When Tang Lingfei returned home, it was already dark and her parents had already returned home from get off work.
Both parents are watching TV.
The laziness of the two people slumped on the sofa made Tang Lingfei suddenly realize that her previous preference to slump and watch TV should be due to her family background. But this makes people a little confused - Xu Zhe's parents don't seem to be special, how could they raise such a powerful son?
Tang Wanghai suddenly said: "You have had dinner, right?"
Tang Lingfei nodded: "Yes, Xu Zhe cooked the food at Xiao Zizi's house."
"That's great..." Tang Wanghai's sigh was interrupted when his wife slapped him on the leg.
"You think it's so good, why don't you go find someone else to make a living? Why are you still eating what I cook?"
Tang Wanghai smiled apologetically at his wife: "What you cook is delicious, really!"
The parents just quarreled a few words and then continued to watch TV. But being a daughter is different today.
Tang Lingfei also sat on the sofa, but her mind was not on the TV screen. She observed the expressions of her parents and suddenly said tentatively: "If a child wants to study hard, then the parents...should spend money for her?"
Tang Wanghai suddenly became wary: "You have enough pocket money. If you don't believe me, ask Xu Zhe next door."
Tang Lingfei: "He can make money by himself, that's different."
Tang Wanghai: "Forget it, if you compare him to a bully, just say your good friend Xingye..."
Tang Lingfei: "You won't bully others if you compare Xiao Zizi with me?"
Tang Wanghai chuckled: "Then tell me who you want to compare with. These are the only two of your best friends. They both have such good grades and their pocket money is lower than you, right? Classmate Xingye used to have more pocket money than you, but now Something happened at home, and I’m lower than you, but my grades haven’t changed at all.”
Mother also helped: "If your grades improve, you should be rewarded. But you have to eat one bite at a time. You can't rush for money just because your grades have improved a little. What's more, haven't we spent enough money on your study?"
Tang Wanghai: "That's right, although Xu Zhe and Xingye are cheap and effective, our family is bleeding from such long-term and uninterrupted tutoring. Do you know that the amount of meat in the dishes your mother cooked for me It’s getting less and less.”
My mother sneered: "It doesn't matter if you eat less meat. I don't even buy more expensive skin care products. Now I use Dabao!"
Tang Lingfei was stunned by her parents' habitual complaints. However, she felt something was wrong. Did these two people get distracted?
The girl frowned and said, "But I didn't ask you to give me pocket money."
Tang Wanghai couldn't help but be stunned: "Then why do you want parents to spend money? You can't possibly sign up for any tutoring classes, right?"
Tang Lingfei: "What I want to say is, that...is the Experimental High School in the provincial capital, you know, right? Xu Zhe told me that if you want to go to that school, you can pay to go there."
Tang Wanghai: "Can I pay to enter the Experimental Middle School? I really don't know."
Tang's mother slapped her thigh: "Oh, my child is willing to go to a good school. This is a good thing!"
Tang Wanghai glanced at his daughter and said meaningfully: "Is it a good school or good friends that attracts you?"
Tang's mother: "It's okay to go just for good friends, just don't talk about friends. Old Tang, go and ask and see how you can contact the teacher of my experimental middle school."
Tang Wanghai: "You have no connections and neither do I!"
Before he finished speaking, his wife's eyes widened: "That's why I asked you to ask!"
"Who am I asking?"
"Ask your old friends first."
"Lao Xu? He's not...wait, it seems possible that he really knows some people."
"Even if he doesn't know him now, his son is so good at studying. If he uses his son's excuse to find someone, it's easy to find him, right?"
The couple were guessing like this and had already decided on what to do next.
Tang Lingfei suddenly asked: "It's not okay to give me more pocket money, but is it okay to spend a lot more money to go to school?"
The couple said in unison: "Of course!"
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On the morning of a new day, Shen Lan called Xu Zhe and asked immediately: "Are you still not going to the office today?"
Xu Zhe: "There's nothing special to do recently, and besides, I still have to tutor people in their studies."
Shen Lan: "Tutoring Tang Lingfei?"
"right."
Xu Zhe's answer was only one word, but when it hit the girl's eardrum, it had an extra weight.
She had previously thought that Song Xingye should be the biggest threat. After all, she and Xu Zhe were at the same table and spent a lot of time together every day in school. But after that skiing trip not long ago, she realized that Tang Lingfei, her childhood sweetheart, might be a bigger threat...
Shen Lan said in a joking tone: "I also need some tutoring. Why don't you tutor me in programming?"
Xu Zhe: "You are smarter than me and can learn faster than me. You still need my guidance?"
Shen Lan: "..."
How can even being smart turn into a disadvantage?
But the thought of complaining was fleeting. Shen Lan immediately thought clearly. Instead of pretending to be stupid and letting him tutor her, she should work hard to become the most effective helper and comrade-in-arms, so that she could stand beside him as an equal.
Based on Shen Lan's understanding of Xu Zhe, she felt that only a balanced match would last long. Although this young man is kind and willing to do good things, he is also a very independent person. If it only drags you down, you will be far away from him sooner or later.
Shen Lan suddenly thought of a key point and asked, "By the way, how are junior Tang Lingfei's grades?"
Xu Zhe: "I'm in my 80th or 90th grade, so it's not bad."
"That's it..."
Shen Lan's voice was still calm, but the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.
If you want to go to the same high school as yourself and Xu Zhe, it is not enough to be in your 80s or 90s. You must at least be in the top 30s. Only those in the top 20s are more stable. In other words, this seemingly threatening childhood sweetheart will stay with Xu Zhe until he graduates from junior high school at most.
If this is the case, what threat is there?
No, you can't underestimate the enemy, you have to consider the bad consequences - Shen Lan reminded herself secretly.
But even if she thought about it in a less optimistic direction, she felt that it was just in the past two years that Tang Lingfei finally overcame Xu Zhe's defenses and fell in love for a short period of time before they were separated.
Xu Zhe's first love was taken away by someone else. Just imagining this possibility made Shen Lan feel heavy breathing and tightness in her chest. But think about it again, if his future belongs to him, then what does a temporary failure mean?
Xu Zhe suddenly asked: "Why didn't you say anything?"
Shen Lan smiled and said, "No, I was thinking about something just now."
Xu Zhe: "What are you thinking about?"
"I think in another year and a half, you will be in high school. By then I should be almost done with my self-study, and I may have finished the competition. Then we will play games together. How interesting, isn't it?"
The girl's tone was still so calm.
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Thanks to Gensokyo's Funny, Morning LI, Frog A, Hanmo Calligraphy, Can I Pick a Random Name, Book Friend 202212222220401725, and Book Friend 202000315030151237 for the rewards!
Thanks to Song Dong Linying for the reward for Song Xingye Xiaogongju!
Thanks to book friend 2021030110401965060 for the reward for Tang Lingfei’s little public examination!
(End of chapter)
