"Classmate, the teacher won't be back for a while. Why don't you go back first?"
Looking at the person sitting motionlessly, Yan Ziqin was a bit confused. She had already said the teacher wasn't here.
Hearing the girl's slightly impatient tone, Qiu Xi responded understandingly, "Yes, I know. I just contacted the teachers."
"In that case, you can sit there and wait." Since it had come to this, Yan Ziqin didn't press further, though she was a bit curious.
During the short time waiting, Qiu Xi noticed the aloof girl’s gaze occasionally flickering towards her.
As they were not familiar and the other party didn't speak, Qiu Xi pretended not to see it.
Yan Ziqin kept looking for two reasons. Firstly, the girl was really beautiful, so she looked a few more times.
Secondly, she had never seen this girl in the teacher's office. As far as she knew, there was no one like her among the few students taught by the two teachers.
Otherwise, with such looks alone, she would probably have already made a name for herself in their peer group. After all, with so many girls, they tended to pay attention to such things.
Just as one was stealthily observing and the other was feigning ignorance, the office door opened again.
As soon as the sound came, Qiu Xi looked up.
"Teacher Yuan."
"Mm, have you been waiting long?" Yuan Qing walked over, put down his briefcase, and explained, "I just finished my class, and Teacher Liu added a session at the last minute. He might be a while."
"Mm, it's fine. I only just arrived a moment ago."
As she spoke, Qiu Xi stood up.
Yuan Qing hadn't sat down yet and seeing this gesture, he waved his hand, "It's alright, just sit there. Wait for me for a moment."
"Okay." Qiu Xi then sat back down.
Yan Ziqin, who had been watching the teacher and the girl chat as soon as the teacher entered, hadn't quite registered what was happening.
So this girl was indeed very familiar with the teacher.
"Teacher, why are you back again?"
"Little Yan, you're not back yet?"
"Yes, I still have some materials to organize, so I planned to finish them before leaving."
"Alright, you continue. When you're done, go back and rest early."
"Okay."
After a few plain sentences, Yan Ziqin ultimately didn't ask the question that was on her mind.
Instead, she sat back down and continued to stare at the computer screen.
However, her mind had already started to wander, and she was dedicating some of her attention to eavesdropping on the conversation between the teacher and this beautiful little sister.
"It's the first day of training, so we'll keep it simple."
"I have some student assignments here that I just collected. Let's start with this today."
As he spoke, Yuan Qing walked to the desk and pushed a small stack of assignment books he had collected that morning towards Qiu Xi.
"......" Qiu Xi's expression was somewhat stunned.
She should have known that the word "simple" used by these teachers was never truly simple...
"Don't just stand there. I'll tell you how to do it, and then you can do it yourself."
Qiu Xi nodded, "......Okay."
Since she was here, she couldn't just leave without doing anything...
"Come, this is the essay I assigned to the students last week. You've come at just the right time."
"Correcting this is also very simple. Just like me, read through the entire piece and mark any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors."
"However, considering this is a practice for you, I've added an extra step. Not only do you need to mark the issues, but you also need to revise and polish them. That's all."
Qiu Xi, "......"
After Teacher Yuan Qing's explanation, she felt that the teacher had specifically called her to be a laborer, not for training...
Then, before Qiu Xi could complain any further, she was urged again.
"What are you spacing out for!" Yuan Qing tapped the desk, looking at the slightly dazed child.
"Did you understand? If you understood, hurry up and start. I'll watch for a while, and if there are no problems, I'll go attend to other matters."
"Understood, Teacher Yuan."
Hearing the teacher's suddenly much more serious tone, Qiu Xi quickly focused, picked up an assignment book, and prepared to start correcting.
Yuan Qing watched from the side.
After several essays, he couldn't find any issues. The wording and sentence structure were all excellent, leaving no room for criticism.
Not only that, but as he continued reading, he was captivated by the child's beautiful handwriting.
Having taught for so many years, he had seen many students with good handwriting, but he was still amazed by this particular script.
"Not bad!" Yuan Qing gave a very high evaluation. "Keep up the good work. I'm going to attend to my own matters."
Qiu Xi, who was busy, just nodded and continued to immerse herself in the task of correcting assignments.
As soon as Yuan Qing left, Yan Ziqin, who had been eavesdropping for a long time, also withdrew her thoughts and returned to staring at the computer. However, her heart was stirred.
She rarely heard Teacher Yuan praise anyone. Although Teacher Yuan was more approachable than Teacher Liu, his demands on students were extremely high. When it came to serious matters, he was always stern.
Therefore, they all privately called Teacher Yuan "Smiling Tiger."
Seeing this side of the teacher today, she was both surprised and curious. At this moment, she became even more interested in the girl who was helping to correct assignments.
Teacher Yuan was very responsible, not only reflected in his teaching but also in these small, miscellaneous matters.
It wasn't that the teacher hadn't asked their group to help correct assignments before, but they had all ended in dissatisfaction.
Therefore, to this day, she had never seen any student whom Teacher Yuan felt confident enough to entrust with assignments. This girl was the first one she knew of!
With this thought, Yan Ziqin, while organizing her materials, sent this news to the group chat.
After sending it, she used various excuses like fetching paper or getting water to walk towards the desk several times, just to get a better look at the assignment books Qiu Xi was correcting.
Though she could only glimpse a little, she clearly saw the beautiful handwriting.
Even with her discerning eye, she had to admit that the handwriting was truly beautiful, exuding a sense of "elegance."
And Qiu Xi wasn't unaware of Yan Ziqin's constant coming and going, but her focus was entirely on the assignment book in front of her, so she didn't pay much attention.
It was precisely because of this that Yan Ziqin almost saw the entire process from beginning to end.
Finally, she had to put aside her slight pride... The girl's level, without close examination, she seemed to already feel that she was very outstanding!
Therefore, after glancing a few more times, Yan Ziqin finally tidied up her things and walked out of the office.
With such an outstanding girl who she felt was excellent in every way coming into the office, she had to inform everyone!
Thinking like this, she walked away, intending to pass on the message to everyone!
Perhaps... the enemy was approaching...