Love Letters

Chapter 230 Her Change

The days without monthly exams and parent-teacher meetings are just like usual, and time is slipping away.

He Miao is also changing quietly.

"Has this kid changed his personality? He studies very late every night."

Zhang Meili recalled that one day when she got up to go to the bathroom, she saw He Miao secretly getting up to eat.

"Why are you not sleeping so late at night?"

He Miao ate while mumbling, "I'm hungry."

"It's good to study hard, so you don't end up reading novels in your room all night."

"It seems that she has been quite focused during this period. She is either eating, drinking, sleeping or studying."

He Dahai was somewhat relieved. "I don't ask much of her. After all, we are just ordinary people."

"You said she works so hard, why can't she make progress in her studies?"

"I really don't blame her."

He Dahai tried to recall, "There are some very talented students in their class, and our Miao Miao is a hard-working type, and the results will come later, so there is no need to rush."

"In their class... no, I should say their school, everyone is better than her."

"He Dahai, were you a bad student before?"

Zhang Meili suddenly remembered to ask him.

"so so."

He Dahai answered honestly.

"I used to be quite smart and won first place several times. If my family couldn't afford it, I wouldn't have dropped out of school to work."

Talking about the past, Zhang Meili felt a little regretful.

"But then again, we both have no problem with intelligence, so who does she take after?"

He Dahai shrank his head and didn't answer.

"I just thought she didn't work hard before, but now it seems like she just lacks the ability to study."

"Some things don't just require hard work. As long as the child is healthy and happy, anything is fine."

By the time I was in my third year of high school, the books were piling up higher and higher.

He Miao hopes that someone can remember her now, not the poor student who holds her back, but the hard-working He Miao.

Her changes were seen by everyone, including her teachers, classmates, and her parents.

They all knew that He Miao was serious about the college entrance examination this time.

There is no sun rising in the morning or setting in the afternoon.

She would help out at home on weekends. Although Zhang Meili often pushed her away and told her not to get involved, she still worked diligently moving things around.

She gets up very early and goes to bed very late every day, which results in her not getting enough sleep.

Therefore, her after-school time, lunch break and time on the bus became the fragmented sleep she accumulated for herself.

And every time this happened, Xu Mobai acted as He Miao's artificial alarm clock.

He always woke her up at the right time, never too early or too late.

As the piles of tutorial books and papers grew thicker, He Miao's grades improved little by little.

In the past, she would cry when her grades were bad, and some people would say to her, "You don't study hard, so why are you crying?"

But now she can bravely reply to him, "If we have tried our best, there will be no miserable people, right?"

In terms of study, He Miao sorted out the requirements of each subject.

Recite ancient Chinese poems and excerpt good words and sentences...

She read book after book of wrong answers in physics, but she still made the same mistakes over and over again. There were even more difficult questions that she just couldn't solve.

So, Xu Mobai taught her how to get the highest score she could.

Questions that are too difficult are not suitable for her, so she just gives up.

There is something to do with home.

Math is really like a roller coaster. She often jumps between failing and over 100 points. It is completely unstable.

English is her most stable subject and currently the subject with the highest score.

She could even say a few words occasionally.

The same goes for English composition. Although it uses the simplest vocabulary, there are no major problems with expression and grammar.

Soon, the next exam came again.

This time He Miao listened to Xu Mobai's advice, and he had been helping her to correct some of her common mistakes and points that were prone to making them during this period.

Some of them have become her habits.

Xu Mobai is really strict when it comes to studying. He Miao has been trying to avoid him these days, fearing that he would force her to study.

Xu Mobai was the one who sent her back these days.

"It was easier before we had evening self-study classes. At least it wasn't dark when you got home."

"If you send me back now, won't it delay your sleep time?"

"It's okay. It won't be long."

He Miao didn't intend to let him send her off, but he would always follow on his own.

Over time, she just let him go.

"You teach me during the day and send me home at night. What would I do without you?"

One day after getting off the bus, the two were walking on the road, and He Miao suddenly asked about something he had been worried about.

"I'm afraid I'll get used to you and then I won't be able to do anything else."

She raised her eyes to meet his, all seriousness.

"Then just get used to me and never change."

Xu Mobai squeezed her palm and spoke his true feelings.

"You said it, so I'll just have to be content to be a parasite."

The night after the exam, He Miao suddenly suffered from insomnia.