Study Monster Cultivation System - Chapter 46
Chapter 46: The Practice Questions Are Far From Enough
“Aiya, your mum doesn’t need to know.” Li Yu grabbed his son in a panic. “The teacher came for a family visit. Wasn’t having her over for dinner a reasonable thing to do?”
“Hehe.” Li Zheng turned his head and laughed coldly. “Hu Chunmei has been trying to see you for a year, yet you always said that you didn’t have any time. How do you explain that?”
“This… Isn’t she a new teacher? I was giving her face and supporting her work.” Li Yu quickly remembered the main topic he’d discussed with Tang Zhifei and immediately took out his phone. “I saw that you’ve bought quite a lot of study material. Do you have enough money?”
Hearing this, Li Zheng’s hand loosened a little.
“Not really.”
“Then I’ll support you with 1000 yuan.” Li Yi nodded and said, “You can get anything you want.”
Li Zheng felt very pleased when he heard that. He put down his phone. “Honestly, Old Li, I’ve been lacking study material lately. I might have to ask you for money more frequently.”
“It’s alright, as long as you use it on the right things. I can give you as much money as you want.” Li Yi quickly made the transfer. “Alright, I have to rush to the hospital. Mrs. Hu is undergoing the operation the day after. I’ll get the head of the department to conduct the most crucial part.”
“Wait.” Li Zheng swallowed. “I also need a new pair of shoes, the best basketball shoes.”
“You could have told me directly.” Li Yi fiddled with his phone once again, then scratched his head. “That, son, I have no more money…”
He quickly ran to the clothes rack, took out the wallet in his pocket, then whipped out a credit card and handed it over to Li Zheng. “The password is the same. You can use it as you see fit.”
Li Zheng looked at the credit card and felt a little reluctant. “Forget it. I’ll scrimp a little and buy some shoes under 100 yuan.”
“Alright, alright, don’t feel pressured.” Li Yi forcefully stuffed the credit card into Li Zheng’s hands. “Our family’s financial situation is fine. It’s just that every time I check my bank account, your mother has already swiped about half of my salary. Tell me, why is it that has meetings all around the country and in all different time zones, but she can be so accurate about the time and date I receive my salary?”
“It can’t be helped. Women always have these mysterious abilities.” Li Zheng kept the credit card and said, “I’ll use the money sparingly. I’ll get my money for the second half of the month from Ning’er.”
“You don’t have to scrimp and save. Spend it if you need to,” Li Yi said as he put on his jacket. “I still have a balance of 80 thousand. It’s enough for you.”
80 thousand.
Li Zheng couldn’t help but slip into fantasy.
He daydreamed. “I could fill the entire house with the papers I bought with that money, couldn’t I?”
“Great, I can even sleep on a bed made out of papers.”
…
That morning, Li Zheng rode his bicycle to the Book Complex.
Embarrassingly enough, he was wearing Old Li’s leather shoes. It felt weird when he rode his bike or walked. He felt strange, as if he weren’t quite his age.
As for that pair of sports shoes, Li Zheng had retired them.
Li Zheng still shivered when he recalled the smell from yesterday night.
Luckily for him, the Book Complex was filled with the fragrance of books, which quickly scattered the fog obscuring his sense of smell.
Without hesitation, Li Zheng charged up to the third floor, where all the educational books were stored.
This was a remarkable place.
If this were a martial arts novel, this would be the place where they stored all of the scrolls.
The entire level was filled with teaching materials, assessment books, and practice booklets.
Li Zheng pushed a shopping cart and walked over to the rows of large bookshelves.
Searching for study material was undoubtedly the ultimate form of relaxation.
He had sufficient amounts of money, and he even dared to buy the entire collection of super practice questions he couldn’t bear to buy on an average day.
…
Two hours passed without him realizing it.
Books had many benefits, but they had one bad point:
They were too heavy.
It was weight, not money, that limited the number of books Li Zheng could buy.
In the end, he could only select the best of the books and purchased several hundred yuan worth of study material. Most of these study materials would be used by Zhang Xiaoke.
Li Zheng was a little excited when he thought about Zhang Xiaoke.
“This child might be more intelligent than me in terms of potential,” he thought.
“She nearly passed that difficult paper yesterday. She’s much stronger than Liu Xin and Zhang Yue.”
“As long as we follow the plan and do several hundred hours worth of practice questions, her grades will definitely improve greatly.”
“She’ll score at least 450 during the mid-semester exams.”
“As for me, if I use my energy to the fullest extent, I can strive for 600.”
“If that’s the case, our group’s average score would reach 525.”
“Lin Yujing is rather pitiful.”
“She already scored 721. There’s not much for her to improve on.”
“If she wants to win, she has to raise Liu Xin’s grade to 330 and above.”
“Wait a minute.”
“330…”
“According to the current state of Liu Xin’s studying…”
“That doesn’t seem too difficult.”
“As long as a person works hard, they’ll be able to achieve that score even if they close their eyes and guess the answers to a few questions.”
Thinking about this, Li Zheng suddenly felt a little flustered as he carried his four large bags of practice questions.
“No way, I have to raise the goal,” he thought.
“I have to assume that Liu Xin will be able to score the baseline of 450. Only then can I guarantee I’ll win.”
“That means, both Zhang Xiaoke and I have to improve by over 60 marks.”
“For me, surpassing 600 is already extremely difficult. Furthermore, that’s already in the realm of genius.”
Li Zheng was determined to take on the challenge, but there were only three weeks left. It wasn’t enough.
Thus, he had to squeeze out even more points from Zhang Xiaoke.
Zhang Xiaoke had to reach 550 points.
Thinking about this, Li Zheng turned back and placed the four large bags of practice questions in the shopping cart before pushing the cart once again to the study materials section.
“It’s not enough,” he thought.
“The practice questions are far from enough.”
He decided to give the Book Complex’s delivery service a try.
…
While Li Zheng was fighting for time, he didn’t know that on the top floor of a condominium, his teammate was wasting time.
In a girly, pale pink room, Zhang Xiaoke faced the mirror and carefully put on a beautifying contact lens.
There were seven to eight dresses and long socks sprawled across a king-sized bed behind her.
Accompanied by an exciting tune blasting from the speakers, Zhang Xiaoke winked as she started to hum.
“Hm Hmhmhmhm” She scrutinized herself in front of the mirror and was very satisfied. She then picked up an eyeliner brush and smiled as she applied the makeup. “Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~”
After sleeping, she was full of energy again.
For Zhang Xiaoke, this was her first date.
Even though the main focus today was to study.
She hadn’t been issued a new uniform for her new school and thus could wear her own clothes. However, due to Sun Xiubin’s threats, she could only wear a more conservative set of clothes.
But that wasn’t the case now.
Zhang Xiaoke was only Zhang Xiaoke now that she had left the school!
She could already imagine Li Zheng’s shock when they met in the afternoon.
“You… You… To think that you are so beautiful, Xiaoke…”
“I don’t even dare to… talk to you…”
“Being together with an ordinary boy like me… Do you feel embarrassed…”
“I don’t have the courage to sit this close to you… I should be your puppy…”
“Woof, woof, woof…”
She thought about Li Zheng’s flustered expression. She thought about how he wouldn’t dare to look at her directly. She thought about how he would put himself down, yet feel fortunate.
“Wahahaha…” Zhang Xiaoke raised her leg and laughed, then fell backward. “Ah, Ah!! Ahh!”
When she got up, she realized that she had to reapply her mascara.
However, she didn’t find it a hassle.
To torture that man on a psychological level…
She didn’t mind any hassle.
Crushing him with her appearance was merely the start.
