Rebirth begins with studying hard

Chapter 6 Who is she?!

Lu Jie knew where Liu Jing's hostility came from; after all, Liu Jing had been hostile to him for almost ten years in his previous life.

Even after he finally succeeded in becoming Song Qian's boyfriend and was the backup option, he still couldn't resist making sarcastic remarks on QQ Space.

In his previous life, Lu Jie thought Liu Jing was a little mentally challenged; in this life, he just felt sorry for him.

Victoria Song clearly didn't pay much attention to him, but he kept an eye on her every move.

He even managed to find out in advance about something as secretive as her signing up for evening self-study sessions.

As a result, Victoria Song kept him like a fish for more than ten years until he was the only fish left in the pond. She had no other choice, and her family was well-off, so she accepted him.

This was also a test of his ability to pass PUA, which made Liu Jing extremely self-satisfied.

......

"Teacher Chen." Lu Jie greeted Chen Li as he arrived at the office.

"They're here." Chen Li nodded and pulled out the ranking of the monthly exam results:

"Your grades in this monthly exam were very poor. Your ranking has dropped from around 20th when you first joined to nearly 40th this time. Have you thought about why?"

Lu Jie honestly replied, "Because I didn't study hard, sometimes I slept in class and didn't do my homework properly."

Chen Li was taken aback; she hadn't expected Lu Jie to have this understanding.

She looked at Lu Jie carefully for a while, and seeing that his attitude was sincere and he didn't seem to be trying to be clever, she softened her tone:

"I've heard more than one teacher tell me that you sleep in class; some even called you the sleeping god of our class."

"I don't know why you're so sleepy, but I really think it's a shame."

"You are a smart child. If you study hard, I believe you can get into the top class and even go to university in the future."

"But if you continue like this, you might not even be able to get into a junior college."

"If you don't even have a college diploma, what kind of job do you think you can do in the future?"

"Work as a waiter? That must be so hard."

Upon hearing the word "waiter," Lu Jie seemed somewhat dazed.

In his past life, he genuinely didn't believe that one had to work as a waiter without a diploma; he thought ability was the key.

I later realized that a diploma is also a part of ability, and even a benchmark of ability.

Without a diploma, the effort and hardship required to avoid becoming a waiter are several times greater than those required for someone with a diploma.

And there's no guarantee of success.

Seeing that Lu Jie didn't react, Chen Li assumed he hadn't listened, so she sighed and changed the subject of her conversation with him:

"What's going on between you and that girl from the next class? I've heard about you two more than once."

"I just checked and she did sign up for evening self-study. Did you two plan this?"

Lu Jie shook his head: "Teacher, I didn't."

Although he didn't want to involve Song Qian again, saying he wasn't familiar with her at this point would only make the teacher think he was lying.

"I take the same bus as Song Qian from the next class, and we often run into each other, so we're pretty familiar with each other."

"But my signing up for evening self-study really has nothing to do with her; I just want to study seriously."

Chen Li neither confirmed nor denied: "I've seen many students in early relationships, but very few of them actually end up together."

"On the contrary, the vast majority of students experience a significant drop in grades due to early romantic relationships."

In the end, everything fell apart, leaving only a mess.

"I hope you can heed what I'm saying."

Seeing that his teacher clearly didn't believe him, Lu Jie opened his mouth to explain again, but after hearing what the teacher said next, he couldn't bother explaining anymore.

"There aren't many spots available for evening self-study. If we exceed the limit, I'll remove you from the list."

He hadn't signed up for evening self-study in his previous life, so he wasn't sure if the quota would be exceeded.

But he didn't want to gamble, so he immediately said:

"Teacher, I really want to study hard."

"I hope you can give me a chance."

"I promise my grades will improve. If I don't get into the top 20 in the class in the midterm exam, I will withdraw from evening self-study and not take up a spot."

Chen Li frowned.

Lu Jie is currently ranked 39th in his class with an average score of 56.8.

The average score of the 20th student in the class is 68.4.

To improve from 39th to 20th place means that the total score needs to increase by 104 points.

Increased total score by 104 in one month?

She shook her head inwardly.

If she had previously only suspected that Lu Jie's motives for signing up for evening self-study were impure, now she was almost certain that Lu Jie's motives for signing up for evening self-study were impure.

He probably really did make plans to go to evening self-study with a girl from the next class, so he hurriedly announced a goal that sounded very determined but was impossible to achieve.

He did this just to get her to agree to let him attend evening self-study sessions.

Her face was grim: "Top 20 in the class in the midterm exams? Are you sure?"

Lu Jie nodded: "Confirmed."

He had calculated that as long as he could catch up on the physics, chemistry, and biology subjects he had fallen behind in over the next month, even if he couldn't cram for the politics, history, and geography before the exam, he could still significantly improve his grades.

Reaching the top 20 is a must for him; otherwise, he will have no chance of getting into the top class in the final placement exam.

But Chen Li saw his affirmation as baseless boasting.

Improving the total score by 104 points in one month is not impossible, but it is extremely difficult.

At least in her teaching career, such students are extremely rare.

She felt quite disappointed.

She had genuinely thought that Lu Jie had changed his ways and wanted to study, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

His mind is still not on studying.

She said with a forced smile, "Okay, I understand. I hope you keep your word."

"It's alright, you can go now."

It's only a month; she can give it to Lu Jie.

She wanted to see what Lu Jie was so eager to do at evening self-study.

If she discovers that Lu Jie's purpose in going to evening self-study is impure, she will immediately make him leave the self-study session and call his parents to have a serious talk with him.

Poor academic performance is one thing, but having poor academic performance while also being a habitual liar is another.

Lu Jie could sense that Teacher Chen didn't believe him, but he didn't care; he just wanted to be able to attend evening self-study sessions.

Catching up on missed lessons will inevitably involve areas of confusion. Being able to ask the teacher on duty during evening self-study is very helpful for him to quickly make up for the missed knowledge.

"What did your teacher want to talk to you about? Did they find out you and Song Qian were dating?" Sun Bo asked impatiently as soon as they left the school.

Lu Jie was somewhat helpless; how come he couldn't stop talking about Song Qian after only three sentences?

"My teacher encouraged me to study hard, and I told her that I was determined to improve my midterm exam scores."

Sun Bo asked in surprise, "That's it?"

Lu Jie nodded. Although the content was simplified, everything he said was true:

"right."

"Also, please don't mention Victoria Song anymore. I'm not dating her. I just want to study right now, and it has nothing to do with her."

Sun Bo said "Oh" and pursed his lips.

Seeing that he didn't believe him, Lu Jie didn't bother to say anything more and instead said:

"Why don't you sign up for evening study sessions too? That way we can go home together."

Sun Bo quickly shook his head: "I'm not going!"

"I'd rather spend some time online than do this."

Lu Jie thought for a moment and then rephrased it:

"I heard from the teacher that seating arrangements during evening self-study are based on class."

"Shu Panpan has signed up for evening self-study. If you sign up for evening self-study as well, you can sit with her then."

"During evening self-study, I'll find an opportunity to ask her some questions."

"After a while, you two became familiar with each other."

"I'll create some opportunities for you and help you out, and your relationship with her will definitely get better and better."

"Winning her over like this isn't something you can just do easily."

"You still don't believe my guidance?"

Sun Bo first exclaimed, "Oh dear," "What nonsense is this?" "How did this get involved with her?"

After a moment of silence, he asked, "Really?"

After receiving an affirmative answer, he then said:

"Okay, then I'll go to evening self-study with you."

"I think I also need to study it seriously."

Lu Jie chuckled inwardly.

As expected, using Shu Panpan, Sun Bo's white moonlight from his previous life, to manipulate him worked quite well.

In his past life, Sun Bo liked her, but hesitated to express his feelings.

After graduation, we were separated by distance and had less contact, yet we kept feeling regretful.

Although he doesn't approve of high school romances because the future is too unpredictable, it would be a good thing if it could help Sun Bo focus on her studies.

The next day.

Lu Jie, who had not yet arrived at school, received a call from Sun Bo, who had arrived early.

I thought Sun Bo had asked him to bring me breakfast, but I didn't expect to hear the following on the phone:

"Lu Jie! Come to the classroom right now!"

"Breakfast? Don't buy breakfast! Come on over!"

"Important! Act quickly!"

His heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly rushed to the classroom.

Although Sun Bo is usually a bit unreliable, he doesn't joke around and rarely contacts him in such an urgent tone.

For Sun Bo to act this way, something must have happened.

As he entered the classroom, he was about to call out to Sun Bo when he froze.

A girl with long hair, bangs, big eyes, and a slender figure, wearing a pure white long coat, exuding a pure and lovely aura, sat in his seat.

Sun Bo, on the other hand, chatted with her with a somewhat ingratiating smile.

After looking at him for a while, he called out the name somewhat uncertainly:

"Zhong Muqing?"