Chapter 3 (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The teacher’s guidance book was presented to the whole class to convince Shen Zhe. As a result, not just Ms. Bai Yu, all the students saw the answer clearly.
Everybody fell silent. They looked at each other while completely dumbfounded.
An unremarkable student like Shen Zhe had written the precise answer!
How was it possible?
More importantly… All of them had calculated that it would take at least four days for their teacher to return. How could the answer on the guidance book be so preposterous?
“This is… impossible!”
Ms. Bai Yu was visibly shaking.
She had personally calculated the answer and submitted it to the school for verification. Her answer was four days, two hours and seventeen minutes… How did it turn into four hours?
Did someone change it secretly?
She shook her head and dropped the idea.
She had been keeping the book. Not even the dean could have modified it, let alone a student.
Ding-dong!
The bell rang, marking the end of the class.
Ms. Bai Yu had a gloomy look; she closed the book, knowing that things would be even uglier if she pursued the matter further. “Something may be wrong with this book… I’ll check it at the office. Let’s talk about Shen Zhe’s punishment in the next class. You are dismissed!”
She turned around and left the classroom.
“You figured out the answer?”
“The answer is too unbelievable…”
“Shen Zhe’s answer is absolutely correct. Since when has he become so good?”
…
The classroom exploded the moment the teacher was gone.
All the students looked at Shen Zhe as if he were a monster.
They all agreed that it was barely possible for their teacher to return in four days. They all thought that Shen Zhe’s answer was bulls*it, but it turned out to be correct!
The worst student in the class had solved the problem that even the best students found tricky…
Could the guidance book be wrong?
It was impossible!
The guidance book had never been wrong after all those years.
Shen Zhe was just as surprised as the rest of the students.
He was 100% certain that it was a random answer. Why was it the same as the answer in the guidance book?
“Was it because of the notebook?”
The only thing that could explain this was his seemingly useless notebook. It might have played a role!
He focused on his brain again and saw the answer he had just offered on the second page of the notebook.
The pencil next to it had been significantly shortened, down to two thirds its original size.
He was greatly shocked.
The answer was written in the notebook. Was it the reason why the answer in the guidance book was changed?
Would he easily get a hundred points in the future by writing random answers on the test paper?
Shen Zhe beamed with excitement.
The notebook seemed to have sensed his delight. There was a vibration and the word ‘FORTUNE’ appeared on the cover momentarily; it faded out as if it had never been there.
…
There was some distance between the office and the classroom, but Bai Yu walked very quickly due to her anxiety and arrived soon.
Director Li received her with a frown.
“Director Li, do you have the guidance book for the Class of Talents?” asked Bai Yu in a hurry.
“They’re all over the place…” Director Li pointed at a corner.
There were dozens of unused books in the bookshelf. The guidance books were identical, and their contents would be revised at fixed periods of time.
Bai Yu took out a random book and turned to the page where the question was recorded.
She read the answer only to be dazed again. “How could it be?”
She took out another book and opened it.
She found the same answer after checking a couple of books: four hours, forty-four minutes, forty-four seconds and forty-four milliseconds!
But the answer she had calculated was clearly more than four days!
Unable to hold it back anymore, she turned around and asked, “Director Li, how long would it take for me to return to the school with an unconscious purple iron-toothed wolf with my current abilities?”
“You?”
Director Li pondered for a moment before replying, “Four days and two hours, probably.”
“That’s right… But why is the answer in the guidance book different?”
Bai Yu gave him one of the books.
Director Li was also stunned after taking a look. “How would you be able to make it back in four hours? Even I couldn’t make it. Who verified this answer?”
Bai Yu said, “It was you…”
His lips twitched. He checked more guidance books and remained confused. “It was indeed me who verified it, but why is the answer so unreasonable?”