Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 109: After modification - 34 Wang Qikai Gets Beaten Up Again

After Mr. Wen inserted a section, he continued to check again.

At Gu Chengyu’s spot, he picked up the paper Gu Chengyu had written last night. Mr. Wen’s fingers slightly curled, rubbing the yellowed paper. Just for a moment, he put down the paper without saying anything and moved on.

Gu Chengyu felt that Mr. Wen’s attitude toward his evident talent seemed somewhat subtle.

No one was happier than Ma Junhui; indeed, yesterday must have been a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse, otherwise, why didn’t the teacher praise him? Ma Junhui seemed to see the dawn of hope; at this moment, he was full of enthusiasm for learning, looking at the Three Character Classic in his hand, filled with ambition. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Gu Chengyu was immersed in his own thoughts, but suddenly heard the teacher’s roar from behind: "Is this the homework you want to submit? Such a perfunctory job, truly infuriating to this old man!"

Turning around to look, Mr. Wen was so angry at Wang Qikai that his eyebrows stood up, his hand holding the paper slightly trembling, and blazing anger in his eyes. Wang Qikai had the look of a timid bride, shrinking his shoulders, looking dejected.

Wang Qikai secretly glanced at the teacher and, seeing him still in a rage, dared not speak.

"You tell me, why, after more than three years in private tutoring, is your writing not even comparable to a novice who just joined? Who told you it was okay to correct mistakes by overwriting? Why not write a fresh one?" Mr. Wen sighed before recovering.

One has great innate talent, yet he fears he might become arrogant, lose his way, so he dares not even praise him. Another he wants to praise but cannot find any merits. It must be said, some people are indeed heaven’s favored, destined never to be ordinary.

The more he looked, the angrier he became, so he simply threw the paper on the desk, "Hm! No matter how the characters are written, look at what you’ve written; you cannot even achieve cleanliness and tidiness. I see, if not punished, you won’t realize your mistakes; put your hand out."

Mr. Wen also sighed for Mr. Wang, who only brought a legitimate wife to Shanhe Town. Who would have thought that during childbirth of the legitimate eldest daughter, she was injured due to dystocia, and from then on could not bear children. Mr. Wang originally planned to adopt a child from the family, as an heir, to support them in old age. Liu Family fancied a nephew from their maternal relatives; Mr. Wang naturally wouldn’t agree. Adopting from the Wang Family at least remained a Wang’s blood, but Liu Family’s nephew had no connection with Wang Family at all, should the foundation Mr. Wang built go to outsiders?

Stuck in disagreement like this, eventually, Mr. Wang brought back a woman to be a concubine one day. This certainly broke open a hornet’s nest, crying and shouting, harsh words came inevitably, but it could not stop Mr. Wang from taking a concubine; that year, the incident caused a great stir in Shanhe Town.

However, what grieved Mr. Wen wasn’t the threatened status of the legitimate wife, but the concubine Mr. Wang took was the daughter of a couple selling liquor in the town. The couple operated a small tavern in town, and the daughter frequently helped greet guests in the shop. Needless to say, most patrons were men, among them all sorts of people, and that concubine was somewhat attractive enough. A grown daughter always exposed in the shop, encountered many, gradually gaining fame in town.

No matter how she connected with Mr. Wang, he thought that woman’s conduct was improper, and furthermore, it was said she was also very worldly. Since Wang Qikai came to study, the concubine initially interfered several times, even saying scholars are useless, better to go back and learn business for practicality.

Mr. Wen believed if Mr. Wang took either a scholar’s daughter or a farmer’s girl, it would be better compared to a girl used to showing off every day and flirting with men, right? Due to her poor character and disdain for scholars, he wasn’t pleased with Wang Qikai’s arrival, which later resulted in his indifference toward Wang Qikai, seeing such perfunctory homework submissions. Yet, he couldn’t tolerate anyone so carelessly wasting ink and paper, and disregarding his words repeatedly. Without punishment, he could not quell his anger.

"Teacher?" Wang Qikai was truly afraid hearing the teacher was going to punish him, considering yesterday’s beating hurt a long time.

Gu Chengyu watched, though somewhat reluctant, he refrained, turned his head away and no longer looked. Wang Qikai indeed needed urging, as his situation wasn’t favorable. His legitimate mother likely didn’t want him to achieve much, as whether he could inherit the family estate remained uncertain. Already an illegitimate son, if he didn’t strive and rely on himself, he might end up with nothing later.

Mr. Wen glanced at Gu Chengyu, seeing him sitting there reading Thousand Character Classic without pleading for Wang Qikai, nodded approvingly. Good, capable of discerning right from wrong, not blindly meddling.

Tearfully, Wang Qikai glanced at Gu Chengyu, noticing he was focused on writing and ignored this commotion, felt disappointed. It seemed today would inevitably end badly, the teacher must have tolerated him for too long, he knew his writing wasn’t good, but nobody in Class C surpassed Gu Chengyu’s handwriting, right? It’s quite normal he couldn’t match Gu Chengyu, the newcomer, isn’t it? Copying twice took considerable time, fearing he’d fall asleep while writing, he didn’t rewrite, just hoped to submit it. Unexpectedly, the teacher was so angry.

Hesitatingly, Wang Qikai stretched out his palm, but Mr. Wen ignored his apprehension inside, the ruler swung, hitting a full fifteen times before stopping.

Gu Chengyu listened ahead, petrified; the ruler slapping the palm was extremely painful.

"Copy it again, submit it to me." Mr. Wen tossed out a sentence and went to the back.

Leaving Wang Qikai lamentingly gazing at Gu Chengyu, feeling Chengyu wouldn’t care for him.

After Mr. Wen went around, teaching today’s new content to everyone, finally it was Gu Chengyu’s turn.

"You come with me to the study." Mr. Wen came to Gu Chengyu’s desk, but didn’t teach anything new, instead called him to the study.

Gu Chengyu calmly stood up, respectfully responded, then followed the teacher out.

Wang Qikai watched worriedly from behind, wondering what the teacher called Chengyu for, could it be more punishment?

After they left, Class C immediately bubbled with voices; some suspected Gu Chengyu was to be punished, others said the teacher appreciated Gu Chengyu, wanting to teach him privately.

You Siyuan watched Gu Chengyu’s departing back, recalling his father said, being not exceptional in studies didn’t matter, but he must build good relationships with fellow students, these people might become officials in the future, having connections and personal effort, fearing lack of mentors afterwards? Of course, his father’s advice was to make friends selectively, thus Wang Qikai was never on his father’s list.