Chapter 454: They Are Talent-Type Athletes

Jiang Liangjin lifted his long eyelashes, and Mu Youyu noticed that Lan Lin and Nan Feng still had something in common when it came to competing.

"Honey, don't worry about them; either way, it doesn't affect our recommendation." Mu Xi was unhappy. "Isn't this putting pressure on my little sister?"

"Hey, Mu Xi, don't mess around like that! It's no fun; first place has to go to our school!"

"Mu Xi, you're being irresponsible about the school's honor!"

"Exactly, anyway it's the joint exam; even if you don't do it for the school, you should at least think about our class's dignity, right?"

"Lan Lin's side has already declared they'll crush us; can you bear this?"

Mu Xi didn't even lift an eyelid, marked a point on the test paper, and said, "Can't tolerate it—so you guys work hard."

All classmates: "……"

Zhou Laoshi's mouth twitched as he watched the students, who had collectively broken down because the recommended students don't participate in rankings.

The classmates hadn't given up yet.

"Joint exam, joint exam—it's all about participation! If you don't want to take it, you take it for us."

"If he takes the exam for us, whose name goes on the test paper?"

"Write your name; you don't think Zhou Laoshi would recognize it at a glance?"

Zhou Laoshi, on the podium, listened as they spoke more and more absurdly, couldn't help tapping the table, and said, "What are you talking about? I'm still here."

A few seconds of silence passed below, then it got noisy again.

"Send the test papers to Lan Lin for grading; even if we write whatever handwriting, they won't recognize it—why are you rushing?"

"What if Lan Lin's teacher recognizes my handwriting? They should have seen my competition papers before."

"Your competition handwriting looks like ghost scribbles—who could recognize it?"

"You're the ghost scribbles! Mine is called art!"

"Haha... speaking of which, you should take the exam seriously, right?"

Mu Youyu, stared at by those gazes, slowly said, "I'll just take it casually; don't count on me."

"Just take it casually? Then I can relax."

Everyone still remembers that Mu Youyu once casually said, "I'll just take it casually," and ended up winning first place in the school.

"Young Master Jiang, say something too; you can't just watch Lan Lin's gang show off in front of us, right?"

Jiang Liangjin replied leisurely, "Me too."

The people in the classroom immediately felt relieved by about half.

Yu Ci kept his head down, hoping his name wouldn't be called, and fortunately it wasn't.

"What about Song Lujing?"

"How are they still sleeping? I really envy Song Lujing and his friends, who play games every day without glasses."

"Exactly, I've become 400-degree nearsighted from reading every day; I admire Song Lujing."

Song Lujing lay on the desk, oblivious to the outside noise.

But the words 'Song Lujing' kept appearing, eventually eliciting a slight reaction; he slowly lifted half his face from his arm and said, "What do you want?"

"Song Lujing, say something! Are you taking the joint exam or not?"

Song Lujing pondered a moment, then said sincerely, "Taking the exam? It depends on whether I can get up that day."

"……"

Zhou Laoshi listened as they talked more and more without bounds, his mouth twitched, and he said, "Alright, that's enough said; I'm leaving first, you arrange the rest of your time, just don't leave the classroom—there are leaders outside."

Below, the sound of textbooks flipping sporadically sounded.

Mu Youyu opened the textbook, her eyes fell on the text, but her mind wandered elsewhere.

Jiang Liangjin pushed the water cup on the desk toward her hand.

Mu Youyu came to and asked, "When is this water from?"

"Probably from last week."

"Then let A Jin drink it himself."

Mu Xi sat on the other side of the little sister; they're used to it, everyone from both schools knows their relationship, and sharing water cups and swapping jackets has become normal.

A few classmates in the front row were still whispering, the topic had drifted from the joint exam to who Lan Lin's side is sending to compete.

"Doesn't Lan Lin's side have Bai Yun and Xia Chaoyi?"

Mu Youyu was confused, "Aren't Bai Yun and Xia Chaoyi sophomores?"

"Forgot it, haha; let's talk about Jiang Ji—he scored over seven hundred on the last mock exam, comparable to the senior A class."

Alright, Mu Youyu didn't continue the conversation, but how could lazy Jiang Ji score over seven hundred? Old Master Jiang Ye Ye must be thrilled enough to set off fireworks.

"Over seven hundred? He wasn't like that before? That's about right; our class, just randomly pull someone out…"

"You randomly pull someone out? Try pulling yourself out."

"I didn't mean myself; I meant Mu Xi—Mu Xi casually taking the exam gets a 740!"

"Exactly, those four in the back are close! But they haven't been doing many practice questions lately; are you sure they can still score 740?"

"They're talent-type players; even without drilling, they're stronger than you."

Jiang Liangjin raised his eyebrows. "Talent-type player? Not really."

Just that from childhood his brain works better, he remembers things a bit faster than peers, learns a bit more……

Mu Xi is the same, except she needs to add a stronger competitive streak on top of that foundation.

Mu Youyu opened the textbook, tapped his arm, and said solemnly, "Let's review the old to learn the new."

Jiang Liangjin put down the test paper and said, "I'll recite an ancient poem for you."

The other party responded with a sound, and their two heads huddled together at the desk, leaning against each other.

Mu Xi helplessly watched the two, and in the end still didn't speak to disturb them.

Thursday morning, the sky was overcast, and the second mock exam was scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

Mu Youyu's exam hall was in the first teaching building of Lan Lin, with one school separating her from Jiang Liangjin, Mu Xi, and Song Lujing.

When she and Mu Xi arrived at the Lan Lin school gate, Jiang Liangjin was already there, holding a paper bag containing her breakfast.

"So early?" Mu Youyu walked over, took the paper bag, and found it was still warm.

"Yes, I was worried Youbao would be hungry." Jiang Liangjin inserted a straw into the soy milk cup and handed it to her, "Your exam hall is in the second building; I'll see you there."

Mu Youyu took it, bit into a rice ball, mumbled an "uh," and followed him inside.

Mu Xi stepped forward to stand beside her sister.

They were not strangers to the Lan Lin campus, but the first teaching building where the exam was held lay deepest in the campus, farthest from the gate.

Several people walked along the corridor between the teaching buildings; occasionally, early-arriving students passed by, recognized them, glanced a second time, then hurried away.

When they reached the door of her exam hall, Jiang Liangjin stopped and said, "Then we'll head back first; come find you after the exam, good luck."

Mu Xi: "Bye, sweetheart."

Mu Youyu smiled and waved, then turned and walked into her own exam hall.

The exam hall was already half full; Mu Youyu found her seat and sat down.

A girl with a slanted ponytail sat down diagonally in front of her, recognized her, and whispered a greeting: "Elder sister Yu, you're also in this exam hall."

Mu Youyu looked ahead, recognized the person as a student from last year's second-year Class A, replied "Good morning," and the other person stopped talking and began reviewing.

This exam was quite formal; half an hour before it started, the students had mostly gathered, and metal detectors, barcodes, and so on were set up.