Study Monster Cultivation System

Chapter 73 - 073 The Man Who Saw Through the Truth

In a daze, Li Zheng was shaken awake by Zhang Xiaoke.

He realized he had slept for almost an hour, and right now Teacher Zhao was writing the correct answers on the blackboard.

"Take a 10-minute break and grade each other’s papers while you’re at it."

After saying this, Teacher Zhao picked up her teapot and slipped out of the room.

Despite this, most of the students hadn’t woken up yet.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, go back to sleep after you’re done grading." Zhang Xiaoke pushed her test paper impatiently toward Li Zheng.

Li Zheng yawned, picked up his pen, and started grading with bleary eyes.

Zhang Xiaoke, on the other hand, pulled out a red marker and began grading with ferocity.

Two minutes later.

She broke down in despair.

"Master... have you taken this test before?" Zhang Xiaoke grabbed Li Zheng’s arm and shook it, and as she ran out of options, she turned into a protesting student, "94 points is just outrageous... Master, give me a way out..."

"Stop shaking me, I’m dizzy," Li Zheng yawned, pushing her paper back to her, "78 isn’t bad either, but you’re still far from the standard. There’s the essay and listening in the real exam; you’re going to fall behind a lot."

"I don’t care, I hate you hate you hate you..." Zhang Xiaoke pummeled Li Zheng’s arm with a barrage of light punches like a pecking chicken, "Why does someone like you have to be in this kind of school... what bad karma have I brought upon myself..."

"Ow, ow, ow." Li Zheng covered his arm, "Alright, I’m not free to deal with you today, go play."

"I don’t want to play, I want to study!" Zhang Xiaoke gritted her teeth and picked up her pen, "Explain this test paper to me!"

"Aren’t you listening to Teacher Zhao explain it?"

"I get sleepy listening to her talk." Zhang Xiaoke glared at Li Zheng, "Stop hiding it; you must have some special trick."

"What trick is there for English?" Li Zheng scratched his head in distress, "It’s vocabulary. Once you’ve got that, everything else comes naturally."

"That’s it?"

"That’s it." Li Zheng said as he pulled out his phone and sent a file to Zhao Xiaoke, "Just memorize these 3500 words from high school, and 120 points are practically a gift. Brush up on collocations and grammar and you’ll be hitting 140 and above."

"I don’t believe it, I don’t believe it. You’re shirking your master’s responsibilities and fobbing me off!"

Looking at his zealous apprentice, Li Zheng scratched his head.

Someone who loves studying too much isn’t necessarily a good thing.

But no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn’t think of any good ways to tutor her, so he could only shake his head and sigh, "Really, I am useless except for my vocabulary."

"Here we go again?" Zhang Xiaoke asked casually, "How do you say earthworm in English?"

"Earthworm."

"... You’re just bullying me because I don’t know." Zhang Xiaoke swallowed her saliva and hastily opened her phone.

Then, she was stunned.

"Lucky you..." Zhang Xiaoke clenched her teeth and followed up, "How do you say gambling?"

Li Zheng felt utterly unenthused, "Gambling, or Bet. Someone like you would be called a Gambler Dog."

"Wait..." After checking each word, Zhang Xiaoke turned to him angrily when she realized the last term was not so simple, "Just say gambler, why add Dog?"

"Don’t sweat the details, just memorize the words."

"Uh..." Still unconvinced, Zhang Xiaoke furrowed her brow and thought hard, "Then let me ask you one last one."

"Make it a hard one," Li Zheng instructed.

Zhang Xiaoke looked down for over half a minute, then a corner of her mouth lifted in a cold smile, "Tryptophan synthase A protein."

"That’s a tough one." Li Zheng felt a thrill and, while pondering, said, "I don’t know the specific name for that thing; I can only guess... Um... is it Tryptophan synthetase A protein?"

".........."

After a lengthy silence, Zhang Xiaoke turned off her phone bitterly.

"Master, I’ll recite, I’ll recite, okay?"

"Recite slowly; I’m going to sleep." Li Zheng slumped onto the desk, out like a light.

At this time, Zhao Yinghua had also finished fetching hot water and strolled back.

She returned to the lectern, saw the sleeping students, yawned herself, and wanted to rest her head on the desk.

No, she must at least act like a teacher.

So she clapped her hands and said, "Wake up, class is in session; those who haven’t finished grading, hurry up."

Though reluctant, everyone still gave her face.

Two minutes later, seeing that most had finished grading, Zhao Yinghua said, "For this test, 80 points is roughly equivalent to a usual 120 in English. First, let me ask, besides Lin Yujing, does anyone have more than 80?"

Jiang Qinghua, Liu Yuexuan, and the English class representative Chen Jinyu raised their hands.

"Not bad. Then, does anyone have more than 90?" Zhao Yinghua glanced subconsciously towards the window seat, "Apart from Lin Yujing... oh, she’s not here."

At that, Jiang Qinghua and Liu Yuexuan lowered their hands, leaving only the English class representative’s hand held high.

"Hmm, not bad," Teacher Zhao asked, "Chen Jinyu, how many points did you get?"

"92." Chen Jinyu smoothed her hair, looking quite impressive.

In fact, if Xiaoke hadn’t appeared out of nowhere, she could have been considered the second beauty of the class, and certainly one with a strong presence.

Unlike Xiaoke, she followed the route of pride, constantly talking about studying abroad, holding English materials and reading aloud.

Teacher Zhao was satisfied with the score and nodded, "Chen Jinyu, since you’re fully committed to English with your heart set on studying abroad, you could actually aim higher. If you reach Lin Yujing’s level, you’re set."

"She’s not even here," Chen Jinyu huffed.

To her, it was rare enough to be first once, but to be compared with Lin Yujing again felt like a lingering ghost.

"True, the difficulty of this test was there. Indeed, I don’t know how much Lin Yujing would have gotten," Zhao Yinghua admitted, unable to spur any more and chose to encourage instead, "A little test also shows one’s level; come on, let’s congratulate Chen Jinyu for taking first place."

Chen Jinyu "whooshed" her pencil case onto the table and tossed her head, looking exceedingly smug.

But the students were too sleepy to applaud.

More of them were actually annoyed by her.

Only talking about foreign prestigious schools, putting all her energy into English, what was there to be so proud about scoring high?

If only Lin Yujing were here, a perfect score would make her cry.

Just then, Zhang Xiaoke suddenly raised her hand: "Teacher, Li Zheng has 94."

Suddenly, the students were wide awake.

Li Zheng, who had been sleeping on his desk, jolted awake.

He pushed Zhang Xiaoke’s hand down.

"I didn’t, stop talking nonsense."

For Li Zheng, scoring high this way didn’t feel honorable. Since Chen Jinyu finally got to be first, let her have her moment.

However, the tree may prefer calm, but the wind will not subside; the matter was already out of Li Zheng’s control.

The girl in front turned back with eager eyes and looked at Li Zheng’s paper: "Wow, it really is 94!"

The classroom atmosphere instantly livened up.

"Nice one, Li Zheng!" The student next door stretched his neck to offer congratulations.

Jiang Qinghua also cast a glance at Chen Jinyu and chimed in, "Even surpassed you in English, I’m impressed."

"Brother Li, are you sure you’re not cheating?" Liu Xin joked with a laugh.

Unexpectedly, the only one to see through the truth turned out to be this man who looked middle-aged on the outside but whose brain was stuck at the middle school level.