With final exams for cultural subjects underway, the classrooms were requisitioned as testing centers, and morning self-study was canceled.
Between home and school, he was merely fighting over moments of light and shadow. He quietly finished his breakfast, returned to his desk, and once again opened his book. The morning light outside the window etched his silhouette onto the pages.
The pages turned, the nib of his pen scratching against paper.
[You have studied diligently for one hour. Scholar EXP +6]
[Profession: Scholar Lv. 3 (229 → 235/400)]
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"Hooo..." He let out a long, turbid breath and closed the book. His timing was perfect, down to the second.
'Time to head to school.'
Outside the third-year academic building of Bluestone Third Middle School, an intelligent security gate scanned him without a sound, flashing green.
Li Wen practically rode the tail end of the last wave of students as he rushed into his designated exam room.