Reborn to prepare for the college entrance exam, you're letting me retire and make a comeback?

Candy is sweet after all.

At least for the girl, everything—the sunlight, the time, and the boy in front of her—was like candy, with a sweet taste.

Look at Lu Qian's smiling eyes; Lin Shuyue's eyes sparkled, as if filled with stars.

"This is... for me?"

She happily accepted the milk tea, its cool touch warming her heart.

"Lu Qian, you've been so good to me these past few days, buying me chocolates and milk tea..."

The girl raised her large, watery eyes and asked softly, as if joking, "You wouldn't... like me, would you?"

"?"

Here it comes, the classic girl's direct approach.

"Why did this little girl suddenly ask this question?" A warning bell rang in Lu Qian's mind.

It seems I've been giving Qingmei too much goodwill these past two days; her sweetness level has reached its peak.

Normal boys and girls wouldn't joke about this, but if someone of the opposite sex jokes about it with you, it probably means they've reached the peak of their affection for you.

"Another choice between death and survival..."

This is a difficult question to answer; it's just that it can't be answered directly.

Answering "yes" or "no" directly will fall into the other person's mindset, making you either seem frivolous or timid.

Therefore, the only way to answer is to think outside the box.

Thinking of this, Lu Qian's eyes flickered slightly, a deeper smile appeared on his lips, and he leaned forward a little closer to Lin Shuyue.

So he countered with, "So, do you want me to like it, or do you want me to like it?"

"???"

Upon hearing Lu Qian's words, Lin Shuyue was stunned for a moment, and then felt as if her brain's CPU was about to burn out.

"Do you want me to like it? Or do you want me to like it?"

"Isn't this all about 'liking'?"

"Isn't it all just going around in circles to get the same meaning?"

So, does he like it or not?

The girl felt like she was trapped in a logical paradox, and things were about to go wrong.

She opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but didn't know where to begin.

In the end, she could only glare at Lu Qian with embarrassment and annoyance, muttering under her breath, "You...you're cheating! How can you answer like that!"

Seeing her adorable, helpless expression, Lu Qian couldn't help but chuckle, and felt great.

He habitually reached out and ruffled Lin Shuyue's soft hair.

"oops!"

Lin Shuyue shrank her neck and said reproachfully, "So many people are watching. If you're going to touch me, do it in private. I'm the class monitor, don't I have any dignity?"

The crisp sound carried a hint of protest.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qian was slightly taken aback.

Yes, the girl he subconsciously patted on the head, whom he mistook for a little girl, was no longer the little girl who followed him around.

She was already eighteen years old, the class monitor of her senior year of high school, a graceful young woman with her own ideas.

Having been reborn, he always had a God's-eye view, only wanting to raise this childhood sweetheart as his own daughter, shaping her into the form he wanted, but ignoring the marks of time on her.

Respect is essential.

His gaze softened, and he smiled, "Alright, class monitor, I understand."

The teasing tone was gone, replaced by a more serious one.

Lin Shuyue was a little uncomfortable with his sudden serious reaction, wondering if she had upset him by rejecting him earlier.

So she mumbled shyly, "Actually, it's not that you can't touch me if you want, but... just don't do it too often..."

"Forget it, I don't want to go against a woman's wishes," Lu Qian said with a smile, refusing.

"All right."

Lin Shuyue snorted, turned around with her milk tea in her arms, but for some reason, she felt a little empty inside.

Lu Qian didn't say anything more, but simply opened his backpack and took out several A4 sheets of paper covered with writing.

Then he got up, walked to the classroom door, and called out to the class next door.

"Yufei!"

"Why!"

Soon, Chen Yufei came out.

"Qianzi, what's up?"

"Here you go." Lu Qian handed over the plan. "This is what I prepared last night. It's all here. The specific formula steps, raw material procurement suggestions, and initial promotion strategies are all clearly written out."

"Give this recipe to your dad. From now on, it's up to you two to keep an eye on things. If you encounter any problems, come to me anytime."

Chen Yufei took the heavy stack of papers, quickly glanced at them, and exclaimed with admiration, "Damn, Brother Qian, your efficiency is amazing! Don't worry, I've got it covered."

"Yeah, let's cheer each other on."

With that, Lu Qian turned around and prepared to go back to the classroom.

"Oh right, Qianzi, wait a minute."

At this moment, Chen Yufei seemed to suddenly remember something and abruptly called out to Lu Qian: "After I got drunk last night, did anything happen to my sister? I felt like she was acting a little strange when I woke up this morning."

"?"

Lu Qian's heart skipped a beat, but he remained outwardly calm: "Uh, it doesn't seem so. What's wrong?"

"He seemed a bit distracted, and he even muttered your name a couple of times while we were eating breakfast this morning..." Chen Yufei frowned. "Brother Qian, you didn't do anything to my sister last night, did you?"

His eyes held a hint of suspicion and wariness.

Even though you're my best brother, don't even think about messing with my sister!

I don't want my sister to get married, not even my best brother!

"Seriously, Miss? You're so distracted after that? You're such a noob..."

"Alright, now that your brother is asking me, what should I say?" Lu Qian felt a little embarrassed.

The image of holding a soft, fragrant woman all night flashed through my mind instantly.

What can he say then?

You're saying I slept with your sister all night yesterday?

Can I say that?

Of course not.

This is something you absolutely must never tell anyone!

"Uh... I don't remember anyway."

He put on a calm expression, his acting skills instantly on full display: "I only remember that she was so drunk that she couldn't find her way back to the private room, and then I happened to run into her, so I took her back."

"As for him repeating my name... maybe it's because I was the last person he saw before he regained consciousness, um... don't overthink it, it's just a hangover."

He patted Chen Yufei on the shoulder, his tone confident, "Don't you know what kind of person your buddy is? Hurry up and get on with your work."

"oh……"

Looking into Lu Qian's open and honest eyes, and thinking about Lu Qian's usual character, Chen Yufei's doubts subsided considerably. He nodded and said, "Oh... alright, I'll go now."

After saying that, he grabbed the plan and ran off in a flurry.

Lu Qian watched his retreating figure, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked towards the classroom.

"It seems I should avoid contact with Chen Yufei's sister in the future, lest I arouse suspicion again," he thought to himself.

After returning to his seat, Lu Qian began to look through his textbooks, preparing to review.

The morning's exams are finally over, and now it's time for self-study.

Lu Qian took out his history, politics, and geography textbooks and review materials, and let out a long sigh of relief.

He was very glad that he chose humanities instead of science.

Although some people jokingly say that the peak of employment for liberal arts majors was in the Song Dynasty, for him, a reborn person with far more experience than his peers, the knowledge system of liberal arts is much easier to understand than mathematics, physics and chemistry, which require rigorous logical deduction, and it also has more applications.

He himself was skeptical of the statement "If you master math, physics, and chemistry, you can go anywhere in the world without fear," since he knew nothing about it.

However, in his opinion, the three subjects of history, politics, and geography are not as impractical as others say. At least they did help him a lot in his previous life, so he still plans to study them well in this second life.

"I still have to learn," Lu Qian thought to himself.

However, when he actually started looking through those familiar textbooks, he discovered a strange "generation gap".

When I was in high school, I mostly studied by rote, memorizing knowledge points to pass exams, pursuing "memorization" rather than "understanding".

But now, whenever he sees a historical event, he can't help but think about its underlying economic foundation, social contradictions, and international landscape; when he sees a political concept, he considers its operational logic and possible transformations in reality; when he sees a geographical phenomenon, he connects it to its profound impact on local culture and economy...

This is a kind of deep thinking based on experience and depth of thought, habitually pursuing the whole picture and the internal connections of things.

This stands in stark contrast to the superficial test-taking model commonly used by students around them, which involves "highlighting key points, memorizing, and doing practice questions."

Lu Qian turned the pages of the book, his brows furrowed slightly.

From this perspective, the efficiency seems a bit low?

But then he felt relieved.

His past life's experience of navigating the complexities of society taught him that truly internalized knowledge is far more valuable than what one memorizes at the last minute for an exam.

To truly gain something, you can't just focus on grades.

When he was in school, he always thought that learning knowledge was just to pass exams. It wasn't until he entered society that he realized that what was written in the books was actually glittering gold.

If you're going to learn something new, learn something truly useful.

It's not for the exam, it's for myself.

He gently closed the book, his fingertips tracing the cover, and murmured to himself, "The principles are all in the book, but how to be a person is outside of it."

"It's not enough to just know what it is; we should also know why it is so."

The sound wasn't loud, but it drifted into the ears of Zhang Liu, who was half asleep next to him.

Zhang Liu slowly turned his head, looking at Lu Qian with sleepy eyes.

Although his mind was still a complete mess, his words were like a pebble thrown into the water, creating a slight ripple.

"The principles are all in the books, but how to be a good person is outside the books..."

Zhang Liu subconsciously repeated the sentence, his eyes somewhat blank: "That sentence... seems to make some sense?"

He looked at Lu Qian's profile as he focused on reading, his expression calm and profound, as if he were not reciting a text, but conversing with the sages in the book.

Then I looked at the textbooks on my desk that I'd hardly ever touched.

"How about... I read a book too?"

Zhang Liu hesitated, then, as if possessed, picked up a history book and opened it to the first page.

However, what comes into view is a dense array of years, events, and significance...

Like a book written in the heavens.

"Uh..." Zhang Liu tried to open his eyes wide and read a few lines, but his eyelids felt heavier and his head felt heavier.

Three seconds later.

"Huff... huff..."

A soft snore started again, the textbook pressed under his face, becoming the most comfortable pillow.

Real hypnosis.

"..."

Lu Qian glanced at it, shook his head helplessly, but a smile played on his lips.

If you can get your deskmate to even "take a second look," that's already a huge improvement.

After focusing on this for a while, he realized that his deep understanding of the textbook's knowledge points might be more helpful in solving problems in the future.

Therefore, he plans to continue using this learning method to catch up with his grades.

"The college entrance exam is like a thousand soldiers crossing a single-plank bridge; maybe if you try it in a different way, you'll succeed?"

Just as he was preparing to immerse himself further in the ocean of knowledge...

【Ding! 】

Your charm has recently increased significantly, likely due to frequent interactions with several outstanding younger women. As a mature and composed elder, you should reciprocate, strengthen relationships, and set a good example.

[Sing a song for all the undeniably beautiful girls in the school within 24 hours, and you'll receive a pension of 10,000 yuan.]