Xu Yong is different from them.
Xu Yong doesn’t just sulk alone, he acts directly.
As soon as the morning reading class began, Xu Yong grabbed Lin Tian by the neck and shook him violently.
"Damn it! Have you been acting all this time?! How could you score so well! How could you score so well...?!"
This time, Xu Yong, who ranked 31st in the class and over 100th in the grade, completely lost it.
After finding out about Lin Tian and Mrs. Zhang’s betting agreement last time, he had been genuinely worried about Lin Tian’s grades.
Now it seems, if Lin Tian really was controlling his scores... he looked just like a clown!
It’s hard to say whether Lin Tian intentionally scored poorly during the mock exam, and then aced this one to totally shut Mrs. Zhang up...
"Waaaah! I’m gonna kill you! I’m gonna kill you! Can’t you share some of those points with me!!"
Xu Yong exclaimed excitedly.
However, Lin Tian grabbed his hand.
"Don’t rush, calm down first."
Lin Tian said emotionally,
"In a couple of days, I won’t have to come to school anymore, I’ll take a month off and spend some alone time with Gan Yanyu at home—I’ll send you a photo every day, then we’ll see who’s anxious..."
"Dammit, enough already!!!"
Xu Yong cursed at Lin Tian.
This was one of the top three most outrageous things Lin Tian had said to Xu Yong.
"Alright, I didn’t control my scores, I just happened to be in good form."
Actually, he didn’t expect that [High-efficiency Learning] could be so useful.
Expanding his thought process was like having three times as much time to answer as average candidates.
He always handed in his papers early because his Skill’s cooldown was only 120 minutes each day and he had to conserve it.
But, don’t underestimate these three times more ample time.
For a high school student like Lin Tian, who always performed at a top-level,
actually, studying one more month or one less month didn’t really affect his scores that much.
But, if he could be given more time,
to answer, think, and review more comfortably,
for someone with Lin Tian’s careful and meticulous character,
the score boost would be enormous!
This cheat, might seem unfair to other college entrance exam candidates,
but Lin Tian really did earn his scores with his own ability.
"When are you going to ask Zhang for leave?"
Xu Yong, leaning on the table, asked with a bit of pride.
Although he was annoyed, he was indeed happy that Lin Tian could take a leave and focus on pursuing his dream.
Back in the office, Xu Yong believed in Lin Tian and unhesitatingly stood by his side.
When Lin Tian walked out of the office,
he already had the leave note signed by his homeroom teacher and the school leaders.
For the next whole month, he could stay at home.
Similarly, Gan Yanyu, being an art exam candidate, could also take her leave soon.
Lin Tian declined Mrs. Zhang’s offer to find an arts exam tutor for him.
To him, he already had the best teacher.
Looking up at the blue sky, Lin Tian felt a mix of emotions.
Thinking about the recent exams, in fact, besides the exams, he hadn’t missed out on reviewing every day, even staying up until late night for three consecutive days.
The feeling of gaining rewards after such hard work was truly exhilarating.
He suddenly remembered Gan Yanyu’s question that he hadn’t answered yet.
Lin Tian realized there’s a misunderstanding regarding the Star Cup matter.
Both of them had a huge blind spot.
Firstly, Gan Yanyu felt that she couldn’t participate in Star Cup without Lin Tian.
Lin Tian also felt that he couldn’t go through with the arts exam without Gan Yanyu.
But, the painful reality is—
what they each pursued didn’t actually mean much to the other...
Gan Yanyu didn’t need any revision at all to pass the arts exam.
Similarly, Star Cup was not essential for Lin Tian.
Both of them, in this matter, seemed to rely too much on each other...
Subtly... the terrifying thought that they couldn’t succeed without the other’s involvement had surfaced.
Thinking this, Lin Tian took a deep breath, as if making some resolution.
He took out his phone and sent a message to Gan Yanyu.
[How about we separate for a month?]