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    Yu Manman couldn’t remember exactly how he spent those two days. He couldn’t remember whether he had eaten or not, and he couldn’t tell whether he had slept or not. He was all focused on his short story, which was about 5,000 words long.

    This call for submissions was not limited to genres or themes. Although Yu Manman was usually a person with a lot of imagination, he was immediately overwhelmed when he wanted to pick out one of them and expand it from beginning to end. He typed out the entire story outline in his notebook all night, and the next day he appeared in front of Xiao Li with a pair of big and godless panda eyes.

    When Xiao Li entered the classroom, he was attracted by the giant panda in the crowd at first sight, but the first thing he did when he picked up the roll call was to read out the name he was already familiar with: “Yu Manman.”

    “Here!” Yu Manman almost formed a reflex condition, and her eyes were so sleepy that they almost narrowed into a slit. The moment she heard her name, she jumped up from her seat, causing the classmates behind her to burst into snickers.

    Xiao Li glanced behind Yu Manman coldly, cleared all the noise, and then nodded to the audience: “Sit down.”

    At noon, when Yu Manman went to deliver food to Xiao Li, he went back to the dormitory to bring his notebook over. Xiao Li looked a little speechless: “What are you doing?”

    Yu Manman was particularly confident: “I have to seize all the time to write, Teacher Xiao!”

    Today, most of the teachers in the office have classes in the afternoon and are ready to take a break after lunch. Xiao Li is afraid of disturbing others and simply tilts his head towards Yu Manman: “Come here.”

    He took her to the parking lot downstairs, and then took the lunch box from her: “You can write here.”

    It was just past May at that time, but surprisingly there was already a hint of summer.Xiao Li didn’t open the front fender of the car, turned on the air conditioner and started eating directly. Yu Manman was still in a daze, but after being blown by the cold wind for a while, he cheered up and started writing.

    The campus in the afternoon was as quiet as an isolated floating island in the sky. Occasionally, you could only hear the sound of wind and birdsong from far above. Xiao Li used the rustling sound of the keyboard as a side dish to finish the braised pork rice that Yu Manman brought to him today. He just picked up the kettle and took a sip of tea. When he looked sideways, he saw that she had fallen asleep on the passenger seat.

    She’s tiredness is obvious, and she clearly explained the word “trance” during class today.Xiao Li took out the notebook from Yu Manman’s arms and saw that she had already coded the draft of the 5,000-word novel.

    It was a story about the kingdom of the sky and the earth. A simple scene of more than a hundred words at the beginning clearly explained the opposition and contradiction between the two countries. Then the heroine who belonged to the kingdom of the earth gained the ability to fly by promising to fly to a shooting star. Finally, she was able to go to the kingdom of the sky, which she had longed for and been curious about for a long time.

    She’s writing is simple and plain, without any ostentation but extremely gripping. The fantasy-filled story reveals a sense of reality that is rare in documentary literature.Xiao Li originally only wanted to take a quick look and take a lunch break, but he unknowingly dragged the progress bar to the end and then slowly closed the laptop screen.

    Yu Manman performed much better than he expected. This work has its immature aspects, but Yu Manman’s seriousness can be seen.

    Xiao Li had already prepared that this quota was wasted on her, just to teach this girl who didn’t know the heights of the world a lesson.

    But now it seems that he should feel ashamed for his contempt.

    When Yu Manman woke up, her lunch break was almost over. She vaguely thought that she was lying on the bed in the dormitory. She subconsciously reached out to touch her phone, but when she touched the car door, she remembered that she had fallen asleep in Xiao Li’s car at noon today.

    When she woke up from her dream, she immediately sat up and heard Xiao Li on the side ask, “Are there any classes in the afternoon?”

    He actually sat next to her and watched her sleep.Yu Manman quickly touched the corners of his mouth. Fortunately, he didn’t drool.She shook her head: “There is no class this afternoon, but I have to go back…”

    “I’ve read your draft, and it’s OK.” He was not shy about his affirmation, but when he saw the joy in Yu Manman’s eyes, he changed the subject mercilessly, “But there are still many problems. I have highlighted them for you. You can take a look first, and then we can discuss them together.”

    The word “we” made Yu Manman stunned for a moment. Not only did she feel like she was in the same camp as Xiao Li for the first time, but she even felt that Xiao Li had become her solid and powerful backing.

    Yu Manman’s hanging heart suddenly fell back to the ground.

    Xiao Li didn’t know what Yu Manman was thinking, so he stuffed the notebook back into She’s arms. When Yu Manman opened it, he found that there were some unclear and obscure places, as well as areas where the conflict was handled rashly. Xiao Li had changed it to red. At a glance, he could clearly see where the problem was.

    “Now let’s start with the first question. The tone of your narrative here is a bit strange…”

    After Yu Manman had read it bit by bit from beginning to end, Xiao Li used the touch pad to pull the document back to the top and started from the first paragraph marked in red.

    When Yu Manman took Xiao Li’s class before, even if there was analysis, it was based on the works of celebrities. I had never heard him evaluate his own work in such a targeted manner.But Xiao Li’s tone was serious and calm, and Yu Manman didn’t feel ashamed because of his mistake. On the contrary, he was quickly brought into that serious atmosphere, and his brain cells began to become active.

    “Then what do you think about changing it here?”

    She would change it while listening. If it felt right, Xiao Li would nod and start talking about the next paragraph. If the change was still almost meaningless, Xiao Li would continue to go deeper.

    In just one hour, with the help of Xiao Li, Yu Manman had a deeper and more thorough understanding of the world he had created.The inspiration in my mind is constantly blooming, exuding unprecedented vitality.

    She was overjoyed, but she didn’t even have time to express her gratitude and excitement to Xiao Li. She couldn’t wait to pick up the notebook again and started typing. After finishing the last two thousand words in one go, she breathed a sigh of relief.

    “Teacher Xiao, can you help me again?”

    Yu Manman spoke the word ‘you’ very clearly this time, which was different from his previous tone when he was obviously looking for excuses, showing a kind of respect born from the heart.When Xiao Li took the computer, he glanced at her and saw that the girl’s big eyes finally no longer looked like two dull glass beads, flowing with incomparable beauty.

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