Quietly withdrawing his sympathetic gaze, Yao Maolin abandoned his friend without hesitation and defended himself without batting an eye. "Actually... my grades are pretty decent."
Seeing everyone's skeptical looks, Yao Maolin nudged Zhao Jinren with his elbow. "They just fluctuate a tiny bit, right?"
As the Yao Family's only son, Yao Maolin had also gotten involved in company affairs early on, though he lacked Ji Cიცen's thorough grasp of them.
Besides, his father had never expected him to get into a top university, so Yao Maolin was naturally a little more relaxed about his studies.
Listening to Yao Maolin's strained excuses gave Zhao Jinren a headache, but deep down, he did acknowledge the guy's intelligence. Then he caught Shen Yu's earnest gaze, and the words on the tip of his tongue took a turn.
"True. He bounces between Mount Everest and the Sichuan Basin. All he's missing is a permanent address."
It was rare to hear Zhao Jinren crack a dry joke, and Shen Yu cackled with laughter. When everyone turned their attention back to him, he quietly tucked away his bared front teeth.
"I'm too dumb." Thinking of his miserable struggles with math, Shen Yu scrunched up his face. Before anyone could figure out how to comfort him, he brightened again. "But Dad says fools have their own good fortune!"
They had never seen anyone so happy about being dumb!
"Little Fish, you'd better pick a university close to us." Yao Maolin had no roundabout thoughts. Hearing that, he patted Shen Yu's shoulder pityingly. "At least I can look after you."
"Then again, there's a pretty good chance we'll end up at the same university. All the other guys are top students, after all." The thought made Yao Maolin chuckle, prompting a frantic twitch in Zhao Jinren's eyes.
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