Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Not as Good-Looking as You Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Not as Good-Looking as You It was truly unexpected that Jiang Mianmian, being so young, had such strong self-discipline.

While other children longed to go out and play every day during vacations, she was able to sit down and self-study the entire curriculum for the next semester.

Immediately, I happily praised, “Jiang Mianmian, you are indeed a good child. If you keep this up, you will definitely be able to go to college.”

“Yes, now there are too few children as self-disciplined as you.”

Meng Weidong said this, glancing at the corner of the classroom where students were busy copying homework for winter vacation, and shook his head helplessly.

Teacher Liu hadn’t expected Jiang Mianmian to progress so quickly. He thought for a moment and said, “Jiang Mianmian, since you have already finished studying the curriculum for next term, the teacher will give you two sets of exam papers later to test your self-study results. You can go back to class now.”

Although they were eager to immediately hand out the test papers for Jiang Mianmian to complete, they had to go teach their classes and could only use the time during the noon recess.

With that in mind, each entered a classroom to start teaching.

Now, in the commune primary school, there were only two teachers per grade who alternated teaching, and they worked all day without rest and for low wages.

Yet, the teachers were diligent and dedicated, fully committed to helping their students succeed, giving all their effort and energy.

Zhaodi, for the first time in two lives, entered a school and discovered that the students at the commune primary school were completely different from what she had imagined.

She hadn’t expected that she would be among the better-dressed in these students, many of whom wore patched-up old clothes and shoes.

She also saw two students sitting in the corner who couldn’t even afford cotton coats or shoes, just wearing thin jackets, huddling their arms and shivering.

Moreover, she could hear everything the teacher was saying, and there were two classmates who, when called upon to answer simple math questions, got them wrong.

All this made Zhaodi unconsciously straighten her back more; she was not inferior to anyone!

Thus, after the class ended, she went happily to find Jiang Mianmian in the fourth grade.

To be honest, she wasn’t keen on meeting Jiang Mianmian because the latter made her feel like an ugly duckling in comparison.

But to connect with Yu Cheng every week, she had to suppress her own desires and try to win Jiang Mianmian’s favor.

As Zhaodi approached the entrance of the fourth grade, she smiled and waved at Jiang Mianmian, who was sitting inside, “Third Sister, could you come out for a moment?”

Jiang Mianmian hesitated for a while but still came out, “Zhaodi, what brought you here?”

“I don’t know anyone in my class. I thought I’d come over and talk with Third Sister,” Zhaodi said, her sallow face showing a shy, dependent expression.

When Jiang Mianmian’s classmates heard her call Jiang Mianmian ‘Third Sister,’ they were all very surprised, a group of them crowding around and curiously asking, “Mianmian, is she your sister?”

“Yes, she is my–”
Jiang Mianmian had not finished speaking when one girl boldly said, “But you two don’t look alike at all, she isn’t as fair as you, nor as pretty.”

“Right, her nose is flat, but yours is so straight.”

Being young, the students spoke impulsively, always saying whatever came to mind.

Little did they know that their words had all turned into sharp swords, piercing deeply into Zhaodi’s heart.

Zhaodi clenched her fists tightly within her sleeves, wishing she could beat the bunch of brats harshly.

Jiang Mianmian quickly said, “This is my cousin, Zhaodi. She is still young, and her features will become more defined as she grows. She will be pretty in a few years.”