Chapter 24
toward the car. It was Alexander who had come to fetch her today.
After Elise got into the car, Alexander started the car engine slowly and departed. Elise did not take a bre
ak either while on the way as she took out the practice questions and started grinding on them again. Sitt
ing in the driver‘s seat, Alexander observed Elise through the rearview mirror. He had to admit that althou
gh Elise had a rather average appearance, for some reason, she gave off
an unworldly aura, which didn‘t seem to match her looks at all.
Alexander retracted his gaze and decided to initiate a conversation with Elise, which rarely occurred. “Ar
e you going to participate in the City Mathematics Olympiad Competition?”
Elise was chewing on her pen when she heard the question. In response, she quickly lifted her head to gl
ance at Alexander and hummed.
“When‘s the competition?” Alexander asked again.
“Next Friday at Athesea High.” As she recalled Jack had once mentioned that Alexander had taken part i
n a Mathematics Olympiad competition before too, she added, “I heard you participated in a Mathematics
Olympiad competition before and had even won the first prize. Do you have any tips for me?”
Alexander lifted his brows slightly. “That was a long time ago, so I can‘t be of much help now.”
Elise hummed in response and said nothing else. As such, the atmosphere in the car went
silent once again. Fortunately, they arrived at the Griffith Residence in no time.
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After the car stopped, Elise opened the door and got out of the car. Then, she walked into the living room
after changing her shoes on the porch and saw Jonah having tea leisurely while sitting
on the couch. “Ellie, you‘re home!”
“Hi, Grandpa,” Elise addressed Jonah courteously.
Joy spread across Jonah‘s face when he
saw Elise. “How are things at school, Ellie? Just tell me if you‘re unhappy with anything, or you can comp
lain to those few rascals too. Don‘t let yourself suffer.”
“Alright, Grandpa! You don‘t have to worry about me.”
“You‘re such a polite child…” Jonah said with a bright smile. Then, he saw Alexander who just entered
the house. “Alex, please help me to look after Ellie if she needs anything. She‘s a girl, so we should give
her more care.”
Alexander did not refute Jonah‘s words but answered indifferently, “Alright, Grandpa.”
Jonah couldn‘t be bothered about Alexander‘s apathetic response. So, he
diverted his attention back to Elise and said, “Ellie, I heard that you‘re going to participate in a Mathemati
cs Olympiad competition. Alex is pretty good at Math Olympiad. He can tutor you.”
Hearing that, Elise quickly rejected it. “It‘s okay, Grandpa. I‘d rather not trouble him.”
“Not at all. Alex, you‘ll be Ellie‘s Math Olympiad tutor from tonight onward. Do teach her whatever you kn
ow so that she will excel in the competition.” Jonah was so determined that there was no opportunity for
Elise and Alexander to reject the proposal. Elise actually wanted to say something but could only bite her
tongue toward the end.
On the other hand, Alexander always honored Jonah‘s word and would never go against him, so neither
did he reject the order. As such, Alexander became Elise‘s Math Olympiad tutor.
During dinner, Jack was driven up the wall when he knew Alexander was going
to give Elise tuition because Elise would most likely win the competition with Alexander‘s help. If that hap
pened, he would lose the bet.
Freaked out, Jack secretly pulled Alexander to the side after dinner. “Alex, I‘m begging you–
can you please don‘t give Elise tuition?”
Alexander wore a calm look and replied nonchalantly, “That‘s Grandpa‘s order.” What he meant was he c
ouldn‘t defy Jonah‘s order.
Jack became even more anxious. “C‘mon, Alex. You can tell Grandpa that given Elise‘s capability, she do
esn‘t need a tutor at all––or, you can just palter with Elise, as long as she doesn‘t win the competition.”
Alexander nodded upon understanding Jack‘s intention and gave an ambiguous answer. “I‘ll try to…”
Jack immediately placed his hands on his lap and feigned a pitiful look. “Please help me out, Alex…”
Just then, Jack met Elise‘s
eyes as she walked toward them. At once, he put on a normal look and pretended as if nothing had happ
ened. “Go ahead, Alex. I shall excuse myself first as I still have some matters to attend to,” he
said in a serious manner and quickly slipped away thereupon.
On the other hand, Elise wasn‘t bothered about it at all and went upstairs directly while Alexander followe
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Upon entering her room, Elise was about to close the door when a big hand stopped her from doing
so before pushing the door open. Thereafter, Alexander walked in straight.
“What‘re you doing here?” Elise asked. Alexander ignored her and directly walked toward her study table
and answered in a serious manner, “Grandpa asked me to tutor you.”
Elise quickly rejected it. “It‘s okay, there’s no need. You may leave now.”
However, Alexander had no intention to leave at all so he immediately sat down on the chair. “I never defy
bear with me.”
Elise was rendered speechless. She wanted to say that she really didn‘t need a tutor, but thinking about J
Alexander took up Elise‘s practice questions and flipped through them. Besides her nice handwriting, her
“Your workings are quite clear, but you made a mistake here,” Alexander said while pointing out Elise‘s mi
Alexander pointed at the second question. “Your method and formula are correct, but in the second step, y
Elise looked at the question. He‘s right.
“I‘ve attempted this question a few times and it still felt wrong. Oh, so this is the mistake.” With that, Elise
After Elise amended her answer, Alexander pointed at another question and said, “You did not solve the s
Elise attempted the question again according to Alexander‘s instruction, and sure enough, she soon solve
Alexander hummed in response and started reading the question. For some reason, he was distracted by
composure
and shifted his focus. However, he still unintentionally caught sight of Elise‘s side profile and was attracted