I Don’t Want to Win Lying Down

Chapter 17: Monthly Exams

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At the end of the month, the exams were just looming on the horizon. Xu Mang hadn’t encountered anything interesting in the past few days. If there was anything, it was that his relationship with Yang Xiaoman had changed. Ever since the time he had gotten in her car, the barbaric woman had not really used any violence at all since then.

Another thing…it also pertained to Yang Xiaoman.

Her pursuers were increasing. There were even some from other schools that came over, only, they were all mostly cautious and cowardly, not daring to speak a word to her.

Xu Mang was curious and had even tried asking Yang Xiaoman once, but the only answer he had gotten was a cold glare from her.

And lastly, it was worth noting that Wang Liang was slightly depressed…his academic performance had fallen from fourth place to ninth.

Everyone thought that he was just being crushed by the pressure of studying, but only Xu Mang knew… that he was actually hurt by love, and he had fallen for someone that he shouldn’t have fallen for.

Life was like that. Xu Mang was sure that everyone would learn the feelings of love and would definitely fall for someone who would not respond in kind. Although you would get hurt, that was life. This was what God had planned for you, and it was inevitable…

Sigh!

“That’s tragic!” Xu Mang took a look at the dull expression on Wang Liang’s face and felt that it wasn’t worth it in his heart on his behalf. Although Wang Liang frequently used his superior academic results to further look down on Xu Mang, he was, in the end, a classmate. These emotions weren’t that easy to let go of.

Then again, Xu Mang was also someone who was full of emotions.

“Yang Xiaoman…”

“I think you’re a person who is too much. Look at how much you have hurt others…” Xu Mang said in a helpless tone. “I only have one thing to say… keep up the good work!”

“…Idiot.” Yang Xiaoman didn’t even feel like entertaining the insane person behind her, it was also strange that they had known each other for quite a while now and yet she still didn’t understand the workings of his inner mind.

No matter what classes they had, he was always lying on the table, but in terms of the coming exams, he seemed to be…looking forward to it? What was he eager about?

Being the lowest score of the entire grade?

Being the dunce of the entire grade?

Being the…the…

Yang Xiaoman tried to tag a word on Xu Mang but she couldn’t find an accurate way to describe him… crazy? As long as you have eyes, you could tell that he was crazy with one look at his face, because he had written ‘crazy’ on his forehead.

Ugh…

Fine, b*tchy then.

The most b*tchy person in the entire grade!

The bell rang and Lin Yishan walked into the classroom in big strides. With a serious expression on his face, he said, “Tomorrow is the start of the monthly exams, I hope that all of you are prepared for it. I don’t want to see anyone in our class at the bottom of the rankings in the entire grade. I want to see our class among the top three out of all the classes!”

“Are you confident?”

“Yes!”

“Louder!”

“YES!”

The shouts were passionate, but this didn’t affect Xu Mang at all. If shouting passionately would enable you to qualify into Tsinghua University, Xu Mang wouldn’t mind shouting an hour a day. Alas, that wasn’t how reality worked.

The next period was self-study and Lin Yishan wanted to let his students maintain a relaxed state to tackle the battle. Self-study was one of the best ways to relax.

The majority of the students were flipping through their books, looking for questions and problems that they had yet to solve before, trying to solve them. There was only one exception.

Xu Mang…

He was lying down again.

Smack!

“Ouch!” Xu Mang rubbed the back of his head and gave Lin Yishan an innocent expression when he saw who it was. “Mr. Lin…this is considered to be abuse! Careful or I’ll lodge a complaint to the Education Bureau and sue you!”

“…”

Lin Yishan was livid. He had thought that by sending Xu Mang to participate in the city-wide essay high school competition, it would spark a little fighting spirit in him, but it looked like he had expected too much… this guy was hopeless.

“Stop talking nonsense! Get up, study!” Lin Yishan ordered, forcing Xu Mang to read his books.

“Ah? Oh…” Xu Mang nodded his head. To be human, you needed to be able to adapt to your environment.

Picking up an English book, Xu Mang made the pretense of reading the book carefully. However, with Lin Yishan standing before him, this pretense was seen through in less than half a second since Xu Mang had picked up the English book.

“Xu Mang…” Lin Yishan started. “Holding an English book during Politics class, I don’t really blame you…” He let out a sigh, a pinched expression on his face. “But at least you’re holding a book…”

“Really?”

Xu Mang blinked and then smiled, slightly embarrassed. “No wonder I didn’t understand it.”

Turning the English book around, Xu Mang looked at the content. He understood every single letter of the alphabet, but when the letters were grouped together, he didn’t understand anything…

This was what it meant to understand the grouping of the words, right?

Ugh…

From young, in English and Mathematics class, he had always been copying off others and had never understood it, what a tragedy!

Xu Mang changed his book to a Chinese textbook.

The familiar Chinese characters finally made Xu Mang feel that he wasn’t illiterate, and so, he tried to walk into the world of Chinese language, testing the waters and taking a dip in the sea of knowledge.

As he quietly recited the Chinese poems, he slowly slipped into slumberland. To Xu Mang, reciting texts had always been a pain.

Politics Skill + 1

***

The next day, Xu Mang came to the classroom early. In preparation to face his monthly exam, he had deliberately dressed in sportswear to inspire himself to have unlimited motivation.

The other students started to arrive at the venue, but the moment they stepped into the classroom, their first thought was about Xu Mang. That scum student, he had arrived so early today.

Was there a need to?

It wasn’t as though it was going to be any different for him, he was still going to be at the bottom of the ranks.

The first exam was Chinese, and there were two teachers serving as facilitators. From that, you could tell how serious the school took its March exams.

After writing his name and class, Xu Mang entered his daily state of meditation.

Zzz…

First, have a beautiful sleep.

“This guy…who is he?” Teacher A asked.

“Xu Mang!” Teacher B said, “The last-placing guy.”

“No wonder…so bold.” Teacher A said as he laughed. “Can’t imagine that Old Lin’s class still had such an eccentric student, should be through connections, right?”

“No way!”

“With his grades, if he didn’t rely on connections, how else could he come to study in one of the best high schools in the city?” Teacher B whispered conspicuously. “Just focus on watching over the exams, and stop discussing this guy anymore.”

After half an hour, Xu Mang took up his pen and started to calculate.

There were a total of six subjects, and the total scores must be above 250. Chinese was his strongest subject and he could score above 50 points even without the help of the System. The remaining 200 points would need to be split between the other 5 subjects…

Well then, sorry, that was impossible.

‘System, how much would I need for full marks on this paper?’

[The System has detected, obtaining full marks on this essay composition paper will require: 300 points (Chinese Skill)]

He checked his skill points left.

Chinese Skill = 2,110

Monthly exams were so expensive?

Thinking about it, Xu Mang decided that he needed to score sixty marks on his Chinese paper first. He wouldn’t bother with the others and leave it empty, it wasn’t as though he would obtain a lot of marks from it anyway.

‘System, I want to exchange for full marks on the essay!’