Even as a "normie," I'm completely oblivious to it.

"That means we were completely unprepared!"

This has truly shocked me for a whole year!

The homeroom teacher announced it three times in class meetings, and I also posted it in the class group chat once, how come I didn't see it?

Yu Zhe wasn't at school for those three class meetings? Oh, never mind then.

"Don't worry, just do your best. Take whatever exam you want. But Xiaomeng, you need to work hard. This is the last exam of the semester. Doing well will be a good start to the last semester."

Hearing this, Xiao Meng bent her arm and gave Yu Zhe a thumbs-up: "No problem! We're fully prepared!"

Alright, alright, with your skinny arms and legs, you'll never have any muscle.

Yu Zhe waved to her and returned to his seat, waiting for the homeroom teacher to come and give him instructions before the exam.

Qin Ruoke had already finished tidying up and was sitting there obediently working through her collection of wrong questions. Yu Zhe had read that collection of wrong questions and organized it very carefully. It could be said that Qin Ruoke was determined to understand every wrong question before she was satisfied.

Therefore, a collection of incorrect answers is quite effective before an exam; it's just that Yu Zhe doesn't quite understand this.

Seeing Yu Zhe come over, Qin Ruoke, who had just been skimming through practice problems, closed her notebook after finishing the current problem.

Then she bent down and rummaged through her desk drawer, and soon she took out a marking pen and handed it to Yuzhe.

"Is this for me?" Yu Zhe took the pen.

"Hmm." Qin Ruoke lowered her head again and opened the notebook of wrong questions. "I can usually lend it to you, but since we're changing exam venues, I just went to the stationery store outside and bought you one."

Thank you very much.

However, Yu Zhe was also a little curious: "By the way, how did you know I wouldn't bring a coloring pen?"

"Because you don't care about these trivial things, otherwise you wouldn't not bring them to the exams."

After saying this, Qin Ruoke paused for a moment, then turned to look at Yu Zhe seriously and said, "Besides, I don't want you to miss the exam because you forgot your answer sheet pen. I want you to take the exam seriously so I can see if the gap between us has narrowed and confirm whether my grades have improved at all these past few weeks."

"Yes, I will take the exam seriously."

Yu Zhe had originally planned to take the exam seriously. But then again, he was quite moved; Qin Ruoke had really changed a lot. In the past, she was very competitive and would definitely have said things like, "I won't lose."

Now, however, he just wants to confirm whether he has made progress; his personality has become much more easygoing.

Only Qin Ruoke herself knew that, besides what she had mentioned, the main reason she bought Yu Zhe the coloring pens was that she wanted to do something for him...

I'm so happy that the coloring pen has been given away!

She turned her head unintentionally and saw Yu Zhe putting the coloring pen into a pencil case.

Huh? A pencil case?!

"Yu Zhe... what's this bag...?"

"Hmm? Oh, you mean this? Zixiao prepared it for me. It's very well-equipped, it has everything. But your face cream..."

I'm not giving the pen back to you, you just gave it to me yourself.

Yu Zhe smiled as he put the coloring pen in, looking very happy.

"No... I won't take it back."

Qin Ruoke buried her face in her notebook of wrong answers, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

Ah... they were already prepared!

As expected of Su Zixiao, she prepared everything in advance. Qin Ruoke felt that she had gone to unnecessary trouble again.

Waaah, Qin Ruoke, failed.

48. The arrogant little lychee?

Before the exam, the homeroom teacher, Fang Lan, came to the class again to give a pep talk.

She stood on the podium, confidently surveyed the students below, and stated her goal concisely and encouragingly.

"Classmates, I won't say much more. I used to be afraid you'd get arrogant, but now you all know what I'm doing. I just want to say, what is our S class's goal? It's to be in the top 50 in the whole school. Out of our 50 students, we must have 50 of them! Are you confident?"

"Have!"

"no problem!"

"Of course!"

It can be said that everyone responded to their call, which is a good sign. Let's not even talk about whether Class S can actually sweep all the top spots, since there are also top students in the lower classes.

But judging from their morale and current state, everyone should be able to perform at their best, or even exceed expectations.

Fang Lan nodded with satisfaction and smiled, "Alright, let's go to the 'battlefield'!"

Upon receiving the instruction, the students left the classroom in twos and threes in an orderly manner, and went to other classrooms to find their seats according to the examination room and examination number that had been arranged in advance.

Yu Zhe lingered a little longer; he needed to look for himself again at the exam room sign posted at the entrance, otherwise he wouldn't know where he was.

Fenghai No.1 High School truly lives up to its reputation as the top-ranked high school in the city; the entire final exam process was conducted in complete imitation of the college entrance examination.

Of course, it's just imitating the process; at least ambulances and fire trucks won't be dispatched from outside, as that would be too costly and unnecessary now.

The whistles, bells, and voice prompts during the exams created an extremely tense atmosphere throughout the school.

Even under such intense pressure, Yu Zhe finished his first subject, Chinese, in about an hour…

Ugh... I can't type this essay. I thought it would take longer to write, but I still wrote it too fast.

Oh no, the next hour and a half is going to be boring again.

Don't ask why I didn't hand in my paper early, because that would have a bad influence.

Look, everyone else is still writing furiously. If you hand in your paper early, even if it doesn't cause any major impact, it will definitely interrupt their train of thought for a short period of time.

Moreover, this isn't an exam with the students from Class S, who might be a bit stronger. Look at these candidates from various classes. Yu Zhe glanced around and saw that they were all struggling quite a bit, having to stop writing and furrow their brows to think every now and then.

So it's best not to bother them.

What happens after that? Well, it's the same old routine: drawing on the exam paper!

...................

Ahem, of course, before handing in his paper, Yu Zhe erased all the drawings on it, otherwise it would have been too embarrassing for the teacher to see them.

He also deliberately handed in his paper a minute early and left the examination room a little earlier.

Before the exam, the other test takers in the exam room were quite curious and seemed particularly eager to talk to him.

Yu Zhe politely declined. Unlike his classmates, some were kind, while others had ulterior motives.

After leaving the house, Yu Zhe checked his phone and saw an unread message from Zi Xiao.

The message was sent before the exam.

"Brother, come to Class 2S after you finish your exams. Little Lychee is making a huge fuss about wanting to see you, and I just can't handle her anymore."

"Ok?"

Everyone else is worrying about exams, but this little lychee is worrying about something else.

Yu Zhe shook his head with a wry smile and started heading towards the senior high school building.

Just as he reached the stairs, the bell rang, signaling the end of the exam, echoing throughout the entire teaching building.

He quickened his pace and walked to the second year of high school. He waited outside the exam room that Zixiao had given him. If he didn't hurry, it would be difficult to get into the second year of high school building. You never know how eager students are to leave the exam room after they have just finished taking the exam.

I waited outside the examination room for a while.

Xiao Lizhi was the first to walk out of the examination room, with Zixiao following closely behind her.

"Ah, Brother Yuzhe, you really came!"

"Didn't you send me?"

Zi Xiaoman sighed helplessly, "Oh, I'm sorry, brother, I really can't control her. She complained to me for half an hour before the exam, and I couldn't even study for a while."

"Complain? What are you complaining about? Well... we'll talk about it later. You two come with me first."

After saying this, Yu Zhe grabbed the two women's wrists and led them down the stairs.

People just came out of the exam room next door. After the exam papers are collected, there will probably be a lot of students leaving the exam room. Let's get out of here before that happens!

Led by Yu Zhe, the three arrived at a pavilion in the school's central garden.

There are usually quite a few people here, but today is exam day. After everyone finished their exams, the boarding students went back to their dorms and the day students went home to prepare for the next subject. So now there are only a few people like Yu Zhe in this pavilion.

I just brought the two of them to stand in this pavilion.

Who knew that Little Lychee would hug Yu Zhe so tightly!

This startled Yu Zhe. "Why are you so brave today?"

"Wait a minute!"

Zixiao reacted quickly, grabbing Xiaolizhi by the back of her collar and pulling her to a spot a meter away from Yuzhe.

"You...you idiot!" Zixiao berated Xiaolizhi, "How dare you! My brother..."

"How dare you hug my brother! You...you!"

To be honest, even Zixiao herself was a little taken aback. Was this little lychee being too presumptuous today?!

But Little Lychee herself was quite aggrieved: "Waaah... Zixiao, please don't scold me. I haven't seen Brother Yuzhe in so long, can't I even say hello...?"

"That's not how you greet people here!"

Zixiao slapped her head. No, that's not enough. Slap her again!

Yu Zhe shrugged helplessly. It's been a long time since we last met. Didn't we just see each other at the hospital the day before yesterday? It's been at most... three days.

He felt it was necessary to ask.

"Stop hitting her, Zixiao."

After saying that, Yu Zhe turned to ask, "Tell me, Little Lychee, what's wrong with you? This isn't like you."

"Waaah... Brother Yuzhe, let me hug you one more time and I'll tell you."

"You dare say that?!"

Zixiao then delivered another chop to the neck.

This time it hurt a little, and Little Lychee begged for mercy: "Don't hit me, don't hit me, Zixiao, if you hit me again you'll go crazy, I'll talk, I'll talk, okay!"

Yu Zhe calmly sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, watching Xiao Lizhi sit down with her head covered. She looked warily at Zi Xiao, who was standing next to her with an angry expression.