Chapter 32

"I'm very happy." Tao Xi replied to Lin Qinhe with a smile.

Very very happy.

But he was a high school student after all, and the happy result was that he did his homework until 2:30 when he got home that night.

Fortunately, Lin Qinhe took a photo of the answer and sent it to him while he was working on it, otherwise he would not have finished it until the morning.

At 2:35, Tao Xi finally finished copying the last question in the last photo sent by Lin Qinhe. He yawned, typed "good night" in the WeChat dialog box with the note "moon", and sent it.

Feeling extremely sleepy, he turned off his cell phone, placed the pink teddy bear he had caught that night next to his pillow, and soon fell into a deep sleep, accompanied by the gentle moonlight in his dreams.

After waking up the next morning, he looked at his phone and found that at 2:37, Lin Qinhe replied "Good night".

He thought Lin Qinhe went to bed after handing out the homework, but he didn't expect him to stay up so late.

Tao Xi grabbed a handful of hair, regretting why she fell asleep so quickly.

He thought about it and replied "Good morning" in the dim dawn of a new day.

This time Lin Qinhe did not reply.

Those ambiguous thoughts that were dazzled by the moonlight were kept secret in the bottom of his heart. Before Tao Xi had time to waver and test more, he was almost driven crazy by the upcoming midterm exam.

In other words, Lin Qinhe was almost driving him crazy.

"Are you sure I want to finish these papers?" Before evening self-study, Tao Xi counted the papers in front of him, there were twenty!

He lay on the desk, resting his head on his arm, raised his eyelashes and looked up at Lin Qinhe, trying to plead: "I can't finish my homework every day, and I often write until one or two o'clock. I really don't have time to do these papers."

Lin Qinhe said ruthlessly: "You don't have to do your homework, but you have to do these papers."

I wonder what the teachers of various subjects think when they hear such remarks that take over other's responsibilities.

Tao Xi was desperate anyway.

"What about my homework?"

"Keep copying me."

"All right."

Tao Xi put aside his homework and began to concentrate on the test paper Lin Qinhe gave him.

As he was doing the questions, he gradually realized that the questions on the papers seemed to be his weakest knowledge points and the ones he often got wrong. He turned around and looked at Lin Qinhe next to him, holding the pen.

He didn't notice that he rarely glanced at Lin Qinhe out of the corner of his eye like he used to.

It seems like I have the confidence to face it calmly.

Lin Qinhe was also holding a pen and writing something. Noticing his gaze, he turned his head and asked him, "Can't you do it?"

Tao Xi shook his head and continued to work on the test paper.

In the two weeks before the midterm exam, Tao Xi was buried in papers every day without a break. After he finished the papers, Lin Qinhe would collect them, and the next day, the papers that had been marked with red pen would appear on his desk.

Lin Qinhe even sternly refused to accept the comic series.

"The top priority now is the midterm exam." Lin Qinhe's tone was unquestionable and as serious as a dean of studies.

Good student Tao Xi had to obey.

The whole school was filled with a tense atmosphere as the big exam was approaching. It was no surprise that the strongest class was ranked first. After all, the ranking of this exam would directly determine everyone's class for the next two months.

Tao Xi was nervous for two weeks, but two days before the exam she was no longer nervous.

He has always had a stable mentality, and the bigger the exam, the better his performance. Otherwise, he would not have come to Wenhua No. 1 Middle School with the first place in Qingshui County.

Not to mention a perverted academic master like Lin Qinhe, who probably has never known how to write the word "nervous".

But Bi Chengfei was the kind of person who would cram for exams right before they came and worship all kinds of gods and Buddhas and engage in feudal superstition.

"Brother Xi, remember to eat two eggs and a fried dough stick tomorrow morning! It means full marks in every subject!" Bi Chengfei turned around and said mysteriously.

Tao Xi was doing the test paper without looking up: "The full score for Chinese, math and English is 150. If you want to get 100, go and take the test. Thank you."

"That's right." Bi Chengfei thought about it and said excitedly, "Then let's spin the koi. This is very effective. I have been spinning it for two weeks in a row, once every morning and evening. I will also post a koi picture on WeChat Moments tonight. Remember to like it!"

Bi Chengfei has no ambition at all, and being the last in the class is already his greatest honor.

Tao Xi was never superstitious and agreed to Bi Chengfei perfunctorily, just wanting him to shut up and stop disturbing her while she was reviewing.

Bi Chengfei was about to continue sharing his little superstitious knowledge before the exam with Tao Xi, but Lin Qinhe, who was writing, looked up and glanced at him. Bi Chengfei felt a chill in his heart and quickly turned away.

Bi Chengfei looked at the mountain of review materials in front of him, clasped his hands together and tried to pick up something from the mountain, then carefully patted it against his head.

My deskmate Hu Tong rolled his eyes.

The teacher will not give lectures during the evening study session the day before the exam, allowing all students to review freely.

In the evening, Tao Xi finished his dinner as quickly as possible and rushed to the classroom in the twilight to continue reviewing. He found that Lin Qinhe was actually sitting in his seat, with his head down and holding a pen, writing something in a notebook.

Tao Xi saw that Lin Qinhe had been writing this book for several days. He was very curious but did not ask.

He walked lightly back to his seat, took out the test paper he had done before and reviewed the wrong questions. There was no point in doing the questions at this time.

After looking carefully for a while, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him and placed a notebook on his desk.

It is a black-covered notebook that Lin Qinhe has been writing in these days.

"Review the contents above carefully tonight." Lin Qinhe withdrew his hand and closed the pen cap, his tone as indifferent and firm as ever.

Tao Xi stared blankly at the notebook in front of him. He reached out and turned the pages one by one. On it were review points for each subject written in pen. Each point corresponded to the wrong questions that appeared in the papers he had done during this period. Below were detailed annotations of the possible examination directions and question types that might appear in the exam.

It is so detailed that it seems like a teaching material tailor-made for him.

The ink marks are so fresh that they seem to reveal the moisture of autumn rain.

Time went backwards and he suddenly recalled the second day of school.

At that time, he tried his best to act pitifully and beg Lin Qinhe.

"Can I borrow your notebook to copy this?"

"cannot."

Then, Lin Qinhe handed the black notebook to Yang Duole, the person who occupied everything of his.

All the emotions surged and turned into uneasy feelings in an instant.

Just like a bitter wine that was brewed wrongly at the beginning, only sourness remains in the end.

Now he looked at the notebook Lin Qinhe gave him, and his heart felt like it had been soaked in bitter wine for a whole night and suddenly fell into a pool of sugar water.

But it still feels sour, my heart feels sour, my nose feels sour, my eyes feel sour, and my whole chest feels sour.

The grievances that had nowhere to be released at the time suddenly and uncontrollably surged out from the bottom of my heart two months later.

Tao Xi tried to blink his eyes to dispel the mist in front of his eyes, and was about to say thank you to Lin Qinhe, but suddenly he heard Lin Qinhe ask him:

"Can I stay in Class 1?"

Her voice was careful and gentle, as if she was afraid to make him nervous.

All the efforts were almost in vain. Tao Xi used all his strength to suppress the bitterness in his eyes. He raised his chin slightly, smiled at Lin Qinhe and said firmly:

"Of course."

His tone was proud and confident, the high spirits of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old.

Lin Qinhe's eyebrows relaxed a little, as if he was relieved. He stood up from his seat and said, "I'm going to eat."

Then he turned and left the classroom.

Tao Xi watched Lin Qinhe's back disappear at the door, then lowered his head and continued to look at the notebook in front of him, reading Lin Qinhe's sparse handwriting on it.

The last class of evening self-study was used to set up the examination room. All the seats that were close together were moved apart, and all the books and materials were placed at the back of the classroom.

During the break, Bi Chengfei took advantage of Lin Qinhe's absence from the classroom and secretly stretched out his claws to touch Lin Qinhe's desk. As if it was not enough, he touched it twice more.

Tao Xi was still reading her notebook. She noticed Bi Chengfei's sneaky movements and asked, "You are really getting bolder. Why are you touching his desk?"

Bi Chengfei looked at the back door, covered his mouth and whispered: "The God of Learning's desk must have been blessed, I'll just take advantage of it to get better luck on the exam!"

Li Xiaoyuan, who was distributing test number slips, also sneaked over, stretched out his hand and quickly touched Lin Qinhe's desk. After this touch, several other students nearby also came over and touched it a few times.

"..." Tao Xi was speechless.

How come these superstitions among elementary school students are so prevalent in the best class in Wenhua No. 1 Middle School?

After the people who came to take advantage of Lin Qinhe's luck left, Tao Xi looked at his notebook for a while, thought about it, and couldn't help but reach out and touch Lin Qinhe's desk.

It’s better to believe it exists than to touch it, he said to himself.

Because the seats had been moved half a meter apart, he was too lazy to get up and just sat on the chair, with one leg lifted up, his waist bent, and he leaned to the right, stretching out his arm to touch the corner of Lin Qinhe's table.

As a result, he was caught by Lin Qinhe who came in from the back door.

“…”

Tao Xi's hands were still on the corner of the table, his waist still slumped. His face flushed, and he quickly withdrew his hands and sat up straight. He was so flustered that the legs of the chair shook and he almost fell off.

Lin Qinhe walked over, stood instead of sitting, and looked at him with his eyes lowered. The meaning of his eyes was very clear.

What the hell is going on?

Bi Chengfei was afraid that he would be exposed. Knowing that Lin Qinhe hated others touching his things, he frequently winked at Tao Xi.

Tao Xi took the initiative to confess himself and smiled awkwardly at Lin Qinhe: "I'll just take advantage of your exam luck."

Lin Qinhe said nothing. He sat down calmly and began to read.

Tao Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Remind yourself that feudal superstition is unacceptable!

The last evening self-study class passed quickly, and the atmosphere in the whole class was a little restless in the second half of the class. Some people began to give up on themselves, some became blindly confident, and some began to use the quantum wave reading method, turning the pages of the book faster than a fan.

Tao Xi is the type who is as steady as an old dog. After he memorized the notes given by Lin Qinhe twice in full, it was just time for the get out of class to end.

As soon as the bell rang, students who couldn't wait any longer rushed out of the classroom with their backpacks on their backs, and Bi Chengfei was always the first one.

Tao Xi carefully put the notebook into his schoolbag, intending to check it out after returning to the dormitory. He put on his schoolbag and hurriedly said to Lin Qinhe, who was already carrying his schoolbag and about to leave, "Wait!"

Lin Qinhe stopped, looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tao Xi curved his eyes, smiled at Lin Qinhe, and said solemnly and seriously:

"Lin Qinhe, good luck on the exam!"

Although Lin Qinhe's oil level exceeded the standard.

Lin Qinhe looked down at him, the corners of his lips slightly raised, raised his hand and gently rubbed his hair, and said to him:

"Good luck on the exam."

Then he turned and left the classroom.

Tao Xi stood there in a daze, his ears turning red uncontrollably.

He thought that there might be something wrong with his heart.

He seemed unsteady.

Tao Xi returned to the dormitory in a distracted state and forced himself to continue looking at the notebook. After a while, he was still restless, so he simply gave up and took out his mobile phone to check his WeChat Moments.

He still remembered that he had liked the koi picture for Bi Chengfei, but ended up seeing Lin Qinhe’s new circle of friends first.

There was only one photo, which showed a pond with a golden halo. Dozens of golden and red koi were swimming in the pond, shining brightly in the sunlight and waves.

It looks quite divine.

Also quite superstitious.

Tao Xi couldn't help laughing out loud. He didn't expect that Lin Qinhe would be so superstitious. He liked this picture, and then liked the koi picture posted by Bi Chengfei.

At this time in the Lin family villa, Luo Zhengyin had just brought a plate of fruit to Yang Duole, who was concentrating on reviewing, and then walked towards the piano room with another plate of fruit.

In the past, Lin Qinhe would usually study or read in his room at this time, but tonight he was practicing the piano unusually.

She was holding the fruit and saw Lin Qinhe sitting at the piano playing a song, "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence".

"Why did you suddenly think of playing the piano? Don't you have a midterm exam tomorrow?" Luo Zhengyin asked puzzled.

Lin Qinhe retracted his fingers, frowned, and said in silence for a while: "I'm a little nervous."

Luo Zhengyin looked at her son in surprise. She had never seen Lin Qinhe nervous before an exam. No matter how difficult the exam was, he never felt anxious about it.

What happened this time?

"Why are you nervous? I thought only Lele would be nervous, after all, he has taken so many days of sick leave." Luo Zhengyin couldn't help but ask.

Lin Qinhe did not answer this question, but said vaguely: "Nothing."

Luo Zhengyin didn't ask any more questions. He put the fruit on the table, said "Go to bed early", and left the piano room.

Lin Qinhe raised his hand and started playing the piano again.

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I have a bad taste for flirting and I have to go out tomorrow, so I may not update. Thank you for your support, I beg for a wave of starfish~