Two days later, Dai Lei excitedly told Jiang Yan, "Xiaotie is catching on. His English recitation has gotten quite fluent over the past couple of days, and he's even started writing down words on his own initiative, increasing from twenty a day to thirty. At this rate, I'll be able to have him start focusing on practice tests next month. How did you manage it?"
Jiang Yan was silent for a moment before replying, "I didn't do anything, it was Jiajia who gave him a talk."
"No wonder she's the top student in the physics department. She's also good with words—I always thought she didn't like to talk because she's usually so quiet."
Jiang Yan wanted to say that she indeed didn't like to talk, and besides, a talk wasn't necessarily just done with words. Sometimes holding something in your hand could be effective too.