After deciding to give up, he started to gain popularity

“Ah…Ahahaha…”

Ying Lili's face was filled with shame.

232. Broken, stupid hi plus one

"No, I can't...Zou...Rang, let me rest for a while..."

"No, you can't rest yet. Keep going until I'm satisfied..."

"Why, why is this happening..."

When Kato Megumi appeared at the door of Eriri's house, she could hear the faint sound of a bad conversation from the slightly open door.

It reminds me of a similar scene in a work called "○ no Sora", where something that shouldn't be seen was seen because the door was not closed properly...

"Arnold...what are you doing?" Kato Megumi tilted her head and looked at Natsukawa Kanade and Eriri——

The former is okay, as he looks like he is teaching seriously, and he would look up at Eriri from time to time, and then quickly go back to work. But as for the latter...not to mention his pitiful look as if he is about to cry, just the fact that he has several shameful sentences on his forehead, "(＞人＜；) I'm sorry, I'm not even as good as a junior high school student", "o(╥﹏╥)o Please don't look at this paramecium-like me", is a situation that is a little hard to understand.

Is this... some kind of shameful play?

"Oh, Kato, you're here..." Natsukawa Kanade raised his head and was about to ask the other party to sit down, but Eriri next to him suddenly exclaimed.

"Hey! Hui! Why are you here... No, that's not right! Don't come over... and don't look at me!" She first stretched out her hand to signal the other party to stand there and not move, and then suddenly felt that it was impossible to cover it with one hand, so she returned to the method of using both hands, but it was obviously too late.

And the bigger her reaction, the more attention she would attract, especially Kato's, whose eyes were now completely focused on her.

"Eri... um... um! I understand. Everyone has their own unique hobbies. I understand that..."

"No way! This isn't my hobby at all!" Eriri cried pitifully, "How could anyone like to be subjected to such shameful things? Even an elementary school student can't do this!"

"It's something that even elementary school students would feel ashamed of, so it's just right to use it on you." Xia Chuan Zou on the side suddenly joined in.

As the saying goes, when a disease is serious, drastic measures must be taken. For someone like Eriri who is almost hopeless, if she is not forced to take action, she will probably fall to a level worse than that of an elementary school student!

It was the first time he saw a high school student whose English level was not as good as that of an ordinary junior high school student. This was English! Not math, physics, or chemistry. It was too much to say that he was not as good as a junior high school student? !

Then he remembered something he had read in a book called "Girl Training Manual". Although some of the remarks were too outrageous for him to read, other things were still very valuable for reference, such as the one about how to educate.

To put it simply, education refers to the process of training an object to become a useful person. The ultimate goal here is different from that of educating students in general, but the means in the process are similar.

For Eriri, there is probably no so-called "reward" that can motivate her to work harder on learning English. The only way is to start with "punishment" and let her feel the shame truly, so that this sense of shame will motivate her to take action.

As for how to create a sense of shame... Just like this, let her be exposed in front of Kato in this embarrassing state, and then further remind her - now she is so unbearable just by being exposed to Kato, what if other people find out about your English level? That would be even more embarrassing!

Ying Lili's eyes were filled with tears and she looked pitiful. She had given up trying to hide her actions. Everything had been seen by everyone, so there was nothing to be afraid of!

"Gum... Xiaohui...you can understand me, right?" Eriri tried to ask for help.

However, the person who applied had no intention of paying attention to her. Instead, he sat down naturally on the other side of Natsukawa Kanade and handed the souvenir he brought to Eriri.

"These are homemade cookies. If you find it difficult, you can have a bite, okay?"

Yinglili: "..."

She felt abandoned.

Then he was very indignant. After taking it, he immediately opened the bag, took out a cookie and started eating it.

"Wuwu, damn it... I must... pass the exam this time... Wuwu..."

Kato Megumi blinked, and seeing that she was eating so happily, she thought there should be no problem.

"Natsukawa-kun, why don't you try it? This is my first time making it, so I need more comments..."

"Okay, then I'll try it too." Xia Chuan Zou nodded.

At first he felt a little disgusted when he saw Eriri starting to eat heartily, thinking that she wanted to take this opportunity to slack off, but after all, Kato was also there, so he couldn't say anything more and simply followed the trend and gave her some time to rest.

He took a bite and tasted it carefully before giving a very fair evaluation: "It's delicious. It feels like it could be sold at a dim sum restaurant."

He is not the kind of person who likes sweets, but the cookies made by Kato are really to his taste. The sweetness is not too strong, but it also has a strong fragrance. Moreover, after chewing it carefully, he can taste a fleeting bitterness. He likes this experience very much.

So he raised his head slightly and subconsciously glanced at the bag of cookies.

"..."

Forget it…it’s better not to compete with Ying Lili for food. He won’t do anything embarrassing.

However, what he didn't expect was that Kato Megumi, who was standing beside him, seemed to have seen through his thoughts and actually urged him, "Do you want to try another one? How about tasting it slowly this time..."

"..."

Since the author said so...

So Xiachuan Zou reached out again, took a piece, put it in his mouth, and began to chew it slowly.

He was the type who ate with big mouthfuls, so just now he stuffed the whole cookie into his mouth. The cookie itself was small enough, but after Kato's reminder, he changed his way and bit off half of it to taste it first.

Then there is a completely different experience - the first thing that permeates the taste buds is the bitter feeling with a fragrant aroma, but then a light sweetness comes to the face but immediately dissipates. If I have to describe it more accurately, it's like the bitter party who just occupied the top of the hill found that the sweet party was actually waiting for an opportunity to spy on their territory, so after going through great pains to drive them out, they began to wantonly leave traces on the territory.

The main feature is the arrogant and conceited look after gaining an advantage.

"How was this done?" Xia Chuan Zou couldn't help but ask.

It was the first time he saw someone make cookies with this flavor. Not only was the original taste unique, but the key was that the way of eating it was also different.

Where are you from, Miss Kato, the pastry chef?

"I added some ground coffee beans into the cookies so that the flavor can penetrate into them," Kato explained softly. It was clearly a "heretical" behavior, but when she said it so calmly it seemed like an innovative way of doing things.

"Because this is my first time trying this, I'm a little bit lacking in confidence, but it would be great if you guys like it."

"Indeed, no wonder I always feel that the taste is a little different, although it is also delicious..." Ying Lili nodded continuously.

She is the type who likes sweets, and basically cannot live without them, but occasionally tasting this kind of snacks is also quite interesting. Of course, the most important thing is that since we are talking about snacks, it can let her rest for a while! She doesn’t have to continue to be imprisoned in English learning!

"..."

Natsukawa Kanade didn't make any further comments. After all, he really liked it, and both ways of eating it felt good. The only drawback was that he only ate two pieces and it was a bit unsatisfying, but he couldn't be so shameless as to snatch Eriri's again.

"If Natsukawa-kun likes it, I'll give you another one later?" Kato Megumi twirled her hair with one hand, looking a little embarrassed. "Because it was my first time trying it, I accidentally overdid it. I still have a lot left at home."

"Uh..." Natsukawa Kanade was startled, a little surprised, but still nodded and agreed, "Okay, thank you Kato."

"You're welcome. After all, Natsukawa-kun has helped me a lot."

Xia Chuan Zou: “…”

Having said that, he really couldn't remember what he had done for Kato?! Instead, he seemed to have been receiving favors from him.

"For example, today, if it weren't for Natsukawa-kun, I would probably have failed the math test."

"..."

So it's an advance payment! Xia Chuan Zou complained in his heart, but this made him feel more relaxed and he no longer felt that he was not getting anything for nothing.

"Okay, leave it to me! I will make sure you pass safely!" Xia Chuan Zou patted his chest and promised.

“Eh hey hey?” Eriri on the side was a little unbalanced, “Why doesn’t Kei need to work so hard? The goal you set for me is to achieve B!”

"How can they be the same? Math and English are not at the same level of difficulty!" Xia Chuan Zou explained, "For math, just because you know it doesn't mean you really know it, but it's different with English. If you know it, then you will definitely know it."

“What the hell is this…” Ying Lili was confused. Her eyes seemed to be spinning and her head was starting to feel dizzy. “Anyway, you’re always right…”

"I should rather ask you why you always fail to make sense of others." Natsukawa Kanade sighed, but wisely did not mention Senior Kasumigaoka, otherwise the little golden retriever would definitely get angry.

After all, looking at the entire battle between these two people, Eriri was almost always suppressed in the quarrels, and only in very rare cases was there a possibility of a counterattack, and even then she had to rely on the help of others. It really shows that she is both a rookie and a playful person.

"Okay, stop changing the subject. You've rested for so long. Continue to recite your words to me. I'm going to check you on them later. If you continue to make ridiculous mistakes... you may not be able to sleep well tonight." Xia Chuan Zou threatened.

For a fool, only severe punishment can be effective. Although he may not really kill him, he still has to pretend.

So Yinglili immediately fell silent, subconsciously touched the note on her forehead, and continued to write from memory.

Seeing that she had calmed down, Natsukawa Kanade turned to Kato Megumi and said, "Kato... what part of the math is wrong? Is it the equations, inequalities, geometry, or various functions?"

Japan's high school mathematics textbooks are unified nationwide. Let's not talk about the past tense of the first year of high school. The mathematics content of the first semester of the second year of high school is all the things mentioned above, and it also includes the simple derivative applications of calculus. Now it is almost two months away from the start of school, and we have just learned trigonometric functions. And this thing... is a disaster area no matter which region it is placed in.

"that……"

Kato seemed to be a little troubled. Combined with Eriri's situation, Natsukawa Kanade subconsciously began to doubt him. Could it be that he hasn't even figured out the things he's not good at?

Fortunately, Eriri's situation was only a minority, and Kato was still quite motivated, and he quickly took out a workbook and pushed it over.

Natsukawa Kanade looked through the notebook and soon found some marked areas on it, which should be the questions that Kato could not solve.

"Let me see... Well, this question can be solved this way."

A good top student like him had basically self-studied all high school courses in the summer before his sophomore year, and the content after that was basically review, consolidation and comprehensive application. In order to make it easier for himself to pursue Shinomiya Kaguya, he accelerated this process in advance. Therefore, dealing with this kind of math problem is a piece of cake for him. He knows how to start solving the problem just by looking at the stem of the question.

After explaining the idea of ​​solving the problem, Natsukawa Kanade turned to look at Kato Megumi and asked her, "Is there anything I didn't explain clearly?"

Rather than asking "Did you understand?", he prefers to ask "Is there anything that was not made clear to me?" After all, one should not do to others what one does not want others to do to you. He himself finds the latter more acceptable.

"Okay, I understand, Natsukawa-kun." Saint-classmate thanked him in a calm and gentle voice.

"Okay, then let's look at this one again." After also glancing at the question, he thought of a way to solve the problem. However, after explaining it to Kato this time, he found that she did not react like before. Instead, she gently tapped the eraser with one hand, looking hesitant.

"that……"

Xiachuan Zou understood instantly that it was obvious that he didn't understand.

So he asked, "What was not explained clearly?"

"Um...here." Student Shengren stretched out a white jade finger and gently tapped the beginning of the manuscript paper.

"..."

Didn’t I understand this from the beginning?

Xiachuan Zou was immediately ashamed and felt something was wrong.

233. "Eri is studying (Part )"

"If I remember correctly, we have only learned the knowledge of equations and inequalities not long ago..." Natsukawa Kanade asked tentatively, looking at Kato Megumi with a complicated look.

Even though the two of them are in different classes, theoretically the progress of the courses should not be too different. The key is that the questions given by the other party are not very complicated. They are just a simple combination of the knowledge of both parties. If you can't do this, it's obvious that you are not paying enough attention in class!

Kato seemed a little embarrassed. He tilted his head slightly, not looking him in the eye. He said softly, "Well... Actually, there were some things I didn't understand during class, so I was a little confused when I went home to review..."

Then she tilted her head and looked at him, whispering softly, "Eh... don't you want to understand it?"

"..."

It's shameful to act cute, Kato-san?! And not seeking to understand too much should mean to grasp the main points when mastering knowledge, and not to be too picky about words, but you are clearly confused!

If I remember correctly, Kato's grades were neither good nor bad. In short, he was the most neglected student in the class. Now it seems that there is a reason for him to come here——

She felt that asking others for help would cause trouble to them, and she didn't have many friends, so she couldn't even form a study group. In addition, she had a nonchalant personality and didn't care much about anything, so she let the knowledge flow through the smooth surface of her brain, and therefore didn't seek to understand it in depth.

But the fact that she joined their study session this time proved that Kato was not the kind of person who didn't care at all. The core problem was clearly that there were no good channels.

"Since you didn't understand in class, why don't you ask the teacher?" Xiachuan Zou asked curiously.

"Hmm..." Kato Hui seemed a little embarrassed. She kept circling her hair with her fingers. After a long while, she slowly replied, "Will it leave a bad impression on the teacher? And everyone asked very powerful questions. I would feel embarrassed if I went over there again."

"..." Xia Chuan Zou was speechless. It turned out that the reason for this was all about face.

But this won't work. It is said that one should not be ashamed to ask questions when studying. If one cares too much about face, one will not be able to make progress. And judging from Kato's situation, it is clear that she has not laid a solid foundation at all. If she insists on continuing to study, it will become even more torturous.

As one of his recognized good friends, Natsukawa Zou didn't want to see her struggling in the ocean of mathematics, so naturally he wanted to reach out and help her.

"Let's put the question aside for now. I'll review the basic knowledge points with you first." Xia Chuan Zou said seriously, without any expression of looking down on others.

In order to make it easier to demonstrate the derivative changes of the knowledge points to the other party, Natsukawa Kanade simply sat next to Kato Megumi, and the latter also cooperated by making room for her.