Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 93 Get in position

Huo Xuan's lips twitched involuntarily when he heard the familiar rules. "Is this weekly test just a modified version of the last one?"

"Let those design exam takers off the hook. Lieutenant General He has something come up and can't make it. They've saved the most interesting ones for the last two weeks. The first one is a trial run," Qian Wen nodded.

"Fine," Huo Xuan clicked his tongue, accepting the situation.

The first weekly test of the second phase begins. Two hundred and ten candidates will be dispersed to the distant mountain beach, the wind whispering stone forest, the central forest, and Yingya Lake. They will have six hours to earn points, starting with 0 points. They can pick up point cards along the way, and will be ranked according to their final scores.

"Brother, you barely made it in last time. If all else fails, get enough points this time and just hide until the exam is over," Cheng Hao said to Zhao Jiacheng with a grin in the car.

Zhao Jiacheng rolled his eyes at him, wrapped a bandage around his bruised hand. He had been assigned to train in the Wind Whispering Stone Forest for three consecutive days. His palms were covered in wounds from climbing, but he felt that the more he climbed, the easier it was, as if someone was supporting him.

"Take care of yourself first." Zhao Jiacheng remembered that this guy fell into the water when he was first assigned to Yingya Lake the day before yesterday. It turned out that the kid couldn't swim and almost drowned. He spent half a day in the medical pod before he recovered. At this moment, his face still looked a little pale.

The car slowly came to a stop, then split the group of people inside into several groups and left them in the central forest before driving away.

In the other car, Pei Hanxing glanced at Shi Kan, who in turn glanced at Li Menglu. Li Menglu then gritted her teeth and stared at Lin Jingqiong. The four students from No. 1 High School were caught in an awkward situation. The other students in the car silently watched them with a spectator's gaze.

Lin Jingqiong snorted coldly: "Shut up, if you really can't handle it, go home and get married sooner rather than later, don't embarrass yourself here."

Li Menglu gritted her teeth in anger: "How are you any better than me? I heard you kissed Chu Deng during the exam! Do your parents know you're into that kind of thing?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked, and many people couldn't help but start whispering among themselves. Pei Hanxing even looked at Lin Jingqiong.

"If you don't want to talk anymore, just say so!" Lin Jingqiong couldn't stand these words. She had finally managed to appease the people who knew about the incident, but Li Menglu had exposed it. She raised her hand to slap her.

"Calm down." For the sake of being classmates, Shi Kan stopped Lin Jingqiong and turned to Li Menglu, saying, "You too."

Li Menglu looked at Pei Hanxing with red eyes, as if she was expecting something.

Pei Hanxing continued to stare at Lin Jingqiong, making her ears turn red. Embarrassed, she avoided his gaze and said loudly, though unconvinced, "We kissed! What can you do about it?! I'm the one who benefited!"

To save face, she had no choice but to admit it!

"Oh oh oh oh oh—" The onlookers on the bus made meaningful sounds. They had heard of Chu Deng's name; he was the number one in the whole city!

"I'd feel like I'd hit the jackpot if I could kiss the genie!"

Will I get a perfect score on my exam if I'm kissed by the genie?

"Silly child, intelligence isn't transmitted through kissing."

"So annoying!" Amidst the good-natured teasing, Li Menglu's shrill voice silenced the group. "I don't want to sit with you!!"

Another deathly silence fell, and Li Menglu, who loved being the center of attention, was ridiculed by everyone.

"Is he really from No. 1 High School? He doesn't seem very bright."

"She was the one who was dragged out by the instructor just now because she was wearing a short skirt."

"It seems that Lin Jingqiong was talking to two other boys from No. 1 High School while she was on the bus, and that's when she finally spoke."

"Shh, keep your voice down. Is she really that glamorous?"

"I'll switch with you," Pei Hanxing said coldly, making Li Menglu switch seats with him, and then he sat next to Lin Jingqiong.

"W-what's wrong?" Lin Jingqiong shifted uncomfortably.

"Where did you kiss me?" Pei Hanxing asked in a low voice.

“It’s just a chin, but nobody cares about that,” Lin Jingqiong said indignantly.

"Hmm." Pei Hanxing nodded calmly and remained silent.

Shi Kan asked helplessly, "What exactly do you want?"

Li Menglu has been acting strangely ever since the last exam. The usually confident and composed person has become irritable and easily angered, and she likes to fawn over some boys. She has also become much more sarcastic and mean-spirited.

"Mind your own business." Li Menglu glared at Shi Kan, ignored him, and instead stared intently at Pei Hanxing.

Shi Kan frowned, looking thoughtfully at Pei Hanxing, pondering Li Menglu's unusual behavior.

Previously, Li Menglu suddenly started being inseparable from Yao Yixin, the top student in Class 9. He just thought Li Menglu was dating. Later, after he ranked second in the whole school, Li Menglu chased after him again, hinting in her words that she liked him. But Shi Kan didn't feel anything and directly rejected her. Before the second stage of the exam, Shi Kan noticed that Li Menglu seemed to have her eye on Pei Hanxing. He even made a special contact with Pei Hanxing but didn't find anything unusual.

Is Li Menglu just a bit fickle? Does she simply fall for every girl who gets good grades?

Shi Kan thought about how he had confiscated his younger sister's novels, such as "Superpowered Bosses Love One and Snatch One," and his thoughts wandered.

Before Kan could figure it out, the car stopped, and he and several others were taken to the Wind Whispering Stone Forest to begin the exam.

In the other car, Meng Qiuhe asked excitedly, "And then what? Who won between you two?"

Jin Xiaoyue replied, "Dengdeng and I both won because I only found out at the end that she was my accomplice. I didn't lock Dengdeng down, and after she found out my murderer card, she voted for the same person as me. Someone who was misled by Dengdeng was persuaded by Dengdeng to vote as well, and everyone locked down that unlucky guy. When the results were announced, we found out that there were two murderers, hehe!"

Meng Qiuhe listened with lingering enjoyment: "Having teammates who are like gods is just awesome!"

"We can hang out together sometime," Jin Xiaoyue said.

"Awesome! Can I join you then?"

The two turned to look to the side and saw a girl with a ponytail smiling at them: "My name is Bai Hongxue, want to be friends?"

"Jin Xiaoyue".

"Meng Qiuhe".

Some were bickering, some were arguing, some were making friends, while Chu Deng, all alone, sat silently in the car, unable to lift his head as the driver scolded him.

Huo Xuan, who was temporarily acting as the driver, chuckled: "What's wrong? You've almost tasted all the fruit in the central forest, can't I say a few words to you?"

Chu Deng, who was assigned to pick fruit in the central forest for four consecutive days, happily ate fruit for four days. Even Qing Yu ate until his belly was round, and Huo Shu grew to the point that even flower pots could not contain him.

Chu Deng, completely unfazed by the comments, blinked and said, "No."

What you eat is what you truly own.

"Alright, I've paid for all your food. Try to get a high score this time so I can save face." Huo Xuan glanced at the meek Chu Deng in the rearview mirror and said meaningfully, "After all, I've been taking care of you for almost a month. I can tell whether you're putting in the effort or not."

"Okay." Chu Deng took a bite of the green fruit that had been stuffed into her hand before she got on the bus and agreed.

For the sake of the fruit.

"Do your best on the exam, and I'll be waiting for your good news."

Chu Deng, who got out of the car, watched Huo Xuan drive away. She was the last person to be dropped off in the car, at Yingya Lake.