The weekend is something to look forward to.
Unable to fall asleep, Jin Can simply threw off the covers and sat up.
The night had not completely faded, and only the desk lamp on the desk was on in the room, casting a warm yellow light that made her shadow long.
She rubbed her eyes; her eye sockets were dry and sore.
She secretly made up her mind that she must shatter this endless cycle in this round!
Math quiz! Let's keep cramming!
After two rounds of cyclical exams, she had figured out a pattern: the last two big questions, although the wording of the questions changed, were essentially the same knowledge points with fixed solutions, just different names for the same thing.
She opened the thick workbook, found a similar problem, and tried to work it out herself without looking at the answer.
The pen scratched across the paper, and my thoughts flowed more smoothly than the previous two times.
This time, she decided to follow the example of "Tian Ji's horse racing strategy" and try a different approach.
Since you have a good grasp of the major questions, tackle them first at the beginning of the exam, then move on to the short answer and fill-in-the-blank questions, and finally the multiple-choice questions.
If time is running out, you can always guess on multiple-choice questions...
Or... cough cough, observe what others choose on the spot.
It's just a quiz, not a final exam, and the proctoring wasn't strict, so the system shouldn't punish her for it, right?
……should!
The live chat was silent; no one criticized her "crooked" scheme.
She squinted at the empty comment section, a thought creeping into her mind:
"Are these viewers in the live chat all in the same time zone as me? Are they all still sleeping?"
Thinking about her current situation, having seen superpowered individuals, time travelers, aliens, and even such settings, she originally thought that the audience was spread throughout the entire universe.
As a result, at this moment, Jin Can felt like a niche streamer in a late-night live broadcast room, feeling excited but with no one interacting and the atmosphere was very deserted.
She shook her head, too lazy to delve into the details, and continued her calculations.
As soon as the alarm rang, she quickly finished getting ready, went into the kitchen, and before her mother could plate them, she picked up a corner of a potsticker from the pan with her bare hands, put it in her mouth, and hurried to school while chewing.
She left early and deliberately walked quickly, so she didn't run into Ge Ouchen on the road this time.
Pushing open the classroom door, she expected it to be empty, but to her surprise, Zhou Yu was sitting quietly inside.
Zhou Yu was still holding the original book in her hands, her expression focused.
Noticing someone enter, she looked up, her gaze shifting from the pages of her book to Jin Can.
The two stared at each other for two seconds through the morning light of the classroom.
Jin Can forced himself to walk to his seat, his steps neither fast nor slow. He was unsure whether to greet anyone or not, feeling awkward and unsure of what to do.
Finally, she sat down in the seat behind Zhou Yu, holding her pen. After hesitating for a moment, she tentatively asked, "This time... can I do it?"
Zhou Yu glanced at her indifferently, then looked away: "I don't know."
"It's interesting how humans think that if we could just do it again, we could salvage something."
Her voice was calm and unhurried, as if stating a cold, indifferent fact: "I don't understand."
Jin Can was taken aback.
She suddenly remembered a passionate anime she used to watch, where the male protagonist could always move others to tears with his witty remarks and persuasive words.
So she mustered her courage, carefully chose her words, and said earnestly:
"We are a species that is afraid of giving up. Once we admit defeat, we will lose even the last bit of hope... Although humans are insignificant in this vast universe, please do not underestimate us."
As soon as she finished speaking, the tips of her ears immediately burned.
Good heavens, the moment she said those words, she could already imagine the audience's comments on the screen, with the word "chuunibyou" flashing everywhere.
Thinking about it now, Ge Ouchen was really quite impressive when he "confessed" to her that day.
Indeed, the exuberance of youth can overcome all shame.
Zhou Yu seemed to chuckle softly, which instantly caused the golden red color to spread from her face to her neck.
Now her face truly resembled that bright red and golden sunset!
“You’ll do it eventually,” Zhou Yu added slowly. “Because this is Ge Ouchen’s wish. That’s why we’re here.”
Jin Can slammed his hand on the table and stood up: "What? What does this have to do with Brother Gou? What exactly is your relationship with Ge Ouchen—"
Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Yu pointed to her schoolbag and said, "Hurry up and get ready. I hate working overtime a hundred times more than you hate studying."
Jin Can was so choked up that he couldn't make a sound for a long time.
Overtime? We high school students, what are we talking about overtime?
Besides, you get paid to go to work, so how could it be more annoying than studying?
Clearly, at this moment, she still doesn't fully understand what this social behemoth, "work," is all about.
She could never have imagined that many years later, when faced with mountains of KPIs and OKRs, endless meetings, and all sorts of bizarre time-off policies, she would miss Zhou Yu's words so much and regard them as the truth!
The students arrived one after another, and the bell rang for the morning assembly. However, their homeroom teacher, Ms. Yang, still hadn't arrived, and everyone was studying on their own.
Jin Can was completely focused on practicing those types of math problems, making the most of every minute, as if time itself was stretched out by her willpower.
After morning exercises, back in the classroom, with math class approaching, Jin Can's heart began to race.
"Come on! I have to get through this time!" she chanted to herself. "Tomorrow's the weekend, and I'm stuck in this Friday for the third time already! Even God can't stand it anymore!"
The comment section finally got lively:
Is this the third Friday already?
That's like going to school for seven days straight? I can't believe I'm going to collapse just thinking about it!
[I must say, the female lead is quite determined. Even if she doesn't end up going to the same good school as the male lead, she'll still become a better version of herself.]
Indeed, it's been a long time since I've seen such a normal story unfold; it was quite heartwarming.
Hehe, cured?
That's because you guys aren't in that situation! Jin Can couldn't help but complain in his heart.
As the test papers were handed out and the bell rang, the intense, almost childish scream that welled up inside her almost spilled out—
"Spatial vectors! Take this! This is my three-day, Friday-a-week intensive training! Solid geometry! I'll make you pay with your life!"
She went straight to the big questions, skillfully applying the techniques she had just reviewed, and solved them smoothly.
Next came short answer questions, fill-in-the-blank questions... The timing was perfect; just before the bell rang, she had only one multiple-choice question left.
This question suddenly became a bit off-topic, seemingly a blind spot for her, as she had no recollection of it.
“A and C can be eliminated... so is it B or D?” She quickly calculated, but time was tight and she couldn’t make a rigorous deduction.
A few seconds later, relying on a vague "feeling" for the question, she decisively chose option "B" on the answer sheet.
The pen had just left the exam paper when the crisp sound of the dismissal bell rang.
"Alright, time's up. Students in the back, please collect your papers." The math teacher's voice rang out.
The moment Jin Can handed in the paper, he felt completely exhausted.
Her chest heaved more violently than when she sprinted the 800 meters on the track, but what followed was an unprecedented sense of ease and excitement.
Jin Can excitedly grabbed his deskmate Lin Xiaoxiao's hand: "I can do it! I can definitely do it this time!"
Lin Xiaoxiao looked bewildered: "Can Can, you... don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's not the end of the semester. I'm scared."
Jin Can grinned and chuckled, offering no further explanation.
She saw the math teacher beckon Ge Ouchen over, whisper a few words, and then hand him several colorful reference books.
Jin Can was a little curious, but immersed in the joy of success, he didn't think much of it.
The rest of the day seemed uneventful.
Every lesson and every point of knowledge the teacher taught made Jin Can feel exceptionally warm and endearing.
After school, students packed their bags in twos and threes, discussing their weekend plans.
Just as Jin Can was stuffing the last book into her bag, Chao Ningning suddenly hooked her arm around her shoulder from behind, grinning.
In an instant, a beautiful, unreal scene flashed through Jin Can's mind, like the most classic romantic scene in a youth novel:
"Myself" stood beside a railing, seemingly by the sea or a lake, the night breeze exceptionally gentle.
Fireworks were bursting into brilliant bloom one after another under the night sky, illuminating the sky and the water as bright as day.
On the other side of the distant water, there is a strangely shaped mountain, like a giant isosceles trapezoid placed on the horizon, quietly shrouded in the night.
There was also a tall man standing next to him.
Jin Can couldn't see his face clearly, but he could sense his tall and straight figure, which seemed to be about the same height as Dog Brother.
Just as she was about to turn around and see who the man was, in the real world, Chao Ningning let go of her hand, and the strange illusion vanished.
"I promised you, pretty cool, right?" she whispered closer. "See you next week."
Jin Can felt a surge of warmth in his heart—
See you next week!
It seems she really passed the exam!
Very good!
Unfortunately, there was no one to share this immense joy with.
If she could, she would jump onto the table and shout, "I finally don't have to live through a fourth Friday anymore!"
The live chat was instantly flooded with comments like "Congratulations," "That's amazing," and "So touching!"
She couldn't help but type out a string of comments:
Ahhhhh, I'm so excited!
All the hard work really paid off!
[Family members, does anyone understand?! I'm about to cry!]
[We're liberated!!!]
She expressed her ecstasy in the bullet screen section, which only she could see.
"What are you grinning about all by yourself?" A familiar voice came from behind. Ge Ouchen, carrying a backpack on one shoulder, walked over lazily.
"You don't understand!" Jin Can laughed like a child who couldn't hide his joy.
“Oh, I really don’t want to know.” Ge Ouchen revealed his signature “kingly disdain” smile again.
"Alright, I'm going to play ball. I'm planning to come over to your place for lunch on Sunday, and I'll also help you review the physics questions I explained last time."
"Sure, I'll tell my parents." Jin Can agreed without hesitation. "So, what are you doing on Saturday?"
"Are you going to wait for me? Then do your homework in the classroom."
Ge Ouchen neither answered Jin Can's question nor waited for her reply. After saying a few words, he waved to her, turned around and walked straight towards the classroom door, eventually disappearing outside.
Jin Can thought for a moment, then reopened his schoolbag and pulled out his weekend test papers and homework.
As she watched his retreating figure, she suddenly realized that this endless campus light novel wasn't so bad after all.
Because tomorrow will be a brand new and exciting weekend.
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