World of Warcraft: Stromgarde Reborn
Chapter 42

An Ideal Feng Shui Treasure Trove for Exams

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The same scene was playing out in many schools.

For most teachers, Yan Xiao's views were far too progressive.

Against an exam-oriented educational backdrop, they simply had no desire to try them.

Yet there was also a small minority of teachers constantly seeking personal breakthroughs,

which was why they became Yan Xiao's supporters.

Naturally, the effects of changing teaching methods could not be achieved overnight; it required them to continuously explore and eventually form their own unique teaching approaches.

Yan Xiao had no idea that it was precisely because of this emotionless interview that countless outstanding teachers with strong personal styles emerged across Huaxia a decade later.

That was a story for another day...

For half a month straight, Yan Xiao's daily life consisted of tutoring Guan Zhiyuan, revising papers under Lin Fangxin's coercion, and playing video games.

As for studying?

Yan Xiao was completely in no rush.

With three days left before the second district-wide mock exam, Yan Xiao and Lin Fangxin finally submitted their papers, and Wei Yujian also finished writing his.

Yan Xiao did not break his promise, giving him the credit of second author as well as corresponding author.

"Are you taking the second mocks this time?" Lin Fangxin asked on the final day before the exams.

"Of course I am, why wouldn't I? I love exams. Exams keep me clear-headed and make me realize just how brilliant and extraordinary I am." Yan Xiao replied without turning red or skipping a beat.

"Hmph..."

"What about you? Are you taking them?" Yan Xiao countered.

"I'll take them if you do. Previously, the two of us were in different districts; you got a perfect score, higher than mine, but those weren't the same district's test papers after all." Pausing for a moment, Lin Fangxin continued, "This time, the two of us are testing in the same district, and we'll see whose score is higher."

Lin Fangxin issued a challenge to Yan Xiao.

Although there was a competitive spirit behind it, in truth, it was mostly to spur Yan Xiao on to work just a little bit harder.

Because she could not sense any drive to work hard from Yan Xiao.

Not letting a bright pearl gather dust or a piece of uncarved jade shatter was her current mindset.

"Let me make this clear first." Yan Xiao wore a deadpan expression. "Even though you're a beauty and truly one of my favorite types, I won't go easy on you during the exam."

"Who wants you to go easy!" Lin Fangxin pouted. "I'm going to use my real strength to make you submit."

Heh... I never expected she'd still be a... Yan Xiao mentally editorialized about Lin Fangxin.

"Let's see the real results in the exam room."

The next day, Yan Xiao finally broke his own consistent biological clock and got up at a quarter past seven in the morning.

After hastily washing up, he grabbed his pencil case and left the house.

A bus, then a transfer to the subway.

There weren't many people on the subway yet, and most of them were students.

Three stops away from the school, a tall girl whose attractive figure couldn't be concealed even by her school uniform got on.

Bored stiff, Yan Xiao unhesitatingly stood right beside the girl.

"Hey sis, don't you think these teachers are out of their minds for scheduling exams in the morning?"

The girl turned her head and took her earphones off her ears. "What did you say?"

"I said, what do you think of teachers arranging exam times this early?"

"They've definitely lost their minds!" To Yan Xiao's surprise, the girl agreed with his statement.

"Right? We're kindred spirits then, nice to meet you." Yan Xiao raised a hand. "Let's get acquainted, my name is Guan Zhiyuan, what's yours?"

"Li Li," the girl replied.

"Li Li?" Yan Xiao hesitated.

"No, just Li Li." The girl corrected and confirmed.

Heh, what a cheesy name... If it weren't for your pretty face and figure, I'd turn around and walk away right now. Yan Xiao complained inwardly while wearing a smile on his face. "You wouldn't happen to that Li Li, would you?"

The girl looked completely puzzled. "You know me?"

Yan Xiao nodded and said with a straight face, "Of course, I figured you might have been a junior high classmate of mine, but later on, with the drastic changes of puberty, you changed so much I didn't recognize you."

The girl burst out laughing right away,

quite bold and uninhibited~

"Little bro, stop teasing me. I didn't even finish middle school, where would we have been classmates?"

"You didn't finish middle school? Then what are you..."

"I just got off work."

Yan Xiao understood... This was a girl who could use money to connect to the windows of the soul...

"Alright then, my stop is here, I won't disturb your rest anymore."

With that, Yan Xiao arrived at his stop and got off.

He took the next subway train and rode two more stops...

At 8:45, Yan Xiao arrived at the school gates, fifteen minutes before the exam.

He was not in a hurry,

instead buying an egg pancake with chicken tenders and a cup of soy milk from a breakfast stall on the street,

and strolled along while eating.

The exam location was not inside their usual Strongest High School Class, but rather within the Jida Affiliated High School.

Yan Xiao entered the classroom right on the exam bell.

By the time he stepped inside, the other students had already started answering the questions.

His entrance did not attract much attention.

After all, this was a top-tier school, and the students' resistance to distractions was far stronger than that of students in ordinary demonstration schools.

Where am I supposed to sit? Yan Xiao thought as he looked at the completely packed seats in the room.

"Classmate, which exam room are you in?" the proctor asked.

"The third exam room?" Yan Xiao hesitated.

"Don't ask me, how would I be supposed to know which exam room you're in?!" The proctor was left speechless.

"Then it is the third exam room!" Yan Xiao confirmed, thinking to himself, Or maybe the fourth exam room?

"No way, our exam room has all its people. Hand me your district admission ticket and let me take a look." The proctor said.

"I didn't bring it, left it at school."

"What class are you in?"

"The Strongest High School Class one." Yan Xiao replied.

Because his voice was a bit loud, many students raised their heads and looked over at Yan Xiao.

What concerned them the most was why a big shot from the Strongest High School Class had come here to show off his presence.

The proctor suddenly realized, "Your exam rooms are on the fifth floor, not on this side."

"Then thank you." Yan Xiao finished speaking and hastily retreated from the classroom.

He leisurely climbed the stairs to the fifth floor.

Sure enough, there were three exam rooms in total, clearly marked with 1, 2, and 3.

Yan Xiao walked up to exam room 3, pushed the door open, and found that in the spacious classroom, there were only ten desks in total, with only 3 people taking the exam.

And he recognized one of them-

Lin Fangxin...

The proctor in the room saw Yan Xiao enter and asked, "And you are, classmate?"

"Hello, teacher, I'm Yan Xiao."

"Oh, it's you. Take a seat anywhere." With that, the proctor stopped paying attention to Yan Xiao and went back to reading an online web novel.

This...

What kind of situation was this...

Yan Xiao was almost thrown into a daze...

It felt remarkably like visiting someone else's home, where the host casually tells you to sit anywhere and then goes right back to what they were doing.

A strong sense of déjà vu...

Yan Xiao collected his thoughts and composure, walked up to the podium to grab a set of test papers, and sat down in the very last row in the corner of the classroom.

This right here was an ideal feng shui treasure trove for exams!

Even though the current Yan Xiao no longer needed its strength,

who could truly turn down such a great spot!

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