The physics teacher's voice droned on from the podium as the students around listened quietly.
In this overly "quiet" classroom, Lin Jinran seethed silently. She glared at Su Qinian, but he didn't react, as if the head - tapping just now had never happened. He continued to explain the problem intently.
"Pay attention," Su Qinian noticed the little gesture of the person beside him and said sternly.
"Okay," Lin Jinran replied reluctantly.
Five minutes later, Su Qinian asked, "Do you understand this problem?"
Completely bewildered by the problem, Lin Jinran nodded like a pecking chick hurriedly. "Understood, understood."
Su Qinian looked at her with a complex expression and asked again, "Are you really clear about it?"
"Really," Lin Jinran nodded again, looking very sincere.
Understand my foot, Lin Jinran grumbled in her heart.
"Understand my foot!" Su Qinian sneered.
Lin Jinran shivered and sat there stiffly, not daring to move.
How did Su Qinian say what she had just thought in her heart?
"I misread this condition. How could I explain it correctly?" Su Qinian said crossly.
Lin Jinran: "..."
So that's it.
"Then could you please explain it one more time? I will definitely, definitely listen carefully," Lin Jinran raised one hand and swore seriously.
"Okay, I'll explain it again. Listen carefully," Su Qinian took a deep breath and continued.
After explaining it three times...
Su Qinian said with a half - smile, "You should understand it this time."
The bewildered Lin Jinran looked at Su Qinian weakly and said, "Well, I think..."
Su Qinian said meaningfully, "If you have a bit of conscience, you should pretend to understand it."
"I really understand!" Lin Jinran got anxious and shouted out.
The class fell silent instantly, and everyone looked at Lin Jinran.
Instant social death. Great.
Lin Jinran wished she could dig a hole in the ground right then and there to hide from everyone.
"Understood is good, understood is good," the physics teacher thought she had suddenly had an epiphany and shouted out excitedly. He was beaming.
Coincidentally, the bell rang for the end of the class. The physics teacher said to Lin Jinran, "If you have any questions you don't understand, you can come and ask me. Class is over."
As soon as he finished speaking, the physics teacher left.
As soon as he was gone, Lin Jinran slumped against the desk like a boneless fish, covering her face with both hands to hide her embarrassment.
"Sister Lin, Sister Lin, Sister Lin, you're really amazing," Lu Youchuan, who sat next to the trash can, rushed over as soon as the class was over and gave Lin Jinran a thumbs - up.
Lin Jinran saw his thumb through the gap between her fingers, sighed, and just lay down, muttering, "Amazing my foot. I'm so embarrassed."
"That's the old stickler. He didn't scold you for disrupting the class discipline," Lu Youchuan winked at her. Suddenly, he remembered that she didn't know his name yet, so he quickly introduced himself.
"Sister Lin, my name is Lu Youchuan. You is the one meaning traveling, and Chuan means rivers and mountains," Lu Youchuan was very enthusiastic. He glanced at Su Qinian and said, "Sister Lin, don't take it to heart with Brother Su. He's just like that."
Su Qinian, who was forcibly labeled: "..."
Su Qinian said with a half - smile, "What am I like?"
Lu Youchuan smelled a hint of danger in time. He patted his chest and praised, "Naturally, he's extremely good. He knows astronomy above and geography below. He's omnipotent."
"Hey, Lu Youchuan, if you keep praising, the class monitor will kick you," Xie Wanyu walked over with a faint smile and asked, "Lin Jinran, why did you suddenly shout out that sentence?"
"Accidentally," Lin Jinran smiled awkwardly, trying to hide the truth.
A girl in the front row also turned around and joined in. "Lu Youchuan asked for it. It serves him right if the class monitor kicks him."
"She's Tao Wan, the vice - class monitor of our class," Xie Wanyu leaned over to explain.
"Hey, Lin Jinran, hello. My name is Tao Wan. Nice to meet you," Tao Wan laughed heartily. "I've been busy with my studies before and haven't had time to introduce myself. I hope you don't mind."
"It's okay," Lin Jinran smiled faintly with pursed lips in the face of the stranger's kindness. "I'm also glad to meet you."
"Jiang Xiubin," Tao Wan pointed to the boy beside her who was concentrating on doing the problems. "He's also a top student. If you can't stand Su Qinian's bad temper, you can ask him if you have any questions you don't understand."
Su Qinian, who was mentioned again: "..."
Su Qinian endured it, endured it, and finally couldn't help but want to defend himself. When he looked up, the person beside him had just gotten up and was walking to the toilet with Xie Wanyu.
Oh well, the timing was really bad. He had nowhere to explain even if he wanted to.
"Brother Su, you have to step up your game. Your brother here has even given up an excellent seat with pain in my heart," Lu Youchuan said earnestly.
Su Qinian: "..."
"Don't talk nonsense," Su Qinian didn't admit it.
Lu Youchuan shook his head and left him a look full of implications before going back.
On the other side, Lin Jinran and Xie Wanyu came back from the toilet. She asked Xie Wanyu to go back first.
"What's wrong, Jinran?" Xie Wanyu was puzzled.
"Nothing. I'm going to the office. I have something to talk to the head - teacher about," Lin Jinran smiled with her eyes downcast, hiding the emotions in her eyes.
"Okay, then hurry up. Class will start soon," Xie Wanyu didn't suspect anything and went back to the classroom first.
Just now, the attending physician Duan Dongwei had sent a message saying that her mother had been successfully transferred to the hospital, and her condition was stable. He also asked when she could come over.
Lin Jinran couldn't wait for a single moment. She had come to Wannan City just for her mother.
So she told the head - teacher about the situation. The head - teacher immediately signed a leave note for her and told her to be careful on the way.
At this moment, Lin Jinran completely forgot about the grade assembly tomorrow morning.
As soon as Lin Jinran got the leave note, she took a taxi to the hospital.
The hospital was some distance away from the school. It was half an hour later when she arrived at the hospital.
Lin Jinran stood at the hospital entrance. She looked up, and the nine characters "Wannan City Rehabilitation Center Hospital" came into view.
Somehow, even though the sun was so bright and warm with the unique warmth of the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, Lin Jinran's eyes were wet.
She tightly clenched her hanging hands. Her eyes were moist, but her expression was firm. Her shadow was stretched long by the sun, just like the years she had walked alone in the darkness.
Scenes of her mother's suicide by jumping off a building, her father's cold - hearted remarriage, and the sneers of her step - mother and step - sister played over and over again in her mind.
Lin Jinran silently said in her heart, "Mom, you will definitely get better, definitely. Look, I've found Duan Dongwei. You will definitely get better. Believe me, it will be okay."
In a daze, she remembered the horrible scene of her mother falling in front of her eyes when she was a child.
This was a scene she would never forget in her life.