Travel Back Twenty Years Ago to Adopt Myself (Completed BL)

Chapter 9

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 04/07/2024

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Peng Xingwang's grades were pretty good.

In first grade, he didn't have much homework to do, but in this small town, children were keeping up with the trend of learning English early. He felt a bit behind.

Jiang Wang was the grown-up version of this child. He didn't need to pass the CET-4 or practice speaking in the military, and his English level hadn't improved much over the years.

"Hey, wake up, dart (I think that)—"

Peng Xingwang touched his lips and followed along, "Hey wake up—"

With the final exams just around the corner, every little bit of improvement counted. Jiang Wang had some experienced parents in this regard in his office. While knitting, he taught him to cut up cigarette boxes to make flashcards for the child.

"Is it really that simple?" 

"Well, it's just the beginning. You have to first get him interested."

After returning home, Jiang Wang confidently taught using the flashcards.

"Card, there, ah, broken."

Peng Xingwang sat up straight.

"Card, ah, there, broken."

"No, that's wrong, start over."

After repeating it ten times, Jiang Wang flipped the flashcard over.

"How do you say pineapple?"

Peng Xingwang, full of confidence, replied, "Ah, card, broken, there!"

Before Jiang Wang tutored him, Peng Xingwang could score sixty-two, but after tutoring, it dropped straight to forty-eight.

The child's nose was all red from crying. He wiped away his tears before daring to go home. When he handed the paper to Jiang Wang, he pursed his lips, ready to bare his bottom for a spanking.

Jiang Wang didn't feel any urge to reprimand him. It wasn't because he was more in favor of encouraging education or anything else, purely because he had scored even lower in junior high.

...Twenty-nine in geography.

While the man looked at the paper, Peng Xingwang observed his expression closely, like a periscope.

Jiang Wang remained expressionless. "Where do I sign?"

Peng Xingwang hesitated. "Aren't you mad at me?"

...Why would I be mad at myself?

Seeing his lack of reaction, the child voluntarily confessed his thoughts.

"Big brother, you... are so busy now, yet you still remember to tutor me. But I'm doing even worse... I'm sorry."

Jiang Wang rubbed his chin, suddenly remembering something. "What did Teacher Ji say?"

Peng Xingwang's eyes welled up again. "Teacher Ji criticized me."

"He asked me where I learned these pronunciations from, and I said from my big brother." The child looked especially aggrieved. "Then he told me to listen to more tapes and check my reading next Monday."

Jiang Wang finally grasped where the focus should be.

It was impossible to tutor someone who was already lagging behind.