Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 82 - 69 This Really Can’t Be Taught! (Vote for monthly ticket!)_2

Chapter 82: Chapter 69 This Really Can’t Be Taught! (Vote for monthly ticket!)_2

Being willing to answer this question means he acknowledges Lan Jie.

If it were someone else asking such a question, Qiao Yu would probably ignore them. If pushed, he’d just retort, "None of your damn business."

The main reason Qiao Yu thinks that purely good people in this world are worth treasuring is simply because he hasn’t met many that pure.

Most others are just good on the surface, and their most commendable acts are often at someone else’s expense.

But Lan Jie is different. He’s truly willing to give of himself, and he does it with genuine sincerity, not seeking fame or profit, and certainly not talking about it everywhere.

Even when two dimwitted students were having only buns for dinner, he would help. He even handed out two hundred bucks, and who knows if those two guys, Lu Jia and Ma Yufei, have paid him back. Qiao Yu figured that with Teacher Lan’s nature, he probably doesn’t even remember.

As he was considering whether to remind the good guy so he could recover some losses, Lan Jie suddenly said, "Stop looking at those things; why don’t we have a chat instead?"

Such a formal request made Qiao Yu feel a bit uncomfortable. After hesitating a bit, he asked, "Chat about what?"

"Anything at all, your happiest moments, your family, your thoughts. If you’re willing, we can talk about your father." Lan Jie said candidly, though somewhat presumptuously.

In short, right now, Lan Jie feels all the problems stem from this man.

If Qiao Yu had a complete family, he wouldn’t have turned out this way. It’s hard to blame a fatherless kid who’s had to support a family. Thinking back, the lack of paternal love and a sense of insecurity seem normal.

"My biological father..."

Qiao Yu pondered a moment, then said casually, "He went abroad before I was born, and we haven’t had contact in years. Don’t even know if he’s dead or alive, so no idea where to start. However, according to my mom, he did pretty well in school back then, scoring 117 on TOEFL and even getting an international student scholarship from the school across the way."

Lan Jie was taken aback; indeed, nothing beats good genes.

Qiao Yu is fifteen this year, which means his biological father probably left around 2009. At that time, while English was already popular, the best foreign teachers were mostly in big cities like Yanbei and Linhai.

TOEFL scores consist of 30 points each for reading, listening, speaking, and writing. Scoring 117 means Qiao Yu’s father’s English proficiency was near native level. Putting aside some cultural nuances and understanding differences, it’s no exaggeration to say it might even surpass many undergraduates in native-English-speaking countries.

At least in reading literature and academic exchange, he’d far surpass many local university students from English-speaking countries.

Lan Jie knew this because he had taken the TOEFL himself and scored only 87 points.

It wasn’t for going abroad; it was because when he was applying for his master’s at his school, having TOEFL or IELTS scores was advantageous, as stated in Shuangdan University’s graduate admissions guidelines.

He even remembered the school’s requirement was a minimum TOEFL score of 75 or an academic IELTS score of at least 6. He chose TOEFL because the academic IELTS was more challenging.

A freakish TOEFL score of 117, Lan Jie couldn’t imagine what kind of people could achieve that. Not to mention, according to Qiao Yu, his father should have just graduated high school then, and in a second-tier city like Star City.

Yes, even though many now hype emerging first-tier or quasi-first-tier cities, back in ’09, Star City couldn’t meet the criteria for a first-tier city.

Both father and son, they’re both extraordinary!

Oh, and that mom isn’t easy either.

Someone who can self-study several languages despite having trouble concentrating surely can’t have a low IQ.

The three of them as a family, all extraordinary!

"So you actually resent him quite a bit, right?" Lan Jie asked, suppressing his envy.

"I wouldn’t say I resent him that much, but I do hope things go badly for him. It’s that feeling where if I find out he’s not doing well, I’d be really happy. Unfortunately, I don’t know where he is or how he’s doing. But people like him, extreme self-interest kinds, probably aren’t doing poorly either.

That’s just how the world is; people who can’t be taken advantage of often really aren’t. Those reasonable places prefer reasonable people, but that’s only because reasonable people tend to compromise. Good karma is just a future anticipation; being shameless can bring immediate benefits." Qiao Yu replied calmly.

This surprised Lan Jie, as he thought bringing up the topic of his father might unsettle the kid.

Clearly, he was overthinking it.

Slightly shaking his head, Lan Jie followed Qiao Yu’s train of thought, "See, based on what you’re saying, you don’t actually like extreme self-interest types, so no matter what, you shouldn’t become someone like that, right?"

Qiao Yu immediately retorted, "No, no, no, Teacher Lan, I’m fundamentally different from him. I’ve got a great mission on my shoulders; I need to support my family! A family is the smallest unit of society, and if a family is unstable, it affects all of society.

So what he did would seriously disrupt family stability, making him a target for repression. But my primary goal is to ensure family structure stability, contributing to society, just as taught in Daoism class.