SEBLS Chapter 24

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One week before the midterm exams, Zhuang Wu took the initiative to go to Qin Qiyue’s seat to ask Qin Qiyue questions, and Qin Qiyue would also personally came to Zhuang Wu’s seat to explain the questions.

After this period of explanation, Zhuang Wu has mastered many question types.

During the evening study session on the night before the exam, Hu Jianlong read out their examination rooms and seat numbers. Zhuang Wu didn’t exactly know which examination rooms other people’ seat numbers were in, only that the distance between his and Qin Qiyue’s examination rooms were still far apart, basically the same as last time.

He didn’t know if this exam could bring their rankings closer. He had been so confident. If he still didn’t do well in the exam, would Qin Qiyue look down on him? Zhuang Wu had always been worried about this.

After school, Zhuang Wu and Qin Qiyue packed their schoolbags and walked together without any prior arrangement.

“Why do you feel so listless?” Qin Qiyue could see that Zhuang Wu was in a bad mood and couldn’t help but ask.

Zhuang Wu was stunned for a moment and explained, “I’m just a little worried that I won’t do well on the test tomorrow.”

“Don’t worry.” Qin Qiyue sneered, “When have you ever done well on a test? Why worry about something you can already predict?”

“……”

“Then, Gege, if I do really badly on the test, will you look down on me for being so self-righteous and talking too much but actually not knowing anything?” Zhuang Wu’s tone was a little tentative.

After a long silence, Qin Qiyue spoke the truth, “I will.”

Zhuang Wu pursed his lips. “Gege, why are you so discouraging? I have an exam tomorrow, can’t you comfort me?”

“I’ll comfort you if you do well in the exam. What’s the point of comforting you now if you don’t do well in the exam later?” Qin Qiyue refused without hesitation.

You said that the other way around, didn’t you? He originally wanted to get some comfort from Qin Qiyue’s words, but Qin Qiyue’s words directly shattered Zhuang Wu’s little self-confidence.

“Fine.” Qin Qiyue interrupted his thoughts, “If you’re still worried, I’ll give you another lesson tonight.”

Zhuang Wu immediately raised his head, “Are you serious, Gege?”

“Mm.” Qin Qiyue responded.

Based on Qin Qiyue’s serious attitude towards work, Zhuang Wu knew that before the usual exams, Qin Qiyue would definitely review and practice questions in depth when he returned home at night. However, now, Qin Qiyue was willing set aside that evening time for him. Zhuang Wu was so moved that he was speechless for a moment.

Finally, Zhuang Wu gave Qin Qiyue a big hug. “Thank you, Gege. I like you the most!”

Qin Qiyue pushed him away calmly.

It was Zhuang Wu who went to Qin Qiyue’s house. The evening self-study class of their senior year ended late and when he returned home, Qin Qiyue’s parents were already asleep in bed.

In order not to disturb his uncle and aunt, Zhuang Wu tried his best to control his footsteps and quietly followed Qin Qiyue into his room.

Sitting down on the chair, Zhuang Wu’s attention was instantly attracted by the notebook in a transparent box on the cabinet. He identified it carefully and then confirmed that it was the one he gave to Qin Qiyue.

I thought Qin Qiyue said he needed it just because he didn’t want to pursue the matter anymore, I didn’t expect that Qin Qiyue really wanted the notebook and kept it so well. Zhuang Wu smiled.

Noticing that Zhuang Wu was looking at the notebook on the desk, Qin Qiyue’s face changed and he reminded him, “Stop looking around, are you still going to practice?”

After being reminded by Qin Qiyue, Zhuang Wu withdrew his gaze from the notebook.

But he still couldn’t keep his mouth shut. “Gege, do you treasure the thing I gave you so much?”

“Zhuang Wu.” Qin Qiyue’s expression turned a little colder. “If you don’t want to practice, you can go back first. I happen to have some questions to practice myself, so I don’t have time to talk to you about anything else.”

It was obvious that he was trying to change the subject because he didn’t want him to know. Zhuang Wu laughed secretly in his heart, but still restrained himself on the surface. “No, I want to practice, you teach me, Gege.”

Qin Qiyue then began to explain the questions to Zhuang Wu.

Compared to before, when Zhuang Wu asked Qin Qiyue about questions he didn’t know how to answer and Qin Qiyue who didn’t want to explain at first was forced to explain it to him and was definitely omitting things if possible when explaining without care for whether Zhuang Wu could understand it or not, eventually, Qin Qiyue’s explanation speed slowed down. Every time he came to something difficult to understand, Qin Qiyue would stop and ask him if he understood it. After confirming that he understood it, only then would Qin Qiyue continue to explain other things.

Wasn’t this the beginning of a change in attitude?

This proved that Qin Qiyue was somewhat fond of him, Zhuang Wu thought happily.

Afraid that Zhuang Wu would make mistakes on questions he could answer in the exam, Qin Qiyue asked Zhuang Wu to do the same question many times. Seeing that Zhuang Wu could answer those type of question easily, Qin Qiyue felt relieved and moved on to the next question.

He himself couldn’t explain why he cared so much about whether Zhuang Wu could do well in the exam. He only knew that he wanted to try his best to help Zhuang Wu master more knowledge.

Even a single question actually took a bit of time. One wanted to know more and the other wanted to explain more. They talked until midnight, and Zhuang Wu was so sleepy that he could hardly open his eyes.

“You know all these questions, right?” Qin Qiyue took a pen and corrected the test paper that Zhuang Wu had done. Seeing that the correct questions on the test paper far outnumbered the wrong ones, Qin Qiyue felt happy.

It was impossible for him to help Zhuang Wu master all the knowledge in such a short period of time, but at least he could help Zhuang Wu quickly master the most common types of questions in this exam.

After not getting a response from Zhuang Wu for a long time, Qin Qiyue turned his head to look at Zhuang Wu and found that Zhuang Wu had fallen asleep on the table.

How long have you been sleeping? Did you listen to everything I said?

However, what worried him now was not whether Zhuang Wu listened to the question he explained or not, but the fact that Zhuang Wu fell asleep like this. Should he wake Zhuang Wu up and let him go home to sleep, or should he just ignore everything and let Zhuang Wu sleep like this all night?

If Zhuang Wu really continued to sleep like this, Qin Qiyue would probably have a hard time sleeping well tonight, so after thinking for a while, he decided to wake Zhuang Wu up.

“Zhuang Wu, don’t sleep.” Qin Qiyue called out beside Zhuang Wu.

Sleeping on the table was very uncomfortable, so Zhuang Wu slept lightly. He woke up when Qin Qiyue called him.

After realizing that he had fallen asleep on the table, Zhuang Wu quickly stood up. “Sorry Gege, I’m so sleepy.”

“It’s quite late now, it’s normal to be sleepy.” Qin Qiyue said indifferently, “Go back and sleep.”

Zhuang Wu nodded and went home. He wasn’t quite happy. Besides being too sleepy, he also did it on purpose. He wanted to see how Qin Qiyue would react if he fell asleep on the table in the middle of the night. Would he cover him with a blanket or carry him to bed to make him sleep more comfortably? However, neither of these two guesses was right. Qin Qiyue simply woke him up and told him to go back to his own home to sleep.

During the exams over the next few days, Zhuang Wu did not encounter any difficult problems throughout but he still did not feel relieved. After all, the first exam was okay, but the difficulty increased as the next ones followed.

Nevertheless, in every exam today, Zhuang Wu encountered more questions that he knew how to answer than those that he didn’t. He didn’t know if it was his illusion, but Zhuang Wu constantly felt that most of those questions seemed to be based on what Qin Qiyue had taught him.

After finishing all the exams, Zhuang Wu took his things back to the classroom, and the first thing he did when he returned to the was to look for Qin Qiyue.

“Gege, you’re awesome.” Zhuang Wu was circling around Qin Qiyue. “You’re good at controlling the questions. All the things you taught me were on the test.”

“……”

Qin Qiyue was somewhat speechless, “What are you thinking about? Doesn’t every exam have a scope? I tutored you based on the scope of the exam.”

“Oh…” Zhuang Wu was a little embarrassed, but soon returned to normal. “Anyway, thank you for your help during this period, Gege. Sooner or later, I will get closer to your ranking and sit at the same table with you.”

Speaking of this, Qin Qiyue looked a little uncomfortable.

The test results came out very quickly. Hu Jianlong read out the results of the top ten on the podium. Qin Qiyue was still among them. The only change in the ranking of the top ten was that Huai Nanzhi ranked third, pushing down the person who had been ranked ninth or tenth.

After reading out the top ten students, Hu Jianlong posted the transcript on the wall and asked students who wanted to know their scores after class to look at it themselves. The student whose ranking was squeezed out of the top ten looked very upset.

Hu Jianlong did not expect that Huai Nanzhi, a student who had caused him a lot of trouble shortly after transferring to the school, could have such good grades. His impression of Huai Nanzhi even changed a little.

“Okay, now that the results are out, let’s rearrange the seats.” Hu Jianlong notified them. “Everyone pack your bags and wait outside the classroom.”

The students did as they were told. The first one to enter the classroom and choose a seat was Qin Qiyue. Before entering, he secretly glanced at Zhuang Wu, then chose a seat by the window far away from the podium and sat down.

The students who followed also came into the classroom one after another to choose their seats. When Xu Zhong entered, he deliberately chose a seat that was extremely far away from Huai Nanzhi. As a result, as soon as he sat down, Huai Nanzhi moved from his seat to his side.

“What are you doing?” Xu Zhong stared at him, “You’ve already picked your seat!”

Huai Nanzhi smiled evilly. “But I’m not sure I want to sit there, and the seat next to you is not occupied so why can’t I choose it?”

“What bad luck.” Xu Zhong turned his face away and ignored him.

After teasing Xu Zhong, Huai Nanzhi looked in Ye Chuli’s direction. There was already someone sitting next to Ye Chuli, otherwise, he would not have chosen to sit with Xu Zhong again.

Fortunately, this position was quite good and was far away from Ye Chuli’s seat.

After everyone had chosen their seats, Hu Jianlong stood on the podium and said in a moderate voice, “Zhuang Wu, you and Zhang Ling switch places.”

Zhuang Wu and Zhang Ling were both stunned. Hu Jianlong had always arranged the seats according to their grades, and it had already been arranged, so why did he suddenly ask for a change?

And… Zhuang Wu glanced at Zhang Ling. Zhang Ling’s deskmate was Qin Qiyue. In other words, he would be sitting at the same desk with Qin Qiyue?