Bu Yu was confused.
“Bu Yu, I’m asking you. This test paper with your name on it, did you write it?”
“How could it not be written by me? Let’s not even talk about whose name is on it. Just looking at how wrinkled this paper is, it has to be mine, right?” Bu Yu said as he glanced at Lang Man from the corner of his eye.
Lang Man acted as if she had heard nothing. She kept her head down, continuing to write seriously on the problems laid out on her desk.
“That may be so, but… everything is correct.”
“Huh?” Bu Yu did not process it at first.
“Whether it’s the multiple-choice questions, the fill-in-the-blanks, or the long-answer questions, every answer is correct. And the formatting of the long answers is extremely standard.”
“Uh, maybe I just got lucky?” Bu Yu felt that sounded too perfunctory, so he added, “It can’t be that the top student wrote it, right?”
“Scritch.”
As soon as Bu Yu finished speaking, Lang Man’s pen suddenly scraped across the paper.
He coughed nervously. Even though she did not turn to look at him, he could clearly feel the cold aura emanating from her.
“And this handwriting doesn’t look like yours. The writing is graceful and neat without losing character. As for your handwriting, I have a very deep impression.” The teacher adjusted his glasses. “Moreover, this shocking problem-solving method—I’ve only seen it in one place.”
“Bu Yu, tell the truth. Did you bully Lang Man?”
“What?” Bu Yu froze.
“Did you force Lang Man to give you her completed test, which is why she couldn’t submit hers? The wrinkles on the paper are proof, aren’t they?” The teacher’s gaze was sharp.
“Are you serious? You can even come up with that?”
Bu Yu’s reaction only strengthened the teacher’s suspicions.
The teacher then looked toward Lang Man, who was still studying with her head lowered. He was about to speak, but seeing her like that, he quietly closed his mouth.
Lang Man usually spoke very little. Unless it was necessary, she remained immersed in her own world of study.
She had always been one of the top students in the class, but she was introverted and did not like initiating conversations, so her presence in the class was often low-key.
Seeing her so focused on her book, even the teacher felt reluctant to disturb her.
“Sigh.” After a long exhale, the teacher said to Bu Yu, “Come to my office after class.”
Bu Yu fell silent.
He knew that no matter what he said now, it would be useless. The teacher would not believe a student like him who used to fool around all day.
At that moment, Lang Man lifted her head and looked at the teacher, her expression calm, her eyes steady.
“You… you two…” The teacher looked at Bu Yu, then at Lang Man, disbelief written all over his face.
The class erupted into gossip once more.
“Why does everything happening today involve Bu Yu?”
“You could say he brought all this on himself.”
“Exactly. So why would the top student Lang Man write homework for Bu Yu? There’s definitely something suspicious here. Think about it carefully.”
“Now that you mention it, did you see how Bu Yu treated Campus Belle Su Muwan this morning? Could it be that he changed his target?”
“Could it be that Lang Man and Bu Yu are already involved?”
“Oh~”
“No way! Lang Man is such a well-behaved model student. How could she possibly like a delinquent like Bu Yu?”
“Hey, are you jealous?”
“N-no! Lang Man is just… average at best…”
“Really? Just average?”
“…”
…
“Teacher, I’m sorry. I asked Lang Man to write it for me,” Bu Yu hurriedly said. He did not want her to be punished because of him.
When Lang Man heard this, her expression turned slightly strange.
Adding that one small prefix completely changed the meaning and shifted everyone’s focus onto Bu Yu.
“So it really was you, Bu Yu. This is outrageous! You should have admitted it earlier!” the teacher scolded angrily. “You don’t study properly, and you even have someone else do your homework. Do you have any sense of responsibility as a student?”
“Teacher, I know I was wrong. It won’t happen again,” Bu Yu said sincerely.
“And you, Lang Man.” The teacher looked at her. “How could you help him write homework? That’s not being responsible to yourself, and it’s not being responsible to him either.”
“I’m not responsible…”
Lang Man lowered her head and murmured softly.
“Sigh, forget it. Lang Man, don’t do this again.” Seeing her like this, the teacher could not bear to say more. “This time I’ll let it go, but there won’t be a next time.”
“And Bu Yu, go back and reflect on yourself.”
So this was the difference between how top students and struggling students were treated?
…
Mid-morning break.
“Sigh. Studied seriously for one and a half hours this morning, and my brain feels like it’s about to shut down…”
Bu Yu sighed as he rubbed his stomach. “Perfect timing. I’m hungry after studying. Time to replenish some energy.”
He reached into his drawer and took out the bag of breakfast the Butler had bought for him.
“Five buns, three fried dough sticks, and a cup of soy milk. A classic combination.”
“Good thing the Butler knows how to shop.” Bu Yu chewed on a bun while holding the soy milk in his other hand, his words becoming muffled. “In the future, this Butler… munch munch… will probably get a promotion… munch… just for stepping out of the car with his left foot.”
The rich aroma of the meat buns drifted through the air and reached someone’s nose.
“Grrr…”
Lang Man fell silent.
Without making a sound, she covered her stomach with one hand, while with the other she continued writing, pretending nothing was wrong.
She did not realize that Bu Yu was already standing in front of her desk.
“What?”
Her voice was cool. She did not look up, but the scent growing stronger made it obvious who it was.
“Want one?”
“No.”
“They’re free.”
“Not hungry.”
Bu Yu fell silent.
The extremely brief exchange left him speechless.
“Grrr…”
Her stomach betrayed her again.
Seeing the tips of her ears turning red, Bu Yu could only hold back his laughter.