A Sheep's Final Exams

Liu Chang'an had little interest in becoming emperor, especially since the current environment was simply not suitable for the profession.

After all, the word "emperor" easily evokes images of doing whatever one pleases... doing whatever one pleases, doing whatever one pleases... I don't know why, but once the topic of doing whatever one pleases comes up, I can't help but keep going on and on.

With the proliferation of social media and public opinion today, pressure can easily arise. Even in ancient times, there were officials and censors who could criticize and restrain the emperor's words and actions; how much more so now?

Living under the spotlight of countless people, with people pointing fingers and giving orders all day long, is really meaningless.

Unless he becomes a tyrant who rules the world... but that doesn't align with the core socialist values... Liu Chang'an thought about these things and felt a little lost. He closed his eyes, sitting warmly by the electric radiant table, which made it easy to fall asleep.

So Liu Chang'an got up, snatched Zhou Dongdong from Shangguan Dandan's side, held her in his arms, and fell asleep while stroking Zhou Dongdong's soft belly.

In winter, it's so comfortable to sleep cuddled up with a chubby little one.

The days after New Year's Day flew by, and Liu Chang'an's first semester at university was drawing to a close.

Students who had just learned to skip classes in their first semester returned to the classroom in a relatively concentrated manner. The most common place for last-minute cramming is in school, and of course, it's even more common in university than in high school and junior high... except for the situation of rushing to finish holiday assignments at the end of the holiday.

Zhu Juntang and Liu Chang'an sat together, complaining that studying was too stressful.

"During the New Year's holiday, for those three days, I was with that old man... Of course, he wasn't as annoying as you..." Zhu Juntang casually added, explaining how annoying the other person was, and continued, "I had to attend classes for two hours every day! And I had to read the reading assignments he gave me, some in English, some in French and some in Italian. It's really absurd. What makes him think I can understand so many languages?"

"I'm quite surprised that you know there are differences between English, French, and Latin. After all, they all have twisted and convoluted alphabets." Liu Chang'an's tone carried a hint of praise... One shouldn't have too high expectations for Xiao Yang; she only needed to demonstrate a little bit of common sense to be praised.

"It's all your fault," Zhu Juntang said dejectedly. Of course, she hadn't finished those assignments, so Zhong Qing refused to help her book a private designer specializing in Lolita dresses. This made Zhu Juntang anxious and frustrated. After all, it was already January, and she had to order the summer styles as soon as possible, otherwise she wouldn't have any dresses to wear when the weather started to warm up!

"What does it have to do with me?" Liu Chang'an replied casually while reading his book.

"If you had been able to unify the world back then, and popularize Chinese to the level of English today... no, popularize it to be the only language, then would I still need to know English, French, and Italian, those earthworms?" Zhu Juntang said matter-of-factly, getting angrier the more she thought about it, and even tried to step on Liu Chang'an's foot, "Having the ability but not taking responsibility, that's called... a corpse... a corpse..."

"You're just holding a position without doing any work. Don't make things difficult for yourself by using an idiom, okay? Besides, it's inappropriate in your context." Liu Chang'an waved his hand.

"We might actually be able to unify the whole world." Zhu Juntang suddenly became interested, shaking off the dejection brought on by the pressure of studying. "Then our Nine Provinces Wind and Thunder Sword Sect will manage the nine continents and four oceans, and we'll set up our headquarters in... in Antarctica."

Why Antarctica?

"There are penguins in Antarctica! Penguins are so cute!" Zhu Juntang pressed her hands tightly against her hips, raised her palms, and swayed her body like a penguin.

"Penguins aren't cute. They just keep repeating the same thing to people: 'Want to buy some QQ coins? Want to buy some QQ coins?' Whether they meet aliens, super creatures, foreign prime ministers, or sea creatures, they only ever say this one thing."

Zhu Juntang understood this joke, so Zhu Juntang lay on his book and laughed, his shoulders swaying.

"Zhu Juntang... Is the important point I highlighted really that funny? Or do you find my class enjoyable?" The teacher suddenly stopped lecturing, looking at Zhu Juntang with a half-smile.

"It's not funny, I'm not happy," Zhu Juntang quickly explained. She wasn't very authoritative with her teacher, especially in class.

The other students let out scattered laughter; seeing someone who easily makes others feel resentful being called out was always a happy thing.

The teacher didn't say much and continued the lesson.

"How's your final exam preparation going?" Liu Chang'an asked in a low voice, with great interest.

Many people enjoy gloating because it is indeed a pleasurable thing, and the pursuit of pleasure is an instinct of human beings. Liu Chang'an just wanted to express that he is also human and has the same instincts as humans.

"I can't do anything," Zhu Juntang said matter-of-factly.

"You don't know anything, so what's with your self-righteousness?" Liu Chang'an kindly reminded her, "Think about it, your mother pays so much attention to your studies. If you fail even a normal final exam, what will become of you?"

Zhu Juntang's confident tone implied that the matter was completely unimportant, but Liu Chang'an's words made her feel guilty. Zhu Juntang secretly glanced around, "Can you let me copy it?"

"Do you see me studying normally?" Liu Chang'an shrugged. "I don't know anything."

"Grandpa!" Zhu Juntang didn't believe it. She pouted and hugged Liu Chang'an's arm, acting pitifully and coquettishly.

"Little lamb." Liu Chang'an nodded in response.

"Grandpa!" Zhu Juntang pulled hard on Liu Chang'an's arm, as if she wanted to pull him into her arms.

"Fairy."

Zhu Juntang immediately became wary, but then abandoned her analysis, because she hadn't offended him at the moment. His calling her a fairy was probably just a compliment, a way of saying he thought she was cute, not a sign of any ulterior motive.

"You copy the test paper for me, and I'll imitate Mie Mie sound for you."

"Don't."

"Can you bear to see your adorable mount become physically and mentally exhausted from final exams and die young?" Zhu Juntang kept blinking at Liu Chang'an, trying to charm him. She didn't even need him to coerce her; she had already willingly admitted that she was his mount. Wasn't that enough?

Liu Chang'an pointed to Yan Qingcheng was listening attentively to the lesson in front of him.

"Oh right... How come I didn't think of that? Copying papers doesn't require the other person to have special abilities, so it doesn't matter whose paper you copy!" Zhu Juntang excitedly realized, and promptly let go of Liu Chang'an's hand. She then became somewhat smug, deciding not to continue acting cute. This act of discarding someone after they've served their purpose felt slightly vengeful, and it was quite satisfying.

Liu Chang'an didn't mind this foolish sheep's betrayal and continued to kindly explain, "Given Yan Qingcheng's personality, she might be reluctant to let you copy her test papers directly. Isn't she a tutor? She also needs to study for the final exams, and she's quite busy with tutoring on top of that... But if she can tutor you while she studies herself, it's a win-win situation, so there's a good chance she'll agree."

"I don't want tutoring, I'll just copy," Zhu Juntang said firmly and unwaveringly.

Liu Chang'an glanced at her, went out after class to buy a bottle of orange juice, and sent a text message to Su Nanxiu.

Liu Chang'an returned to his seat and began drinking orange juice. Ever since Liu Chang'an bought jasmine tea for Zhu Juntang had refused to drink any beverages offered by Liu Chang'an, so Liu Chang'an only bought one bottle.

"My mom found me a tutor!" Zhu Juntang looked at Liu Chang'an incredulously when she saw Liu Chang'an return.

Why are you looking at me?

"You... you must be having an affair with my mother!" Zhu Juntang was furious. What a coincidence!

The surrounding classmates, including Qin Zhiqiang, Wei Xuanyi, and Sun Shutong in the back row, all stared at Zhu Juntang in disbelief.

How can you talk about your mother like that?

Even if you and Liu Chang'an are close, you shouldn't talk like that, right?

It's still Liu Chang'an... This possibility isn't entirely out of the question. Wei Xuanyi tried to exchange a glance with Yan Qingcheng, who was turning around ahead. After all, both of them had seen Liu Chang'an and Qin Yanan go to the hotel. If Liu Chang'an could handle Qin Yanan, it wouldn't be surprising if he had something going on with Zhu Juntang's mother...

"Where's the tape? Where's the tape?" Liu Chang'an asked Qin Zhiqiang calmly, requesting tools for assistance.

"I didn't bring it today," Qin Zhiqiang said apologetically.

Zhu Juntang was about to laugh out loud to show that "you can't do anything about me," but the stares from those around her made her cheeks flush slightly. So, she stiffened her neck and walked out of the classroom. Her mother had already found a tutor, so wasn't it perfectly reasonable for her to skip class as a small protest?

Liu Chang'an sat down and sighed softly. Qin Yanan had a gestational sac in her belly... He hoped that this stupid sheep would not have any biological relation to him.

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