Pre-Exam Hustle (Qin Muse's Route)

Swish, swish, swish—! Swish, swish, swish—! In a high-end apartment in Demon City, in Qin Muse's room, Qin Muse was working hard through practice questions beside the low table on the carpet. The sound of her pen sliding across the paper was crisp and rhythmic. Everything had been perfectly normal at first. But gradually, the sound of Qin Muse writing became less fluid, with pauses and snags appearing from time to time...