"How would I know?" Wang Zehao looked completely bewildered, wondering why he had been singled out by Brother Chen. "Isn't that what everyone says?"
Gu Chen said, "I think that's not right."
"...I'm not considering anything other than studying for the time being." Xiang Yu said this while looking at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen's words miraculously pulled Xiang Yu back from her wandering thoughts. Hearing the topic, Xiang Yu recalled the fear she felt that night when she was dominated by articles forbidding early romance.
The past is too painful to recall, please shut up.
Gu Chen had already mentally prepared a draft against early romance, but he didn't expect his deskmate to refuse so readily. The dazzlingly bright smile immediately shut him up.
Once the topic disappeared, the area returned to normal, and everyone went about their own business.
Boring.
Student Wen 2 had hoped to find out some details about the aloof school bully's private life, but the topic was ruthlessly nipped in the bud by their class monitor.
Zhang Boyuan shook his head and said, "Brother Chen is just too straightforward. He's strict with himself and even drags my brother Yu into it. Sigh~"
"hehe."
Tang Yue, the class's art and literature representative and one of Zhang Boyuan's female confidantes, smiled strangely upon hearing this, leaving Zhang Boyuan completely bewildered.
The weekdays seemed to fly by. The more you don’t want to do something, the more you have to do it. The first monthly exam arrived as scheduled on Friday and Saturday. Because it was the first exam, the exam rooms were assigned based on the class division scores from the previous semester. Xiang Yu had just transferred here and could only be assigned to the last exam room and sit in the last seat.
The morning exams were Chinese and Politics. After they finished, there was a chorus of groans, not for any other reason than their hands ached. The liberal arts students in this exam room were crying and wailing that their hands were about to break after finishing the exam, especially those in Politics. Whether they got the answers right or wrong, they just wrote down whatever came to mind. To say that they left even one question blank would be an insult to liberal arts students.
The next morning, there were math and geography exams. Xiang Yu liked math, and the monthly exam only tested the first section he had recently learned, along with some first-year high school knowledge. After receiving the test paper, he glanced through it and found that it was no challenge for him at all. The questions he had prepared for Wang Zehao were at least 70% the same, if not exactly the same, then at least similar in format.
After finishing, I estimate that it shouldn't be difficult for Wang Zehao to score above 80.
After finishing his geography exam, Xiangyu's first exam since transferring schools was over. He deliberately handed in his geography paper fifteen minutes early so he could get to the cafeteria early while there were fewer people around.
When leaving the teaching building, you will pass by the first examination room. Gu Chen took the exam in the first examination room. Yesterday at noon, after the exam, he specially waited for him at the entrance of the examination room to go to the cafeteria for lunch together.
As Xiang Yu passed by the examination hall for the first time, his pace unconsciously slowed down, and the thought of whether or not to wait for the other person suddenly popped into his mind.
...He should wait. At least the other person always waits for him when they eat together, and they can be considered friends now.
"My deskmate? You were waiting for me?!" Gu Chen also handed in his paper early, thinking of waiting for his deskmate at the entrance of the last exam room. Who knew that he would see his deskmate as soon as he came out of the exam room, and he was overjoyed.
"Shh, student—" The proctor was drawn out by Gu Chen's loud noise.
"Excuse me," Gu Chen said politely, his voice lower but his smile unchanged, as he put his arm around Xiang Yu's neck and said, "We'll be leaving now."
The scary truth is that Xiangyu feels he's gradually getting used to the other person putting their arm around his shoulder.
After finishing their meal, the two returned to their dormitory. The building was empty; most people hadn't returned yet, and there was no one in the dormitory either. At this time, Zhang Boyuan and Yang Shuhuan should have just finished eating.
"Hey deskmate, what are your plans for National Day?" Gu Chen asked casually, as he tidied up the test papers he had just finished in his bag.
"Go home." From now on, whenever there is a short holiday, Xiang Yu plans to go back to visit Grandma Hou. She is alone at home, and Xiang Yu is a little worried about her.
"I see." Gu Chen looked a little worried and continued, regardless of whether the other person asked or not, "I had originally planned to go to the next city for a few days with my parents, but who knew that they would suddenly say last night that they were going to fly to J City for some kind of literary symposium during the National Day holiday. The high-speed rail tickets were already booked, but who knew that the plan would be canceled."
"..." Gu Chen blurted out everything, and Xiang Yu knew what he was thinking, so she emphasized again, "I have to go home."
"I know, sigh." Gu Chen sighed again, and then, ignoring Xiang Yu's reaction, continued to sigh, "Sigh."
"well."
Xiang Yu really wanted to pretend he didn't hear it, but those sighs seemed to come alive and drill into his ears.
I can't stand it.
"I have to go back to City B, I really can't go with you."
Xiang Yu said this with a hint of helplessness. He could fight back when pushed to the limit by bad people, but he was powerless against good people.
Gu Chen looked at him and murmured, "City B, huh? If you can come with me, then you'll go, right?"
Xiang Yu nodded and said, "Yes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Chen couldn't help but smile.
"Huh?" Xiang Yu didn't know what the other person was laughing at, and her confusion suddenly turned into clarity.
As the class monitor of Class 2, Gu Chen must have known that his home was in City B. If he knew that, why didn't he mention it in the first place?
Damn, it's not what he thinks, is it?
Sure enough, Gu Chen said, "That's great! I happen to have three high-speed rail tickets to City B. Desk mate, come with me to City B."
[Author's Note: Gu Chen: Desk mate, look at these three tickets, they're for City B.]
You two should start dating soon! I'm so anxious writing this!
Ahem, high-speed rail tickets require real-name authentication, so let's just ignore that detail for now (trying to get away with it).
Chapter Twenty: Gu Chen, praise me again?
Chapter Twenty: Gu Chen: Praise me again?
I don't know how things got to this point. Xiang Yu rode his electric scooter all the way with the wind blowing in his head, and his mind was buzzing.
Not lucid.
What was wrong with him to agree to this idiot's request to go to City B together?
After dinner, Xiang Yu was packing her luggage in the bedroom. To call it luggage was really just a backpack containing her wallet, charger, and a few changes of clothes. Meanwhile, in the other bedroom, they were arguing about packing. Sun Xiaona and her husband were still busy during the National Day holiday, so they decided to let Li Yifan go back to City B with Xiang Yu for a few days.
I don't know how many days they'll stay, but Ms. Sun made sure Li Yifan brought his National Day homework.
"I'm not bringing it!" Li Yifan argued with Ms. Sun, raising his neck. "Who brings homework when going out to play!"
"Xiao Fan, let me tell you, you're not going out to play, you're just changing your place to do your homework."
Each class has its own WeChat group for parents. On the afternoon of the day the class teacher of Class 13 had a day off, he took a picture of a blackboard full of homework and sent it to the group.
The blackboard was completely covered with homework, so densely packed that Li Yifan was about to go crazy. The books alone must have weighed five or six pounds. Ms. Sun actually asked him to carry a suitcase to pack the homework, which he immediately refused.
"Brother—" Li Yifan had no choice but to start calling out to Xiang Yu.
Xiang Yu had almost finished tidying up when he heard someone calling him, so he went over to check.
"Brother, are you bringing your homework?" Li Yifan asked, blinking rapidly as if afraid Ms. Sun wouldn't see him.
"Don't hint to Xiaoyu, do you think everyone is like you?" Ms. Sun slapped him on the back, and then Xiangyu said.
"No, I won't bring it."
Li Yifan was overjoyed upon hearing this and shouted, "See! My brother didn't even bring one!"
Unexpectedly, Ms. Sun hit him again: "Your brother can get into the top three in the grade, can you?"
After saying that, the mother and son started arguing again. Xiang Yu didn't stand by and watched, but turned around and went back to his bedroom. He couldn't help Li Yifan with his science studies. He knew that Li Yifan had to take care of his studies himself, and it all depended on his self-discipline.
He consciously closed the bedroom door to shut out the noise from outside, spread out a math test paper on his desk, and started doing practice problems.
'Buzz—Buzz—'
If the last question involves a lot of calculation and options A and B are very similar, and the calculation is correct, then choose B.
'Buzz—Buzz—'
How do you calculate the four answers for the last fill-in-the-blank question?
'Buzz—Buzz—'
Xiang Yu: "..."
The phone was sitting to the side with its screen off, and because it was on vibrate mode, it kept vibrating ever since I started doing practice problems.
The voice sounded like a WeChat message, and Xiang Yu knew who it was without even thinking.
[Extraordinary] 99+
Contrary to expectations, it wasn't Gu Chen who sent the message. Unexpectedly, I felt a little disappointed when I opened WeChat.
Grass.
Realizing that his emotions were in a slump, he suddenly sat up straight.
What's there to be disappointed about? You're crazy!
I opened my phone and saw that the class group chat was buzzing with activity. It started when Wang Zehao posted a bunch of photos from the plane, and then a wave of people started posting their own photos.
Just as Xiang Yu clicked in, Gu Chen posted a photo of a white backpack.
Then another message followed.
-Gu Chen: Looking forward to [flowers].jpg×3 @Dongyu
Yang Shuhuan: ? ? ?
Zhang Boyuan: ? ? ?
Zhang Zitong: ? ? ?
-Jiang Wensong: ? ? ?
Xu Youluo: ? ? ?
Tang Yue: Honeymoon? ??
The other party has retracted a message.
-East Corner: ...
What is that?
He didn't understand why this idiot would tag him after posting pictures.
And I think I just saw some strange information mixed in.
The message had barely been sent when a voice call came in.
The caller ID showed Gu Chen, and Xiang Yu answered the call without much thought by pressing the green button.
"Hey, have you packed your luggage? What did you bring?" Gu Chen sounded very happy, and that voice instantly dispelled Xiang Yu's emotions, making her forget how speechless she had just been by the other person's baffling behavior.
"All packed." The voice was quite loud; even from a distance without speakerphone, it could be heard clearly. Xiang Yu put her phone aside, picked up her pen, and continued working on the unfinished exam paper, saying, "Bring a change of clothes and my cousin."
"Li Yifan is coming too? Well, they're cousins. By the way, the tickets are for 9 a.m. tomorrow. Considering the traffic rush during the National Day holiday, we need to leave early. Where are you staying? My dad will drive us to the high-speed rail station tomorrow." As Gu Chen spoke, he heard what sounded like scribbling on the other end of the line. He then asked, "What are you doing, deskmate?"
"Do the problems."