Chapter 89 Xia Xinyu's Birthday?!

Because he had asked Xia Xinyu for leave...

No, what leave was he taking?

Why was he taking leave?

Who said anything about taking leave?

Because he had told Xia Xinyu that he had some things to do today, he let her go back first.

However, Xia Xinyu said that when he returned to the apartment, she wanted him to go to her… no, invited him to her room for a bit, so after arriving at the apartment, Chen Yuan didn't even put down his schoolbag before knocking on her door.

A moment later, Xia Xinyu, wearing a short-sleeved shirt and a long pleated skirt, opened the door and asked curiously, "Why are you a little late today?"

To be precise, he was almost an hour late.

Had he been lingering outside the school?

"I ran into a middle school classmate, and he asked me to go to the boxing gym for a bit," Chen Yuan explained.

Zhou Fu giving him money for making friends was equivalent to him having a disciple, and his disciple's middle school classmate was half of his middle school classmate, and half was 0.5, which rounded up to 1, so he ran into a middle school classmate.

Giving Wu Yixiang a small lesson could tentatively be considered boxing.

Yeah, I didn't lie.

"Boys really have a lot of extracurricular activities."

Xia Xinyu smiled, then returned to her desk and said to Chen Yuan, "I don't know if you've eaten, but I saved you some egg fried rice. But there aren't any extra seats here. Do you want to go back to your room to eat?"

On the stove was a bowl of fried rice with eggs, shredded meat, sausage, and bok choy.

"I ate a little... but I can still eat." Holding the fried rice, Chen Yuan replied, "Then I'll go back to my room to eat. I'll wash the bowl for you later and..."

"Or, squeeze in with me?"

Xia Xinyu moved her stool over, looked at Chen Yuan, and offered this suggestion.

"Won't it affect your studies?"

"No, I'm full. Besides, my fried rice isn't that good, it won't affect me doing problems," Xia Xinyu said casually while looking down and writing.

"No, it's pretty good. It's good enough to make money."

Sitting next to Xia Xinyu, Chen Yuan took a bite and nodded in praise.

Glancing at Chen Yuan, Xia Xinyu smiled and teased, "You're so perceptive. How can you understand every hidden meaning?"

"Huh? What hidden meaning?"

You don't mean that what Sheng Xinyu meant just now was – you ate outside? Okay, okay, so my cooking is bad.

I didn't detect that kind of sarcasm.

I just genuinely think this egg fried rice is delicious.

Besides, who would have thought you would save me some food...

"By the way, did today's reading draft pass?" Xia Xinyu stopped doing problems for a moment, turned slightly, and asked Chen Yuan as he ate.

"It passed." Chen Yuan nodded, then added, "And just as you suggested, although the other two students read faster and more fluently, the radio station teacher commented that they lacked pauses."

At the same level, or rather, at a level with not much difference, you really have to rely on the advantage of your voice.

It couldn't be said that their voices were unpleasant, just very ordinary.

As for himself, the teacher seemed to have made up her mind the moment he introduced himself in Chinese.

However, after hearing his score later, she still felt that she couldn't be hasty and had to listen to everything.

"So tomorrow is the official broadcast?" Xia Xinyu asked.

"Yes, at noon."

"And the math competition results are coming out tomorrow too?"

"You could say that tomorrow is a day everyone is looking forward to."

"Why is it 'everyone'?"

"Well… the test takers are all looking forward to it, I guess."

Honestly, after checking the answers, Chen Yuan wasn't too confident. He had indeed answered most of the basic questions that Xia Xinyu had taught him. But he didn't really remember the copied questions.

There wasn't enough time, not even enough time to check.

He wouldn't be surprised even if he only got a score in the nineties.

"I'm a little nervous…" Thinking that Chen Yuan's results were about to come out, Xia Xinyu began to feel uneasy.

Because her aunt had told her that she had to tell her when the results came out.

She also said, of course, it was fine if she didn't tell her, because she could get the results herself.

It felt a little strange...

In any case, Chen Yuan should be fine, right?

"Whether it's the English broadcast or the math competition, there's no problem." Chen Yuan said confidently, "To be honest, I've already started researching my opponents for the next monthly exam."

Xia Xinyu was puzzled, "Why research your opponents? Study the questions..."

Yeah, it's like this when you're not abstract enough.

"But since you're confident, then I'm relieved."

Xia Xinyu also had the monthly exam coming up, and her reasons for not letting her grades drop were even more compelling than Chen Yuan's, so she couldn't relax for a moment.

She needed to work hard and at least score around 630, close to the class average.

Although she couldn't compare to the monsters in Class One, she didn't want to be left too far behind in Class Three.

Just like that, Chen Yuan finished eating, washed the bowl, and put it on the stove. Thinking that he still needed to take a shower, he took the initiative to say, "I haven't taken a shower yet, so I'll head back first."

"Okay, good luck." Xia Xinyu encouraged him with a fist.

Chen Yuan responded with the same gesture, "Fighting."

"Is 'fight' spelled with a double 't' before adding 'ing'?" Xia Xinyu suddenly asked.

"..."

No, the originally warm and harmonious atmosphere was quite nice, why are you doing this?

After thinking, Chen Yuan replied, "No."

"Why not?"

"Because normally you would add a 't', but since you asked, that means it's a special case, so you don't add a 't'."

"Are you using psychology on the exam too? Chen Yuan."

Xia Xinyu smiled faintly, pursed her lips, and stared at him with her big eyes, asking politely but with a lot of impact.

"That's..."

Xia Xinyu seriously taught, "Because 'igh' here is pronounced as the diphthong 'ai', not the monophthong 'i', so it's a stressed open syllable, not a stressed closed syllable, therefore 'fight' doesn't double the 't' when adding 'ing'."

"Got it. Really, I got it." Chen Yuan made an OK gesture to show that he understood.

Harvey had taught him about vowels and consonants before, so he could understand what Xia Xinyu was saying.

"Okay."

Now, he could leave.

Wait...

Had he touched Xinyu today yet?

The last person he touched today was Zhou Fu.

But the Zhou Fu side quest was already completed, he should study hard with Xinyu tonight.