“This…” Chen Tianyou felt even more awkward after hearing that. So he had really gotten it wrong—no wonder it felt off.
Seeing that Chen Tianyou looked like he had something to say but held back, Su Ling suddenly understood, “Wait, don’t tell me you actually didn’t know how to solve it?”
“Who said that? I just didn’t read the question carefully and picked the wrong answer!” Chen Tianyou defended himself.
“Really? Then solve it again and show me.”
“Alright!”
Between options A, B, C, and D… which one should he pick? Since Su Ling already said C was wrong, he might as well blindly guess from the remaining three.
Whatever!
After thinking for a while, Chen Tianyou erased his earlier answer and chose D.
“This one?”
Su Ling gave him a look of disdain. “If you don’t know, just admit it. What’s the point of pretending?”
“Fine, I really don’t know!” Chen Tianyou gave up entirely.
He truly didn’t know how to solve it.
“If you didn’t know, why didn’t you ask? I’ll show you how to do it.”
She grabbed a piece of scratch paper and began explaining the solution step by step right in front of him.
“This problem is actually quite simple. You just use this equation, then plug in the numbers given in the question…”
…
Su Ling lowered her head and carefully wrote on the scratch paper while explaining the logic to Chen Tianyou.
“The answer should be A. Got it?”
“Oh, oh, so that’s how it works. That’s actually pretty easy.”
Su Ling’s explanation was very clear, and Chen Tianyou understood it well.
“I can’t believe you. You don’t even know how to solve a first-year math question! What did you even learn these past years in high school?”
“Come on, don’t mock me like that, class monitor. You know me—I sleep through school,” Chen Tianyou said, not feeling the least bit embarrassed.
After all, it wasn’t really him who used to sleep in class. That was the original Chen Tianyou created by the author. Now he was a completely different person who had inherited both the body and memories of that character.
“You’re even proud of sleeping through class? I seriously have nothing to say to you! Alright, keep working on the questions. If you don’t understand anything, ask me!”
“That’s the problem. I don’t understand a lot of it. To be honest, I barely know anything on this test…” Chen Tianyou scratched his head awkwardly.
Before transmigrating, he had only finished junior high. He couldn’t afford to continue studying, so he never learned any high school material. His previous field of study didn’t require much math either, so it made sense he was struggling now.
“It’s all your fault for slacking off before! Fine, I’ll teach you,” Su Ling said without showing the slightest annoyance. This story is hosted at novelping.com.
“Is that really okay? You need to review for the College Entrance Exam too, right?” Chen Tianyou hesitated.
After all, Su Ling was a top student. She must be preparing hard for the exam. If helping him held her back, he’d feel guilty.
“I do need to review, but teaching you is also a form of review, isn’t it?”
“Are you sure I’m not slowing you down?” Chen Tianyou asked again.
“I’m sure. Let’s begin. I’ll start with question one.”
Su Ling reached out and took the test paper from his desk.
“Can you move your desk a little closer?”
“Oh! Sure, sure!” Chen Tianyou quickly closed the gap between their desks.
Last time, he had deliberately moved his desk away from hers to keep his distance.
…
Morning self-study period.
Chen Tianyou listened attentively. With Su Ling’s clear and detailed explanations, he found that learning this kind of theory was actually pretty interesting.
Especially when he solved similar problems by himself after understanding them—it gave him a real sense of achievement.
In the second semester of senior year, there were barely any formal classes. Teachers mostly assigned practice problems and review tasks to prepare students for the College Entrance Exam. Most of the students were focused and motivated. Even the usually mischievous ones were quiet and studying hard.
But in the back row, Lin Mo had no intention of studying.
His eyes were fixed on Su Ling.
Seeing Su Ling and Chen Tianyou sitting so close together, he looked like he was about to explode!
He couldn’t understand it. Why was Su Ling, who had always disliked Chen Tianyou, now laughing and chatting with him?
What was going on?
Wasn’t Chen Tianyou supposed to be bullying Su Ling every day after she rejected his lackey Zhang Kai’s confession?
Why did Chen Tianyou suddenly seem like a completely different person?
After a long moment, Lin Mo finally figured it out!
Su Ling must be pretending to get close to Chen Tianyou—just to hide the fact that she actually had feelings for him!
Su Ling, oh Su Ling… how could you think I wouldn’t see through your little tricks?
After all, before his rebirth, the two of them had been perfectly in sync.
During the entire morning study period, he noticed Lin Mo wasn’t doing anything. He just sat there with his chin resting on his hand, staring blankly ahead.
“Don’t tell me you got hit so hard this morning that you turned dumb?” Xia Qiang suddenly looked alarmed.
“Stop it! Don’t scare me! If something really happened to your brain, your whole life would be ruined!”
“Cut the crap. My brain’s perfectly fine!” Lin Mo rolled his eyes at him.
“Then what’s wrong with you?”
“Qiangzi, you’re still young. You don’t understand, sigh…” Lin Mo gazed at Su Ling and Chen Tianyou ahead of him. His heart felt like it was being pierced with needles.
But thinking that Su Ling was only trying to provoke him, he felt a bit better.
“I get it now! Being rejected sucks, and you got beaten up by those thugs today too. Anyone would feel depressed after that.
But you have to pull yourself together! You can’t give up just because of a few setbacks!
Right now is the critical time. If you get into a good university, your whole life will change for the better!”
Lin Mo scoffed at that. “Relax. I’m not giving up. And I don’t even need to study—I’ll still get great scores!”
Was he joking? A guy like him needed to study?
Before his rebirth, he had been the top scorer in high school, placing first in the entire province and getting into Qingbei.
He knew all the questions on the College Entrance Exam by heart. Even if he didn’t study at all, he could still top the rankings again.
His real reason for coming back here wasn’t to study—it was to reunite with Su Ling. Studying didn’t matter to him at all.
With the memories from his past life, he could easily climb to the top and live like a king!
“Seriously? You’re not just bluffing?” Xia Qiang was skeptical.
“Do I look like a liar? Didn’t you see the last full-school mock exam? I ranked first.”
Lin Mo lifted his chin proudly.
“I didn’t even notice… Lin Mo, you’re that amazing? You were first in the whole school? Damn, I’m sticking with you from now on! When you take off, don’t forget to bring your brother along!”
“Don’t worry, Qiangzi. We’re brothers—you’re definitely coming with me…”
…
The bell rang.
“Yo, Brother Tianyou!” Zhang Kai patted him on the shoulder from behind.
“What’s up, Kai?”
Zhang Kai flipped his hair. “Let’s go have a smoke in the bathroom!”
“Smoke? Nah, I’m not into that stuff. I’m solving problems here.” Chen Tianyou turned him down without hesitation.