Film and Television Time Travel: Why Do I Always End Up in Romance Dramas?

Chapter 68 is sufficient.

Chapter 68 is sufficient.

The first period in the afternoon is math.

Just as the preparatory bell rang, Yu Chen returned from the restroom. He had barely sat down and opened his textbook when he saw his math teacher, whom everyone called "Old Zhou," stroll into the classroom, carrying his lesson plan.

The classroom fell silent instantly, even the sound of turning pages was uniform.

Yu Chen glanced down at the distorted function graph in his textbook, then looked up at the blackboard, and began to feel a headache coming on.

Old Zhou was a middle-aged man in his forties with thinning hair. He wore black-rimmed glasses and liked to tap the podium rhythmically with his fingers while lecturing.

His handwriting on the blackboard was as neat as printed text, and every step of the derivation was written clearly. But when Yu Chen looked at those symbols and numbers, he always felt that they danced in his mind and then ran away hand in hand.

"Last lesson we talked about the monotonicity of composite functions, and we'll continue today." Teacher Zhou picked up the chalk and wrote a problem on the blackboard. "I'll give you five minutes to think about this problem, and then I'll ask someone to come up and solve it."

The sound of turning pages filled the classroom.

Yu Chen stared at the question for ten seconds, then solemnly wrote the word "Solution" on the draft paper.

Then it got stuck.

He tried to list out the known conditions, but his mind was a complete mess when it came to which step to take next.

Li Rui, who was next to her, was already engrossed in writing, the pen tip making a rustling sound as it scratched across the paper, and she was writing at an astonishing speed.

Yu Chen glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and thought, "Wow, the draft is all over the place, but not a single word is on the final version. He's a master of 'tactical diligence'."

Yu Chen withdrew his gaze and continued to stare blankly at his blank draft paper.

Five minutes were almost up, and his mind was still blank.

Old Zhou scanned the room from the podium: "Who will do it? — Xu Zhi, you do it."

Xu Zhi stood up, took the draft paper, and walked to the podium.

She picked up the chalk and began writing on the blackboard with swift, decisive strokes, her problem-solving approach so clear it was a pleasure to watch.

As Yu Chen watched her write, his mind gradually caught up with her train of thought.

The first step was to break down the composite function —

After Xu Zhi finished writing the last step, she put down the chalk and looked back at Lao Zhou.

Old Zhou nodded: "That's right, go back and sit down."

Xu Zhi returned to her seat and, as she sat down, her gaze inadvertently swept behind her, just in time to see Yu Chen staring blankly at the blackboard.

She didn't say anything and turned back to continue listening to the lesson.

Yu Chen also turned her gaze away, looking at the solution steps she had left on the blackboard, and mentally reviewed those key points again.

It doesn't seem that difficult.

Just as the bell rang, Mr. Zhou had finished explaining the last problem.

He closed his lesson plan and walked out of the classroom, which instantly erupted in chaos.

Cai Yingying was the first to turn around, immediately leaning on Yu Chen's desk with bright, sparkling eyes: "Yu Chen! How was the snail rice noodles at lunch? Were they delicious?"

Yu Chen nodded: "It's alright."

"Not bad?" Cai Yingying's eyes widened, her face contorted with pain. "Not bad? That's the best snail rice noodles in all of Qingyi! Xu Zhi and I have been eating it for two years!"

Xu Zhi walked ahead without turning her head, but her hand holding the pen paused for a moment.

Yu Chen sighed and added, "It's quite delicious."

"Of course!" Cai Yingying said proudly. "How could my recommendation be bad? By the way, you're pretty good at eating spicy food. I saw you finish a whole bowl without breaking a sweat."

Yu Chen thought back to his past life eating dry bread on construction sites and calmly said, "I'm sweating, didn't you see?"

"Then I'll keep an eye on it next time." After Cai Yingying finished speaking, she suddenly lowered her voice and looked gossipy, "Hey, Xu Zhi said you two are going to tutor each other, is that true?"

Yu Chen was stunned for a moment, "Really?"

Cai Yingying clicked her tongue and leaned even closer: "So, is your math really that bad?"

Yu Chen remained silent for two seconds.

Cai Yingying took this as a tacit agreement and slapped her thigh: "That's perfect! Xu Zhi is good at math, and you're good at physics, you two complement each other! Perfect!"

Xu Zhi, who was in front, finally couldn't hold back any longer and said in a low voice without turning her head, "Cai Yingying, can you keep your voice down?"

Cai Yingying stuck out her tongue, made a face at Yu Chen, and turned back.

The second period in the afternoon is English.

This is Yu Chen's forte. In the past, when he was making吐槽 videos, he practiced his English so hard that he could read raw videos, and later he immersed himself in that world of scorching sun.

He understood all the grammar points the teacher explained, so he lowered his head and started working on the reading comprehension questions.

As I was working, the person in front of me suddenly handed me a sticky note.

He paused for a moment, then opened it.

[Your English is also very good? —Xu Zhi]

Yu Chen looked at the line of text, paused for two seconds, then picked up a pen and wrote below:

【good.】

Then it goes back.

After a while, the sticky note came back.

【Alright again?】

Yu Chen thought for a moment and wrote:

[Sufficient.]

Is this enough for your own use?

【Um. 】

There was a moment of silence on the other end, then another one was handed over:

Physics is good enough for me, English is good enough for me, what else do you have that's good enough for you?

Looking at this line of text, Yu Chen suddenly felt like laughing. He wrote:

My math skills aren't quite up to par.

The response from them this time was very quick:

I know. So, how good are you at physics?

Yu Chen thought for a moment, paused for a moment, and wrote:

That's enough to teach you.

The response from them this time was very quick:

[Quite boastful.]

Yu Chen didn't reply. She folded the sticky note, stuffed it into her textbook, and continued doing the reading comprehension exercises.

The third period in the afternoon is self-study.

The classroom was quiet, with only the sound of turning pages and the scratching of pens on paper.

Yu Chen was working on a physics problem, and he was doing it quite smoothly. He finished a comprehensive problem about electromagnetic fields in just ten minutes.

He stretched his neck and glanced at the table in front of him out of the corner of his eye.

Xu Zhi was biting her pen cap, her brows slightly furrowed, staring intently at the math problem on the draft paper, clearly stuck.

Yu Chen glanced at it and then looked away.

After a while, a sticky note was handed to me from the front.

Can you solve this physics problem? — Xu

There was a piece of scrap paper under the sticky note, on which was copied a physics problem, the type of problem we covered in today's physics class.

Yu Chen picked up a pen and scribbled a few lines of derivation on the draft paper, then handed the sticky note and draft paper back together.

Xu Zhi took it and looked at it for a few seconds, her brows instantly relaxing. She picked up the pen and continued calculating for a while, then glanced back at Yu Chen.

This time, instead of handing her a sticky note, she simply said quietly, "Thank you."

Yu Chen nodded: "It's nothing."

Xu Zhi turned back and continued working on her problems.

The bell rang, and the classroom began to stir.

"School's out! School's out!" Cai Yingying was the first to stand up and pack her schoolbag. "Xu Zhi, hurry up! I'm going to the bookstore to buy notebooks today. Come with me!"

Xu Zhi calmly packed up, saying, "I know, what's the rush?"

Yu Chen also stood up and packed her schoolbag, much faster than Xu Zhi.

Just as she zipped up her jacket, someone suddenly called out from the classroom door, "Xu Zhi, someone's looking for you!"

Yu Chen looked up.

A boy was standing at the classroom door, wearing a gray plaid shirt, carrying a backpack, and holding an insulated bag.

He was of medium height, with ordinary features, and had the typical air of a science and engineering guy—the kind of person you wouldn't notice in a crowd.

He stood there, his gaze sweeping across the classroom before finally settling on Xu Zhi, a gentle smile spreading across his face.

Xu Zhi looked up, paused for a moment, and then smiled.

"Tan Xu?" She put down what she was holding and walked over quickly.

Yu Chen paused for a moment.

Tan Xu.

He picked up his schoolbag, stood next to his seat, and looked at the two people at the door.

Xu Zhi walked up to Tan Xu, looked up at him, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Tan Xu smiled and handed her the insulated bag: "My mom made some soup and asked me to bring you some. She said you've been studying hard lately and need to nourish yourself."

Xu Zhi took the bag, a little embarrassed: "Auntie, you're too kind—"

"It's not just politeness," Tan Xu said. "She's got nothing better to do anyway, so you might as well help her get some exercise."

Xu Zhi smiled: "Okay, then I'll thank Auntie for me."

Tan Xu nodded and asked, "How's your studying lately? Are you under a lot of pressure?"

"It's alright, nothing special."

"Don't push yourself too hard, your health is the most important thing."

"Okay."

The two chatted for a few minutes at the door. Tan Xu's gaze inadvertently swept into the classroom and saw Yu Chen looking in their direction.

He paused for a moment, then nodded to Yu Chen as a greeting.

Yu Chen nodded as well.

Tan Xu withdrew his gaze, said to Xu Zhi, "Then I'll be going now," and turned to leave.

Xu Zhi returned carrying an insulated bag, and Cai Yingying immediately rushed over, asking, "What's that? Let me see!"

Xu Zhi handed her the bag: "Pork rib soup."

Cai Yingying opened it, glanced at it, and exclaimed, "Wow! It smells so good! Tan Xu's mother is so kind!"

Xu Zhi took the bag back, stuffed it into her schoolbag, and didn't say anything.

Cai Yingying leaned closer and whispered, "Why is he here again? Didn't he just deliver it last week?"

Xu Zhi said, "His mother made too much soup, so she asked him to bring some over."

"Oh~~" Cai Yingying drawled, "Then you'll drink it tonight?"

"Um.

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Before Cai Yingying could say anything more, Xu Zhi had already picked up her bag and walked out: "Let's go, aren't you going to the bookstore?"

Cai Yingying quickly followed, and when she reached the door, she turned back and waved to Yu Chen: "See you tomorrow, Yu Chen!"

Yu Chen nodded.

Most of the people in the classroom have left.

Yu Chen picked up his schoolbag and slowly walked out.

When he reached the school gate, he saw Xu Zhi and Cai Yingying walking towards the bus stop.

He didn't look around much and turned to walk towards Jinhua Garden.

The evening breeze in June carried the scent of camphor tree leaves.

He recalled Tan Xuyi, an ordinary engineering student who wore thick glasses and a plaid shirt. He spoke gently and looked at Xu Zhi with the same affection a brother would show to his sister.

But he's just "like an older brother".

Yu Chen snapped out of his thoughts and continued walking forward.

When he got home that evening, he threw his schoolbag on the sofa and took a bottle of water from the refrigerator.

My phone vibrated.

He took it out and saw it was a message from the class group chat. Someone was tagging all the members, saying there would be a quiz next week.

He scrolled up a few pages, but nothing was interesting, so he quit.

I had just put my phone down when it vibrated again.

This time it's a private message.

The profile picture is an orange.

Xu Zhi: [Thank you for today's physics question.]

Yu Chen looked at the line of text, a slight smile unconsciously appearing on his lips, and typed it out.

【You're welcome.】

The reply was a single word: "Mm."

Yu Chen waited a few seconds, but no further messages came from the other end.

He put down his phone and continued drinking water.

The cicadas outside the window are chirping, one after another.

He suddenly remembered that when Xu Zhi turned around and said "thank you" in the classroom today, her eyes were very bright.

But it's just a thought.

After finishing his water, he sat back down at his desk and opened his physics problem set.

I did two questions, and then my phone vibrated again.

It was still Xu Zhi.

Are you free for evening self-study tomorrow?

Yu Chen was stunned for a moment.

He thought for a moment, then typed:

【Have. 】

"Then you'll teach me physics during evening self-study tomorrow."

Yu Chen looked at the words and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

He typed:

【it is good. 】

[Feel free to ask me if you don't understand math.]

【Um. 】

Conversation ends.

Yu Chen put down his phone and continued working on his problems.

Moonlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains and fell onto the floor.

He sat there for a while, then suddenly remembered something, picked up his phone and glanced at it.

The last message in the chat box was sent by him.

【Um. 】

The image above is Xu Zhi's profile picture, which is an orange.

He stared at the orange for a few seconds, then put his phone down.

Continue with the questions.

But the corners of his mouth were always curved.

【Ding--】

[Detection detected that the host has reached a tutoring agreement with the female lead, Xu Zhi]

[Xu Zhi's favorability +2, current favorability: 5]

Yu Chen glanced at the system notification and continued working on the problem.

ten o'clock.

The cicadas are still chirping outside the window.

He finished the last question and checked the answers—all correct.

Then he leaned back in his chair and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Tomorrow is evening self-study.

It's time to start teaching her physics.

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