Chapter 289: The Top Student

Yun Chen Nan began to pack his things.

The exam would last for three days, during which he had to stay in the school dormitory, so he had to leave his bedding.

What he was packing now were mainly books and study materials.

Yun Jiao’s eyes went wide as she watched her third brother drag out three large, neatly packed boxes from under his bed, filled with all sorts of books, test papers, newspapers, and notebooks.

"Third Brother, do you have to study this much in high school?"

Yun Chen Nan organized the items with a straight face.

"No, only some of this is from the school. I bought most of it myself."

He pushed up the glasses on his nose, his calm expression the very picture of an academic ace.

In fact, he was an academic ace.

"But the study materials available here are still too few. I bought some of these in the city."

"These can all be saved. This pile here is the simpler stuff I’ve organized, suitable for middle school. When Xiao Wu and the others start middle school, they can use these as a guide."

He spoke with great seriousness, and Yun Jiao’s heart trembled as she listened.

’No way, no way... Don’t tell me I’ll have to study all this in the future?!’

At that moment, every fiber of Yun Jiao’s being screamed with resistance.

She could handle subjects like language arts that required memorization, no problem. But when it came to things like math and physics, Yun Jiao was the type whose mind would just go blank.

She was a classic humanities student, and a severely lopsided one at that.

Just then, Yun Chen Nan stared at her, and a shiver ran through Yun Jiao.

’What’s wrong?’

"Jiaojiao, your math isn’t good. Sometimes you can’t even get the accounts straight. That won’t do. After my college entrance exam is over, I’ll properly tutor you in math."

Yun Jiao’s eyes flew open, and she quickly shook her head.

"Absolutely not!"

Yun Chen Nan said, "Don’t worry, math is very simple. You’ll get it with just one look. You only dislike it now because you’re still young. I’ll teach you slowly."

Yun Jiao: ...

Suddenly, she wasn’t looking forward to her third brother’s vacation anymore.

With a long face, Yun Jiao didn’t even glance at Yun Chen Nan’s study materials, turning instead to help him pack his other belongings.

Yun Chenbei was also packing intently, without even lifting his head.

He hadn’t heard his own brother call his name, and he let out a sigh of relief.

’Who could understand? Even though they were twins, their interests and personalities were completely different.’

His brother was an academic ace. While he wasn’t exactly a slacker, his grades always hovered in the middle, or even the lower-middle, ranks.

Yun Chenbei was genuinely a little afraid of his own brother, especially when he tutored him with a stern face. It was like getting a lecture from his homeroom teacher.

’This is so not friendly to the socially anxious!’

"Brought the water."

Zhou Guokang ran over, carrying a thermos of hot water.

"Come, come, everyone have some water."

"Classmate Yun Chen Nan, are you taking all this back now? Aren’t you going to review during the exam?"

Even during the few days of the exam, there would still be people diligently reviewing their books.

He planned to do the same. What if he happened to review something that appeared on the test?

Yun Chen Nan’s calm voice was laced with confidence. "No need."

Zhou Guokang clicked his tongue in amazement. ’Right, he really doesn’t need to.’

This classmate, Yun Chen Nan, was the youngest in their class, but he had already finished the entire third-year high school curriculum back in his second year. Throughout his third year, he sometimes followed teachers to other provinces for competitions. Every time he returned, he would bring back tons of study materials and then furiously work through practice problems.

Of those three boxes, one entire large box was filled with the practice problems he had completed.

Yun Jiao cupped the water and took small sips.

"Third Brother, I want to take a look around the school."

Yun Chen Nan nodded. "Once we’re done packing here, I’ll take you for a look around, and then we’ll go out to eat."

Yun Jiao asked curiously, "Doesn’t the school have a cafeteria?"

Students who lived at the school naturally ate in the school cafeteria.

Yun Chen Nan frowned slightly. "The school cafeteria isn’t very good."

That was an understatement.

The variety of dishes was limited, and you could forget about things like meat. The chefs were also stingy with the oil. It was all cooked in a giant pot; it’d be a miracle if it tasted good without a decent amount of oil.

Only someone like Yun Chen Nan, who didn’t care much about food, could tolerate it. Most students of that era were used to hardship; as long as they could fill their stomachs, they had little to complain about.

"I’ll take you out to eat."

After their family became wealthy, the monthly allowance Wang Mei and the others gave Yun Chen Nan increased. Combined with the prize money Yun Chen Nan won from competitions, he was considered quite rich at school.

However, he spent most of his money on study materials.

He only occasionally treated himself to a better meal outside.

"Okay."

After he finished packing, Yun Jiao took his hand, and after saying goodbye to Zhou Guokang, they ambled out of the dormitory building.

The dormitory was a bit chaotic at the moment. Many students chose to take home things they wouldn’t need beforehand, so that after the exam, they could go home directly with fewer things to carry.

"This is the cafeteria."

Yun Jiao peeked inside. The cafeteria wasn’t very large, and there weren’t many people inside.

Yun Chen Nan pinched her chubby little chin.

"Keep walking."

"This is the athletic field. Running and memorizing texts in the morning is good for your health, and it helps you remember things more clearly."

The field was a flat expanse of concrete, surrounded by a few trees for greenery.

"There’s a lake over there. It has fish in it. It’s quieter to read by the lake."

"The second and third floors of that building are the library, but it doesn’t have as many books as the city library."

"And that’s the academic building over there."

All along the way, Yun Chen Nan pointed things out and explained them to Yun Jiao, but not a single sentence strayed from the topic of studying.

Yun Jiao was truly in awe of her third brother.

"Third Brother, I feel like all the family’s brainpower went into your head."

Beside them, Yun Chenbei nodded furiously.

He even suspected that when they were still in the womb, his brother must have absorbed too much of his intelligence, which was why he seemed so slow.

Then, Yun Chenbei got a knock on the head.

Yun Chen Nan gave him a sharp look. "If you spent the energy you use fiddling with all that wood on studying, your grades wouldn’t be so mediocre."

But then, thinking of his brother’s face blindness, Yun Chen Nan sighed internally.

"But it’s fine. In the future, if you run into any academic problems you can’t solve, just come to me."

Yun Jiao thought, ’Then I’m not so sure I want to ask you for help.’

"Third Brother, is this your classroom?"

Yun Chen Nan grunted in affirmation and led Yun Jiao and Yun Chenbei inside.

It was currently the break before the third-year exams, so the classroom was empty.

The classroom had been cleaned before everyone left.

The classrooms of this era all had uniform concrete floors, with wooden desks and benches.

They were the long, rectangular kind of desks, with two students sharing one, and the benches were also long wooden ones.

There were blackboards at both the front and back of the room. The back blackboard featured a gaudy, ornate poster, with several large words written in the center.

’1 day left until the college entrance exam.’

The number "1" was written especially large and thick, adding to the sense of urgency.