CHAPTER 311: CHAPTER 310: BONUS POINTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL EXAMS

"What are you laughing at?" Lu Huai just asked casually, not really expecting Zhen Yu to answer him.

Suddenly, he changed the topic: "I just looked at your book, and now I, for some reason, feel a bit interested in computers again!"

"Study hard! Young man!" Zhen Yu, like a fortune-teller, prophesied: "The era of computers is about to arrive!"

Lu Huai pursed his lips in disbelief, scoffing at her words. "As if I’d believe you! Where did you buy the book?"

"I subscribed!" Zhen Yu snatched the book back, "It’s a magazine! There is a subscription method on it; you can find it yourself later!"

"What do you mean?" Lu Huai was confused.

She had already taken back the book, where was he supposed to find it?

"I’ll read it first in the morning," Zhen Yu said helplessly, "I’ll lend it to you during lunch break!"

"Okay then!" Lu Huai took one more longing look at the book in Zhen Yu’s hand and then pretended to doze off on the desk.

After his disturbance, only a few minutes of the long break remained.

Just as Zhen Yu picked up the book to continue reading, she suddenly heard someone yelling, "Zhen Yu! Your letter!"

Zhen Yu immediately slammed the book down on the desk, stood up, and walked toward the door.

As soon as she stood up, Lu Huai also straightened up and looked towards the classroom entrance.

The student responsible for delivering letters from the fourth-year’s class stood at the entrance. After Zhen Yu came forward and took the letter, he walked away.

Once she was back at her seat, Zhen Yu couldn’t wait to open up the letter and start reading.

Lu Huai stealthily poked his head over, trying to sneak a peek.

But it was as if Zhen Yu had grown a third eye...

"Bam!"

"Zhen Yu!!"

A few scattered students turned to look and then casually turned back around.

Most of the classmates didn’t even have the desire to look back. As long as there was a loud noise followed by Lu Tianwang’s roar, it meant he was either slapped by Zhen Yu or got a whack from her!

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Lu Huai rubbed his forehead as he lifted his head from the desk, "Do you have a grudge against my head?! If you beat me silly, you’re going to have to support me!"

Zhen Yu retorted immediately: "You’re really ugly! Dream on!"

Lu Huai immediately bounced out of his seat, "Who did you say is ugly?!!"

Before Zhen Yu could interject, he suddenly yanked the boy in front of him backwards by the collar and put his face up close to ask, "Am I ugly? Tell me! Am I ugly?"

"Er..." The boy, stupefied, shook his head, "Not ugly."

"Did you hear that! He said I’m not ugly!" Lu Huai immediately let go and roared at Zhen Yu.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," Zhen Yu continued reading the letter without lifting her head.

"You," Lu Huai stuttered in his chest, "Hmph!"

Turning his back, Lu Huai thought for a while and still felt unsatisfied.

He intentionally grumbled loudly, "Is it because I just wanted to sneak a glance at your letter? Was there any need for such retaliation..."

"There is!" Zhen Yu replied in an instant.

Lu Huai, so annoyed that he rolled his eyes, turned his head away, not wanting to say another word to Zhen Yu!

Now, Zhen Yu could finally read Han Mingyue’s letter in peace and quiet.

As she read, Zhen Yu lightly smiled with her lips pursed, a suspicious blush slowly appearing on her cheeks.

"I didn’t expect Han Mingyue, the usually silent one, to be so eloquent when writing a love letter..."

As Zhen Yu muttered to herself, she folded the letter back to its original form and put it back in the envelope. Her hand reached into her backpack, but then she suddenly changed her mind. Using her backpack as cover, she placed the letter into her locker.

Just after she finished doing this, the bell for class rang.

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This class happens to be our homeroom teacher’s Chinese lesson, and Teacher Liu announced something as soon as she stepped onto the podium.

"Students! As the new school year begins, various competitions are kicking off! The first one this year is the ’Zhan Yuan Cup’ city-wide calligraphy and pen calligraphy competition for primary and middle school students! The school takes these competitions seriously and will provide material rewards for students who participate and eventually place! I hope everyone will actively sign up! After all! Handwriting is a person’s face! Even if you don’t win a place, it’s good to get some practice from this competition! For the first round of screening, you just need to submit your works. Those who want to participate should prepare their works with their names on them, and hand them in to the class leader by next Monday!"

"Alright! Now let’s start our lesson..."

As soon as the Chinese class ended, Lu Huai asked Zhen Yu with a tilted head, "You’re definitely participating, right?"

He had clearly forgotten that he was still mad at Zhen Yu during the last break.

"Participating in what?" Zhen Yu feigned ignorance.

Lu Huai thought she really forgot, "The calligraphy competition!"

Zhen Yu shook her head, "No!"

"Why not?!" Lu Huai was greatly puzzled, "You have such good handwriting; you’re sure to do well!"

"No time."

"No time?!" Lu Huai’s expression seemed to scream a silent, ’Are you freaking kidding me?’

"Mhm!" Zhen Yu felt that compared to those little prizes, ability points were much more appealing!

"Do you know that if you win a place in such a city-wide competition, you’ll get bonus points for the entrance exams?!"

Lu Huai’s tone carried a profound sense of disappointment when he said this.

"What?" Zhen Yu’s eyes widened in surprise; she really didn’t know...

Seeing her expression, Lu Huai couldn’t help but facepalm, "I knew it! No one would miss out on bonus points for the exams!"

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Therefore, Zhen Yu, who aimed to be the top scorer in the city’s entrance exams, had to take the calligraphy competition seriously.

Only a couple of days after she turned in her work, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August fifteenth.

The school didn’t have a holiday, so Mrs. Zhen took some time during the day to prepare a table full of delicious dishes for dinner.

Zhen Yu, concerned about Han Mingyue’s birthday, ate without tasting anything and dashed upstairs as soon as she finished her meal.

Seeing her daughter’s retreating figure, Mrs. Zhen asked her son with a puzzled look, "What’s up with your sister today? She seems so distracted!"

Zhen Yan was internally struggling!

Of course, he knew what was going on with his sister! But he dared not say!

So, he had to give a perfunctory response to his mom, claiming he didn’t know what was wrong with her either.

Mrs. Zhen had been sleeping late recently, so she was clueless about a lot!

Lately, Zhen Yu often stayed up after washing up, clutching a phone and chatting away...

Zhen Yan had overheard it often enough to have to inquire about it!

So one day, after Zhen Yu hung up the phone, Zhen Yan went to ask, "Who are you boiling the phone porridge with every day?"

Turns out he was duped by his sister!

"Han Mingyue!" Zhen Yu spoke candidly, not hiding anything from him.

"What’s there to talk about with him!" Zhen Yan was initially unconcerned, but then a thought suddenly struck him, "Uh... You guys aren’t... are you?"

"Yeah!" Zhen Yu smiled sweetly, "You guessed it!"

Zhen Yan was shocked!

"Zhen Yu! You’re in early romance. Aren’t you afraid I’ll tell mom?!"

Zhen Yu smiled mysteriously, "Not afraid!"

Zhen Yan stared with wide baffled eyes, "???"

"Gu Qing..."