Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Why did the top student go to Class 10 instead of Class 9? This result stunned the Class 9 homeroom teacher, who was already prepared to receive the top student, and flattered the Class 10 homeroom teacher. Of course, it also shocked the entire school!
At first, everyone couldn’t believe it, but after continuing to look down the list and seeing “Yan Han’s” name in the middle of Class 10’s rankings, most of the shocked students withdrew their expressions, saying— the case is solved, there’s nothing surprising, everyone disperse, disperse.
Even so, someone quickly raised another question: Even if that person really went to Class 10 for the school beauty, how did he manage to do it?
Even if he could control his grades to get into Class 10, how did he know the school beauty would go to Class 10?!
Not only did others have this question, but even Yan Han himself was dumbfounded.
Wen Juerong, the academic underachiever, calmly analyzed the situation after taking a sip of hot tea: “Didn’t Brother Lin make you do a lot of practice questions before the exam? I reckon Brother Lin judged based on the level of those questions combined with the exam paper.”
Yan Han: “…”
After hearing Wen Juerong’s words, he carefully looked at Lin Jianlu’s scores and found that Brother Lin’s scores in the three subjects of math, Chinese, and English were extremely high, close to full marks… to be precise, he got full marks in English and math.
However, his scores in the three science subjects on the second day were not ideal.
It couldn’t be said that they were not ideal, but for Lin Jianlu’s level, they were quite low! He even lost more than thirty points in the last subject, physics, and almost failed!
….
This combined score determined that he ranked in the forties among all students in the school and was “smoothly” assigned to Class 10.
“…”
Thinking about it this way, he realized that after the first day of the exam, he had indeed compared answers with Lin Jianlu and several other classmates. Lin Jianlu had a general idea of his score, and combined this with his recent “assessment” of his abilities and the questions on the exam, he had deduced his likely scores in physics, chemistry, and biology…
So, Lin Jianlu not only accurately predicted which class he would be in, but also consistently kept his grades within the top ten?!
Yan Han slumped back onto the bed like a boneless rag doll. He felt utterly defeated.
Firstly, he would still be classmates with Lin Jianlu for the next semester, constantly running into him, with no way to avoid it.
Secondly… things would just have to go on as planned… Even he was impressed by Lin Jianlu’s actions.
He hadn’t forgotten that hot night when he and Lin Jianlu sat side-by-side by the basketball court, sharing their innermost thoughts.
He just hadn’t expected Lin Jianlu to be assigned to the same class as him again in this way!
When Lin Jianlu said he would give it a try, he seemed so confident; Yan Han had assumed he was trying to help him get into the top nine.
Now it seems… he completely underestimated Brother Lin’s intelligence!
Now, the plan that they would be separated because of the class placement exam and gradually drift apart seems completely impossible, making Yan Han even more frustrated.
He couldn’t blame Lin Jianlu for using such a stunt, because he himself had indeed spoken up, expressing unhappiness about the impending separation from Brother Lin.
It wasn’t Lin Jianlu’s fault.
But at the same time, he was very agitated— if he had known Lin Jianlu liked him sooner, even a little earlier, he would have been more careful and restrained, instead of letting things turn out like this.
Yan Han roughly pulled his hair. On the other end of the phone, Wen Juerong asked curiously, “Brother Yan? What’s wrong? You seem unhappy.”
Not in the mood to talk, Yan Han tried to calmly tell Wen Juerong that nothing was wrong and hung up.
Then he stood up and paced anxiously around the dorm room twice. Just then, his phone rang again. The familiar words “Lin Jianlu” appeared on the screen, and Yan Han’s hand holding the phone felt like it was burning.
Two seconds later, he answered the phone, his voice hoarse as he said “Hello.”
“Hmm,” Lin Jianlu said.
“Hmm?” Yan Han didn’t understand.
“Nothing, just wanted to hear your voice.”
“…”
“Let’s go out for dinner. I’m back at school. Let’s go have a big meal.”
“Uh,” Yan Han said, “I don’t have much of an appetite right now.”
“…Don’t you want to be in the same class as me anymore?”
Lin Jianlu, who should have been on the phone, suddenly appeared at his bedside, his eyes bloodshot as if he were crying blood, even his voice filled with sorrow and longing.
Yan Han: !!!
He sat up abruptly in bed… His bedside table was clean; Lin Jianlu was nowhere to be seen.
He was clutching his phone tightly, but there was only one call record today— to Wen Juerong— which was from an hour ago.
…He had unknowingly fallen asleep.
The sun was setting, casting a dusky glow outside, with vibrant red clouds hanging in the sky. He glanced at the time; it was already six in the evening.
Yan Han wiped his face. The scene from his dream had quickly faded from his mind after waking, but the sadness in Lin Jianlu’s voice remained vividly etched in his memory, refusing to dissipate.
“Sigh.” After sitting on the bed in a daze for a while, Yan Han jumped off the top bunk, grabbed his meal card and keys, and prepared to go out to find something to eat.
[…The host still has the mood to eat at a time like this?] Xiao Wu, who had been watching the whole thing, was puzzled.
“You don’t understand, do you? People need food, you’ll get hungry if you skip a meal…You have to eat all the time! Besides, it’s not a big deal.”
After getting dressed and closing the door, Yan Han staggered downstairs.
…Actually, he was just putting on an act for Xiao Wu. He glanced at the time with a pained expression, realizing that if he didn’t hurry up and eat, Big Brother Lin would be rushing over with a food box.
He wasn’t ready to face him yet.
After the start of autumn, the temperature difference between day and night began to widen. The daytime sun was so intense it could peel your skin, but the temperature dropped at night, and the evening breeze became cool, which did help him stay alert and energized.
He ate a simple meal at the cafeteria, still without receiving any calls, and then leisurely returned to his dormitory to continue studying.
The only saving grace was that he still had his deep focus skill available; after using it, he felt very tired, making it easy to fall asleep immediately.
So, the night passed uneventfully. The next morning, Yan Han woke up automatically, packed his things, and went to the teaching building as usual. During his last gathering with classmates and his last speech to the teachers, he began packing and moving his belongings out.
Changing shifts within the same floor was easier, but moving things from the third floor to the fourth floor took much more time and effort.
Looking at his own belongings inside and outside his desk, and those inside Lin Jianlu’s desk, Yan Han really wanted to throw them all into the dressing room and then retrieve them after arriving at Class 10.
However, that was just wishful thinking; the system wouldn’t give him a break or save him any effort. In the end, he still had to roll up his sleeves and get to work.
While he was packing, Lin Jianlu wasn’t packing with him. Unlike Yan Han, most of Lin Jianlu’s belongings were neatly arranged in the storage room cabinets. Because everything was arranged so orderly, Yan Han only needed to go to the storage room, pack his things into boxes, and carry them upstairs one by one.
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