"You need to work twice as hard."
Dick glanced at Su Xiaong, seeing her silent for a long ti, a trace of disappointnt flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly.
Work twice as hard...
Su Xiaong nodded heavily.
After sitting down, she could still feel the piercing stares from the other students.
"Bath’s interpreting major is not as easy as you think. I have no other requests, just one: students with two lowest grade records will be advised to leave."
As soon as Dick finished speaking, there was an uproar below.
Su Xiaong’s heart jumped into her throat, and her eyes widened.
Twice...
This wasn’t directed at Su Xiaong, and, given that this was Class D, their grades were originally lower compared to students in other classes.
The other students also sat uneasily.
A South Korean student stood up and said sothing quickly in English, which Su Xiaong didn’t understand at all.
Then Dick replied to him in Indian English...
Su Xiaong was dumbfounded throughout.
The South Korean student was questioning the legality of Dick’s approach, stating that no school rules ntion expulsion for poor grades.
And Dick responded in an orderly manner,
"Not expulsion, just advice to leave. Of course, I can guarantee that after my advice, you will definitely leave. Besides, do you think you would co in last twice in a row? So worried?"
The South Korean student’s face turned red. Even in Class D, these students were top language perforrs in their own countries.
No one wanted to show any sign of lack of confidence.
"Does anyone else have questions? It’s best to ask now."
The class was so quiet that it seed you could only hear your own heartbeat.
Su Xiaong didn’t want to be the first to ask, but the issue of being advised to leave due to coming last twice was really serious. Her pale hand trembled as she raised it,
"D... Dick... Can I ask if the placent test... counts, counts as one of the tis?"
Before Dick could answer, so students below were already whispering, "Of course, it counts"...
Su Xiaong felt they were not friendly at all!!
Dick looked at her,
"What do you think?"
Su Xiaong swallowed. She thought...
"I think... if it doesn’t count... could it not count?"
"No, it can’t."
"..."
That’s it, if she cos last one more ti, it’s over.
Su Xiaong was in a daze during class. The college had almost no basic theoretical courses and started with practical lessons on the first day of school...
Dick’s strictness and harshness were confird once again.
After class, the students whispered about how perverse Dick was!
Su Xiaong wasn’t familiar with them, and being a slow-to-warm person, plus the other students didn’t seem to like her much.
Because of the placent test incident, Su Xiaong was basically considered a compulsive liar, pretentious, and the laggard holding everyone back...
However, there was one thing that touched Su Xiaong.
During a restroom break, she overheard Qin Hui from the next class explaining the situation on the day of the placent test to soone else.
Actually, no one really cared why she scored thirteen points; it was just the first day of school, everyone wanted to make friends, and they wouldn’t give up a common topic like this.
Whether Qin Hui explained or not, it wasn’t important.
But Su Xiaong felt Qin Hui was a really good person.
At lunch, she ignored the others’ whispers and went to the cafeteria with her as promised.
After sitting down, Qin Hui asked about Dick, wanting to know if he was as rumored.
There were two major lectures every week taught by Dick, but the major lecture was tomorrow, so when the students from other classes heard that Class D’s tutor was Dick, they all ca to find out after class...
Probably all wanted to carry a lightning rod.
"It’s okay, I just got nad and criticized three tis..."
After Su Xiaong said that, Qin Hui was stunned. Being nad and criticized three tis was considered okay?
Su Xiaong was indeed not an ordinary person!
Su Xiaong looked up, eting Qin Hui’s increasingly admiring gaze, and quickly said,
"Three tis is really okay, several people were nad and criticized seven or eight tis, and one girl was even driven to tears!"
"Wow..."
After working hard to get into Bath, into a major one likes, thinking one is excellent, only to be told by the ntor that one is worthless, who can be that strong?
Everyone thought they were pretty excellent, with quite a proud nature, and while Dick didn’t scold, just a few words could make one feel lower than an ant!
"And you... are you okay?"
Qin Hui was quite worried about Su Xiaong, since she had co last in the test.
He feared that Dick would make Su Xiaong an example first.
"Do you think I look okay right now?"
"Um..."
Qin Hui looked carefully and thought Su Xiaong looked rosy, her eyes bright, and her appetite pretty good. He nodded,
"You look quite good indeed..."
"Hahahaha!"
Su Xiaong laughed loudly, patting the table with pride, saying,
"Of course! What’s the big deal about Dick! You don’t even know about a math teacher I had in high school, much more brutal than him!"
"..."
"Back then, I only got twenty or thirty points in mathematics, which made that teacher always talk to , asking if I was missing a screw in my head—all in all, very fierce."
"..."
"Luckily, I have thick skin, or I wouldn’t be as positive and sunshiny as I am now!"
Qin Hui looked at Su Xiaong with true admiration...
Su Xiaong was not just putting on a brave face. The disappointnt of the placent test had lingered for a long ti, and the worst result was already being a "supervised" key figure by both teachers and students, right?
It was already the worst situation, and all the worries were no longer necessary.
A certain optimist thought that, given the situation, there was really no need to continue being downcast.
Anyway...
Since childhood, she had always had average grades and didn’t have the superior pride of other top students.
Let the teachers criticize as they may, it wasn’t like she hadn’t been criticized before.
"Oh, by the way, speaking of which, that Dick really doesn’t look good, even worse than in the photos!"
Su Xiaong teased seriously, probably just wanting to vent a bit...
But when she looked up, she saw Qin Hui winking at her vigorously. Not quite understanding, she asked,
"What’s wrong with your eyes?"
Qin Hui pressed her lips and pointed her finger behind Su Xiaong.
Su Xiaong raised her eyebrows high and turned her head back, and was t with Dick’s terrifying eye whites!
"Dick..."
"Ah! Hello, teacher!"
Su Xiaong quickly stood up, struggling to hold her knife and fork, which clattered onto her tray!
Dick just looked at her lightly, then walked past her and sat down at another table.
Staring at that slightly chubby back, Su Xiaong’s previously sunny and positive attitude was swept away, leaving only the overcast clouds overhead.
At two-thirty, after finishing today’s last class, Su Xiaong dragged her exhausted body to the library.
The Bath Library was the size of a national-level museum, with shelves stretching one after the other. The shelves against the wall towered to a scary height, requiring a high ladder to fetch books.
But the books placed high up were more advanced collections, rarely used by students.
Indeed, if needed, it must be for so incredible research.
Xiaong had prepared a booklist and was scouring the library for them.
There was no need to hurry, but who knew she’d receive a ssage from Yin Shixiu just before class ended, informing her he’d co to pick her up!
Not wanting to make her husband wait too long, Xiaong hastened her book search.
"Is this the one?"
Suddenly, a familiar and pleasant voice sounded from behind Su Xiaong. She turned around—
Her eyes widened,
"You are..."
Xiaong rembered her! The "Big Star" who lived a few floors above them!
Later, Xiaong had asked Yin Shixiu about her, but he didn’t think much about it, only saying that it wasn’t surprising for stars to live in the building, but he didn’t know exactly who.
If Xiaong really wanted to know, Yin Shixiu suggested she ask herself if she t her next ti.
Who would’ve thought she’d never encounter her again after that.
Xiaong was more convinced she was a "Big Star," as only a "Big Star’s" schedule would be so busy and irregular.
But now, the "Big Star" unexpectedly appeared in Bath’s library!
Right behind her!
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