There were still three days until Sports Day began, but arriving before it was the Monthly Exam at the end of the month.
This Monthly Exam was also the semester's Midterm Exam.
A parent-teacher meeting would be held after the exams, and its date had already been set for the first weekend of the following month.
An exam tied to a parent-teacher meeting was enough to make everyone take it seriously without the teachers having to say anything.
"Just a heads-up, everyone. This exam is going to be pretty difficult, so don't let your guard down."
"Teacher Liang, you said that last time too!"
Unfortunately, unlike the story of the boy who cried wolf, no matter how many times Old Liang said it, everyone still instinctively grew nervous whenever he brought it up. They probably wouldn't be free of these successive trials of body and mind until the college entrance exams more than a year later.
The Monthly Exam would start tomorrow. As soon as evening study ended, amid the sounds of desks and chairs being moved around the classroom, Qiu Yufu posted the exam seating chart on the bulletin board at the back.
Just like before, all fifty-nine students other than Chen Shi'an would take their exams in the Laboratory Building.
The others needed to check the seating chart, but Lin Meng Qiu didn't. The very first desk in the Laboratory Building's science exam rooms
seemed to be her exclusive seat, always waiting for her.
"Daoist Master! You're taking your exams in Senior Year One Class One!" Zou Xiaokun called across to Chen Shi'an as he studied the seating chart.
"Okay, thanks, Xiao Kun."
Chen Shi'an answered without going over to check the chart. While school was letting out, he tidied up his things and cleared his desk.
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