Chapter 16 Chapter 16
It was fine to sit together in class, but was it really necessary to sit together on the school bus? Ren Li felt that it didn't seem that necessary.
She was about to refuse when a figure suddenly moved beside her. Ren Li raised her eyes and saw Wen Shuo sitting down in the empty seat next to her as if nothing had happened.
Ren Li turned around and happened to meet Wen Shuo's eyes. Wen Shuo asked, "Why did you go home so early today?"
Ren Lixin asked if you were the same, but she still answered seriously: "Tonight's test was not difficult. I handed it in early after I finished it."
It would be strange if it wasn't difficult.
Wen Shuo said, "Then do you want to check your answers with me?"
Ren Li was stunned at first, then nodded quickly and randomly: "Yes."
She had originally planned to have less contact with Wen Shuo tonight, but the temptation of the answer was too great, and she was finally caught by someone.
Wen Shuo: "What do you want to study first? Physics or mathematics?"
Ren Li had thought of both, but the math exam was in the afternoon, and it had been a while, so she had almost forgotten all the answers. She had just finished the physics exam, and she had written it in a hurry, so she felt that she had made the most mistakes in that exam.
Ren Li: "Physics, the last question."
Wen Shuo nodded, took out a pad from his bag, took out a pencil, opened a blank document, and soon wrote down various diagrams and problem-solving steps. He was even afraid that Ren Li would forget the questions, so he added the questions as well.
His movements were so smooth and flowing, like magic, that Ren Li was stunned. "Didn't Teacher He say that we can't use any electronic devices in school?"
Wen Shuo glanced at her and said, "There are always exceptions to everything."
He handed the pad over to Ren Li, who took it and saw his signature handwriting at first glance. It was neat yet free and unrestrained. If a person's ability is considered a talent, how did Wen Shuo combine all his talents in one?
She tried hard to put those messy thoughts out of her head and focus on the question again, but as she looked at it, Ren Li unconsciously pursed her lips again.
She seemed to have gotten this question completely wrong.
In an instant, self-blame, annoyance, frustration... all the emotions surged up at once, and Ren Li's mood was like a roller coaster, falling from the peak to the bottom.
She only checked one question, and her error rate was 100%.
Although she handed in her paper early, it didn't mean she didn't care. On the contrary, she cared deeply about this exam, hoping to use this rare opportunity to objectively evaluate herself. She even imagined that after the scores came out, everyone would look at her with new eyes. However, the facts proved that she didn't have the ability to do so.
Wen Shuo saw that Ren Li didn't move for a long time, and even pouted unconsciously.
Wen Shuo had no doubt about his ability to answer questions. He knew that Ren Li had solved the problem incorrectly, so he took back the tablet, opened a new page of draft paper, and wrote a series of keywords in the blank space.
"1. Force analysis, C 10.9N; 2. Electromagnetic field, B..."
Ren Li's attention was gradually drawn to him, and she unconsciously moved closer. As Wen Shuo wrote, Ren Li watched, and the answers on the draft paper kept increasing. Later, Ren Li was somewhat surprised to find that the questions Wen Shuo had written down were not even in the wrong order.
As she watched, Ren Li's brows finally relaxed a little:
"Oh, so the answer to this question is C. I was struggling with it for a long time, but luckily I got it right in the end."
"Hey, I actually got this one right too! Yeah, worthy of me... And this one, it's a bit of a shame. I got the formula right, but the final answer was wrong. I should probably give them some points for hard work, right?"
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After finishing the answer to the last question, Wen Shuo stopped writing, turned around and asked her, "Are you feeling better now?"
Ren Li nodded: "It's okay, not too many mistakes." She just did a rough calculation. If her total score was calculated based on the fact that Wen Shuo got all the answers right, her total score should not be too bad.
Wen Shuo didn't know how many mistakes Ren Li meant by "not too many mistakes", but anyway, it would be good if Ren Li no longer looked so sad.
After all, she was the one who made her cry, so of course I have to comfort her myself.
However, time is always too short. After checking the answers to the physics test, they arrived at Fuxing Street and it was time for Ren Li to get off the bus.
As usual, she stood up from her seat, said goodbye to Wen Shuo without any reluctance, and got off the car in a blink of an eye.
The school bus started again. Wen Shuo put away the tablet, tilted his head to look at the twinkling night sky outside the window, his thoughts in a mess.
Half an hour is all the time he spends on the school bus every time he goes home from school.
In the past, Wen Shuo didn’t like taking the school bus home at night.
The night wind is free, and so is he.
But now, he took the initiative to choose to go home an hour later, just to spend those short ten minutes with Ren Li on the school bus.
Now, even Wen Shuo has lost his mind about what he wants to do.
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It was Tuesday evening self-study time. The monthly exam had just ended and the scores for each subject were already released.
Ren Li had never seen such high efficiency in grading, and was shocked. Although the final scores and rankings would not be available until Wednesday, that didn't stop everyone from calculating scores and rankings privately.
As usual, there will be no homework assigned for today's evening study session, so everyone should concentrate on correcting their test papers.
Wen Shuo hadn't appeared since class ended. But that was true. Ren Li felt his papers didn't need correcting. All the subjects were lined up, and looking around, they were all filled with red check marks. His scores in every subject were, without exception, close to perfect scores.
Because of this, Wen Shuo's papers were always extremely popular after each exam. Ren Li only had time to glance at hers before Zhou Qi took it away and circulated it to the whole class.
Ren Li focused all night on her wrong questions, and her grades in various subjects seemed to be better than expected.
Although the rankings have not been released yet, Ren Li is inexplicably more confident tonight.
However, exams always bring joy to some and sorrow to others, and Zhang Xintong does not seem to be so lucky.
Throughout the evening study session, her mood was clearly low, and she even skipped dinner. Ren Li, worried she'd get hungry, went to a convenience store and brought her some food. Zhang Xintong took it, then simply placed it in the desk cradle and continued to work on her homework.
Ren Li had already looked at Zhang Xintong's scores in various subjects after dinner. Although they could not be compared with those of a top student like Wen Shuo, they were not particularly bad.
Ren Li didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Zhang Xintong started to feel depressed after seeing her results.
But these thoughts were groundless, like a small fish, quietly emerging in my heart and slipping away in the blink of an eye.
Studying hard is the duty of students. It is normal to be sad because of poor test results. It is better than being numb to grades and not caring about anything.
Ren Li didn't think much about it, but just tried her best to comfort Zhang Xintong. After all, she didn't want to see her friend so sad. During the break in the evening self-study class, Ren Li took the initiative to ask Zhang Xintong if she wanted to go for a walk outside together.
Zhang Xintong pursed his lips and nodded after a while.
After the two of them went downstairs, they wandered aimlessly along the street outside the teaching building. It was a little dim, and the light from the street lamps was blocked by branches and leaves. When they reached a deserted place, Ren Li said, "Xintong, can I share a secret with you?"
Gossip is a girl's nature. Zhang Xintong raised her head, finally perking up a bit. Ren Li added, "Then you have to promise not to tell anyone else about this."
Zhang Xintong nodded quickly.
Ren Li leaned close to her ear and whispered something in a low voice. Zhang Xintong's face was first surprised, then turned to shock, and then her mouth turned into an O:
"What? So that doll was given to you by Wen Shuo, or was it taken back from Zhao Manyue?!"
Ren Li quickly asked her to be quiet: "Shh, I only told you."
The amount of information was a bit overwhelming, so Zhang Xintong covered his mouth with his hands and made a "hmm" sound.
All in all, she has known Wen Shuo for more than two years, so the fact that "Wen Shuo took the initiative to give up his seat to a girl and gave her a stuffed toy" is even more terrifying than the sun rising from the west.
"Here's what I think," Ren Li concluded, quickly interrupting Zhang Xintong's ongoing thoughts. "Wen Shuo mentioned to me the other night that for everyone's mutual progress, he's willing to tutor me... tutor us. I think that's quite meaningful. Since he's so willing to contribute to the class, we could form a study group to help each other and give everyone extra lessons on the weekends. What do you think?"
Ren Li had just thought of the tutoring issue. Seeing Zhang Xintong sighing and looking listless, she wondered if she could find someone to tutor her, perhaps she'd feel better. Wen Shuo had mentioned this before, so she sought Zhang Xintong's opinion.
As for Wen Shuo, she can try to get him.
The long series of foreshadowing wasn't entirely in vain. Ren Li felt that she and Zhang Xintong were the kind of relationship where they could be honest about everything. She had been hiding this matter from her for a long time, so she decided to just bring it all up. And after she was honest, Zhang Xintong might even be willing to share the reason for her disappointment tonight.
After hearing Ren Li's idea, Zhang Xintong was obviously happy: "Really? That's great. How about we call him Zhou Qi? He's not good at studying either, so he needs extra tutoring."
"Well, okay! I'll ask Wen Shuo later to see if we can start this week." Seeing that Zhang Xintong was no longer frowning, Ren Li was happy.
"Wait." Zhang Xintong keenly noticed another point and asked Ren Li, "But what is your relationship with Wen Shuo?"
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