Getting caught cheating on an exam meant getting written up. There was no room for negotiation on something like that.
The students who had burst out laughing in the exam room were also sternly warned by another proctor for disrupting exam order.
Once the last exam on December 30 was over, Jinling University's faculty and staff finally had some free time.
Although he had escaped proctoring duty by supposedly coming down with food poisoning, there was no way he could escape grading the papers afterward.
Watching He Changwen, who had stood him up, face the mountain of exam papers with a miserable expression, Lu Zhou chuckled smugly to himself.
You little brat, standing up the king of no-shows himself.
You must be tired of living!
Looking at the terrifying workload and realizing that his New Year's Day holiday was definitely ruined, He Changwen said miserably,
"Professor, could you... assign someone to help share the load—"
"No," Lu Zhou said without hesitation. "Reviewing the fundamentals will help you better understand those profound and difficult concepts. Work hard. This is training for you... Oh, and try to turn in the graded papers after New Year's Day. The time for entering grades is tight this year. We need to finish everything before Week Twenty-Two."
Then assign someone else to help me!
Though that was what he thought, since it was Academician Lu's order, He Changwen could only nod miserably.
"Yes, Professor."
Worried that this guy might half-ass the work by being careless with other people's grades, Lu Zhou nodded and added, "Don't try to muddle through it. I'll be spot-checking."
"Yes..."
That completely crushed any hopes he had left for the holiday...
The day before New Year's Day.
Senior Brother Luo planned to return home for the holiday. Since his salary had