Chapter 5: Provoked

Translator: Zayn_

I rubbed my eyes and looked at the phone screen again. I really didn’t see wrong. It really was about the genetic issues of HIV.

“Is this really not a prank?”

I mumbled to myself, but I quickly understood. It must have been because my reply was too arrogant that the other party mistook it as boasting.

This was a clear provocation!

However, I still decided to answer this question. I’d already said what I wanted to say, and it was time to live up to my words.

I took a look at the question. It was nothing more than asking about how HIV patients could have s*x while ensuring safety and how to raise offspring while isolating the virus.

I was a liberal arts student, so I’d never come into contact with this kind of knowledge.

It just so happened that with this question, I could gain more knowledge.

I didn’t reply to the questioner’s comments because I knew that the best proof was to tell her the correct answer and let her understand it.

I turned off my phone and started looking up research papers on HIV.

HIV was also known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Infection with this virus could lead to varying degrees of deficiency in the human body’s immune system. It could be transmitted from mother to child, s*xual intercourse, and blood.

That was the limited knowledge I had about HIV.

As I went through a large amount of information on HIV, I discovered that HIV could be treated.

Although HIV was very scary and could not be cured, with the improvement of medical standards, if it was discovered early, intervention treatment could be carried out in time. The lifespan of HIV patients was already close to that of normal people.

The large number of examples and data in this research paper made me realize the importance of understanding HIV.

Although the person who came up with this question was trying to provoke me, this question could be turned into a video explaining HIV.

Just do what you say.

At this moment, I didn’t have the urge to earn points in a hurry. I wanted to do my best so that more people would realize the importance of preventing HIV. I also wanted to tell those who had HIV that their lives were not over just because of that.

With the system’s 20% increase in comprehension, I was sure anyone watching my video would be able to understand it as long as they were not stupid.

As long as they remembered it, everything I’d done would not be in vain.

It took me two days to read the papers and another day to make a video. I uploaded it and tagged the person who had asked the question.

After doing all this, I heaved a long sigh of relief.

Immediately after, I began to look forward to the system’s reward. After all, this was not an Elementary School Math Olympiad question, nor was it a simple grammar question.

Speaking of grammar, I hurriedly brought up my system’s character panel. I hadn’t looked at my experience after answering that question.

[ German: Level 4 ]

I looked at my German level in surprise. This 20,000 experience was really powerful. It made my German level go from Level 2 to Level 4.

“However, I guess that it’s also because my German foundation isn’t good that I’m able to gain so much experience points. If I were to answer such questions again, my experience points probably wouldn’t be so heaven-defying.”

However, this was already good enough.

I closed the system panel and swiped my phone.

At this moment, the system notification in my head suddenly sounded.

At the same time, I received a private message.

I ignored the system’s notification and opened my PM[1] tab out of curiosity.

[ Hello, teacher. I’m the student who asked you the question earlier. I want to apologize to you. It wasn’t my intention to ask this question. I just wanted to test your knowledge.]

[ But I didn’t expect you to answer my question so carefully. I’m very sorry. I misunderstood you.]

[ I thought you only said that to attract attention, but I didn’t expect you to be a really knowledgeable person.]

[ After watching your video, I know that you are a very patient teacher. Your answers to the questions of HIV heredity are also very detailed. I’m usually very bad at biology, but after watching your video, I actually understood it. Thank you very much.]

I looked at the long text and was stunned.

To be honest, I didn’t care what kind of mentality the other party had when they asked me questions. To me, as long as they asked a question, I would answer it.

The knowledge obtained would be my own, and there were also additional rewards.

However, I didn’t expect him to apologize so sincerely.

I thought for a moment and replied, [ It’s okay. I just answered your question. It’s fine as long as you understand it.]

As soon as I sent the message, another private message came in.

[ I understand. Teacher, your explanation is very easy to understand. I usually don’t understand when my teacher teaches biology, but after watching your video, I understood it immediately.]

I laughed thoughtfully. Of course, do you think the 20% increase in comprehension is for nothing?

Soon, the other party sent another message. [ Sir, I’m a senior in high school. Biology is my weakness. May I ask you questions about biology in the future?]

My eyes lit up. Senior year is good! I was just worrying that there wouldn’t be any problems!

I quickly replied with a private message. [ Of course you can. You can ask questions in the comments section. Not just biology questions, but also questions about any other subject.]

[ Okay! Thank you very much, Teacher! ]

I curled my lips and smiled happily.

Now, I’m going to look at the system’s reward.

Notes:

[1]PM: private message