Chapter 14 English Exam

That day.

Zhao Yi buried himself in study till half past midnight. Exhausted, he flopped onto the bed. With his eyes closed, he kept thinking about X and Y chromosomes, his brain completely saturated with knowledge.

The intensity of his efforts shocked Liu Jing and Zhao Zhenxi.

"What happened? Did something upset Xiao Yi?" Zhao Zhenxi was a bit worried.

"Get off, get off!"

"You never say anything nice!"

Liu Jing disgustingly waved off Zhao Zhenxi, tiptoed to peek into the bedroom, and said, "He's already asleep! Probably, knowing he's in his final year of high school, he's finally decided to grow up and study."

"By the way, I heard that the senior's mobilization meeting was yesterday. Xiao Yi even made a speech, it was said to be very good."

"What did he speak about?"

"About the importance of studying! Yesterday, I ran into Li Shiru while buying groceries. Her son is classmates with Xiao Yi. She attended the grade meeting and was full of praises for Xiao Yi's speech. You should have seen how proud I was!" Liu Jing gushed.

Zhao Zhenxi was clearly not on the same page, "The senior meeting? Why didn't Xiao Yi mention it?"

"Maybe he's afraid we would go to school?"

"There must be something!"

Zhao Zhenxi thought carefully. He knew his son too well. It was impossible for him to suddenly change his attitude and start studying just because he was into senior year.

His mind started to fill in gaps, "Yes, there must be something! Could it be… he's dating someone?"

Liu Jing frowned, "Dating someone?"

Zhao Zhenxi pulled Liu Jing back into the room, closed the door and sat on the bed, "Think about it! Such a drastic change must have a reason. What else could it be at this age? It has to be dating!"

"But, if dating makes him study, that's a good thing. Maybe the other person has good grades and they've agreed to go to university together?"

The more Zhao Zhenxi talked, the more reasonable it seemed, as if everything was happening right in front of him.

Liu Jing seemed a bit perturbed, "I have to figure this out if I get a chance."

"We shouldn't meddle in our child's matters!"

Zhao Zhenxi was nonchalant.

Liu Jing got anxious instantly, "All you do is sit back! This is a big event! It's good he knows he has to study, but what if... he doesn't understand anything at this age. What if something goes wrong?"

"Keep your voice down..."

Zhao Zhenxi pulled Liu Jing in, shrunk his neck and stopped talking.

The next morning.

Zhao Yi was back to his energetic self again. He appreciated the benefits of being young. He'd stayed up till past midnight, slept for just over five hours, and was still full of energy.

He jogged to school.

[Physical Exercise, 2 Study Coins Added.]

He walked into his class and started to study.

Zhao Yi immediately switched to [Focus Mode] and started a day of intense studying.

Several classes passed quickly.

Whenever Zhao Yi had free time, he'd chat with Lin Xiaoqing. It was both amusing to tease Lin Xiaoqing and also a good opportunity to earn some Study Coins.

But something was off.

Lin Xiaoqing hadn't spoken a word to him throughout the morning. Even though he'd greeted her twice, she didn't respond at all.

Is she still mad?

Such a petty mind!

Sun Liang watched and chuckled, "Cold War, huh! My money is on Lin Xiaoqing!"

"Why?"

Sun Liang said as if it was a matter of course, "Because you're a 'man'!"

"!? "

The Cold War continued until the next day.

The class exams came.

The exam schedule was quite standardized. Four exams were spread over two days, with one each in the morning and afternoon. It was like a mock-up of the College Entrance Examination. However, regular classes were scheduled during the breaks between exams.

Saturday morning at eight.

English exam.

The exam invigilator was the English teacher of the humanities class, Luo Yongjun. He walked into the classroom with a stack of exam papers. After handing out the papers, the exam officially began.

"No discussion!"

"Keep quiet, do your own work! If anyone is caught cheating, they'll be graded as zero!"

Luo Yongjun stressed the exam rules sternly.

Sun Liang turned to give Zhao Yi a 'can't-help-you' look; Lin Xiaoqing blocked her paper with her arm, as if afraid Zhao Yi behind her might peek.

Zhao Yi looked up to see Lin Xiaoqing's action, her petite shoulders trying to stretch wide using her arms.

"Pfft —!"

Couldn't help laughing!

Luo Yongjun immediately glared at him, pointed at Zhao Yi and said, "You, I know you." He then lowered his head to think a bit, "Right, the guy who answered all questions using guesswork in English, Zhao Yi!"

"—??"

"Ha ha ha …"

The classroom was filled with laughter.

Luo Yongjun works in the same office as the senior teachers. He learned Zhao Yi's name when Teacher Xue mentioned 'he guesses all multiple-choice questions' in a discussion with the other senior teachers.

Later, he recognized Zhao Yi at the senior year conference.

Zhao Yi almost spat blood hearing that.

The others joined in the fun.

"English guesser Zhao Yi, you must be 'Iron Palm Floating on Water' Qiu Qianren's brother!"

"Awesome! Awesome!"

"I've admired you for so long …"

Lin Xiaoqing was laughing and shaking her shoulders non-stop, clearly enjoying Zhao Yi's embarrassment. He felt like giving her a good kick.

"Silence!"

Luo Yongjun hastily admonished, "This is an exam! What on earth are you doing? Don't you want to take the exam? Whoever makes a noise, get out!"

"It was you who told me to!"

Zhao Yi grumbled and lowered his head to start working on his test.

Bewildered?

I can even guess correctly out of confusion!

First it was the listening test, question one.

[Causality Law!]

[Failure, no relevant clues!]

"..."

It turns out you actually have to listen during the listening exam!

Zhao Yi glanced at Luo Yongjun, who was fiddling with the tape recorder, and decided to start with single choice questions.

[Causality Law!]

[Causality Law!]

He swiftly completed the single-choice questions.

Perhaps because the questions were simple, fifteen questions only consumed five points of energy.

Next were the cloze test and the reading comprehension.

[Causality Law!]

[Causality Law!]

Zhao Yi only reads the questions then directly writes the answers. After reading the brief text for the reading comprehension, he immediately fills in an answer every few seconds.

Again checking--

[Energy: 89/102.]

"More than thirty questions, only consuming 13 energy points. Is it because English has such a wide reach, therefore there are more relevant clues?"

Zhao Yi pondered the deep-seated reason behind the energy consumption.

On the podium.

Luo Yongjun finished fiddling with the tape recorder, telling the students to prepare for the listening portion.

Sun Liang noticed that Zhao Yi kept writing, took a quick break to peek at the test paper, and found that all the questions on the paper were completed. He couldn't help but exclaim, "You really are guessing them correctly!"

"Sun Liang!"

The teacher on the podium was instantly angered, "I know you! Your English score is poor! Work on your own problems or I will mark you zero if I catch you!"

Sun Liang immediately shrank back, but still couldn't help grumbling, "copying Zhao Yi's?"

"Does this teacher have a problem!"

Lin Xiaoqing was once again holding her stomach, laughing.

Over the line!

Zhao Yi really wanted to give up.

The English listening exam, indeed, you have to listen to get the relevant clues.

As the tape recorder played the listening questions, Zhao Yi used Causality Law again, immediately got the correct answer, and hardly consumed any energy.

Next was only short text correction and composition.

The composition was easy.

Writing a letter.

Zhao Yi just recently wrote a letter to the Apple Company. A letter must differ from a letter, but the difficulty of a high school composition is just patching words together. As long as there is appropriate diction and no grammatical errors, the score will not be low.

Short text correction is the most troublesome.

In order to be admitted to the Elite Class A, every point is worth striving for.

Zhao Yi buried his head in the short text correction, the time spent was even longer than the composition, but by the time all the questions were completed, only fifty minutes of the exam time had passed.

"Hand in the paper!"

Zhao Yi once again scanned the test paper, stood up decisively, and immediately attracted the attention of the entire class.

"Sit back down!"

Luo Yongjun tugged at the corner of his mouth and scolded, "No one is allowed to submit their papers early in this exam!" After speaking, he couldn't help adding, "Just like Teacher Xue said, you are totally guessing the answers for the multiple-choice questions!"

The truth is out!

A horse-face appeared in Zhao Yi's mind, wondering if he should do something? Like, ruin Horse-face Xue's blind date.

He remembered that Horse-face Xue's wife was actually met during a blind date this winter break.

Forget it.

Keep studying!

The math exam is in the afternoon, let's review the math formulas.

"What are you doing!"

Luo Yongjun quickly walked over, took the math book from the drawer.

Zhao Yi grumbled, "Teacher Luo, come on! not allowing us to submit the exam early, is looking at a book really not allowed!"

Luo Yongjun was so angry that his teeth hurt. He rubbed his forehead vigorously, not knowing how to handle the situation, mainly because the other party was not his student.

"Never mind!"

"Hand in your paper!"

Zhao Yi handed over his paper, stood up and walked straight out of the classroom.

Luo Yongjun took the test paper back to the podium.

Out of boredom, he took a glance.

Then took another look...

He lowered his head and read seriously.

He was stunned.