take an exam

“Hahaha, just kidding with you. Don’t worry, I’ll tell you in advance when I come back.”

“Alright, then I’m leaving. Study hard for tomorrow’s exam.”

“Okay.”

......

After saying goodbye to Xia Yudie, as soon as Chen Xiao returned to his dorm, Shen Jiancheng called.

The dorms would turn off the lights at night, so he invited Liu Xin and Chen Xiao to go to Xuelin Yayuan to study all night.

Liu Xin was naturally happy to go, and Chen Xiao felt it would be fun, so he also agreed.

Yu Mengqi’s school also faced final exams, and she had been holed up in the library for the past few days, only texting Chen Xiao to chat for a while when she ate or slept.

At Xuelin Yayuan,

Shen Jiancheng and Wu Ling had made ample preparations for their studying.

Cases of beer and several bags of ingredients filled the refrigerator.

Chen Xiao stared at their battle supplies,stunned for a good while.

“Holy crap, are you guys preparing for the final exams? Or are you getting ready to watch the World Cup?”

“Xiao Zi, you don’t understand, do you?”

Shen Jiancheng said proudly, “People have the best memory when they’re slightly tipsy. If you don’t believe me, look, every time Liu Xin, that idiot, curses at me after drinking, I remember it especially clearly. Let’s drink a bit first, then study all night, and we’ll remember everything!”

“......” Chen Xiao.

“Awesome!”

“Um... what’s the name of that girl you’re seeing? Call her over too, all schools are facing final exams now.”

“Her name is Yu Mengqi, she’s studying at her own school. Besides, we’re not dating, just friends,” Chen Xiao said.

“Holy crap! You’re not going for it? Isn’t she much prettier than Tan Cheng?” Shen Jiancheng exclaimed.

Wu Ling had a different opinion, “I think Tan Cheng is still prettier, I like petite girls.”

Liu Xin pouted, “Yu Mengqi is pretty, she’s the campus belle next door!”

After speaking, he looked at Chen Xiao, not forgetting to retort, “Look at my son, damn, he doesn’t look that great, but he specifically goes after campus belles.”

“Get lost, get lost…” Wu Ling scolded, “When did you go blind? Isn’t Xiao Zi good-looking? Especially this past month, he feels… very different from before.”

After speaking, with a slight realization, she continued, “See, sure enough, only women can make a man mature. Xiao Zi, you have to thank Tan Cheng for this.”

“......” Chen Xiao.

“Hehe, I thank her. If I have time, I’ll go thank her ancestors for eight generations.”

Everyone: “......”

“Alright, stop blabbering. Come on, drink! The sooner we drink, the sooner we study.”

“Come on, come on!”

......

The next day—

“Ah—!”

“Damn you, Shen Jiancheng, you scoundrel, I didn’t read a single word! Get up quickly, there are only fifteen minutes left until the exam!” Liu Xin shrieked.

Immediately after, there was a flurry of chaos.

Chen Xiao was also woken up and felt a bit helpless.

“What happened to being slightly tipsy? How did we get so drunk? You scoundrel!”

Wu Ling was already pulling Shen Jiancheng up by his ear.

“Ow, ow, ow… It hurts, it hurts, Ling Jie…”

“Holy crap, who knew your alcohol tolerance was so bad…”

Liu Xin cursed, “Damn it, if your alcohol tolerance is so good, why did you fall asleep too?”

“Damn it, I saw you all asleep, so wasn’t I tired?” Shen Jiancheng said.

Everyone: “......”

The four rode two motorcycles, their 125cc engines sputtering, rushing to school like a flash of lightning.

They entered the classroom just as the bell rang for class…

Chen Xiao quickly found a seat, took a few breaths, and first wrote his name.

Then he looked down…

A few minutes later—

Damn it, can I hand in my paper?

He had absolutely no clue.

But luckily, Chen Xiao was good at bluffing, so he just wrote down answers that felt about right.

In an hour, he had pretty much finished the paper.

......

Taking advantage of the break after handing in the paper, Chen Xiao went downstairs, lit a cigarette, and pulled out his phone.

“June 29th, Lingnan Metallurgy’s highest increase was 3.51%.”

Hmm?

That’s too little…

But even a small mosquito has meat. There were still two hundred million in reserve funds in the account. The Lan Cheng Group’s stock had gone crazy, so there was no need to keep the reserve funds.

So he sent a message to Su Tang.

“Have two teams each operate 100 million in funds to buy Lingnan Metallurgy, and sell it tomorrow after it rises by 3.3 points.”

Su Tang had been waiting for a long time and finally received instructions from her boss.

“Okay, boss.”

After replying, she immediately went to arrange the work.

Chen Xiao put away his phone. Since the market was not very large and this stock didn’t have much of a major trend, and the trading volume wasn’t great, the two teams combined might not even use up fifty million.

But he didn’t care; he just considered it practice for the teams.

“Damn it, what are you hiding here for? Why did you run so fast after class? Did you finish answering?” Liu Xin asked.

Chen Xiao stood up, “Didn’t do anything, just took advantage of a few minutes to make a few million for fun.”

Liu Xin thought he was talking about earning game currency.

“Earn what?! Big brother, we’re having an exam now, and you’re still playing games? What about the next class… I haven’t listened seriously even once…”

“......” Chen Xiao.

“What are you afraid of? Just take a wild guess.”

Shen Jiancheng walked over, a cigarette in his mouth, and asked, “How did you two do on the exam?”

“How did we do? It’s hard to say, what else could it be? How about you?”

Shen Jiancheng waved his hand, “It’s fine, we’ll retake it together next semester. Just drink less then.”

“......” Chen Xiao.

“Get lost! Just thinking about it makes me angry!” Liu Xin cursed.

“Idiot, you’re blaming me for not doing well on the exam?”

“Nonsense, I’m blaming you!”

......

Chen Xiao watched the two bicker with a smile until class began.

The content of the second exam was indeed more difficult, and he couldn’t even guess at the answers.

Just as Chen Xiao was at a loss, a note suddenly flew over from the side.

Chen Xiao was startled and turned his head slightly in that direction. Tan Cheng had already turned her body back.

What’s going on?

Chen Xiao secretly opened it and saw that it was the answers to the multiple-choice and true/false questions.

Tan Cheng would give me the answers?

Had the sun risen in the west?

Although he had already made arrangements, filling it in was better than leaving it blank.

Anyway, he would just be guessing if he wrote it himself. Chen Xiao looked at the answers, and they seemed like the correct options, so he filled them in accordingly.

After the exam, Chen Xiao waited for Liu Xin and the others at the back of the classroom, planning to eat lunch together.

Liu Xing walked from a distance, whistling, and when he saw Chen Xiao, his smile grew even wider.

“Oh, hey… How did the exam go?”

Chen Xiao: “???”

Had this grandson’s brain been kicked by a donkey?

“Pretty good.”

He replied indifferently.

“Hahaha, pretty good… Good is fine.” Liu Xing turned triumphantly and shouted towards the classroom, “Cheng Cheng…”

At this moment, some people hadn’t handed in their papers yet, and the invigilator looked up, “What are you shouting about? Which class are you from? Let me see your student ID.”

“......” Liu Xing.

He shrank his neck and immediately ducked behind the wall, his legs trembling as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it.

“Damn it, bad luck, spit!”

Just then, Liu Xin came out and frowned when he saw Liu Xing.

“Damn, who tied a dog at the door? Scared the hell out of me.”

Liu Xing: “!???”

Chen Xiao smiled, thinking that this son was reliable; he really stepped up when needed.

However, there was no need to gain an advantage with words. He preferred to lurk in silence, waiting for an opportunity, and then deliver a fatal blow.

Just like the group of people who recently went in, one of them, he hadn’t even met…