Wang Ye, standing to one side, was already a little dumbfounded.
Had this kid studied it before?
Straightforward as ever, Wang Ye voiced what was on his mind.
Luo Yao casually flipped through the book and said, "I skimmed through it at the library when I was in middle school. What I didn't expect was that these were actually freshman-year questions."
"Are freshman courses all this easy?"
"Teacher Ouyang clearly said they were difficult." Luo Yao flipped through some of the other textbooks and discovered that the courses inside really were things the system had forced him to study before.
The town library had a limited collection. Many of its books were old textbooks bought from scrap stations, covering all sorts of subjects. For everyone else, this was a bad thing, because they could not find novels or anything like that. The library only had used textbooks.
But for Luo Yao, it had been an enormous help.
Given Luo Yao's knowledge, he could actually have entered university at around thirteen. But middle school had been far too easy for him, and the teachers did not dare discipline him at all, so he simply went to the library to teach himself.
Those had been his happiest days.
But to Wu Tianming and Wang Ye, Luo Yao's words sounded terrifying.
A middle school kid had somehow finished learning freshman university courses just by going to the library?
Was this guy showing off?
"Isn't this our first time studying it? So it's normal to take notes. Don't you take notes whenever you learn something new?"
"Luo Yao, let me remind you—top students' notes are pretty valuable. Lots of younger students need them, so make sure you keep your notebooks safe."
"Taking notes is just writing down the knowledge you're currently seeing. It isn't stored in your mind."
"I don't take notes because everything I see is already in my head."
Luo Yao was simply telling the truth. The talent granted by the system had given him an eidetic memory.
"You remember everything you see?" Wang Ye stared at Luo Yao in shock, as though he were looking at a monster.
"Yes. I memorize things quickly." Luo Yao remained expressionless, as if he were talking about something utterly ordinary.
Wang Ye slowly edged closer to Wu Tianming and whispered, "What's going on here?"
"If what he says is true, then he has Super Right Brain Photographic Memory."
"The right brain is primarily responsible for memory, physical coordination, visual perception, imagination, inspiration, sudden insight, and so on. People with Super Right Brain Photographic Memory have right brains developed many times further than ordinary people's, allowing them to accurately memorize and reproduce information like a camera."
"Holy shit, a Human Camera?" After hearing Wu Tianming's explanation, Wang Ye could not help exclaiming.
"A Human Camera? Is that a carbon-based life-form or a silicon-based one?" Luo Yao had suddenly heard an interesting term.
Invisible flexing really was deadly!
Wu Tianming and Wang Ye instantly sensed that their future university life might be even more colorful than they had imagined.
Grrr...
Wang Ye's stomach began protesting.
"Hey, it's already noon. Let's hurry up and eat. Luo Yao, do you want to come with us?"
"I don't have a meal card." Luo Yao remembered that Teacher Ouyang had not given him such an important thing.
Wang Ye glanced at Wu Tianming and smiled. "It doesn't matter if you don't have a meal card. I do."
"Have you ever heard that famous line: swipe my card?"
Luo Yao shook his head.
"Oh, you poor little thing. Come on, Brother Ye will spoil you today!" As Wang Ye spoke, he tried to put an arm around Luo Yao's shoulders.
Luo Yao swiftly moved aside.
"I don't like unfamiliar people standing too close to me."
Wang Ye's outstretched hand could only change direction halfway and land on Wu Tianming instead.
"This kid really isn't cute at all," he muttered.
"Boss Ye, you're too enthusiastic. He can't handle it," Wu Tianming reminded him, holding back a laugh.
Wang Ye sighed, feeling the frustration of casting flirtatious looks at a blind man.
"Alright, let's go! We're heading to the cafeteria, and we have class this afternoon!" Wu Tianming opened the door and motioned for Luo Yao to follow. Luo Yao had wanted to go to the staff dormitory to find his parents, but Teacher Ouyang had said he did not need to worry about his family, and his mother wanted him to make friends. He could only grit his teeth and follow them.
After getting their food, Wang Ye found a seat first and had Luo Yao sit beside them.
"Do you know that person?"
Following Luo Yao's gaze, Wang Ye turned around and said, "Oh, the Student Council President. What about him?"
"He took a lot of dishes, but he did not eat all of them. He only ate a few."
"If you had dietary restrictions or disliked certain dishes, would you take them?"
Wang Ye and Wu Tianming subconsciously shook their heads. "It costs money and wastes food. Who would do something like that?"
"But he did."
"He is afraid that his dietary restrictions might cause him to be excluded by his social circle. Social isolation could worsen his sense of maladjustment and psychological problems, so he took a lot of dishes in order to blend in with everyone else."
"Someone like that is not suitable as a friend. You can never know what he is truly thinking."
Luo Yao gave his assessment without expression.
Wang Ye and Wu Tianming exchanged a look. They both saw the same two words in each other's eyes.
Monster.
He was analyzing someone even while eating?
Still, it was kind of interesting. In any case, they did not like that Student Council President either.
But in reality, even if they disliked someone, they could not analyze them like that and expose all their inner thoughts. Who could stand that?
That was the kind of thing that could get someone beaten up!
Wang Ye laughed. "Not bad, Luo Yao. You're really good at reading people. Looks like you won't suffer losses in the future."
"Here, a big chicken drumstick as a reward."
As Wang Ye spoke, he picked the big chicken drumstick from his tray and placed it on Luo Yao's. After freezing for a few seconds, Luo Yao ultimately accepted it.
"A real reward?" Wu Tianming squeezed out a few words through clenched teeth.
"Well, if you're eating, you don't have time to talk, right?" Wang Ye also spoke softly with his mouth barely moving.
It was the secret trick the two of them used to talk in class. Neither had expected to use it here.
After silently eating for a while, Luo Yao's phone suddenly vibrated.
Luo Yao answered it. It was his mother.
His mother said Teacher Ouyang had taken them out for a meal and asked how Luo Yao was doing. After Luo Yao told her he was with his roommates, Sun Xiulan was very happy.
Just before the call ended, Sun Xiulan told Luo Yao that the 500,000 yuan reward from the school had arrived and asked how he wanted to allocate it.
After falling silent for a few seconds, Luo Yao said, "I'll think about it and tell you later."
After hanging up, Wu Tianming casually asked, "What is it? Your family worried about you?"
Luo Yao had not wanted to answer, but Wu Tianming was not particularly stupid and had treated him to lunch. After thinking about it, Luo Yao decided to answer honestly.
"Mm, no. My mother told me that the 500,000 yuan reward from the school had arrived and asked how I wanted to allocate it."
Clatter.
Wu Tianming and Wang Ye's chopsticks fell onto the table.
"I told you, invisible flexing is really deadly," Wang Ye muttered softly to Wu Tianming.
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