236 Old Wang Only Wants to Keep a Low Profile
The experience of going to the Imperial Capital twice in the last month made Wang Heng feel like he was undergoing a trial. There weren’t many things to actually do, but dealing with the continuous small tricks of the two girls while being sandwiched between Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle was truly mentally exhausting.
Returning to the dormitory and facing those three sand sculpture roommates felt much more relaxed.
However, this afternoon, when Wang Heng pushed open the dormitory door after a few days of absence, he found the scene inside somewhat unexpected—the three roommates who were used to slacking off were actually lying at their desks studying seriously!
“What are you guys doing?” Wang Heng threw his backpack onto his chair and teased casually, “Have you all turned over a new leaf?”
Fu Hanwen stopped writing, rubbed his wrist, his eyes still staring at the problem, and said without looking up, “The professor of discrete mathematics said there will be an in-class quiz, next class.”
Wang Heng frowned, realizing things were not simple.
He hurriedly asked, “When is the next class?”
Fu Hanwen: “The day after tomorrow.”
Tang Hexing looked up and smiled. “The score of this class quiz will be counted into the final score of the semester. Teacher Wang, is it too late to review now?”
Wang Ke beside him said seriously, “Little Tang, you can’t be like this. Teacher Wang just helped you solve the physiological condition of the kitten, and you are gloating…”
Tang Hexing slapped the table and stood up. “I’m not gloating!”
Fu Hanwen said faintly, “Little Tang, you are not a girl, being tsundere is not cute at all.”
At this time, Wang Heng also walked to Tang Hexing and patted his shoulder.
“Sorry, it was my fault that day,” Wang Heng’s tone was low, seeming to carry a trace of melancholy and guilt, “I didn’t think too much, and ended up hurting your feelings, I’m sorry…”
Tang Hexing grabbed his hair and shouted, “What kind of apology is this? It’s just a cat, stop talking about it! Don’t force a green hat on me!”
Wang Heng: “Didn’t you say that was NTR?”
Tang Hexing: “Just a joke, just a joke!”
After repeatedly reiterating that the kitten was just a pet and had nothing to do with green hats no matter what, Tang Hexing sat back in his seat and continued to read with his head down.
And Fu Hanwen suddenly asked, “Teacher Wang, do you need us to tutor you this time?”
Wang Heng thought for a moment and shook his head. “Shouldn’t need it. I read the book when school started. Although I didn’t read it very carefully, I’m not completely in the dark. I’ll just cram for two days.”
Fu Hanwen couldn’t help doubting, “Is two days of review time enough? Discrete mathematics is so hard!”
“Yeah…” Wang Heng smiled and didn’t say more.
Of course he couldn’t say that he had already learned this course once. Now he was just picking it up again, and the difficulty to overcome was two different things from learning it for the first time.
**
Two days later, in the discrete mathematics class. The professor distributed the test papers on the spot and completed a short exam in one class—not many questions, but quite difficult, and the kind where answers absolutely couldn’t be found online.
Then four days later, in a new discrete mathematics class.
After finishing the content of the new course, near the end of class, the professor asked several class monitors and vice monitors to come on stage and distribute the papers to the students in each class.
The professor said expressionlessly, “I’ve said it before, just listening to me is not enough for this course. You must study seriously when you go back. How many of you have read the reference books I listed? From more than ten years ago to now, I have been teaching this course, and the difficulty of the questions has hardly changed. But this average score, you are really the lowest batch. Let’s talk about the specific score arrangement so you have an idea. The full score is 100, the highest score is 71, the lowest score is 18, and the average score is 35…”
The professor on the podium just denounced a few sentences, then lowered his head to look at the lesson plan, seeming to be thinking about how to teach the next course. But the difference in grades was so big, and this was a large class combining three classes, which made it quite difficult for the professor.
Under the podium, Sun Xingsi came down holding the test papers and was busy distributing them to the students. When he reached Wang Heng, his steps paused, and his face became exceptionally complicated.
Tang Hexing 44 points, Wang Ke 41 points, Fu Hanwen 36 points—the scores of these three were all normal. But the remaining one seemed a bit abnormal.
“As expected of Teacher Wang,” Sun Xingsi winked, “How did you study?”
The test paper was placed in front of Wang Heng, and the three roommates next to him hurriedly leaned over to look—71 points!
“Isn’t this the highest…” Wang Ke couldn’t help shouting, but was covered by Wang Heng’s hand.
Perhaps because the difficulty of discrete mathematics was indeed relatively high, Wang Heng spent almost all his time and energy reviewing in the past two days, and did his best when doing the test paper, afraid of failing the exam and affecting the final grade. When he finished the test paper, he was still a little unsure, estimating that he might only have sixty-something points. However, unexpectedly, this score was conspicuous enough.
Considering Pei Ningle’s prospects as a singer and the complex battlefield of love around him, Wang Heng felt that the lower his presence among classmates, the better. Taking a step back, at least he shouldn’t become the focus of others’ attention. So how should he be cautious in words and deeds next?
He looked at the class monitor and smiled. “Just good luck, just good luck.”
The professor on the podium said loudly again, “There are students who scored 71, and a few students with scores above 60, which shows that there is probably no problem with the test paper itself. It’s just that for most students, my teaching method may need to be adjusted. How about this, I will try to find electronic versions of those reference books and send them to everyone. Starting from the next class, I will speak faster and try to explain in more detail. I hope everyone is prepared, especially ensure sufficient sleep before class…”
At this time, Sun Xingsi secretly asked, “Teacher Wang, you must have read the reference books the professor mentioned long ago, right?”
Wang Heng shook his head slightly. “Haven’t read them.”
Sun Xingsi: “Then how exactly did you study?”
At this time, the bell rang for the end of class, and the professor turned and left.
Vice monitor Fengjia Miaomiao suddenly came over and asked, “You are the highest score, right?”
Looking at the surprised eyes of many students around, Wang Heng said helplessly, “Can you keep your voice down…”
Fengjia Miaomiao: “Why keep it down? What, is getting a good score shameful? Just have something…”
“Come out with me and talk,” Wang Heng sighed and whispered, “I just want to keep a low profile.”
Fengjia Miaomiao: “Okay, okay, low profile it is…”
The two picked up their textbooks and walked out of the classroom one after another.
Fu Hanwen: “What are they going to talk about?”
“Don’t know, you guys chat slowly, goodbye.” Sun Xingsi waved the unfinished test papers in his hand and turned to continue distributing test papers to students in the class.
Fu Hanwen looked at another roommate beside him and pondered, “Little Tang, you were the first in our dorm to like Vice Monitor Miaomiao. If Teacher Wang succeeds, will you again…”
Tang Hexing slapped the table. “Get lost! Stop putting hats on me!”
