Chapter 299: Final Exams
“English is so hard~”
“I’m doomed, I might have to retake the exam next semester…”
Ning Chu exited the exam room with a face full of despair, lamenting as she glanced back at Wen Yang, her expression collapsing, “Wen Yang… there’s still advanced math this afternoon, what do I do~”
Unknowingly, she hadn’t really studied, but the first day of exam week had already passed.
With a cold front arriving yesterday, flurries of snow began to fall from the sky. It was Ning Chu’s first time seeing snow, but all she felt was sadness.
As a transmigrator, she didn’t expect to be a world tycoon or a tech pioneer… at least she wanted to pass her university finals!
But with her performance just now, even passing seemed like a luxury.
“You can’t even memorize vocabulary…” Wen Yang scratched his head with a bitter smile, “I can’t help you either.”
Ning Chu shot Wen Yang a glare, her legs fidgeting as she stuffed her hands into the pockets of her coat, “It’s so cold~ This is the first time I’ve seen snow.”
“We’re on a mountain, it’s normal for it to snow here.”
Her cheeks were flushed, her nose red from the cold, and her hands, feet, and ears were itching and warming up—no surprise, she had frostbite…
Her originally slim and long fingers had turned into carrots, swollen and itchy.
It must be the frostbite affecting her performance!
“So cold~” She leaned closer to Wen Yang, lifting his coat from the bottom and snuggling her hands inside, “So warm~”
“Told you to wear gloves, and you didn’t. Now you have frostbite, right?” Wen Yang wrapped his arm around Ning Chu, suggesting, “I heard that if you have frostbite, you should soak it in cold water at night, fight fire with fire.”
“I’ve never heard of that! Are you trying to kill me?”
“Ah~ can’t bear to look~”
Yan Xinya had just walked out of the exam room, pausing for a moment as her eyes sparkled, staring directly at the couple embracing in front of her, “In broad daylight, hugging and cuddling~ So sweet~”
“I’m just keeping warm!”
“Ah right, right, right~”
“How did you do on the exam?” Ning Chu turned to the wolf girl, eagerly asking, “Did you fail?”
“Impossible! Of course, I can pass!”
Can this husky, who only knows how to ship couples, actually pass?
Ning Chu pursed her lips, resting her face against Wen Yang’s chest, feeling even more hopeless: “What if I’m the only one in the class who has to retake the exam?”
“Hey~ Did Shaoqing catch up yet?” Yan Xinya leaned closer, asking gossipily, “It’s been half a month, there’s no progress at all, right?”
“Actually, there hasn’t been.”
That guy Zhang Shaoqing can’t pursue girls at all! Given their age difference, that rich kid is still just maintaining a pretty good student-teacher relationship with Qian Qian the cat girl.
Ning Chu had seen their chat records—every message was just Zhang Shaoqing asking for help with knowledge points, and Qian Qian helping him out. There were no spicy moments at all!
This guy even hesitates to ask her out! At least invite Qian Qian out for fun!
Where’s that shameless attitude from before? He managed to pick up his confidence when chasing girls! It’s so frustrating to watch!
After waiting by the classroom door for a while, Zhang Shaoqing swaggered out, only to see everyone in the hallway abruptly turn to look at him.
“What are you looking at?”
For once, he felt a little guilty and glanced away.
“You’re really underperforming! I’ve already infiltrated the inner circle and gathered so much info for you!” Yan Xinya complained, hands on her hips, “And you have zero progress!”
“I’m taking it slow, you know? Love can’t be rushed.”
“Do you not like her anymore?”
Zhang Shaoqing scratched his head and mumbled, “Doesn’t she already like someone…?”
“Go dig a hole! Just because she likes someone doesn’t mean she’s dating or married!” Yan Xinya only cares about shipping couples and couldn’t care less beyond that, “Aren’t you supposed to be a rich and handsome guy? Aren’t you afraid you can’t compete?”
“Isn’t it a bit too early though?”
“Not early? You don’t remember how your childhood sweetheart got stolen away?”
Zhang Shaoqing immediately panicked, exclaiming, “They’re not the same! It’s totally different!”
Ning Chu broke free from Wen Yang’s embrace.
Although Zhang Shaoqing knew about her relationship with Wen Yang, being so close to another roommate in front of former roommates still made him blush in awkward embarrassment.
But her focus wasn’t on Zhang Shaoqing’s feelings: “How did you do?”
Her beautiful peach blossom eyes were full of expectation, hoping Zhang Shaoqing also failed so that if she had to retake the exam, she would have a familiar face to suffer with.
“Me? That English was too simple, right? I’ve taken IELTS before, you know?”
“This…”
Great, she thought everyone was slacking off, but it turns out she’s the only failure~
“Exam scores don’t count for much. You’ve been going to class regularly, so you must have full daily points. Don’t worry,” Wen Yang noticed her gloomy expression and comforted her, “If you really didn’t pass, I’ll help you study more over winter break.”
“After studying so long, it hasn’t really helped…”
Ning Chu pouted.
Although English wasn’t her main focus for review, who knows why she kept forgetting as many words as she memorized.
“Where’s Lily and Wang Jie? Why haven’t they come out yet?”
Just as she mentioned Lily, the succubus walked out of the classroom with a blank expression.
“You’re so slow~” Yan Xinya rushed over, linking arms with Lily, “Let’s go eat together!”
“I checked it out.”
“Let’s go.” Zhang Shaoqing’s face was full of worry, distressed, “What if I try to ask Qian Qian out tonight? She shouldn’t refuse, right? I can only chat about studies with her online; she doesn’t talk about anything else.”
Yan Xinya joked, “Give it a shot! You won’t lose a pound for trying!”
“Yeah, usually you’re so shameless, but when it comes to chasing girls, you’re all timid.”
Ning Chu shot Zhang Shaoqing an eye roll, “Hurry up, or you’ll be off to the hotel again to find someone.”
“I swear! Can you not mention that again!”
She huffed, leaning closer to Wen Yang, quietly complaining, “Wen Yang, my face itches a lot…”
“The air is too dry. I told you to do some moisturizing in the morning, but you wouldn’t listen.” Wen Yang looked down at her frozen red face, which was dry enough to show some blood vessels, “You’ve bought so many moisturizing products but are too lazy to use them.”
“It’s not my fault I ran out of time!”
Wen Yang reached into the large pocket of his coat and pulled out a bottle of moisturizer: “Here, let me put some on you.”
“You brought it~”
Ning Chu happily squeezed some moisturizer into her palm and rubbed it on her face, but her movements slowly became hesitant: “Why do I feel like something’s missing?”
“I’m hungry! Don’t worry about it!” Yan Xinya turned around and urged, “Hurry up! After eating, we’ll review advanced math together!”
“Oh, okay.”
The group left the teaching building, chatting and laughing as they headed toward the cafeteria.
Wang Jie appeared, sporting dark circles under his eyes, yawning as he exited the examination room. He looked around the empty hallway, lost in thought, “Where is everyone?”
They were just outside before I turned in my paper, right?!
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