The bell rang, bringing the first exam, Chinese, to a smooth end.
Chen Shi'an got up and went to the podium to fetch his backpack. Lin Meng Qiu's and Yuan Xuan's backpacks were together with his, so he brought the two girls' bags over as well.
"Class Monitor, your bag."
"Thanks..."
Lin Meng Qiu took her backpack, put her exam supplies away, and asked him, "How did you do?"
"Pretty well. This essay prompt was riding on our Debate Competition's coattails."
"Mm."
"What about you, Class Monitor? How did you do?"
"All right..."
Yuan Xuan came over from behind them, and Chen Shi'an handed her backpack to her.
"Thanks~"
Yuan Xuan asked curiously, "Chen Shi'an, how did you do? I saw you finish really early. Didn't you even sleep for over an hour...?"
"I wasn't sleeping. I was just meditating with my eyes closed."
"Th-then you finished way too fast...! There were so many questions! When I saw you sleeping... meditating, I thought you were thinking about the essay prompt..."
Before Chen Shi'an could reply, Lin Meng Qiu said mildly, "He writes the essay first."
"...The essay first?! Isn't he afraid of getting his timing wrong...?"
"Besides, he always answers questions very quickly."
"...!!"
Hearing Meng Qiu's account, Yuan Xuan was stunned.
Seeing the shocked expression on her old classmate's face, Lin Meng Qiu felt thoroughly satisfied. She casually turned to Chen Shi'an and asked, "So did you write it in Classical Chinese again?"
"Yep."
Hearing their conversation, Yuan Xuan was even more stunned. "...C-Classical Chinese?! Chen Shi'an, you wrote your essay in Classical Chinese?!"
"That's how he is. He writes in Classical Chinese every time."
"...!!"
"~~~~~~"
Lin Meng Qiu felt so delighted she could fly.
*How strange. Stinking Taoist was the impressive one, so why did talking about