How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 42 - Back_1

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“If you don’t make an effort, you won’t have any chance at all,” Li Qiao said, putting down her pen after she finished writing.

Li Jinhua leaned over and said, “Big sis, let me copy your classwork, please.”

Li Qiao: “….” Do you even need to copy homework?

Without waiting for her agreement,

Li Jinhua took her notebook and started copying, but something felt off.

Li Qiao’s academic performance in earlier years didn’t seem much better than hers.

Now, not only had she surpassed her, but she also stood out in front of the teachers.

Had she become smarter after being reborn?

Could one’s studies really improve that much?

Did Li Qiao have some kind of cheat, like an external aid?

As she copied, she asked, “Big sis, can you share your study methods with me?”

Li Qiao: “Pay attention in class and listen to what the teacher says.”

Li Jinhua: “…..” Was she implying that she wasn’t attentive?

She really wanted to listen, but what the teacher said was like rocket science to her.

“I haven’t touched a book in half a year; I’ve pretty much forgotten everything.

How about you tutor me?”

Hu Xiufang said, “You forgot everything in just half a year.

If you start from scratch, you’ll forget what you learned today by tomorrow.

It would be better for you not to retake the year, to save some money for the family.”

A semester’s tuition and boarding fees add up to five yuan and three jiao.

Food coupons cost five fen each, and eating well for two meals a day would cost six jiao a week.

That’s over ten yuan for a semester.

And that doesn’t even include everyday expenses.

So it was surprising that Loser Qin had agreed to let Li Qiao study—she hadn’t expected that.

Better than the college student who dumped his partner because he didn’t get into university.

It seems there’s no correlation between a person’s character and their educational level.

Li Jinhua, furious and embarrassed, snapped, “What’s it to you?

It’s not your family’s money, and as long as I work hard, I’ll definitely get into university.”

Hu Xiufang disdainfully replied, “Yeah, right.”

Feeling belittled, Li Jinhua exploded with emotion, raising her voice, “So, you think you’ll get in?”

Hu Xiufang didn’t dare guarantee it; last year, nearly two hundred students from their school sat the exams, and only one got in.

She had been second and missed by just one point.

That’s why she was retaking the year.

Li Qiao’s position was also quite high, sixth or seventh.

The likelihood of both of them getting into university was quite high.

For Li Jinhua, with average grades, getting into university would be the eighth wonder of the world.

Right then, the bell for class rang, and Hu Xiufang left.

Li Qiao was ready to take back her notebook, but Li Jinhua hugged it tight, saying, “Wait till I’m done, then I’ll give it back to you.”

Li Qiao felt frustrated and helpless.

During lunch break, she went to Mr.

Zhou, the class teacher, and asked to change seats, claiming she was nearsighted now and couldn’t see the blackboard from where she was sitting.

The class teacher agreed immediately.

Li Qiao added, “For some personal reasons, I’d like to sit with Hu Xiufang.

Is that okay?”

“What personal reasons?”

Li Qiao held the corner of her clothes, hesitating, and said in an embarrassed tone, “I married Qin Jin.

Do you know Qin Jin?”

“Never heard of him.

I’m surprised you’re married and still attending school.

I’ll talk more about it in my class later.

You can go back now.”

“Okay, thank you, Mr.

Zhou,” Li Qiao said with a bow before leaving.

Mr.

Zhou was left gaping, tongue-tied.

He had been teaching for over a decade, but this was the first time a student had bowed to him.

He would have felt guilty if he hadn’t agreed after such a formal gesture.

…..

In the last class of the afternoon, Li Qiao got what she wished for and was moved to the front to sit with Hu Xiufang.

Li Jinhua was furious.

She was counting on Li Qiao to tutor her for the university entrance exam.

If she left now, who would be responsible if Li Jinhua couldn’t get into university?

Li Qiao got away from Li Jinhua’s harassment, and it felt so good.

Soon, the Saturday off arrived.

Li Qiao quickly packed up, slung her shoulder bag over, and carried a bag of dry food as she walked home.

As she exited the school gate, Li Jinhua caught up with her, “Third Sister, wait for me.”

After a week of interaction, Li Qiao had figured out Jinhua’s academic level.

If Jinhua hadn’t actually spent three years in high school, she would have thought Jinhua hadn’t even graduated from junior high, considering she was far behind even Du Xinxin, who had only completed junior high.

However, she was quite hardworking, maybe not adjusting in the first two days, continuously unsure of what to do.

These past few days, after getting the hang of things, she was relentlessly studying day and night.

Since they were studying science, Li Jinhua revealed yesterday that she was planning to switch to humanities, so she wouldn’t have to take physics and chemistry.

Li Qiao was naturally pleased to hear it.

“Isn’t your brother-in-law coming to pick you up?” asked Li Jinhua.

Li Qiao, “He went on a long trip a few days before school started.”

Li Jinhua’s eyes widened, “A long trip?

Could it be for selling antiques?”

“Antiques?

Where would the antiques come from?” Li Qiao thought of the bronze knife.

Qin Jin had treated it like a treasure once he found it.

As for selling it, she hadn’t considered it.

She thought he was mining coal for someone or moving goods in disreputable places to pay for her education.

But Jinhua seemed certain, probably thinking he truly went to sell that knife.

However, how did Jinhua know?

Linking it back to previous encounters.

She felt extremely uncomfortable, a chill running down her spine.

Li Jinhua, looking at Li Qiao with an innocent and pure face, secretly curled her lip and thought, keep pretending!

Would you have money for school and white flour to eat if Qin Jin didn’t deal in antiques?

Speaking of eating, she said, “Do you still have any dry food?

I didn’t eat breakfast and I’m starving to death.”

Li Qiao took out the hard sorghum buns that could crack someone’s skull, “Here.” She hadn’t had breakfast either, her buns were finished yesterday morning.

She only had the sorghum buns she got from Jinhua left, ate them for two meals, and her throat was uncomfortably raw.

This morning, thinking of being dismissed at noon, she endured, planning to eat some porridge when she got home and thus only drank some water.

Li Jinhua wolfed it down, her cheeks bulging with food.

Suddenly.

A clear and bright voice calling Qiaoqiao reached her ears.

It caused panic, she was eating in an ugly way, and she couldn’t let Qin Jin see her like this.

In her nervousness, the sorghum bun got stuck in her throat.

She choked, her body stiffened, and her eyes bulging.

She mechanically reached out for help, “Third…

third…

sister, save…

my…

life…”

Li Qiao, immersed in the joy of reuniting with Qin Jin, was completely unaware of Li Jinhua’s predicament.

She ran towards the young man, beaming, “Jin, when did you come back?”

“Last night, I came especially to pick you up today.

But after waiting for the students to leave, I didn’t see you.”

Li Qiao was skeptical, “Where were you waiting?

How come I didn’t see you at the school gate?” With his good looks and tall and handsome stature, if he’d been at the gate, she surely would have spotted him immediately.

Qin Jin’s eyes flickered, “At the entrance to the alley across the street.”

Li Qiao puzzled, “Why would you wait for me over there?”

Qin Jin didn’t reply.

Li Qiao paused for a moment and then understood, he was afraid people would talk about her.

Her heart warmed a little; actually, she didn’t care at all what others said because she didn’t plan to stay in the countryside for too long.

She had envisioned their future.

Once she got into university, she would discuss with her grandmother about moving into the city.

By then, she could ask the school to arrange a security job for Qin Jin.

With a wage and secretly running some small business, plus her scholarship, they would surely have enough for the family to live on.

After a few years, with improved overall conditions.

Their days would become more and more prosperous.

The fantasy of a beautiful future made her smile, “In the future, just wait by the gate.

Oh, and Jinhua is still in the same class as me.”

Qin Jin had seen Li Jinhua from the start but had no desire to interact.

Now that Li Qiao had brought it up, he couldn’t ignore it and glanced at her, saying flatly, “I’m not giving her a ride!”