Partie 2

Qin Zhaoyang lowered his head to tie a knot, and his pair of eyes slightly drooped, casting a faint shadow beneath his eyelids. He emanated a pleasant and refreshing fragrance, which captivated her for a moment, causing her to gaze at him intently.

Su Xiaocheng was nearly choked to death by him and was about to close the window when he raised his hand to stop her, his voice neither loud nor soft, "Let me take a look at the exam paper."

However, when Su Xiaocheng saw Qin Zhaoyang walking inside the school gate, she lost her composure completely, abruptly shaking off her father's hand and running over, even daringly tugging at the crown prince's backpack.

Qin Zhaoyang took her exam paper and scanned it from beginning to end, "In fact, Aunt Han has wronged you."

He was seriously assembling his car model, and only after it became quiet over there did he raise his hand to knock on her window

However, since that day, Su Xiaocheng has suddenly begun to study hard, which has made Su Qiancheng feel very gratified, as his precious daughter's sentence construction skills have finally made remarkable progress

At noon one day, she silently pushed away the male classmate beside him and sat down with her tray.

Su Xiaocheng instinctively heard the sound of his teeth grinding together, and silently took a step back, then resolutely nodded. "There is something."

Qin Zhaoyang was completely defenseless against Su Xiaocheng's obedient demeanor. After hesitating for a few minutes, he put on his clothes and went to help Su Xiaocheng out of her predicament. Of course, he regretted it afterward, wishing he could make Su Xiaocheng swallow an entire mathematics textbook.

Su Xiaocheng came over to open the window, tears and snot streaming down her face, and said in a very embarrassed whisper: "Are you looking for me? My mother told me to face the wall with my test paper for reflection, and later I have to give her a positive and uplifting self-criticism, otherwise I will have to swallow this score."

It was also for this reason that she came to realize how outstanding Qin Zhaoyang was

He slid the chair to the window and clearly saw Su Xiaocheng holding the exam paper, tears streaming down her face, "I really didn't mean to do so poorly! The questions were just too difficult."

Su Xiaocheng took a while to come and open the window, her tone unfriendly, "What do you want!"

He glanced at Su Qiancheng, who was a few steps away, and kindly asked her, "Is there something you need?"

Su Xiaocheng looked troubled as she stared at the words "I failed the exam!" written on the note, and suddenly lowered her head. "Can you pretend to have something to do and come find me tonight?"

Qin Zhaoyang: "... ..." Bullying individuals with low intelligence and slow reactions, there is not even a hint of quickness; instead, it is utterly depressing. The person being bullied does not even realize they are being bullied, which is truly a significant blow to them, isn't it!

It is simply impossible to be pleasant neighbors

Su Xiaocheng has not yet reached the legally mandated school age, so it is indeed impossible for her to attend elementary school with Qin Zhaoyang. Moreover, Su Xiaocheng has poor learning abilities, and if she were to start school early, she would struggle significantly.

Qin Zhaoyang casually glanced over it, and Su Xiaocheng felt that he probably didn't even notice whether there were punctuation marks on the paper. So she pushed it forward again, saying, "Hey, take a good look at it."

On the day she became a Young Pioneer, she saw Qin Zhaoyang standing on the school podium as the representative of the second grade, reciting a speech. At that time, the homeroom teacher proudly informed them that the one standing up there was the smartest student she had ever taught

"Word problems are really too difficult!" She sobbed and repeated it again, pitifully reading the problem aloud, "What if mom went out and bought 20 apples, and there are still 15 pears at home, and then she gives some to the children, and they need to be cut and placed in a bowl... Mom, you always let me eat them with the skin on!"

"Look at you eating the exam paper." He raised his eyes to look at her, the mockery in his gaze unmistakable

Qin Zhaoyang cast her a sidelong glance and continued to eat without showing any emotion

Su Xiaocheng was so tired that she could hardly tell east from west. When Su Qiancheng asked her, she surprisingly replied with clarity, "Qin Zhaoyang said he wouldn't go to elementary school with me"

Su Xiaocheng glanced at him and shook her head in frustration again

After Qin Zhaoyang finished the call, he keenly sensed the mutual breath between the two of them. As he raised his eyes, he met Su Xiaocheng's clear and bright gaze, in which his own reflection was distinctly visible. He was taken aback and straightened his posture

With his father by his side, little Su Xiaocheng's courage has also increased significantly, and he asked in a crisp voice: "Did you not say you wouldn't be with me?"

Su Xiaocheng's reflex arc was relatively long; it was only after he stepped back a distance that he came to his senses, his face burning with embarrassment

Qin Zhaoyang was pulled and turned around, only to see Su Xiaocheng staring blankly at the hand that had grabbed his backpack. Upon noticing his gaze, she immediately hid her hand behind her back, her eyes wide open.

At the beginning of the school term, for several consecutive days, Su's father personally picked her up and dropped her off, leaving Su Xiaocheng with no opportunity to meet Qin Zhaoyang again. Therefore, when Su Qiancheng mentioned that she would need to go home with Qin Zhaoyang by herself in the future, Su Xiaocheng only hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement

For Su Xiaocheng, a first grader who has already attended preschool, the first grade poses no difficulty. She rarely gets the chance to take charge, becoming an excellent student in her class and even serving as the vice class monitor. Although she later discovered that being the vice class monitor was merely a role of running errands, it did not diminish her fondness for this minor position of authority.

Next, following the oath, the youth, full of vigor, stood by her side, and it was only at that moment that she realized she was continuously growing up

This is not the first time they have been so close, but it is the first time Su Xiaocheng is so close to Qin Zhaoyang and cannot run away.

Before long, Su Xiaocheng quietly passed over a note, "You can just take a look at it."

The unfortunate child, Su Xiaocheng, simply shook his head in honesty

With this in mind, Qin Zhaoyang became even more resolute in his intention to stand by and watch, and turned to leave

Qin Zhaoyang rarely felt a twinge of guilt for bullying others. After looking at her for a while, he still couldn't help but ask, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Su Xiaocheng's smile, which had just been raised, instantly faded away

She watched him pick up the red scarf and shake it, and her eyelids trembled in response

Su Qiancheng is well aware of his daughter's capabilities, so he enrolled her in a preschool class to help her adapt for a year. In fact, one could say that Su Xiaocheng is taking a shortcut in this regard. Su's father is putting in a great deal of effort to lay a solid foundation for her future.

In the evening, as soon as he finished his homework, he casually opened the window, and before long, he heard the sound of Su Xiaocheng sobbing from the other side

Graduation is usually a joyful occasion, but Su Xiaocheng unusually ate only a small bowl of dinner and listlessly went to the living room to watch cartoons

He listened quietly for a while, and when there was finally no more sound from that side, he raised his hand to knock on the window

Su Xiaocheng cast an awkward glance at her father, discarded the other slipper, and ran upstairs to sleep.

The prince turned his head and glanced at her, "Do you know how to write the two characters for intelligence quotient?"

The next morning, Qin Zhaoyang waited for her at the door to go to school together. Along the way, Su Xiaocheng was filled with trepidation, fearing that if he was in a bad mood, he might abandon her halfway, so she kept a distance of three steps behind him.

Qin Zhaoyang first inquired about Su Qiancheng's well-being, and only then patiently waited for her to speak

Qin Zhaoyang bluntly told her, "You see, you don't even have this level of intelligence."

Qin Zhaoyang scoffed, looked into her eyes, and said in a serious tone: "It is not that you are not putting in the effort; it is that your intelligence is genuinely insufficient"

Qin Zhaoyang still remembers the time when Su Xiaocheng performed poorly in mathematics during the first grade, following him home in a gloomy mood. That night, he even deliberately opened the window, and sure enough, he heard Su Xiaocheng crying inconsolably.

Su Xiaocheng was suddenly choked up

As Su Xiaocheng continued to make progress, she finally entered the first grade

Su Qiancheng, feeling uneasy, kept watching her throughout the night. Finally, when he saw her drowsily going upstairs to sleep wearing only one shoe, he could no longer hold back and pulled her back.

Su Xiaocheng was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head and obediently said "oh," resembling a dutiful wife as she closed the window, preparing to receive her score

He was slightly taller than her, and when he leaned over to put the red scarf around her neck, his lips were right in front of her. She, almost unconsciously, licked her own lips while looking at his lips that were curved into a faint smile

"Is the school yours?" he retorted

When wearing the red scarf, Su Xiaocheng, as the vice class leader, led the girls' team and stood in the first position of the first row, where Qin Zhaoyang personally tied the red scarf for her

Qin Zhaoyang glanced at the score on the exam paper in her hand under the dim light, expressing considerable disdain, "I think you should be prepared to swallow that score."

Qin Zhaoyang took a slow and serious glance, "And then?"

Su Xiaocheng's eyes lit up, "You think so too, right!"

Su Xiaocheng nodded and uttered an "oh," displaying an astonishing level of docility

"Is it mathematics?" he asked casually. Seeing her nod in sorrow and anger, he suddenly began to smile slowly, "I’m sorry, I can’t save you"

From the statement "Because my parents are very foolish, I am not smart either," the self-deprecating humor has further escalated to the level of, "Today I looked in the mirror and found that I am both fat and thin at the same time," which is a... a tragically unbearable form of self-mockery.

After following Qin Zhaoyang for an entire semester, Su Xiaocheng suddenly remembered that she had always wanted to ask him why the two of them were still at the same school, yet he was in the first grade.

Qin Zhao's lips immediately curled into a faint smile, and he no longer frightened her, carefully folding the red scarf and personally putting it on her.

Soon, Su Xiaocheng will be in the third grade

Since returning from school, he has been in a daze, and it is because of this matter. He gently tapped his daughter's little nose and said, "Don't you dislike him?"