Volume 1 Chapter 60: It Was a Guess. It Must Have Been a Guess!
Good weekends always pass so fast.
But the five days of school feel as long as a whole year.
Early in the morning, Gao Liang yawned and walked into the classroom.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced toward Han Kui and saw her looking at Lin Lin with a face full of disdain.
As for Lin Lin…
Gao Liang leaned closer and looked at the English textbook in her hands. He saw the girl staring at the word list at the back of the book, eyes wide open, scanning lines very fast, then quickly flipping to the next page.
This…
Isn’t that a bit too fast?
Can she really remember anything like that?
Is she just fooling herself and giving up?
“Cough…” Gao Liang spoke softly. “Good morning, Lin Lin.”
“Mm, good morning, good mor—”
The girl was nodding when she suddenly realized it was Gao Liang. She quickly looked up at him and took a deep breath.
“Hoo~ I almost didn’t make it, you know? If someone hadn’t helped me… well, anyway, today’s me is not the same as before.”
Then she rested her chin on her hand and looked at him with interest. That look… was like she was looking at a toy.
It made Gao Liang confused.
What’s wrong with this girl?
Lin Lin had a reason to be arrogant, because among her previous mission rewards, she had gained something called super memory.
At first, she didn’t think much of it. But after playing a few games of League of Legends and realizing she could easily remember all the enemy skills and their cooldown times, she froze.
After that, she pulled out Chinese, history, politics, English, geography. Basically every subject where memorizing means points, and then she crushed them all.
After a whole weekend of training, the current Lin Lin was truly different.
She couldn’t help showing a crooked, smug smile and said to Gao Liang, “Classmate Gao Liang, I’ll take your first place in the grade!”
“Uh…”
Gao Liang sat down. “So, Lin Lin, did you inhale too much gas and start hallucinating?”
As he spoke, he reached out and touched the top of her head.
Lin Lin quickly slapped his hand away and shouted shyly, “What are you doing?! Can you feel gas poisoning by touching? I’m not running a fever!”
Gao Liang’s reply made the girl’s mouth twitch, but soon she shook her head.
Meh, no need to argue with this guy anymore~ What’s the point?
Right now, her confidence was overflowing. Hah, a mere Gao Liang. In her eyes, he was now about on the same level as a puppy.
So what if he’s good at studying? I can do it too!
Hmph, puhahaha! Top student, hehehe~ I’m going to become a top student! Come on, let some cute girls ask me questions, ask me questions, hehehe… hehehee…
The girl lay on her desk, drooling a little. Gao Liang looked at her helplessly, thinking she might have gone crazy from too much pressure.
When Lin Lin noticed him looking at her, she quickly sat up straight again, turned her head away, and couldn’t help sighing.
Sigh… in the end, I really became the kind of person I hated most.
A beautiful girl top student or something, puhahaha~
The happy girl looked around the classroom, searching for girls with poor grades, pretty faces, and a desire to study.
Let big sister tutor you~ hehehe~
“Mm, even though it looks like you’re having fun, Lin Lin, I still need to remind you… after morning reading, we’ll go straight to the exam rooms. Review math more, don’t keep reading English.”
Gao Liang’s kind advice was, as usual, completely ignored by the girl. Soon after, morning reading ended. She put on her bag, lifted her chin proudly, and ran off.
Today’s Lin Lin was really strange.
Gao Liang scratched his head. Well, this little dummy acting weird was normal.
It even felt a bit like the old days.
…………………
At the exam room, Lin Lin stood with the other students outside the classroom, waiting for the students inside to come out.
She stood at the door, looking in, counting her seat number along the rows of desks. After quietly confirming her seat, the students inside started to leave.
She slipped into the exam room, went to her seat, confidently put her things outside, and sat down, looking around the room.
The first subject was math. Many students in the room looked nervous, holding textbooks and notes to review.
Lin Lin turned her head to look toward the back rows. Her eyes casually swept over a corner, and she shivered.
Han… Han Kui.
Han Kui was sitting in the corner, staring at her with a resentful look.
Lin Lin quickly turned back, trembling slightly.
Waaah… I really can’t deal with this kind of evil girl.
Even so, Lin Lin couldn’t hold back her curiosity and sneaked another look. Just in time, the other girl lowered her head to study.
Lin Lin blinked. She’s in this classroom too?
On the other side…
Han Kui stared at her notebook, which she was holding upside down, and frowned.
She felt Lin Lin’s gaze.
That girl…
She’s not even reading? So confident?
What is she up to? Has she just given up?
But… I reviewed math really well this weekend. Even if the questions are very hard, I can at least keep my usual score.
Can Lin Lin even pass?
Heh…
Soon, the exam started. The invigilator handed out the papers. Lin Lin took hers, glanced at it front and back, then started writing fast.
This month’s exam really was difficult. From time to time, quiet sighs like cries could be heard, along with annoyed muttering from students.
Han Kui worked on the paper for a while and got stuck. Even the multiple-choice questions were so hard that she wanted to curse the person who made the test.
What kind of questions are these…
She worked for a long time, often getting stuck, unable to think of answers for some questions.
With the pressure of the bet, she became even more nervous. She looked up and glanced toward Lin Lin.
And she saw…
Arms moving quickly, writing smooth and steady. She couldn’t see exactly what was written, but—
This… this is way too smooth, isn’t it?
Han Kui’s mouth fell open in disbelief. She froze, then looked at another top student she knew nearby. Even that top student was pulling their hair and thinking hard.
So how is this girl…
She must be writing nonsense and guessing, right?
That was the only explanation Han Kui could think of. She closed her eyes, took several deep breaths, then lowered her head. Even though her heart was pounding, she tried to comfort herself.
She’s guessing. It must be guessing. Haha, no need… no need to worry. She’s already given up anyway. Mm…
Finally—
“Ring ring ring ring—!”
As the bell rang, students handed in their papers, then went to the door to grab their bags, getting ready to rush to the next exam room.
Lin Lin picked up her backpack and ran straight into Han Kui.
Run. Run now.
“Tch— you…”
As Lin Lin passed by, Han Kui gritted her teeth and said provocatively, “Get ready to give up your seat.”