The bad value system is measuring values.

Chapter 173 One-on-One Tutoring

"Yes, Mr. Zhong, your son has been spending a lot of time with a girl in our class lately, which is having a very negative impact on his studies."

"Okay, I understand. I'll handle this myself."

"Alright, alright, then Mr. Zhong... goodbye."

"Ah."

Zhong Yan looked haggard. He immediately put down the documents in his hand, got up, and walked towards the restroom. He turned on the faucet, turned it to the highest setting, and splashed cold water directly on his face. Instantly, his hair was soaked by the cold water, and the originally bloodshot eyes were relieved and no longer dry.

"Wanwan, I really can't hold on much longer. It seems like our son is going astray. What should I do?"

He always wore the bracelet that his late wife loved most, which had her photo embedded in it.

Meanwhile, Zhong Huanli chatted with Qiao Xiao without any worries, trying his best to get her to talk, but she seemed to be blank, only absorbing everything he said without giving any feedback.

The school bell rang, and the teacher announced the results of the mock exam. Zhong Huanli was first as always, while Qiao Xiao was still last.

After class, Zhong Huanli left her seat and walked to Qiao Xiao's side, where she saw Qiao Xiao staring intently at her almost blank test paper.

Zhong Huanli thought to herself, "She didn't do many questions at all; the test paper is completely blank."

"Do you have any questions you can't answer? Maybe I can help you."

Qiao Xiao lowered her head and slowly shook her head. "It's meaningless. Even if I know it, it won't be of any use."

"How could it be useless?"

Qiao Xiao's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. "I won't live to grow up."

Zhong Huanli was stunned. He frowned and said seriously, "I will not allow (you to give up on yourself)."

Qiao Xiao: "?"

Chung Huan-li: "I want you to live to the age I can live."

Qiao Xiao turned to look at him, her eyes filled with confusion. "I don't understand."

Zhong Huanli said urgently, "I will help you! You have to believe me!"

Qiao Xiao continued, "I don't understand."

Zhong Huanli looked at her intently, her eyes fixed on her, and said, "You will understand."

With final exams approaching, teachers began arranging one-on-one tutoring. Unsurprisingly, Qiao Xiao became Zhong Huanli's tutor, a decision Zhong Huanli had specifically requested in class.

To tutor Qiao Xiao, Zhong Huanli meticulously prepared a large amount of teaching materials. She not only organized her own exclusive notes, but also summarized the problem-solving strategies for similar questions, striving to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Zhong Yan would check on Zhong Huanli's room as soon as it was time, asking, "It's already ten o'clock, why aren't you asleep yet?"

He caught a glimpse of the faint light coming from the ground and had a bad feeling. He walked towards his son's room, just about to knock on the door to warn him.

Just then, a voice came from inside the door, "Hopefully she can understand this problem. If she still doesn't, I'll try a different approach and let me think about it some more."

Zhong Yan remained where he was. "Perhaps he... really just cares about his classmate." He chose to believe their son.

Before going to sleep, Zhong Huanli was still thinking to herself, "Won't she feel pressured? I will teach her well."

However, to his surprise, when he presented the carefully prepared materials to Qiao Xiao the next day, he unexpectedly noticed a hint of panic in her eyes, something he had not anticipated.

"What's wrong?" he asked with concern.

Qiao Xiao looked at him with a helpless and pitiful expression, and cautiously asked, "Zhong Huanli, if you can't teach me, you won't be angry, will you? You won't ignore me, will you?"

Zhong Huanli smiled slightly and said gently, "Of course not."

Qiao Xiao: "But... I'm stupid and ignorant."

Zhong Huanli: "Don't listen to them. They've never been your only teacher."

"Ah."

Zhong Huanli taught very carefully. Everything is difficult at the beginning. He found that Qiao Xiao had no concept or idea of ​​solving problems. He was guiding her to build her own thinking framework. Undoubtedly, he was an excellent teacher.

Gradually, Qiao Xiao's brain began to work more actively, and she was able to keep up with Zhong Huanli's thinking. Zhong Huanli discovered that she was a promising talent; once she grasped something, she would understand it thoroughly, and even the most difficult problems would become clear in no time.

A week later, during the mock exam, the teacher distributed the test papers but did not immediately announce the results.

Zhong Huanli was a little nervous. He had no time to pay attention to his own test paper. He just stared at the person who handed out the test papers and Qiao Xiao next to him. He saw that Qiao Xiao had her head down and her eyes were always on the table.

After a long wait, the person handing out the test papers finally came to Qiao Xiao's side.

"Qiao Xiao...92 points."

Zhong Huanli: "!" He jumped up from his chair instantly, ran to the person handing out the test papers, and checked repeatedly. It really was 92 points, a passing grade! Great!

The moment Qiao Xiao saw her score, her eyes lit up. She looked at Zhong Huanli in disbelief, her eyes filled with excitement.

Suddenly, the teacher spoke up: "Although this exam wasn't difficult and everyone's scores were quite good, I can't rule out the possibility that some students may have used improper means to boost their scores significantly. I will investigate this matter thoroughly. If anyone has done such a thing, please come to my office as soon as possible. I won't name names publicly."

After saying that, she gave Qiao Xiao a meaningful look.

Zhong Huanli looked completely bewildered. "What is she doing? Why is she looking at Qiao Xiao? She's clearly improved so much, why isn't she praising her?"

For some reason, at this moment, she desperately wanted Qiao Xiao to gain everyone's approval.

Worried that Qiao Xiao might be affected, he turned to look at her anxiously. He saw her staring innocently at her exam paper, her eyes shining with a light he had never seen before; clearly, she was unaffected. Zhong Huanli finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

Qiao Xiao's score jumped from the bottom to the lower middle level, which was undoubtedly a historic breakthrough. Many of the students who were surpassed by Qiao Xiao began to question whether she had copied Zhong Huanli's answers.

Some male classmates came up to him and surrounded him. "Hey, Zhong Huanli, did she copy your homework?" After saying that, their eyes all glanced in Qiao Xiao's direction.

Zhong Huanli's expression remained indifferent as she calmly replied, "No, don't frame her."

"Frame her? Don't you know her usual grades? Ever since you sat next to her, her scores have skyrocketed. There's definitely something fishy going on here," one of them asserted with absolute certainty.

Zhong Huanli didn't look up, but flipped through the book and said, "That only means my one-on-one tutoring was very successful."

"Don't make me laugh, how could tutoring possibly help someone with that kind of brain?"

Zhong Huanli slammed her book shut with a "bang" and said with displeasure, "Are you done yet?! The light has dimmed since you came in, disturbing my studies. My father will not let you get away with this."

Several male students exchanged glances and stared at each other for a few seconds. "Tch, boring." Then one by one they left.