28: Chapter 28 Finally, I can grow taller!

After returning to his seat, Jiang Chen looked at him with an expression of admiration: "Awesome, Brother Fan. I can't even understand this problem, yet you were actually able to solve it."

Chen Fan patted his shoulder, "Study hard, you can do it too."

Jiang Chen shook his head, "I can't. This problem gives me a headache just looking at it." After a pause, he added, "If you get into college next year, don't forget your bro."

"Don't worry," Chen Fan said casually.

But in his heart, he knew that once they graduated from high school, the two of them would gradually drift apart.

It was like that in his past life; after high school graduation, they had less contact.

Especially after Chen Fan chose to lie flat and give up, he had almost completely lost touch with his former classmates.

Reborn in this lifetime, regarding his deskmate Jiang Chen, Chen Fan didn't intend to change anything; letting things take their natural course was fine.

After all, for the current Chen Fan, he was just a deskmate.

Nothing more, nothing less.

...

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

Saturday, 12:01 AM.

Chen Fan lay in bed with his eyes tightly closed, but an extremely excited smile appeared on his face.

At this moment, his consciousness was locked firmly onto the wealth store in his mind.

A special item inside deeply attracted his gaze.

[Secondary Bone Development]

500,000 wealth points

After use: The entire body's skeletal structure enters a period of secondary development, lasting for two months. Height can break through genetic limitations, bone density increases, skeletal proportions are optimized, and the body shape trends toward perfection.

Finally, it appeared.

Chen Fan was ecstatic inside; the special item he had been looking forward to for so long had finally refreshed.

With this, he could finally grow taller.

Chen Fan's current height was 173cm. In his past life, it hadn't reached 176cm until he was in college, and from then on, his height had frozen at that number.

He didn't know how tall he would eventually grow with this, but he figured at least 1.8 meters should be no problem.

Without hesitation, he immediately clicked purchase.

The next second, a gentle and pure energy flowed from nowhere into Chen Fan's limbs and bones.

Under the influence of this energy, Chen Fan gradually felt a hint of sleepiness, and this sleepiness grew stronger and stronger until, very quickly, Chen Fan couldn't hold on and closed his eyes.

When Chen Fan opened his eyes again, he picked up his phone to check the time.

It was already 8:00 AM the next day.

Remembering he had used [Secondary Bone Development] in the early morning, he wondered if there were any changes.

He stood up and felt around, but his height didn't seem to have changed significantly, as none of his clothes or pants had become short.

However, his mental state was unexpectedly good, as if he had drunk an energy potion.

He thought about it; the description for [Secondary Bone Development] said it required two months, and since it was only the first day, there certainly wouldn't be any obvious changes.

He would just have to wait a while and see. He had already lived for eighteen years; two months was nothing, and Chen Fan could afford to wait.

Just then, Chen Fan felt a wave of hunger wash over him.

This hunger was extremely intense; he felt like he could eat over a dozen steamed buns.

He got up and went to the living room; Wang Mei had already prepared breakfast.

"Mom, where's Dad?"

"He went to the new house. He said he was worried and wanted to go keep an eye on things," Wang Mei said while setting out breakfast. "Go brush your teeth and wash your face; breakfast is ready."

"Okay~" Chen Fan responded and immediately went to the bathroom to wash up.

It took less than two minutes to finish washing, and Chen Fan impatiently went to the dining table.

Wang Mei had made pork-filled steamed buns today. They weren't as small as the ones sold outside; instead, they were as big as a bowl's rim.

Chen Fan didn't have a big appetite; usually, one of these buns was enough to make him full in the morning.

As it turned out, after eating two today, he still felt somewhat unsatisfied. It wasn't until he ate a third one that he felt satisfied.

Seeing Chen Fan eat three buns in a row, a smile appeared on Wang Mei's face.

For a mother, a child having a good appetite was the greatest blessing. Watching him put away three bowl-sized buns made her feel reassured.

"Mom, from now on, buy more meat like beef and fish for the house," Chen Fan said, wiping his mouth.

"Alright, if you want to eat them, Mom will go buy some today." Wang Mei agreed readily and got up to clear the dishes. "You're growing, so you should eat more good food."

Wang Mei was very proactive, especially when it came to matters regarding Chen Fan. After clearing the dishes, she immediately set off for the supermarket.

In less than an hour, she was back home carrying large and small bags.

Chen Fan hurried forward to take them, and feeling the weight of the bags, he wondered how she had managed to carry them back.

...

Over the next two days, the standard of food at home rose sharply.

Three meals a day, with meat at every meal—beef, pork, chicken, and so on. Wang Mei kept changing the variety, and Chen Fan just kept his head down and ate.

He also felt that his appetite had increased significantly compared to before. Previously, one bowl of rice would fill him up, but now, even after two bowls, he could still add another half bowl.

After two days, he also felt other changes in his body.

First, his wrists seemed to have thickened a bit. As for his height, he measured it and found it had grown by 1cm, though it wasn't obvious, and he wasn't sure if he had measured it wrong.

Besides that, he didn't feel sleepy after meals anymore; he was full of energy and woke up even earlier than his alarm in the morning.

Just like that, two days flew by.

Xinghe, who hadn't been in touch for a few days, took the initiative to send a message.

[Xinghe: Pen name, the publisher has already printed the first batch of 80,000 copies. They sent a few hardcover copies over, remember to collect them.]

[Okay, thanks.]

...

Over the next half month or so, life was calm and routine.

He woke up at 6:30 every morning, washed up, ate, and left at 7:10. At school, he attended classes and solved problems just as he should; it was no different from before.

But only Chen Fan knew that there were too many differences.

Half a month had passed, and his originally slender wrists had become sturdy, and his height had increased by 4 centimeters, reaching 177cm.

Originally, Jiang Chen was nearly 1.79 meters tall, and Chen Fan looked noticeably shorter standing next to him. Now, standing together, there was almost no difference.

What surprised Chen Fan even more was that, after quietly observing, he realized his cartilage had actually grown too.

Wang Mei saw Chen Fan's changes and was happy in her heart. She changed up the variety of food she cooked every day, and the refrigerator at home was never empty.

Days went by like this, and in the blink of an eye, it was early February.

February 2nd, the final exam.

This was the last exam of the first semester of the third year of high school.

The exam lasted two days. By the 4th and 5th, it would be time for results and reviewing the test papers.

It was still dark, and streetlights illuminated the few students gathering at the school gate. He exhaled a puff of white air and followed the crowd inside.

The exam rooms were arranged based on the last monthly exam results. Chen Fan was in Exam Room 3—a middle-of-the-pack position, neither at the front nor the back.

Finding his seat, he sat down, took out his pencil case and placed it on the desk, then looked up at the blackboard: "Exam time: 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM, Chinese."

During this long period, Chen Fan had already refreshed [High School Chinese - Mastery], but it didn't matter; even if he hadn't refreshed it, he could still score over a hundred points with his own strength.

A few people nearby were flipping through books, cramming at the last minute. Chen Fan didn't move; he just sat there.

The bell rang, and the invigilator came in to distribute the papers.

When the paper was passed to his hands, he scanned the entire exam, flipped to the back, and looked at the essay topic—"On the Road."

Then he picked up his pen and began to write his name.

After writing his name, Chen Fan began to write furiously.

In the classroom, there were only the sounds of papers turning and pens writing.

The invigilator was a middle-aged woman wearing glasses. She walked from the front to the back, and then from the back to the front. When she passed by Chen Fan for the third time, her steps slowed, and she looked down at his paper—the essay grid was already half full.

She glanced at the clock on the wall.

The exam had only started forty-five minutes ago.