Chapter 47: Bet
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Chu An, I made a bet with Ji Yao. If I win, I can go to Cla.s.s One.”
Chu An narrowed his eyes slightly. “If you want to come, I can let you come at any time.”
“I don’t want to rely on you for everything.” Gu Xiao sighed. “I know you care about me very much, but I can’t always rely on you. I want to rely on myself for some things.”
Chu An looked a little disappointed.
“However, I still have to rely on you for my studies!”
Chu An’s eyes instantly lit up, and he nodded seriously. Then, he pulled Gu Xiao along and they started a night of studying.
To be honest, Chu An was really good at teaching. He grasped all the Im owledge well and taught Gu Xiao in the simplest and easiest way.
…..
However, Chu An was very surprised. Gu Xiao didn’t even know some basic concepts.
“It can’t be helped. The teachers in our cla.s.s seem to have been possessed. They just recite from books in cla.s.s,” Gu Xiao leaned on the table and complained.
Chu An asked, “Are all the teachers like this?”
“That’s right, and they target me very much. Sometimes, they can call on me three or four times in a single cla.s.s.”
Chu An didn’t continue asking.
Cla.s.s 10 of No. 1 High School was a place for students with poor results but a good family environment in the first place.
Most of the students in Cla.s.s Ten did not want to improve. There was no need for the school to spend money to hire a good teacher.
It could be said that the students of Cla.s.s 10 were there to slack off and pa.s.s their time.
However, Chu An wasn’t worried about this. His Xiaoxiao wouldn’t suffer a loss, and he would help her with her studies.
That night, Chu An helped Gu Xiao revise all the cla.s.ses she had attended today and finished her homework with her.
Gu Xiao suddenly said with an embarra.s.sed expression, “Chu An… do you have money?”
Chu An was very surprised that Gu Xiao would actually ask him such a question. He nodded and said, “Yes, why? Are you very short of money?”
“I was wondering if you could buy me something.”
“Okay.”
“Buy me a roll of fine writing paper, a brush, and ink.”
“You want to…”
Gu Xiao smiled slyly. “Selling calligraphy to make money.”
Gu Xiao was not exaggerating at all.
In her previous life, although she had been reborn into an ancient dynasty that was unrecorded in history, the people there also liked to play the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Gu Xiao was originally a palace maid, and the ruler at that time was a fatuous ruler. In order to survive, she could only constantly train herself, so she reached the point where she was proficient in the zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
At that time, her calligraphy and paintings were priceless.
Therefore, due to her outstanding talent, she was not chased out of the palace during the war, nor was she killed as a criminal. She lived right to the end, until she became the Empress.
Chu An also knew this and placed an online order on the spot.
On the other side, at the Ji residence.
Ji Yao had just returned home when she heard her father’s voice. “There’s a painting exhibition recruiting works recently. Send in a piece of work.”
“Okay.” Ji Yao agreed without hesitation.
“By the way, that exhibition is hosted by Han Tian, a famous calligrapher of the current era. If you perform well, he might think highly of you and you may even become his disciple.”
Ji Yao had enrolled in many interest cla.s.ses since she was young and had learned a little from all the popular ones. However, the teachers she came into contact with all said that she was very smart, so even though she was busy with her studies, she still learned those non-academic interests very well.
Mr Ji told her that the art exhibition would be held in two months and that she had to write a good piece of work within two months.
Ji Yao shook her head and said, “No need for two months.”
Immediately, she prepared her brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Her beautiful handwriting was written on the paper, and Mr Ji nodded.
After a while, a complete piece of work was created.
“What do you think?” Ji Yao asked her father, but her tone was filled with pride.
“Not bad,” Mr Ji praised.
However, for some reason, Ji Yao calmed down when she heard Mr Ji’s praise.
“Dad, I made a bet with someone today.”
“Oh? With whom? On what?”
“It’s not important. I’ll win.” Ji Yao looked at her father confidently. “I’m the daughter of the Ji family, Ji Yao. I won’t lose to anyone.”
Mr Ji laughed out loud when he heard that.
“Don’t disappoint me.”
Just as Chu An had said, the incident caused by Gu Xiao’s parents at the entrance of the Chu family company didn’t cause much of a stir..