The last class in the morning was a self-study period.
Ellie saw William seemingly looking for something in his drawer.
He searched for a while with his head down.
Ellie saw him pull out a brand-new set of exercises.
It was physics.
Ellie thought he was going to take out all his books to find something.
William spread the set of exercises on the table and flipped through them for a while. He turned several pages, not knowing where they were in the curriculum, so he just randomly opened a page.
He read the first question, finished reading the question stem, and felt like he hadn't read anything at all.
He stared at those questions with wide eyes for a long time.
Then he realized: he couldn't do any of them.
He closed the question book again.
Out of sight, out of mind.
All the characters were familiar, but when put together, he didn't know what they meant.
"Where don't you understand? I can teach you."
Saying he didn't understand anything would be too embarrassing, not smart at all. William said, "I don't need you to teach me."
"Are you sure you don't need help?"
"No."
He watched Ellie turn her head back, seemingly starting to work on her own exercises.
About ten minutes later, Ellie handed over a piece of paper.
It was covered with the problem-solving process.
Ellie said, "Can you understand this? If not, I'll teach you."
William stubbornly said, "I won't look."
A few minutes later, he picked up the paper and looked at it. Her process was very detailed, and every formula seemed understandable and familiar; he had learned them all, but he didn't know why they were put together like that.
He looked at it for a long time and hadn't spoken when he felt Ellie lean over. Her voice was soft: "Where don't you understand?"
William pointed to the steps of the first question.
Ellie immediately started explaining with a pen, following her thought process, and William understood, but there were still some parts he didn't quite get.
Ellie pulled out the physics book and said, "Later, I'll tell you which formulas are the focus of the exam and their derivation process."
"Okay."
Ellie was surprised that he was so persuadable today, then she explained another question for him, wrote the key formulas of this chapter on scratch paper, and said, "The key formulas for this chapter are probably just these few, and the following ones are almost all the same type of questions. You can look at them first, and if you don't understand, ask me later."
"Okay."
"Vocabulary is the foundation for English, and Chinese can start with classical Chinese and poetry. Math and biology are not difficult either." As for chemistry, she didn't like it much either.
"Are you looking after me, little prude?" William looked at her serious expression and said.
"I suppose so." Ellie finished speaking and said, "Your foundation can't be too bad; you can definitely learn it."
William almost asked if she thought he was smart. He said, "So, can I ask you if I don't understand?"
"Of course, you can." Ellie didn't ask why he suddenly wanted to study, but she was very happy that he wanted to learn.
He used to be a teenager with excellent grades in his grandmother's eyes.
A pearl should not be shrouded in dust.
And he should not live in decay.
She thought he was a teenager who should live in the sunlight.
Daniel turned his head and was surprised to find that William was actually studying.
This was more unbelievable than the sun rising from the west.
"William, what problem are you working on? You're actually starting to study."
William looked up at him and gave him a look that seemed to say: Get lost.
Daniel shrank his neck and then said, "William, study."
...
At noon, William was working on those physics problems.
When Ellie explained the questions, he felt enlightened, but when he wrote them by himself, he still got stuck.
The more he looked at them, the more annoyed he became. He randomly guessed an answer and covered his question book when Ellie looked over to see. Ellie said softly, "Let me see."
William reluctantly moved his hand.
Ellie glanced at his multiple-choice questions, got three out of four wrong. She pointed to the one he got right and said, "Didn't you get this one right? That's pretty good, take it slow."
William was silent for a moment, then said, "That question... I guessed it."
Ellie looked up at him, her eyes curved into a smile, and said softly, "Everything has a process; don't worry."
William looked at her eyes, which were like crescent moons, and said, "Do you think I'm stupid?"
She said she liked smart people; would she think he was stupid?
"Not stupid. If I hadn't listened to lectures for four years, I wouldn't know anything either," Ellie said, then added, "Did you not sleep well yesterday?"
William remembered what Daniel told him about Ellie's question and said, "Yeah, Coco was restless last night, so I didn't sleep well."
"I see. I thought you didn't want to talk to me."
"No," William said, and then added, "I didn't mean to ignore you."
Just suddenly didn't know how to face her.
William put the question paper in his hand on her desk and said, "Tell me about it, little teacher."
Ellie smiled and said, "Okay."
Ellie guided him step by step to solve the problem.
Following her thought process, William found the solution clear.
As if in a fog, suddenly there was a light on, so there was a direction to continue walking.
...
In the afternoon chemistry class.
Mr. Enrico just arrived at the class and said, "Classmates, have you finished yesterday's homework?"
The class responded with a loud "Finished."
Daniel said, "It's okay, he never checks."
The next second.
Mr. Enrico said, "Put your homework on the table, and I'll check."
Daniel's book was blank, and he took it out and put it on the table without opening it.
Mr. Enrico just walked around and said, "Most students have completed it, and a few students haven't. Remember to understand and make up for it when I explain the problem later. It's really unacceptable if you don't catch up."
"Okay."
Mr. Enrico explained a problem and then said, "Do you understand?"
"Understood."
Mr. Enrico said, "If you understand, that's right. You understand because I'm right."
Daniel couldn't help but laugh.
William listened to this sentence with some thought.
William wasn't sleeping or playing with his phone; he actually looked up and listened to the class, which surprised Mr. Enrico. He said, "William, you're really spirited in this class. It seems you're also attracted by my handsome charm. Keep it up."
Was William really listening to the class?
The whole class turned to look at William.
William was wearing a black hoodie with a school uniform jacket, black choppy hair covering his forehead. His face showed no expression, his eyebrows and eyes were extremely cold. His posture was not upright, showing a bit of roguery, and he was looking at the blackboard.
William was really listening to the class.
They thought this plague god was on a whim to listen to the class, but in the following classes, William was still listening.
Everyone found out.
This plague god seemed to have really started studying.