Chapter Eighty-Three: Fifth Grade Upper Class

  On Tuesday morning, Fang Haibo took Qiu Ye to the affiliated primary school again. Principal Ma received them, and then the three of them stopped in front of a classroom on the third floor of the teaching building.

  Qiu Ye saw the door sign hanging on the door frame, which read "Grade 5 Class 1", and felt dizzy. She couldn't have skipped grades from second grade to graduation class, could she? She was only nine years old, waaahhh.

  "Dry dad, how did we end up here? I shouldn't be skipping to third grade?" Qiu Ye asked persistently, grabbing Fang Haibo's hem.

  "Xiao Ye, don't you know? The classes in our school are all full now. Yesterday, Principal Ma asked around for you, but not a single teacher was willing to accept a student who skipped grades. In the end, it was still Principal Ma who swallowed his pride and had a private talk with the head teacher of Class 1, Grade 5, and they finally agreed to take you in. And yesterday, the exam papers Principal Ma brought back for you were also from Grade 5. With your level, you can definitely handle being in Grade 5. But remember, modesty makes progress, pride leads to downfall. You must study hard wherever you are, don't make me and Principal Ma lose face, got it?" Fang Haibo was first surprised, then spoke with a serious tone, but Qiu Ye could see the smile in his eyes.

  Qiu Ye was disappointed, no matter how hard she tried, she still didn't get the old ginger spicy flavor, while others quietly got things done, and she was still foolishly preparing for third grade.

  "Dry dad, I'm only 9 years old and I'm already in fifth grade, isn't that bad? If I really can't fit into third grade, I can repeat a year, I can start from first grade again." Qiu Ye said with a forced smile, she would rather repeat a year than graduate from elementary school so quickly, her money, she could see it slipping away from her.

  Qiu Ye didn't believe what her godfather said about the class being full and no teacher accepting her. Those were just excuses, and the purpose was to make her skip a grade to fifth grade, which actually brought her back to the path set by her godfather. Last year she refused to attend fourth grade, but this year, as soon as she had the chance, her godfather directly sent her to fifth grade, not wasting any time at all.

  "A first-year student is also full." Principal Ma was a very perceptive person, and after listening to the conversation between the two, he understood the situation. However, he also had his own little tricks up his sleeve. If Qiu Ye were to get good grades next year, it would be a glory for their school too. So without Fan Haibo making a sound, he directly blocked Qiu Ye's retreat.

  Qiu Ye's mouth pouted after hearing Principal Ma's words. These two people were ganging up on her, but she had no way to fight back, one was the principal and the other was her godfather, who could she go to for help? She could only admit defeat.

  Now more importantly, in less than a year's time, think about what else you can do after graduating from junior high school.

  Qiu Ye resignedly lowered his head and carried Xiao Jun's bag, preparing to enter the classroom with Principal Ma and skip a grade to become a nine-year-old graduate student.

  Fang Haibo saw that Dangan was so unwilling, and he felt both angry and amused. His good intentions were like pearls cast before a swine to her, wasn't it just because he pitied her small business? How ridiculous!

  "Alright, don't be angry anymore, wait till we get home. Your uncle will tell you some good news, definitely won't let you lose out, just study hard and that's all." Fang Haibo rubbed Xiao Ye's head, hoping his behavior wouldn't affect his position in the child's heart.

  "Got it." Qiu Ye said weakly, what else could soothe the trauma in her heart. One word, money.

  Principal Ma looked over here and nodded in agreement. He then stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.

  The one who opened the door was a female teacher, estimated to be in her thirties by Qiu Ye, with curly hair that was currently very popular, wearing a navy blue suit, which was still quite trendy at this time.

  "Teacher Wang, sorry to disturb you. This is Qiu Ye, the new student who skipped a grade in your class. I brought her here to report." Principal Ma gestured for Qiu Ye to greet him.

  "Hello Teacher Wang, I'm Qiu Ye. Please take care of me from now on." Qiu Ye said cleverly, she would be working under someone else's supervision for the next year, so she had to act cleverly.

  "Hello, welcome to join." This King teacher looked at the well-behaved Qiu Ye in front of her and also liked it very much. Such a good student who studies well will definitely improve the promotion rate and average score of their class this year, and her bonus will be much higher.

  "Teacher Wang, I'm sorry to trouble you. Our child is still quite young and not in good health, so they can't be in a too noisy environment. They've already been absent for a long time due to illness recently, so I was wondering if it's possible for Teacher Wang to arrange a seat that's slightly further back, so she can have a relatively quiet environment." Fang Haibo also knew his child well and wouldn't want them to be in the front row showing off, which is why he made this request.

  His words also solved the problem for Teacher Wang. At this time, the student sent by the principal was not easy to arrange. Looking at Qiu Ye's figure, she wasn't short either. If arranged in the front row, it wouldn't be said that students would have opinions, and this height would block the line of sight of the students behind. Moreover, at this time, letting any classmate move back would make anyone unhappy, even if they didn't say anything, they would still be dissatisfied in their hearts. Now it's just right, the child's parents actively asked to move to the back row, so she doesn't have to worry about it anymore, and sitting in the last row is a win-win situation.

  "No trouble at all, it's all for the kids. What requirements do you parents have? Just let me know and I'll definitely try my best to coordinate."

  After a few people exchanged a few pleasantries, Teacher Wang led Qiu Ye into the classroom.

  Qiu Ye stood on the podium, scanning the classroom in a circle. There was no change, still that kind of double desk with two people at one table and three eight lines in between. The only difference was that the person sitting behind the desk was obviously much bigger than the students in his original class.

  "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. This is our new classmate Qiu Ye, let's give him a warm welcome." Teacher Wang introduced Qiu Ye to everyone and then gestured for him to take the only empty seat in the last row.

  Qiu Ye sat down in her own seat and saw that her deskmate for the next year was a chubby boy, who didn't even acknowledge her arrival. Qiu Ye thought to herself, this is better, less trouble later on, so she just kept quiet and did her own thing.

  This morning, Qiu Ye had a Chinese lesson, a math lesson and an ideological and moral class in Class 1 of Grade 5. When the bell rang at the end of the class, she quickly packed up her schoolbag and was the first to run out of the classroom, rushing back home.

  After returning home, she didn't say anything and took the rice balls and tea eggs prepared by Zhao Shuyan to the entrance of the cafeteria. She had bought this last year's time, and she wanted to cherish it.

  At noon when he was going home with his brother for lunch, Fang Haibo still found time to ask Qiu Ye about the situation at school in the morning.

  Qiu Ye answered well, and it was great. She really thought so, the students in her class didn't disturb her after school, knowing she was a skip-level student, they kept their distance from her, and even the teacher didn't bother her, maybe because it was her first day, so she spent the whole morning very comfortably, flipping through all the fifth-grade textbooks, which served as a review.

  Fang Haibo didn't ask Qiu Ye anything and just stopped asking, he believed in his own child, she should be able to handle this kind of situation.

  Qiu Feng expressed his concern more directly, "Little sister, if anyone bullies you, just tell your brother and I'll go talk to them."

  Fang Haibo and Zhao Shuyan heard Qiu Feng's violent words, but they didn't show any signs of stopping him. Qiu Ye found it strange. However, she was still worried about her brother.

  In the evening, after finishing his studies at Fang's house, Fang Haibo specially found Qiu Ye to talk to her. It turned out that the good news he told her at the classroom door in the morning was not deceiving her. Fang Haibo had introduced a foreign friend to Qiu Ye at the publishing house and found her a part-time job as a translator. Although Qiu Ye couldn't handle translation work, over the past year or so, her simple drawings had surpassed those of others, and she could fully take on illustration work.

  Fang Haibo found a part-time job for Qiu Ye, drawing illustrations for children's reading materials. Each page drawn earned ten dollars, and if the client was not satisfied, it would need to be redrawn.

  The illustration thing was an unexpected surprise that Qiu Ye had never anticipated. She hadn't been in contact with this industry in her previous life, so she didn't know if the price was high or low. But she was very happy, as this would give her something to do during school and also earn money, which was really great. Moreover, for that one children's book, she could draw at least thirty illustrations, which meant she could earn over three hundred dollars from just that one book! Qiu Ye thought to herself, it's really easy to make US dollars at this time.

  Although Fang Haibo had arranged this part-time job for her, he also said that if he found out Qiu Ye's grades were slipping, he would take away her illustration work until she caught up again. Qiu Ye nodded busily, she wouldn't let her grades slip, at least not during elementary school, she could guarantee that.

  After that, Qiu Ye started her happy school life. The only difference from the first year was that she changed from reading English original books to painting. Her classmates kept their distance from her from start to finish, and seeing that she didn't study every day, they ignored her even more. Qiu Ye also became more and more self-abandoned.

  There is just one thing that makes Qiu Ye feel very depressed.

  The thing that made her feel depressed was that Qiu Ye only found out after a week of school that Teacher Han, the teacher of Class 1, Grade 2, had already left his teaching position and been assigned to the logistics department by the school. It's said that he is now in charge of the school library. If she had known earlier that Teacher Han would not be teaching classes anymore, she would never have agreed to skip a grade. This Teacher Han was really playing tricks on people! And as for her godfather, he was also too despicable. He must have known about it all along but didn't say anything, watching her fall into his trap. It's so hateful! However, considering that he had found such a good part-time job for her, she forgave him.

  There is also a person who makes her feel depressed, which is her original classmate Wang Dandan. Since Qiu Ye started in the fifth grade, Wang Dandan has come to find Qiu Ye twice. The first time she came, she was full of resentment and threw out a sentence "You just wait and see!" before running away. The second time she came, she was full of hatred and threw out a sentence "You don't have to be so smug!" before running away again, leaving Qiu Ye completely bewildered.

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