texts a bit. As for English vocabulary...

That's what you call going with the flow.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yubai sighed:

"I mean... isn't there any other way?"

He had asked casually, but to his surprise, Lin Jianxia hesitated for a few seconds and then nodded.

"some."

Jiang Yubai's eyes lit up: "What method?"

Lin Jianxia, ​​with a stern face, spoke in a serious tone:

"First, find a Doraemon, then pull out a very magical bread from its pocket..."

"—Then you put bread on top of my vocabulary book and fed it to me, right?!" Jiang Yubai shouted, "I watched Doraemon when I was a kid, okay?!"

Lin Jianxia slammed his hand on the table:

"Of course! There's no way to improve your English grades without memorizing vocabulary!"

Jiang Yubai actually thought about it seriously for a moment, and tentatively asked:

"I think the approach you just taught me to understand the question types was quite useful, or else...?"

"That's Chinese..." Lin Jianxia felt exhausted. "You can't even understand the questions in English, how am I supposed to teach you how to solve them..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yubai spread his hands and began to speak:

"Well, there's nothing I can do then. It seems like you'll just have to keep trying on your own."

Lin Jianxia stared at him, and just when Jiang Yubai thought this guy was finally going to give up on the topic, she suddenly spoke softly:

"Jiang Yubai".

Jiang Yu blinked.

"If... you can really stick to memorizing vocabulary."

She paused, and her ears seemed to turn slightly red again:

"I'll... I'll give you a little reward, how about that?"