Chapter 42
Chapter 42 – Third Review Product (1)
Creak…
After opening the security door, Chen Yu dragged his exhausted body into his house. Upon entering, he noticed that both his parents were out, with only his three little sisters at home.
“Brother, you’re back.” x3
“Mhm.” Nodding, Chen Yu tossed his bag to a corner. He then turned to look at Chen Yike and asked, “You’re back from your autumn trip?”
“Mhm!” Chen Yike nodded with a very excited expression.
“Did you have fun?”
“I did! What about you, Brother? Were you happy with your tests?”
He still had two more tests to take today—biology and chemistry.
Once he finished these two papers, his monthly examination would officially be over.
After arriving at the fourth-floor exam venue that belonged solely to him, Chen Yu took his seat and waited for the biology test to start.
Shortly after he sat down, the invigilating teachers arrived. Their number had also increased from three to four.
Of the four invigilators, one held a small gong, one held a bongo, one held an erhu, and the last held a suona[2].
Giving himself a facepalm, Chen Yu asked, “Are you guys here to invigilate or take part in an arts exam?”
“Isn’t our school holding an autumn sports festival soon? We’ll be performing as one of the shows there. Since we have time now, we might as well use it to practice.”
Pa!
Clapping his palms together, Chen Yu prayed, “Dear gods, can you not choose to practice in an exam venue? I still need to take a test! Have some humanity!”
“We’ll be quiet when playing. We’ll make sure we won’t disturb you.”
“How quiet can those things in your hands possibly get?! You guys better not go too far!”
At Chen Yu’s words, the four invigilators turned to look at each other. They then simultaneously looked at Chen Yu and asked, “Can we negotiate?”
“No! I want to take my test! Don’t disturb me!”
Damn these bunch of bastards!
“Then…fine.” Shrugging helplessly, Chen Yu’s biology teacher said, “We won’t practice.”
“Thank you.” Chen Yu nearly genuflected when he heard the teacher’s answer.
“If we’re not going to practice, why do we need so many people here?” one of the teachers wondered. He then suggested, “Should we play mahjong?”
“We’ll still disturb Student Chen Yu if we play mahjong,” Chen Yu’s biology teacher said before exiting the classroom. He returned with a stereo shortly afterward and said, “Let’s disco.”
“Scram!” Chen Yu bellowed.
…
An hour and a half later, the biology examination came to an end.
At 10 A.M. sharp, the chemistry examination began.
The teacher invigilating Chen Yu’s test this time was a bespectacled woman, the head of Sixth High’s chemistry department.
When she entered the room, she held Chen Yu’s test papers in one hand and a cloth bag in the other.
“Hello, student. Here are your test papers,” the chemistry teacher said.
Suspiciously receiving the test papers, Chen Yu carefully evaluated the chemistry teacher before asking hesitantly, “You’re alone?”
“That’s right. How many people do you need to invigilate one examinee?”
“You’re not going to interrupt me?”
“I don’t have that much free time,” the chemistry teacher said, clicking her tongue. Holding up her cloth bag, she continued, “I don’t care about that little bonus. Just take your test properly. I can use this free time to do my own work.”
Upon hearing the chemistry teacher’s words, Chen Yu nearly broke down in tears as he said, “Teacher! You truly are the savior of Sixth High!”
“Stop spouting nonsense and take your test. No cheating.”
“I definitely won’t!” Chen Yu said as he patted his chest. “Teacher, you busy yourself with your own work while I focus on my test! I definitely won’t let you worry.”
“Sure.”
The chemistry teacher smiled and nodded. Afterward, she opened up her cloth bag and started pulling out beakers, measuring bottles, droppers, nitric acid, alcohol, mercury, potassium nitrate, high-concentration sulfuric acid, and various other chemicals and placed them on Chen Yu’s table one after another.
Chen Yu: “…”
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By the time Chen Yu arrived back home, he had already thrown the matter of his test results to the back of his mind. He only felt fortunate to have returned alive today.
“Once I’m rich, the first thing I’ll do is flatten Sixth High! Damnit!”
After tossing his bag aside and briefly greeting his three little sisters, Chen Yu returned to his own room and locked the door. When he saw the big, white box sitting in the middle of his room, he finally revealed his first smile of the day.
His third review product had arrived.