Chapter 53 (2/2)

After she sat down, Xiao Yurou threw Shen Zhe’s book back and glared at him.

“Can I copy your equations?”

Ignoring her anger, Shen Zhe looked at her, glowing.

He had five more stars to illuminate, and he didn’t know how to calculate their specific locations. Since his classmate had the steps, he could definitely copy them!

While other people couldn’t solve them, he had the “=”!

It was as easy as pie for him to get an answer…

One pencil could illuminate three stars. He had five chances in total. So, he would be able to illuminate all the seven stars!

Not knowing what he thought, Xiao Yurou asked in confusion, “Why do you want the equations?”

This guy was famous for his ghastly grades. What could he do with the equations that even she couldn’t solve?

“I think the equations are very good. I would like to study them…”

Shen Zhe nodded.

Xiao Yurou chuckled and said, “Whatever you say…”

She then wrote the equations to calculate the stars on a piece of paper and handed it over.

Shen Zhe read the equations carefully, only to discover that he didn’t understand a thing… Scratching his head, he carefully kept the paper in his pocket and placed the book on his head again…

When he opened his eyes again, he realized that school was already over, and he was the only person left in the classroom… No, his new classmate was still there.

“Why are you still here?”

Struggling to sit straight, Shen Zhe felt strange as he looked at her.

“Why is she still here when school is already over?”

“Is she addicted to studies, like the monitor?”

“I’m still checking an answer…”

Without raising her head, Xiao Jiu wrote on the paper nonstop.

Her handwriting was elegant and enjoyable. It was much better than most students’, and certainly better than Shen Zhe’s.

Shen Zhe read it for a while and felt a headache again.

The formulas were too sophisticated. However, they were somewhat familiar to him.

“Is it the answer that I copied in the Empyrean One Pavilion?”

Shen Zhe recognized it.

He spent hours copying the answer to the top-tier question in the Empyrean One Pavilion. Although it was an enigma to him, he remembered some of the formulas and steps.

His classmate was writing down the steps that he wrote before… There was no telling whether it was because she remembered wrongly or because she didn’t see it clearly, but she made several mistakes.

A few students in school uniform were around when he copied the answer. Was his classmate there back then?

Shen Zhe searched his memories but he didn’t recall her. Losing interest, he stood up and said, “Carry on. I’m leaving…”

Before he left the classroom, a middle-aged man arrived with a white jade box.

“Miss… Here’s what you asked for!”

Xiao Yurou nodded and pointed at Shen Zhe. “Give it to him…”

“Me?”

Shen Zhe was delighted. “Is it the Gold and Silver Tobacco?”

“Yes!” Xiao Yurou didn’t raise her head.

“Thank you…”

Not expecting that his new classmate would have the herb delivered so quickly, Shen Zhe accepted it happily and saw a scarlet plant with two flowers, one gold and one silver, inside the jade box.

Xiao Yurou nodded without looking at him. She frowned at the paper before her.

“You’d better stop. That step is wrong…”

Shen Zhe was excited since all the ingredients had been gathered. Seeing that the more she wrote, the more mistakes she made, he couldn’t help but tell her.

“Wrong?” Xiao Yurou looked up, stunned by his remark.