novelinnhs Chapter 53 Exam
Chapter 53 Exam
The morning's Chinese exam had just ended, but most of the students lingered in the classroom, reluctant to leave. They gathered in small groups, chattering and checking their answers, creating a noisy atmosphere.
This is the norm after exams.
Lu Yuan slowly packed up his stationery and books, intending to find Gao Zhe and go to the cafeteria together for lunch.
Before he could take a step, Jiang Yiqing walked briskly up to him with a smile on her face and asked expectantly, "Lu Yuan, how did you do on the Chinese exam this time?"
"I'm not sure. There were several questions I had no idea how to answer, so I just guessed. I don't know if the grader will be lenient and give me a few points."
Lu Yuan spoke frankly, without a trace of dejection in his tone.
He knew very well that this mock exam was a good opportunity to identify his knowledge gaps so that he could fill them in the three months leading up to the college entrance exam.
But Jiang Yiqing assumed he was just trying to comfort himself after failing the exam, and quickly and gently comforted him:
"It's okay, it's okay. This Chinese exam was particularly difficult, and I found it challenging too. Don't be discouraged. Once the results are out, feel free to ask me any questions you have, and I'll explain them to you in detail."
Her tone was warm, and her eyes were full of proactive goodwill.
Lu Yuan was slightly taken aback. In his previous life, he had never noticed that Jiang Yiqing had such a warm and considerate side.
Moreover, this thoughtfulness was directed at him.
Come to think of it, he used to only have Xu Lingjing in his heart and never cared about anyone else.
Even though Jiang Yiqing had privately advised him to stop fawning over Xu Lingjing, he not only wouldn't listen, but stubbornly believed that she couldn't stand to see him doing well.
"Jiang Yiqing, are you...?"
Lu Yuan was about to ask her questions, wanting to find out the reason for her unusually close relationship.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yiqing panicked and subconsciously took a half step back, deliberately creating distance between them.
Lu Yuan turned around following her gaze and saw Xu Lingjing walking slowly towards him.
Xu Lingjing knew that Jiang Yiqing and Lu Yuan were in the same examination room, so she naturally came to find her after the exam.
However, her gaze also fell on Lu Yuan.
"Lu Yuan, you didn't leave any questions blank during the exam, did you?" Xu Lingjing asked with a slight smile, her tone carrying a hint of familiar probing.
Lu Yuan simply gave a perfunctory reply.
With Xu Lingjing beside her, it was clearly inconvenient to ask Jiang Yiqing any more questions, so she simply picked up her things, turned around, and left the classroom first.
As Lu Yuan walked to the flower bed downstairs from the teaching building, he immediately saw Gao Zhe squatting by the roadside, holding a small notebook and grinning to himself.
He would occasionally look down at the pocket notebook Wang Qingyu had given him, his smile impossible to hide.
"Did you win the lottery? You're smiling so happily." Lu Yuan walked up and teased.
Gao Zhe suddenly looked up, his smile undiminished. He suddenly jumped up, grabbed Lu Yuan, and spun around three times. His exaggerated manner drew frequent glances from passing classmates.
"Brother Yuan! I'm so excited!"
"I knew listening to you was the right thing to do!"
"Memorizing the text diligently really works!"
Gao Zhe was so excited that he kept babbling on and on, making Lu Yuan dizzy and almost unable to hold back his nausea.
"Don't rush, speak slowly, you're rambling on and on, I'm getting confused," Lu Yuan said helplessly, rubbing his throbbing temples.
"Didn't you tell me to cram in classical Chinese texts? Guess what? Today's Chinese dictation and fill-in-the-blank questions were all from the ones I've been memorizing these past few days! I just checked, and I got them all right!"
Gao Zhe's face was full of excitement.
The dictation and fill-in-the-blank section is worth only six points, which is nothing to a top student, but for him, who has always had a weak foundation, it was a score he had never achieved before.
This sense of accomplishment, earned through hard work, was far more exciting to him than the six points themselves.
He scratched his head and added, "After finishing the fill-in-the-blank questions, I gritted my teeth and kept writing. I managed to write 800 words for the essay. I also tried to write down the answers to the other essay questions, but they were too difficult and I just couldn't get through them."
His tone held a hint of frustration, regretting that he hadn't put in more effort, otherwise he could have scored even higher.
Seeing his joyful yet regretful expression, Lu Yuan understood that the study plan he had devised for him over the past period had not been in vain.
On their way to the cafeteria, the two ran into Ye Yixian and Wang Qingyu.
The two girls looked relaxed, with smiles in their eyes, indicating that they had both done well on the Chinese exam and were in a good mood.
Where there is joy, there is also sorrow.
Not far away, Zheng Jiarui, who had just finished comparing answers with Li Xian and the others, had a noticeably darkened expression.
I probably lost a lot of points due to carelessness, and I was listless and didn't even have much of an appetite for lunch.
Lu Yuan had no time to pay attention to others; at that moment, he was preoccupied with the math exam that afternoon.
He hadn't fully grasped the knowledge points of this subject yet, and a sense of nervousness inevitably arose in his heart.
The math exam started in the afternoon, and as he expected, the test was quite difficult.
In addition, my own review was still lacking, and I stumbled over every question. I had no clue about several of the more difficult questions and couldn't find a starting point at all.
He really messed up this math exam.
The science exam was held the following morning.
Biology mainly involves memorizing knowledge points, which posed no challenge for Lu Yuan, and he answered the questions with ease.
Physics and chemistry focus on understanding formulas and logical deduction, which he is not yet proficient in. He finds it very difficult and has no confidence in his final score.
However, Lu Yuan did not give up on himself because of his failure in two subjects. Instead, he silently memorized all the weak knowledge points and common mistakes, and quietly summarized them to find the right direction for filling in the gaps in his knowledge in the next sprint review.
The consecutive failures in two subjects left him physically and mentally exhausted, but fortunately, the English exam on the afternoon of the second day finally helped him regain his confidence.
With his English proficiency far exceeding that of his peers, completing high school exam papers was a piece of cake for him.
The only slightly challenging part was that English also had reading comprehension sections similar to those in Chinese, but fortunately, the difficulty was far less than that of Chinese, so it wasn't too difficult.
Lu Yuan answered the questions extremely quickly, and after finishing all the questions, he still had a full hour left.
He carefully checked the exam paper, and after confirming that everything was correct, he felt sleepy and simply lay down on the table and fell fast asleep.
The reason I feel so sleepy is because I didn't perform well in the first two subjects, and I feel resentful. I also didn't get a good night's rest the night before.
Now that I've done well on the English exam, the tension in my heart has eased, and fatigue immediately washes over me.
Not long after Lu Yuan lay down, Li Xian from the next exam room got up, clutching his stomach, and asked to go to the toilet.
As he passed by Lu Yuan's exam room, he deliberately glanced at him and saw that Lu Yuan was actually sleeping during the exam. He was secretly delighted.
In his view, only those who don't care about grades would be so lax.
English is a subject that many students in the class tend to slack off in, and Lu Yuan used to consistently rank at the bottom. Now, he probably can't even solve the problems, so he might as well just give up and go to sleep.
The scene before him made Li Xian feel even more relaxed, and a smug smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.
Given Lu Yuan's current state, there's absolutely no way he can pull off a comeback and overtake his rivals.
He was destined to win that March agreement.
All we have to do is wait and see Lu Yuan lose the bet and obediently treat everyone to dinner.
Li Xian became increasingly smug, almost bursting out laughing. Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through his abdomen, his anus loosened, and he nearly had an uncontrollable bowel movement. He quickly clenched his muscles, clutched his stomach, and rushed into the toilet.
The two-day mock exams quietly came to an end.
Tomorrow is Sunday, and the whole school will be closed for the day.
The school gives students a two-day break at the end of each month, allowing them to go home.
On the other Sundays, students are free to move around in the vicinity of the school, and those who live nearby can go home on their own.
"Finally free!" Gao Zhe stretched lazily. He had also slept for a while during the English exam, and now he was completely relaxed. He turned to Lu Yuan and asked, "Brother Yuan, where should we go to kill time on Sunday?"
"We don't have a day off on Sunday, so let's stroll around the food street next to the school." Lu Yuan already had a plan in mind, and he also wanted to buy some snacks and desserts to take back to Ye Yixian.
Ye Yixian was rather thin, so he thought he should nourish her more, give her more sweets and high-calorie snacks, and gradually make her a little plumper.
Lu Yuan has never favored a slender and pale aesthetic; on the contrary, he prefers girls who are slightly fleshy, gentle, and soft.
Since he was willing to take care of Ye Yixian, he might as well follow his own heart and raise her into the kind of person he wanted.
As he was pondering this, he ran into Ye Yixian and Wang Qingyu.
Wang Qingyu tugged at Ye Yixian's arm, gently shaking it and pleading in a soft, coquettish voice, "Yixian, please come with me, okay?"
On the other hand, Ye Yixian looked troubled and hesitant, unsure of how to refuse.
Lu Yuan and Gao Zhe exchanged a glance, both noticing her embarrassment, and quickly stepped forward.