“You don’t have to persuade me any further.” Zhang Xiaoke determinedly raised her hand, a prideful expression on her face. “I didn’t do my best during the small test. Now, I’m going to get serious. Li Zheng, do you dare to compete with me?”
Li Zheng slowly raised his head and said, “It’s not a matter of whether I dare to or not. If you want to attempt a paper, we can each do one separately. When it comes to our studies, these kinds of contests are meaningless.”
Of course, it wasn’t that LI Zheng didn’t want to do a paper.
He was considering the situation from Zhang Xiaoke’s perspective.
After all, at her current level, she seemed quite pitiful. He should motivate her, not deal a blow to her.
“Stop saying that. Please stop saying the word ‘studies.'” Zhang Xiaoke fiercely cupped her ears. She stared at Li Zheng with red eyes and said, “It’s meaningful. If I score higher than you, then can you please not nag me in the future? Never mention the word ‘study’ in front of me again!”
Li Zheng finally realized the reason for her outburst.
Indeed, his desire for victory had offended her.
“I understand. I misspoke. There’s no need for a contest. I’ll stop talking about it in the future.” Li Zheng raised his arms and waved his fists, then said, “You can work hard yourself.”
“Ahhhh, you’re the puppy!” Zhang Xiaoke slammed her hands on the table. “We’ll have to compete with each other whether you want to or not. If I win, you can never offend me ever again. If you win… You can freely plan my study sessions. You can even make me study for 24 hours.”
Li Zheng’s demonic heart was moved when he heard this.
“Oh, you have such determination?” Li Zheng stood up in agitation. “Xiaoke, I’m impressed.”
The rest of the students charged forward and desperately pulled on her.
“Stop, stop, stop!”
“Oh, Xiaoke, I beg of you. Isn’t it good to live?”
“You should run while you still can.”
“Li Zheng almost failed his gym class. He won’t be able to catch up to you!”
“Don’t say any more. I’m confident.” Zhang Xiaoke waved her arm dismissively and spiritedly walked up to Li Zheng. “I don’t want to waste too much time. How about we just do a test paper for a subject and determine the winner with one battle?”
“Alright.” Li Zheng subconsciously rubbed his palms.
Even though he wasn’t willing to deal a blow to Zhang Xiaoke…
If he could fully control her…
Then it would be good for everyone.
Zhang Xiaoke was still furious. She didn’t notice the demonic look in Li Zheng’s eyes. She raised her hand and said, “I won’t bully you. My worst subject is Chemistry, so let’s compete using a Chemistry paper.”
“No problem.”
Zhang Xiaoke was elated when she saw Li Zheng agree that quickly.
“What an innocent fool,” she thought.
“I’ve already taken a peek at your pencil case. You only scored 57 for Chemistry.”
“I’m sorry, Chemistry was the only subject I wasn’t too far behind my classmates in.”
“Kid, you’re dead meat!”
“Then, Brother Qinghua,” Zhang Xiaoke said, turning around, “You can be responsible for looking for a paper. It has to be relatively difficult so we can see the difference in our scores.”
“What?” Jiang QInghua was still engrossed in watching Zhang Xiaoke’s series of suicidal actions.
Li Zheng turned around and nodded, “Yes, Qinghua is a fair person. Handing him the responsibility is the best choice.”
“No… This… Forget it…” Jiang Qinghua trembled as he raised his hand. “Xiaoke, calm down. Go back and get some good rest over the weekend. If you really do want to compete with him, we can talk about it next Monday.”
“It has to be now.” Zhang Xiaoke didn’t back down. She winked and smirked. “I’m not afraid, even if the paper is a little more difficult.”
Jiang Qinghua’s expression changed as he carefully savored Zhang Xiaoke’s gaze.
“Interesting,” he thought.
“Very interesting.”
“Can it be that Zhang Xiaoke is hiding her abilities?”
“It makes sense now that I think about it. A weak student definitely wouldn’t invite such humiliation upon herself.”
“Plus, she chose Li Zheng’s weakest subject the moment she proposed the competition.”
“She must have gotten that information beforehand.”
“It seems like…”
“This girl, Xiaoke, isn’t simple.”
“If she ends up beating Li Zheng, she’ll definitely become Li Zheng’s target to beat.”
“Then, she’ll become the light bulb between Li Zheng and Lin Yujing.”
“I’ll achieve my goals without so much as lifting a finger.”
“I’ll snow on them from all the way over here. I’ll catch them off guard.”
“This is something worth doing!”
Jiang Qinghua replied, “I understand. I’ll head to the Chemistry department and find the most difficult paper there.”
Zhang Xiaoke deliberated for a moment, then told Li Zheng, “I won’t bully you. Let’s compete over first-year Chemistry.”
Actually, her grades for this semester had fallen a little.
“Alright. I’ll do any paper you give me.” Li Zheng couldn’t wait.
Jiang Qinghua ran out of the classroom and sprinted straight to the Chemistry department.
Pained voices rang out in the classroom.
Zhang Xiaoke didn’t mind them. She placed her bag down and took off her jacket, then whipped out her pencil case, which was covered in anime characters. She then adjusted her skirt and fell into her seat.
She seemed dependable.
However, she was secretly scanning through those pained expressions.
“Hmph,” she thought.
“You don’t know a genius when you see one.”
“All of you.”
“All of you are puppies.”
“Only I am human.”
Li Zheng suppressed his excitement. He exercised his finger joints silently.
“Fortunately, I forced myself to conserve an hour’s worth of energy,” he thought.
On the other hand, Lin Yujing’s eyes were filled with worry.
She involuntarily looked at her teammate—Liu Xin.
Liu Xin looked at Zhang Xiaoke from far away. He sighed, drooling, “Too pitiful… How can she be this pitiful…”
Lin Yujing immediately slapped her table with a ruler. “!”
Liu Xin was terrified, and he immediately went back to memorizing his textbook.
But he grumbled a little.
“Zhang Xiaoke can at least battle Li Zheng,” he thought.
“How could Lin Yujing have planned my schedule for me without asking me first?”
He trembled as he raised his head. “Why not… The two of us battle it out?”
“?”
“Forget it, forget it… I’ll continue studying…”
Sometime later, Jiang Qinghua ran back into the room. In his hands were two test papers that had just been photocopied.
“This is the final examination for the first-years from our sister school. It’s rumored that it’s incredibly difficult. I got it from the teacher of the elite class.” Jiang Qinghua panted as he jogged over to the two of them. He placed the papers on the table and looked at Zhang Xiaoke sympathetically. “Xiaoke, this is your last chance. It’s not too late for you to run.”
“Stop talking. This straight-A student is impatient,” Zhang Xiaoke scolded, twirling her pen.
“What about you, Li Zheng?” Jiang Qinghua turned his head. “Why not let her off?”
“Qinghua, you understand me.” Li Zheng stared at the test papers and said, “Our sister school’s test paper, which is incredibly difficult and has questions I’ve never seen before, has already been placed on my table. How do you expect me to back down?”
“That’s right…” Jiang Qinghua continued. “Then I’ll officiate this match. I’ll reiterate the rules, prizes, and punishment.”
“The full score of this paper is 100.”
“The time allotted is 60 minutes. You can submit your papers before the time limit is up.”
“If you score the same, the first person to submit the paper wins.”
“If Zhang Xiaoke wins, Li Zheng won’t be allowed to disturb her in the future.”
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoke quickly raised her hand and said, “All he has to do is not talk to me about anything related to studies… Also, I will be given the right to call Li Zheng ‘puppy,’ and he has to respond to that.”
“Is ‘puppy’ that important?” Jiang Qinghua asked, confused.
“It is!”
“Alright…” Jiang Qinghua turned around and said, “Then Li Zheng, if you lose, you won’t be allowed to talk about studying in front of Zhang Xiaoke. Furthermore, you’ll have to respond to her every time she calls you ‘puppy.’ Is that alright?”
“I’ll even let her call me ‘Liu Xin.’ Whatever floats her boat.”
“Yes, ‘Liu Xin’ is the most derogatory word we can think of,” Jiang Qinghua said in a low voice. “Then, if Li Zheng wins, he’ll be given the right to plan every aspect of Zhang Xiaoke’s study plan, and Zhang Xiaoke will have to follow the schedule Li Zheng makes for her.”