Being Pursued By Ex-husband

Chapter 678 What Liking Someone Means

When the knock on the door sounded, Celine was looking at the lipstick that Lewinn had given her.

She had never put on makeup in her life, and she didn't even know what brand the lipstick in her hand was.

Seeing as they could be used as prizes of a lucky draw, those were clearly not some cheap brands.

Celine looked up the Ustranasion letters on the lipstick, only to realize that the tiny tube in her hand cost over four hundred.

Suddenly, a knock at the door startled Celine, causing her to almost drop the lipstick she was holding.

“Celine?”

Seeing that she hadn't opened the door for a long time, Rowen, who was outside the door, called out.

Celine quickly placed the lipstick in her hand on the desk and got up to open the door. “Rowie?”

“Did you bring your Ustranasion textbook?”

Celine paused for a moment, quickly regaining her composure. She turned around, pulled out an Ustranasion book from her backpack, and handed it to him. “Rowie, have you memorized your words for today?”

Rowen raised an eyebrow. “Oh, I haven't memorized it yet.”

As he spoke, he placed the Ustranasion book on the table. Turning around, he went into his room to fetch a chair. “I'm going to study for a bit,” he said.

Celine knowingly shifted the chair to one side, making some room for Rowen.

Rowen stared at the Ustranasion words in the book for about ten minutes before pushing the book toward her. “That's enough.”

Celine wasn't surprised this time, as she had already witnessed Rowen's impressive memory before.

She jumbled up twenty words for a blind test, and Rowen only got one word wrong.

Celine pursed her lips slightly. “Do you still remember what I recited before, Rowie?”

Rowen glanced at her. “You take a random check.”

After the inspection, Celine realized that Rowen had not only a quick memory but also good retention.

He only got one wrong of all the words he had previously memorized.

Celine looked at him in surprise, her eyes sparkling brightly. “You're amazing, Rowie.”

Rowen turned his head, meeting those apricot eyes. His earlobes reddened slightly. His gaze shifted and fell on the lipstick beside Celine. He reached out, picked it up and toyed with it. “Do you like lipstick?”

Celine felt a bit embarrassed. “This is what Lewinn just gave me.”

“That means he's fallen for you,” Rowen said.

He drew a conclusion and put the lipstick back. “Have you finished your math paper?”

Celine nodded, then shook her head, looking a bit embarrassed. “It's done.”

Rowen looked at her, clicking his tongue lightly. “If you're done, just nod. Why did you shake your head?”

Celine blushed. “I only finished the ones I knew how to do. There were a few questions I didn't understand.”

Rowen let out a rare smile. “Which questions don't you understand?”

Celine quickly took out the paper and placed it in front of him, saying, “The last two multiple-choice questions.”

Rowen had finished the test paper a while ago. While he was doing it, he had guessed that Celine would not know how to solve these two problems.

The difficulty of the multiple-choice questions progressively increased, with this paper being moderate to high overall difficulty. Starting from the seventh question, the difficulty level noticeably rose. It was quite normal that Celine didn't know how to answer the last two questions.

Rowen took the papers. This time, he didn't start explaining right away. After teaching Celine several

times, he realized that Celine's thought process was different from his own.

Her grades in other subjects were quite good, and she didn't seem to be a foolish person. But when it came to math, it was as if she was missing a beat.

In his view, even though many questions may differ in format, they all utilize the same knowledge points. All it took was a change in perspective.

However, Celine didn't know how to apply it. Her ability to extrapolate from one example to others was too poor. If the type of problem changed, she would be at a loss again.

So, Rowen decided to try a different approach. He chose to guide Celine in solving the problem by asking questions directly.

However, Celine knew she was indeed not gifted in mathematics. It took her nearly twenty minutes to figure out a single problem.

Rowen put down the pen in his hand and stood up to leave.

Celine was taken aback, thinking she was too stupid, which annoyed Rowen.

But soon, Rowen returned, holding two cups of water, and handed one to her. “Your method is too complicated, but you did figure it out. Let me write down another simpler solution for you, so you can compare and see where the differences lie.”

Celine took the cup. Touched, she said, “Thank you, Rowie.”

Rowen huffed, “You're not bad in other subjects, so why are you struggling so much with math?”

“I don't know...”

She pursed her lips, took the workbook, and looked at Rowen's solutions.

It took nearly an hour for Celine to complete two multiple-choice questions under the guidance of Rowen.

However, this time it was Rowen who guided her step by step, giving her ample space to think. Celine knew that once she finished the problem, she wouldn't have to spend time understanding it bit by bit.

It was past nine when Lewinn brought in some watermelon. He was somewhat surprised to see Rowen in Celine's room. “Did I interrupt your homework?” he asked.

Rowen leaned back and glanced at Lewinn. “I'm explaining a math problem to her.”

Lewinn glanced at Rowen, somewhat incredulous. He had actually taught Celine. However, since Rowen was doing something nice, Lewinn said nothing.

Celine lowered her head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Seeing the situation, Lewinn said, “Today is Saturday, there's no need to be so tense. Have some fruit, take a break, even playing some games is fine.”

“All right, Lewinn.”

Seeing the way Celine was, Lewinn finally understood why Katherine was so eager to bring her back.

She's really so well-behaved.

After Lewinn said so, it made Celine feel a bit awkward to have Rowen continue sitting with her. “Rowie, there's one more problem. Shall we do it tomorrow?”

“Up to you.”

Rowen munched on grapes, humming in agreement.

Taking advantage of the leisure time while eating fruit, Lewinn asked Celine about school matters. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“Are you getting used to the new school and class?”

Celine nodded in agreement, while Rowen chimed in from the side, “Lewinn, you're underestimating her. She ranked second in the class in this midterm exam.”

Celine knew that her grades had already been shown to Katherine and the others. Since Lewinn was at school, and Celine was not the type to boast, she naturally didn't make a point of telling Lewinn.

Upon hearing Rowen's words, Lewinn chuckled, “It looks like I've underestimated Celine.”

“That's really nothing, Lewinn.”

Lewinn chuckled. When he was about to say something, his phone started ringing.

“I'm going to answer a call.”

“Sure, sure.”

Lewinn went outside to pick up the call.

In the room, only Celine and Rowen remained. She was holding a piece of watermelon, eating it bite by bite.

Rowen watched her eat watermelon. She nibbled on it like a rabbit, taking such tiny bites.

Huh, do all girls eat like this?

He swallowed the grape in his mouth. “I have something to do tomorrow afternoon, what time do you get up in the morning?”

Celine blinked, swallowing the watermelon in her mouth. “Seven o'clock.”

“Alright, let's discuss the last problem after breakfast.”

“Sure.”

Celine hummed a response, watching him as he popped grapes into his mouth one by one, seemingly enjoying them immensely.

She had just finished eating watermelon and reached out to grab a grape. As soon as it entered her mouth, the sourness made Celine's teeth go numb. “It's so sour, Rowie.”

Rowen raised an eyebrow. “It's not sour at all. It's very sweet.”

As he spoke, he picked one and held it to her lips. “Open your mouth.”

Subconsciously, Celine opened her mouth to take the grape, her lips brushing against the boy's fingers. Both of them shivered slightly at the contact.