The Kitty Became a Cutie and Was Pampered in the 80s
Chapter 680: Events of the Past (5)_1

The other students, seeing them enter, also silently closed their mouths, truly haunted by the deep shadow of this class leader.

The second lesson in the afternoon was English class. The English teacher was a very young woman surnamed Gu, named Gu Zichen, dressed very fashionably, with hair in the currently popular wavy curls, and she was very pretty too. As it was her first time teaching, and the first time many of the students were meeting her, Teacher Gu didn’t rush to start the lesson but instead interacted with the class for a while, asking which students had previously studied English.

Five students raised their hands, including Ruan Jiaojiao and her two friends, as well as Qi Weixin, with the last one being Yang Tao.

Although Ruan Jiaojiao wasn’t very familiar with Yang Tao, she could guess from her usual attire and food choices that Yang’s family must be well-off. Those small cakes from last time, because they were not widely available and were limited edition, cost one yuan each, unaffordable for most people, but Yang had given her one without a second thought, clearly indifferent to the cost of one yuan.

So, it didn’t surprise her that Yang had learned English.

As for Qi Weixin, her expression was rather colorful. She had had a tutor over the summer holiday and thought she would be the only one in class who had learned English, confident she would automatically become the English class representative. How could she have known there were so many others who had studied it, including Xiu Xi, the one who had snatched the class leader position from her?

Pursing her lips, she wished she could retract her raised hand right then and there.

Seeing that several students had raised their hands, Gu Zichen smiled, particularly surprised to see a special fair-skinned little girl in the middle, who was seated next to a boy with heterochromia. She even thought he might have foreign blood, which could explain his exposure to English.

She walked over to Xiu Xi and asked in astonishment, "Does this student’s parents happen to be foreigners?"

Xiu Xi shook his head.

Gu Zichen hesitated for a moment but didn’t dwell on it. Her gaze then turned to Ruan Jiaojiao beside him, and she asked with a smile, "Little friend, what’s your name?"

Ruan Jiaojiao had an awkward expression. Could they please not call her "little friend," and could they also drop the "ya" at the end of the sentence? It was like cooing to a preschooler.

"Pfft hahaha, Teacher, her name is Ruan Jiaojiao, the ’Genius Child’ of our class," Yang Tao, who had just teased Ruan Jiaojiao for her height, couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

Seeing her laugh, the rest of the class followed suit until the whole class was laughing loudly together.

"..." Ruan Jiaojiao maintained a straight face, looking very serious. She didn’t find it funny at all! Why did these people have to laugh at her!

However, for some reason, she couldn’t help but start to laugh as well.

Her eyes shining brightly, she looked at Gu Zichen and answered again, "Teacher, my name is Ruan Jiaojiao."

"Ruan Jiaojiao, wow, so impressive to be in the first year of junior high at such a young age. You mentioned you’ve learned English, so what have you studied?" Gu Zichen asked warmly, her interest apparently piqued as she smiled with incredible gentleness.

"..." Ruan Jiaojiao, could they please not end sentences with "ya"!

She pursed her lips, not daring to boast too much, and modestly replied, "I can sing the ’Twenty-six English Letters’ song."

"I see, then could Student Jiaojiao perform it for us, would that be okay?"