Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 68 - 62: Can You Wash Your Hands?

Shen Qiushan was speechless. He faked a yawn and said, "I’m tired, going to sleep!"

Lying on the bed.

He silently called out "Xiaohuang" twice.

The virtual system interface immediately popped up before his eyes.

Current Scholar Index: 12,854 points

If he chose to exchange for attribute points, he could only get one Initial Tier Attribute.

Shen Qiushan didn’t think it was worth it. Just one point—no matter where he put it, it wouldn’t do much good.

But still, it was a little windfall, and not spending anything made him itchy inside.

Thinking it over, Shen Qiushan decided to do two draws and try his luck.

The last time he drew that Z Space-Time novel, it was actually pretty profitable so far.

Ding!

Host spent 1000 Scholar Index points for one draw!

Along with the system prompt, the virtual draw wheel spun at high speed...

Ding!

Congratulations, Host obtained Consolation Prize: one bottle of "Charm Perfume".

(Note: Using Charm Perfume boosts Charm Value by 20%, effective for 12 hours)

...What?

Shen Qiushan was speechless.

Just as expected, the first draw had newbie protection.

That’s why he scored big on the first try and drew a Z Space-Time novel!

But now, trying again, it was straight to the consolation prize.

Charm Perfume?

Boosts Charm Value by 20%!

For Shen Qiushan, this stuff was totally useless!

He was at school all day—what good is a 20% boost to his charm?

One more time!

I don’t buy it!

Unwilling to give up, Shen Qiushan tapped "Try Again" on the draw wheel!

Ding!

Host spent 1000 Scholar Index points for one draw!

Ding!

Congratulations, Host obtained "Lucky Ballpoint Pen" x1.

(Note: The Lucky Ballpoint Pen boosts Luck Value by 20%)

Now that’s what I’m talking about!

Shen Qiushan’s eyes lit up.

A 20% Luck Value boost means when he runs into multiple-choice questions he doesn’t know, the chances of guessing right just shot way up.

This thing is practically a godsend for struggling students!

It’s like it was made just for his dumb kid at home.

If he could stock up a few of these pens, save them for the college entrance exam, then with the luck boost, maybe that’s an extra ten or twenty points right there.

For regular students—

The college entrance exam is already all about skill and luck!

The first draw really sucked, but the second one turned out pretty nice.

Shen Qiushan didn’t continue drawing and went into his system backpack.

Sure enough, besides the previous "I Really Didn’t Want to Reincarnate", now there was a blue perfume and a black ballpoint pen.

Both items had a "Can Extract" symbol on them.

Shen Qiushan chose to extract the ballpoint pen!

The pen that had been in the system backpack immediately appeared in his hand.

Holy crap!

That’s unreal!

Shen Qiushan couldn’t help blurting out a curse. He figured this pen wasn’t just for answering questions—he could use it for magic tricks too!

Way cooler than those Spring Festival show magicians!

Still, just making a pen appear out of nowhere—

Shen Qiushan couldn’t help but think of that stand-up comedy skit he heard before.

Suddenly, this magic trick felt kind of... gruesome...

But with today’s draw, Shen Qiushan confirmed one more thing.

And that’s, right now, he understands basically nothing about system development.

As long as he racks up enough Scholar Index points,

besides maxing out all attribute points,

there are definitely bigger, badder rewards waiting down the line!

So, big picture: the most important thing is to hoard Scholar Index points!

And mock exams are the best way to farm Scholar Index!

So for the next week, Shen Qiushan went into insane practice mode.

Seeing his old man working so hard, Shen Yixiao didn’t dare slack off either, still getting up at 4AM every day.

The big training camp for the sports students had been cancelled, but Gao Bin rounded up a few willing ones for a mini camp.

As the top-scoring sports student, he even tutored Shen Yixiao, Wang Yunpeng, and the others.

Soon it was Sunday.

Shen Qiushan first took the two kids to his old flame for some English tutoring, then they had lunch together.

In the afternoon, Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao went off to math tutoring class.

Shen Qiushan, meanwhile, finally had his weekly pampering session.

Same beauty salon as always.

Same 998-yuan full-body whitening spa as always.

"Younger Brother Shen, I heard you won first prize in the school’s English vocabulary contest and beat a bunch of high schoolers. That’s seriously impressive!"

Luo Meimei was spreading whitening oil on Shen Qiushan’s back as she laughed and chatted.

"Just got lucky. The words on the test happened to be ones I knew,"

Shen Qiushan said modestly.

"Oh, come on, Younger Brother Shen, you can’t fool me! Luck only gets you so far. If it were me, I couldn’t write a single one!"

Luo Meimei kept up the compliments—she really knew how to provide emotional value.

Shen Qiushan closed his eyes and stopped making small talk.

"By the way, Younger Brother Shen,"

"Miss Lin is your sister-in-law, right?"

After a moment’s silence, Luo Meimei spoke again.

"Strictly speaking, she’s my wife’s second sister."

"She has another younger sister."

Shen Qiushan couldn’t help recalling the time he ran into Lin Xiamo here last time.

The way she looked at him—as if she’d caught her husband cheating or something.

"She’s not got an appointment with you today, right?"

Shen Qiushan asked offhandedly.

"She does."

"Right after you, in fact."

Luo Meimei chuckled. "Barring the unexpected, you two might bump into each other."

"Uh..."

Shen Qiushan was stunned for a second, then asked, "Do you guys have a back door here?"

"We do."

"But, I’ve never seen a customer use it!"

"I’m gonna use it!"

Shen Qiushan wasn’t about to run into Lin Xiamo here again.

Last time he barely scraped by saying he was picking up Luo Yao. This time, he had no excuse.

"So, Younger Brother Shen, I guess I shouldn’t mention you were here today?"

"Yeah!"

"Don’t say a word!"

"You got it!"

Luo Meimei was dying of curiosity why Shen Qiushan was avoiding Lin Xiamo,

but since he didn’t bring it up, she wasn’t going to ask. Everyone’s got stuff they’d rather not talk about—totally normal.

Digging too deep would just be rude.

Especially for someone in hospitality like Luo Meimei, who seriously cared about these little boundaries. If the customer doesn’t want to chat about something, just let it go.

Even though they’d shared some technique tips, to this day, Luo Meimei didn’t consider herself and Shen Qiushan close enough to be friends.

So when chatting, she kept a necessary sense of distance.

Service over.

Shen Qiushan got dressed and slipped out of the beauty salon through the back door.

A little later, Lin Xiamo laid down on the same beauty bed Shen Qiushan had just used.

"Miss Lin, what treatment for you today?"

"Facial spa."

Lin Xiamo replied blandly.

"Sure thing."

Luo Meimei answered, deftly applying the cleanser to Lin Xiamo’s face...

Lin Xiamo was lying there with her eyes closed, but as soon as Luo Meimei’s fingers touched her face, she caught a whiff of a strange, hard-to-describe scent...

She didn’t like it at all, and blurted out, "Sister Luo, can you wash your hands first!"