Chapter 334: 269 Do I come to be the teacher?
"You, you want her to be the home tutor?"
Lin Longwen found Fang You's preference unbelievable. "This is my sister, you know, in high school, with grades at the bottom!"
"No problem, I want this one."
Fang You nodded, "This is just perfect."
[Lin Longwen suspected whether you had taken a fancy to his sister. Are young boys starting to judge by looks at this age?]
"Hey, hey, bro, who exactly is this kid? He's got quite the attitude. Oh right, you said you want me to teach you... why should I teach you?"
Lin Mengran was affected by Fang You bringing up childhood embarrassing incidents, naturally having some emotions towards him.
But Fang You, unruffled, stretched out his hand to display the number 5.
"Five hundred per lesson."
"When do we start classes!"
Lin Mengran suddenly got excited, "Teacher Lin will guide you well!"
"Hold on, do you know who this kid is? He's Emperor Youyou!"
"Emperor Youyou?"
"The one you guys used to play with, fighting the big goose, remember him?"
"...Wait a second, you're Nuo Nuo's childhood friend? Then I kind of remember a little bit."
Lin Mengran had a sudden realization, "No wonder you would know about Meng Ran's business... But how did you recognize me right away? I should be very different from that dusty country girl."
Not really much difference… although the foundation was not bad, the taste was a bit peculiar.
Lin Mengran was Xia Nuo's distant relative in Lin Mu Village, technically, she should be considered Xia Nuo's cousin once removed.
When Fang You was three or five years old, he had met Lin Mengran and many of her followers along with Xia Nuo.
Back then, she was only eight or nine years old, but as she was the oldest child in Lin Mu Village, she naturally became the leader of the village kids and established Meng Ran's gang aiming to challenge the legendary super geese, Brother Dong and Hong Ge.
They were beaten black and blue by Brother Dong and Hong Ge, and if it were not for Xia Nuo summoning the top mythical beast, Emperor Youyou, who knows how things would have turned out.
It's hard to imagine that the naïve leader who used to lead a group of snotty kids with sticks against Brother Dong has now transformed into a spicy high school chickaz who her parents would scold.
But after all, it had been almost ten years; people change a lot through their life experiences. It wouldn't be strange for your childhood buddies to have changed so much that even their gender became like little Liang, let alone this.
As for Fang You, there was only one reason for choosing this girl as a tutor.
It was because she had triggered an event—
[Random Task [Invest in this little sister] has been triggered.]
[Get Lin Mengran into the top 20 of her class in the mid-term exam, and you will gain the knowledge experience of teaching and educating people.]
[Time Limit: 2 months]
[Gain 10,000 points of knowledge energy, knowledge talent [Teaching Mastery]]
10,000 points of fundamental knowledge energy; it was the first time Fang You had encountered a task of such magnitude without triggering the status of Child of Luck, so one could imagine the difficulty of the task.
But the reward was also very generous.
[Teaching Mastery], this talent was clearly able to grant Fang You the ability to teach.
None of the current home tutors were up to Fang You's standards, as these teachers simply didn't understand how tricky Nuo Nuo could be.
If they couldn't even solve his own imaginative problems, he couldn't expect those people to teach Nuo Nuo knowledge, to instill it into her brain.
In the end, he would have to do it himself.
Fang You first aimed to complete the task by teaching Lin Mengran how to pass exams, acquiring the capability of educating people, and then using this talent to help Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu improve their grades even further.
Wow, what a perfect plan.
After hearing from her brother about Fang You's situation and learning he was a child prodigy, Lin Mengran suddenly felt an enormous pressure.
"So, are you serious about wanting me to teach you?"
"Yes," Fang You nodded, "It would be ideal if you were to teach, because it's not just me."
"Several at once, all together? Then the price should go up, right!"
"You still have to tutor Nuo Nuo and Ayu."
Fang You said, "Ayu is Nuo Nuo's best friend, and the three of us are always together, so they should be together during lessons. You need to tutor them in problem-solving as well."
I came here to help Lin Mengran improve her exam scores, and Lin Mengran came to help Xia Nuo and the others study—whether it's useful or not is another matter, and it's not important, as long as the formality is in place.
Upon hearing that she would also be tutoring Xia Nuo, Lin Mengran's expression suddenly changed.
"..."
"???"
"!!!"
"So, where will the lessons take place?"
"Let's have them at Nuo Nuo's house, I've already talked to her about it."
"No problem!"
Lin Mengran suddenly became very forthcoming, "Considering our old acquaintance, I won't charge you extra, Little Brother Youyou."
"Hey... I mean, you guys."
"Bro, everything's okay, right?"
"Wait, I have a problem, a big problem!"
The cousin said earnestly, "How do you expect me to explain this to my cousin?"
"Your cousin is also my cousin, I'll just go and talk to her myself."
Swaying with delight, Lin Mengran made a smug Maneki-neko expression, saying, "Besides, I can also mooch a meal at my cousin's place. I've always wanted to visit there again. It's going to be awesome, meow!"
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to."
The cousin reminded Lin Mengran, "You're going to Nuo Nuo's house to see your cousin-in-law, aren't you?"
"I'm telling you, your cousin-in-law hasn't played in a band for many years. Don't overdo it with the band stuff. If word about your band plans gets back to the village and our parents find out, you'll be in big trouble." Read latest stories on My Virtual Library Empire
Not convinced, Lin Mengran retorted, "No matter what, it doesn't change the fact that my cousin-in-law is a legendary idol of Lin Mu Village. Whether it's about forming a band or making money… when I look for a man in the future, I want to find one who is as mature, reliable, and talented, and as handsome as my cousin-in-law."
"You're only in your second year of high school, no boys allowed!"
"Getting anxious, huh? Lululul! Brother, you better hurry up and find someone. Otherwise, if our Lin Family lineage ends with you being an old wizard, that would be a problem!"
"You little rascal!"
...
It was clear that she wasn't exactly keen on studying, and was quite the delinquent girl.
If he couldn't even properly teach the smart and adorable Nuo Nuo and Ayu, could he really teach this sister?
Fang You fell into deep thought.
Fortunately, the goal was just to rank within the top 20 in the class in the midterm exams.
In high school, a class usually only has about thirty or forty students, so it would suffice if Lin Mengran's grades reached the median level.
For starters, he needed to find a time to get a sense of her academic level...
Fang You informed Lin Yi that Lin Mengran was confirmed as the tutor.
Lin Yi, of course, knew what her cousin from her old home was like, so she was somewhat surprised to hear this.
"Are you sure... you want her to tutor you?"
"That's the idea, Aunt Lin."
Fang You explained, "I've looked, and the things a tutor can teach me are limited. I might as well study on my own, so I gave up on finding one for myself. The main reason is I want to help tutor Nuo Nuo along the way."
Fang You provided a rational explanation, "Nuo Nuo's thinking is a bit off-beat, so it's more effective to have someone she gets along with to teach her."
"That does make sense..."
After all, Lin Yi had previously spent money on famous teachers who couldn't handle Nuo Nuo, and now it was time to try a different teaching plan.
What if it worked?