Volume 1 Chapter 30: Is This the “Juice-Squeezing Girl”?

Gao Liang kept holding Lin Lin’s hand as they walked down the school hallway.

Lin Lin followed him closely, feeling a bit scared. She kept looking around, worried that a patrol teacher might suddenly appear from some corner and catch them.

Or maybe she was shaken by the surprised comments she heard from classmates after Gao Liang pulled her out of the classroom.

“Eh? Why is Gao Liang pulling Lin Lin away?”

“Wow, it’s true! What’s going on?!”

Lin Lin felt touched. At least some classmates still knew her name.

Wuwu—

Gao Liang looked for empty classrooms one by one. But this was a high school, not a university. There weren’t many empty rooms for two people to have private space.

After searching for a long time, the only place they found was an old, abandoned storage room. Because there were still a few desks inside, it could barely be called a classroom.

How “barely,” you ask?

It was like whipping a strongman with a lightning whip, eating hotpot without dipping sauce, drinking tea straight from the teapot spout, or meeting your online date only to hear, ‘Then… I’ll leave.’

You could leave, but it wasn’t impossible to just go for it.

“Phew~”

The girl took some tissues and wiped the desk and chair she picked. For some reason, it felt quite relaxing. After she finally cleaned them up, she turned around. Only to see Gao Liang lock the door.

“Hiss—”

She immediately protested, feeling uneasy. “Why did you lock the door?!”

“What if a patrol teacher comes?”

Gao Liang waved his hand, turned to look at her, and said seriously, “This way, no one will disturb us.”

Who wants some private two-person world with you, of all people?!

Lin Lin felt awkward. Being alone in a room with her sworn enemy… thinking about it now felt super embarrassing.

But… the classroom seemed even scarier.

Seeing that Gao Liang had already sat down, and not wanting to waste the blue capsule, Lin Lin could only sit down beside him, feeling stiff and uncomfortable.

“Alright, it’s much quieter here now. Let’s start with the questions, okay?”

Gao Liang said gently. The small girl beside him nodded obediently and listened quietly.

The first question was very simple. Basic first-year high school material, almost like middle school review. But because it was a college entrance exam question, it had some extra difficulty.

Still, Gao Liang’s way of explaining was very easy to understand. He usually started from the basic ideas, then explained how to solve this question, analyzed similar types of questions, and finally gave Lin Lin one or two practice problems.

But Lin Lin seemed to not need the later explanation at all. As soon as she heard him finish explaining the method for that one question, she felt knowledge pouring into her brain. And then—

In the simplest words, she had an “I know” moment.

Many ways to solve similar questions flashed through her mind. The girl raised her hand to stop Gao Liang, then showed a crooked, confident smile.

“OK, that’s enough. I’ve learned it! Let’s move on to the next question!”

After saying that, she pointed at the outline of college-exam knowledge points on the desk.

“Next topic!”

“That won’t work. You need to practice at least two questions to make it stick!”

Gao Liang tried to persuade her patiently. But the girl covered the book with her hand, looked at him firmly, and said,

“I’m a genius! I don’t need practice! Keep explaining!”

“Uh…”

Gao Liang was a bit speechless. Sigh, it looked like his explanation was going to be wasted.

This… just listening without practice, how could someone really learn like that?

It was nothing more than her thinking she understood it, just comforting herself. Maybe she would forget everything by tomorrow, and even if she didn’t forget, she still wouldn’t be able to write the answers in an exam.

But… there was no choice.

After all, this girl was his deskmate.

He had already promised to tutor her, so even if his mouth started smoking, he had to keep explaining until the end.

So next…

“Uh, this question mainly tests trigonometric functions. First, we think about the formula…”

“Ah, this one is about probability. It’s very simple. Let’s analyze the question first.”

“Mm, this one is solid geometry. It might be a bit hard, so let’s look at the diagram first.”

…………

Something felt wrong.

As Gao Liang kept explaining, he suddenly noticed that the girl had chosen way too many questions. And her understanding ability was… surprisingly limited. When it came to harder questions, the speed of progress was painfully slow.

Very often, Gao Liang would be halfway through explaining a question, and the girl would suddenly ask,

“Where did this condition come from?”

“Huh?”

Gao Liang looked confused. This… wasn’t this found right at the beginning? The very first formula I wrote was used to get this condition!

So… she didn’t understand anything earlier.

Great. Time to go back and explain again.

With no other choice, Gao Liang started over. Before explaining, he looked at Lin Lin seriously and reminded her.

“If there’s anything you don’t understand, stop me right away. Don’t feel embarrassed, okay?”

“Uh… okay.” Lin Lin nodded, her face turning red.

Then…

“Next, we—”

“Stop!”

…

“Here, we calculate this side like this!”

“Stop, stop—this side?”

…

“Here we can just write the formula directly…”

“Stop! Which formula…?”

To make sure she truly understood the questions and could get the mysterious power of the blue capsule, Lin Lin at this point was… well…

Not ashamed to ask, no matter how simple the question. Learning never ends, after all.

And then, in the end—

Almost three hours had passed, and they had only gotten through about half of the questions.

Both Gao Liang and Lin Lin collapsed onto the desk, completely exhausted, breathing heavily while facing each other.

Gao Liang felt his throat was very dry. He wasn’t sure if it was because he was making eye contact with Lin Lin, or because he had explained too much tonight.

It felt like… his saliva was about to run out.

Was this the legendary… “juice-squeezing girl”?

Feeling his gaze on her, and occasionally noticing him licking his lips as he tried to keep going, Lin Lin felt embarrassed and turned her head away, leaving only the back of her head facing him.

They were about halfway done. There was still half left, but they had wasted some time finding a classroom. Another three hours next time should be enough.

It also seemed to be time to go home. She had already drained Gao Liang dry.

Time to leave, yeah!

The girl took a deep breath and was just about to stand up when she suddenly heard a sharp click sound coming from the storage room door.

Both of them froze. Then they heard footsteps outside slowly fading away. A moment later, Lin Lin immediately realized what had happened.

She rushed to the door, unlocked the inside lock, and pushed hard on the door. But the loud clang from outside clearly told them…

The door had been locked from the outside!

Lin Lin banged on the door with all her strength, shouting loudly:

“Hey! There are people inside! Is anyone there?! Help us!”

But outside, there was only silence.

“Uh… school’s over? Did the patrol teacher lock the door?”

Gao Liang asked blankly from behind. Lin Lin turned around helplessly and nodded pitifully.

“Your phone?”