Becoming a life winner from infancy

"But I've noticed you have a mole here."

"Let me see... wow, it's really there. When did it appear?"

"It's always been just a little dot."

"Is the mole in this position called a 'tear mole'?"

Fang You's intensive tutoring for Lin Mengran officially began!

However, before that, Fang You was not planning to take Lin Mengran to see Nuo Nuo and Ayu right away.

Even though the clever Nuo Nuo and Ayu could not be taught well, he had to teach Lin Mengran, which seemed to be a bit paradoxical.

Nevertheless, the wise Emperor Youyou had already spotted where Lin Mengran's problem lay.

In Fang You's view, Lin Mengran's biggest issue was:

Her mind was not at all focused on studying.

Therefore, he didn't need to explain each problem one by one; he couldn't understand the thought processes of a dummy.

She wasn't like Nuo Nuo, who disagreed with some educational theories, nor was she like Ayu, who lacked the talent for learning math and science; she simply seldom put pen to paper.

As long as he could use threats, bribes, and all kinds of tactics, whether soft or hard, to encourage her to study, her grades would naturally improve.

After all, he wasn't aiming for her to be the top of the class, just within the top 20.

Being in the top 20 of an ordinary high school is a middle-level standard; she couldn't be that dumb...

In order to continue tutoring at Xia Nuo's house and achieve her dream of music, Lin Mengran actually started to study hard!

She went from studying 0 hours after class every day to 0.5 hours!

"I am really trying my hardest!"

Such effort, of course, paid off.

"At this rate, I will soon be able to teach middle school knowledge."

On the weekend of the second week, Fang You stayed up late to rush a manuscript, integrating all the major points from the textbook and real college entrance examination questions, creating a set of highly valuable test papers.

The test covered all the most basic points, encompassing all the knowledge Lin Mengran had learned so far in her courses.

If she could score in the seventies or eighties on this test, then Lin Mengran should be able to ensure her victory.

After completing the test, Lin Mengran showed it to Fang You, her face proudly exuding a "I've filled them all in, isn't that impressive?" kind of confidence.

Fang You corrected the test paper at lightning speed.

The gloominess on his face was deeper than the eighteen levels of hell.

Not a single subject passed!

There was even history, with a measly ten-odd points!

"Oh no, isn't this the answer to the question?"

Fang You had thought teaching Nuo Nuo and Ayu was already a challenging task, but in his interactions with the dimwit before him, he realized how incredibly strong, excellent, hardworking, and unrivaled the two little childhood friends around him truly were.

"I can't believe I've become this bad."

Lin Mengran's face did not show sadness but instead displayed a look of amazement, "Isn't this an exaggeration?"

What the hell, are all the Lin Family people naturally so cheerful and laugh-loving, oblivious to reality?

Fang You felt that Xia Nuo's completely relaxed and stable attitude was largely inherited from his mother Lin Yi's side of the family.

But while Nuo Nuo can be relaxed, you're not allowed to relax.

Tighten up for me!

Fang You set off that very night to search on his secret base playground computer for how to quickly awaken a middle school student's awareness of studying.

That night, supported by big data, Fang You binge-watched "The Underdog Queen," a movie that somewhat resembled his current predicament.

The story tells of a girl from Yingdu High School who went from the bottom of her class to being admitted to a prestigious university in just a year and a half.

The tutoring class teacher played no small part in enabling the high school girl to get into the prestigious university in the end.

Fang You summed up some of the techniques that enabled the protagonist to succeed in the end, combined them with his reality, and came up with many important points after reviewing and recapping.

First off, goal setting!

A specific and well-defined goal can make a person's direction feel smoother, rather than chaotic and confused.

"When will I finally be able to continue teaching Nuo Nuo?"

Lin Mengran had been troubled by this question.

"You need to first prove that you have a sufficient level of high school knowledge, so you're qualified to tutor middle school subjects. Hmm... Let's set the goal at being in the top 20 of your class, based on your midterm exam results."

Lin Mengran was surprised, "Ah! That long? Isn't that more than a month away?"

"Do you think that your foundation can be solidified without taking so much time?" Fang You stated the harsh reality calmly.

"Ehehe... okay, fine."

Lin Mengran stuck out her tongue and said, "But if I do better than the top 20, like if I get 19th place, is there a reward or something? Like helping you and Nuo Nuo with assists."

"So you really don't want to suffer any losses, huh?"

Second point—time management!

Lin Mengran had no ability to manage time; studying in class felt like an eternity, yet time flew by when she played the guitar—her supposed hour-long practice always went overtime.

Fang You restructured Lin Mengran's daily schedule, helping her balance study and entertainment (playing the guitar), with 23 hours of the day accounted for study and only one hour for guitar, intermittently supervised.

But since they didn't live together, it was hard to guarantee the effectiveness of the plan.

Fang You switched to handing out homework assignments.

If it wasn't completed, the guitar would be confiscated the next day, forbidding guitar practice.

Third point—stimulating interest!

Lin Mengran couldn't get excited about studying, mainly because it was such a bore to her. In the story, a teacher uses the protagonist's best-understood subject—baseball—to explain textbook knowledge, gradually making the protagonist interested in studying itself.

Although Fang You had many ways to force Lin Mengran to study, if she wasn't truly interested, it was hard for the learning to sink in.

Fang You tried integrating musical theory, something Lin Mengran was very familiar with, into the textbook material, prompting her to give a somewhat vacant expression of semi-comprehension.

...

Teaching like that just wasn't effective.

Therefore, Fang You tried a different approach, providing Lin Mengran with some short-term goals.

"Lin Mengran, do you see what this is?"

"It's a photo of my cousin-in-law back in his band days! That's a collector's edition autograph, how do you have this!" Find your next read at My Virtual Library Empire

"I'm just asking if you want it or not."

"I do, I do! I've been dying for it!"

The photo was printed, and the signature was personally penned by Xia Anyang at Fang You's request, with the pretense that someone in the class was a fan and wanted his autographed photo.

Theoretically speaking, Xia Anyang was active before Fang You and his classmates were even born, so claiming to be a fan was a bit far-fetched.

However, Xia Anyang was delighted with Fang You's initiative to get closer to him; after all, Fang You had never asked anything of him before, which made Xia feel like he lacked the grandeur and impressiveness of a father figure in front of Fang You.

He readily agreed this time.

Whether it was a genuine autograph or not?

"I want it, I want it!"

"Finish the homework I assigned this week, and I'll give you the autographed photo."

"Get me more, I have lots of my cousin-in-law's photos, this one, this one... let's start with this one!"

"Damn, what's your deal with Uncle Xia... Don't tell me you're actually a star-chaser?"

Through encouragement and personalized teaching, Fang You was thinking of every possible way to boost Lin Mengran's enthusiasm for studying. Given her very poor starting point, Lin Mengran inevitably saw significant score improvements when she began studying, which gradually helped her regain some confidence and initiate her learning.

At the same time, this meant Fang You had to cut short his weekend study sessions that he urged Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu to participate in.

There was one child who very much disapproved of Fang You's recent changes.

Without a doubt, that child was Ayu!