This humble Taoist priest wants to take the college entrance exam.

Chapter 194 The Monthly Exam Ends

Lin Mengqiu also felt something was off.

The stinky Taoist priest was sitting in her chair, but using that annoying cicada's table. What kind of table is this, pieced together like that?!

However, the food that Chen Shi'an brought back was delicious. The class monitor, who had been hungry, ate his fill, and his mood improved considerably after not doing well on the Chinese test that morning.

"Did the class monitor not do well on the Chinese test?"

"……Um."

Lin Mengqiu sat in her seat eating, her head slightly lowered. The desks that had been separated during the exams had been moved back by Chen Shi'an and placed next to hers.

"How did you do on the test?"

"generally."

"The math exam this afternoon might be difficult too."

"How did the class monitor find out?"

"Feel."

Is it better to make it difficult or easy?

"Difficult parts can make up for a lower score."

"So, the class monitor wants the test to be a bit harder?"

"...It's better if it's a little more difficult."

After finishing her meal, Lin Mengqiu grabbed a tissue, wiped her mouth politely, and then tidied up the lunchbox and the table.

As it was her strongest subject, Lin Mengqiu naturally hoped the test would be more difficult, as a more difficult test would allow her to widen the score gap with others.

But it can't be too difficult either. It's a failure to set questions that are too difficult for everyone or too easy for everyone to do. How to conduct an exam is a science, and how to set questions is also a science.

Thinking back to the last weekly test, the questions were actually of medium difficulty, but Chen Shi'an still got a perfect score, just like her.

The girl had to admit that the guy who didn't even know what x and y represented two months ago was now a formidable opponent in mathematics.

She suddenly spoke:

"If you can beat me in math this time, I'll grant you a request."

"...Did the class monitor make another bet with me?"

Chen Shi'an was convinced. What kind of spirit could sustain a girl who always lost at gambling to keep betting with him?

"What do you mean by 'again'?"

Lin Mengqiu's pretty face flushed slightly. "Even if you lose this time, I won't ask you to do anything."

"Oh, then this isn't a bet, it should be called a reward."

"Ah."

"If I beat the class monitor in the test, what reward will you give me?"

I'll grant you a request.

"what's up?"

"...Anything is acceptable except for lewd things."

"But I don't seem to have anything for the class monitor to do."

"I can help you with your laundry."

"Um, that's not necessary."

"...Have you ever been to a haunted house?"

The girl abruptly changed the subject and asked a question.

Chen Shi'an was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I've been there. What happened?"

Lin Mengqiu was somewhat surprised to hear Chen Shi'an say that he had been there.

"...You've been there? When did you go?"

“Back when I was performing rituals with my master.”

"?"

Lin Mengqiu was even more confused: "Haunted houses also hire you to perform rituals?"

"Yes, occasionally we encounter some wandering spirits who are unwilling to pass away and disturb people. We always have to deal with them at the request of the people involved."

"???"

The girl finally understood what kind of haunted house the stinky Taoist priest was talking about.

Although she didn't believe such a thing existed, she still felt a chill run down her spine when Chen Shi'an talked about it so seriously.

"...I'm talking about those haunted houses where tourists buy tickets to go in and there are staff members dressed as ghosts to scare people."

"Oh!"

Chen Shi'an finally caught up with her and shook his head, saying, "Never been. What's a haunted house for? Is it just a place where you pay someone to scare you?"

"It can build courage."

"hehe."

Chen Shi'an couldn't help but laugh, "Has the class monitor been there?"

"No."

Lin Mengqiu then revealed her thoughts: "If you can beat me in the exam, I... I'll go to the haunted house with you."

"Is the squad leader very brave?"

"...very big."

"How big is it?"

"...very big."

"After the class monitor lost to me in the test, he wanted to take me to a haunted house to scare me so he could get revenge?"

"……I don't."

"You have."

"I don't!"

"Ok."

Chen Shi'an then asked her, "So how do you determine if you beat the class monitor in the exam? What if we both get the same perfect score?"

"Then you win."

"You're trying to scare me."

"I don't!"

Lin Mengqiu stared at him with a flushed face, as if she couldn't bear to let her desire to reward him be tainted.

"Well, it's not fair for the class monitor to just give me the reward. Let's make a bet. If I lose, I'll grant you a wish."

"can."

Lin Mengqiu said, "If you win, I'll go to the haunted house with you; if you lose, you'll go to the haunted house with me."

Chen Shi'an: "?" "Is there a difference?"

"Have."

"Ok."

"~~~"

Seeing that Chen Shi'an agreed, Lin Mengqiu happily swung her legs.

You stinky Taoist priest, I'll scare you to death!

Lin Mengqiu was getting excited just imagining how the usually calm and collected Chen Shi'an would be so scared that he would run into her arms to hide. She was determined to scare him so much that he would break down.

Because the exam ended at 11:30, the lunch break was half an hour longer than usual.

Chen Shi'an had a math exam in the afternoon, so he didn't study. Since he had plenty of time, he planned to take a nap.

Unlike Lin Mengqiu, who brought a small pillow, Chen Shi'an, like most of his classmates, leaned down and rested his head on his arm.

Lin Mengqiu, who was still reading, paused for a moment, then turned to look at him.

Are you asleep?

"Hmm, the sun is shining brightly, I'll take a nap."

Chen Shi'an tilted his head toward her, looking at her with half-closed eyes as he spoke, a natural smile playing on his lips.

"Isn't the class monitor going to sleep?"

"...Study a little longer."

Where is your little pillow?

"...I put it in my bag."

"Okay, I'm going to sleep now."

After Chen Shi'an finished speaking, he closed his eyes, and within a few seconds, his breathing became even and long.

Lin Mengqiu glanced at him secretly.

It's unclear whether Chen Shi'an was truly asleep or just pretending.

After watching for a while, she quickly looked away.

A few minutes later, Lin Mengqiu gently turned her head and looked at him again.

It seems that Chen Shi'an is really asleep.

He was sleeping very peacefully and soundly. I don't know what kind of sleepiness he has, but he was able to fall asleep so quickly.

Seeing that Chen Shi'an had fallen asleep, the girl became bolder. She looked around and, seeing that the other students studying were not looking in her direction, she became even bolder.

He propped up his other arm in a pretentious manner, rested his head on it, and held a book in one hand, seemingly reading with his head turned to the side, but actually looking at Chen Shi'an.

I had never stared at his face so openly before.

Although the Taoist priest can be quite annoying at times, it has to be said that he is really good-looking. He's the kind of person you can never get tired of looking at, and the more you look at him, the more handsome he becomes.

Look at his eyes, look at his eyebrows, look at the bridge of his nose, look at his lips.

Sometimes, after looking at her for a while, Lin Mengqiu would feel her pretty face getting hot and her heart inexplicably racing.

She looked away, picked up the water glass on the table very quietly, took two sips of water, and then put it back on the table very quietly.

Seeing that Chen Shi'an hadn't been woken up, Lin Mengqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

As drowsiness crept over her, she took out her small pillow and gently rested her head on the table.

She was originally facing the window with her face turned to the side, but after a while, she turned to face Chen Shi'an.

She just lay there on the pillow, watching him.

Until even her delicate eyelids grew heavy, and she gently closed her eyes...

……

The math exam this afternoon was indeed more difficult than the last monthly exam.

For most students, "very difficult" might be a more appropriate word to describe it.

However difficult, these questions are simply variations based on the knowledge points we have already learned.

Chen Shi'an's current math learning progress has already surpassed the class's learning progress. In another week, he will be able to finish learning all the math in high school.

He has always been learning by doing practice problems, using textbook content as input and practice problems as output.

Now that he has mastered the knowledge points and practiced various question types, coupled with his natural mathematical talent, Chen Shi'an can now easily tackle a math test like this.

Math is different from language arts; right is right and wrong is wrong, so estimating the score is much easier.

Chen Shi'an put down his pen, drank his tea, and checked the exam paper.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should get full marks.

Within the range of what he could easily handle, Chen Shi'an had little objective impression of the difficulty of the exam. It wasn't until the exam bell rang and a chorus of groans erupted that he realized the math exam had actually been quite difficult...

"Master Dao, how did your exam go?"

"...It's harder than last time."

"Right? I knew it!"

……

This has always been a tradition at Yunqi No.1 Middle School. There are four major exams each semester, with the midterm and final exams being deliberately made more difficult to remind students and parents to pay attention.

The midterm exams proceeded very smoothly despite the otherwise unfavorable circumstances.

The exams lasted for two consecutive days. The first day consisted of Chinese and Mathematics exams, while the second day consisted of Science and English exams.

The difficulty of the science exam was significantly higher than the last monthly exam. In addition, due to the large number of questions, Chen Shi'an didn't know what was going on in the experimental building exam room. Anyway, in the teaching building exam room, when the bell rang, many candidates still hadn't finished the questions.

Chen Shi'an had naturally finished everything.

Over the past month, his progress in science subjects has caught up with the class schedule, but he hasn't done as many practice problems as he has in math, and many of the problem types are new to him.

However, it's just a matter of some variations.

After the exam, Chen Shi'an made a simple estimate of his combined science score, and thought he could get at least 280 points.

There is still room for improvement.

After all, just like math, there's a chance to get a perfect score in the combined science exam.

Fortunately, the school didn't go all out. The last subject, English, was about the same level of difficulty as the last monthly exam, or even a little easier. This was a blessing for the hardworking students.

After all, when it comes to learning English, even if you don't have a natural talent, you can make up for it through hard work. If you still can't improve your score, you really should reflect on yourself.

Needless to say, Chen Shi'an's English is probably the same as last time, stagnant.

In this way, the monthly exam can be considered over.

Chen Shi'an quickly estimated his scores: at least 140 for Chinese, 150 for Math, at least 280 for Science, and 148 for English.

Therefore, the total score this time is at least 718 points.

Ah.

Hopefully, our class monitor can handle this blow that comes from the exam hall in the teaching building.

(End of this chapter)