The autumn wind dyed the maple leaves red, and November arrived with a hint of chill.
William sat down next to Ellie and put things into the drawer.
Today, Ellie wore a pink coat over a white shirt, with white fur trim on the coat, which made her small face look even more fair and rosy.
Ellie noticed he was looking at her and turned to him: "What's wrong?"
William shook his head: "Nothing."
He just thought she looked especially cute in that outfit.
He took out a vocabulary book and a language arts book and said: "Little Teacher, what's the task for today?"
Ellie pulled the English vocabulary book from his hand and said: "Let's memorize words today."
"Okay."
William read a few sentences and then leaned over to ask her: "How do you pronounce this word?"
Ellie glanced at it and then said: "Ambulance, does it sound like 'I can't die'? So it means ambulance."
William couldn't help but laugh and then said: "Got it, Little Teacher. This memory method is really good."
Ellie looked at him and said: "Hurry up and memorize."
She read for a while and then said to William: "There's a Chinese exam tonight. For the multiple-choice questions, choose one whether you understand or not, for the objective questions just fill them in, and remember to divide the composition into paragraphs, don't just have three big ones. You can use the template I told you about."
William smiled: "Got it, Little Teacher."
...
In the afternoon.
The exam room assignments were released.
Mr. Johnson projected the exam room assignments onto the blackboard and said: "The exam room assignments for this test are out. Students, don't have any psychological pressure, just perform at your best level."
After he finished speaking, he gave a few more reminders.
William glanced at the exam room assignments; he was on the fifth floor of another building, while Ellie was on the first floor of their building.
Not only were they in different buildings, but one was on the fifth floor and the other on the first floor.
William looked at the exam room assignments, a little distracted.
Ellie thought he was nervous and gently tugged at his sleeve, her voice soft and warm: "Don't be nervous."
William turned to look at her and said: "I'm not nervous."
"That's good, do your best on the exam."
"Okay."
...
Previously, William would see Ellie whenever he looked up during exams, but now she was in the first exam room, and he was in the last one.
William followed Ellie's advice and finished writing everything, whether he knew how to do it or not.
After writing the last sentence of the composition, he looked up at the clock above the podium, there were still fifteen minutes left.
She must have finished long ago, right?
Ellie finished the last sentence of the composition with fifteen minutes to spare.
She glanced at the Chinese exam paper; this time the paper was not difficult, and the amount of questions was not large, William should be able to finish it all.
...
In the evening.
Ellie had just finished tidying up and lying down when she received a video call from William.
She accepted it.
The first thing she saw was a dark cat face.
William held it and put it aside, and said: "Knowing I'm video calling with you, it just came over by itself, wanting to be on the screen."
Ellie couldn't help but laugh, her almond-shaped eyes curved.
William restrained Coco in his arms.
Ellie said: "How was your Chinese exam today?"
"It went well, I finished it all."
Ellie thought for a moment, then said: "That's good, did you divide the composition into paragraphs?"
"I did."
Ellie said: "The difficulty of the questions in regular exams is a bit different from the ones I bought for you, be mentally prepared, the ones I bought are to gradually build your foundation."
"Got it, Little Teacher." William looked at Coco wriggling in his arms and said: "Be a bit more obedient."
Ellie couldn't help but laugh again.
The two chatted for a while, and Ellie said: "There's an exam tomorrow, rest early, good night."
"Good night, Little Teacher."
He hung up the call.
William rubbed Coco's head and said: "You little lecherous cat, you rush forward more than me on video calls."
Coco meowed discontentedly a few times.
William looked at their chat background and smiled.
She really seemed so well-behaved.
...
The next day.
After working on the simplified basic version of the questions for a while, William had gained some confidence.
The moment he got the math paper, he felt the road to tutoring was long.
He could only understand the first two questions.
Finally, there was a question later that he could understand, and it seemed he could do it.
He calculated for a long time.
He got a number that wasn't among the four choices.
He glanced at the four options and finally chose the closest one.
...
The second exam was physics.
Ellie had just come back from the restroom and saw William sitting at her seat.
Few people in the school didn't know William.
The people in this first exam room were a bit surprised; why would he suddenly come to this exam room.
Did someone here provoke him?
But the seat he sat in seemed to belong to a girl.
William stood up to let Ellie sit, and then handed her the warm milk he had been holding in his arms.
Ellie took the milk from him and said: "You're welcome." She put the milk on the table and then said: "Why are you here?"
If she remembered correctly, William should be on the fifth floor of another building.
William heard her say "you're welcome" and found it somewhat amusing, then he said: "I feel a bit uneasy without seeing Little Teacher, so I came to check on you."
Ellie said: "It's okay, for the big questions, write them if you can, if you can't, write the formulas you know, for the multiple-choice questions, just choose one."
"Got it, Little Teacher." William looked at her and then said: "The milk will get cold quickly, drink it early."
"Okay." Ellie glanced at her watch and then said: "You should go back soon, there's not much time left."
She saw William off the building.
She went back to the exam room and sat down.
She suddenly felt that many people's gazes in the exam room were on her, she looked up, and those people lowered their heads again.
Lu Yan sat behind Ellie and witnessed everything; he poked Ellie and said: "Classmate, what's your relationship with that guy just now?"
"Deskmate."
"Is that so."
"Yep."
Lu Yan remembered that just now William not only stood up directly to let her sit, but also brought her milk, and he was always smiling when talking to her.
He almost thought this was the boss's woman.
It turned out to be a deskmate.
Although people in the school say that William is fierce and often gets into fights, he has seen William protecting people from his school, and not just once.
The boss doesn't seem so scary after all.
And he's not fierce at all when talking to the person in front of him.
...
Afternoon exam.
Lu Yan just came back and saw William sitting at his seat.
William just stood up, and he said: "Boss, you sit, I'll go out for a walk."
He went outside directly, and now he's secretly watching William in the corridor outside.
Ellie said to William: "Boss?"
William shook his head: "I don't know."
"How did you feel about the morning exam?"
"I don't know, filled it all in."
"That's good."
Ten minutes before the exam, Ellie saw William off.
...
After the exam that day, people in the exam room were buzzing, saying that the girl in seat number three of the first exam room seemed to be the girl William was interested in.
Daniel also heard this news.
He said to Ellie: "Ellie, do you know? They all say there's someone William is interested in the first exam room, who is it?"
Ellie: "?"
Daniel: "Seems to be in seat number three."
Ellie was a bit confused and asked again: "Seat number three?"