Chapter 24: Finals, total score 546, class first place!

Hey, why are you suddenly studying biology and chemistry? By rights, you shouldn't be studying physics, right?

In the blink of an eye, with two weeks left until the final exam and the end of the semester, Luo Yuan was astonished to discover that his close friend next to him had actually given up studying physics.

By this time he had already gotten used to it; Li Mingyang would come in each day, clear away various physics materials, and start his own question‑solving journey.

Today when he got up he discovered that I am quite strange—not just studying one subject but biology and chemistry advancing side by side.

Even sometimes, not knowing if it's from tiredness or something else, he would also glance at Chinese and English; this surprising discovery even made Luo Yuan wonder if he was hallucinating.

Li Mingyang's arrangements have always been clear—finish one subject completely before moving on to the next; how did he suddenly change his strategy to become like me?

"Isn't the final exam coming up soon? I thought I'd use this remaining time to study other subjects, hoping to get a good score in the final exam."

"You know, winter break is coming up, and winter break..."

"It's closely related to the lucky money we get during New Year, isn't it? Even if it's for the lucky money, I feel it's time for me to slightly change my study strategy."

For Luo Yuan's question, Li Mingyang casually spouted a couple of lines to brush it off; surely he couldn't tell him it was to boost his own IQ, could he?

Having finally found a system bug, shouldn't I make good use of it?

That's just organizing a study plan, plus buying materials and such, which delayed me two days; otherwise I would have already started reviewing all subjects.

As for math and physics, Li Mingyang is no longer studying them; math has already advanced, and even if he wanted to study it, that would be for later.

As for physics, once it reaches LV5, each percent of progress becomes quite difficult.

Anyway, in these last ten‑plus days, Li Mingyang isn't very confident he can push physics to the advanced level.

Rather than that, it's better to leave it for the vacation to study later; after all, vacation isn't like school days when time is plentiful.

During vacation each day there are large chunks of free time to arrange as I wish; then I can fully make use of an excellent private tutor to get on the fast track of progress.

Even if I improve biology and chemistry well during these ten‑plus days, then during the vacation I can also take those two subjects together.

With a three‑pronged approach, not saying that by the time school reopens next year the three subjects will directly advance, but I believe that by then my science subjects will be not far from advancing.

"Alright, anyway your grades are good, what you say makes sense; as for me, I'll just continue studying the two subjects I'm relatively good at."

"The other subjects feel really hard for me to get into, especially English… how could there be such a backward language in the world?"

"These words are all mismatched, piled up in heaps—who could memorize so many? If I had the talent for rote memorization, I wouldn't have chosen liberal arts."

Regarding Li Mingyang's answer, Luo Yuan didn't care at all, and he never bothered to look into its truthfulness.

However, regarding the lucky money Li Mingyang mentioned, Luo Yuan still kept it in mind; this should be one of the few times in student life when there's a large income.

Having worked hard this semester already, if I can get a good score in the final exam, then my New Year wouldn't I directly become well‑off?

Save up a little fund for myself; after the college entrance exam ends, I'll have a vacation lasting nearly three months—if I don't go out and enjoy myself properly, I'd be wasting all that effort.

And by then, my lucky money and such can actually be put to use.

Thinking of this, Luo Yuan, who was already working hard, immediately devoted more energy to preparing for the final exam.

Although I don't expect to catch up to my deviant friend next door, of course, based on my original grades, making a small bit of progress shouldn't be a big problem, right?

……

"Classmates, let us……"

In the blink of an eye, when the time came that the final exam ended and it was the last class, that is, the day the school handed out report cards.

The homeroom teacher, as always, held a stack of A4 paper and stood on the podium, only this time the teacher's words had just begun.

Already a student couldn't hold back and blurted out a sentence:

"Let us learn well from Li Mingyang, teacher—this sentence we've heard so much this semester our ears are calloused; just say it outright."

"How many points did our Li Mingyang improve this time? Did he directly clinch first place in the class?"

Although everyone had developed an immunity-like resistance to Li Mingyang's rapid progress, when it came time to announce the scores, nobody could hold back their curiosity.

And upon hearing that, the homeroom teacher wasn't angry at all; instead, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Well, it seems you all already know—this time Li Mingyang's improvement is just as great; the teacher won't sell the extra cans, I'll just tell you the result directly."

"Total score 546 points, compared to the previous exam he improved another 46 points, ranking first in the class!"