Chapter 3 (2/2)

He said after considering for a moment, “Ms. Bai, why don’t you check this out for real? It would be considered as a business trip. Remember to take note of the time. Calculations are often not as good as real practice.”

Bai Yu nodded her head.

Practice was the only way to verify a truth.

“I’ll start right now…”

Bai Yu turned around and left.

…

Shen Zhe studied the notebook in his mind at length and finally realized that it did have a special ability. Whatever answer he wrote would be taken as the correct answer in the teacher’s guidance book, updating the information accordingly.

It was a matter of course that not all answers were changeable, due to certain causal links.

“So… My word is the law?”

He would never need to cheat if he used that ability, because all the answers he wrote would be correct…

“Let’s see if I have other abilities.”

He looked at Wang Qing.

The guy didn’t offer him any help when he was asked a question moments before. That wasn’t something you would expect of a loyal friend.

After considering that idea, the pencil floated and quickly wrote on the notebook, “Wang Qing is a pig!”

Hu!

The words disappeared immediately after they were written. Nothing was left.

Wang Qing was still Wang Qing the moment he turned to see him. That wasn’t what he had in mind.

“Wang Qing is a piece of s*it…”

The victim remained unchanged.

“It doesn’t work this way…”

He tried multiple statements, but his classmate remained absolutely the same. He shook his head.

It seemed that the notebook was not as helpful if it could only change the answers to questions and make him a good student.

Wang Qing looked at him and said, “Why are you staring at me? I didn’t know the answer. Besides, the teacher was right next to us. How would I dare say anything? On the other hand, I didn’t know that you had the ability to provide a standard answer…”

“I have other abilities, but I haven’t figured them out yet…” Shen Zhe smiled.

He was in a good mood after avoiding the disaster.

They chit-chatted for a while. The morning classes were soon over.

Shen Zhe stretched out his arms and walked out of the classroom, heading to the cafeteria.

His home was quite far away from the school. He normally visited home twice a year and had meals at the cafeteria.

While he was enjoying his food, he heard someone calling him close by.

“Why, isn’t it Shen Zhe who is no longer one of the Four Gentlemen? You’re not hanging around with us anymore now that your grades improved, are you?”

Shen Zhe raised his head and saw three sulky young men before him.

“Zhao Chen, Wang Xiaofeng, and Liu Pengyue!”

The names popped up in his head.

Although he didn’t have the memories of the former Shen Zhe, he managed to figure out some of his previous social connections after living in that world for three days.

There were a dozen Classes of Talents in the school, and the four of them were at the last place in four of the classes. They stood at the last four places school-wide.

They were recognized as the worst of the worst among all the students!

Every teacher found them to be a headache and wanted to expel them.

As odd as it may be, they were all descendants of major families and had influential backgrounds.

They were supposed to be excellent, but their grades ranked as the worst every time.

Since they had claimed the bottom ranks of their grade and nobody else could compete with them, they cherished each other and forged an alliance which was known as ‘Society of Scums’.

Of course they didn’t like the name. What’s wrong with having a bad grade?

Did it make them lesser than a human being?

Did they have to be despised because of that?

They called themselves the Four Gentlemen as a counter.

Shen Zhe had always been the second to last place in the school. Surprisingly, the usual last place’s Liu Pengyue submitted the test paper one minute earlier than him in the last semester. Although their test results were the same, Liu Pengyue’s rank became higher than his.

Shen Zhe worked harder in that semester and kept his distance from them, since he was upset by the result, and because of the physical punishments that came with it.

“What’s good about having a remarkable grade? Not everybody can be a Mage, even if you get a hundred points every time. Shen Zhe, you’d better abandon your obsession! None of us are born for this, we are all aware of that. Why do you have to give yourself such a hard time?”

Liu Pengyue approached him and patted his shoulder. “All we need to do is to sleep through classes, avoid answering questions, and to secure the last places in all exams. We will be expelled that way, so we can go back to inherit our family’s wealth and marry a hundred wives. Is such an ordinary life not good?”

“They’re studying so hard just to be a Mage, a Martial Artist or a Body Practitioner just to protect themselves, but the learning process is killing them. Why do we have to make ourselves suffer?” Wang Xiaofeng also comforted him.

“Join us. You’re one of the Four Gentlemen!” Zhao Chen nodded.

They had been best friends for a long time, having in common their weak performances in studies.

“I…”

Shen Zhe was tempted to say yes to their offer, but he hesitated when he thought about the prospect of him being beaten to death. A girl approached them right then.

“Shen Zhe, you can’t listen to them. You’ve worked hard for such a long time and your grades are improving. You can’t give up on yourself.”

He sensed the vague fragrance and saw a tall and slender girl.

It was precisely the person who had secretly given him a hint in class. Ling Xueru!