The next day, Ye Chen arrived at school and saw Li Sitong sitting at her seat reviewing her work.
Her petite frame, paired with a goddess‑like aura, made people want to hold her gently and cherish her.
Ye Chen couldn't help but recall the scene from yesterday when he held Li Sitong and gave her water.
A smile slipped across his lips.
"How do you feel?" Ye Chen asked with a grin.
Li Sitong laughed and said, "Thank you so much for the medicine. After taking the medicine you prescribed, I didn't have a fever at all this morning."
Ye Chen smiled faintly; with the system‑granted Divine Medical Skill, curing a slight cold was trivial.
"How did you do on the Physics worksheet I gave you yesterday?"
"Finished it, take a look," Li Sitong handed the worksheet to Ye Chen.
"If there are too many mistakes, you'll be punished," Ye Chen said brightly.
Li Sitong recalled Ye Chen's punishment and her cheek flushed slightly.
Looking at the worksheet before him, Ye Chen began to grade it seriously.
Ye Chen's grading speed was not fast.
Whenever he saw a mistake by Li Sitong, he stopped to annotate the solution ideas and relevant knowledge points beside the paper.
Ding‑ling!
The class bell rang, and at that moment Xia Yingluo hurried in right on time.
This was a Chinese language class.
Chinese Teacher Jiang Lili entered the Classroom, and the moment she stepped in, her gaze fell on Ye Chen.
At this moment, her mind was still lingering on Ye Chen's essay.
If she hadn't seen the essay he wrote in class with her own eyes, she wouldn't believe a High School student could produce such a brilliant piece.
It was simply unbelievable.
Jiang Lili said, "Today we'll discuss the techniques and related skills for the National Higher Education Entrance Examination essay."
She wrote a line on the blackboard: How to Write a High‑Scoring Essay.
Then Jiang Lili looked at the students at the podium.
"Who wants to share their writing experience?"
The Classroom fell silent; no one answered.
Everyone felt that writing an essay was just following the prompt; the techniques were all basically the same, so there was nothing worth sharing.
At this moment, Ye Chen hadn't finished grading Li Sitong's Physics worksheet.
Ye Chen's eyes landed on a Physics problem.
His brows furrowed.
"We already covered this last time, and she got it wrong again. That girl really needs a beating."
Li Sitong clearly heard Ye Chen's words and instantly raised an eyebrow.
"You've been out of control lately, who are you going to beat?"
"Besides, this is a Chinese class, isn't it? Is it appropriate for you to be grading Physics papers?"
Even though she was internally complaining, Li Sitong kept her eyes on Teacher Jiang at the podium.
Jiang Lili looked around, saw no one respond, and said, "Since no one volunteered, the teacher will call on someone."
Hearing the teacher was about to call names, the students lowered their heads.
They prayed silently, "Don't pick me, don't pick me."
"Ye Chen, why don't you speak to everyone?"
"Swish!"
All eyes fell on Ye Chen.
Sun Zhe and Sun Tao wore smug, gloating expressions.
Essays are a tricky thing; explaining how to write well is actually quite difficult.
Ye Chen's attention was still on how to improve Li Sitong's Physics grades.
"Ye Chen?"
"Ye Chen!"
Li Sitong gave Ye Chen a hard push with her arm from the side, finally snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Ah!"
He lifted his head and looked at Teacher Jiang.
"Teacher, is there something you need?"
Jiang Lili felt a bit awkward; with other students she would have slammed the desk by now.
But Ye Chen was different—he was a Top Student, the future Top Scholar of Jiangzhou Middle School.
Even Jiang Lili praised Ye Chen's essay; a student like him was pleasant to watch even when he was daydreaming in class.
"Could you share your essay‑writing techniques with everyone?"
Teacher Jiang didn't get angry at all; her attitude was very amiable.
"Oh, molecular force is the resultant of intermolecular attraction and repulsion; both decrease as the distance between molecules increases..."
Laughter erupted in the Classroom.
"Ye Chen, are you kidding!" Su Zhe couldn't help but laugh.
"Haha, reciting Physics concepts in a Chinese class, Ye Chen you're truly outstanding," Sun Tao said with a smug grin.
In their view, Teacher Jiang would definitely criticize Ye Chen.
Li Sitong whispered beneath her breath, "It's a Chinese class now, look at the blackboard," without any enthusiasm.
Only then did Ye Chen realize.
He had been too focused on the Physics problem earlier.
Everyone waited for Teacher Jiang to lose her temper and give Ye Chen a harsh scolding.
However, unbelievably, Teacher Jiang didn't get angry; her face still wore a spring‑like smile.
"Ye Chen, this is a Chinese class. Answer the teacher's question first, then do the Physics worksheet."
The Classroom fell into dead silence.
"What… I didn't hear that wrong, did I?"
Taking a Chinese class while doing a Physics worksheet, and the Chinese Teacher actually agrees?
Am I dreaming?
Su Zhe and Sun Tao, who were waiting to mock Ye Chen, wore completely bewildered expressions.
What's going on?
When did Teacher Jiang become so easy‑going?
Su Zhe and Sun Tao both wanted to see Ye Chen embarrassed.
Ye Chen monopolized the two school flowers, Li Sitong and Xia Yingluo, which made the two boys quite displeased.
They expected that when Ye Chen explained how to write an essay, he would slip up.
All eyes in the Classroom were on Ye Chen.
Ye Chen glanced at the question on the blackboard and already had an idea forming in his mind.
He calmly said, "When writing an essay, there are several key points: a good theme and a reasonable structure."
"First, the essence of an essay is the emotion you want to convey; that is the soul of the piece."
"A good article must start with strong emotion so the examiner can instantly see the core of your writing."
"In terms of structure, everyone must be clear about what each paragraph should contain."
...Ye Chen spoke eloquently for nearly ten minutes.
The classmates listened attentively, some constantly taking notes.
They all felt that after Ye Chen's lecture, their essay level instantly jumped up a notch.
Even Teacher Jiang was stunned.
Ordinary students may write well, but they can't explain how to teach essay writing to others.
It was rare for Ye Chen to be so thorough and clear.
The classmates' gazes were filled with respect.
That's just insanely impressive.
Ye Chen's demeanor while lecturing was truly handsome!
Li Sitong and Xia Yingluo, sitting beside Ye Chen, looked at him with utter amazement in their eyes.
So awesome!
After Ye Chen finished, a round of enthusiastic applause erupted in the class, led by Jiang Lili.
Su Zhe and Sun Tao wore expressions as if they'd just eaten a bag of Oreos.
They didn't expect Ye Chen to speak so well.
Hadn't he been completely absent from the lesson earlier?
How could he speak so well?
Ye Chen continued, "By the way, this year's college‑entrance essay focuses on the theme of dreams; I'm sure everyone will gain something from it."
Many classmates wrote down his advice.
But Su Zhe and Sun Tao dismissed it.
"Who do you think you are? Predicting essay topics is funny; believing you, that's the real fool."