Chapter 15: The Pitiful Mock Exam

  The matter ended with Zhao Hong's second ignominious retreat, and here's what happened...

  First, he stood up without leaving the station, took out his birth certificate, and proved that he was already sixteen years old this year. The crowd on the scene all dropped their jaws, with Mu You being the most shocked. This boy who looked about the same height as himself was actually a whole year older than him?

  Then, the weak and gentle Buangong pushed a wheelchair to Zhao Hong's face. Although she looked particularly small in front of Zhao Hong while sitting in the wheelchair, her proud demeanor was not to be ignored.

  "How was your grade?" asked without a care.

  "That's naturally good." Zhao Hong had a self-satisfied expression, with an air of disdain and contempt in her eyes.

  "Well then, in this mock exam, you'd better be prepared to lose to me!" Bu Qi raised his head and gave Zhao Hong a cold smile, his expression full of confidence.

  Once again, Mu You looked at this brother and sister with new eyes. It seemed that she had really picked up a treasure!

  If the above two people were not enough to make Zhao Hong disheartened, then Chen Zirui's rebuke was what truly made this proud and jealous peacock put away its sharp claws.

  "A good girl like you, saying such coarse and shameless words, don't you feel disgusted with yourself?" The icy words came out of the mouth of that person without any emotional fluctuations, hurting Zhao Hong while also making Mu You tremble.

  Was he as heartless when he was silent at first?

  It's hard to imagine what Zhao Hong was thinking in her heart, but the unyielding refutation didn't shake her, and the unwavering confidence didn't make her retreat. Yet, just because of Chen Zirui's one sentence, she turned red-eyed and retreated from the scene, not forgetting to glare fiercely at Mu You, as if she was the one who had been wronged.

  ——

  Next came three consecutive days of mock exams. With the addition of Chen Zirui, a legendary figure, the class's learning atmosphere was always very intense, trying to narrow the gap between themselves and him in the exam.

  Muyou, on the other hand, wasn't nervous at all. Over the past month, with the help of her orange ability, she had spent three to four hours every day reviewing various language and English test questions and study guides. She wouldn't say that she could handle 100% of the questions, but at least 90% of them were a breeze for her. As for the ever-changing science subjects, those were actually her strong suit, so there was no need to be nervous about them either.

  Compared to herself, Mu You was actually more curious about Bu Qi, she hadn't forgotten what he said that day. Logically speaking, with her situation, it's impossible for her to even attend school, so how could she have such great confidence in saying she could pass Zhao Hong?

  Anyway, the exam went on as scheduled, everything was normal, the only abnormal thing was that the head teacher actually arranged Mu You, Chen Zirui and Ling Ran to take the exam in the same class, so the tragedy happened...

  At the end of September, it was still summer and the hottest time. The invigilating teacher was an older man who had walked around for a few laps before returning to sit at the podium and blow an electric fan.

  "Time's up!" Suddenly, the invigilating teacher's ears rang out loudly, startling the old man who had dozed off to stand up abruptly. Similarly startled by the sound, Mu You almost saw the invigilating teacher's face turn bright red with rage...

  After a while, the old man finally calmed down. His already bad mood was further exacerbated by this sudden shock, and his slow heartbeat suddenly became violent and thunderous.

  "Hand in your papers! Can't you two keep it down?" The old man's thunderous roar shook the sky, and instantly, all the students who were writing their answers stopped, secretly sitting in their seats to watch the commotion.

  "You! Aren't you just someone who has drunk a bit of foreign ink? What's there to show off about? Handing in your paper so early, don't you know it's not even time to hand in yet?" The old man pointed at Chen Zirui and scolded him with a string of words, instantly making Chen Zirui's face turn black. The corners of his mouth curled up into an almost imperceptible angle that was unique to those who took pleasure in others' misfortune... But the truth proved that he had rejoiced too early...

  "And you! Chen Zirui is one thing, but you're also causing trouble! I know that same-sex relationships are more open in this era, but this is a school, and you should still be restrained! And..."

  Pfft...

  "What is this old man talking about, Mu Yu has already completely lost her patience. Although she can't see Ling Ran's expression clearly, she is very sure that his eyes must be spewing fire now! Male-male romance, haha, the first time I found out that this word could be so beautiful..."

  "That girl, it's exam time now, what are you smiling about? You two, stand by the door first, and leave after the exam is over! And you, girl, after finishing your test paper, also go outside with them, disrupting the solemn atmosphere of the examination room."

  It's probably true that extreme joy begets extreme sorrow... Mu Yu silently cursed the old-fashioned test in her heart, and continued to fill out the answer sheet.

  After handing in their papers and walking out of the examination room, Yu was surprised to find that the two of them were actually standing obediently by the wall of the classroom, without taking a single step away.

  "Why don't you leave?" She didn't really understand them, but at least she knew that they wouldn't care about this kind of thing.

  "Waiting for you..."

  "Waiting for you..."

  Coincidentally, both of them spoke at the same time. After hearing each other's response, they exchanged a glance before shifting their gaze to Mu You.

  For some reason, Mu You thought of the old man's words about a male-male romance again, and ignoring the iron-green faces of the two men, she secretly smiled to herself once more.

  "No need, no need. I'm afraid of becoming the third person to ruin someone else's relationship again!" Mu You said with a hint of smile and left freely.

  No one knew the bitter smile that flashed at the corner of her mouth as she turned around, just like she herself had never known. In the many busy and glorious days that followed, Mu Yu only realized when looking back on the past that the most beautiful time was actually this period of sourness mixed with confusion... The outcome was unexpected by everyone when the results were announced...

  It's unbelievable that Chen Zirui, who is supposed to be first in grade, didn't even make it into the top three and was ranked fourth.

  Everyone looked at the top three rankings, each and every one of them stretched their necks in unison, forgetting to put them back down. Each and every one of them was exclaiming in their hearts: How is this possible? How can this be?!

  Third, never give up.

  Second, Mu You.

  First... Outstanding!

  As for her grades, Mu You didn't show much surprise. She was originally good at science and now had a photographic memory for liberal arts, so it would be hard for her to get bad grades. Moreover, the essay topic this time happened to be... maternal love!

  She thought that if it were paternal love, she might not even make the top ten.

  It's no surprise to her, after all, people who can understand Martian language are not ordinary people. What surprises her is that Chen Zirui scored lower than her, which would be weird if it were the other way around! The only thing that surprised her was Chen Zirui...

  How is it possible that you didn't even get into the top three?

  Digression

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