Volume 1 Chapter 47: You Can’t Even Do Simple Addition and Subtraction Anymore!
“Ah—”
After a long verbal battle, Gao Liang let out a deep breath and collapsed onto the desk. Looking at Lin Lin, who was completely focused, he said:
“I… I’m done explaining!”
“Huh? You’re done already?”
Lin Lin froze. That was faster than she expected. The blue pill should still have about 30 minutes left. They finished early.
Gao Liang nodded and barely pushed himself up. He flipped through the table of contents in the study book and explained,
“According to what you asked for, covering all the college exam points, I’ve already explained everything.”
“R-r-really? Are you sure?!”
Lin Lin excitedly slapped the desk. This was not a small matter. If something went wrong, it would be a big problem.
Gao Liang nodded again. It should be fine.
“But…” he said with some worry, taking a sip of water and looking at Lin Lin, “I explained so fast. How much did you actually remember?”
Lin Lin suddenly felt nervous and scratched her head.
Hmm…
Gao Liang felt even more worried. Looking at her confused face, it really seemed like she didn’t remember much.
Sigh… did that mean all his hard work was wasted?
He lowered his head, looking very hurt, like a rain cloud was hanging over him, and his eyes even looked a bit watery.
Hey, watery eyes is too much! How little faith do you have in me?!
Lin Lin slapped his head and shouted, “I know everything! Yes, everything!”
“Hm?”
Gao Liang rested his chin on his hand and looked at her with doubt.
“Alright then. I’m tired anyway. Lin Lin, do one practice problem.”
After saying that, he picked a question from the book, circled it, pushed it to Lin Lin, then dropped his head onto the desk and closed his eyes to rest.
Hmm, this problem should take Lin Lin at least twenty minutes. And she might not even solve it.
I’ll rest first.
…
Uh…
Looking at Gao Liang lying next to her and the problem in front of her, Lin Lin took a deep breath.
Doing math problems, one of Lin Lin’s greatest fears.
About as scary as taking the initiative to make friends, being called to the teacher’s office, or being hit on by strangers.
But next week, she still had to attend a study meeting and solve the system’s questions.
Well…
No choice. Lin Lin picked up her pen.
Let’s use this as practice!
She started writing and calculating on the scratch paper.
Three minutes later…
“Hey, Gao Liang, Gao Liang! I’m done! Take a look, did I do it right?”
She pushed his shoulder. Gao Liang jumped up in shock, disbelief all over his face.
“What? Y-you’re done already?”
“Yep!”
Lin Lin happily handed him the paper and looked at him expectantly.
“Well? Well? Is it correct?”
Gao Liang took the paper and silently checked it from top to bottom. After a long moment, he looked at her in disbelief, gently put the paper down, and said,
“It… it’s correct.”
“YEAH!!!”
Lin Lin clapped her hands excitedly.
“I got it right! I solved a big, final-question-level math problem by myself for the first time in my life! Gao Liang, nice!”
“Impressive, impressive…” Gao Liang nodded while looking at the answer in confusion.
This…
How did she finish it so fast?
It feels like only a few minutes passed.
This girl…
“Y-you didn’t secretly search the answer on your phone, did you…?” Gao Liang asked without thinking.
“Huh?”
Lin Lin slammed the desk unhappily. “I did it myself! Hmph… Anyway, in your eyes I’m just an idiot, right? Sure, sure, only a top student like you can solve this. How could I ever do it?”
“Ahem… that’s not what I meant.”
Gao Liang didn’t expect one sentence to make her pout and get mad. He quickly waved his hands to explain, but the girl just turned her head away.
“I’m not listening!”
The atmosphere became awkward. After a while, the girl suddenly showed her small sharp fang and smiled faintly.
Then she turned back, put on a polite fake smile, clasped her hands together, and suddenly became friendly again.
“Hehe, Gao Liang, it’s my fault. I was too impatient. Can you teach me a bit more? Look, look…”
As she spoke, she quickly flipped the exercise book forward to the very beginning, pointed at a problem that even a middle school student could solve, and said,
“Explain this one!”
Uh…
Gao Liang froze for a moment. He didn’t understand what she was trying to do, but he still nodded and started explaining.
“This part is very simple. You just add the two numbers. So, 4 plus 2 equals 6, and then—”
“Stop, stop!”
The girl suddenly interrupted him and asked seriously, “Why… does 4 plus 2 equal 6? Gao Liang, I really don’t understand~”
She was wearing a sneaky, even slightly teasing smile. Gao Liang’s mouth twitched.
Heh, seeing his reaction, Lin Lin was laughing inside.
Hehehe, today I’m just here to mess with you. What about it? I’ll annoy you to death~
Gao Liang pushed up his glasses and even tried to explain it seriously.
“Isn’t that something you can count with one hand?”
The girl held out one hand. “Uh… 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… I can’t count to 6?”
She looked at him innocently and asked seriously.
Gao Liang smiled, nodded, stood up, and walked a few steps back to the bed. He waved at Lin Lin and said,
“Come on, Lin Lin. I’ll give you a very clear and vivid example.”
“Hm?”
Lin Lin just wanted to laugh.
Is he going to use kindergarten methods now? Counting pillows and blankets one by one? Pfft~
She moved closer, excited to watch the fun. “Where, where? Let me see~”
And then…
Gao Liang suddenly jumped forward, and Lin Lin was pushed onto the bed.
She reacted and struggled right away, but with a few quick moves, Gao Liang wrapped her up tightly with the blanket and towel.
She was basically turned into a… rice dumpling.
She flopped around on the bed like a salted fish, shouting in panic:
“What are you doing?! Gao Liang! Let me go! I’m really getting angry! What are you trying to do?! Y-you… you’re showing your true colors now, aren’t you? I knew it! I knew you had bad intentions! Today I—today I—ahh, help!”
Gao Liang caught her before she rolled off the bed and looked at her helplessly, smiling.
“What do you think I’m doing? You can’t even add numbers under ten anymore. Of course I have to tie you up and send you to the hospital for treatment. With skills like this, can you even go outside? You’d get tricked and taken away in minutes.”
“Are you crazy?! Ugh, I give up! I was just joking! You idiot!”
She still couldn’t escape from the blanket. Today, Gao Liang clearly decided to tease her properly.
He turned off the light and went back to the bed. Suddenly…
“Mmm… l-lightly… ah~”
“I can’t help it… it feels too… too comfortable…”
“Mmm~”
“…”
Soft but “intense” sounds suddenly came from the next room.
In the dark, the boy and girl who had been shouting earlier fell silent for a moment. Then both of their faces turned red when they heard that.
Gao Liang hurried to get up, but in her panic, the girl accidentally pressed the bed’s shaking button again.
And then—
Gao Liang lost his balance and was shaken back down, landing on top of her, one above the other…
Clack clack~
“Waaaahhh—!”