Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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After winning the first basketball game, their class was quickly arranged to play two more games. Class 14 won them by a few points. The class that was almost not favored by anyone before finally squeezed into the top three showdown.
However, the gap in strength between them and their later opponents was too great, so they missed the opportunity to become one of the top three.
But despite this, their class’s performance during this period did shock the entire school, and several outstanding players became well-known to other students. Of course, Lin Jianlu, who performed the best, was labeled a “basketball star”. His popularity soared again, and even other male god-level figures who gained fans by playing basketball could not match him.
Even the physical education teacher who specialized in teaching basketball was alarmed and came to ask Lin Jianlu if he wanted to go over for training.
“We have won this defeat with honor.”
Each class that entered the top three finals received a banner issued by the school, which was hung on the wall at the back of the classroom. The class monitor was already satisfied, and the other students were also content. Winning two games in a row had been beyond their expectations, and it didn’t matter much whether they won or lost. The most important thing now was that everyone had a lot of fun training and playing together during this period.
After the basketball game, they returned to their normal study life. After all, they would have the midterm exam after May Day.
Yan Han did not relax during this period. On the contrary, because he had to take time out to participate in training and competitions occasionally, he had to reduce his sleep time again and again, so he was no longer the person who could fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
He was now in a state of deep sleep if he was even given ten seconds!
In fact, apart from feeling tired, his physical condition was fine. It was just that he found that a lot of hair fell out every time he washed his hair, which made this brother a little worried.
——If I become bald, it might affect my appearance…
[Yes, of course!] This was not the first time that Xiao Wu warned him about going to bed too late. If he hadn’t been applying facial masks and lotions and essences on his face during this period, and had maintained his skin well, Xiao Wu would have been furious.
“I’m only seventeen years old. I won’t become bald so soon, right?” Yan Han asked worriedly.
[Why didn’t you say you were only seventeen when you were smoking?]
“Because minors are not allowed to smoke.” Yan Han said as a matter of course.
[…]
“Besides, I haven’t smoked recently, you can’t wrongly accuse me.”
After saying that, he looked at his head in the mirror where his hair was still quite thick, and Yan Han thought: I can just hold on a little longer. As long as I can get through the battle for the top student and the midterm exam, I will never study so hard again!
Fortunately, there were four days off for May Day this time. During these four days, in addition to concentrating on studying, he could also get a good sleep and replenish his energy.
This was what Yan Han thought at the time.
It sounded beautiful when he thought about it, but plans could not keep up with changes. Two or three days before the May Day holiday, his grandparents who lived in a small county called him and asked him to go home. There was some vagueness in their words, as if they needed him to go back for something.
The original owner had a very rough life. Her father was a bast**d and her mother ran away with someone when she was young. She had thus always been raised by her grandparents.
Now that her grandparents are old, they needed someone to take care of them. Yan Han had been busy recently and had not been able to go back to see them. This time, he did not refuse and simply agreed.
Being open-minded had its advantages. When faced with unexpected emergencies, this brother always adjusted his mindset very quickly.
Although it took half a day to take the bus back, he could sleep and replenish his energy while on the bus, and he could also take the questions and homework back to do, so overall it had little impact.
But he was still afraid of something unexpected. During the remaining two days, when everyone else was thinking about where to go for the holidays, Yan Han went into a state of crazy study. While completing his already overloaded study tasks, he still tried his best to get ahead of schedule.
The main reason was that he would be separated from Big Brother Lin for four days. Yan Han wanted to take advantage of these two days to practice more questions and try to finish all the questions in the question bank that he didn’t know how to answer.
“Brother Yan, are you really going home? We only have four days off, and it takes you one day to go back and forth. You still have to squeeze in time to study when you go back. It’s too tiring!”
Wen Juerong asked when Yan Han stopped to eat at noon.
In the past two days, his brother Yan seemed to be studying like crazy. He sat there almost without moving all day and did not go to the cafeteria. He asked them to bring all the food back. Wen Juerong was afraid that chatting would waste his time, so he dared to come over and talk only at times like this.
“Well, something might have happened at home.” Yan Han swallowed a mouthful of food and said vaguely, “Besides, I miss them too.”
In fact, his experience was similar to the original owner, but he was raised by his grandmother alone, so Yan Han had deep feelings for his ancestors and deeply understood that it was not easy for the elderly, so it was his duty to go back and see if there was anything he could do to help.
Presumably this was what the original owner would have wanted him to do as well.
“Where is your home, Brother Yan? Do you go home during the summer vacation? We can go and play with you when we are free.”
“Come on.” Yan Han said, and then said the name of a town, and then did the questions while chewing on the food in his mouth.
He had already finished nearly 20,000 of the 30,000 questions. He had to go through the remaining questions first, filter out the questions he didn’t know how to answer, and then ask Lin Jianlu. Tomorrow would be a holiday and he would take the bus back home, so Yan Han had to race against time.
“Actually, you don’t have to be so anxious. I can explain the questions to you during the holidays.” Lin Jianlu next to him couldn’t bear it anymore.
“Hmm?” With a big bite of burrito in his mouth and looking at Lin Jianlu in confusion while chewing, Yan Han looked like a little hamster.
The little hamster swallowed the food in his mouth voraciously. Afraid of choking, the eldest brother quickly drank some water and wiped his mouth.
…Of course he didn’t wipe his mouth as boldly as he did before.
This time, the eldest brother took out a tissue and wiped the water stains on his lips bit by bit. Yan Han then blinked and asked, “Big Brother Lin, what do you mean by this?”
——There were only a few days left for the Charming Plan. Yan Han had already calculated the date. The last day happened to be the last day of the May Day holiday. That meant he won’t meet Lin Jianlu and won’t have to pretend in the last four days. It was like gaining four days for nothing!
As long as he could keep steady in the end, he could get the treasure chest, and he didn’t want to be careless because of his studies.
He had to admit that during this period of time, the treasure chest had almost become this brother’s spiritual support.
Because once there was a first, there would be a second. The last incident of opening the dressing room gave Yan Han a breakthrough – since drawing a treasure chest did not have to be random, and since this thing could be controlled by the system, the eldest brother did not hesitate and immediately grabbed Xiao Wu to discuss with him whether the treasure chest of the Charming Plan could give him a prop to assist in learning.
Xiao Wu was a little mad at that time: [What is a learning aid??]
“For example, something like Lin Jianlu has, a photographic memory and a huge number of brain cells.”
[That’s impossible.] The baby voice sneered.
“Why?” Yan Han asked at that time.
[Unless it is due to a genetic mutation caused by force majeure, relying on the power of the system to change the host’s IQ is unfair to other students who are in competition with the host.] Xiao Wu said seriously.
Yan Han: “…Then it’s fair that you gave me the ultimate beauty skill?”
[The school does not hold beauty contests.]
“…”
Well, it seemed to make sense.
[Besides, the host is already very good-looking. We just softened it a little bit based on the original. The main purpose is to help you conceal your gender.]
Yan Han: “!”
This is so comfortable to hear!
Xiao Wu, do you have to keep talking like this to make people dislike you?
Xiao Wu: [???]
“Ahem, so the system can’t provide anything to change my IQ. Is there any other way?”
[Well… wait until you actually get the treasure chest before you talk about it.]
“…”
Having said that, Yan Han did not give up on pestering Xiao Wu during this period. When he was not studying, he would chat with Xiao Wu, ask him what the system functions actually included, and ask for his help.
Xiao Wu, who was always enthusiastic about his work and always available, was almost annoyed by him. He finally agreed that he could discuss it with his superiors before opening the next box to see if he could get a skill that would be useful for learning.
Assuming that Xiao Wu agreed, Yan Han rubbed his hands excitedly and looked forward to the next treasure chest. It was imperative for him to complete the charming plan.
So the eldest brother who had just wiped his mouth was still covering his lips with a tissue, his pair of peach blossom eyes wide open, as he said to Lin Jianlu in a flash of inspiration: “Big Brother Lin, do you mean… I can also ask you questions during the holidays?! The kind that uses WeChat?!”
“…”
Lin Jianlu was startled, it seemed that this was not what he wanted to say, but since Yan Han had already mentioned a method, Big Brother Lin had nothing to say. After a moment of shock, Lin Jianlu said: “Well, you can call me if you have anything.”
“Okay.” Yan Han said excitedly.
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