Chapter 490: Encouragement to Study
While waiting for the class to end boredly, I found the admiral standing in the corridor outside the classroom.
Although everyone is very nice , only the admiral will gently ruffle everyone's hair, give everyone delicious snacks, and play games with everyone. Rafi likes the admiral the most. When the class is over and he can't find the admiral, the admiral will definitely not leave so easily, so there is only one place he can go.
"I knew the admiral was here." Rafi said jumping up and down.
It seemed that no one except her noticed that the admiral stood in the corridor outside the classroom and peeped at everyone for a long time. Anyway, it would be nice to go out and play with the admiral alone without telling anyone.
Su Xia looked at Helena, then lowered his head to look at the summer homework in his hand. It was from Lafite. He flipped through it and saw that the handwriting was sloppy and he didn't pay attention. It must be a homework that he rushed out after the school started. He often did that when he was a child. He said, "You came at the right time. I was just looking for you."
"What do you want to talk to me about, Admiral?" Rafi asked with blinking eyes, totally unaware of what was waiting for her. Maybe she still had time to run away now.
"What's the matter?" Su Xia looked around, pulled a stool from under the desk next to him and sat down, patted his thigh , opened his arms and said, "Lafite, come here." He definitely didn't want to take the opportunity to hug the cute girl, he just felt that doing so would be closer.
No ship girl can refuse the admiral, and Laffey is no exception.
When Lafite sat on his lap, even though it was already a little cold in October, the girl was still dressed in a T-shirt and hot pants, looking so youthful. Su Xia gently hugged the girl and said, "Lafite, guess why I came to school to see you."
"I don't know." Rafi said without thinking , but he vaguely felt something.
"I came here to inspect the school to see if the teachers are teaching seriously and if the students are listening carefully." Su Xia said. It was obvious that she just wanted to take a break from work and go see the little girl. She lied so many times that she even believed it. "I want to ask if Lafite is listening carefully."
"Maybe." Rafi said hesitantly.
"real?"
"Really." Rafi lowered his head and said, "The get out of class was about to end, and I was thinking about it, so I felt a little bit..."
"Well, I understand. It's inevitable that you're a little concerned when the get out of class is almost over. It's normal and understandable that you're not that serious." Su Xia said, "Anyway, if Lafite says he listened to the class carefully, then he did. Admiral, I believe Lafite will never lie to you."
Rafi didn't say anything, she felt a little embarrassed.
Su Xia smiled. Judging from the girl's behavior, he already knew everything, but he was not going to expose her lies. He picked up the summer homework book and placed it in front of Lafei, then opened it and asked, "Lafei, guess whose summer homework this is."
"No...it can't be mine." Rafi said hesitantly, looking at the familiar handwriting on the summer homework.
Su Xia smiled and said, "It's Lafite's summer homework."
"I took a look, Lafite's handwriting is..." Criticism is fine, but being sarcastic will make people hate her. Su Xia smiled and said, "To be honest, it's a bit bad." Even if the girl is American, all summer homework is in Chinese. Marry a chicken and follow the chicken; marry a dog and follow the dog. Everything is based on the admiral.
Rafi looked at the summer homework she had written - she had been busy playing games, playing baseball, swimming, and had been waiting until after the National Day. When school started in a few days, she finally remembered that she had not finished her summer homework, so she hurriedly rushed to finish it. She could copy the multiple-choice questions and fill-in-the-blank questions, but not the homework, so just write it casually - she scratched her hair and laughed.
"Of course my handwriting is terrible too." Su Xia said, "I have no right to criticize Lafite."
Rafi stuck out his tongue, grabbed Su Xia's arm, and suddenly wanted to take a bite of that little arm.
Su Xia didn't know what Lafei was thinking, so she said to herself, "I also want to ask how much time Lafei spent on these summer homework assignments."
"No, I don't remember." Rafi replied.
Su Xia asked knowingly: "How many pages should I write every day, or should I finish writing them all in one go?"
"Just write it all in one go," Rafi said.
"Yeah." Su Xia responded, not knowing where to start, "Is it written casually or written with heart?"
Rafi felt guilty and said, "I tried hard to write it... but maybe I wasn't so attentive ."
Su Xia couldn't help laughing when he heard what Lafei said. This kid really knows how to talk. Careless changed to not so careful, hate changed to not too fond of, low emotional intelligence suddenly became high emotional intelligence. He couldn't help but bite Lafei's ear, helped the girl smooth her hair, and said, "Lafei, your hair is a little messy."
"You're talking about this," Rafi touched her head. The "cat ears" on her head were actually two tufts of hair sticking up unruly. She said in distress, "I don't know why they always stick up. I combed them well, but they stick up again for no reason."
"Never mind, it's cute." Su Xia said, hesitating for a moment, "Does Rafi hate going to school and doing homework?"
"Not annoying." Rafi whispered. She already knew why the admiral was looking for her.
"Don't you hate it?" Su Xia said, "The admiral was super annoying when he was young. He hated going to school and doing homework, but he was not allowed to play games until he finished his homework. For summer homework like this, he would just write it randomly at the last minute, or simply copy other people's summer homework... Rafi is much better than the admiral."
"No." Rafi said, "I'm much worse than the admiral."
"Did the Admiral go to school?" Rafi asked.
"I definitely went to kindergarten." Su Xia thought for a moment, "I don't remember how many years I went to kindergarten. I was too young at that time... I told you I was super cute when I was a child, with a round face, but it became ugly when I grew up. Then I went to preschool and six years of elementary school. I remember that I was the squadron leader at that time, holding the red flag. Then I went to junior high school for three years, high school for another three years, and I was only busy playing games. Finally, I went to college."
Rafi counted on his fingers and said, "Has the Admiral studied for that long?"
"What else?" Su Xia said, "My reading is still not enough. There are people who read for longer."
"In short," Su Xia said, "I really hated going to school when I was a kid. I thought it was useless. I regret it until now... Rafi, do you know why?"
"I don't know." Rafi shook his head.
"Well, you only regret not having enough knowledge when you need it... You don't know how hard it is for me to be the admiral now." Su Xia said, "In a garrison, the ship girl is responsible for fighting, and the admiral is responsible for work other than fighting. Managing a garrison is not as simple as it sounds, there are many things to do."
"Because I'm not good at math, I don't know how to do financial work at all." Su Xia said, of course he was exaggerating, he still knew how to do basic income and expenditure calculations, "I seem to have always thought that the daily interest rate of 0.03% was too low, until someone reminded me that the daily interest rate converted to an annual interest rate is more than 10%. Until now, I still don't quite understand what the month-on-month growth rate and year-on-year growth rate are, let alone investment."
"Because I'm not good at Chinese... I won't say anything. We are both watching waterfalls, but the one with higher cultural level thinks it's like the Milky Way falling from the sky, while I, with lower cultural level, thinks it's like my God, it's so spectacular. We are both sworn brothers, but the one with higher cultural level thinks that although Guan is just a warrior, he knows the meaning of loyalty and righteousness. As the saying goes, a bird that chooses a tree will find a good tree to live in, and a minister who chooses a master will meet a good master... and I, with lower cultural level, am the same as mine."
"My Chinese level is low, my reading ability is poor, and my vocabulary is not good. As a result, I have a hard time reading those legal provisions. When I go to the KanColle headquarters to communicate with people, I am often confused and often don't know how to express my ideas... Fortunately, I am just not good at communication, and I haven't offended anyone."
"Even so," Su Xia hugged Lafite tightly and rubbed the girl's hair, "It's okay, Admiral will work hard... I didn't know how to work hard before, so now it's particularly difficult to manage the garrison... It's nothing more than spending a little more time. One day, I will learn how to manage the garrison, learn mathematics, learn law, learn diplomacy..."
"Lafite likes reading. If he becomes a great scholar in time, he can help the admiral. The admiral won't have to work so hard." Su Xia rested her chin on the girl's shoulder and squinted her eyes. "It doesn't matter if you don't like reading... because I, the admiral, will protect Lafite. No one can deceive Lafite or bully her..."
As Su Xia chattered on, Rafi lowered his head. "I know."
"What does Rafi know?" Su Xia asked.
"Rafi will study hard," Rafi said.
Su Xia put Lafei down from her lap, looked into the girl's eyes, and said emotionally: "It doesn't matter, Lafei just needs to do what he likes."
"I," Rafi looked up, "I want to help the admiral."
Lafite snatched the summer homework book from Su Xia's hand and said, "I'm going to redo my summer homework."
Rafi ran away.
Helena watched the girl disappear into the office. She crossed her legs, leaned back in her chair, looked at Su Xia, and said, "The admiral is worthy of being an admiral. He is very capable."
Su Xia waved her hand.
"The only problem," Helena said, "is that Rafi just doesn't like studying. Even if he wants to study hard today because of what the admiral said, he may forget about it in a few days and go back to his old ways."
"It will be fine if we try again later." Su Xia said, "I don't believe it myself. It's not that easy to make a kid who doesn't like studying like studying just by saying something."
"It's coming slowly. There is always a way." Su Xia smiled. "I didn't expect those kids to learn anything. It's good enough if they can learn something and be happy."
Helena smiled and nodded.
Su Xia grabbed Helena's hands, kissed them, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Helena."
Helena was not so easily fooled. She pulled her hand back and said, "The Admiral is getting more and more capable."
Su Xia said with a smile: "There are tricks, but there is also sincerity."
"Admiral, if you really think I'm having a hard time, please rub my shoulders," said Helena.
"Okay." Su Xia agreed without hesitation.
That was five minutes later.
"Admiral, I remember I said the shoulder, not somewhere else."
