For five consecutive days, under Qingran's urging, Xie Ying'an carved out time every morning to recite classical Chinese prose and ancient poetry.
This joyfully exceeded the expectations of Old Wu, who was secretly observing them, while also bringing worries to his heart.
The joy was that Xie Ying'an was unlikely to lose points in Chinese on the next exam.
The worry was that it was quite clear this kid was on the verge of young love, probably just one step away.
In the eyes of Old Wu... no! In the eyes of all teachers, "young love" was absolutely taboo.
If a student's grades fell during their adolescent years, teachers would first suspect they were experiencing young love, and then they would start to watch their every move closely.
Old Wu had been their age too, and even though his life back then was harder than it is now, there were times when he wasn't studying and he would daydream about romantic fantasies.
