Chapter 376

Sunday morning.

Yan Zhusheng woke up early.

After getting out of bed, she didn't change her pajamas and walked straight out of her bedroom.

Before she even reached Li Luo's bedroom door, Ying Chanxi's bedroom door opened first.

When she saw Yan Zhusheng, Ying Chanxi rubbed her eyes and glanced at her, then nodded as if she'd grown used to it.

The two of them worked in perfect sync—one turned the doorknob, the other pushed the door open, and they stepped together into Li Luo's bedroom.

But the moment they entered, before they could even act, they froze at the sight before them.

At this moment.

Li Luo was sleeping peacefully on the bed.

In his arms lay an uncooperative figure.

Xu Youyu, her hair loose, leaned against Li Luo's chest, one bare white leg draped over his stomach along with the blanket, all her pale skin exposed.

Watching the sultry sleep expression of her senior, a strand of hair still clamped between her lips, Yan Zhusheng showed little reaction, but Ying Chanxi puffed out her cheeks and hurried to the bedside.

"Senior, senior," Ying Chanxi shook Xu Youyu's arm a few times until she woke up, "why did you sleep over here last night?"

"Mmm… who's that?" Xu Youyu was still half-asleep; she had slept late last night and was still drowsy, barely managing to rub her eyes before recognizing Ying Chanxi standing by the bed. "Chanxi…"

"Hehe," once a bit more awake, Xu Youyu actually laughed, and before Ying Chanxi could react, she reached out and yanked her onto the bed, hugging her and nuzzling her cheek, "I fell asleep reading a novel here last night and just didn't feel like going back."

Ying Chanxi let out a startled cry when pulled onto the bed, then was thoroughly cuddled by Xu Youyu; after struggling free, she blushed and said, "Senior, stop messing around—we're going for a morning run, want to come with us?"

At this moment, Li Luo had already been woken by them; he opened his eyes drowsily to see Yan Zhusheng quietly crouching beside the bed, watching him.

"Good morning," Yan Zhusheng reached out and poked Li Luo's cheek, speaking.

"Mmm…" Li Luo yawned, then suddenly realized someone else was sleeping on his bed; he quickly turned his head—and saw Xu Youyu and Ying Chanxi curled up together, "Huh?"

"Chanxi…"

"When did you come over? I don't remember at all?"

"I just got here!" Ying Chanxi grumbled, "Senior yanked me onto the bed all of a sudden—we both came to wake you up, just like Zhusheng!"

"Cough… I'm up, I'm up," Li Luo rolled over and immediately climbed out of bed, "Senior, you getting up? Since we're all awake now, let's go for a morning run together."

"No," Xu Youyu burrowed deeper into Li Luo's bed, pulling the blanket over her head, her voice muffled from inside, "You guys go. Just bring me breakfast—I'm going back to sleep."

"Senior… you should at least go back to your own room before sleeping," Ying Chanxi muttered quietly.

"Ah, if I walk back to my room, I might lose my sleepiness—it'll ruin my sleep quality," Xu Youyu said, then poked her head out from under the blanket and kissed Ying Chanxi's cheek, "Chanxi, be good, I love you~."

Ying Chanxi's cheeks flushed from Xu Youyu's sudden kiss; she stammered helplessly, "Senior… you… how can you…"

But seeing Xu Youyu immediately drop back to sleep after kissing her, Ying Chanxi could only laugh and sigh, not knowing what to say.

Soon after Li Luo got up, the three of them finished washing up, ignored Xu Youyu still on the bed, went downstairs for their morning run, and brought back breakfast for Xu Youyu after eating.

Knowing Zhao Rongjun and the others would be studying here later, Xu Youyu was considerate enough—after eating breakfast, she got up obediently, washed up, changed into her school uniform, and joined them in the living room to study.

…

By evening, when Li Luo arrived at Class Eight to attend night self-study, he noticed many people glancing at him occasionally.

This made him frown, feeling strange, so he asked Zhu Yufei across the aisle, "Why are you all staring at me?"

"We're curious," Zhu Yufei answered honestly, "Class president, didn't you upload a new book last night? Lots of people in class have read it."

"Oh, 'Little Joys'?" Li Luo realized what was going on.

For many students, not everyone enjoys Online Novels, especially cultural entertainment ones.

But a novel like 'Little Joys,' tied to Gaokao and family life, might actually appeal to some.

Especially since it was written by Li Luo—naturally drawing massive attention.

So after its release, it spread rapidly not just within Class Eight, but also in several official groups of Fuyi High School.

The ten thousand characters uploaded last night, plus today's two updates in the morning and evening, had already been finished by many students.

The opening plot centers on the male lead's poor grades, with conflict against another boy who also performs poorly, gradually expanding from there.

The conflict isn't intense, but it's just right for high school students.

And with Li Luo's identity as the author, once they learned it was written by a fellow Gao Zhongsheng, many grew curious and went to check it out.

Even some teachers, upon seeing the group messages, felt curious enough to search for Li Luo's book and flip through it.

As a result, just as night self-study began on Sunday, Li Luo's 'Little Joys' had become today's top news at Fuyi High School.

Learning this, Li Luo felt no social death.

After all, the plot of 'Little Joys' was still quite positive.

Look! Look at this!

Pay close attention—he Li Luo can write normal content too!

He's not just someone who writes urban harem novels!

Compared to 'I Am Really Not a Star,' if 'Little Joys' ever gets published in print, Li Luo would gladly have it fill every shelf of Fuyi High School's library.

But normally, Li Luo rarely checked Class Eight's class QQ group, only paying attention when he had announcements or notices to make.

Now, reminded by Zhu Yufei, Li Luo quietly pulled out his phone and scrolled through the class group chat logs from last night until now, under his desk.

【Zhang Guohuang】: Class president uploaded a new book?

【Ren Zheng】: Huh?

【Zhu Yufei】: What the hell? Did he finish?! Did he abandon it?!

【Zhang Guohuang】: No, the Star book is still updating normally—he just started a new one called 'Little Joys.'

Li Luo glanced at the 9 p. m. timestamp from last night and saw Zhang Guohuang's name—he was speechless.

This kid really was a master of gathering intel—how did he always find out everything first?

Thinking this, Li Luo scrolled further down, skimming through the group chat content.

After confirming there were no major issues, he finally relaxed.

Thus, as time passed, "Little Joy" began updating steadily, and its collection count, heavily boosted by the event, quickly surpassed ten thousand.

After "Little Joy" had serialized several days of plot, when the story reached the rally ceremony scene—where Song Qian argued with her daughter Qiao Yingzi and accidentally popped a balloon—the QQ group's discussion atmosphere instantly heated up again.

【Ren Zheng】: Fuck! What if seeing Song Qian suddenly gives me hallucinations of my mom? I'm suffocating here.

【Jin Yuting】: Li Luo's portrayal of parents is so real… Feels like he's writing about my mom—she gets super tense after every exam, and I'm too scared to tell her my scores.

【Zhu Yufei】: I'm fine, though. My dad isn't as laid-back as Fang Yuan, but he's still pretty relaxed—he rarely cares about my grades.

【Zhang Guohuang】: My mom is exactly like Dong Wenjie—always nagging, it's hilarious. I instantly recognized her. The class monitor really gets it.

As the plot unfolded, positive reviews gradually began appearing in the comments section of "Little Joy."

But most online novel readers come to the platform for wish-fulfillment power fantasies—who wants to read a novel purely about the college entrance exam?

So most people still left many question marks in the comments, puzzled that such a book could even be featured in the spotlight event.

Under these circumstances, November 24 arrived.

Li Luo didn't pay much attention to the subsequent developments of "Little Joy." He woke up as usual, went for his morning run, ate breakfast, then headed to the classroom.

During morning self-study, someone passed on a message that Teacher Kong was looking for him in the office.

Li Luo got up, walked out the back door, and made his way to the fifth-floor office, knocked, and entered.

Kong Junxiang saw him, waved him over, then handed him a report card with a broad smile: "Congratulations—you did extremely well this time."

Hearing Kong Junxiang's words, Li Luo raised an eyebrow. Even before seeing the actual scores, he already felt confident.

He glanced down at the card and immediately smiled.

All ten subjects—including technical subjects—received A grades in the academic assessment; his three elective subjects—Physics, History, and Geography—all scored a full 100 points under the conversion system!

Not just him—Ying Chanxi had the same result.

"With this, you and Ying Chanxi will have it much easier going forward," Kong Junxiang chuckled. "I heard you guys have a study group? Xu Yinghuan's in it too, right?"

"Honestly, I didn't think she'd be able to take all three electives on her first try."

"But I didn't expect her to do so well—she got a perfect score in one subject, and the other two were both above 90."

Hearing this, Li Luo glanced at Xu Yinghuan's scores.

Geography: 100. Chemistry: 94. Physics: 91.

Hmm… for Xu Yinghuan, this was indeed an excellent result.

After all, based on her physics scores in the first half of the year—even under the conversion system—getting above 85 would've been a miracle.

But now she'd scored 91 under conversion—truly a pleasant surprise.

Not to mention geography, her relatively stronger subject, where she'd scored a perfect 100—this alone significantly reduced her future study pressure, freeing up time for other subjects.

In addition:

Yan Zhusheng: Geography 100, History 97, Physics 94.

Qiao Xinyan: Chemistry 100, Geography 100, Physics 97.

Zhao Rongjun: Physics 100, Chemistry 100, but Geography only 97.

Outside these six, only Lu Jiahao had taken all three electives, scoring 100 in Geography and Chemistry, and 97 in Physics.

In other words, only Li Luo and Ying Chanxi in the entire class had achieved a perfect 300-point score.

"Only eleven students in the whole school got a perfect 300," Kong Junxiang said with a smile. "Only about seventy got full marks in individual subjects. Your class's performance is already very impressive."

After reviewing the report card and listening to Kong Junxiang's words, Li Luo smiled too, feeling all his efforts over the past few months had been worth it.

With this elective score as a foundation, the seven-member study group faced far less pressure than others.

Especially Li Luo and Ying Chanxi—they could now completely ignore the three electives and focus solely on the three main subjects.

As for Yan Zhusheng, though his History and Physics scores were only 97 and 94, these were already outstanding for an art candidate.

Even if Yan Zhusheng never studied these two subjects again, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Holding the report card, Li Luo chatted briefly with Kong Junxiang, then returned to Class Eight amid the morning reading chants, and pasted the card on the classroom bulletin board beside the blackboard.

As soon as class ended, everyone rushed over.

Upon seeing Li Luo and Ying Chanxi's three perfect 100s, the classroom erupted in a chorus of sharp intakes of breath.

Afterward, everyone's gaze toward them was filled with envy.

After all, just imagining that these two would never have to study electives again—cutting three subjects' homework—made it unbearably tempting.

But Li Luo paid it no mind. After explaining Yan Zhusheng's scores to her, he said: "Next spring, retake History and Physics. No matter how you do, after that, focus entirely on your art exam and the three main subjects for the college entrance exam."

"Okay," Yan Zhusheng nodded obediently, accepting his instructions without a single objection.

…

Amid this joyful atmosphere, time quickly neared the weekend.

But the day before the parent-teacher meeting, Li Guohong, bored in his office with the air conditioning on, was idly scrolling through his phone.

On the other side, Li Guoru was habitually checking government website updates.

When he saw a recent news item about the subway, he furrowed his brow and asked Li Guohong: "Guohong."

"Hmm?"

"Aren't you the ones who bought several storefronts on Xijie near Qianjiang University?"

"Yeah."

"Tsk tsk," Li Guoru said, confirming the news. "Your family's luck… it's impossible to block."

"What's going on?"

"Look at this news," Li Guoru pointed at the computer screen. "Yuhang City's latest subway plan…"