While Wang Shouzhe was catching up with his old friends, over in Eternal Spring Garden...
Wang Lici, Wang Lixian, and the others were still miserably bent over their beginner-level test papers.
Wang Lixian in particular, in order to finish her papers as quickly as possible, had secretly split off more than ten branches, each one wrapped around a pen and writing furiously.
"Great-Great-Aunt Lixian, mathematics tests one's thinking, not who has more tentacles. Rushing through papers like this may not produce good results." Wang Ningxi suddenly appeared behind Wang Lixian.
With his back to the sunlight, his entire face was shrouded in shadow, making him look especially grim and cold.
Wang Lixian's entire tree stiffened, yet she could only watch helplessly as Wang Ningxi mercilessly plucked away her pens one by one right in front of her. She nearly burst into tears.
"Great-Great-Aunt Lici, please do not keep looking around. Even the little green snake you raised has more skill than you do. Discussing questions with it will only leave you with more wrong answers." Wang Ningxi appeared behind Wang Lici again as though he had teleported.
Wang Lici, who had been transmitting thoughts to the little green snake, went stiff all over, like a delinquent student caught cheating by a teacher during an exam.
"Lingbo, you once told me that only by enduring the bitterest of hardships could one rise above others. After completing three test papers in a row, your results have already improved noticeably. There are still seven more ahead. Keep it up—I believe you can do it."
Wang Ningxi was incomparably strict, giving no one any opportunity to slack off.
Meanwhile, the tiger and butterfly spying from outside had somehow crept closer and were doing their utmost to peek at the test papers.
Seeing how arduously