Chapter 5: Studying makes me happy!

Thinking about this, Li Mingyang almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

After hearing that, Luo Yuan had no doubts either, after all Li Mingyang had studied math all day today, and he had watched it from start to finish.

For math, a subject that drains brain cells, feeling dizzy and swollen-headed after studying all day is completely normal.

"Goodbye."

Li Mingyang and Luo Yuan are basically neighbors; Li Mingyang's family bought a house here, while Luo Yuan rents a place here.

His home is still some distance from City No. 3 Middle School.

Originally it was said that Luo Yuan's mother would come here to take care of him, but since this kid really isn't keen on studying, his mother persisted for a while and then...

Basically she stopped caring, leaving him to his own devices; she'd just show up occasionally to see if he was still alive.

Actually, Li Mingyang's situation here is similar; his parents only come by on weekends to check in, and otherwise they hardly pay attention.

One could even say that at this point, his relationship with his family is at its most strained.

Even Li Mingyang and his own father, over the past year or two, are like a powder keg—just a touch sets them off, needle point against wheat awn, all over those little study-related matters.

……

In the blink of an eye, almost a week passed, and it was Saturday afternoon.

Over this week, Li Mingyang's frantic studying has been etched into the eyes of nearly all his classmates.

Originally, many busybodies speculated how long Li Mingyang could keep this up.

But as days passed, Li Mingyang remained just as he was, causing many people to quietly shut up.

Looks like this guy is really preparing to study seriously!

However, this didn't attract much attention; even the classmates who discussed it a bit did so only out of respect for Li Mingyang's handsome face.

Otherwise, just a poor student—even if he's a handsome poor student—wouldn't attract notice in high school!

After all, girls these days are basically still pure; they prefer those who study well, and they don't care even if someone is ugly or poor.

"You're really something, a week has passed and you're still grinding away at math."

"I originally thought you were just saying math was interesting for show, but I never expected you to actually stick with it."

With the school bell ringing, Li Mingyang and Luo Yuan walked toward the school gate while chatting casually.

Each weekend is basically the only time these two troublemakers get apart; although it's only one day, Luo Yuan still goes home.

It's not that he loves his family atmosphere that much.

After all, everyone knows the status of a poor student like him at home at this age.

And the reason he persists each week is mainly to go home and get living expenses...

He might also take the chance to show off at home, seeing how he's been doing lately? At least to return home intact and whole?

……

"System, display personal profile."

Returning home, the house was still just him alone; although Li Mingyang's family lives in town.

But because of the location near the elementary and middle school gates, the family also runs some small businesses; for example, now, over a month after school started, it's almost the busiest time for the household.

So even if he comes home at this time and doesn't see his parents, Li Mingyang had long been mentally prepared.

Li Mingyang

16 years old

Height 176 cm

IQ 128+1

Skills: Chinese LV1 (16%), Math LV1 (51%), English LV0 (12%), Physics LV0 (68%), Biology LV0 (59%), Chemistry LV0 (19%)

Seeing that only math and Chinese had reached LV1 on his profile, Li Mingyang couldn't help sighing:

It's truly... horrifying to behold!

However, just five or six days raised his math level by one rank, which is quite good progress.

He hopes to raise his math to LV3 before the monthly exam, which should yield a decent monthly exam score.

After all, he has now perfectly merged his high school memories, and his thinking ability has greatly increased.

Besides math, he absorbs a bit from other subjects in class; even if there's no progress, at least he won't regress.

One, Olympic math can improve; compared to his previous semester's final math score of 61, the bar isn't high—just need to score around 120 or so...

By then his total score should barely break the 400-point barrier, which counts as clearing the threshold for second-tier colleges.

Although educational resources in Qiansheng are backward, compared to major education provinces they can be said to lag behind to a certain extent.

But in such a place there are some advantages; at least the college entrance exam score line here is low enough, with the second-tier line basically around 380-390.

Even the first-tier line, even in years with relatively high cutoffs, will never exceed 500; in years with lower cutoffs it can be as low as 450-460.

For someone like Li Mingyang, a reborn contender, this environment is truly the perfect paradise for a comeback.

He simply had dinner, a familiar noodle dish, though this time it wasn't sour soup fish noodles but the spicy chicken noodles from downstairs, still quite tasty—a shop that's been around for over ten years.

Unfortunately, it still closed down a few years later, and no one knows why.

But taking advantage of the chance while it's still here, trying that remembered flavor is also nice.

When the time came to past eight in the evening, looking at the previous year's college entrance exam math paper he had finished correcting in his hand, seeing the bright red ninety-three on it.

Li Mingyang showed a smile of satisfaction beyond satisfaction; after so many years, his math had finally passed again—not easy!

Moreover, Heaven rewards diligence; although this system is somewhat lousy, everything requires this host himself to strive.

But this feeling of progress visible to the naked eye is truly addictive!

Studying makes me happy, the ancients truly did not deceive me!