Dedicated to studying, yet forced into a chaotic situation.

Chapter 175 Studying X to Death - Aren't You Going Out to Play?

There was another exam the following morning.

Spurred on by Xu Chaomu's sudden rise to first place, the top students in the competition circle stayed up all night studying, just to prove that the sudden rise to first place was just luck, and that they, the competition students, were the ones with real strength.

Then, I was proven wrong again.

"Holy crap, Xu Chaomu got a perfect score again! Is he even human?!"

"Is he bugged? I couldn't even understand the last question, how did he write it?"

Has anyone seen Xu Chaomu? I'd like to see his exam paper.

"I've seen him, but—I didn't dare to go up and talk to him."

"..."

My gaze shifted slightly downwards, and soon I saw another familiar name.

"This Shi Sui is amazing. Yesterday I thought it was lucky that she ranked 20th, but today her ranking dropped to 9th."

"It seems to be the same school as the top one, I think it's called Xinghua?"

"How come I've never heard of Xinghua before? Is Xinghua Competition really that good?"

"Xinghua is a school for all the rich; there are no competition classes."

"..."

The conversation suddenly turned to Xinghua, and someone in the crowd muttered, "Xinghua even shoved a rich girl in, so there's absolutely no fairness in the winter camp."

The next second, the crowd erupted in exclamations: "Holy crap, it's Shangguan Ying, who's ranked nineteenth! Am I seeing things? Isn't that the young lady who got 0 points yesterday?"

“Yesterday afternoon, I was in the same class as her. She solved the last problem that Professor Zhang set.”

"That's amazing!? Nobody in my class could solve this problem."

"The young lady getting a zero on the test is just for fun; she has plenty of ability."

"..."

Before long, Shangguan Ying's title had changed from '0-point young lady' to '0-point young lady who's just playing around with her skills'.

*

After two days of exams, the third day consisted of expert lectures and reports.

Shi Sui initially listened attentively, admiring the demeanor of the academic giants, but lost all interest after the lecture content changed from "Deciphering Low Differential Manifolds, Knots, and Riemann Curves" to "My Mathematician Father".

I checked my phone and started replying to messages.

Song Xinying: [Sui Sui, let's go to Cat Island together after your winter camp ends!]

Cat Island, officially known as the Urban Stray Cat Management Demonstration Base, is an artificial island where most of the cats are strays. You can feed them or adopt them.

Shi Sui: [Okay, but should we go to Happy Valley or Cat Island first?]

Next is information about Chi Yan.

Chi Yan: [Did you enjoy breakfast?]

These past two days, Chi Yan has been arranging for people to bring her things: scarves and blankets so she might catch a cold, desserts and late-night snacks so she might not have enough to eat, and competition books so she might not do well in her studies.

Early in the morning, they brought Cantonese dim sum directly to the hotel.

The scene was quite grand, and when the students at the hotel met her, they all looked at her with a mixture of surprise and envy.

Shi Sui: [It suits my taste, but really, there's no need to go to all that trouble. The university town isn't some backwater village; there are breakfast shops.]

Chi Yan: [I'll come find you tomorrow afternoon when you're free.]

Shi Sui checked the winter camp WeChat group notification. There would be another exam tomorrow morning, but the free exchange in the afternoon was canceled and replaced with free activities, allowing students to go out and relax.

What's so fun about it?

Study like crazy!!

Shi Sui: [No need, I have to study tomorrow afternoon too.]

Chi Yan was taken aback by the coldness. He realized that his status was not as high as that of a student. After feeling disappointed for a minute, he went to find Shangguan Ying.

Chi Yan: [Shangguan Ying, when Shi Sui was studying, did she study alone or with Xu Chaomu?]

Shangguan Ying looked up from her novel and glanced at her phone.

After watching the climax, she slowly replied: [Are you afraid your wife is cheating on you?]

Chi Yan: [...] Damn, it really is true.

Shangguan Ying: [Chi Yan, do you know why Shi Sui likes Xu Chaomu more?]

Chi Yan: [Shi Sui likes me, don't talk nonsense.]

Shangguan Ying thought of the resort project, so she rephrased it: "[Oh, so do you know why Xu Chaomu wins Shi Sui's heart?]"

Chi Yan: [He's just a bookworm.]

So what if he's good at studying?! If he hadn't filled in the answer sheet wrong on his final math test, he could have gotten a perfect score!

Shangguan Ying: [No, that's not it.]

Shangguan Ying: [Because he wouldn't meddle in such matters (smiles).]

After finishing her chat, Shangguan Ying moved closer to Shi Sui and whispered, "Shi Sui, shall we go out and play tomorrow afternoon?"

*

No one can resist a beautiful woman's invitation, so Shi Sui and Shangguan Ying made plans to have dinner and go shopping at the university town.

There was another exam this morning. After the exam ended, I just went downstairs.

I ran into a few students who were discussing a problem.

"Have you finished the last question?"

"I do have an idea, but there's simply not enough time."

"If you can't write, you can't write. Don't try to come up with some ideas."

"You're in the same exam room as the top student. Can you see his paper? Has he finished writing it?"

Since the two exams, Xu Chaomu has lost his name, and everyone calls him 'number one' behind his back.

"Damn, it's infuriating to compare yourself to others. Not only did he finish writing, but he also wanted to hand in his paper half an hour early, but the proctor wouldn't allow it and let him check his paper."

"Damn, he's inhuman. I feel like he's going to be number one again this time."

"Oh right, I just saw him downstairs. Why don't we go find him and ask him? I don't know how to prove that I really can't eat the last question. I can't find the answer online."

"No, he ignores everyone except his girlfriend."

……

Shi Sui went down the stairs and immediately saw the aloof and indifferent boy under the tree.

Because of his good looks and being ranked number one, many people around him were secretly watching him, but because his aura was too aloof, no one approached him.

"Shi Sui." Xu Chaomu walked over in a few steps. "You have free time this afternoon. Do you have time to go to the movies with me?"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Ying tightened her grip on Shi Sui's hand and raised a cold gaze: "First come, first served."

She didn't like Xu Chaomu very much, feeling that he had a faint sense of death about him, was not sunny, and was a bit gloomy.