Bite Your Fingertips
Chapter 28
After sucking two drops of blood, Chu Yu quickly loosened his teeth and asked worriedly, "Lu Shi, does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt."
Lu Shi closed his eyes. His fingertips stopped on Chu Yu's lips as he asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you want more?"
His voice was soft at the end, giving people a feeling of gentleness.
Chu Yu still remembered that he had bitten Lu Shi last night and felt bad. He quickly said, "It's enough. Really, I'm not hungry anymore."
Upon hearing this, Lu Shi opened his eyes and replied with a nasal voice, "Okay."
He lay lazily on the bed like a feline with its claws tucked away under the sun. He didn't want to move at all. His fingertips were pressed on Chu Yu's lips, caressing them from time to time without any intention of moving away.
Chu Yu's lips were itchy from the caressing and he instinctively wanted to bite them.
However, he knew that he had sucked a little too much blood in the past two days. He was worried that Lu Shi would faint while doing questions one day.
Thus, he kept telling himself in his heart that he couldn't bite him. It was very difficult for him to restrain himself.
However, Lu Shi seemed to be doing it on purpose. He only opened his eyes when his lips were a little numb. He sat up and glanced at the desk lamp.
"Are you done with the questions?"
"I'm done!"
Lu Shi got out of bed.
Unlike usual, his hair was a little messy from sleep and he looked lazy.
He wore a large black T-shirt and his back view was thin.
He stood in front of the desk and pulled out a chair. Lu Shi sat down, picked up a pen, and began to mark the questions.
Chu Yu even relaxed his breathing.
He finished marking very quickly and took less than a minute.
Lu Shi announced the results, "Out of 20 questions, you got two correct. The accuracy rate is 10%."
He was about to say, "Don't cry," when he saw Chu Yu heave a sigh of relief. He patted his chest as if relieved of a heavy burden. "Sure enough, I'm very smart. I actually got two correct!"
"Really?"
"Yes!"
Chu Yu rested her chin on her hand. She was easily satisfied and beamed with joy. "It's a qualitative leap!
I used to be able to perfectly avoid the correct answer! "
Lu Shi took back her words and went along with the compliment. "Yes, you're indeed very smart."
Chu Yu hadn't read a comic book for a long time.
He reached into the table and touched the cover of the comic book. He hesitated, gritted his teeth, and retracted his hand.
The closer it was to the monthly exam, the more anxious Chu Yu became. He kept thinking of ways to divert his attention.
However, he was also very self-aware. With his lousy self-control, once he took out the comic book, he would break his vow. He reckoned that he wouldn't even want to pick up the pen and flip through the pages until the day of the monthly exam.
Zhang Yueshan listened to Chu Yu sigh several times in a row. The tip of her pen was almost poking through the draft paper. He advised, "School beauty, calm down. If you really can't do it, hurry up and take a look at the notebooks that God Lu gave you!
Did you see that? The halo of a prodigy is shining on it!
With God Lu's protection, what's there to be nervous about? "
As soon as this topic was brought up, he beat his chest with jealousy. "F * ck, God Lu personally organized the notebooks!
Personally! "
Chu Yu was listless and didn't want to get up. "A top student doesn't know the pain of a bottom student!"
Zhang Yueshan was amused by his expression. He didn't try to persuade him anymore. He looked behind Chu Yu and asked, "Hey, where's God Lu?"
"Meng Ge is really addicted to basketball. Lu Shi doesn't need to study, so she was dragged to play basketball."
Chu Yu was in a daze for a while. Suddenly, he remembered something and took out a small cross from his bag.
It was quite small, not even half the size of his palm.
Zhang Yueshan was curious. "What's this for?"
Chu Yu didn't answer. He reached into his bag and took out a thumb-sized Virgin Mary ornament.
Then, Manjushri, Maitreya, Jade Emperor, Literati Star, and Lord Laozi all appeared on the table.
The seven idols were lined up in front of Chu Yu.
Chu Yu frowned and began to hesitate. "Which one should I worship?"
Before Zhang Yueshan could react, he heard Chu Yu talking to himself. "Forget it, I'll worship them all. I can't be biased!"
After he finished speaking, he clasped his hands together and emphasized, "There's no order. In my heart, all the great gods are boundless!"
After Chu Yu said what he wanted to emphasize, he took out a bright red apple from his bag and placed it in front of the row of idols. "Please enjoy!"
Zhang Yueshan was shocked by this magical operation.
He saw Chu Yu give him a crazy look. He couldn't figure out what that look meant. "Me, me too?"
Chu Yu nodded. "Of course!
You can sit in front of me. You're within the range of the holy light. Also, how can one apple be enough? "
Zhang Yueshan thought about it and felt that it made sense. With so many gods, one apple definitely wouldn't be enough.
Thus, he offered the cream puffs that he hadn't finished in the morning.
Li Hua was writing an English essay. He put down his pen and said, "Me, me, me!
Right away! "
As he spoke, he rummaged in his bag for a long time and found a hazelnut chocolate. He placed it on Chu Yu's desk with both hands and said, "Blessed by the holy light!"
Fang Ziqi happened to come over with a test paper and looked for Zhang Yueshan and Li Hua to discuss the question.
Seeing this scene, he slapped his forehead and said, "Great!
Why didn't I think of that? "
He rushed back to his seat, took a banana, and placed it on Chu Yu's desk. He clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and prayed.
"Great gods, please bless me. This time, I'll be able to move up five, no, four places. That's enough!"
Guan Yiyang deliberately walked past them and glanced at the things on Chu Yu's desk. He sneered and said sarcastically, "Pray to the gods and Buddha?
Heh, does this mean that you're well aware of your own garbage level?
However, no matter how powerful these gods and Buddhas are, I don't think they'll be able to bless you with getting all the right answers and rushing into the top 220 of the cohort. "
Chu Yu's lips curled up. Just as he was about to retort, he saw Lu Shi, who had returned at some point, walk over and stand behind Guan Yiyang. "Make way, you're blocking the way."
When he passed by Chu Yu's desk, he took out a mint candy from his pocket and placed it on the desk. "Here."
Chu Yu's eyes were full of smiles. "Thank you, Classmate Lu!"
Meng Ge was holding a basketball and sweating profusely as he followed behind Lu Shi. He saw a lot of things on Chu Yu's desk. He rummaged through them and finally found a pack of napkins. "I hope the great gods don't mind!"
Li Hua's eyes were sharp. "The napkins are full of cute pink strawberries. Meng Ge, are you being targeted by a girl again?"
Meng Ge lifted his leg and kicked Li Hua's chair. "You have sharp eyes!"
He scratched the back of his head. "This napkin was given to God Lu by a cute girl who was guarding the basketball court.
God Lu said, "Thank you." He didn't even look at her and left.
I was afraid that the girl would be embarrassed, so I took it.
Tsk, the napkin was sprayed with perfume. The smell made me sneeze three times in a row! "
Li Hua and Zhang Yueshan burst into laughter.
Chu Yu turned around and looked at Lu Shi.
Lu Shi's hair was slightly wet. He put down his half-drunk bottle of mineral water and handed a loose sheet of paper to Chu Yu. "Do these ten questions."
After two weeks, Chu Yu was already used to it. He took it and said, "Okay, I'll check it for you when you're done."
After the lunch break, the bell rang. The classroom was still noisy.
Zhang Yueshan began to ask everyone to fill in the intention to stay at school for National Day.
Chu Yu was the second last to fill in, and Lu Shi was the last to fill in.
When he saw Lu Shi tick the "stay at school" option, Zhang Yueshan sat back in his seat and whispered to Chu Yu, "Are you and God Lu staying at school on the 11th?"
Chu Yu was doing the questions set by Lu Shi. He didn't even raise his head when he heard the question. "Yes, aren't we going back to school on the 8th of October? Lu Shi said that we might as well stay at school and not go back."
Also, Chu Yu didn't really want to go home.
He always wanted to wait until he got some results before standing in front of his mother and letting her know that he shouldn't be given up so easily.
He subconsciously tightened his grip on the pen. It was so tight that it hurt a little.
This was the first time in his life that he wanted to do something. He wanted to prove himself.
Chu Yu took a deep breath and told himself not to think too much. He calmed himself down and continued to do the questions.
As he did the questions, he thought that this was the most serious moment in his 17 years of studying.
Almost half of the class stayed at school during the seven-day National Day holiday.
The classroom, the library, and the study room were all filled with people. Chu Yu had the illusion that it wasn't a holiday at all.
During this time, He Zhihao called him and asked him to come out and play.
Chu Yu thought to himself, "I can't even finish the questions. How can I be in the mood to play?"
After refusing, Chu Yu stared at his phone in a daze for a while. He moved his stiff fingers and continued to do the questions.
On the afternoon of the 7th of October, the exam venue arrangements were posted on the bulletin board.
The first one was Lu Shi's name. Exam Room 1, Exam Room 1, Exam Room 1.
The exam venues of Grade Two Class A were also very strange.
Most of the students in their class were evenly distributed between the first two exam venues and the last two exam venues. It was obvious that there was a huge difference in grades.
Zhang Yueshan was last in Exam Room 1. Li Hua and Fang Ziqi were in Exam Room 2.
As for Chu Yu, since he even wrote blindly in English last semester, it was natural that he would be in the last exam venue.
Chu Yu woke up early the next morning.
He didn't sleep well the whole night. It was fine if he kept dreaming, but when he woke up at five o 'clock, he couldn't fall asleep with his eyes open.
After being in a daze for a while, he realized that he really couldn't fall asleep. He simply took the notebook beside his pillow and started to read.
Lu Shi had organized the revision materials for him. Each subject was written in a notebook.
In the past half a month, he had flipped through the pages of these notebooks until the edges were rough.
Chu Yu wrapped himself in the quilt and lay in bed. When he saw Lu Shi's sharp handwriting, he inexplicably felt less panicked.
Chu Yu woke up at seven o 'clock.
After brushing his teeth, he picked up his phone and wanted to send a message to Shi Yaling to tell her that he had a monthly exam today.
However, he thought that even if he sent the message, his mother probably wouldn't have time to read it.
In the end, he decided to forget about it.
After changing his clothes, Chu Yu opened his bedroom door. The door next door happened to open as well.
The two of them walked towards the stairs.
Along the way, they didn't talk about anything else. Chu Yu muttered to himself as he memorized the poems and classical Chinese fill-in-the-blanks that Lu Shi had ticked out for him.
Lu Shi put his hands in his pockets and lowered his head slightly. He listened carefully and corrected him from time to time.
After hurrying to the cafeteria for breakfast, they walked to the teaching building. Chu Yu's exam venue was on the fourth floor, while Lu Shi's was on the first floor.
"I'll go up then."
Lu Shi handed a black pen and a pencil to Chu Yu.
Chu Yu found it strange. He waved the transparent stationery bag in his hand and said, "I brought a pen."
"If you can't calm down during the exam, think about it. This is a pencil covered by the halo of a prodigy."
Chu Yu laughed for the first time all morning. He raised his chin and said, "What about me?"
"You're under my protection."
In the last exam venue, there were many acquaintances of Chu Yu. The one he was most familiar with was He Zhihao.
As soon as Chu Yu stepped through the door, he heard He Zhihao's voice. "Our Young Master Yu is here!"
Chu Yu laughed and scolded, "Get lost. Who's your Young Master?
Are you getting more and more arrogant? "
He Zhihao grinned and complained, "You didn't even come out during the holidays. What are you busy with?"
"Studying."
"What the f * ck!"
He Zhihao quickly pulled a chair and sat beside Chu Yu. "Someone told me that you didn't even go home during the National Day holiday and spent every day studying. I thought they were just bluffing. In the end, you were serious?"
He lowered his voice and said, "Is it because of the bet?
That Guan Yiyang is too arrogant. Does he really think he's a big shot?
You don't have to do anything. As long as you say the word, I have eight hundred ways to make him cry, kneel down, and call me daddy! "
Chu Yu thought for a while before he remembered who Guan Yiyang was.
He shook his head. "Who wants him to call me daddy?
If you have so much free time, why don't you sleep more? Whether I study or not has nothing to do with Guan Yiyang. I'm doing this because … "He paused." Forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you. "
"What won't I understand?"
However, when he saw that Chu Yu really didn't take that person to heart, He Zhihao didn't mention it again. "Alright. Let's get together after the monthly exams.
You haven't been out for a month since school started. Even Sister Lin has been talking about you countless times.
Now, when they see me, they all say the same thing. Where's Chu Yu? Why don't I see you? "
Chu Yu thought about it and realized that it was true. He nodded and said, "Alright then. I'll have time after the exams. Let's get together."
"That's it. Don't go back on your words!
I'll make a call and book a place right away! "
"Let me know when the time and place are decided."
Chu Yu looked at the time. There were still 20 minutes before the exams. He chased them away. "You can leave now. I'll make use of the time to study."
There were still 10 minutes before the exams. The invigilator asked them to hand in their books and other things. After that, she took a knife and started to open the sealed paper bag.
Chu Yu handed in his books and walked back from the podium. On his way back, he saw that many people were writing notes.
Some were writing on their palms, while others were copying on their desks. All of them were very focused.
Just as he sat down, someone poked his back with a pen.
Chu Yu turned around and saw that it was someone he knew. He was in the same class as him in the first year of high school. He wasn't very familiar with him. His name seemed to be Yang Zhengxiang.
Yang Zhengxiang whispered, "Campus belle, I've made an extra copy of the notes. Do you want it?"
He was very generous.
Chu Yu rejected him.
He thought to himself, "To be honest, I can memorize all the notes that you've made!"
At this moment, Chu Yu felt that he was probably the most impressive person in the entire exam room.
When the exam papers were handed out, Chu Yu was worried that he would forget. He flipped to the back and filled in the blanks for the poems and ancient prose.
After filling in the blanks, he realized that he had actually memorized all the sentences in the exam!
Chu Yu sat up straight and took a deep breath. He inadvertently saw that the student sitting in front of him did not even look at the exam paper. He picked up a pencil and spent half a minute filling in the multiple choice questions. Then, he started to stare at the wall clock above the blackboard in a daze.
The student on his left was writing an essay. He wrote a few words and changed a line. Just like a prose poem, he had finished half a page in a short time.
The student on his right was the most impressive. He cut three pieces of draft paper and folded a thousand paper cranes.
Not long after, the table was filled with paper cranes.
As for the invigilators, one of them sat behind the podium and played with his phone. The other one stood at the door of the classroom and chatted with others.
They were probably not afraid that the answers would be copied. Even if the answers were copied, they would not be able to do anything.
Chu Yu did two multiple choice questions. He was a little impatient.
He stared blankly at the pen Lu Shi gave him for a while and then continued to do the questions.
When it was time to hand in the exam paper, Chu Yu's essay finally came to a full stop.
He did not understand the essay material, but Lu Shi gave him a standard discussion template. He memorized it quite well and wrote it quite smoothly.
The exam time flew by. Chu Yu did the questions slowly. He had to finish all the exams in the last minute.
When he finished the last exam, English, Chu Yu felt that he was a useless person.
He lay on his desk and did not even want to lift his hands.
Until someone bent their fingers and tapped on his desk twice.
It was Lu Shi.
"Why are you here?"
Chu Yu looked up and looked at Lu Shi. He did not even have the strength to speak.
Lu Shi's exam room was on the first floor. He definitely could not squeeze into the elevator. He had to climb the stairs.
"Let's go."
Seeing that Chu Yu did not move, Lu Shi reached out and put the pencil, ruler, and eraser one by one into a transparent stationery bag. He touched Chu Yu's soft hair and asked, "You're not leaving?"
Chu Yu stood up slowly.
After taking a few steps with Lu Shi, Chu Yu thought of something and said excitedly, "This is the first time I've been so serious about an English exam. I even wrote enough words for the essay!
Also, also, mathematics!
I actually knew a lot of those questions!
Also for the Science exam. It was so, so touching!
According to what you said, I basically did what I knew. I didn't spend time looking at the questions that I didn't know. Anyway, I didn't understand them. "
"What about the Chinese exam?"
"I filled in the blanks!"
Chu Yu was very excited along the way. He said that he forgot the formula when he was doing physics. He almost bit off the tip of his pen before he remembered.
He also said that the second question in mathematics was almost exactly the same as what Lu Shi had taught him. He was sure that he would get full marks.
After that, he complained about the English essay. It was always Li Hua. He did not know why Li Hua had so many foreign friends who wanted to come to China to play. There were also so many summer camps and competitions to participate in.
Lu Shi was very patient. He walked beside Chu Yu and listened quietly. From time to time, he would respond.
Chu Yu's mouth was a little dry from talking. He stopped and remembered. "Today is Thursday. I heard from Old Ye that they're working overtime to mark the papers. The results should be out tomorrow."
There was nervousness and apprehension in his voice.
"Chu Yu."
"Yes?"
Lu Shi stopped and looked down at him. "Promise me that no matter what the results are, you're not allowed to cry."
Chu Yu did not get angry this time.
He understood what Lu Shi was talking about.
"Okay."