Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 64: Chapter 60: You Throw, I Guess!

Zhao Yi couldn’t wait any longer.

To earn Study Coins sooner, he pushed his bike on his way to school, arriving at school panting heavily, which proved to be quite effective.

[Physical Exercise, Study Coins +3.]

Critical hit!

The thing was, it didn’t help much.

The daily limit on earning Study Coins in a single way had a cap; no amount of exercise would increase that limit.

Zhao Yi comforted himself with the thought, "Exercising can’t be bad for you."

Indeed it was not.

The maximum energy value on the system interface went up a bit, which undoubtedly had to do with exercise and physical growth.

He walked into the classroom.

Lin Xiaoqing was reading in earnest.

Zhao Yi sauntered over with a grin, propped himself half on the desk, watched Lin Xiaoqing’s face directly.

Kept watching!

"What do you want!" Lin Xiaoqing glared at him, then continued to focus on the book in hand.

"I’m ’eating.’" Zhao Yi said.

"??" Lin Xiaoqing was struck by a huge question mark.

"You’re a feast to my eyes!"

"Boring!"

Lin Xiaoqing rolled her eyes, turned her body to continue reading, pretending the head on the desk didn’t exist.

Zhao Yi returned to his seat, thoughtfully.

Looking at Xiaoqing who was studying hard, he couldn’t help but wonder, "Why there are no ’Flirting Points’?"

The sight from the front.

Lin Xiaoqing glanced back fiercely, then quickly regained her composure and returned to her reading.

They’d had hot pot the night before and she hadn’t been able to concentrate in her math tutoring class, constantly thinking about some recent problems.

She realized something was wrong.

After much thought, she resolved to return to her previous state of mind, to focus solely on studying, and to not think about anything else.

She wouldn’t think too much!

Won’t be disturbed!

Put studying first!

Only in this way could her grades improve, and she could get into the university of her dreams.

Zhao Yi didn’t get any Study Coins notice for a long time, a little upset wondering if it was Lin Xiaoqing’s issue or the difficulty of earning coins had increased.

"Zhao Yi!" Luo Rui was standing beside him, hands on her hips.

Zhao Yi supported his chin and turned his head to ask, "What’s up?"

"Hand in the assignment!"

Zhao Yi was taken aback, "What assignment?"

"Last Friday, Teacher Wang assigned a reading report on a foreign novel!" Luo Rui pointed at a stack of papers on the table, "I started collecting it on Saturday. Now you’re the only one who hasn’t handed it in yet."

"There’s such an assignment?"

Zhao Yi complained, "I didn’t know. Forget it, I won’t turn it in."

Luo Rui looked at him critically, "Then I will note that you didn’t hand in."

Zhao Yi couldn’t care less.

The ’Youth Cup’ competition had just ended, and he was still in the honeymoon period with Teacher Wang Ping. Missing one Chinese assignment wouldn’t matter.

After all, his Chinese grades were decent even though he hardly attended class.

Luo Rui, a diligent and responsible "cadre student", had not started the self-study class. She came over again with an assignment she’d done in advance. "Take it and copy it!" She said.

"No copy!"

Zhao Yi shook his head immediately, "Isn’t it a waste of time?"

He would never waste time on "copying homework".

"How is doing homework a waste of time?" Luo Rui retorted, frustrated and didn’t know what to do.

He didn’t do his homework, he was even too lazy to copy?

Lin Xiaoqing turned around and said, "He has never turned in any English homework, and Teacher Shen doesn’t care. You can directly tell Teacher Wang, I guess she doesn’t care either."

"See!"

Zhao Yi pointed to Lin Xiaoqing and then Luo Rui, "That’s the difference."

"Hmph!"

Lin Xiaoqing turned her head back in a huff.

Unhappy, there was not much Luo Rui could do, so she headed back to her seat.

Once she got settled, she suddenly remembered Zhao Yi’s finger-pointing gesture just now, "He pointed at..."

Below the neck.

Above the stomach?

Luo Rui looked down at her stomach, her face turned shyly red, grinding her teeth in annoyance, "Was he suggesting the difference was...?"

"Boys are such pervs!"

Zhao Yi was rummaging through his drawer for a book when he heard the system beep in his ear.

[Flirting. Target: Luo Rui, Study Coins +3.]

"??"

"How did it happen?"

"Got a critical hit directly?"

He looked up in the direction of Luo Rui, totally confused about the cause.

...

In the morning self-study session, no one in the class was interested in studying.

Everyone was thinking about the Monthly Test scores.

Sun Liang kept chattering nonstop, his confidence was somewhat inflated, "I’m telling you, I could definitely make it into the top five this time, I promise!"

"Zhao Yi, how about you? You will stay in Class A, right?"

Zhao Yi thought for a bit and said, "I did terribly."

That was the truth.

The math examination was too hard, he didn’t do well on the last five major problems. For the Chinese examination, he was tangled up with a poetry dictation question, and in the end, he didn’t manage to get it right.

The sciences...let’s not talk about that!

Halfway through the self-study session, someone near the window shouted suddenly, "The results are on the board!"

"So soon?"

"They posted it in the morning? Last time it was posted during the big break."

Zhao Yi recalled the memory carefully and glanced around the classmates in the classroom, couldn’t help feeling a bit emotional. The result of the first Monthly Test was a crucial turning point, after which the elite class would have more classes together.

In the afternoons and on weekends, everyone would be together.

After the mid-term exam, the elite class would be together even in the morning. It would be like becoming an independent class. The original class would just be in name only.

Finally, the bell rang.

The class ended.

Sun Liang dragged Zhao Yi and made a rapid beeline for the playground, weaving into the crowd like a nimble monkey.

Zhao Yi patiently waited behind.

There really was no need to go and check the results—those who had already seen them were telling him, "Zhao Yi, that’s impressive!"

"You’re in fifth place!"

"How did you manage to score so high?"

"Amazing."

Zhao Yi, smiling and unfazed, accepted the praises. frёewebnoѵēl.com

After a while, Sun Liang squeezed out of the crowd, looking at Zhao Yi with a complex expression.

His face was a mix of astonishment and sadness!

"My top five spot!"

"All because of you, if it wasn’t for you..."

"What happened?" Zhao Yi was puzzled.

"I’m in sixth place, you...are in fifth!"

Zhao Yi said in a nonchalant tone, "I told you I’d score higher, are you ready to eat..."

"Get lost!"

Sun Liang scampered back in a huff.

...

Zhao Yi wasn’t quite satisfied with his results. He scored 615 in total, falling short of his set target of 630.

He did slightly worse in Math, only scoring 117 points.

Niu Lianhua didn’t think so, she praised Zhao Yi’s math score, "117 points, you got all the points you could have gotten."

"Third in the whole school!"

"Everyone should learn from Zhao Yi!"

Math is indeed challenging.

Lin Xiaoqing only scored 114 points. He Ronghua, who had the highest score in the school, only got 128 points. Only Zhao Yi’s and Sun Liang’s scores were slightly below his.

However...

Sun Liang scored 144.

Zhao Yi’s weakest score was in Science, 234. Although this is by no means a low score, the science paper didn’t have many difficult questions, so students generally scored high.

Lin Xiaoqing surprised everyone with an astounding 276 in Science.

And that was not the highest.

He Ronghua, who had the highest overall score in the school, scored a whopping 281 in Science.

The gap between Zhao Yi and those at the top lay in Science.

He did quite well in Chinese and English compared to those subjects.

Chinese: 119.

This score was neither high nor low.

The highest score in Chinese was achieved by Lin Xiaoqing. She only got 127 points, just eight more than Zhao Yi.

The rest of the top students scored pretty much the same.

Sun Liang was the only exception. Despite his high score in math, his other subjects made up the deficit. He only scored 103 in Chinese.

English was still Zhao Yi’s strongest subject.

points.

This score was so high that it would make others despair.

...

In the afternoon, at Elite Class A.

The competition for exam ranks among students is brutal. An outbreak of ’fresh blood replacing the old values’ swept over Class A.

Cui Bao, who sat behind Zhao Yi, ranked 59th in the Monthly Test.

Regrettably.

Cui Bao had to pack his things and leave. Before he left, he patted Zhao Yi’s shoulder and said with a sad sigh, "Brother, I’m leaving."

"Take care!"

Zhao Yi gave a sentimental wave goodbye, then turned to look at Zhao Linlin, whose eyes were red.

"What’s wrong with her?"

Zhao Yi quietly asked Lin Xiaoqing.

Lin Xiaoqing said, "She didn’t do well." Once she finished, she went to comfort Zhao Linlin, "It’s just one exam, don’t worry about it. You only fell behind a little, just do better next time."

Zhao Linlin shook her head and said, "It’s not about the exam, you wouldn’t understand."

She didn’t want to elaborate.

Zhao Yi also tried to console her, "It must be related to the exam. Just study hard, and do better next time."

"Okay."

Zhao Linlin replied softly, but it was unclear if she had heard.

When all of the moving students had packed their things, a new student—Wang Jian— took the empty seat behind Zhao Yi.

Wang Jian was a student from the original Class 1. He was short, wore a side part, wore glasses and carried a bit of a juvenile delinquent’s swagger.

Reportedly, he liked to gamble.

There are always some students in school who, during lunch breaks or afternoon leisure time, could occupy themselves with a single pack of cards.

Catching the red spear!

Pushing Pai Gow!

Exploding golden flower!

Wang Jian was always amongst them and had been called to meet with his parents on two occasions as a result.

Zhao Yi and Wang Jian merely knew each other. He waved as a form of greeting, then continued to play with the coin in his hands.

Heads!

Heads!

Still heads!

"I’ve really found the pattern of exerting force!"

Zhao Yi thought.

The adage, ’Practice makes perfect’ surely holds some truth. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Constantly, stirring eggs with your fingers might even turn you into a Kato Taka.

Wang Jian, sitting behind, suddenly laughed and said, "Zhao Yi, want to play? You toss the coin, I’ll guess heads or tails, one piece per round."

Zhao Yi was taken aback, then said, "You toss the coin, I’ll guess!"

"You toss the coin, I trust you!"

"Alright!"

Wang Jian swiftly pulled out ten yuan and put it on the table.

Zhao Yi glanced at the time, then shouted back, "Monkey, bring the money and get two bottles of drinks on your way back. I want juice!"

"On it!"

Sun Liang instantly stood up, took the money, and dashed out of the classroom.