Fate Trading System – Chapter 334

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Little Sweetness 7

For a moment, the three big guys¹ present were all unable to tell if these words were true or false.

After all, this kind of thing was extremely common among girls. Two girls calling each other husband and wife, then playing at kissing—Chen Baixiao could pick out two or three such pairs in his own class.

Chen Baixiao’s heart, he didn’t really believe it, because he felt that Su Xin liked to joke when she spoke, and there was often an element of teasing involved. But Qiu Qingqing was different. She didn’t speak very often, but once she did, it was likely the truth.

“Indeed, if I see any more love letters or gifts sent to her, I might have to take action and teach them a lesson.”

Qiu Qingqing nodded slightly, confirming the authenticity of this event.

Chotto matte!²

Zhang Tianyi, feeling dizzy, grabbed a new pair of chopsticks.

These two had just kissed yesterday, and today they confirmed their relationship so quickly?

emmmm……

“Then… a hundred years of good union?”³

Zhang Tianyi foolishly blurted out this sentence. Chen Baixiao coughed twice.

“Thank you.”

It seemed it was true.

Meng Zikun pushed up his glasses. So things could develop in this direction.

For some reason, Chen Baixiao felt a sense of relief in his heart.

Honestly, if Su Xin had started dating another boy in the year before he left school, he would have definitely felt extremely frustrated.

Although who Su Xin dated had nothing to do with him, it was just depressing. Knowing that it was Qiu Qingqing, his heart actually felt much better.

It was a sense of relief, similar to the feeling of: The goddess can’t be mine, but she can’t be yours either. The goddess got together with another goddess, so you mortals can stop coveting her.

“I will help resolve it.”

Of the three boys present, apart from Zhang Tianyi who was a bit goofy⁴, the others were smart.

“I will too! I guarantee no one will send things again!”

Zhang Tianyi patted his chest to guarantee it. Su Xin felt that although he was a bit goofy, he was a rather cute kind of goofy.

After Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing went back, they found that, sure enough, none of the messy things had appeared.

Their efficiency was quite fast.

The monthly exam arrived.

Arranging desks, pasting seat numbers.

Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing were not in the same examination hall.

Although Qiu Qingqing hadn’t joined any “study god alliance,” her grades were beyond question, so when the teacher was arranging the exam halls, she was placed in the one exclusive to the study gods.

Su Xin was in the exam hall next to Qiu Qingqing’s, very close by.

“Next time, I’ll work hard to be in the same exam hall as you.”

Su Xin pinched Qiu Qingqing’s face, then tugged at the zipper of her school uniform; her hands never stopped moving.

“Okay.”

Actually, this was an unexpected development for Qiu Qingqing, but it wasn’t bad if it could stimulate Su Xin’s motivation to improve.

The first exam was Chinese language.

Half of the people present were members of the study god alliance; the top fifteen in the first exam hall all were.

This exam hall had thirty seats. Qiu Qingqing sat in the thirtieth.

It wasn’t to say her grades were worse than the 29 in front of her, but simply that the teacher considered that she didn’t want to be too high-profile. So even though she was placed in this exam hall, she was placed in the very last seat.

Several members of the study god alliance sitting at the front looked curiously in Qiu Qingqing’s direction.

They had heard this person’s name from the teacher and knew she was fully capable of joining but was unwilling.

Meng Zikun sat in the third seat. After arranging his stationery, he also followed their gazes toward Qiu Qingqing.

He knew how these people discussed Qiu Qingqing. They had once seen her problem-solving methods—they were very special, simpler than what they had thought of. The teacher had used it as a template to show them, so they had always been quite curious. But knowing that Qiu Qingqing was unwilling to join, they were only secretly curious.

Of course, Meng Zikun wouldn’t say that he knew Qiu Qingqing. The two of them were indeed acquainted, but not close. According to Meng Zikun’s observation of Qiu Qingqing, she was only willing to be close with Su Xin. In Qiu Qingqing’s eyes, it was only because Su Xin played with them that she played with them.

He had noticed something was off long ago, so when the two of them announced they were together, he wasn’t surprised at all.

There was some kind of invisible barrier between the two of them. It wasn’t obvious when you looked at them separately, but when the two of them were together, that feeling became especially distinct, making people nearby feel that no one could intrude between them.

The exam began.

Qiu Qingqing’s answers were like a template, fitting into problem-solving models.

Her logical thinking was greater than her emotional thinking. Even when writing a Chinese exam, it was like she was doing a math problem. But she could still get a high score because this was an exam, and exams have formulas. As long as you remember all the techniques for analyzing articles, getting a high score isn’t a problem. And by looking at many examples and roughly remembering them, getting a good score on the essay was even less of an issue.

With two and a half hours of answering time, Qiu Qingqing finished everything in one hour and forty minutes, checked for twenty minutes, and for the remaining half hour, she thought about Su Xin.

Su Xin probably hasn’t finished her questions yet. Qiu Qingqing glanced toward the door, even though she knew she couldn’t see Su Xin that way.

When the bell rang, Qiu Qingqing took a washed apple and an unused small knife out of her school bag.

The school didn’t allow controlled blades⁵ like fruit knives, but this kind of small plastic knife used for sharpening pencils was still permitted.

When the teacher came over to collect the exam papers, Qiu Qingqing was peeling the apple.

Qiu Qingqing’s knife skills were naturally very good, especially with this kind of small blade. She had cooked food, and she had also cut people; peeling an apple was a very simple matter.

In a short while, the apple peel came off the apple in one continuous, unbroken strip.

“Peeled very well.”

The teacher praised her and took the paper away.

As soon as the teacher left the classroom, the study gods in this class began to compare their multiple-choice answers.

Qiu Qingqing had no intention of participating in this activity. Holding the apple, she walked to the next classroom and saw Su Xin sitting there.

A carton of milk and two small loaves of bread were on Su Xin’s desk. Qiu Qingqing walked over and stuffed the apple into her mouth.

“Why didn’t you eat?”

This was what Qiu Qingqing had prepared for her, just in case she felt like eating something or got a little hungry during the exam.

“I’ll eat it later.”

Su Xin said, her words a bit muffled as she bit into the apple.

“How do you feel?”

“No feeling.”

Su Xin had only written a few words on her scratch paper. Qiu Qingqing tidied up the scratch paper and unintentionally saw a large part of it was filled with her name.

“I had nothing to do after the exam, so I decided to practice my handwriting, and just used your name to start, you see.”

Su Xin ate half the apple and didn’t want any more, handing it to Qiu Qingqing.

“Mm.”

Qiu Qingqing’s mood clearly improved a lot. She took the half-eaten apple without minding at all and continued to eat it.

“After the exam, I’ll wait for you at the gate. We’ll go home and eat together. I bought your favorite dishes when I went out this morning.”

“Okay.”

Qiu Qingqing woke up at 6:10 every morning, washed up, then went out to the wet market⁶ to buy groceries, and bought breakfast on the way back.

Su Xin woke up at 6:20, washed up and ate breakfast, and was done by 6:35. Then the two of them would go to school together. They lived very close to the school, and plus they rode an electric scooter⁷, so they could get to school very quickly.

Everyone around knew who the two of them were. Good-looking people always gain popularity easily. Although in Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing’s view, they were just passersby A, B, C, and D, in the eyes of others, Su Xin and Qiu Qingqing were the Twin Flowers of Class Five.

So, their conversation was overheard by everyone around. Besides exclaiming what a good relationship the two had, there was only a thick sense of envy.

The monthly exam lasted for two and a half days and ended quickly.

The teachers graded the papers very quickly, but also very seriously and carefully. The teachers and students of the three schools were all waiting for the results.

Qiu Qingqing was first in their class, Su Xin was tenth.

The teacher moved their seats from the last row to the third row.

Su Xin actually still preferred staying in the last row because she didn’t like the feeling of people watching her from behind, but the view from the third row was more open, which was also pretty good.

Qiu Qingqing was not only first in the class but also first in the grade, a “study deity” who far surpassed the study gods.

The teacher lavished praise on her. Qiu Qingqing remained expressionless, as if the person being praised wasn’t her.

That afternoon, someone came to ask Qiu Qingqing to a meal. It wasn’t an invitation made in the classroom, but one made directly in front of the teachers’ office.

That person was Sun Lingyun⁸. He wore a pair of thick glasses, looked thin and tall, and exuded a strong aura of a study god.

This was the previous grade’s number one student. He was first among the new first-year high school students and was always first in his class. For this monthly joint exam, he had been very confident he would take the top spot in his school, and even the throne of first place in the joint exam of the three schools. But he didn’t expect a dark horse he had never seen before to emerge out of nowhere.

Qiu Qingqing’s total score was a full 12 points higher than his, which Sun Lingyun couldn’t figure out no matter how he thought about it. He wanted to see her exam papers and, while at it, ask about her thought process for some of the questions.

Sun Lingyun had a premonition that the name Qiu Qingqing would definitely become the focus of their three high schools in the future, and that many students with outstanding grades would break their heads trying to surpass her.

Hearing his invitation, Qiu Qingqing refused without hesitation.

“You can discuss those things with the teacher.”

“But…”

This girl really was exactly as others said, she didn’t like to pay attention to people.

Qiu Qingqing didn’t want to say more, but then she saw Su Xin walk over.

“What’s wrong?”

Sun Lingyun repeated what he had just said.

“I just want to look at the exam papers and discuss some questions with you, I absolutely have no other intentions.”

Sun Lingyun hurriedly emphasized.

“Are you saying you want to treat us both to a meal?”

Su Xin lifted her chin. Sun Lingyun was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded.

“Hm?”

“You should get to know more people. Although I’m very happy that your world only has me in it, you are suited for a better, broader world.”

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