Chapter 861: Chapter 412: The Sighs of Teachers Passing Through the Exam Hall Are Always Unsettling

Lin Li had already walked out into the corridor and started packing his backpack, ready for lunch.

Next door, Wang Ze also came out at this moment.

Lin Li greeted him, "You’re finished too?"

Wang Ze rolled his eyes, "Finished? More like I’m screwed."

"Great answer, it’s making my head spin." Lin Li obviously knew Wang Ze couldn’t have finished, and he laughed heartily at the response.

Looking at the test paper in his hand, Wang Ze pursed his lips, feeling a bit helpless.

Friends who frequently don’t study all know that when you’ve learned little enough, you can even gain knowledge from the questions themselves.

Wang Ze just learned something new from the given conditions of a proof question.

Dammit. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

For that question, he ended up simplifying the equation step by step, solemnly proving —

X=X.

When writing out this result, even Wang Ze amused himself.

And the most desperate part was that the space on the card for the monthly exam was actually quite limited. The slightly complicated process of figuring out X=X left him no room to write anything else.

Thankfully, Wang Ze is an athlete.

— He just let it be, thinking maybe the grading teacher would give him a few sympathy points. Failed indeed, next contestant please.

"Who in the world can solve math problems like this?" Wang Ze concluded.

"How do you know? That’s right, I’m that math genius, Lin Li."

Upon hearing this, Lin Li shamelessly fluffed his hair, playing the part to the end.

"Who said I meant that kind of genius? Anyway, I can’t solve it. A simple person like me can’t do such devious math—"

Wang Ze was about to continue his rant when his expression suddenly changed. He stepped back two steps in silence.

Seeing this, Lin Li turned his head and sure enough, it was Xue Jian again.

He had his brows furrowed, holding a test answer card.

Xue Jian first gave a disgruntled look at Wang Ze, who hadn’t finished writing but handed in his paper early and now wanted to sneak away.

But he didn’t bother with him and instead locked his sharp gaze on Lin Li:

"Lin Li, what are you up to?"

The reason for this question was that on the math exam answer card in Xue Jian’s hand, all the multiple-choice questions were wrong.

Or rather, Lin Li chose the complement of the answers.

For example, when the correct answer to the first question was B, Lin Li filled in ACD with his pen, stubbornly not filling in B.

Every question was handled this way.

"So it was found out after all..." glancing at Xue Jian who chased after him, Lin Li pouted. It was all Wang Ze’s fault, delaying his escape.

In fact, this was Lin Li’s point control method.

By making mistakes on purpose, he could avoid getting a perfect score, ensuring he wouldn’t be ranked first. This way, by the time of the final exam, there’s still a chance to trigger a system task while letting the teachers and principal know his true score hadn’t dropped, because he could still handle those questions.

All wrong, but actually all right.

This way, when the grades are posted in the parent group and found out by Chen Yu Ying’s mom and Wu Min, all Chen Yu Ying needs to do is explain a little at home, while Lin Li only needs to chat with Wu Min a bit, and they’ll be reassured.

The teachers and school might think he’s merely quirky, rather than believe his grades have dropped.

His favor won’t diminish.

Once you’ve experienced the perks of being top of the class, you can never go back.

— Lin Li still wanted to be among the elite at Nansang Middle School.

Ultimately, though, the reason for his score manipulation was the system task, a reason he certainly couldn’t explain to Xue Jian.

Fortunately, Lin Li was always good at concocting excuses.

Facing Xue Jian’s aggressive stare, Lin Li suddenly flashed a sinister smile:

"Teacher, since you’ve discovered it, I won’t pretend anymore..."

"This is my revenge for your vigilant monitoring..."

"I’ve intentionally tossed away these 60 points in multiple-choice questions, causing our class’s math average score to drop nearly two points..."

"By then, the head of the math group will question you, and you won’t be able to hold your head high among other math teachers and homeroom teachers..."

"Mwahahaha—"

Xue Jian: "(;☉_☉)?"

Seeing Lin Li start his sinister laughter again, Xue Jian’s eyelid twitched uncontrollably.

Though he could always expect Lin Li to speak nonsense, the impact was still fresh every time he actually did.

How could such words be arranged in such a way in Chinese?

Besides, honestly speaking, Xue Jian thought Lin Li was overthinking it.

Causing him to lose face in front of other math teachers and the homeroom teacher was quite simple, why go to such lengths?

After all—

Xue Jian smiled, "Lin Li, as a matter of fact, ever since having you and Bai Bufan as students, I haven’t held my head high at school."

Upon hearing this, Lin Li waved his hand politely, swinging his backpack onto his shoulder:

"It’s okay, teacher, it’s just a habit. Now you not only can’t hold your head high, you can only bow your head. I’ll get a full score for you on the finals, but for now, passing is enough. I’m off to eat, goodbye, teacher—"

Without waiting for Xue Jian’s response, Lin Li bolted on the spot.

Xue Jian: "..."

Watching Lin Li’s back as he walked away, Xue Jian closed his eyes and rubbed his brow, feeling quite a headache.

But then Lin Li came running back.

"Why are you back? Anything else?"

Seeing Lin Li standing before him again, he really felt like dying. Xue Jian asked with displeasure.

Lin Li cautiously extracted his answer card from Xue Jian’s hand, placing it into Guo Zhun’s stack of answer cards, before jogging back to Xue Jian:

"Teacher, I suddenly remembered those news stories about parents and teachers altering students’ preferences."

"So, I was worried that for our class’s average score, you might be tempted and go against my wishes, secretly changing my answers back to the correct ones."

"Therefore, I needed to see to it that it properly reached Teacher Guo’s hands."

Xue Jian: "..."

Is this even Chinese?

Brothers, if I tie Lin Li up and give him a beating, would you be willing to double-click to give me a like?