Chapter 78: The Magic of Ice

  "Li Xiaobai," Xuran said, stopping in his tracks first, "Song Kexin came to find me. She said that it's definitely not going to end like this."

  Fortunately, she hadn't expected anything, and watching Xuran leave, Li Xiaobai let out a sigh of relief.

  But Song Ke Xin still hasn't given up, is she trying to die or something?

  Forget it, don't bother with her. Some girls, the more you talk to them, the more energetic they become. For such girls, you have to use ice magic to freeze them completely.

  Li Xiaobai waited alone on the playground for a while longer, and when he was sure that evening self-study was about to begin, he walked in the direction of the classroom.

  Tonight's first self-study session is math class. Although it's a bit of a headache, I'll try my best to focus. Fortunately, the second session will be a relief.

  It's a bit unfair to Lin Nan, but after going through a math class, following the previous Chinese class was indeed a relief for him. Let's just say that except for math and physical education classes, Li Xiaobai didn't dislike any other subjects.

  "In this lesson, I want to check everyone's recitation," said Lin Nang from the podium, her eyes scanning the students in the whole class. "The student who is called out will come with me to recite Li Bai's 'Dreaming of Heaven' and those who are not called out will discuss with each other the Yuefu poetry we will learn tomorrow, 'Peacock Flying Southeast'."

  Unlike other courses, Chinese language teaching does not have such a strict order of precedence, and these two classical Chinese texts are not adjacent in the textbook, so this way of teaching is completely fine.

  "Group discussion..."

  Only the classmates in the class made various noises, and then the students in the odd-numbered rows would turn around. Li Xiaobai and Xia Xiner, Guo Jing were all in the third row, belonging to the turning side. Although turning around doesn't necessarily mean discussing anything, when others start discussing, only being alone is not a big deal, but it looks strange to others. The worst thing is that if Lin Nan notices, it's super dangerous.

  Xia Xiner also had similar thoughts. After Guo Jing turned around first, the two of them also turned around with their textbooks.

  In the fourth row is also a combination of two women and one man, slightly different from the previous one, with the two girls sitting together, and the only boy sitting in the aisle seat, which is behind Guo Jing.

  This way, I have to face the girls again, no choice, there are just too many girls in the liberal arts class, the male-to-female ratio is almost 1:2.

  "Alright then, let's discuss it!"

  Guo Jingzheng said to the boy sitting opposite him, who was also Li Xiaobai's deskmate of two girls at the next table.

  The study of classical Chinese literature is essentially about being able to fluently read articles, understand the general meaning, the pronunciation and multiple interpretations of key words, and then experience the emotions expressed in the article. More importantly, memorize individual lines of poetry or even entire poems. Of course, it's even better if you can flexibly apply some of these lines.

  But just like translating Chinese poetry into English is completely unromantic, Li Xiaobai always felt that once these poems were dissected and analyzed to the point of being fragmented, they too lost all their romance.

  But it's also impossible to break down, because no one has the foundation and environment of ancient people. In short, Chinese courses are similar to learning two subjects at the same time.

  "I'll go first, I'll go first."

  Before anyone else could react, Guo Jing was the first to raise his hand and speak up.

  It's not a classroom question, no need to raise your hand.

  "Then let's start with Guo Jing."

  Sometimes being familiar with someone can be useful, like in this case. If no one paid attention to Guo Jing, she would inevitably feel discontented.

  "The peacock flies southeast, hesitating every five miles." Guo Jing finished the first sentence and turned around to look at Li Xiaoyao.

  The first pass is a general reading, which is to get familiar with the text. After that, before the teacher's explanation, I tried to translate it by myself. But no one expected Guo Jing to be so... It's hard to find words to describe her.

  No one expected this guy to finish after reading just the first sentence.

  It's just ten words, can't even stump a primary school student?

  "Uh... Next is Li Xiaobai's turn."

  At this point, a boy who was reciting poetry and returning to the classroom walked up to Guo Jing.

  "It's your turn, Guo Jing."

  "Ah......" Guo Jing's small face was full of surprise, and then it was filled with tension, "What's gotten into me?"

  "Recite the lesson," another boy said, "the class teacher calls you out to recite it."

  He responded with a murmur, and Guo Jing pushed away his stool and stood up, putting his textbook back on his own desk before slowly walking out of the classroom.

  "With one less person, I don't think there's a need for discussion." Having said that, Xia Xiang'er was the first to turn around.

  When did Guo Jing become so important to you? Li Xiaobai sat here, neither leaving nor staying. However, seeing the boy wanting to discuss with his own deskmate alone, making himself look superfluous, Li Xiaobai still turned around.

  In the blink of an eye, the newly established team collapsed instantly.

  Talking about this, it reminded Li Xiaobai of his previous group discussion.

  At that time, Li Xiaobai mostly played the role of a spectator. When others were discussing, he had to listen but never spoke up, playing the role of a good student who met the teacher's requirements without causing trouble for others. The only thing that annoyed him was during group discussions when no one had spoken up and the teacher asked which group leader would come up to speak, everyone in the group looked at him. Although he could barely cope with the teacher's questions using his quick wit, Li Xiaobai hated this inexplicable training.

  It's better to stop while we're ahead, or else memories will flood out of control.

  At this time, Guo Jing also turned pale and shouted at another classmate before returning to his seat.

  Pouting at the corner of her mouth, her eyes drifting aimlessly, this expression is very familiar. Usually when girls are complaining about something, they tend to look like this.

  Just thinking about Guo Jing being self-satisfied and thinking he had gained a small advantage, only to be scolded by Lin Nan immediately after, made Li Xiaobai feel a little happy.

  Not good, gloating over others' misfortune is not quite acceptable.

  She quietly turned her head away, if Guo Jing saw it, she was afraid he would get angry again.

  "Li Xiaobai," Guo Jing didn't see the other's movement, his small hand pulled at the sleeve of his deskmate, then let go, "I clearly had it memorized when I was leaving, why can't I recite it after going out?"

  Uh...

  "It depends on individuals, I suppose?"

  "Then tell me," said Guo Jing with a hint of unhappiness, "I recited it during Monday morning reading, you should know that, right?"

  Monday is when I heard you reciting, but didn't recite it successfully. And I'm not Lin Nan, no need to care about that degree, right? Besides, looking at your hesitant and slow pace when walking out, I knew you didn't have confidence from the start. Wanting to ask like this, is just finding an excuse for not being able to recite it smoothly, isn't it?

  "Well, in that case," Li Xiaobai began to diverge his thoughts under the circumstance that the other party had given a topic, "One possibility is that you didn't memorize it well enough, plus this morning's English reading didn't reinforce it, so maybe you forgot a bit... Alright, let's say you did memorize it well, but your mental quality isn't great, you're the type who chokes at critical moments... Hey, is Lin Nang too intimidating? You subconsciously get scared when you see her, and that's why you forgot, right?"

  Li Xiaobai felt somewhat depressed. He was clearly told to speak for himself, but after speaking out, he became even more unhappy. Is this person sick or something?

  On the other hand, Xia Xinger's shoulders shook violently when she accidentally heard Li Xiaobai's answer.

  "Yes, yes, Lin Nan is really too scary," Xia Xiang'er said with a smile, "scary to the point that as long as she asks me questions, I don't dare not recite them."

  This sentence was obviously sarcastic towards Guo Jing, but Guo Jing just huffed and puffed, coldly humming a sound, without arguing back.

  "What's the big deal? If I can't recite it, then so be it. Anyway, we won't be tested on this poem in the final exam."

  Li Xiaobai was thoroughly convinced, and the girl's excuse was indeed broad and profound.

  Next, Guo Jing indeed stopped reviewing that poem and didn't preview new lessons either. Instead, she took out her own little notebook and started writing something unknown. On the other hand, Xia Xiner still had a lazy look on her face, randomly flipping through extracurricular books as usual.

  This guy, it seems like he has never been caught by the head teacher or other subject teachers in memory?

  If Little Small were to report once, he thought so, but wouldn't really do it, otherwise, the last class sleeper would be in trouble.

  "That..."

  "What?"

  "What's wrong with you and your sister?"

  On her small notebook, she vented out her unhappy emotions. Guo Jing approached Li Xiaoyao, staring at him without blinking.

  Won't Tao Huan tell Guo Jing about that accident? This time Li Xiaobai was really frightened.

  It is said that trouble comes from the mouth, but this usually only applies to boys. Girls are rarely affected by this iron law, even if they say something, it's not good for them to take drastic measures themselves.

  Let's wait and confirm first.

  "Do you often keep in touch?" Li Xiaobai pretended to be nonchalant, "She's already in her third year of junior high school, and there's less than a year left before the middle school entrance exam. If nothing else, it's better not to disturb her."

  "Didn't you notice?" Guo Jing said with some surprise, "You're quite concerned about your sister."

  The more you say this, the more uneasy it makes me feel.

  "What did Guo Jing say to you after all?"

  "You always bully her at home, you don't have any brotherly manners at all, let me teach you a lesson."

  "Is that all?" Li Xiaobai was somewhat skeptical.

  "Is that still not enough?" Guo Jing's tone was now disdainful, "If I had an older brother and he dared to bully me, I would have beaten him to death long ago."

  Luckily you don't have an older brother, being your older brother would be miserable.

  At the same time, Li Xiaobai also let out a sigh of relief.

  It seems that after last time's accident, Tao Yuan's anger has also dissipated.

  (This chapter feels bad, no votes, no collections or recommendations, have I really entered a period of fatigue?)