Chapter 453

Mu Youyu placed the uneaten piece of cake on the table, as if giving herself a buffer time, "Where are you going?"

Lin Ning smiled, "Y Guo, I'll wait for you to finish your exams at the end of June, then we'll leave."

Speaking of reluctance, Mu Youyu definitely had it. "Then come back more often during holidays."

Lin Ning laughed, pinched her cheeks, and said, "Of course, I'll definitely cling to you every day before I leave, and I'll often return home after that! Once I'm gone, you'd better take care of yourself."

"I know."

Occasionally someone in the classroom glanced their way, then quickly looked away.

Tomorrow is the second mock exam; for most people, it's an important test.

Although most of the students in Senior Year Class 1 already had recommendation spots in hand, they still wanted to go through the procedures.

Lin Ning added, "Also, although your A Jin is reliable, you can't just obey him in everything; you still need to make your own decisions when it's up to you."

Jiang Liangjin lightly coughed beside them.

"Obey him in everything?" Mu Youyu curled her lips in a faint smile; this saying would probably need to be reversed to be correct.

Lin Ning gave Jiang Liangjin a sideways glance, dead serious: "What, is what I said wrong?"

"Right." Jiang Liangjin didn't refute.

Lin Ning withdrew her gaze satisfied, then turned to Mu Youyu, "And those brothers of yours, each busier than the last—don't always think for them; when it's time to order them around, do so……"

"All things considered, you're the youngest sister, so you're the most important!"

Mu Youyu was amused by her endless nagging, "Okay, okay, you're even more long-winded than my brothers."

Lin Ning glared at her, "I'm just looking out for you; you don't know what's good for you."

"Yes, yes, Ningning cares about me the most." Mu Youyu went along with her, "When you get there, you also need to take care of yourself—don't just play around; keep up with your studies."

Lin Ning didn't care, "My sister said she doesn't need me to score high; just graduating is fine."

Mu Youyu suddenly remembered something, her eyes shifting, "Does Ye Zeli know you're going abroad?"

"He definitely knows; I told him long ago, and he even planned to accompany me……Let's not talk about that now!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Zeli happened to walk past the doorway; Lin Ning stood up and went to him, "Why are you so late?"

Ye Zeli said in a gentle tone, "All right, you guys finished the exam?"

Lin Ning grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the classroom, her voice excited: "Exam's done, exam's done—double digits aren't a problem! There's no teacher for this class, let's head out."

She said this with full confidence; just as the two stepped out the door, they ran into the smiling Zhou Laoshi, who said, "Where are you planning to take my students?"

Lin Ning instantly let go of his hand, Awkward Smile twice, "Ha ha, Vice Principal, goodbye, Vice Principal!"

Before his words even fell, he darted off like a wisp of smoke.

Mu Xi followed behind, holding a stack of test papers, her face slightly gloomy, her whole body carrying a hint of fatigue.

"Second older brother!"

Mu Xi nodded, sat down beside her sister, placed the test papers on Jiang Liangjin's desk with one person between them, and said, "Come mark the test papers."

Jiang Liangjin glanced at the title; it was the sophomore math monthly exam, the column for the test paper's name was sealed, and he said, "How did Teacher Zhou have you mark it?"

Mu Xi was used to it, "He's just like that; if the test papers aren't sealed, he has to hand out one copy each and mark them himself."

Zhou Laoshi at the doorway, not sure if he heard that, gave a few light coughs.

The classroom below was quiet; only then did Zhou Laoshi walk up to the podium, holding a list, his gaze sweeping across the room.

His feelings toward this class were very complex.

He had taught this class for three years, from the freshman division to now, watching these young masters and misses grow from their initial innocence into their current varied forms.

Some rose from middling ranks in the grade to the top tier; some went from obscurity to becoming competition gold medalists.

Still others sat in the back row day after day playing games, their grades as steady as a rock, neither improving nor declining, as if they could not muster interest in anything.

To outsiders, this is an enviable top class, blessed with natural advantage, a bright future, even hotter than the neighboring Olympiad Class.

Zhou Laoshi, having taught for so many years and seen all kinds of students, found this class…

He felt less like a teacher and more like a monitor of a daycare class.

Fortunately, although each child had their own flaws, overall they were acceptable.

In class they neither noisy nor disruptive, homework turned in on time; although their handwriting was oddly uniform, forget it, we won't dwell on that…

In exams they never ranked at the bottom, and occasionally they could bring back a few competition awards to save face.

Most importantly, they never caused him trouble—or, if they did, they didn't need him to intervene.

Zhou Laoshi braced his hands on the desk edge, his gaze sweeping the class; his smiling, narrowed-eyes look was as if he'd stumbled upon a great bargain.

"Tomorrow's second mock exam, I've said all I need to say, and you've reviewed what you needed to."

He paused slightly, his gaze drifting to the back row, "I won't go on any longer, lest you find me annoying."

Below, a dead silence; they couldn't be bothered to respond to him.

Zhou Laoshi picked up the attendance register, flipped through it, and said, "The exam room assignments are posted on the bulletin board; check them yourselves after class."

"Don't go to the wrong exam hall, don't write the wrong name, don't fold the answer sheet, and don't doodle on the test paper."

As he uttered that last sentence, his gaze drifted once more to the back row.

The whole class turned their heads in unison, looking toward Mu Youyu in the back row.

Mu Youyu lifted her head, an innocent expression on her face.

Jiang Liangjin pressed a hand to her lips, suppressing a laugh, and continued marking the test papers.

Mu Xi glanced lightly at the podium; Song Lujing was still asleep.

Zhou Laoshi gave a light "cough", withdrew his gaze, and said, "What are you looking at me for? I was talking about everyone, not singling anyone out."

No one believed him.

Seeing they didn't believe him, Zhou Laoshi didn't explain further, adding, "This counts as a joint exam; later we'll compare with the people from Lan Lin's side."

The audience below perked up and finally deigned to pay attention to him.

Why didn't you say earlier? Is Lan Lin ready to be outdone by us?

First place definitely belongs to our Nan Feng!

I don't know what they were showing off about before; just watch our class thrash them.

This is interesting; I'm getting serious.

Zhou Laoshi looked at the students below who were suddenly fired up like they'd been injected with chicken blood, raised his hand and pressed down, saying, "Alright, alright, the joint exam is to test your learning results, not to let you go fight."

Brother Zhou, we don't fight; we only compare scores.

Exactly, we'll crush them with scores, so they know what a gap is.

Can we get Brother Song to stop handing in blank papers and just filling in multiple-choice?

Our Princess Mingxi needs to put in some effort; once you get serious, Young Master Jiang and Brother Xi will also put in effort.