He gripped the corner of the test paper, pursing his lips. Who says top students can't copy homework? There's no such rule!
He gritted his teeth, glanced at a few questions at random, and found that his accuracy rate was quite high, so he picked up a pen and started writing.
When the class bell rang, he still had one big question left to answer, which would take him at most five minutes to finish, so it wasn't a problem.
He breathed a sigh of relief, after all, he didn't want to see Yan Sheng's expression that said, "You owe me money."
He was about to return the test paper to Su Jinning when he noticed the words "Name: Gu Junxiao" written in large characters at the very top.
His hand trembled so badly that the test paper almost flew out of his hand.
No wonder the accuracy rate was so high... That test paper was Gu Junxiao's, the math class representative's test paper, how could it not be high?
The handwriting on it, the handwriting that seemed familiar to me from the beginning, was Gu Junxiao's; the answers and the thought process were all Gu Junxiao's.
I just copied Gu Junxiao's homework.
He handed over the test paper with a dark expression, and at that very moment Yan Sheng entered the classroom with his old cadre's water cup.
Yan Sheng's sharp gaze swept over the entire class through his reading glasses. His stern voice boomed, "Start checking homework! No unfinished work, no guessing! Those who didn't bring their homework, or lost it, are all..."
"Consider it as not written..."
Yan Sheng's unfinished words were picked up in unison by the students of Class 8, who listened to the same thing every day.
He was taken aback for a moment after hearing this, then said, "Shut up." He then started checking the homework, a little embarrassed.
Shen Moyu felt her fingers stiffen, and all she could hear was the echo of deep regret in her heart.
Su Jinning rubbed her sleepy eyes, patted Gu Junxiao in front of her, and said, "Old Gu... I'll give you the paper you just finished..."
"Su Jinning!!" He hurriedly interrupted Su Jinning, who was about to tell Gu Junxiao.
His voice rang out abruptly amidst the sound of turning over exam papers, and all the students and teachers looked towards Shen Moyu and Su Jinning.
Shen Moyu sensed something was wrong and quickly lowered his head, "I'm sorry, I..."
Su Jinning shut his mouth, having completely forgotten what he wanted to say. As the second party involved, he didn't utter a single word.
Yan Sheng pushed up his reading glasses and said, "Stop looking at it, stop looking at it. Use your time to look at your math book and solidify your knowledge. You guys are all like that, what about Unit 3..."
The students in Class 8 knew that he had started giving them daily doses of inspirational quotes.
"Report." It was that voice again.
The room fell silent again. Yan Sheng was talking enthusiastically when a single sentence cut him off, and he almost choked.
He looked up at Shen Moyu and said, "...Speak."
Shen Moyu pursed her lips, lowered her voice slightly, but still said firmly, "I haven't done my homework, so I'll go stand outside as punishment."
"..."
A deathly silence fell over the room once more...
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Author's Note:
I hope this is the best New Year's greeting you've received this year (scratch that if it's better than mine!).
May you never fail your exams, and may handsome men (or beautiful women) surround you every day. May your life be filled with joy and laughter, free from misfortune. (Just showing off a little.)
Enough with the nonsense. If you can honestly continue reading my articles in the new year, then I wish you that those who love you will always love you, that all your wishes will come true, and that you will remain adorable no matter how many obstacles you face.
Happy New Year, my little darling.
Chapter 8 Reunion
The corridor was just as noisy after class. Some people were stunned to see the top student in the grade standing in the empty corridor as punishment as soon as they opened the classroom door.
I stood there for a long time, looking completely bewildered as if I had just traveled back in time, before walking past the top student.
Shen Moyu looked down at the exam paper. He just felt so ashamed, like a rare item being placed in a museum for everyone to admire.
After such an awkward class period with zero students leaving, he sighed and returned to the classroom, inevitably receiving surprised looks from his classmates.
No one knew what was wrong with him, what he was thinking, why he wasn't doing his homework, or if there was a reason. Shen Moyu only missed one class, and this became one of the unsolved mysteries of Class 8, Grade 11.
Some students were still looking at Shen Moyu with longing eyes, as if the reason was written all over Shen Moyu's face.
Jin Shuoshuo, who was about to start his lecture, heard Yan Sheng mention this incident. To avoid the students' whispers and stares affecting Shen Moyu, he raised his voice and said half-jokingly, "Hey! Stop looking, stop looking, there's no question on his face."
The students were stunned for a moment, then turned away as if nothing had happened, seemingly still unsatisfied.
Su Jinning rubbed her sleepy eyes and glanced at Shen Moyu, only to catch a glimpse of the back of his head that he really wanted to see.
He immediately jumped up from his seat and quickly pulled out paper and pen.
Shen Moyu's pen, which was correcting a wrong answer, was suddenly bumped, and a light scratch appeared on it.
He frowned, looked back at the person who had passed him the note, sighed, and unfolded the crumpled paper.
The top still bore Su Jinning's neat and elegant handwriting, standing tall and straight. He was now beginning to doubt whether Su Jinning had given him a score of seventy or eighty.
Isn't half of the marks given by the graders because they couldn't help but give points for neatness?
He read the above content: ? ? ? ?
He picked up his pen and replied: ...
Su Jinning had no choice but to ask again: What happened?
The final message is: It's just what you see.
Su Jinning rolled her eyes as big as Zhengde No.1 Middle School after receiving the note, tore it up, and threw it into the trash can.
Shen Moyu, who was diagonally in front of him, couldn't help but chuckle to himself before burying his head back into his book.
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When Jin Shuoshuo announced that there would be a big cleaning in the afternoon, the whole class was excited.