Chapter 1370 - Attitude Is Everything (1/2)

Besides He Yi, he had also been surrounded and attacked by a group of ‘old folks’. Deng Wenchang dared not flare up at them. He could only cast malicious stares at Qiao Nan. So many people were biased toward her. It seemed that, aside from him, Qiao Nan had given everyone else benefits behind his back!

Qiao Nan, who was once again ‘shot’ without even doing a thing, sneered. She threw another set of materials to Deng Wenchang. “Comrade Deng, this is my a.s.signment. Do you want to take a look at it together?”

“It’s the same one?” When Deng Wenchang took it and read it, he realized that Qiao Nan’s content was similar to his.

Qiao Nan put down her pen and drank some water to hydrate herself. “Yes, the task yesterday was not that important and the workload was not heavy, so both of us were given the same one. If you are interested, we can look at it together, in case you feel unconvinced in both your heart and mind such that your hands become so limp that you can’t even hold your pen properly.”

When Qiao Nan wanted him to read it, Deng Wenchang did not want to. “What’s there to read? These were obtained through some lowly means. Is it meaningful? There are a few rare words in this material that are seldom used. Also, they are adapted from the Latin language. You must have got it right after someone taught you this. What’s there to be smug about?” If someone were to teach him, wouldn’t he be ‘all red’ indeed?

Qiao Nan shook her head and pa.s.sed Deng Wenchang a book. “I have not studied abroad and am not very knowledgeable, so I am not sure about the teaching materials for overseas students like you. This book is one of the textbooks of an elective subject in the local foreign language faculty. It’s not very popular and a little unorthodox. However, the term that you referred to earlier is taught in this book. This is not considered private coaching but ma.s.s teaching. One cla.s.sroom of people attended the lesson.”

Deng Wenchang did not believe Qiao Nan. He took the book and flipped it to verify himself.

It was quite easy to find the term. Qiao Nan had specially placed a bookmark on the page where the term appeared. She was afraid that Deng Wenchang would call her a liar if he could not find it.

When he flipped Qiao Nan’s book, everyone was dazzled by what was before their eyes. That book was originally not thin but it had become extremely thick after Qiao Nan used it. She had pasted little pieces of adhesive notes on those special, uncommon, rare, or interesting phrases, words, sentences, and grammar in the book.

The handwritten notes on the little pieces of paper had three colors: red, blue, and black. Besides this three-colored handwriting, different highlighters were also used to highlight and differentiate the main points.

There were so many colorful little pieces of notes that one could not help feeling dazed as they were not used to it.

Deng Wenchang’s expression changed from a mocking and scornful one to a more serious one. Both had been students before. Judging from Qiao Nan’s book, which had gained a lot of weight, Qiao Nan’s learning att.i.tude as a student deserved affirmation. These notes were taken by Qiao Nan when she listened to professors during the lessons.

There were also some notes where Qiao Nan did more research on her own as she was not satisfied with the brief elaboration by the professors. She was thorough in seeking information. With such hard work, of course, Qiao Nan would have a more thorough knowledge of the same content. It was so thorough that even an overseas student like Deng Wenchang could not help feeling ashamed.

It was not because of other reasons. Deng Wenchang knew some of the contents written on the little pieces of notes. There were also some that he had never heard of. In normal circ.u.mstances, as long as he was aware of the existence of the term and its general meaning and usage, that would do.

For example, gunpowder was one of the four great inventions of China. As a Chinese, it would do as long as Deng Wenchang had a little knowledge of this history. When others brought up this question, he could chat with them a little about it.