Chapter 198: Remedial, Shock
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Ling Yun’s gaze caused Cao Shanshan to look down at her chest. She felt embarra.s.sed yet joyous at the same time. She then bit her lower lip and said, “You only took leave for the morning lessons, yet you did not come for the lessons after those. It’d be weird if our form teacher doesn’t look for you to clarify things…”
Upon hearing those words, Ling Yun thought to himself. If not for my little sister, I wouldn’t even have turned up in school today… That would have saved me this ha.s.sle…
Actually, Ling Yun’s original intentions were not that far off from Tang Meng’s. He had originally wanted to meet up with Tang Meng and Tie Xiaohu after finis.h.i.+ng his business with his sister in order to meet Yao Rou to discuss the clinic.
However, in Ning Lingyu’s excitement, she insisted on him staying to have a meal with her. This miscalculation on his part, along with him being caught by Cao Shanshan, left him with no choice but to return to cla.s.s for revision instead.
Ling Yun thought to himself. Although the form teacher is a beauty, she’s definitely strict. I’ll probably receive some criticism from her about my extended absence… Ah, whatever…
When the time comes to train my Yin-Yang harmony balance, cultivating mydantian Yin-Yang energy should take no longer than twenty minutes…
Ling Yun laughed, “I told you I haven’t been in top condition since the afternoon… It still hurts there… Don’t believe me? Just touch it…”
Cao Shanshan’s face turned completely red. She dared not try it again. If she were to do so, it would only be when there was n.o.body else around.
Seeing Cao Shanshan’s blush and hesitance to respond, a cheeky smile appeared on Ling Yun’s face. He then proceeded to quickly finish reading through the last of his History notes before putting them aside to start on Geography.
Cao Shanshan warned Ling Yun softly, “We’re in a History lesson right now… Be careful that the teacher doesn’t catch you studying Geography!”
Ling Yun let out a chuckle and said softly, “I’m not afraid of being caught. If you ask me, my current grasp of the History syllabus exceeds even that of Zhang Ling!”
Cao Shanshan looked at Ling Yun and raised an eyebrow. She asked in a tone of disbelief, “Really?”
Ling Yun gave her an expression that basically said ‘duh’, as he could not be bothered to answer her question.
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Two periods of lessons quickly pa.s.sed, and the next lesson was about to start.
As the bell rang to signal the start of the next period, Kong Xiuru, with her long hair draped on her shoulders, entered the cla.s.s. She was wearing a snow-white s.h.i.+rt, a black office skirt, translucent skin colored stockings and a pair of white high heels. She also had a stern expression plastered on her beautiful face.
Cao Shanshan could not help herself but to look at Ling Yun and feel worried for him.
After Teacher Kong entered the cla.s.s, she pa.s.sed a stack of English test papers to two female students to distribute to the cla.s.s. She followed that up by telling the students, “For the next two periods, everyone will be attempting this test paper.”
After she had finished delivering her instructions, Teacher Kong lightly coughed and signaled towards Ling Yun. She said, “Ling Yun, come outside with me for a bit. Bring volume one of your English textbook as well.”
Ling Yun hurriedly scoured through his belongings to find the English textbook. At this point, Ling Yun had already memorized almost all of his History, Geography and Politics notes. He had even revised Chinese and Mathematics already! However, he had not even touched English. Throughout all of the studying he had done, he had not even bothered to look at any English notes. He had long forgotten where he had put volume one of his English textbook!
Seeing his predicament, Cao Shanshan immediately took her English textbook out and pa.s.sed it to Ling Yun. She said, “You can use mine first.”
“Thanks!” Ling Yun exclaimed as a smile appeared on his face. He then proceeded to squeeze behind Cao Shanshan’s seat to walk towards the door. Cao Shanshan felt the bulge between Ling Yun’s thighs, and her heart started to pound. Her ears also got red and hot.
Kong Xiuru was already outside the cla.s.sroom. Ling Yun soon followed.
“Come with me!” Kong Xiuru ordered. Seeing Ling Yun walk out of the cla.s.sroom, she decided that she would not bother with pleasantries and immediately ordered him to follow her.
Kong Xiuru was silent. Ling Yun naturally followed suit. With the textbook in hand, Ling Yun could only follow Teacher Kong as she went.
After walking for quite a distance, Ling Yun sensed something was off. He then asked, “Teacher Kong, where might we be going?”
Kong Xiuru flatly replied, “To my dormitory.”
Ling Yun started to sweat profusely all of a sudden. He thought to himself. My G.o.d… You’re clad in such s.e.xy clothes, and you’re bringing me back to your dormitory at this late hour? I’m not mentally prepared for this…
Ling Yun stopped in his tracks. He then asked again, “About that… Teacher Kong, what are we going back to your dormitory for?”
Kong Xiuru furrowed her eyebrows and replied flatly, “To give you some revision. If we go to the English Department’s office, we would disturb the other teachers’ work.”
Ling Yun sighed and thought to himself So it’s just revision… Ah, whatever…
Because of Ling Yun, Kong Xiuru had had a headache all afternoon. This was because she reasoned that Ling Yun’s revision could not be done in the cla.s.sroom or the office. In her desperation, she chose the location to be her personal dormitory.
Even though such a location would normally give the people the idea that something illicit was going on, the whole Qingshui High knew of Kong Xiuru’s character. Therefore, she concluded that there would not be much of a problem.
Kong Xiuru’s dormitory was on the school grounds. It was no further than four hundred meters from Ling Yun’s cla.s.sroom. Hence, they got there rather quickly.
“Teacher, so do you stay on the fifth floor?” Ling Yun asked as he saw the lift was headed up to the fifth floor. He was just trying to make small talk to curb the awkwardness.
“Yes,” Kong Xiuru replied plainly.
Upon reaching the fifth floor, Kong Xiuru let Ling Yun into her dormitory.
Kong Xiuru was among the most well respected and capable teachers in Qingshui High. Therefore, her dormitory was rather large in size despite being for one person only.
The whole apartment was about a hundred and twenty square feet big. With three rooms, two halls, a kitchen, and a bathroom, it was basically a complete household. Aside from having no objects belonging to men, it could be said that the dormitory did not lack anything.
Because there were three rooms and only one person living there, Kong Xiuru had decided to convert one of the rooms into a study room of sorts, to use as a place to work while at home.
The room was clean, neat, quiet, tidy, comfortable and cozy. Upon entering, Ling Yun felt extremely impressed. His impression of Kong Xiuru improved by quite a fair bit.
“Come here!” Kong Xiuru ordered. She still had a strict expression on her face. Her expression did not change even after she had returned to her dormitory.
Kong Xiuru decided to cut to the chase. She asked, “Ling Yun, why did you apply for leave today?”
Ling Yun braced himself. He put on a serious expression and said, “Teacher, I’m feeling rather unwell. This could be because I’ve lost so much weight in such a short period of time. That’s why I didn’t come to school earlier.”
This was just an excuse thought up by Ling Yun on the spot, but it proved to be extremely persuasive. Kong Xiuru took a deep breath and explained, “The final exams are coming. Even if you are in a hurry to lose weight, you should still focus on keeping yourself healthy. If not, it’ll affect your performance. It’ll be too late for regrets then.”
“Yes, Teacher! I got it. Thank you.” Ling Yun responded. Although Kong Xiuru had a stern expression on her face, her words carried genuine care and concern for Ling Yun. This made Ling Yun genuinely thankful for her words.
“Alright, let’s start some remedial now. I know that your fundamentals for English are rather poor. However, I’ve heard that you have a fantastic memory, so I’ll start with the basics for this session.
With such an excellent teacher going to the trouble of bringing him back to her own dormitory to aid him in his studies, Ling Yun knew that if he did not take the session seriously, it would bite his conscience to no end. Therefore, he nodded his head in agreement.
Kong Xiuru took out the English textbook and started by reciting the alphabet. She was really curious as to whether Ling Yun’s memory was as good as the rumors said!
It did not take long for Kong Xiuru to be awed. She thought to herself. How can Ling Yun’s memory be this good?! It’s unbelievable to the point that it’s almost scary!
For the alphabet, Kong Xiuru only needed to go through it once. Ling Yun had no problem listening, reading, and writing it. He even got their p.r.o.nunciations down to perfection!
His proficiency was so immense that his handwriting for English was basically a carbon copy of what was printed out in the textbook. It did not matter whether the words were in capital letters or small letters, they were all perfectly written!
Kong Xiuru thought to herself. This is basically a perfect reproduction of whatever has been printed in the textbook!
Kong Xiuru still found it hard to believe that Ling Yun’s learning ability was so prodigious. She jumbled up the order of the words and let Ling Yun read them again. He then proceeded to read them with startling accuracy and p.r.o.nunciation. Not a flaw could be found in his reading!
Kong Xiuru was shocked, to say the least. She then proceeded to teach Ling Yun the forty-eight phonetic symbols of English. The phonetic symbols were a vital part of English and if Ling Yun was able to learn them, he would be able to read English by himself without any problems.
Kong Xiuru was in disbelief at how Ling Yun managed to learn everything after just one explanation and attempt. The phonetic symbols were no exception. Just like the alphabet, she only needed to go through them once for Ling Yun to completely grasp everything.
Kong Xiuru then flipped to the later pages of the textbook. She wanted to expose Ling Yun to new words such as ‘Christmas’, the months from ‘January’ to ‘December’, and other phrases such as greetings which were more complex than just simply the alphabet. Ling Yun then proceeded to recite everything at a glance, without even taking time to hesitate about the difficult words and phrases.
Kong Xiuru was left speechless. Her student was too incredible! Ling Yun was not just a genius, he was a monster!
Kong Xiuru could not maintain her stoic expression for any longer. She proceeded to give Ling Yun half an hour to memorize some vocabulary.
After learning the alphabet and phonetics, the most important part was vocabulary. In English examinations, the wider one’s vocabulary, the more advantageous it would be. It was similar to learning Chinese!
Kong Xiuru did not want to disturb Ling Yun, therefore she went to pour Ling Yun a cup of water. She placed the cup beside him and went out to brainstorm about what method she could use to most effectively educate Ling Yun.
Kong Xiuru had never even heard of such a genius in school, let alone seen one. However, she then began suspecting whether Ling Yun had been hiding his great talent from everyone for the past three years.
After half an hour, which marked the end of the first half of the English period, Kong Xiuru re-entered her study room to get Ling Yun to stop memorizing the vocabulary.
She could not hold her stoic expression anymore as she broke out into a rare, but beautiful small smile.
“How’s it going? How much do you remember?” Kong Xiuru asked, full of expectation. Her expression was much like that of a young girl proclaiming her love for a boy for the first time. It showed great nervousness and expectation.
Ling Yun smiled as he said, “There was too little time. I could only memorize everything from the junior high textbook to the Grade 10 textbook…”
“What?! You’ve memorized everything?! You…you can read it all?” Kong Xiuru exclaimed.
Given Ling Yun’s capability, if he was given another two periods worth of time, he would be able to memorize the entire high school syllabus’ worth of vocabulary!
Ling Yun was rather pleased with himself. He gave Kong Xiuru a small grin as he said, “Listening, reading, speaking and writing, all of them should not be a problem now. Teacher, if you don’t believe me, you can give me a test right now to confirm it!
“Ah?! This…” Kong Xiuru could not believe what she had just heard!
His ability to memorize was simply…