Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 147 : To Be or Not to Be

After working through the entire paper, 40 minutes remained. Except for the last fill-in-the-blank question and the second part of the last major problem, Xifeng had completed all the questions, so she had to return to the multiple choice question she had temporarily skipped.

But not knowing was not knowing. The knowledge points and problem-solving approaches she possessed were limited and wouldn't suddenly produce previously absent inspiration just because an hour had passed.

She thought seriously for another five minutes, found she still had no clue whatsoever, and finally could only helplessly decide to give up these two problems.

This multiple choice question was worth 5 points, plus the second part of the last major problem worth 8 points, totaling 13 points. This meant her math score would cap at 137 points this time.

Although she held some hope that if she couldn't do it, others definitely couldn't either, who knew if she really was the only one who couldn't solve it?

Suddenly, a strange feeling came over her, as if someone was watching her. Xifeng looked up puzzledly and secretly glanced around, indeed seeing Bei Yaoyue's figure passing by in the corridor outside the window.

Seeing that Xifeng had also noticed her, Bei Yaoyue winked her left eye, gave her a meaningful look, then quickly left the spot and walked toward the bathroom.

Was this telling her to come out?

Xifeng thought for a while, then raised her hand. The supervising teacher sitting on the podium saw Xifeng's raised hand, got up and came to her side, asking: "Student, is there something wrong?"

Xifeng put on a shy demeanor, laughing awkwardly: "Teacher, I'm not feeling well physically and need to use the bathroom."

As her words fell, several nearby students who heard Xifeng's voice simultaneously cast strange looks, making Xifeng's face somewhat hot.

Hearing Xifeng's request, the supervising teacher was somewhat troubled. According to Tianshui No. 1 High School's regulations, leaving the exam room before the exam ended wasn't allowed, but seeing Xifeng's little hand covering her stomach, he felt this kind of thing couldn't be refused. He could only scratch his head, turn to another female supervising teacher sitting in the back playing on her phone, and say: "Xiao Zhang, this student needs to use the bathroom. Go with her."

This was the advantage brought by a girl's body. If Xifeng were still a boy, the supervising teacher would definitely tell him "It's the last half hour, hold it in. I guarantee you won't die from holding it," and wouldn't agree to let her leave the exam room.

Reality was this cruel. Just like during PE class, when the PE teacher required everyone to run five laps around the track, girls could sit under trees and rest just by citing "physical discomfort," while for boys, unless their legs were actually broken, PE teachers basically wouldn't agree to their rest requests.

Glancing at Xifeng, Xiao Zhang reluctantly put away her phone, seemingly very displeased that Xifeng had interrupted her phone time. She walked past Xifeng, saying with displeasure: "Let's go."

Xifeng got up and followed, though having a teacher accompany her somewhat deviated from her plan.

She felt Bei Yaoyue should have something to tell her. With a teacher following, they wouldn't be able to communicate, but she had no reason to get the teacher away from her side. She could only take it one step at a time.

But recalling Bei Yaoyue going alone, Xifeng suddenly felt somewhat annoyed. Why didn't anyone watch when Bei Yaoyue went to the bathroom, but she had to have someone follow her? Was it just because Bei Yaoyue was an academic goddess at the top of the entire grade?

The two left the classroom toward the bathroom and indeed encountered Bei Yaoyue, who should have just finished using the bathroom and was returning. Bei Yaoyue glanced at her with an unchanged expression, seemingly having anticipated this situation.

As the two passed each other, an extremely soft voice entered Xifeng's ears: "Behind the door of the third stall, on the ground."

Xifeng wondered what Bei Yaoyue was up to, but couldn't ask at this time and could only silently walk past Bei Yaoyue.

Under Xiao Zhang's close supervision, Xifeng entered the third stall Bei Yaoyue had mentioned and indeed saw a folded paper on the ground behind the door. She picked it up and opened it to see Bei Yaoyue's elegant handwriting. Scanning it briefly, she discovered it was actually the answers to the last multiple choice question and the second part of the last major problem!

This instantly amazed Xifeng. How did Bei Yaoyue know she couldn't solve these two problems? Could she read minds?

But Xifeng had no time to think about such things now. A very serious question lay before her—to copy or not to copy?

Since Bei Yaoyue chose to actively give her answers, she must have some confidence. Nine times out of ten it wouldn't be wrong. As long as she copied, she should be able to gain these 13 points, but...

Honestly, Xifeng was someone who never cheated. It wasn't that she was particularly upright or noble—the real reason was that she was too lazy to cheat.

That's right, just pure laziness.

Except for the college entrance exam, Xifeng had always felt that a few points more or less made no difference. Why spend effort cheating? It was too troublesome, and getting caught would be even more counterproductive. It really wasn't necessary.

And for the only exam worth cheating on—the college entrance exam—she really didn't have the guts to cheat.

Because of this, from middle school to university, Xifeng had never cheated once. But now Bei Yaoyue was tempting her to cheat!

Devil!

On one side were 13 easily obtainable points, on the other was a taboo she had never broken since childhood. Xifeng immediately felt a headache—she didn't want to give up either side.

If there weren't Bei Yaoyue's hard requirement for her to test into Class 1, Xifeng might really not care about these 13 points. Throw them away—losing 13 points wouldn't cost her a leg. But now she very likely lacked exactly these 13 points to reach Class 1's position. She really couldn't afford to casually throw them away.

"Student, aren't you done yet?" Xiao Zhang outside knocked on the stall door, urging.

"Almost, just a bit more!" Xifeng quickly replied, then steeled herself and decided: Copy the damn thing!

Although this would make her conscience somewhat guilty, if she really couldn't test into Class 1, who knows if she'd even survive. At a time like this, what was conscience worth?

At the fastest speed, she memorized the multiple choice answer and major problem solution approach from the note, crumpled it into a ball, threw it in the trash, destroying all evidence, then pressed the flush button, pretending she had indeed just used the bathroom, opened the door and walked out.

Returning to her seat, 20 minutes remained—still plenty of time.

With Bei Yaoyue's solution approach helping her, Xifeng wrote as if divinely inspired. Ten minutes later, she had solved the final problem. She put down her pen and breathed a sigh of relief, but inexplicably felt an indescribable melancholy.

She didn't know why, but she felt like she had lost something very important.