CHAPTER 142: CHAPTER 142: A HEART BORN OF JEALOUSY

She looked at the students below and reminded them, "With less than two months until the college entrance exam, consider whether you want to participate in this competition based on your situation. After the school selection tomorrow morning, there will be a day lost next week for the city competition. Please think it over before signing up."

Xinyan understood, as long as there’s a competition, there would definitely be prizes or awards. Given her current situation, these were probably her main source of income, so she decided to sign up for the competition.

Class president Qi Minghai was the first to sign up, followed by two other classmates with good math scores. When Teacher Chu looked over, Xinyan raised her hand to sign up as well.

Just as she finished signing up, Qiu Qingmei, who was seated a few seats away, also raised her hand.

With her hand raised, everyone turned to look. Not only did Teacher Chu frown, but even Qi Minghai looked displeased.

The classroom was filled with murmurs: "What’s Qiu Qingmei trying to get involved for?"

"Who knows, maybe she’s acting out again. With her grades, participating in the school competition is a joke."

Teacher Chu tapped the table lightly: "Everyone, quiet."

Once the classroom quieted down, she looked sternly at Qiu Qingmei: "Qiu Qingmei, are you sure you want to participate in this competition?"

Actually, Qiu Qingmei regretted raising her hand, but now if she backed out, she’d be even more looked down upon. She had no choice but to persist: "Yes, I just want to participate, thought I’d give it a try."

Teacher Chu didn’t want to directly discourage her: "Alright, then prepare well."

After that was said, Teacher Chu noted down all the students who signed up, and then started the class.

The second period was supposed to be physics, but because of the math competition, Teacher Cao, who teaches math, temporarily changed it and taught two math classes instead.

After class, Teacher Cao said to the few students participating in the competition, "Tonight during self-study, come to the office. I have a set of competition questions to go over again."

Qiu Qingmei was feeling overwhelmed. Her math had never passed; she hadn’t even understood what Teacher Cao taught in class today, let alone directly doing the competition questions; that was really challenging herself.

But having come this far, she had no choice but to forge ahead.

She glanced at Xinyan, who was sitting a seat apart, as she casually flipped through a physics book, and couldn’t help feeling jealous.

Seeing that the school competition is tomorrow, everyone who signed up was anxiously solving math problems, yet she was calmly reading a physics book, like she was confident in her abilities.

Just then, Qi Minghai walked over to Xinyan with a paper in hand, "Xinyan, could you help me with this question?"

Xinyan saw he was holding the paper Teacher Cao distributed in class, glanced at the question he pointed to, and didn’t refuse. She took the pen and started explaining it to him. Qi Minghai was surprised Xinyan explained it even better than Teacher Cao and admired, "You explained it very thoroughly, thank you."

Xinyan waved her hand, "You’re welcome."

After speaking, she returned the pen to Qi Minghai and continued with her own things.

Qiu Qingmei watched their interaction and felt extremely uncomfortable, glaring fiercely at Xinyan before getting up to take a basin from the back of the room and leaving the classroom.

Xinyan noticed her action of taking the basin from the corner of her eye. After she left the classroom, she subconsciously asked Zhao Jianlan next to her, "Who’s on duty today?"

Zhao Jianlan casually replied, "It’s the third group. Anyway, with only a short time left before the college entrance exam and the teachers not scheduling anything, you don’t have to be so proactive."