The atmosphere in the first exam room was completely different from that of the underachievers' gathering place.

No one was huddled together strategizing for cheating, and there were no answer sellers. Instead, there was a group of students who were racing against time, burying their heads in books, and even if there was only one second left, they would seize the opportunity to read two more English words.

As Xie Yu pushed open the door, he couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

He Chao was walking behind him.

He looked completely relaxed, with a black pen casually stuffed in his uniform pocket, not at all like someone who came to take an exam.

Before they even reached the classroom door, he leaned against the window and greeted the unfamiliar classmates inside with a casual "Hello, friends."

The entire room was silent, except for Xue Xisheng - the class representative of Class 3, sitting in the sixth seat of the first row. Although his grades were not outstanding, he was very stable and always ranked in the top ten.

Xue Xisheng frowned and looked up from his English vocabulary manual. "Classmate He Chao, please be quiet."

He Chao made a gesture indicating that he understood.

Xie Yu didn't have as much nonsense to say. He reached back and grabbed He Chao's sleeve, pulling the idiot behind him.

"The exam is about to begin. Please put away any items that are not related to this exam," the broadcast reminded several times.

Xie Yu had just pulled his chair back, making a slight scraping sound on the floor. Before he could even sit down, he felt the girl next to him tremble: "..."

"Am I scary?"

The exam invigilator had not yet arrived. Xie Yu leaned back and whispered, "Why do you look like you've seen a ghost."

He Chao followed Xie Yu's gaze and saw the girl in the neighboring row who couldn't stop shaking. It wasn't just her hand shaking, she barely dared to breath.

He Chao thought to himself, how could he be scary, his little friend was so cute.

But when the words reached his lips, he wanted to tease Xie Yu, "Maybe a little scared? Otherwise, why don't you smile to show some friendliness?"

"Hehe, or I can give you a smile." He Chao reached out to touch the corner of Xie Yu's mouth, wanting to manually create a friendly smile for him.

Xie Yu didn't know what this person behind him was up to. He turned his head to ask how many pens he brought. But before he could finish his sentence, He Chao's index finger brushed past the corner of his mouth, landing perfectly on his lips.

Both of them were stunned.

It wasn't a big move, but the posture had an indescribable ambiguity.

The girl in the next group trembled even more, almost dropping the pen in her hand, which fell from her fingers and hit the desk.

She was extremely frustrated, and her mentality had completely collapsed even before the exam started.

Being scary aside...

Why did these two school big shots' behaviour look so unspeakable?

A few minutes before the exam bell rang, the invigilator entered with the test papers from the corridor.

The group of academic elites in the first exam room were only interested in the difficulty of the test paper, with their eyes fixed on the questions, and they didn't care who the invigilator was.

They were buried in their review, only hearing the sound of high heels getting closer and closer.

It took He Chao a while to retract his hand, with a slight warmth still remaining on his fingertips.

"Last time was just a fluke," he awkwardly reached for the pen on the table, holding it in his hand, and said, "Don't you want to compete again this time?"

Xie Yu lightly smirked, "Not a fluke. The two points you lost were the difference between a person and another."

To be precise, it was the difference between a person and an idiot.

The two were evenly matched in strength, and in a real competition, victory or defeat was determined by just those one or two points.

Xie Yu thought carefully, and the only position he had ever been interested in and worked towards in terms of academic rankings since childhood seemed to be "last place."

The sound of high heels stopped at the door of Class 1 of the second year.

Xu Xia silently told herself, "They're just two students," before pushing open the classroom door and walking in.

Xu Xia's face showed no expression as she began to count the test papers as soon as she entered the room.

He Chao was a bit surprised and paused his pen spinning for two seconds when he saw her: "...It's her."

After sorting the papers by group, Xu Xia looked up and her gaze inadvertently swept over the two people in the front row.

Xie Yu didn't even spare her a glance and just slept on the desk, waiting for the papers to be handed out.

The person behind him sat slanted with his back against the wall, in a lazy and casual posture. When she looked over, he met her eyes without any hesitation.

......

Embarrassed, self-conscious, and mixed with some indescribable emotions, she hastily looked away.

The exam bell rang.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

There wasn't much need for invigilation in this exam room, so Xu Xia sat at the podium for a while before getting up to walk around.

As she heard the sound of papers being turned, she remembered those two unbelievably high scores.

As she walked, the feeling of disbelief and curiosity kept pushing her forward...By the second lap, she finally slowed down and casually glanced at Xie Yu and He Chao's test papers.

With just one look, all the "impossible" thoughts in her mind were defeated.

She couldn't tell if it was the stifling weather or if she really couldn't catch her breath, but Xu Xia's chest felt tight for a long time.

Xie Yu didn't notice all the drama Xu Xia was going through while monitoring the exam. This time, the unified exam in City A was really difficult, and there were a few questions he wasn't sure if he had answered correctly.

The final exam lasted for two days.

After finishing the exam and returning to their original class, everyone was checking their answers.