Zhang Xiaochu glared at Bai Tang in frustration. "I just haven't put my mind to it. If I did, I'd be first in the whole school!"
"Keep bragging, keep it up!" Bai Tang said coolly, with an arrogant and flashy tone. "As long as I'm here, you'll always be second!"
Zhang Xiaochu: "..."
Damn it, between the two of us, who's the one bragging?
Sheng Qi listened to their exchange and sighed helplessly.
Two complete idiots, really!
"Look at that defiant little look of yours!" Bai Tang snorted. "Exams are coming up soon. Let's have a contest and see who's better?"
Zhang Xiaochu snorted back. "If you lose, admit I'm smarter and be my girlfriend!"
Bai Tang was about to nod when Sheng Qi tossed a workbook in front of her. "Look at what you've written! And you still have the nerve to chat with me?"
Bai Tang turned her head to see the glaring red crosses on the workbook and grinned. "Then, beautiful, how about explaining it to me?"
Sheng Qi's expression turned cold as he looked at Zhang Xiaochu. "Are you done with yours?"
Zhang Xiaochu shook his head. "No!"
"If you're not done, you still have time to chat?" Sheng Qi said icily.
Zhang Xiaochu: "..."
I came here to flirt, not to study!
"Stop. I'll start explaining from the first question now. Ask if you don't understand!" Sheng Qi said sternly. "You only have two months. I hope that at least during these two months, you'll make some progress and learn something."
Bai Tang looked at Sheng Qi with a grin, nodding obediently.
Zhang Xiaochu watched, annoyed but dared not speak up.
Next, Sheng Qi explained the problems to them using the simplest methods, giving examples to illustrate the concepts.
Bai Tang fully embraced her curiosity, asking a ton of questions about each problem.
Sheng Qi showed no impatience; whenever she asked, he answered earnestly.
And every time Sheng Qi finished explaining, Bai Tang would gaze at him with an adoring look, clapping and praising, "Beautiful, you're amazing!"
For one problem that Zhang Xiaochu didn't get, he could already apply the concept to other similar questions, but she was still asking.
Zhang Xiaochu gritted his teeth as he watched Bai Tang shower Sheng Qi with endless flattery after each explanation: "Beautiful, you're really awesome!"
"How can there be someone so smart in this world?"
"Wow, truly incredible!"
"This brain is practically kissed by God!"
"Your IQ is off the charts!"
"What kind of godly brain is this?"
"Oh my god, beautiful, how are you so smart?"
"Beautiful, you're the best, the best!"
Zhang Xiaochu listened with a dark face as Sheng Qi finished explaining the entire set of questions. This was the most attentively he had ever listened, and he was sure he could ace the test if he redid it.
It was hard not to get full marks—Bai Tang could come up with a hundred 'whys' for each question to ask Sheng Qi.
Zhang Xiaochu stared at Bai Tang, who was gazing at Sheng Qi with admiration, and ground his teeth.
Does she like him that much?
Just because he can solve some problems?
Zhang Xiaochu felt irritated, his eyes falling on the test paper in front of him, a bit frustrated.
He stared silently at the paper, lost in thought.
"Let's stop here for today. It's late, go home," Sheng Qi said.
"Beautiful, will you walk me out?" Bai Tang asked with a grin.
Sheng Qi looked up at her. "Drive yourself home."
With that, he took the car keys from the drawer and handed them to her—it was the same car he had driven from her place that morning.
Bai Tang put on a dramatic act: "Sigh, only my son is coming home with me. How sad. Another night alone in an empty room."