Chapter 232: Nobody Cares
Chapter 232: Nobody Cares
"Why didn't anyone tell me about something so important?"
Ding Xuewen felt ostracized by his classmates.
"I already told you, weren't you busy?"
His deskmate took the book from his hand and carefully put it into his own bag. "I saw that you were focusing all your energy on the poetry club. I thought you weren't interested in copying medical books."
Nobody told you this, can't you look it up yourself?
During breaks, everyone stayed home and buried themselves in copying books. How could anyone not notice if their minds were on their classmates?
Ding Xuewen watched longingly as his deskmate put away all the medical books. He really wanted to ask him to lend him the books so he could copy them, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
The fact that everyone in the class had several handwritten medical books was naturally not kept secret from their homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhou, and the professors who taught their major courses.
For example, when Professor Zhang took attendance in class, he noticed that the students' comprehension skills had improved significantly. After learning the reason, he praised Yuan Xiu and Xia Yang, the two students who had selflessly donated their medical books.
In other classes, he would often mention it, and as a result, the number of students coming to our class to borrow medical books to copy suddenly increased.
The students in Class 1 were all generous; they lent money to almost everyone who asked.
Wu Xue also borrowed a book from a classmate; she asked Ding Xuewen for it.
"...What do you mean you don't have any? I heard from the professor that everyone in your class has several handwritten copies, right?" Wu Xue frowned. "Are you afraid I won't take good care of them and will ruin them?"
"Of course not!" Ding Xuewen's expression changed, and he made up an excuse: "I've been busy with the poetry club and haven't had time to copy books, so I don't have any on hand right now."
"Xuewen, I have to criticize you for this!"
Wu Xue said seriously, "The poetry club is important, but we can't neglect our studies because of it. Do you know how rare those handwritten medical books that everyone in your class has are? I've only heard of them before, but I've never had the chance to read them. So I can't miss this opportunity, and you shouldn't miss it either. Quickly borrow them and copy them."
Being criticized to his face by his partner made Ding Xuewen lose face. Wu Xue was good in every way, except that she wasn't gentle enough.
"Then I'll borrow two sets, one for you and one for me, and we'll copy them together and see who finishes first."
Wu Xue smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for your good news."
Ding Xuewen planned to approach the two most approachable people in the class: class monitor Wang Jianjun and vice class monitor Liu Fang.
"I can't lend you all of them. I'll lend you one first, and you can come back to me to borrow the next one after you've finished copying it." Wang Jianjun didn't refuse him, but he just didn't understand why Ding Xuewen hadn't copied a single one after all this time.
Ding Xuewen realized what he meant and said, "Right, lend me one first, and I'll come back to exchange it after I've finished copying it."
After borrowing the book, he followed the same pattern and went to Liu Fang again.
Yuan Xiu only learned about Ding Xuewen borrowing books when she was chatting with Liu Fang.
"...He only borrowed the book to copy now?" Liu Yazhi was very surprised.
Liu Fang nodded: "That's right, I didn't expect it. Everyone in our class had already finished copying and was already exchanging and learning from each other, but he didn't even have a single handwritten copy! When I asked him, he said the poetry club was busy. I think he's got the priorities backwards."
"Is it possible that the poetry club wasn't actually that busy?" Yuan Xiu said casually.
"What do you mean?" Liu Yazhi asked.
Yuan Xiu smiled but didn't say anything. Ding Xuewen could only see him during class; otherwise, he was nowhere to be seen. This situation started after Professor Zhang called on him to answer a question.
I guess they felt embarrassed.
After all, when school started, he expressed his deep concern for Yuan Xiu, who was struggling to keep up, in front of the entire class.
Having been humiliated by this classmate who "couldn't keep up," one has no choice but to hide away.
However, Ding Xuewen takes his pride a little too seriously.
In fact, none of the classmates cared.
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