Perhaps influenced by these two things, the whole class tacitly stopped talking, and began to write furiously, with either test papers or exercise books piled on their desks.

This is the reaction force of a poor student.

If the top student in the class starts to study hard, most people won't take it seriously and will continue to play, eat, and have fun as usual.

But if the two students with the worst grades in the class also start studying hard, then the situation becomes completely different.

"Holy crap, Qin Zhou and Xiao Nan can actually read?"

"I don't quite understand this scene. It's already quite good if the two of them can just lie quietly on the table and sleep."

"Tsk, I feel like I have to do something too, otherwise I'll seem even more stupid than the two of them."

This is the "comparison effect." It's expected that students who are worse at studying than the good students will do so. But if someone can't keep up with the struggling students, then the whole class will be in chaos.

"Is this the butterfly effect? ​​Why is everyone starting to study?" Wen Mo sighed, resting his cheek on his hand. He casually flipped to Xiao Nan's completed test paper and began to examine it carefully.

Her foundation is probably a little worse than Qin Zhou's, but fortunately, it's not too bad. If she works hard, getting into university should be a piece of cake.

"There is still a lot of room for improvement."

"Is this what they mean by high emotional intelligence? There's a lot of room for improvement. I've learned something." Qin Zhou raised his head.

"You idiot, go do your test." Wen Mo slapped his face in disgust, took out a red pen from his pencil case, and began to correct the test in a serious manner. "It's alright, at least there's still time to make amends."

Wen Mo handed the test paper back to Xiang Xiaonan, pouted, and pointed to some of the questions on it. "If you understand these questions, you can move on to the next unit. Not bad."

"Hey, I knew I could still be saved!"

Xiang Xiaonan took the test paper with a smile. Although there were quite a few red crosses on the page, at least there were many correct answers. She just needed to try her best to pass.

"What about me? What about me?" Qin Zhou asked eagerly.

"You? You can barely be considered a human being, you're about the same as Xiao Nan."

The two people are roughly at the same level, and they have plenty of time to improve together.

The classroom was unusually quiet, seemingly all affected by these two things, with the sound of pens scratching on paper never ceasing.

Only at this time does it feel a little like a graduating class; otherwise, you'd think the college entrance exams were already over.

Wen Mo leaned back in his chair, noticing everyone around him starting to write, making his idleness stand out. To make matters worse, the teacher for the first class wasn't coming anytime soon.

"Why are you just sitting there doing nothing? Why don't you do some more work or something?"

Qin Zhou couldn't help but speak up, placing the corrected paper on his desk for further review.

"Have you ever played any games?" Wen Mo uncapped his pen and carefully examined the test paper.

"Of course I play games."

"Do you know what experience points are?"

Wen Mo looked up and lightly tapped the table with the tip of his pen.

"I know."

"Let me give you an idea. I'm already a max-level player." Wen Mo subtly showed off, impressing everyone without making a sound, but secretly he was overjoyed.

However, he wasn't lying. To reach the level of the top student in the entire school, one couldn't learn to this extent without some real skills. He would study normally, but he just couldn't muster the energy to do so at school.

For players whose experience bar is already maxed out, not regressing is the best form of progress.

"...I feel like you're showing off, but I have no proof." Qin Zhou took back the exam paper and continued writing the next one, still displeased.

“I’m just telling the truth.” Winmer shrugged.

"Haa..."

Sitting on the other side, Xiang Xiaonan stretched. The sleepiness from waking up too early had already invaded her brain, but even so, she still forced her drooping eyelids to work on her pen, and lazily looked up at Wen Mo.

"By the way, you've only asked about the two of us. Which university are you planning to apply to?"

"I?"

Wen Mo was taken aback, then suddenly remembered that he hadn't told Qin Zhou Xiao Nan about his aspirations yet.

"I plan to apply to Linchuan University."

"Huh? It's so close? Why did you choose a local number?"

Xiang Xiaonan immediately perked up, her previously sleepy eyelids blinking, and she curiously moved closer.

“Local universities are pretty good too. They’re close to home, and you don’t have to deal with the problems of adjusting to a university in another city… There are a lot of advantages,” Wen Mo explained.

Qin Zhou cast a strange look at him, a mixture of envy and doubt. "With your grades, you could apply to any university in the country, right? Why do you have to stay in Linchuan?"

“…I’m willing.” Wen Mo said guiltily, his neck stiff. “Why are you two acting like my parents, even asking about my college application?”

“Speaking of parents, I really want to know what your parents have to say.” Xiang Xiaonan also took a break and leaned on the table to listen carefully to the gossip. “Hey, did you tell them? About your decision to stay in Linchuan?”

"This matter isn't related to your cousin, is it?"

Qin Zhou also put down his paper and pen and asked questions with great interest from the other side.

Seemingly a little agitated by the question, Wen Mo clicked his tongue, rested his chin on his hand, and turned to look at the cloudless sky outside the window.

Perhaps feeling there was no need to hide it, he sighed deeply after thinking for a while, scratched the back of his head, and said sadly, "I talked about it last time... they didn't seem to agree."

There are few people I can confide in about this. Complaining to Xia Lian is definitely not an option; she's a sensitive girl and would take all the blame upon herself.

Although the idea of ​​staying in the local area did indeed originate from her, I was even less able to express my true feelings to her.

"Wow, are you really going to go crazy for love? That's cool."

Xiang Xiaonan held her face in her hands, looking surprised. After a long while, she couldn't help but sigh, "I've never seen you like this when I first met you. You're really quite manly now, although the price of this romance seems a bit too high..."

Wenmo was a little irritable, feeling immense pressure.

He had also thought about it; this was a well-considered result. Since he had chosen to stay by Xia Lian's side, it was normal to have to make choices.

But I also wondered if I would be letting my parents down. After all, they raised me with so much care and effort. Would it be too frivolous to just give up a better university so easily?

Is it romantic? It might seem romantic to others.

"You can't bear to part with your cousin?" Qin Zhou asked.

"Of course I'd hate to leave. If I went to another city, it would be a two-year long-distance relationship, which would be torture..." Wen Mo buried his head in his arms and said in a muffled voice, "I'm human too, and I have my own desires."

"Will she be happy if you stay?"

"Of course, she misses me the most."

Xiang Xiaonan looked serious, then suddenly shook her head, "Then if you give up a better school, will she be sad?"

"..."