Chapter 226: Chapter 150: 650 Points, You Just Need Hands
Shen Yuan tilted his head and let out two muffled coughs. "Are you trying to murder your childhood friend?!" he said, his voice hoarse.
The girl’s cherry-red lips were pursed, holding back a laugh. The small beauty mark at the corner of her eye seemed to dance in the sunset every time she blinked.
Still, Li Zhi’s fingers honestly reached for another tissue. Through the hazy mist of his tears, she wiped away the glistening drop about to fall from the tip of Shen Yuan’s nose.
Shen Yuan snatched the tissue away. "The results come out tomorrow," he said irritably. "Aren’t you afraid I’ll win?!"
Li Zhi nodded. "Of course I am. That’s why I’m collecting a little interest upfront!"
The corner of Shen Yuan’s mouth twitched. "This is some high interest..."
"Well, you’ve already said what you want. You’re not thinking of backing out now, are you?" Li Zhi lifted her chin, looking as if she was putting it all on the line.
Seeing her act this way, Shen Yuan finally understood why Li Zhi had suddenly suggested they go out for sushi.
’So it was all just to mess with me!’
"Just you wait!"
...
"Just you wait!"
Old Zhou was the same as always, showing up just before the end of the Tuesday lunch break to post the monthly exam results in the classroom.
’What a troll.’
But when Shen Yuan saw the results being posted, he wasn’t the least bit worried. All he felt was a burning desire for revenge for yesterday’s wasabi prank!
The moment the bell rang to mark the end of lunch, Shen Yuan shot straight to the back of the classroom.
He whipped out his phone and snapped a quick, clean picture of the results sheet.
"Here we go, here we go!"
With a loud cry, Shen Yuan strode back to his seat, his steps brimming with excitement.
He plopped down in his chair, quickly placed his phone on Li Zhi’s desk, and said impatiently, "Time for the big reveal! Let’s see who gets the last laugh!"
As he spoke, Shen Yuan’s fingers flew across the screen like lightning, quickly zooming in on the photo until only the names on the results sheet were visible.
Watching how eager Shen Yuan was, Li Zhi couldn’t help but take a deep breath, as if steeling herself for the coming reveal.
"Come on!"
Caught up in his excitement, the beautiful girl leaned in close to the photo, searching carefully alongside him for his name.
Finally, through their combined effort, Shen Yuan’s name appeared on the screen.
Just then, however, Li Zhi’s eyes were suddenly drawn to the names immediately above and below Shen Yuan’s.
The beautiful girl’s brow furrowed slightly, and her lips pressed together. A sense of foreboding washed over her.
’Something seems wrong...’
As Shen Yuan scrolled the image, the first thing to appear was his Language Arts score.
When he saw "Language Arts: 122," a smile crept onto his face.
He was clearly pleased with his score, so he didn’t hesitate to keep scrolling to see his other subjects.
Soon, the word "Math" appeared, followed by a conspicuous "1."
Shen Yuan’s expression flickered. He glanced at Li Zhi, then said with feigned calm, "If I managed to get over 110 in Math, your chances are going to be even slimmer."
However, Li Zhi wasn’t intimidated. She snorted and retorted, "Hmph! It’s too early to be so confident! We still haven’t seen your Integrated Science score!"
With that, her finger landed gently on the screen and slowly scrolled to reveal the rest of Shen Yuan’s math score—118.
Li Zhi’s heart sank.
’His Math and Language Arts scores both went up!’
"No need to guess with English, let’s just see it!"
As soon as he spoke, they both saw the English score.
English: 150. A perfect score.
Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan. "You..."
Shen Yuan chuckled. "I had to get serious if I wanted to hit 150, right?"
Saying this, Shen Yuan pushed the phone toward Li Zhi, just as she had pushed the sushi toward him the day before.
"You do the honors for the last one—Integrated Science. If it’s over 260, I win."
Li Zhi bit her lower lip, finally reaching out to scroll the image.
There was a clear difference between a "5" and a "6."
The moment the distinct curve of a "6" appeared on the screen, Li Zhi knew she had lost.
Shen Yuan’s Integrated Science score was 262.
His Chemistry score was worse than he’d expected.
But it was more than enough to win the bet.
Language Arts: 122, Math: 118, English: 150, Integrated Science: 262. Total: 652.
Shen Yuan let out a long sigh of relief and slumped onto his desk, his body going limp.
’So satisfying.’
’Now, I can finally say it!’
—A score of 650? Easy if you’ve got hands!
In stark contrast was Li Zhi.
The beautiful girl bit her lower lip, her brows knitted together.
In truth, she’d had a bad feeling ever since she saw the names listed around Shen Yuan’s.
One of the two names above his was He Zhiyu.
He Zhiyu consistently scored above 650.
Snapping out of it, Li Zhi’s gaze fell upon Shen Yuan.
The boy was grinning at her.
"So, when are you going to make good on the bet?"
Although Li Zhi was still having trouble accepting it, she was still a good sport who honored her bets.
"During the long holiday."
Li Zhi looked at Shen Yuan. "The sports meet is this weekend. There’s a long break after it’s over. I’ll make good on it then!"
Shen Yuan nodded. "Reasonable."
With that, he leaned over to her desk. "Oh, right. We haven’t looked at your scores yet."
Shen Yuan scrolled the results sheet all the way to the top, and then his brain short-circuited.
Language Arts: 129, Math: 144, English: 144, Integrated Science: 279. Total: 696.
"Consider me humbled."
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