CHAPTER 324: CHAPTER 297 LITTLE ZHI ANG HAS HIS OWN UNDERSTANDING

After Qiao Yuxian left Ji Xiaoxiao’s room, she went to the study.

As soon as she entered the study, she saw Qiao Zhiang sitting beside Gu Yanjing, not daring to utter a sound.

Gu Yanjing’s cold expression showed a hint of helplessness.

In the study at the Gu Mansion, Gu Yanjing had placed a chair on his right side and cleared half of the desk space, leaving it for Qiao Yuxian to use.

Even when Qiao Yuxian wasn’t there, Gu Yanjing had put a chair for Qiao Zhiang on the other side, letting him sit there.

Qiao Yuxian opened the door, and both of them looked towards the door.

Qiao Zhiang’s eyes lit up when he saw Qiao Yuxian, looking as if his savior had arrived.

Gu Yanjing’s expression didn’t change much, but one could feel that he had slightly relaxed.

Qiao Yuxian stood at the door, looking at the tense atmosphere between the two that was on the verge of exploding.

She closed the door, walked to their side, and looked at Qiao Zhiang’s Chinese test paper with a score of fifty-nine.

She glanced at Gu Yanjing and asked, "Already correcting the test paper? Such high efficiency."

Qiao Zhiang looked at her, not daring to speak.

Gu Yanjing also said nothing.

Qiao Zhiang’s Chinese homework today was to write characters and form words, which was in the book; he just needed to copy it down, memorize it, and then dictate it once more.

It was relatively simple and quick to complete.

Math and English were Qiao Zhiang’s strengths; he found them effortless. As long as he wanted to write, he was very efficient, with an almost 100% accuracy rate.

But this Chinese....

No one knew if he did it on purpose; he always had his own interpretations.

Moreover, he had angered Qiao Yu at home like that, insisting on his own interpretations.

Seeing that neither spoke, Qiao Yuxian put a hand on Gu Yanjing’s shoulder and patted it: "Mr. Gu, why so silent?"

Mr. Gu held her hand, glanced at her, and then motioned for her to look at the test paper.

Aside from some characters and word formations.

Qiao Zhiang’s test paper was almost full of red crosses.

The kind of red crosses that gave people dizziness just by looking at them.

Qiao Yuxian had reason to suspect that the teacher might have been overzealous when marking, adding a few more crosses than necessary.

She looked again at the mistakes he made.

The antonym of "shy," he wrote: extroverted. The teacher marked it with a big cross.

The antonym of "bent," he wrote: extremely straight. The teacher marked it with an even bigger cross.

Then there was the question type "daily accumulation."

Question: I know these Chinese delicacies:

Three blanks followed.

Qiao Zhiang wrote: peanuts, sunflower seeds, eight-treasure porridge.

Qiao Yuxian: "......"

There was more.

The fable "The Farmer and the Stork" teaches us what moral.

Qiao Zhiang wrote: Mind your own hands, don’t be rash, and don’t pull things out casually.

Gu Yanjing commented from the side, "The correct answer is: Ignoring the natural development of things and rushing for quick results will only make matters worse."

"Am I wrong?" Qiao Zhiang whispered from the side, "Isn’t it about not being rash and pulling things casually? That’s the lesson I learned."

Qiao Yuxian: "Um......"

"What you wrote is superficial..." Gu Yanjing started to say before.

Little Zhiang argued quietly, "The test paper didn’t specify a deeper underlying meaning; it’s its unclear expression."

Gu Yanjing: "......"

Then there’s "What does the text teach us?"

Qiao Zhiang wrote: I hope teachers consider diverse answers during marking instead of making answers singular.

He even criticized the teacher.

Qiao Yuxian was speechless, looking at that huge cross.

She seemed unsure how to refute it.

Plus, the "Follow the example, write sentences" question type.

Qiao Zhiang wrote, Maple leaves are red, like a monkey’s butt....

And so on.

The teacher marked them all with crosses.

Almost all the extracurricular readings fell short.

"Sister, am I wrong?" Qiao Zhiang asked, "They have their insights, and I have mine. Why is mine wrong?"

Qiao Yuxian looked at the test paper, then reached out to pat Qiao Zhiang’s little head, saying nothing, and silently sat on the other side of Gu Yanjing, opened her computer, and said, "I have a lot of work to do. You two carry on; don’t mind me."

As soon as she wasn’t next to him, Qiao Zhiang became more nervous.

Gu Yanjing looked at Qiao Yuxian, slightly raised his brow, then turned back to Qiao Zhiang, his expression turning cold again, "Did you pay attention in class?"

Facing Gu Yanjing’s imposing presence, Qiao Zhiang dared not lie: "No."

"Why?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"It’s too boring," Qiao Zhiang replied, "When the teacher teaches, they tell us to think divergently, but during exams, there is only one correct answer. It’s unfair."

Gu Yanjing said, "Is your divergent thinking necessarily correct?"

Qiao Zhiang responded, "I think it’s not wrong. I think he shouldn’t mark me wrong."

"But it is wrong," Gu Yanjing said.

"So he should be thankful that I didn’t blame him," Qiao Zhiang said, self-righteously, "He’s still calling my parents, which is simply too much."

"You can’t blame him," Gu Yanjing said, "He’s in charge, the standard answer is in charge."

Qiao Zhiang puffed his cheeks in frustration.

"Will you change in the future?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"No." Qiao Zhiang said the two words crisply and firmly.

Gu Yanjing looked at him: "......"

Qiao Yuxian, listening on the side, didn’t dare to speak because of Gu Yanjing’s cold aura of pressure.

She finally understood why her father was so worried.

Her father wanted Qiao Zhiang’s scores to look better.

But the little Qiao Zhiang had a heart set on reforming education.

Moreover, he wouldn’t change his mind no matter what was said.

Gu Yanjing watched Qiao Zhiang’s puffed-up face. From his perspective, this little brat now resembles Qiao Yuxian’s look when she was unhappy.

So, he regained the patience he was about to exhaust.

"Want to change the status quo?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"Yes." Even though Qiao Zhiang was afraid, he still answered firmly.

"Do you know who can bring about change?" Gu Yanjing asked.

Qiao Zhiang looked at him.

Gu Yanjing’s finger tapped on the newspaper beside him and said, "At least people at this level."

Qiao Zhiang looked at the leaders in the newspaper and remained silent.

"To become such a person, the first step is to have high scores." Gu Yanjing said slowly, "If you can’t achieve that, you won’t change anything. Your current actions are just child’s play, extremely childish. Not only will you not succeed, but you’ll also make people feel..."

Regarding the fact that he’s a child, Gu Yanjing still picked his words carefully, "Make people think you’re very silly."

Qiao Zhiang was silent and said nothing.

Gu Yanjing didn’t bother with him anymore, turned around, and continued with his work.

After a while of silence, Qiao Zhiang picked up the eraser to erase his incorrect answers.

Then... Gu Yanjing watched as he carefully wrote after "The Farmer and the Stork teaches us: allow children to grow normally and freely, and don’t set unrealistic goals for them. Parents need to maintain peace of mind, or they’ll only age faster."

The word "age" was written with extra force and outlined once again.

It’s as if hinting at something.

Gu Yanjing narrowed his eyes: "......"