A god-level beauty system? But I'm already a god-level beauty!

The sword of parent-teacher conference hung over every student's head from the moment Miao Yongmei announced it.

Especially in top classes, parents place even greater emphasis on academic performance, and even a slight decline in grades can draw criticism from parents.

Almost everyone was on edge.

Shen Ye didn't seem to feel anything.

He checked his phone's calendar and calculated that the midterm exams were less than a week away.

She glanced again at her desk, where the extracurricular exercise book was spotless, like a brand new book, with not a single crease on the edges.

I have no desire to write anything for the time being.

He casually closed the book, stuffed it into the table, and then turned his head to look at Mu Jingyan next to him.

The girl lowered her head, her gaze fixed on the exam paper.

Slender fingers gripped the black pen, the tip occasionally flashing across the draft paper as it performed calculations.

She frowned slightly, her expression focused, seemingly oblivious to the surrounding noises, with only the soft rustling sound of the pen nib scratching against the paper.

That's really hard work.

Shen Ye put aside his intention to disturb her, thought for a moment, and began to do his homework as well.

"Oh?"

Upon discovering this, Mu Jingyan feigned surprise and covered her mouth.

She noticed Shen Ye looking at her and then secretly began to observe him as well.

"Didn't you always love studying hard at night? How come you're starting to study seriously during the day now?"

"Don't spread rumors. Who went back to study?" Shen Ye rolled his eyes and stopped writing.

Why is it that even though I've tried so hard to play, there are still people trying to smear my reputation?

Shen Ye would never engage in such infighting.

Only Liu Gaoyuan, that sixth brother, usually plays around just like you, but when the results came out, you didn't even score as high as him.

Shen Ye remembers clearly that after the class placement test results came out, when he heard that Liu Gaoyuan had been admitted to Class 1, the boys in the class almost tore him apart.

"Besides, I'm just writing a question and you're making sarcastic remarks about it. That's so unfair! Am I even being deprived of the right to study properly?" Shen Ye questioned indignantly, trying to put Mu Jingyan in her place.

"Hmph." Mu Jingyan snorted coldly, not responding to the topic.

This person is quite adept at labeling people.

He hadn't even said three sentences before he'd been labeled a dozen times.

"I know, I've put too much pressure on you. You can't make up for it by competing at night, so you're cutting back on your leisure time to try and surpass me." Mu Jingyan seemed to be thinking about something else.

The girl looked down at Shen Ye with a proud expression, as if she had guessed the truth.

"However, it remains to be seen how effective this last-minute effort will actually be."

"so......"

The girl finally revealed her true colors.

"I could reluctantly become your study partner. We can encourage each other and discuss any problems we don't understand. What do you think?"

Study buddy?

Looking at the impulsive girl, Shen Ye fell into deep thought.

He doesn't really need these things.

Even without anyone supervising him, his grades are outstanding.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Mu Jingyan said again:

"Look, we're first and second in the grade, respectively. If the first and second place teams up and improve together, then no one else will be able to catch up."

"But..." Shen Ye hesitated and raised his hand.

"speak."

"Even without joining forces, third place is still far behind us." Shen Ye smiled and pointed out the flaw in the other party's statement, "They're the kind of team we couldn't catch up to even if we took a rocket."

"..."

Mu Jingyan was truly speechless.

What she just said was just something she said without much thought in order to achieve her goal.

I thought that Shen Ye was so oblivious that he wouldn't notice anything wrong, but I didn't expect that the other party would actually nitpick over the words.

She told herself to be patient, and then took a deep breath.

"You're right, I didn't think it through. Now, you shouldn't be able to refuse this next reason."

"I've carefully studied our exam papers and found that our strengths largely complement each other. The questions you got wrong, I mostly didn't get wrong, and the questions I got wrong, you rarely got wrong either..."

"Wait a minute," Shen Ye interrupted her.

Under Mu Jingyan's disapproving gaze, he posed a crucial question: "May I ask why you're so insistent on partnering with me?"

Shen Ye stared intently into the girl's eyes, wanting to know the answer.

"..."

This question really stumped Mu Jingyan.

She seemed somewhat flustered when facing Shen Ye's gaze.

How should I put it?

Actually, I don't know why I had to do it this way.

It's just... it's just that I really want to...

But that's impossible.

It's as if I'm interested in her.

"Because..." Mu Jingyan stammered, her voice so low it was almost inaudible.

"Mmm." Shen Ye looked encouraging and leaned closer.

"Because I want to do better on the test."

Mu Jingyan suddenly came up with a solution.

Whatever the reason, just attribute it all to studying.

We can't expect her to prove something on a psychological level.

"..."

Shen Ye was speechless.

What a lame excuse, but I was powerless to refute it.

"Can."

He gazed into Mu Jingyan's eyes and suddenly smiled.

So easy?

Mu Jingyan could hardly believe it.

I thought I'd have to explain myself a lot more.

"Then it's settled."

To prevent Shen Ye from changing his mind, she tore a piece of paper from her notebook, scribbled a few lines, and then handed it to the boy.

"Sign it."

Shen Ye glanced at the contents of the paper:

Mu Jingyan and Shen Ye voluntarily formed a study partnership. From now on, they will supervise each other's studies, discuss difficult problems together, and encourage one another. They will diligently complete their assignments, overcome their laziness, work together to identify and fill in knowledge gaps, strive to improve their grades, and uphold their agreement to progress together.

If either party is lazy, negligent, or violates the agreement, they must sincerely apologize to the other party and say three times: "I am a puppy."

Undertaking party: (Mu Jingyan), ( )

"Wow, you actually made this thing."

Shen Ye smacked his lips.

"We're in the same class, even deskmates, we see each other all the time, is there really any need for this?"

A study partner feels like a contract of servitude.

"No way!" Mu Jingyan crossed her hands in front of her, making an X.

"With your morals, if there were no constraints, you would have forgotten everything by the next day."

"I'm not that untrustworthy."

"We have to sign it anyway."

"All right."

Shen Ye held the ballpoint pen and wrote his name in the blank parentheses with a flourish.

We're just study partners anyway.

Besides, my partner isn't a big, clumsy guy like Liu Gaoyuan, but a beautiful girl like Mu Jingyan. No matter how you look at it, I'm not at a loss.

Shen Ye thought to himself with a smug satisfaction.