The next day, Luo Chuan got up early and began practicing Wuji Stance and Ba Ji Quan according to his usual routine. After completing the set, he felt refreshed and energetic.
After a simple wash, he went to school with Tu Jun and the others. On the way, he bought some steamed buns as a quick breakfast.
Today’s exams were conducted by class, so there was no need to adjust seating arrangements. They only needed to carry their books out and move their seats apart.
Soon, it was time for the exam. The homeroom teacher walked in holding the sealed exam papers. She looked around the classroom to make sure everyone was present before starting to distribute the papers.
The moment the bell rang, the originally quiet classroom was filled with the sound of pens scratching on paper. Except for a few people who kept looking around, hesitant to start.
“I’m talking to you, Tu Jun, start writing!”, Liu, the homeroom teacher, glared at Tu Jun with a sharp gaze like a hawk’s.
“Don’t take the test then get out.”
Tu Jun quickly lowered his head and pretended to write.
Although he called the teacher “Old Witch” under his breath, he still dared not confront her directly. Otherwise, her butcher knife would fall upon him.
Seeing that the “Old Witch” had turned away, Tu Jun began to doodle on the paper and look around carelessly.
Suddenly, he saw Luo Chuan writing furiously like everyone else, his speed was fast, and he looked very serious.
Tu Jun knew that Luo Chuan had been studying by himself during the winter break, but he didn’t think Luo Chuan could have achieved anything, he just thought he was pretending.
But seeing this, Tu Jun couldn’t help but feel a nagging feeling in his heart: Could Chuan have betrayed our revolutionary friendship?
We agreed to be slackers together, and you’re secretly becoming a scholar?
No, I have to interrogate Chuan properly after the exam.
The first exam in the morning was Chinese, lasting two and a half hours. Luo Chuan finished the entire paper in just one hour, with most of that time spent on the essay.
After finishing the paper, Luo Chuan checked it and found no errors, then he got up and turned it in.
“Teacher, I’m handing in my paper.”
As soon as he spoke, the whole classroom seemed to quiet down, and all the other students turned to look at him, some with surprise, others with disdain.
Liu, the teacher, immediately recognized it was Luo Chuan. As his homeroom teacher, she knew exactly what Luo Chuan’s grades were like. He actually dared to hand in his paper early?
She was about to scold him, but she caught a glimpse of Luo Chuan’s paper, filled with writing.
But what was the point of writing a full paper, the score on the test was the only standard.
She then quickly glanced at the paper, the first question was correct, the second question was correct, the third question…
She quickly scanned through the paper and suddenly realized that the accuracy rate was surprisingly high, at least she hadn’t found any obvious mistakes yet, and even the essay at the back was filled with writing. She looked at Luo Chuan in surprise and said,
“Go ahead.”
Luo Chuan nodded and walked out of the classroom.
The other students were also shocked, they knew their homeroom teacher’s personality, she judged people solely by their grades.
Did Luo Chuan actually finish it?
After Luo Chuan left, Tu Jun also wanted to hand in his paper early, but he was almost sprayed with the teacher’s saliva and had to return to his seat in disgrace, once again providing ample material for class gossip.
Meanwhile, Luo Chuan went straight to the school cafeteria after leaving the classroom and ordered a large bowl of noodles, devouring it in a hurry.
His current physical condition required a lot of energy every day, and the few steamed buns from earlier were only enough to fill his stomach. The reason why he handed in his paper early was because he wanted to eat earlier.
After a large bowl of noodles and a few steamed buns, Luo Chuan finally felt full and dragged himself back to the school.
When he returned, the exam had just finished.
The originally quiet school was now filled with noise, students flooding out of the teaching buildings towards the cafeteria.
Soon, Tu Jun, Zhu Wei Jiao and the others found Luo Chuan.
As soon as they met, Tu Jun grabbed Luo Chuan’s collar and began to interrogate him:
“Chuan, come clean, how did you get the Old Witch to let you out, why can’t I do it?”
Luo Chuan was taken aback, and said with a smile,
“I finished the paper and handed it in.”
Tu Jun was stunned, looking at Luo Chuan suspiciously,
“Are you serious?”
“Of course, I didn’t waste my holiday.”
“Chuan, I thought you were only good at fighting, but I didn’t expect you to be good at studying too, you’re really... what’s that saying again?”
Tu Jun awkwardly looked at Luo Shen Xi.
“It’s called ‘A changed appearance after three days’ absence’”, Luo Shen Xi rolled her eyes and added.
“Right right,” Tu Jun realized.
“Now you’re a scholar-warrior, and with your looks, which are only slightly worse than mine, you’re basically the school’s heartthrob.”
“No no no, absolutely not.”
Luo Chuan quickly declined, he wasn’t that narcissistic, nor that thick-skinned, to give himself the title of heartthrob.
“Alright,” Tu Jun sighed in disappointment.
Luo Chuan was afraid Tu Jun would say something shocking, so he quickly said:
“Go eat, I’m going to the bathroom.”
He then turned and walked into the teaching building without looking back.
Looking at Luo Chuan’s back, Tu Jun muttered,
“Chuan really is different now.”
Luo Shen Xi and Ding Rong Liang didn’t feel much, but Zhu Wei Jiao seemed a little uncertain, she had not said a word since leaving the classroom.
Because she felt like she was getting further and further away from Luo Chuan, he was moving too fast, she could only see his back.
In the afternoon, Luo Chuan finished the mathematics exam in a very short time, with his Level 2 mental calculation, he could directly get the answer to many problems, so his speed was naturally fast and the accuracy rate was extremely high.
The same went for English and integrated science, this phenomenon made all the teachers deeply incredulous.
Luo Chuan’s previous grades were basically at the bottom of the class. Just after a winter break, the person changed, the grades improved, and it wasn’t because of cheating.
All the teachers were surprised and delighted at the same time, publicly, no teacher didn’t want their students to do well in their studies; privately, if Luo Chuan could keep this up, with a little luck, he could win a few awards, and the school would naturally not treat them badly.
This wasn’t a drag on the team, this was clearly a rising money god.
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