Chapter 132: Episode Six
Fortunately, none of them brought up watching the show together on a voice call again, which undoubtedly let Pu Tong breathe a sigh of relief.
There was no way he could bring it up himself either. If everyone just watched separately, he wouldn't have to feel awkward.
Early the next morning, the midterm exams for the first- and second-year students began, while the final round of mock exams for the third-year students officially started. Pu Tong also put his unnecessary thoughts aside and planned to take this exam seriously.
If the monthly exam was a periodic test of what had been learned over a certain period, then the midterm exam was much more formal, with a broader range of material, even involving some content from the previous semester.
Monthly exams were just for fun; whether someone was a true top student still had to be seen in the formal exams.
Before leaving, he received a slightly provocative message from Yu Wanwan.
Yu Wanwan: [Don't let me score higher than you!]
Pu Tong just smiled without saying anything.
As if! What was her status compared to his? Aside from occasionally chatting during breaks, he had never slacked off at all. He wouldn't dare claim to be a top-tier academic ace, but beating a little celebrity who had only crammed at the last minute should be a piece of cake, right?
On the way to school, Pu Tong was in a very relaxed mood. He wasn't someone who only cared about results. Exam scores were merely a way to identify gaps in his learning, so there was naturally no need to be nervous.
Besides, if he hadn't mentioned it himself, his mom wouldn't even have known he had a midterm exam. She had even asked him this morning why he was going to school so late... What a mom.
With no pressure from his parents and no dependence on his grades, an exam really was just a test.
“Morning!” Pu Tong ran into Xie Mu at the school gate. Seeing that he had just gotten out of the car, Pu Tong waited for him for a while.
“Morning!” Xie Mu was beaming, looking unusually excited, as if he had been looking forward to the exam for a long time.
“What happened to you?”
“I'm excited!” Xie Mu was practically walking on tiptoe. “I've been studying hard with Ling Ling this whole time. If I don't get a good score, I'd be letting her down...”
“Really?” Pu Tong didn't quite believe him. After all, this guy had looked like he was secretly chatting with netizens in the show's preview, and he looked so happy doing it. Studying? Who was he kidding?
“Really!” Xie Mu sighed. “Do you think it's easy for me to find things to talk about? If I kept randomly asking whether she'd eaten, drunk, or slept, wouldn't she get annoyed with me?”
“To find things to talk about, I could only ask questions. After asking question after question, I suddenly realized there weren't many questions that could stump me anymore...”
“6”
This guy might be the first person ever to turn himself into a top student just by asking a girl questions to start a conversation.
“Fine, then. Good luck! Let's see if you can score higher than me...” Pu Tong paused. “Let me, this single dog, challenge the lovey-dovey stench of romance you guys are giving off!”
He even had a beautiful girl teaching him while they studied together. That was just too enviable!
“It's not like that! We haven't even gotten anywhere yet!” Xie Mu scratched his head awkwardly.
“But, Master, you can't really count as a single dog either, can you? You and your mistress... Oh no, how are you and Yu Wanwan doing now?”
What the hell, “mistress”!
“We're just ordinary friends.” Pu Tong shrugged. “Who? Don't know her!”
The great path has yet to be completed, so how can one make a home?
The two arrived in the classroom and each returned to the spot where their exam number was posted, waiting quietly for the exam to begin.
“How did you two meet, anyway?” As soon as Xie Mu sat down, Yu Wanwan, who was sitting nearby, asked him. The celebrity students' exam numbers were all at the end, so they naturally sat fairly close together.
At the last sports meet, Yu Wanwan had already felt that Xie Mu and Pu Tong were very familiar with each other, but she had never known what their relationship was. Out of concern for Pu Tong, she cared quite a bit about this.
She wasn't familiar with Xie Mu, but his reputation in the industry was fairly good, so he probably couldn't be considered a bad choice of friend. She was simply curious.
“This... is hard to explain.” Xie Mu smiled awkwardly. It concerned his little secret, so how could he tell her about it?
Seeing that he didn't want to say, Yu Wanwan didn't ask any further and sat upright to begin the exam.
Before long, two proctors entered the classroom, and the first Chinese exam began ahead of schedule.
As soon as he received the test paper, Pu Tong immediately glanced at the essay prompt. When he saw that it was just an ordinary essay, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was practically traumatized by now.
Without the school's ridiculous antics interfering, Pu Tong was finally able to settle down and take every exam seriously.
For three straight days, it wasn't until he handed in his paper for the final geography exam that he finally released the tension he had been under and slumped in his seat, staring blankly.
“Hey!” Yu Wanwan knocked on his desk, signaling him to look up.
“What is it?”
After finishing all the subjects on Friday, they could go straight home. Why wasn't this girl leaving after school and instead coming to find him?
“I wanted to talk to you about something!” Yu Wanwan sat down in the seat opposite him, looking as if she had something serious to say.
“Don't tell me you're...” Pu Tong's pupils shrank slightly.
“You want to compare answers with me?” Comparing answers after an exam was a bad habit. It could ruin your mood!
“Compare your head!” Yu Wanwan was furious. Was this guy's train of thought always this bizarre? Even if he thought she was going to confess, how could he interpret it as wanting to compare answers?
“I just... still want to ask you and Auntie to watch the show with us on a voice call.”
“Huh?” Pu Tong leaned back. He had thought they had all forgotten about this, but they were only bringing it up after the exams?
There was no escaping it now.
“Hehe.” Yu Wanwan was a little embarrassed.
She hadn't wanted to force Pu Tong to do anything, but getting to chat with Pu Tong's mother was just too appealing, and it would be even better if she could leave a good impression.
She hadn't been entirely satisfied with her performance on the previous voice call. She had thought about it for a long time afterward and always felt that she had been too reserved. What if Auntie didn't like her? This time, she absolutely had to make sure Auntie was satisfied with her...
Besides, this episode happened to be about everyday life at home, which was perfect for showing her quiet and gentle side at home.
If she couldn't win over Pu Tong, couldn't she at least win over his mom?
“What, do you look down on watching it with us?” Yu Wanwan pretended to be angry and began “making a fuss for no reason.”
“This...”
Pu Tong's head was spinning now. His mom had met the three of them for the first time last time, so she had been a little reserved. If they watched together on a voice call again this time, who knew what she might say once they became familiar with each other? She might even start matchmaking him online...
But if he refused, he would seem socially inept. His mom and the three girls were all willing, making him look like the only gloomy person getting in the way.
With friends in front and his mom behind him, he would be the only one feeling awkward.
Hmm?
Suddenly, he had a bold idea.
“Watching is fine, but...” Pu Tong pointed at himself, then at Yu Wanwan. “But if only my parent is there, how boring would that be?”
“Huh?”
“What I mean is, you can ask your managers to watch together too!”
As long as everyone had someone beside them, everyone would be awkward. As long as everyone was awkward, then by rounding up and down, he wouldn't be awkward.
Besides, with their managers watching beside them, surely they couldn't say anything outrageous?
Managers had a rather special status, with countless ties to their companies. Anything too excessive definitely couldn't be said in front of their managers. Pu Tong knew his mom well. Although she was rather improper in private, whenever it came to formal occasions, she was very serious.
At the very least, she couldn't randomly play matchmaker in front of their managers, since that might have a bad impact.
“Huh? This...” Yu Wanwan immediately deflated. In front of Jiang Yun, she definitely couldn't put on too much of an act, or she'd be laughed at.
And with her own manager present, Pu Tong's mom would certainly have some reservations about what she said.
But the problem was that Pu Tong's request was indeed reasonable. He was bringing a parent, while the three of them were coming alone. Thinking about it carefully, it did seem a little unreasonable.
“How about it?” Pu Tong saw the conflicted look on her face and knew he had guessed correctly.
Ideally, he could make Yu Wanwan so troubled that she would give up on the voice-call event altogether. Then he'd be completely safe.
“Sure, I guess...”
Yu Wanwan slapped her thigh and decided to take a gamble. With more people, there would be more variables, and she'd still have room to maneuver!
If Jiang Yun happened to say a few good things about her, that would be another assist.
“Then it's settled.”
Pu Tong nodded. He could accept this outcome. With so many people on the call, there might be so much background noise that no one could hear clearly. When the time came, he could just mute his mic and switch straight to solo mode.
To be honest, he really didn't know what kind of people Lin Yuxi and Yi Zhi Xuenai's managers were...
Yu Wanwan also successfully convinced the other two, and thus, the ultimate mega voice call spanning four “families” and two generations would officially connect when the show aired on Saturday.
(End of Chapter)
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