Chapter 444: Chapter 444: Can’t you hope for something good for me?

Shen Zhaozhao finally understood where Xie Yu got the confidence to ask his mom to give her a raise as soon as he opened his mouth…

Turns out, they really didn’t care about that bit of money.

But other people having money was their business.

“I’m not being polite with you.” Shen Zhaozhao said, “I’m a tutor hired by you, and it’s my responsibility to teach him. I really can’t accept this gift.”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xie didn’t insist any further: “All right, I was too forward!”

Shen Zhaozhao knew that Mrs. Xie gave these gifts simply for the sake of Xie Yu’s grades; she said, “Rest assured, since you trust me, I will definitely teach him well.” As for the lousy mood she had in the morning, she had already tossed it to the back of her mind.

“Mom, I’ll see her out.” At this point, Xie Yu, who was beside them, spoke up.

Mrs. Xie nodded her head, allowing Xie Yu to escort Shen Zhaozhao out.

Upon leaving the Xie Family residence, Xie Yu looked her over and said, “Don’t girls like this kind of stuff? I saw you just now, you were obviously tempted, so why not take it?”

Shen Zhaozhao gave him a sidelong glance and said, “What I’m doing is taking wealth in a righteous way. If you do well this time, and your mom rewards me happily, if you don’t do well next time, should I return the stuff?” The hand that takes is the hand that’s short; the mouth that eats is the mouth that’s soft–it was a simple truth she understood.

The gifts from his mom were good, but precisely because they were too good, she felt uneasy accepting them.

This time, to keep a promise with the lad, she had almost been unable to get up in the morning; if she were to accept his mom’s gifts too, wouldn’t she have to be even more dedicated to his studies? Not worth it, not worth it…

“What do you mean I won’t do well next time? Can’t you hope for something good for me?” Xie Yu gave her a whitish look, his face showing displeasure.

This girl really had no confidence in him.

Shen Zhaozhao unabashedly retorted, “Who knows if you just had some dumb luck this time?”

Xie Yu: …

So infuriating!

Xie Yu looked at her and sneered, “So you truly don’t believe in my ability? Was all that talk about me being able to get into Jing University if I tried hard just to dupe me?”

Shen Zhaozhao: …

Isn’t this awkward?

She let out a forced laugh, hastily changing her tune, “I was just kidding just now. Am I not afraid that if you don’t do well, I won’t be able to explain to your mom?”

“Don’t worry, your concerns won’t materialize,” Xie Yu said arrogantly, “If the young master decides to learn, I will definitely do it well. Just teach your part; I won’t let your hard work be in vain.”

The kid was certainly not lacking in confidence.

“Alright, since you’ve said so, I will definitely teach well.” She just hoped that the kid could really keep up like he said and not quit halfway.

It was clear that the higher the score rose, the tougher it got, and it seemed she needed to set up some new improvement plans for him.

Back when she was in high school, she never studied this hard.

But her efforts weren’t in vain; Xie Yu indeed had a good head on his shoulders, especially in math, where he could infer other things from one fact and learned very quickly.

It was just that he was too lazy to memorize humanities material, so the progress there wasn’t especially noticeable.

Shen Zhaozhao could only help him by listing each unit’s key points to examine, so he only needed to memorize a small amount. Moreover, to assist the young man, she even asked to borrow high school notes from Sheng Chuyi.

She was determined to make sure every penny of the tutoring fee was well spent.

However, she’d been spending so much effort on Xie Yu that she had less energy left for Sheng Chuyi…