Chapter 41 : Chapter 41
Chapter 41. As Soon as the Scores Came Out, Jiang Feng Lost It
“Brother Yichen, how did you manage to finish in half an hour and still land exactly 60 in every subject?”
Su Linyu stared at Jiang Yichen in utter astonishment.
After all, Brother Yichen’s most recent mock written-exam results had been nowhere near a passing score.
So how had he suddenly started pulling off that genius-level score control this time?
Even though she came in first on every exam, there was no way she could finish all seven papers in half an hour.
Jiang Yichen took a bite of his food and said flatly, “I just skipped the multiple-choice questions.”
Su Linyu parted her lips slightly in surprise. “Brother Yichen, something is off about you. Don’t tell me you were playing dumb on all your previous exams?”
Jiang Yichen smiled, suddenly in the mood to tease her. “Mm… I guess you could say that.”
“Wow! So Brother Yichen is actually a hidden genius~ That’s amazing!”
Su Linyu smiled sweetly. She picked up a shrimp from the plate, peeled it herself, and held the meat out to him.
“Brother Yichen, congratulations on passing the written exam. Things are limited right now, but once the assessment is over, I’m going to throw you a celebration banquet.”
Resting his cheek against one hand, Jiang Yichen said, “Su Linyu, I only barely passed. Is there really any need to make such a big deal out of it?”
“Of course there is. Anything involving Brother Yichen has to be done properly, or how else would it show… how much I care?”
Jiang Yichen smiled faintly, opened his mouth, and accepted the shrimp she fed him.
Su Linyu instantly froze in place. Looking at the right hand that had just touched Brother Yichen’s lips, the corners of her mouth rose uncontrollably.
After that, she transformed into a master shrimp-peeler. She did not even bother eating anymore and simply kept peeling shrimp for Jiang Yichen.
Meanwhile, after the examinees in the cafeteria saw the rankings posted on the official website, the place immediately erupted.
First place: Chu Xingchen
Second place: Jiang Feng
Third place: Zhou Ruohan
…
Sixth place: Lin Wan
Seventh place: Tang Long
…
“No way! Where’s Goddess Su? She’s always first in every assessment. How is she not even in the top ten this time?”
“Did Goddess Su bomb the exam?”
“Bullshit. In the last mock exam, Goddess Su was miles ahead in first place. Even if she messed up, she’d still make the top ten.”
“I found Goddess Su’s ranking. She’s in 30,000th place, and she got 59 in every subject!”
“Holy shit! Did Goddess Su get tired of being first and decide to play around with score control like a genius?”
“That’s not all! Look at 29,999th place. It’s Young Master Jiang! He’s even crazier. He finished all seven subjects in half an hour and got exactly 60 on every one!”
“…”
The moment everyone saw the rankings, the cafeteria descended into a commotion.
Every pair of eyes turned toward Su Linyu and Jiang Yichen in disbelief.
Jiang Yichen had always been the one propping up the bottom of the rankings. Although he was still near the bottom this time, he had passed in only half an hour. It was absolutely outrageous.
While everyone else had still been working on their questions, Young Master Jiang had already handed in his papers.
Was this really still the same underachiever as before?
Sitting beside Jiang Yichen, Jiang Feng saw that he was ranked second. The corners of his lips curled up first, and he shot Jiang Yichen a disdainful glance.
“In that case, once the martial exam is over this afternoon, the position of Jiang family heir will be mine.”
Jiang Feng speared a piece of steak, chewed it slowly, then lifted the glass of red wine at his side. With one leg crossed over the other, he looked down on everything around him.
But not long after, he also noticed the stir among the examinees nearby, and his brows slowly drew together.
“Jiang Yichen controlled his score? What does that mean?”
Jiang Feng picked up his phone, searched Jiang Yichen’s name, and scrolled rapidly down the document until it stopped at 29,999th place.
When he saw that Jiang Yichen had taken less than half an hour and had landed exactly 60 in all seven subjects, he froze.
That was obviously something that could only be done on purpose!
Hadn’t Jiang Yichen always been a terrible student? He had never once passed an exam, so how could he possibly be capable of controlling his score like this?
Had he been pretending all along? Had he been deliberately going easy on me?
Bang!
Jiang Feng slammed the wineglass onto the table, spilling red wine everywhere.
He rose to his feet, humiliation written all over his face, and strode quickly over to Jiang Yichen.
“Man, you’d better explain this to me.”
Jiang Feng forced himself between the two of them, bracing his right hand on the back of the sofa. He bent forward slightly and hooked Jiang Yichen’s chin up with his left hand.
“You think I, Jiang Feng, need you to go easy on me? Were you deliberately humiliating me? If you were trying to get my attention this way, then—ha! Congratulations. You succeeded.”
That scene drew strange looks from everyone around them. Mainly because they were two men, and the gesture was far too intimate.
Su Linyu puffed out her cheeks in annoyance. There was even a faint sourness in her mouth, but her eyes also brightened slightly. If she were this domineering too, would Brother Yichen like it?
Jiang Yichen, however, was completely dumbfounded. Looking at Jiang Feng’s pose, he blanked out for a moment.
Damn it, the brain-dead domineering-CEO act was online again, wasn’t it?
He slapped Jiang Feng’s hand away. “I’m saying this for your own good, little brother. Stop watching so many of those cheesy CEO mini-dramas and get lost.”
Jiang Feng let out a cold snort, yanked open his tie, and revealed his finely shaped collarbone as he stared straight at him.
“Man, I’m giving you one last chance to explain. Don’t wait until I lose my patience, or you’ll regret it.”
“Explain what?”
“Were you deliberately scoring badly before so you could go easy on me? Do you think I need that from you?” Jiang Feng angled his sharp, sculpted jaw toward Jiang Yichen, looking as arrogant as ever.
?
Jiang Yichen was bewildered. So just because I completed a system choice, he thinks I was deliberately going easy on him?
Why the hell are you so full of yourself?
Still, this cousin of his had always been ridiculously narcissistic and confident. Worse than that, he was scheming.
In his previous life, Jiang Feng’s father had secretly colluded with Principal Zhou Mingyuan. After setting him up to embarrass himself at the graduation ceremony—
the Su family had broken off the engagement, and Jiang Feng had successfully taken the position of heir.
And to secure that position, as soon as the graduation assessment results were released, he had the media loudly publicize the disgraceful fact that Jiang Yichen had failed the graduation assessment, causing his parents to lose all face.
As for the military district internship afterward, he had even bribed the class monitor to assign Jiang Yichen the filthiest, most exhausting job possible: hauling demon beast corpses. For three straight months of internship, he had lived every day surrounded by a nauseating stench.
Jiang Yichen gave him a cool glance. “If you’re sick, go get treated. Don’t come acting up in front of me.”
Jiang Feng’s eyes darkened. “Interesting. In all of Huazhong, you’re the first person who has ever dared speak to me like that.”
“Man, remember this: there’s nothing I want that I can’t get.”
“Put away your little schemes. They won’t work on me. I’m taking that heir’s position no matter what.”
Jiang Yichen had never been this speechless in his life, but just then, the system’s voice rang out again.
【Ding! Slacker choice triggered.】
【Choice One: Accept Jiang Feng’s challenge and decide to fight him for the position of heir. Reward: the title ‘Competitive by Nature.’
Choice Two: You’re already slacking off anyway. Since slacking off gets you everything, why even bother fighting over the heir position? Just slack off and stop competing. Let Jiang Feng win it himself if he has the ability. Reward: ‘Intermediate Slacker Gift Pack.’】
Jiang Yichen smiled at that. With a lazy look in his eyes, he rose to his feet and said, “You want the heir’s position?”
“Don’t make me say it a second time.” Jiang Feng’s eyes were ice-cold.
“…” The corner of Jiang Yichen’s mouth twitched. Then he said calmly, “Then take it. As long as you can persuade my parents, the heir’s position is yours. Do you really think I want it that badly?”
Huh?
Jiang Feng had thought Jiang Yichen was about to say something dramatic about reclaiming everything in thirty years, but what did he mean by not fighting for it anymore?
For a moment, Jiang Feng just stood there in a daze.
Jiang Yichen waved a hand. “That’s enough, little brother. I’m your elder brother. If it’s something you want, wouldn’t I give it to you?”
Jiang Feng frowned, clearly not believing him. “You think I’d believe that? Oh~ I get it now!”
“What do you get?”
Jiang Feng sneered. “Man, you’re playing hard to get. You want to make me lower my guard this way, but I’m not falling for it.”
Jiang Yichen: (☉_☉)
A real piece of work… No, a complete idiot!
“The winner becomes king and the loser a bandit. We’ll wait and see. With only your Third Realm strength in this afternoon’s martial exam, let’s see how you plan to beat me!” Jiang Feng threw out those words and strode away with all the air of a king.
Jiang Yichen shook his head helplessly. What had this guy’s brain been fed on growing up? This was simply absurd.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a slacker choice. You have received an ‘Intermediate Slacker Gift Pack.’ Would you like to open it?】