books44 Chapter 33 The Possibility of Being Together
Chapter 33 The Possibility of Being Together
Next to the floor-to-ceiling windows on the third floor of the bookstore, there is a reading area with even fewer people.
"Is this the study plan for the class placement exam next month?" Xu Chaomu asked, flipping through dozens of study plans on the table.
"Yes, the placement exam next month is my first exam since coming to this school, and I'm taking it very seriously. I want to have a specific study plan, but I'm not satisfied with any of them..."
She said that, but in her heart, Shi Sui thought: I am very satisfied, it's just that I'm not satisfied with the system.
"Chinese, Math, and English are compulsory subjects. Your chosen subjects are Physics, Chemistry, and Biology," Xu Chaomu asked. "Shi Sui, what is your target grade?"
Shi Sui thought for a while and said, "Chinese 120, Math 140, English 120, Physics, Chemistry and Biology must be above 90."
(Chinese, Math, and English: 150 points total; Physics, Chemistry, and Biology: 100 points total)
If Jiang Tianyao heard Shi Sui's goal, she would definitely laugh at her for being a country bumpkin with unrealistic dreams. But the one who heard about the goal was Xu Chaomu, who got perfect scores in every subject. He had never encountered any difficulties in his studies, so he felt that the goal was not difficult.
Xu Chaomu then checked Shi Sui's homework accuracy over the past two days: "Your weak subjects are math and English."
He picked up a blank sheet of paper and quickly wrote: "Mathematics mainly involves basic knowledge and practice problems. First, review the textbook, basic concepts, formulas, and theorems... These are frequently tested question types and problem-solving strategies... Write a mock exam every day..."
"English mainly involves memorizing vocabulary, targeted training, and practical writing. With the placement test approaching, you need to memorize the vocabulary in the textbook at least five times, do related grammar review exercises, write essays at least three times a week, accumulate versatile formulas and sentence combinations, and practice listening at 1.25x speed to ensure quick judgment..."
"..."
Shi Sui listened attentively and expressed her deep agreement.
I couldn't help but complain internally: [System, you're still not issuing enough tasks.]
An hour later, Xu Chaomu put down his pen. He had created a study plan based on Shi Sui's learning progress and goals, and handed it to her to see: "Take a look, what do you think?"
His handwriting is beautiful, with strong strokes, smooth lines, and a very neat appearance. He even used different colored pens, with varying levels of detail and clear emphasis on key points.
Shi Sui carefully read through the document, made minor modifications based on her own situation, and finally completed her study plan.
Just then, Shi Sui received a system notification.
[Congratulations on completing Task 4x6, fulfilling the study plan for six subjects, for a total reward of 3000 yuan!]
[Please keep up the good work, host. The rewards will increase as the difficulty of future missions rise.]
Summer ends and the sky darkens quickly. After leaving the bookstore, the sky was low, so we chose a Shaxian snack shop by the roadside for dinner. It was time for Shihui to go home.
The city streetlights came on, a gentle breeze carried the fragrance of osmanthus blossoms from an unknown source, and the subway station was bustling with people.
Shi Sui said goodbye to Xu Chaomu: "I'm going home now. Thank you for today. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow," Xu Chaomu said with a light smile. "I should thank you for accompanying me to the bookstore."
"By the way," Shi Sui asked, voicing the worry that had been lingering in her mind for the past two days, "when we talked on the phone tonight, I heard you coughing. Are you feeling unwell..."
"It's nothing, just a minor cold, I'm almost fully recovered."
"Then you must take care of yourself." Shi Sui was still a little worried, and glanced back at him before entering the subway.
Under the white light, the boy's skin was so white it was almost translucent, and his figure was slender and tall. His wispy hair was a little long and almost covered his eyes, making him look sickly and lonely.
She softly said, "May you live to be a hundred."
Xu Chaomu noticed the worry in the girl's eyes. Only after her figure completely disappeared into the crowd in the subway station did he take out a tissue from his pocket and cough lightly.
He held back, not wanting to lose his composure in front of her.
Xu Chaomu had never had any friends before.
He lives alone in an old urban village. The government approved the demolition three years ago, but construction has never started. From a distance, it looks like a dilapidated building. Only some migrant workers who have no money would live here.
His father was a gambler who married his mother while hiding a huge debt (a marriage of convenience).
It wasn't until the debt collectors came knocking that the pregnant mother learned the truth. By then, she was in her late pregnancy and gave birth prematurely. She immediately ran off to another city and disappeared without a trace, never to return.
That man ignored him. Xu Chaomu grew up eating food from many families. Perhaps because he was born prematurely, his health had always been poor, and he was constantly catching colds since childhood.
No one in his family cared about him, and they had no money to buy medicine, so he could only tough it out each time.
Strangely, he was very resilient; even when he had a fever of 40 degrees Celsius and fainted, he was able to wake up the next day.
As he grew older and reached school age, his father wouldn't spend money to send him to school. Fortunately, there was compulsory education, so it didn't cost the family a penny. Also, because they were a poor family, they received subsidies.
He was a good student, always ranking first in his exams, and received a scholarship every semester, which was then given to that man.
Reading actually helped him make money, so the man came to approve of his reading.
But that man still went out gambling every day, accumulating huge debts.
If you win, you'll stay out all night at the bar.
If he loses, he goes home and verbally abuses and physically assaults him.
Xu Chaomu used to think that although she was physically weak, she was tough and would eventually be beaten to death by that man.
However, the man died first. In his second year of junior high school, he drank heavily one night after winning a bet, went crazy in the middle of the road, and was hit and killed by a car.
Although Xu Chaomu felt that the driver was not at fault, the driver still had to pay a lot of money in compensation.
However, Xu Chaomu didn't see that money because it was all used to pay off gambling debts.
However, the amount of high-interest loans that man owed was astronomical, a bottomless pit that he could never repay.
Fortunately, Xu Chaomu was good at studying and went to Xinghua High School, where she used her scholarship money to pay off a lot of the debt.
Xu Chaomu likes reading, but dislikes school.
Because of his family background, he was withdrawn, insecure, sensitive, and physically weak. In elementary school, no matter which class he was in, he was the one that students loved to bully the most.
Everyone looked at him like trash, mocking his poverty, mocking him for being a motherless child, mocking him for what use it was to be a good student if he was still a stupid idiot who wouldn't fight back or talk back.
He was the lowest of the low, the most despicable people.
However, he soon learned not to care about other people's opinions.
In junior high school, perhaps due to his maturity, the bullying situation improved a lot, but he still kept to himself, and people would only say that he was a bookworm who only studied.
He went to Xinghua High School for a scholarship. Most of the students there were from wealthy families, with only a handful of poor students like him. Well, you can't really say that; he was the only poor student there, and no one was poorer than him.
Perhaps because he was good-looking and academically gifted, he started receiving love letters from girls in junior high school, and the number of love letters increased after he came to Xinghua.
It was just a silly prank.
He remained insecure and fragile, and was not good at socializing.
He lived in a dark and closed-off world of his own, but as long as there was a glimmer of light, he would hold on to it with his life.
At first glance, he thought Shi Sui was a high-class rich girl.
When Jiang Tianyao exposed Shi Sui's status as an adopted daughter living under someone else's roof on the forum, he knew he shouldn't be happy, but he felt more of a dark, secret joy.
The phone beeped twice, and Xu Chaomu saw a remittance message.
He used his vacation time to develop a software program, earning nearly a million dollars, and finally paid off his gambling debts.
From now on, he no longer has any burdens, and they have the possibility of being together.