Chapter 65

Lu Siwen tugged on Zhai Da's sleeve and came to the end of the hallway: "Student Zhai, are you looking for me?"

Zhai Da took a notebook out of his schoolbag.

"This is the first half of 'Long Road of Manman,' about 50,000 words; I've been writing it in my spare time during this period."

Lu Siwen was visibly surprised, holding the book and jumping for joy: "So much!"

Zhai Da spread his hands, indicating this was just basic operation; for one, he had the movie in his mind as an outline, and for another, 【The Literary Girl's Pen】 provided extremely abundant emotions and ideas when doing original writing, so what affected his writing speed was basically just his handwriting speed.

Of course, the literary literacy accumulated over many years in his past life was also crucial; otherwise, no matter how abundant an illiterate's emotions were, they would only shout: "Holy crap, awesome."

"The compulsory subject level test is coming up soon, followed by three mock exams, so I might need to focus on studying for a while. I'm giving you everything I've written this time, which counts as an explanation."

"However, you'll still need to use your pen for a while; don't worry, I'll use it gently."

Lu Siwen only had eyes for the notebook; in fact, as time went on, the urge to get her fountain pen back wasn't that urgent anymore.

Most importantly, with the micro-fiction contest, the blog, and 'Long Road of Manman,' her interactions with Zhai Da were becoming more and more frequent.

The sense of trust was growing stronger.

Zhai Da suddenly showed his hands, signaling that there was nothing in them.

Then, under Lu Siwen's puzzled gaze, he shook them quickly, and when he stopped, a tissue was pinched between his fingertips...

Although he didn't need to grind for unsealing tasks anymore, he hadn't given up on practicing small magic tricks.

He placed the tissue in Lu Siwen's hand.

Lu Siwen looked at Zhai Da in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

Zhai Da pointed to the sesame and red oil at the corner of her mouth; judging by the traces, it should be something like lamp-shadow beef:

"There's a sesame seed at the corner of your mouth; wipe it off."

Lu Siwen wiped it blankly, and sure enough, it was all red oil... She turned her head to look at the window behind her.

It was as if two little people were fighting on top of her head, a battle between heaven and man.

The little devil-looking one said: Don't think about it, just jump down.

The little angel one said: Great, great.

Seeing Lu Siwen had crashed, Zhai Da turned and left with a mischievous smile, but suddenly remembered one thing.

"By the way, your class must have had a quiz recently, too. What was your total score?"

He wanted to show off a little.

Lu Siwen covered her face, her voice soft and glutinous: "398... And Student Zhai?"

Zhai Da cupped his hands in a salute:

"Farewell!"

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There was no evening self-study today, so Zhai Da was basically leaving school at the same time as the Grade 10 students.

The campus was still noisy, but in the full garden of clamor, there was no one he knew; this feeling was quite strange.

Zhai Da suddenly realized that even in the same school, there seemed to be an invisible barrier between the lower and upper grades, just like how he didn't know back then that there was such a pretty girl as Lu Wei in the grade above him.

But fortunately, now that pretty girl was waiting for him at home every day.

He had defeated 99.99% of high school students in the country.

Practicing the fancy techniques of 【Joker Poker】 with his hands all the way, he soon arrived home; today he was actually earlier than Yu Xiaoli and the other, a situation that hadn't happened in over a year.

Thinking for a moment, Zhai Da took out his grandfather's metalworking notebook; the dark red notebook was already quite old, the paper yellow and brittle, and he flipped through it very carefully.

That kind of "resonance" seemed to make him freeze, and it was just right that there was no one around now.

But unfortunately... "resonance" didn't seem to be something that happened so easily... After looking for half an hour, there was still no change.

And even more regrettably... Zhai Da couldn't quite understand it.

Although this 【Equipment】 could enhance the learner's ability to learn in related fields, but... this field was completely blank for Zhai Da, and it was definitely not something he could understand and learn just by looking at it casually.

He couldn't even recognize all those marked symbols...

Closing the notebook helplessly, Zhai Da had to admit that it was still too early to learn what was in the notebook, and it would require a lot of extra energy to make up for the relevant knowledge.

Perhaps... summer vacation? Or apply for a related major in university?

With his grades still improving rapidly, he hadn't decided which university to apply to yet... let alone the major.

He would definitely figure out his grandfather's affairs, find all the notebooks, and piece together those years, but for now... it was better to first flatten the mountain named "College Entrance Exam."

Zhai Da closed the notebook and carefully put it into the bookcase.

Instead, he took out three other things from his schoolbag:

【Lu Wei's Math Notes (I) (II) (III)】, lined up on the desk.

This was the field where he should put in effort right now.

Because carrying it could slightly increase his math comprehension, he carried it every day, and he had indeed felt the tangible effects in this regard.

The effect was very strong; whether in class or doing problems, his thinking was much smoother than before.

Zhai Da pulled the curtains and opened the system's synthesis function.

"Please drag the 【Equipment】 you want to synthesize into the interface."

Pale blue text appeared on the interface.

Zhai Da dragged all three notebooks in from the 【Equipment List】.

"Detecting synthesis path... Path exists. Synthesize?"

Zhai Da's spirit was lifted, though it wasn't unexpected.

"About to synthesize... Please place all material equipment in a real space without observers..."

It was still that text prompt full of "hardcore technology" feel; Zhai Da pondered for a moment and finally had to admit that researching this now was purely futile.

Although his physics grades had improved quite a bit recently... he wasn't drunk.

So he got up, closed the bedroom door, and gave the system some "private space."

"Environment detected as compliant... About to synthesize; please do not disturb the environment or observe without authorization..."

"Shielding fluctuations, collapsing reality... Clearing traces..."

"Synthesis complete."

The whole process took about three seconds, and there were no movements or sound/light effects.

Zhai Da twisted the door open again, and only one notebook remained on the desk.

In terms of cover and texture, it was no different from the cheap notebooks before, only the thickness had increased significantly.

But if you flipped to the back, you would find a cursive "L" in the bottom right corner, which seemed to represent the surname of the original owner.

"Congratulations to the host, synthesized green special item 【Book of High School Math (Lu Wei Edition)】:"

"Current status: Acquired, unsealed."

"Equipment Effect 1: Carrying it can slightly increase math comprehension; there is a double bonus when studying the content of the notes themselves."

"Equipment Effect 2: Focusing on the notes themselves, there is a very small probability of 【temporarily】 resonating with the owner of the notes; the probability for 'bond holders' of blood, spirit, and emotion is greatly increased, and there is special feedback."

"Special Effect 'Residual Wisdom': Those who have successfully triggered resonance have a probability of having a flash of inspiration when performing 'math'-related learning, labor, or work."

"Unsealing Task: Independently complete ten Olympiad-level math problems (repetition invalid)."

"Note: In many days and nights, Lu Wei only had math."

Zhai Da looked at the familiar effects one by one, thinking to himself that his previous guess was indeed correct.

【Notebook】-type equipment really possessed strong commonalities!

Except for the most basic "increase XX comprehension" and "small probability of triggering resonance," once the rarity reached green, they would all obtain the "Residual Wisdom" special effect.

Opening the notebook, the handwriting and content inside were still in Lu Wei's own hand; if speaking from a physical level, it seemed that three notebooks were just stapled together, but in terms of function, it was somewhat strengthened after the rarity changed to green.

And three-in-one was more suitable for carrying.

At this time, the sound of a door opening came from outside; someone must have returned. Zhai Da temporarily put the new equipment into the bookcase and pushed the door open to look.

Lu Wei was carrying a bag of vegetables, but there was no sign of Yu Xiaoli.

Zhai Da asked in confusion: "Where's my mom?"

Lu Wei stepped into her cheap hard plastic slippers and said: "A big order came to the factory. Teacher Yu is a master pattern maker, so she stayed behind to work overtime making patterns."

Lu Wei raised the bag in her hand: "For the next few days... I'll be cooking."

Although it was still a pretty face lacking expression, she didn't know if it was the effect of the 【Keychain】.

She just felt, even cuter.

Zhai Da smiled and rolled up his sleeves: "Let's do it together; I'll help you."

In the cramped kitchen, the two stood side by side, the sunset shining in from outside the window, dyeing Zhai Da's hands and Lu Wei's face red.

Someone suddenly thought.

At least at this moment, the math girl wouldn't "only have math."

Zhai Da washed the vegetables, Lu Wei cut them, smooth and leisurely.

"By the way, Tutor Lu, I have some good news to report to you."

"What?"

"Math quiz, I got 132... Happy? You taught me well."

"A bit low... I thought it would be over 140..."

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