civilwarnovels Chapter 4 I love learning so much
Chapter 4 I love learning so much
In his past life, Lu Yuan, like the other boys in his class, genuinely believed that Xu Lingjing was a pure and innocent school beauty, untouched by the world.
He firmly believed that Xu Lingjing's repeated rejections of boys' confessions were because she wanted to focus on her studies and didn't want romantic feelings to hinder her future.
But only Xu Lingjing herself knew that this was nothing more than a carefully crafted illusion.
She never easily accepts any suitor's advances, precisely because she enjoys the feeling of being the center of attention.
She enjoyed the endless stream of boys who were infatuated with her and made sacrifices for her, as well as the envious and jealous glances from the girls in her class, all of which greatly satisfied her vanity.
She carried this set of manipulative social skills from high school to university and into society, using this facade to live the life of a perfect and aloof goddess in the eyes of others.
Now that he has been reborn, Lu Yuan has long seen through her hypocritical true colors. When he thinks about how he was obsessed with such a fish-raising expert in his previous life and wasted his life, all he feels is contempt and sneer.
"Everyone makes a foolish mistake sometimes." Lu Yuan looked out the window, his tone full of worldly wisdom. "Making a foolish mistake isn't scary, and stumbling isn't so bad either. What's scary is being stubborn and refusing to see the coffin before you shed a tear, refusing to turn back until you hit a brick wall, which ultimately harms both yourself and others."
He secretly rejoiced. If he hadn't been given a second chance at life, he probably would have clung to his obsession with Xu Lingjing, living in endless regret and pain until his death.
Sitting next to him was Gao Zhe, a student who consistently ranked at the bottom of the class academically and was usually clueless about such profound truths. Hearing this, he scratched his messy hair, looking bewildered, and leaned closer, asking, "Brother Yuan, what are you saying? You're going around in circles; I don't understand a word you're saying!"
Lu Yuan felt a warmth in his heart as he looked at his best brother from his past life.
Just as she was about to patiently have a chat with him and offer some guidance, the two of them had barely exchanged a few words when the English teacher's stern voice suddenly shattered the classroom's silence: "Lu Yuan! Gao Zhe! Are you two even listening?"
This rebuke drew the attention of the entire class to the two individuals, making them impossible to hide under the spotlight.
Gao Zhe was instantly terrified, his face turned pale, and he was on the verge of tears. He quickly buried his head in his hands and lay face down on the table, wishing he could shrink into a ball and pretend to be invisible.
Lu Yuan was also a little helpless. He scratched his head and obediently stood up, with an apologetic smile on his face, and looked at the teacher: "Teacher, we were listening. We were just talking about something related to our studies."
"Are you listening?" The English teacher's face remained cold, clearly disbelieving. "Alright, then read the text I just taught to everyone."
"The text..." Lu Yuan was startled, only then realizing that he had just been reborn and his mind was entirely on Xu Lingjing and Gao Zhe, so he hadn't paid any attention to where the teacher was talking.
He quickly opened his English textbook, turned his head, and whispered to Gao Zhe, "Which page did the teacher just go to?"
"How should I know!" Gao Zhe covered his face, inwardly groaning. He was already drowsy in class and had been daydreaming the whole time. Now he was completely doomed.
He knew in his heart that the English teacher was always strict. She might turn a blind eye to him dozing off in class, but she would absolutely not tolerate him openly daydreaming and talking.
The two looked at each other helplessly, which instantly caused the whole class to burst into laughter, and the classroom was filled with teasing noises.
The English teacher's face grew increasingly grim, and she coldly uttered a few words: "The text on page twelve."
Lu Yuan immediately flipped to the corresponding page, and was about to quickly glance at it when a malicious, gloating voice suddenly came from the front row: "Teacher, please don't make things difficult for Lu Yuan. His English grades are always competing with Gao Zhe for last place in the class. How can he possibly read the text smoothly?"
The speaker was Li Xian, the class monitor, who was also a fervent pursuer of Xu Lingjing. However, he was not as blatant as Lu Yuan had been before, as he still had to maintain his image as an excellent student.
Lu Yuan exposed Xu Lingjing's pretense in front of everyone, making her lose face. After returning to her seat, Xu Lingjing remained sullen and had a gloomy expression.
Seeing this, Li Xian quickly went over and, like a caring older brother, offered a lot of comfort.
He was waiting to see Lu Yuan embarrass himself in class so he could take the opportunity to vent his anger for Xu Lingjing.
His words once again drew laughter from the whole class, who looked at Lu Yuan with mockery in their eyes.
After Li Xian finished speaking, he turned to look at Xu Lingjing with a smug look, raised his eyebrows as if to ask for credit, and thought that his actions would make Xu Lingjing look at him differently.
Lu Yuan merely glanced at Li Xian, his eyes devoid of any anger, choosing to ignore him and instead focusing his attention on his English textbook.
But when he saw it, he was stunned.
The English alphabet, which had previously seemed like an incomprehensible book to him, now became incredibly clear, and he could easily understand every word and every sentence.
In his previous life, after taking over the Lu family business, he forced himself to study English diligently in order to communicate smoothly with overseas clients, and developed fluent and standard spoken English.
Now that I'm eighteen again, my brain is more agile than when I was younger, and my memory is far superior to what it used to be.
For him, understanding a high school English text is a piece of cake.
On the podium, the English teacher looked at Lu Yuan, who hadn't spoken for a long time, and her face showed disappointment. Just as she was about to tell him to stand with Gao Zhe for the rest of the class, Lu Yuan's clear voice suddenly rang out, and he began to read the text aloud in a clear and resonant voice.
At first, Lu Yuan was a little rusty, after all, he hadn't been to high school textbooks for a long time, but the more he read, the smoother it became. His pronunciation was standard and fluent, and his intonation was varied and rhythmic, without any of the stumbling he used to make when reading English.
He simply opened his voice and read the entire text aloud in one go, without pausing or mispronouncing a single word.
hiss……
Everyone gasped in shock; the classroom, which had just been filled with laughter, fell completely silent.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at Lu Yuan, their faces filled with disbelief.
His spoken English was standard and fluent, and his level was so high that no other student present could match it. Even the English teacher, who always prided himself on his excellent spoken English, was stunned and speechless for a long time.
If it were Xu Lingjing or Li Xian reading at this level, the teacher might not be so shocked.
But this person happens to be Lu Yuan, who consistently ranks at the bottom in English!
Before, when I asked him to read two simple words, he would stammer and struggle to finish them.
"Read the extended passage again...read it aloud once more." The English teacher suppressed her shock, her tone tinged with uncertainty. She refused to believe that this was Lu Yuan's true level, assuming that he had secretly practiced this text in private and that it was purely a coincidence.
Lu Yuan did not hesitate at all, nor did he offer any further explanation. He simply continued reading the textbook.
No matter how obscure or difficult the words are, or how complex and lengthy the sentences are, they all become easy and simple in his mouth, and he reads them fluently and naturally without any hesitation.
After the test, the whole class looked at him with even greater admiration, their eyes filled with surprise and doubt.
The English teacher stood on the podium with her mouth agape, speechless for a long time, still immersed in shock.
Lu Yuan spoke first, gently breaking the silence, and looked at the teacher with a slight smile: "Teacher, you're not planning to make me read until the end of get out of class, are you?"
The English teacher then seemed to snap out of her daze, quickly regained her composure, waved her hand, and said in a tone that was less stern and more approving: "You read very well. Sit down and listen carefully to the lesson from now on."
"Okay, thank you, teacher." Lu Yuan calmly sat back down in his seat, but the eyes of the students around him still kept falling on him from time to time.
Everyone was filled with doubt, feeling that Lu Yuan was acting very strangely today, but they couldn't quite put their finger on what had changed.
The most embarrassed person at this moment was Li Xian. He was originally looking forward to seeing Lu Yuan make a fool of himself and be criticized by the teacher in front of everyone, but unexpectedly, Lu Yuan stole the show instead. Even he himself had to admit that Lu Yuan's spoken English was much better than his.
He looked at Xu Lingjing again, hoping for some comfort, but was met with a disgruntled glare from her, clearly annoyed by his earlier actions.
Gao Zhe couldn't wait to come closer, lowered his voice, and asked with admiration, "Brother Yuan, when did your English become so good? You kept it a secret for so long!"
Lu Yuan smiled and casually replied, "I secretly studied at home for a while, I can't stay at the bottom forever."
"Can learning really lead to such great progress?" Gao Zhe instantly lost his usual drowsiness, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.
His grades were so bad that he had no hope for the college entrance exam, but seeing Lu Yuan's changes, he began to have the idea of getting a few more points.
"Of course." Lu Yuan said firmly, patting him on the shoulder. "Learning is the fairest thing in the world. As long as you are willing to put in the effort, you will definitely get a reward. It's easier than making money."
"Is that so..." Gao Zhe seemed to understand but not quite, staring at his textbook and falling into deep thought.
Lu Yuan stopped chatting with Gao Zhe and stopped listening to the English teacher talk about the follow-up review content. Instead, he took out textbooks for other subjects from his bag.
The moment he opened it, he was pleasantly surprised to find that those knowledge points that he had found obscure and difficult to understand in his previous life, and that he could never learn no matter what, could now be easily understood.
Those questions that once gave me a headache and left me completely baffled have become less complicated and difficult to understand thanks to my mature mindset after experiencing the world.
Throughout the entire English class, Lu Yuan focused intently on doing the exercises, completing several pages of the workbook in one go. When he checked the answers, he was surprised to find that his accuracy rate was as high as 90%.
What surprised him even more was that his memory became exceptionally good, almost to the point of being able to remember everything he saw.
Texts and formulas that I used to be forced to memorize by teachers and that I couldn't remember even after staying up several nights in a row can now be firmly imprinted in my mind after just a few careful readings.
Lu Yuan was filled with excitement. He didn't know if this was a cheat code brought by his rebirth, or if he had always had extraordinary learning talent that was buried by his youthful rebellion.
But he knew that this time, he would never neglect his studies again.
He was completely immersed in the joy of learning, wishing he could cram all the knowledge he had resisted or missed in his previous life into his brain.
All morning, Lu Yuan sat quietly in his seat, engrossed in his studies.
During breaks in the past, he was always the most boisterous one in the class, laughing and playing around everywhere. But today, he spent the whole time reading and doing exercises without the slightest distraction, as if he had become a different person.
"Lingjing, look at Lu Yuan! He's acting so strangely today. He's been studying all morning and hasn't even gone out to play during breaks. What's wrong with him?" Xu Lingjing's deskmate, Jiang Yiqing, tugged at her arm and whispered, her face full of doubt.
Xu Lingjing was still angry about Lu Yuan exposing her in public that morning, and she was holding back her anger. Upon hearing this, she glanced coldly at Lu Yuan and sneered with disdain, "He's just putting on an act. He just wants to get my attention. In a couple of days, he'll be wagging his tail and apologizing to me like before."
She remained confident, certain that Lu Yuan couldn't let go of her at all, and that it wouldn't be long before he obediently bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
Whether or not to accept his apology depends on my mood; I will never forgive him easily.