And things unfolded exactly as Lin Feng had anticipated.
When Shizuka, a smile of approval on her face, approached Nobita, ready to offer him some praise…
She suddenly noticed another opened notebook on the table in front of Nobita. The handwriting was incredibly familiar.
It was her own notebook!
Looking at Nobita, who was diligently copying answers from both notebooks, she saw a picture of pure concentration.
Even though Shizuka and Lin Feng had walked right up behind him, he was completely oblivious, focused only on finishing all the homework in front of him.
That way, he could enjoy the remaining two days of the holiday, going completely wild.
There would be no nagging from his mother or Doraemon about doing his homework.
However, the idea was beautiful, but reality was cruel.
Just as Nobita was immersed in the joy of copying homework, a voice that could make him panic sounded in his ears.
"Nobita! How can you copy homework!"
Of course, since it was in the library, Shizuka's voice couldn't be too loud.
But Nobita was already a little guilty about copying homework. After suddenly hearing Shizuka's voice, he was almost scared to death.
"Ah...! Uh...?"
"Shizuka, how did you come back so quickly...? Uh, that's not... Listen to my explanation first...!"
"I..."
Nobita quickly covered his notebook, then frantically waved his hands in the air. His face wore the stiff, awkward expression of someone caught red-handed doing something wrong.
He stammered, trying to explain, but Shizuka's next words cut him off.
"Copying like this won't help you at all. Even if you finish your homework by copying the answers today, what's the point?"
"You still won't know how to do it the next time you have homework."
"Nobita, you can't keep doing this!"
Shizuka said, her brow furrowed slightly as she lectured him.
Even though she'd said similar things to Nobita many times before, she couldn't help but scold him when she saw this.
After all, as Nobita's good friend and classmate, Shizuka genuinely wanted to see his grades improve.
Even if it meant spending more time tutoring Nobita, explaining the difficult problems to him, it would be better than what he was doing now, which was taking the easy way out and just copying the answers.
"I'm sorry, Shizuka... I know I was wrong."
"I swear, this is the only time. I really couldn't figure out how to solve the problem, so I just wanted to see the correct answer."
"Don't worry, I definitely won't do this again next time, so please forgive me this time, hehe..."
However, Nobita didn't seem to understand Shizuka's well-meaning advice and continued to be as casual as ever, begging for Shizuka's forgiveness.
It has to be said that although Nobita always obediently admitted his mistakes when he was being educated, acting like he knew he shouldn't do it, and he knew he was wrong.
But not long after, he would start making the same mistakes again, which was really annoying.
Nobita's current behavior was like using the most cowardly tone to say the bravest words:
"Yes, you're right, I know I'm wrong, but I'll do it again next time!"
Shizuka shook her head, a little helpless.
What else could she do, since Nobita had said that?
Of course, she could only choose to forgive him.
There was nothing she could do; Shizuka knew Nobita too well.
Although Nobita did have his strengths in certain areas, he was a real headache when it came to studying.
The main thing was that all the worrying didn't seem to have any effect. Wasn't that infuriating?
"Now, do these problems on your own first. If you don't understand something, just come and ask me or Lin Feng. We'll explain it to you in detail."
"Although the problem-solving process might be a bit cumbersome and troublesome, it's definitely more meaningful than you just copying the answers," Shizuka said to Nobita, taking her workbook away from him.
She wasn't unwilling to let Nobita copy her work, but what was the point of doing that? It was just a superficial way of getting by.
What Shizuka really wanted to see was Nobita solving the problems through his own efforts.
"Yes..."
After the correct answers, radiating a dazzling golden light, were taken away by Shizuka.
Nobita slumped onto the table in front of him, like a rotten old loach, and weakly agreed.
However, although he had agreed with Shizuka, in Nobita's opinion, compared to the effort he would have to put into doing his homework...
Copying homework was clearly something he could do more easily.
Since that was the case, why bother thinking about it himself?
He even started to regret why he hadn't copied faster just now.
Now these remaining problems would fall on his shoulders, and when would he finish them all?
Lin Feng didn't pay too much attention to Nobita's situation.
Anyway, this guy's aptitude for learning was obvious. If he were willing to study hard, he wouldn't be Nobita.
However, although copying homework wasn't a very serious matter,
Shizuka, as Nobita's good friend, had already shown such concern for him, yet Nobita was still taking things easy, trying to muddle through the situation. This was very wrong.
However, on second thought, Nobita's reasoning wasn't entirely wrong.
After all, Nobita was just a fifth-grader, and his thinking wasn't fully developed yet.
If you were to judge him with the mindset of an adult, he'd definitely seem to have a lot of flaws.
The afternoon passed quickly.
They'd arrived around three in the afternoon.
Now it was time to go home.
But the good news was that, thanks to Nobita's hard work and Shizuka's unwavering help, he had finally finished his homework.
"Haha, these assignments weren't so bad after all. Even without copying the answers, I finished them! Haha...!"
I have to say, Nobita's ability to change his expression was truly like flipping a page.
He'd been looking like he was about to cry just moments before, worrying he wouldn't be able to finish his homework. Now, with Shizuka's help, he'd finally managed to complete the assignment, and he was already strutting around, acting all high and mighty.
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