Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 196: Disciple Has No Repayment
In the office, Gu Jia spoke easily and naturally, but Zhou Jing felt very nervous. He had to think carefully before saying every word. In front of Yang Wenwen and Gu Jia, Zhou Jing was like Lin Daiyu, not daring to speak without thinking.

Yang Wenwen didn't think much about the interaction between Zhou Jing and Gu Jia. After all, Gu Jia had done Zhou Jing a favor, so it was reasonable for Zhou Jing to be more enthusiastic towards Gu Jia.

"Take a look at our class's Chinese test paper."

Zhou Jing took a sip of water and pretended to be calm before speaking to Yang Wenwen to ease his uneasy mood.

"Your class's Chinese is also good."

Yang Wenwen was reading the book for Class 1 and 2 of Senior High School. She handed it to Zhou Jing, who flipped through it casually.

Gu Jia stood up, poured out the roses in the cup, took a cup of hot water, put two chrysanthemums in it, and looked at the Chinese test paper next to Zhou Jing.

What's the next line after "The Jade Dew Withers the Maple Forest"?

Zhou Jing looked up at Gu Jia and said.

Gu Jia frowned and said, "The Wushan and Wuxia are gloomy and cold."

"The storm on the frontier is just a shadow of the past."

Zhou Jing continued to ask.

"The storm on the frontier is dark on the ground"

Gu Jia thought hard.

Yang Wenwen, who was sitting at the desk next to her, smiled but said nothing.

"I forgot this sentence. Let me check it." Gu Jia opened the test paper and said, "You are deliberately making things difficult for me, right?"

The test paper clearly asked for the next sentence of "The waves in the river and the sky are surging", but Zhou Jing asked the opposite question.

“Isn’t that how the college entrance examination is sometimes conducted?”

"I'm already pretty good if I can recite it forwardly now. Teacher Yang should be able to recite it backwards, right?"

When Gu Jia was in high school, she hated the Chinese language exams where she was asked to write a line of ancient poetry she was reciting.

“I can’t do it backwards.”

Yang Wenwen can basically recite the ancient poems that must be memorized in high school, but she cannot recite them backwards.

Gu Jia picked up the Chinese textbook and prepared to test Yang Wenwen on two sentences. When he opened the book, he didn't test Yang Wenwen, but Zhou Jing: "When an official is prosperous, he is close to the sentence above Yu."

Zhou Jing shook his head and said no.

"Teacher Yang must know, right?"

Gu Jia looked at Yang Wenwen and said.

"A low position is enough to be ashamed."

Yang Wenwen blurted out the answer without thinking.

"The next line of the poem about the hidden dragon dancing in the deep valley."

Gu Jia then tested Zhou Jing.

"A widow weeps on a lonely boat."

"Write it down."

Gu Jia said with a smile.

"Just ask me how to write a widow."

Zhou Jing remembered clearly that Yang Wenwen had tested him last year.

"Amazing! You are worthy of being Teacher Yang's most proud student."

Gu Jia thought that this unfamiliar character might stump the boy.

"His Chinese grades are not as good as his English grades."

When Yang Wenwen heard Gu Jia say that Zhou Jing was Yang Wenwen's most proud student, she was indescribable in her feelings for a moment and felt that she was unworthy of being a teacher.

Realizing this, Gu Jia added: "Chinese language scores cannot represent talent."

"I don't have any talent."

The feeling of being smoked over a slow fire made Zhou Jing unable to stop. It was both exciting and torturous.

Zhou Jing couldn't help but think how great it would be if Yang Wenwen and Gu Jia could become sisters and live in harmony. If that happened, it would even allow Zhou Jing to live twenty years less.

During the second evening self-study class, Yang Wenwen took the opportunity to go to the classroom, leaving only Zhou Jing and Gu Jia in the office. Zhou Jing felt even more uncomfortable for a moment, and also made an excuse to go to the classroom to cool off.

Yang Wenwen in front looked back and walked towards the teaching building at a normal pace.

The weather was neither cold nor hot in the evening. Gu Jia reviewed the test papers for two classes and then went to the playground to run. He did not return to his rented house at night.

When Zhou Jing learned that Gu Jia lived in the school, he wanted to take Yang Wenwen back to live there. However, after hesitating for a long time, Zhou Jing gave up the idea. Besides, he would not have the mind to write novel if he took Yang Wenwen back.

So after evening self-study, Zhou Jing sent Yang Wenwen to the outside of the community and stayed in the car for a while before stopping.

“Don’t stay up too late writing your novel.”

Yang Wenwen put her T-shirt in place, put her bra in her bag and got out of the car.

"I know. Good night, honey."

Zhou Jing nodded and watched Yang Wenwen get off the car. "Good night."

Yang Wenwen also said this after getting off the car.

Zhou Jing rolled down the passenger window and looked at her with a smile.

Yang Wenwen looked around and said, "Husband."

"Speak in full."

Zhou Jing was still not satisfied.

"Goodnight husband."

Yang Wenwen bit her lips and squeezed out four words.

Only then did Zhou Jing start the car and leave with satisfaction.

Watching the car go away, Yang Wenwen turned and walked into the community, unable to help but curl up a smile on her lips.

The next day, a new week entered April and the countdown to graduation from university began, giving Zhou Jing the illusion that the countdown to resignation was also on the way, even though there were actually still nearly four months left before the high school summer vacation.

Yang Wenwen's birthday is coming soon, and Zhou Jing is thinking about what birthday gift to give her. This is Yang Wenwen's first birthday since they have been together, so Zhou Jing must give Yang Wenwen a surprise.

After school at noon, Zhou Jing went to the electronics mall, and then went to the Second Street Jewelry Shop to order a diamond ring.

March was over, and Zhou Jing went to the bank to pay Yang Wenwen her salary. The income from royalties in March was almost as much as that in February, so Zhou Jing gave Yang Wenwen a proper salary increase and transferred 20,000 yuan to her.

After finishing all these, Zhou Jing returned to school and went to the office to formally start writing the main text of his graduation thesis.

The general structure of the thesis includes the cover, letter of responsibility, abstract and English version of the abstract, table of contents, introduction, research, conclusion, etc. The more complicated part is the research process, which requires a lot of data and formula verification.

"Give."

Knowing that Zhou Jing was in the office, Gu Jia came to the office early and brought a bag of peanuts for Zhou Jing.

"Thank you, Master."

Zhou Jing opened the peanuts and ate them while writing his paper.

"You will graduate next month. How much leave will you take in May?"

Gu Jia returned to her desk and said.

"Take a day to take graduation photos. For the defense, I'll check what day of the week May 20th is." Zhou Jing turned the calendar to the next page and circled the number 20. "The th is Thursday. Take two days. Add the weekend and you should be able to finish the graduation stuff. For the filing, I can ask my classmates and tutor to help."

Although he asked for two days off on Thursday and Friday, Zhou Jing actually moved his afternoon class on Wednesday to the morning and could leave school at noon on Wednesday, which was equivalent to three days of leave.

"With your eloquence, you will definitely pass the defense in one try."

Gu Jia was not worried at all about the boy's thesis defense.

"Master, can you help me translate the summary?"

After writing the Chinese version of the summary, Zhou Jingchong said to Gu Jia.

Gu Jia came over and took a look and said, "Let me see if I understand the math vocabulary."

"How are you going to reward me?"

After reading the abstract, I found that there were no complicated mathematical terms, so Gu Jia could translate it.

Zhou Jing gave her his seat and said with a smile: "I have nothing to repay you with, except my body."

"Who cares?"

Gu Jia was amused and smiled.

"Report."

"Enter."

Zhou Jing looked up and saw that it was the chemistry class representative of Class 1-2 of Senior High School.

"What are Teacher Zhou and Teacher Gu looking at?"

The chemistry class representative asked curiously.

"Translate the paper for your teacher Zhou."

Gu Jia paused and said.

“Do college papers still need English translation?”

"That's right, so you have to learn English well, otherwise you won't be able to write your university thesis."

Gu Jia is also serious when he deceives students.

"All right!"

The chemistry class representative believed it and left the office with his chemistry homework.

After helping Zhou Jing translate the summary in a moment, Gu Jia checked it twice to make sure there was no problem and gave up her seat.

Yang Wenwen's birthday is on Thursday. Zhou Jing not only has to prepare gifts and cakes in advance, but also has to arrange the time. This gives Zhou Jing a headache.

(End of this chapter)