On Monday morning, Xia Yu entered the school. Today was the last monthly exam of his high school career, followed by the June college entrance exam.
After entering the classroom, Xia Yu first attended a morning self-study session. Then, he took his stationery and found his examination room to begin the test.
In the morning, there was a math exam, and in the afternoon, a history exam. The next morning, there would be a Chinese exam. These were the three main subjects in the high school curriculum of this world’s Suzhou Province. Except that history had replaced English, it was the same as on Earth.
After finishing the day’s exams, Xia Yu went to Yin Shulan.
Yin Shulan was speeding on the roads around the town.
Xia Yu guessed that she was troubled by her eldest son’s matter.
Xia Yu increased his speed further. The wind howled against his body, making him feel pleasant despite his recent busyness.
After circling around, he returned to the villa. He still needed to continue studying.
While working on the Five Three Exercises, Xia Yu asked Yin Shulan, “What did your daughter say?”
“She said last night she needed to think about it. You can go ask her now.” Yin Shulan had not yet clarified the matter.
Xia Yu thought for a moment, put down his pen, and went to Yin Wan’s room.
He rarely entered this room. Yin Wan had mostly recovered, though her body was still weak. She could already move around without much trouble.
At this moment, Yin Wan was sitting on the bed watching TV.
“What do you think about what I told you last night?” Xia Yu asked.
“I want to go with you. I can find a job somewhere,” Yin Wan said, looking at Xia Yu.
“Can she come with you?” Yin Shulan asked Xia Yu through their mental link.
“Then it’s settled,” Xia Yu answered both of them.
This suited Xia Yu’s own wishes. He thought about whether he should send Yin Wan to An Siyao.
“Then, we’ll probably set off in about half a month,” Xia Yu said. Since things were progressing as he desired, he no longer needed to rush.
He estimated the usage of experience cards. In about twenty days, his pharmaceutical skill would reach level 4. After the college entrance exam, it would reach level 5. Then, using the newly acquired skill level-up card, he could boost his pharmaceutical skill to level 6 all at once.
The time was still a bit tight. He only had two months left to make medicine.
He hoped nothing would go wrong.
For the remaining game time, he would focus mostly on Yuki. The 1.5x game points would allow him to buy many experience cards, saving a lot of time.
After making his decision, Xia Yu left the bedroom. He sat in the living room and continued working on the Five Three Exercises.
He specifically focused on math to improve his proficiency. Once his math skill reached level 5, the other subjects would also rise to level 5.
Besides improving skills through hard work, achieving a breakthrough in one area and having overall skill improvement was also a convenient feature of the game.
After eight hours had passed, Xia Yu returned to his physical body.
He had arrived at Yin Shulan’s place at 3 p.m. It was now already 11 p.m.
At this time, Yuki had already fallen asleep. Xia Yu did not knock on the girl’s door but directly clicked on the slot to appear beside her.
“Don’t just suddenly come in!” Yuki, who had been sound asleep, suddenly woke up because of Xia Yu’s arrival. She protested.
“In the future, please prepare yourself mentally,” Xia Yu gave her a prior notice.
After waking up, Yuki wanted to chat with Xia Yu, but Xia Yu directly used the calming skill, sending her back to sleep.
The next morning at seven o’clock, Xia Yu returned to his physical body. As he walked out of his room, Yuki was hurriedly brushing her teeth and washing her face. Normally, she got up at around six, but today, Xia Yu had kept her asleep for over half an hour.
Xia Yu first went to the front door and took the day’s newspaper from the mailbox.
Opening the Polaris Daily, Xia Yu scanned the advertisement section. To his surprise, he saw another missing person notice. However, this time, it was not seeking his cousin, Akalin, but rather his cousin, Liu Changgui.
This was a secret signal Xia Yu had left for Wen Ziying, instructing her to use this signal to find him if she encountered any trouble.
Now, had Wen Ziying encountered some trouble?
Rubbing his chin thoughtfully, Xia Yu decided to go to the school first to gather some information.
After having breakfast, he went to school and subtly inquired from Gui Zixiao.
He asked if there were any recent campus rumors. As a beautiful young female writer, if Wen Ziying had any abnormalities, there would surely be rumors circulating.
“Rumors? There is one. You know that Bai Sheshan, right? I heard that on Sunday, he had a basketball court dispute with the neighboring sports school. They had agreed to play a match, with the winner getting the court. But after he won, he started trash-talking. Not only did he get beaten up, but he also didn’t get the court,” Gui Zixiao said excitedly.
Xia Yu thought for a moment before recalling who Bai Sheshan was. He had no interest in this matter at all. “What else?”
“What else? That’s all,” Gui Zixiao sensed that Xia Yu might be trying to find out something. He asked, “What exactly are you trying to find out?”
“If it hasn’t spread yet, then forget it,” Xia Yu naturally would not tell Gui Zixiao the truth.
After the morning self-study session ended, Xia Yu went to the examination room to finish the remaining Chinese exam.
Among these three subjects, history was the most difficult, while math was the easiest.
History required memorizing too much material, and Xia Yu had not yet fully memorized everything. As for math, memorizing a few formulas was enough, and Xia Yu had long since mastered them.
As for Chinese…
Recalling the feeling from the recent exam, Xia Yu fell into thought.
The total score for Chinese was 160. Generally speaking, even the top scorer in the college entrance exam could only score around 130 in Chinese, much lower than math, where nearly 150 points were achievable.
This was because the reading comprehension section of the Chinese exam was extremely difficult. Guessing at things like creating atmosphere or foreshadowing misfortune was too hard. Even the author of the passage could not understand the meaning of their own work.
Therefore, inevitably, some points would be lost in this section.
However, with the exam-oriented education system, Xia Yu found these questions the easiest. He didn’t need to consider what the article was trying to express. He could directly embody the question-setter and deduce what answers could be formed for the question, then write them all down.
Reading comprehension was not about understanding the original author’s meaning but about understanding the question-setter’s intention. For Xia Yu, who could embody the question-setter, this was extremely simple.
Perhaps he would even have to rely on Chinese to boost his overall score.
On his way to the cafeteria for lunch, Xia Yu met Gui Zixiao.
“How did you do?” Gui Zixiao asked.
“Not very well,” Xia Yu frowned. “Chinese was a bit difficult, especially the reading comprehension.”
“Yeah, what kind of questions were they? I thought about them for a long time, and almost didn’t have time to finish the essay!” Gui Zixiao wholeheartedly agreed.
He felt he had lost too many points on the reading comprehension and wouldn’t do well in Chinese. Upon hearing that Xia Yu felt the same, he relaxed a bit.
While having lunch, the two of them continued to complain about how difficult math and history were.
In the afternoon, after attending a math problem-solving class in the classroom, Xia Yu left the school.
He saw Wen Ziying. She was walking on the road, occasionally glancing around. Her movements were subtle, as if she were looking at something interesting, but Xia Yu could easily see through her.
Was she looking for him?
Xia Yu quickly dismissed this possibility. Wen Ziying couldn’t possibly know he was nearby.
This must be the source of Wen Ziying’s troubles.
The inspiration and language bonus from Wen Ziying had greatly helped Xia Yu, especially the inspiration, which directly contributed to the composition of the song “The Source Village Isolated from the World,” promoting the completion of An Siyao’s task and allowing him to successfully obtain the retrieval card to find Yin Shulan.
Now that Wen Ziying was facing some trouble, Xia Yu would help her in return.
Although he could simply use his abilities and run away without being noticed, he was an upright person.
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