Chapter 4: You only scored 149 across six subjects, are you a pig-brained idiot?

"Too hot, not going, we'll talk tonight." Xie Qin kicked the back door open; he didn't know how many times that door was kicked by him every day.

Xie Qin's seat was in the last row by the window in the first column. As soon as he entered, he extinguished his cigarette on the wall and threw it into the trash can.

The back door closed, he pulled out his chair, and Xie Qin stretched his legs straight, crossed them, and put them on the table, looking like a big shot, and started playing with his phone. "Everyone log in and play two rounds."

In the entire department, only Class 2 of the Freshman Philosophy Department had air conditioning; other classrooms had ceiling fans. It was the inhumane Master Xie who personally provided the funds to have one installed.

He installed a thirty-thousand-yuan air conditioner without blinking an eye.

Just to satisfy himself so he could sleep comfortably during class.

Xu Zhouyuan walked in afterward and caught a glimpse of Shen Li, who had taken off her mask. "Mask girl? You're so beautiful!"

"What was your college entrance exam score?"

Shen Li: "…"

Xie Qin lowered his head, his gaze falling on his phone, looking at the game interface that had popped up. "I'm asking you."

Xu Zhouyuan joked: "Brother Qin, don't be so fierce, be careful not to scare the little girl again."

Shen Li pressed her hand on her book, didn't look at them, held a pen in her hand, and said in a somewhat flat tone: "149 points."

"Pfft, hahahaha…" Zhou Mingyu laughed loudly. "149, you only scored 149 across six subjects, are you a pig-brained idiot?"

"My Brother Qin, for all six subjects, if he just chose 'C' for every multiple-choice question and took the test with his eyes closed, he'd score more than 149."

Xu Zhouyuan laughed until tears were almost coming out. "How did you manage that!"

"That's invincible too."

Qiao Lang: "Brother Qin, it's rare, someone scored even lower than you."

Qiao Lang and Zhou Mingyu were desk mates, sitting in the second-to-last row, and the last row was Xie Qin and Xu Zhouyuan.

Xu Zhouyuan: "You don't look like someone who can't study, you're even worse than our Brother Qin."

"You're so beautiful, let's get to know each other. Do you have a partner?"

Xie Qin had some reaction; he raised his beautiful double eyelids with creases, glanced at her side profile. Her long, black, shiny hair was tied in a ponytail, and she was wearing a simple white long-sleeved shirt, black cropped pants, and a pair of canvas shoes of an unknown brand. Her whole outfit looked cheap, not exceeding two hundred yuan.

Shen Li: "No."

Xu Zhouyuan got up and leaned against the corner of Shen Li's desk. Seeing the key points she had marked in her book, he found it a bit interesting. "There's a gathering tonight, want to go and play together?"

"Brother Qin was just joking with you earlier, don't be angry. He never bullies people in class. He just wanted to return your student ID."

"For a beautiful girl like you, Brother Qin will definitely treat you well. You won't have to spend a penny when going out to eat."

Shen Li: "No, thank you."

Xu Zhouyuan had seen too many girls playing hard to get and just thought she was putting on an act. "What's there to be serious about in a crappy vocational college? Just hanging out with Brother Qin for three years is enough. If anyone touches you, just say the word, and we'll stand up for you."

Shen Li didn't make a sound. She was already starting to feel annoyed. She gripped the pen in her hand tightly, not saying a word.

"Really no, I'm not feeling well and want to go back to the dormitory to rest early." Her voice was very soft and also very cold, clearly not wanting to hang out with them.

Xu Zhouyuan didn't ask for trouble again. "Alright then, we'll talk next time when you're better."

Such a lousy excuse, anyone could tell.

Probably because she had been scared by Xie Qin just now, Xu Zhouyuan didn't say anything else and returned to his seat, and the four of them started a ranked game.

Soon it was time for the second half of the class. In the last five minutes, quite a few girls suddenly arrived in the classroom one after another, filling all the seats that hadn't been filled before.

"Wow, this is Xie Qin."

"He's so handsome."

"Yeah, yeah…"

In Shen Li's previous school, she had never seen such a scene; everyone would just bury their heads in practice problems.

Actually, the seat Shen Li was sitting in now was the most sought-after seat before she came; it was all about speed—slow feet got nothing.

There was a group for freshmen at Chengde University, specifically created to attend classes with Xie Qin.

People from the Philosophy Department were also in it. As soon as Xie Qin arrived, a message would be sent in the group, and then people from various departments would scramble to grab seats.

After all, it was just a vocational college, and everyone was just here to drift through life. Otherwise, they were only seventeen or eighteen; what else could they do at this age if they didn't study? As long as they didn't go too far, the school teachers generally didn't care much.

The teacher on stage was lecturing to themselves, and the voices below were louder than the teacher's. Shen Li couldn't hear a single word clearly.

When she was in high school, she hadn't slacked off in her studies. Now, this loose learning atmosphere made her somewhat unaccustomed.

Zhao Zhouyuan turned around and chatted with Shen Li. "After class, let's go eat spicy hot pot. I know a spicy hot pot shop that's especially delicious."

"Mm, okay."

Shen Li noticed that when Zhao Zhouyuan was chatting with her, her eyes were cast to the side.

Zhao Zhouyuan covered her mouth as if she had a secret to tell her. Shen Li leaned forward to hear clearly what she was saying: "Don't hang out with them; they're quite chaotic."

…

The few playing games started smoking, and the smell of smoke drifted over.

Shen Li couldn't stand the smell of smoke, so she simply put on her mask again.

Xie Qin stretched his legs very long. He lifted his drooping, spiritless eyelids, took a few puffs, and extinguished the cigarette in his hand.

Zhao Zhouyuan talked to her for a while and then turned back.

There was still more than an hour of class left, and Shen Li was already exhausted. From yesterday until rushing to the airport to Wuchuan, she had slept for less than four hours.

She couldn't hear the teacher's lecture, and Shen Li had never slept in class before.

This time, she was really too exhausted. She laid her head on the desk and slept for a while, and slowly, she fell asleep.

The sounds in her ears gradually faded.

In the last round, Xie Qin was a total carry, but he won the game in ten minutes.

"Tired, not playing anymore." Xie Qin put his legs down, pulled back his chair, stuffed his phone into the desk, and laid his head down to sleep.

Xu Zhouyuan: "I'm tired too. Damn it, I played cards all night yesterday and lost thousands. Let me nap for a bit."

"Otherwise, I won't have the energy to drink tonight."

The air conditioning in the classroom was set to twenty degrees. She had slept for who knows how long, and it was too cold.

Shen Li, who was lying on the desk, hugged her arms tightly.

Hearing the sound of the teacher lecturing in her ears gave her an unreal feeling, as if it had returned her to her senior year of high school, when the teacher was still lecturing on problems on stage.

Shen Li slowly opened her heavy eyelids. Her vision was blurry, as if shrouded in a thick fog.

Until suddenly, she met a pair of pitch-black eyes, bottomless.

Shen Li finally saw clearly that it was Xie Qin.

He was lying on the desk, watching her with a clear and unscrupulous gaze.

There was only a narrow aisle between them, and the distance was very close.

She didn't know how long Xie Qin had been watching her like this.

…

The cold air conditioning was blowing, getting colder and colder, and she couldn't stand the freezing. When she sat up, she rubbed her numb arms.

Suddenly, a black jacket hanging on the back of his chair slipped and fell.

Shen Li looked at the person who was still sleeping on the desk, and then looked at the jacket on the floor… ===== CHAPTER 5 =====