Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Seeing Lin Jianlu notice him, Yan Han shook his water bottle before sitting down with him on a bench next to the court.
Yan Han personally unscrewed the cap and handed the bottle to Lin Jianlu.
“Here.”
“Thanks.”
After taking the bottle and taking a sip, Lin Jianlu wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel he had brought.
Startled by Lin Jianlu’s soaked hair, Yan Han teased him, “Didn’t we say it was a friendly match? Why are you taking it so seriously?”
Lin Jianlu was silent for a moment before looking at him earnestly and saying, “No, I would practice even without this match.”
“So you… have completely fallen in love with basketball?”
“…Yeah.”
“Oh, no wonder. I was wondering how your skill level improved so quickly… You’re not coming here to practice every day this week, are you?”
Thinking of this, he was also shocked, but then felt that given Lin Jianlu’s obsessive nature, this was normal.
“I don’t usually play for this long, I just come to practice after school.” Lin Jianlu: “After all, the dorms close at 10:30.”
After saying that, Lin Jianlu took another sip of water.
Yan Han bought one of those energy drinks, with a sweet and sour taste, a little cool but not too cold, perfect for replenishing energy after exercise.
“Hmm.” Yan Han swung his legs, sitting in a rather relaxed posture.
Anyway, it was just him and Lin Jianlu here, and in this kind of atmosphere, the older brother’s words and actions were very relaxed.
“Do you want me to practice with you?”
“Okay.” Lin Jianlu said, about to stand up again, but Yan Han pressed him down. “Wait, rest for a bit. You’ve been playing for so long, you need to rest, otherwise your knees won’t be able to take it.”
Yan Han nagged, “You’re not going to be a professional player and make a living this way, don’t push yourself so hard, what if you end up with a lot of injuries?”
Under the dim streetlights, his face was still bright, even the profile and shadows of his face had a perfect balance. Lin Jianlu looked at his nagging from the side and couldn’t help but smile. “Okay.”
After a two-minute silence, it seemed really late, and he finally felt the coolness of the night. Yan Han gradually relaxed and continued swinging his legs. “I was in self-study class just now, trying to find the teacher to ask questions.”
“Hmm, and then?”
“Then I realized I’ve gotten used to your way of explaining problems.” Yan Han said in despair.
Lin Jianlu’s problem-solving approach didn’t strictly follow the textbook’s points. He approached problems from a higher perspective, using a more comprehensive understanding to arrive at solutions, completely different from the methods of teachers who specifically teach for the college entrance exam.
This approach had its advantages and disadvantages.
But regardless of the pros and cons, Yan Han had become accustomed to learning through self-study using live-streamed course materials, supplemented by Lin Jianlu’s problem-solving explanations. Just now, he had specifically tried asking the teacher questions during evening self-study, feeling that the teacher’s explanations were very detailed and specific, but he just didn’t have that feeling that allowed him to apply what he learned to other situations and freely explore the ocean of knowledge.
Yan Han said despairingly, “After we’re not in the same class anymore, will I still be able to ask you questions?”
“Not in the same class?” Lin Jianlu’s focus shifted.
“Yeah, after the class placement exam, you’ll go to Class 9, and then we’ll be separated.”
“…It’s not necessarily true that we’ll be separated.”
“Sigh, you know my abilities.” Yan Han shrugged and said, “No matter what, I won’t get into Class 9 this time.”
Actually, after realizing the reason and telling Lin Jianlu, his mood improved a lot.
The older brother wasn’t inherently a sentimental person.
Or rather, he was someone who didn’t allow himself to be sentimental.
So, after a little self-consolation, Yan Han was able to let go— so what if they separated?
Although they wouldn’t be in the same class anymore, brothers were still brothers. They could still play and study together on weekdays and weekends, so there was really nothing to be sad about.
As Yan Han was letting go, he heard Lin Jianlu say, “There’s still a week left.”
“…It’s less than a week.”
“Yeah, if you try hard, there’s still hope.”
“Unless the top few dozen students all skip the exam.” Yan Han chuckled and started making things up again.
He thought the other person was just comforting him, but he didn’t expect Lin Jianlu to be serious.
Lin Jianlu suddenly asked, “Do you have all the books you need for the weekend in your bag?”
“Yeah, why?”
“Come stay at my house tonight, it’s time to give you a hellish tutoring session.”
Yan Han: “…”
Why did his older brother Lin sound so calm when he said this, but to him it felt like he was about to get serious?!
For the next two days— no, until the placement exam the following Thursday— he indeed experienced a hellish, brutal training.
Although the term “brutal” sounded a bit strange.
Besides the normal daily study and review tasks, Lin Jianlu had given him at least one set of monthly mock exam questions for each subject, requiring him to complete them seriously within the allotted time, with the mindset of facing an actual exam.
This was originally a very arduous task; for example, it would usually take Yan Han at least an hour to complete one set of science papers.
The good thing was that he didn’t have to do all the questions in one set. Lin Jianlu would first look through all the questions and then mark the parts that Yan Han needed to answer. Sometimes, a set of papers only had a few multiple-choice questions to answer, which made the whole task much simpler.
It was brutal because, in addition to this, after Yan Han checked his answers, Lin Jianlu would carefully “review” the entire paper again.
He would hold those papers and look at them with exceptional seriousness, seemingly focused on something else entirely, but Lin Jianlu’s workload was clearly greater than Yan Han’s, and his level of seriousness left the elder brother speechless.
Lin Jianlu, who never wrote down questions or did practice problems, suddenly took these mock exams so seriously… This made Yan Han wonder if Lin Jianlu had discovered some secret about the teachers’ question-setting methods, such as the placement exam questions being selected from these mock exams.
Therefore, he treated these mock exams with exceptional seriousness.
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