Aside from bringing breakfast to Ji Xingqiao as usual, Gu Qingqiu didn't interact much with other classmates, instead focusing her time and energy on reviewing her lessons.
After all, this was the first monthly exam since transferring schools, and the results reflected the student's learning progress.
The seats for the monthly exam were randomly assigned, so unfortunately Gu Qingqiu and Ji Xingqiao were not in the same exam room.
The first exam was Chinese. Gu Qingqiu arrived at the exam room early and began to close her eyes and recite the text silently. When she opened her eyes again, she found a pair of hands with their hands in their pockets in front of her.
When I looked up, it was Ji Xingqiao.
Ji Xingqiao looked unhappy, with his mouth turned down and his eyes, hidden by his bangs, staring intently at Gu Qingqiu.
Gu Qingqiu, puzzled, greeted them with a smile and asked, "Why are you here? I remember your exam room was upstairs."
Ji Xingqiao stretched out a hand that was in his pocket in front of Gu Qingqiu.
What does this mean?
Gu Qingqiu asked, puzzled, "Did you forget to bring a pen? I have an extra one here."
After saying that, Gu Qingqiu took a pen from her pencil case and placed it in Ji Xingqiao's palm.
Ji Xingqiao put the pen in his hand into his pocket, then reached out.
"Huh?" Gu Qingqiu racked her brains. "What else do you need? An eraser? A ruler? Your exam admission ticket?... Wait, I don't have your admission ticket with me..."
As Gu Qingqiu pondered this, she watched Ji Xingqiao's face grow increasingly dark, completely baffled as to what he was up to.
Ji Xingqiao coldly reminded him, "Breakfast."
"What?" Gu Qingqiu didn't react for a moment.
Where's my breakfast today?
After finally connecting with Ji Xingqiao's train of thought, Gu Qingqiu was a little embarrassed, "Um... not today."
Because I've already eaten it! — Gu Qingqiu silently complained to Ji Xingqiao in her heart. He always seemed reluctant when she fed him, so why was he asking for it now?
Today's monthly exam was in a different classroom, and I never expected to be called in to ask for breakfast!
Ji Xingqiao's face darkened, and he turned and walked away.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Gu Qingqiu was about to call out to Ji Xingqiao to explain when she saw the proctor walking into the classroom carrying a stack of test papers.
"Everyone, go back to your seats and don't move around. Hand over your bags, phones, and study materials to the front of the class," the proctor announced.
Gu Qingqiu had no choice; the exam was almost over, so she had to go back to her seat to pack her things. But... Ji Xingqiao's cold back view actually revealed a hint of... grievance?
Gu Qingqiu felt a little guilty. She was the one who decided to feed Yan Qiao breakfast first, and it was indeed her fault for breaking her promise.
Because she was lost in thought, Gu Qingqiu almost didn't finish her essay. After finally finishing the exam and handing in her paper, Gu Qingqiu rushed to Ji Xingqiao's exam room, only to find that Ji Xingqiao was not there.
After inquiring with other students in the exam room and learning that Ji Xingqiao had already handed in his paper and left the exam room early, Gu Qingqiu's guilt reached its peak, and she couldn't even enjoy her lunch.
Before the math exam in the afternoon, Gu Qingqiu went to Ji Xingqiao's exam room again to wait, but she did not see Ji Xingqiao until the proctor entered the exam room.
The next day, Gu Qingqiu specially brought breakfast to Ji Xingqiao's exam room early in the morning, but unfortunately she still couldn't catch Ji Xingqiao.
At this moment, Gu Qingqiu is thinking: "It's over. I'm a sinner for all time. I've hurt the male lead's feelings, and he's not even coming to the exam. Our already fragile relationship is about to collapse..."
After the exam, Gu Qingqiu returned to her class and saw the familiar back of a head, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
Gu Qingqiu sat down and gently nudged Ji Xingqiao's arm. "I brought you an egg yolk pie."
Ji Xingqiao pulled his elbows back and said coldly, "I don't want to."
"Don't be angry." Gu Qingqiu continued to poke Ji Xingqiao's arm: "I brought two egg yolk pies today. I was wrong. This is my apology."
"Three, I'll take." Ji Xingqiao said calmly, "And today's?"
"I'll make it up tomorrow," Gu Qingqiu readily agreed.
Although the male lead has a bit of a temper, he's still easy to appease. If one breakfast can't solve the problem, two breakfasts will; and if two breakfasts still can't solve the problem, three breakfasts will.
"Okay." Ji Xingqiao agreed to Gu Qingqiu's request to make up and accepted the egg yolk pie from Gu Qingqiu.
The ship of their relationship has been successfully repaired! Gu Qingqiu clenched her fist in joy.
But Gu Qingqiu's happiness soon turned sour, because Teacher Zhang announced the monthly exam results and rankings.
Objectively speaking, Shengming High School has many top students, and its teaching pace and question-setting methods are different from those of Gu Qingqiu's original school. Subjectively speaking, Gu Qingqiu was distracted during the exam because she was thinking about Yan Qiao, but she still answered the questions completely independently without the help of the system.
However, the conclusion was that Gu Qingqiu's performance in this monthly exam was indeed not ideal. She only ranked 7th in her class and 33rd in the entire grade. She had never achieved such a result before.
Teacher Zhang was quite satisfied with Gu Qingqiu's grades. Their class was an honors class, and any one of them might have a bad day and dragged down the class average, which would inevitably lead to criticism from the head of the teaching department. Unexpectedly, Gu Qingqiu, a transfer student, adapted so well. Not only did she not drag down the average, but her English score was also the highest in the entire grade.
As for Ji Xingqiao sitting next to Gu Qingqiu... Teacher Zhang sighed without showing any emotion. If he didn't know that Ji Xingqiao's parents had donated two buildings to the school, he wouldn't have been so tolerant.
Gu Qingqiu had no idea what Teacher Zhang was thinking. She looked at the grades and the test paper with some sadness, thinking that it was a real pity that she had lost several points.
Ji Xingqiao, standing to the side, didn't even glance at the grade sheet and test paper, casually stuffing them into his drawer.
Gu Qingqiu asked curiously, "Can I see your test paper?"
"Hmm," Ji Xingqiao responded.
Seeing that Ji Xingqiao did not object, Gu Qingqiu carefully took out his test paper and grade sheet from the drawer.
As expected, since I missed the exam, I basically received no score. The only exception was the first subject, Chinese, where I received 16 points for multiple-choice questions. All the other subjects were conspicuously zero.
However, Ji Xingqiao's handwriting was somewhat beyond Gu Qingqiu's expectations. Gu Qingqiu thought that someone as listless as Ji Xingqiao, who slept all day, would have soft or crooked handwriting. But Ji Xingqiao's handwriting was very beautiful. His name on the Chinese exam paper was written with strength and grace, like a galloping horse soaring into the sky and disappearing into the distance.
In comparison, Gu Qingqiu's handwriting looked like that of an elementary school student, all round and smooth.
Gu Qingqiu stroked Ji Xingqiao's name with a hint of envy, thinking to herself that if she could write her handwriting like that, she might get full marks on her test papers in the future.
With that thought, Gu Qingqiu's eyes lit up, and she shook Ji Xingqiao's arm, "Classmate, will you teach me to write?"
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