Chapter 54: Invited by a Junior

Chapter 54: Chapter 54: Invited by a Junior

And just like that, the two hit it off and went to the cafeteria to eat together.

As for his usual eating buddy, Chen Zijie?

’Who was that?’

Gu Qing couldn’t remember.

They arrived at the cafeteria.

After they finished eating.

The two then headed straight to the library to grind practice problems.

Their study session lasted the entire day.

They went at it from one in the afternoon all the way to ten at night.

Excluding time for eating, drinking, and bathroom breaks.

They studied for a total of eight hours.

[Extraordinary Comprehension progress: 78/100]

When they first went to the library, Yang Yuntong still harbored a fantasy.

She fantasized that because she and Gu Qing had been studying together every day, he had developed feelings for her over time and wanted to ask her out.

Unfortunately, her fantasy was a far cry from reality.

From beginning to end.

Gu Qing kept his head buried in his practice problems.

He didn’t even glance at her once.

This completely baffled her; she had no idea why Gu Qing wanted her to study with him.

’Could it be just so he has someone to eat with?’

’I don’t get it.’

’I really don’t get it.’

’This Handsome Gu is so weird.’

Yang Yuntong was thoroughly frustrated.

...

「The next day arrived.」

Friday.

That day, Gu Qing studied even more intensely.

He was at it straight from seven in the morning until eleven at night.

Excluding an hour for meals and other breaks.

He studied for a total of fifteen hours that day.

This level of grinding completely stunned Yang Yuntong, leaving her questioning her entire existence.

’I always thought of myself as the class’s top student,’ she mused. ’In the relaxed atmosphere of university, I can still manage to study seriously for eight hours a day. But I never imagined there was always someone better. To think that Handsome Gu, from my own class, could study even harder than me, the class’s acknowledged top student.’

Gu Qing noticed the shock on Yang Yuntong’s face.

But he didn’t pay it much mind.

Right now, his attention was entirely focused on the line of text before him.

[Extraordinary Comprehension progress: 93/100]

’Only 7 more points to go.’

’If I grind grad school practice exams with Yang Yuntong for another seven hours tomorrow, I’ll finally get Extraordinary Comprehension.’

Gu Qing felt a thrill of excitement.

...

「In the blink of an eye, Saturday morning arrived.」

That day, Gu Qing was even more of a maniac.

At the crack of dawn.

Before it was even six o’clock.

He and Yang Yuntong were already squatting by the library entrance, grinding problems as they waited for it to open.

Yang Yuntong was dumbfounded.

For a moment, she couldn’t tell if she was a college student or a high schooler cramming for her entrance exams.

Time always flies when you’re immersed in studying.

Before they knew it.

It was one in the afternoon.

[You have studied with your classmate Yang Yuntong for over an hour] x7

[Focus +1] x7

[Learning Ability +1] x7

[Your accumulated Learning Ability has reached 100 points. You have successfully obtained the Attribute—Extraordinary Comprehension]

[Extraordinary Comprehension: Your Learning Ability is greatly enhanced]

’I finally got it!’

Looking at the text prompt before him, Gu Qing felt a profound sense of accomplishment.

Even during his senior year of high school, he’d never been able to study with such focus as he had these past three days.

’The Focus attribute I ground out from the [top student] tag is pretty damn useful. It lets me completely quiet my mind, focus one hundred percent on a single task, and makes it hard for me to be disturbed.’

"Gu Qing, it’s already one. Why don’t we go eat first?"

Yang Yuntong was getting unbearably hungry. "We can come back and keep studying after we eat."

As the class’s top student, she felt a pang of shame as she said this.

’For the past three years of college, I’ve always looked down on my classmates. I figured that once they got to college, all they did was fool around all day without studying. When they graduate next year, they’ll never find good jobs, and their lives will be hard. Not like me. I study hard every day. It’s only the second semester of my junior year, and I’m already preparing for the grad school entrance exams. As soon as I graduate next year, I’ll test into one of the nation’s top two universities for my master’s degree. My future will be brilliant.’

Yep, that’s what she had always thought.

It wasn’t until the past few days, seeing how intensely Gu Qing could study, that she realized how unfairly she had judged others.

’That’s right. Everyone here was a top student who made it into Hai City University. No one is really better or worse than anyone else. They’re just having fun now, enjoying college life before senior year. Then they’ll make a final push in their last year. It’s not like they’d actually party for four years straight without cracking a book. I was so conceited before.’

"Alright, let’s go. We’ll eat in the student life area. I have to treat you to something good today."

Gu Qing smiled. "After we eat, we’re not coming back to the library. I’ve studied enough. Thanks for being my study buddy for the past two and a half days."

Hearing this, Yang Yuntong actually felt a little sad to see it end.

Over the past two and a half days.

She had spent all her time with Gu Qing, and for some strange reason, it felt like they were dating.

She wanted to keep experiencing that feeling.

But since Gu Qing said he was done, she could only smile and reply, "Okay, then I’ll let Handsome Gu treat me to a nice meal today."

The two packed their things and headed to the student life area to eat.

By the time they finished eating.

It was two in the afternoon.

When Gu Qing got back to his dorm, the first thing he did was test the effects of his new Extraordinary Comprehension.

The method for testing it was simple.

He would just do a math paper from the college entrance exam.

Even though Gu Qing was a foreign language major now, back in high school he had been a pure science student, taking physics, chemistry, and biology.

He’d done pretty well in math on his college entrance exam, too.

Scoring over 120.

But after three years of college, he’d basically forgotten it all.

So.

He first had to find a summary of high school math concepts online.

And give it a thorough review.

「An hour later.」

He found the summary of high school math concepts and reviewed the whole thing.

After that.

He immediately found an actual math paper from last year’s college entrance exam.

He set a two-hour timer.

And got to work.

The two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Gu Qing didn’t manage to finish the test, leaving the final question on derivatives blank.

He answered everything else he could.

He just didn’t know how many he’d gotten right.

With a bit of anticipation.

Gu Qing carefully checked his answers.

As he checked his answers, he grew more and more excited.

A score of 138!

Incredible!

’After just a quick half-hour review, my score was even better than my peak performance after three years of slaving away in high school. If I studied for a few more days, could I get a perfect 150? I have to say, this Extraordinary Comprehension Attribute is really something else. It’s basically turned me into a genius.’

...

After testing the effects of Extraordinary Comprehension.

It was already six in the evening.

Gu Qing thought for a moment.

He decided to make a trip home to see his parents and sister.

And while he was there, he would also meet up with his old high school English teacher, Liu Zhiyi.

He needed to grind some Beast Language Ability and Beast Taming Skill from her [Beast Taming King] tag.

Just as Gu Qing was about to head out to catch a ride home.

The phone in his pocket suddenly started buzzing wildly.

He pulled out his phone and saw.

It was the junior with the pigtails and the [Feces] tag, sending him a flood of messages on WeChat.

[Huang Xiaoyue: (Photo of bare legs)]

[Huang Xiaoyue: (Photo with stockings on)]

[Huang Xiaoyue: Senior, I bought a super pretty pair of pure white stockings. Don’t you think I look extra cute in them?]

[Huang Xiaoyue: Senior, are you free tonight?]

[Huang Xiaoyue: These pure white stockings feel so nice. Don’t you want to come feel them and experience how silky smooth they are?]

"HISS!"

Staring at the two incredibly tempting photos of her legs in the chat window, Gu Qing couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

’This junior with the pigtails is way too provocative!’

’What a way to test a guy’s self-control!’

’She’s asking for it!’

...

P.S. Holding out my bowl and begging for monthly and recommendation tickets!