Charlene subtly suggests spending the night out with Subai

As soon as he returned to the dorm room, Su Bai heard Xue Tao's confused voice.

"What? What do you mean choose C or B..."

"This question... the question bank clearly says the answer is C, but several people in the group chat are saying it's B. Something feels off!"

Xue Tao was practically tearing his hair out in frustration.

Although he subconsciously felt that Su Bai's academic level wasn't particularly high, well, desperate times called for desperate measures...

Moreover, Su Bai was his roommate, and actually one of the people Xue Tao was most familiar with in the class.

It was actually quite ironic to mention; although Xue Tao's relationship with his roommates was just average, his relationship with the other classmates was even worse.

"Ah, let me see..."

Su Bai glanced at the question Xue Tao was pointing at, then looked at what the guys in their major's group chat were discussing.

After a couple of glances, he immediately said, "It's B. Isn't that obvious?"

"Why? The answer in the workbook is C. Could the question bank the senior gave me be wrong?"

Xue Tao's expression instantly turned sour.

That senior was his high school alumnus; he wouldn't scam him, would he?

Su Bai looked at Xue Tao with a complex expression. "Because compared to the workbook, the numbers in the exam question were changed, so the answer has to change too. That's normal, isn't it?"

The so-called "using original questions" usually involved making tiny alterations. This was to prevent people who purely crammed at the last minute from just memorizing the answer keys, which would turn a math exam into a liberal arts recitation test.

This was perfectly reasonable. Giving students a loophole by letting them practice all the possible question types was already merciful enough; they couldn't possibly serve up a carbon copy of the test, right?

However, Xue Tao's mouth gaped open, and he stood there frozen.

Immediately after, he slapped his forehead in annoyance. "Holy sh*t, how did I not think of that?"

Wang Haoran: "..."

The Gacha Sage looked up from his game and glanced over, the corner of his mouth twitching.

Actually, before Su Bai had returned, Xue Tao had already asked Wang Haoran. Wang Haoran had given Xue Tao the same answer, but Xue Tao simply didn't believe him.

Well, that was normal. According to Xue Tao's worldview, Wang Haoran was a pauper who played 2D mobile games—a social outcast. Therefore, he was inherently untrustworthy. That was just Xue Tao's style...

Wang Haoran had long since seen through everything.

So, he couldn't be bothered to argue with Xue Tao.

He had a very indifferent nature; he was too lazy to fight over things and preferred to just tend to his own little world and live a good life.

As for the exam, Wang Haoran knew the score. He knew how to do all the questions anyway, so getting one or two wrong occasionally didn't matter. Thus, while other classmates were discussing answers, he didn't even look at the group chat, focusing entirely on grinding in his game.

The new map in Genshin had opened; he had to grind.

Su Bai also offered some comfort. "It's fine. It's just one multiple-choice question, only a few points."

"...True."

Xue Tao said the words, but he felt extremely unsure deep down.

Because for that question, he was merely uncertain. In reality, there were several other questions he didn't know how to do at all.

Dammit, surely he wouldn't end up with less than eighty points, right?

Xue Tao started to panic a little.

He had treated Linear Algebra seriously, yet to lose the midterm exam due to bad luck... Please, anything but that!

Looking at what the people in the group were saying, it seemed this exam was quite simple. Most people estimated they could scrape together a ninety.

Didn't that mean Xue Tao was going to be at the bottom of the class?

This was simply too big of a shock to Xue Tao's worldview. After all, how should one put it... he had always thought highly of himself. Even if he wasn't outstandingly brilliant, he should at least be in the upper-middle tier.

A while later, Chu Mingzhe came back as well.

As if grabbing onto a life-saving straw, Xue Tao hurriedly asked Chu Mingzhe how he did.

He saw "Mr. Shanghai" standing there with a blank face, stunned for a long while before suddenly crying out in grief and indignation, "So we were testing Linear Algebra first? I thought it was Calculus! I reviewed the wrong subject!"

"..."

This guy was a special kind of talent.

Su Bai couldn't help but laugh out loud. He patted Chu Mingzhe on the shoulder and consoled him, "It's okay, you can turn it around in the finals. A real man—he has to make a comeback!"

In short, the exam didn't seem to have a huge impact on the students. With this course as a baseline, everyone had a rough idea of the difficulty of Jiangcheng University's exams.

Simply put, as long as you functioned somewhat like a human being and didn't completely slack off, passing was very easy.

Scraping together seventy or eighty points wasn't hard either.

The real difficulty lay in getting high scores—that is, the group who wanted to compete for guaranteed postgraduate spots had to put in some extra effort.

After a while, Xia Lin popped up in the class group chat. She gave a few instructions, telling everyone not to be too excited, to sleep well at night, and to remember to eat on time...

Su Bai couldn't help but smile when he saw it. How to put it? He always felt that Xia had a different style from other counselors. She was clearly very gentle, yet she carried authority and was very popular with the people.

Having such a woman in his harem team was truly Su Bai's blessing.

After soothing the students, Xia Lin sent a message to Su Bai, saying she was done with her work and asking him out to exercise.

It was obvious that Xia Lin was obsessed with the gym session; she must have really been feeling repressed.

[Crispy Big White Goose: Sure, I'm coming right now. Wait for me at the Little West Gate, I'll drive over to pick you up.]

[Summer's Lin: Mm-hmm.]

[Summer's Lin: I booked a Traditional Chinese Medicine therapy session at a high-end clubhouse. Let's not go back tonight; come with me to the private suite and enjoy it~]

[Crispy Big White Goose: [Big White Goose_Stunned]]

[Crispy Big White Goose: Do I get a share of the TCM therapy too?]

[Summer's Lin: Of course. I care a lot about your physical health, you know. Even if your body is full of vitality now, doing some prevention in advance is very good. After all... hmm, I hear you are quite indulgent.]

[Crispy Big White Goose: Well, actually...]

[Summer's Lin: The person doing the therapy is a national-level old TCM doctor. I only managed to book an appointment thanks to my father's connections. It's a rare opportunity.]

[Crispy Big White Goose: Alright, then I shall deferentially accept.]

Su Bai had a bit of an epiphany. It seemed Xia Lin wanted to ask him to spend the night out but couldn't find a suitable excuse, so she arranged this... um, TCM therapy.

Truly a lady from a prestigious family; even when taking the initiative, she had to maintain her elegance.

It was fine. Although objectively speaking, Su Bai didn't need an old TCM doctor to regulate his body, seeing a bit of the world was always good.

He glanced at the file Xia Lin sent; it actually contained the old doctor's profile.

From the photo, she was a kind-faced old grandmother, said to provide massage, bone setting, gua sha, and daily care for many high-net-worth individuals...

She was a disciple of some TCM family lineage.

This was an area Su Bai knew absolutely nothing about, so he wouldn't comment much on it. Anyway, Xia was probably just using this method to ask him out to play.

Su Bai pictured it in his mind: a dimly lit room in a high-end clubhouse, lights off, the two of them covered by a small blanket, soaking their feet and chatting...

That seemed pretty nice.

Xia Lin knew a lot and was happy to share with Su Bai. So, one could say that Xia was an excellent avenue for Su Bai to understand high society.