Chapter 7 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Cheng Nuo slowly raised one finger and said, “In exchange, you treat me to one meal.

“Seafood buffet!” he added.

Hao Shuai reached out to his thin wallet and clenched his teeth. “Sure. You win. Deal!

“But I have one condition—your answers must be right. If they are wrong, I’d rather guess the answers myself,” Hao Shuai said.

Although Qing Cheng was a coastal city, where seafood was much cheaper than that in inland areas, it was still rather expensive.

A seafood buffet would cost Hao Shuai one week of pocket money.

“Absolutely,” Cheng Nuo replied confidently. “I won’t charge you a single cent if they are wrong!”

He had used his special powers to obtain the answers, so how could they be wrong? Hao Shuai certainly needed his answers more than Cheng Nuo needed the seafood buffet.

But Hao Shuai didn’t feel the same.

He let out a regretful sigh as he realized that he would have to wait even longer before he could buy his skateboard.

“Forget it. I have no one to blame for having this kind of desk-mate!”

…

On the other side of the classroom, Mu Leng looked at the last question, which she left almost entirely blank. Her pretty brows knitted together. A slight trace of apprehension surfaced on her forever-frosty face.

“Mu Leng, Mr. Tang asked us to collect the answer sheets.” It was the math rep, Jiang Qingqing.

Mu Leng put down her pen and said softly as she brushed a tuft of hair behind her ear, “Coming.”

“I am probably the fastest in our class!” she thought.

As Mu Leng collected the answer sheets, she deliberately checked the other students’ progress—it seemed that she was the only person who had reached the last question. Most students had left the last two questions, and even some multiple choice questions, unanswered.

As the academic rep of Class 18, Mu Leng had always been ranked top three of the entire cohort in terms of grades. Hence, she was naturally proud of her academic excellence, and mathematics was one of her best subjects.

“It doesn’t matter if this test is challenging—I will still conquer it,” Mu Leng had said to herself when she received the test earlier. “Never give up” had been her motto since she was young.

However, she had underestimated the difficulty of the test. Even a genius of studying like her had to admit that she couldn’t get full marks on this math test.

But it wouldn’t matter so long as she scored the highest in the class.

Indeed, that seemed very probable, until she came to Cheng Nuo…

Mu Leng reached out with her skinny hand and said, “Cheng Nuo, Hao Shuai. Pass me your answer sheets.” Her voice sounded gentle and distant.

Before Cheng Nuo could react, Hao Shuai immediately snatched Cheng Nuo’s answer sheet from his desk and handed both to Mu Leng. “Here you go, Mu Leng.”

Mu Leng was one of the prettiest girls in their grade, or even the entire school. Hence, as a boy in puberty, Hao Shuai grasped every opportunity to be attentive to her.

However, it was almost impossible for a cold girl like Mu Leng to reciprocate in any way.

As expected, Mu Leng moved forward to collect other people’s answer sheets as soon as she gathered theirs and put them in order. Suddenly, she stopped, and a surprised look appeared on her face.

She had just glanced at the answer sheet that she had collected and, to her astonishment, one of them had the last question fully filled with mathematical symbols.

“Who finished the last question? Was it Hao Shuai or Cheng Nuo? Or is it because he skipped questions and only did that one?” A string of questions popped up in Mu Leng’s mind.

Then she stopped and pulled the answer sheet out.