Learn, bring it on!
On Sunday noon, the sunlight was filtered into a warm golden hue, shining through the living room glass and into the golden home.
The doorbell rang right on time, and Jin Can practically jumped for joy as he ran to open the door.
Ge Ouchen stood outside the door, his posture upright and his manners impeccable, with a schoolbag slung over one shoulder and a paper bag with an anime logo printed on it in the other hand.
"Come in! My mom just finished cooking!" Jin Can stepped aside to let him into the house, a smile unconsciously spreading across his face.
As he changed his shoes, Ge Ouchen caught a glimpse of the men's slippers in the entryway, which were clearly new ones prepared for him, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
"Hello, Auntie! Uncle isn't here?" He walked into the living room and greeted her familiarly.
"My dad went out and won't be back until dinner," Jin Can answered quickly.
Urged by Jin Can's mother, the two washed their hands and ate.
At the dinner table, Jin Can's mother said with a smile, "Ou Chen, you have a great influence on Can Can. She has been working much harder lately."
"Mom!" Jin Can protested.
Ge Ouchen replied earnestly, "Auntie, please don't say that. I come here to eat all the time; I should be thanking you."
The two talked back and forth until Jin Can blushed.
After dinner, Jin Can tentatively suggested, "How about... we play some games?"
The boy's gaze immediately swept over her, and she quickly changed her mind: "Never mind, let's go to the room instead."
Jin Can's room was still the same as before, with various dolls and anime merchandise piled on his desk and bed.
The only thing that seemed out of place was probably those few open math workbooks covered with red crosses.
Ge Ouchen put down his schoolbag and handed the paper bag to Jin Can.
Jin Can's eyes lit up immediately, and he tore open the packaging.
Wow! How did you manage to buy it?
Inside was the limited edition standee she had always dreamed of.
"I saw it online and bought it on a whim," he said casually.
Jin Can carefully placed the standee in the most conspicuous position, and a sweet feeling welled up in her heart like sparkling water.
[Just something casually said! What kind of domineering CEO statement is this?!]
[Family! Dog Bro has gone all out! This is Seaview Valley!]
Jin Can tried to ignore the noise on the screen and first pulled out the weekend physics homework test paper.
"Top student, please help me! I really can't understand these difficult questions."
Ge Ouchen's tutoring is surprisingly effective.
He stretched out both hands and began explaining the left-hand and right-hand rules, while writing his analysis for Jin Can on the blank space of the draft paper next to him.
His fingers have distinct knuckles and a beautiful posture. His handwriting, like his personality, carries a cold and sharp quality.
“Look here.”
His voice was cool and clear, possessing a magical power to instantly calm people down.
"The magnetic field strength decreases as the coil moves vertically downwards, according to Lenz's law and the right-hand screw rule..."
As he spoke, he pointed to the key points on the diagram with the tip of his pen, breaking down the complex physical process clearly in just a few words.
Jin Can suddenly realized what was happening and immediately recalculated, feeling as if the fog had been lifted from his mind.
He picked up the physics exercises he had given Jin Can and started grading them, occasionally tapping Jin Can and giving her a word or two of guidance.
The sunlight was lazy, and the air was filled with the scent of paper, ink, and soap on the boy; time seemed to slow down.
Having solved all the physics problems, Jin Can let out a long sigh of relief, feeling as if the whole world had become brighter.
Looking at the boy beside her, who sat upright with a smooth profile, she felt a surge of gratitude and... an indescribable admiration.
"Brother Gou, you're really amazing." She exclaimed sincerely.
He simply hummed in response and then took out several heavy books from his bag.
"Oh, right, there's something I need to tell you." He placed the books on the table; the covers were printed with titles like "Mathematics Competition Tutorial" and "Introduction to Advanced Mathematics."
Jin Can's eyelid twitched.
“Our math teacher asked me to participate in this year’s National High School Mathematics Competition.”
Ge Ouchen's tone was very calm, as if he were saying "the weather is nice": "So in the next period of time, I may have to devote a lot of energy to preparing for this, and I will go straight home after school."
"However, I still have a bet with Chao Ningning. I plan to highlight the key points of this book for you every week and answer your questions together on the weekend."
"...A math competition?" Jin Can felt his heart being squeezed by an invisible hand.
This word felt like something from another dimension to her.
She was still struggling with the "easy" math test three times, while Ge Ouchen was already going to challenge that level of competition.
She flipped through the competition guidebook he had taken out; the densely packed symbols combined to form a cryptic text that she could hardly understand.
An insurmountable chasm lay starkly between the two.
Here it comes, the dimensional barrier between academic geniuses and academic underachievers.
[I feel so sorry for Chanchan; it's pressure to see someone so outstanding.]
[This isn't just any ordinary school heartthrob, this is a genius whose level of achievement is off the charts!]
Yes, it's a case of "dimensional reduction attack".
The precise and witty comments in the live chat made her feel a pang of sadness.
That's the kind of gap that separates her from Ge Ouchen.
In the past, she could comfort herself by thinking that it didn't matter if she didn't do well in her studies, and that there was nothing wrong with being a happy, ordinary person!
But as Dog Bro ran further and further away on the other track, until we could barely even see his back...
don't want!
She doesn't want to!
After thinking it over, she looked up and said, "Brother Dog, I have something to tell you. You took it as a joke before, but I really wasn't joking."
Seeing her serious expression, Ge Ouchen raised an eyebrow slightly, signaling her to continue.
So, Jin Can used the most concise language possible to tell him all the unbelievable things she had experienced during this period: the forced binding of the "Empress Development System", the bullet comments that floated in front of her eyes, the math quiz that she had replayed three times, and the three transfer students who seemed to have a close relationship with Ge Ouchen, who spoke in riddles but ultimately persuaded Jin Can to study in various ways.
After she finished speaking, her heart pounded with nervousness as she waited for his reaction.
Surprisingly, Ge Ouchen's expression remained unusually calm.
He listened quietly until the end, then asked only, "So, you took three different exams the day before yesterday?"
Jin Can nodded vigorously, like a chick pecking at rice: "Right, right! I have to be in the top ten of the grade for all the exams and tests to continue... You know, I'm really far from being in the top ten. It's okay if the questions are easy this time, but what if they're difficult?"
By the end, her voice was trembling with tears.
It's incredibly embarrassing to complain like that in front of a competition master!
"Um...those three transfer students," Ge Ouchen's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, a hint of coldness creeping into his voice, "were they also created because of this system?"
"Mm." Jin Can nodded.
"It seems their collective goal is... to help you? But it seems their method of winning you over is to improve my grades."
"Shi Yanxi helped me memorize vocabulary, and you know Chao Ningning, she made a bet with you to improve my science grades and even showed me her superpowers. As for Zhou Yu... she's not simple either. I suspect that the reason I was able to pass smoothly the last time was because she secretly lengthened the flow of time in the morning. I just don't know which subject she's going to help me conquer next."
She also recounted the "glorious deeds" of the three transfer students.
After listening, Ge Ouchen actually laughed, his tone cold and sarcastic: "Tch, that's all?"
Jin Can was stunned.
[A king's disdain! Dog Bro's confidence is so simple and unpretentious!]
Jin Can was stunned, thinking he would find it absurd, but to his surprise, he was dismissive.
"Do you think what I said was stupid?" she probed.
“No.” Ge Ouchen immediately denied it, his voice firm: “Learning is about building your thinking. Even if you were locked up for life with these little tricks, it would be useless if your brain couldn’t function.”
She lowered her head, feeling uneasy: "What should I do? I guess the system will punish me if I abandon the mission..."
He was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly raised his hand and gently tapped Jin Can's forehead with his fingertips: "Although I don't know what this system and those three women are up to, since it can help you level up and improve your grades without harming you, just make use of it and improve yourself."
"I'll try to figure out a solution for you after I finish dealing with the competition."
"Anyway, as long as you want to learn, I'll definitely help you. What are you afraid of?"
Jin Can suddenly looked up and met his deep eyes.
There was a certain certainty in those eyes that seemed perfectly natural.
"Isn't the system supposed to bind you to be my 'official wife'?"
Ge Ouchen suddenly leaned closer to Jin Can and whispered, "Don't you think this is really unnecessary?"
"I've always been by your side, never letting you be alone, and I will never let go of you in the future."
boom--
Fireworks seemed to explode in Jin Can's mind.
Holy crap! This is way sweeter than a straightforward "I love you"!
[“The Empress” Jin Can VS “Those Three Women”]
[This sounds like a famous line from a shoujo manga! The male protagonist's interests are certainly quite broad!]
[Dog Bro personally leads the way!]
The way the teenager expresses his emotions is as always "abstract" as shocking, serious as touching, and earnest as unreserved.
Jin Can's eyes suddenly burned.
At that moment, Jin Can felt that Dog Brother was the male protagonist in a shoujo manga who could make people fall in love at first sight.
Because he confidently told her: With him by my side, there's nothing to fear!
For the first time, Jin Can felt annoyed by the barrage of comments, which seemed like a series of light bulbs in his eyes.
These are clearly whispers from their youth, how could they be overheard by outsiders!
At the same time, she truly realized that this system, despite its intriguing name, was actually not that bad.
Strength is the strongest "official" aura!
On the socialist campus stage, the most hardcore way to upgrade is still through studying!
When your grades are good enough to be on par with him or even surpass him, what need is there for a "first wife" or not!
In an instant, her slight resistance to the system, her slight fear of learning, and her slight confusion about the future all quietly crumbled in the face of Ge Ouchen's words.
I always thought of the system and the bullet comments as some kind of weird romantic "female competition" game, but I didn't realize that its core was actually a super god version of "invincible in learning and the underachiever's comeback"!
"System!" Jin Can made up his mind and, for the first time, summoned it with urgency and solemnity.
bite--!
[Host Jin Can, have you finally realized the greatness of this system?]
A mechanical, electronic voice echoed in her mind, carrying a hint of arrogance.
[System core detected; detailed rules for the character panel unlocked.]
Jin Can began to ask detailed questions, like a player preparing to seriously study a game strategy guide.
"What are your rules? What are the requirements for upgrading? Are there any skills that can be linked?"
Instantly, a semi-transparent blue light screen appeared in front of Jin Can, visible only to her.
【Empress Development System】
Host: Jin Can
Current Level: Lv.2 Underachiever (Preparatory)
Target: Ge Ouchen (Under unique binding)
Empress's aura (experience points): 0/1000
Mental ability: (basic) 62+10
Stamina: (Base) 68 + 10
How to acquire the aura of the Empress:
Daily Learning: Gain 10 points of aura for every hour of effective learning.
Homework/Tests: Points are equivalent to aura value, and you can randomly get brainpower or physical strength points.
Competition/Honor: Gain a large amount of Aura, Mental, and Physical Points based on your rank and reputation.
Interaction: Learning, discussing issues, or triggering events with different characters can grant additional aura bonuses.
Skill:
【Photographic Memory】(Number of times x1): After binding, memory reaches its peak within 24 hours.
How to obtain: Complete the quantitative memorization task for 7 consecutive days (6/7).
【Thinking Palace】(0 uses): Allows you to build mental models in your mind for complex thinking and deduction.
How to obtain: Achieve a score of 90 or above in the liberal arts exam or provide a perfect answer to a class question (0/3).
【Learn by analogy】(Number of times x0): After mastering the solution to one problem, you can quickly apply the knowledge to other problems.
How to obtain: Achieve a score of 90 or above in science exams or a daily homework accuracy rate of 90% or above (1/3).
More skills will be unlocked after leveling up.
Jin Can's eyes grew brighter as he looked at the detailed panel.
Physical strength is represented by the HP bar, mental strength by the MP bar, and SP by the number of skill uses...
But it turns out this "empress aura" is actually an experience point upgrade bar. I really want to complain, it's so misleading!
But all of this is clearly learning how to use cheat codes!
Before, she was like a fool who had a treasure mountain but only knew how to complain about being poor.
It was also her own fault; she was terrified by the so-called "infinite flow" exam from the very beginning and failed to calm down and seriously study the settings with the system.
Ugh! First time awakening the system, no experience, hehe!
Ge Ouchen watched Jin Can's expression change from moved to surprised to determined. He didn't know what conversation she had with the system, but he could sense the changes in her.
"Have you figured it out?" he asked.
Jin Can nodded emphatically several times, a bright smile spreading across his face like never before.
She picked up the English vocabulary book on the table, her eyes resolute.
"Yes, study hard!"
From that moment on, Jin Can completely gave up the struggle.
Isn't it just learning? Isn't it just leveling up?
Bring it on!
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