Chapter 8: The Perfect Cheating Method

  "Huh? My backpack?"

  Suddenly being questioned by Ye Mu like this, and with his own parents also standing beside him, Su Lin hastily revealed a flustered expression, and could only hurriedly make up an excuse saying: "I went to play with Zhu Jiejie after school today, maybe I left my backpack there."

  After saying that, Su Lin felt it wasn't right and quickly added, "But it's strange, when I went past today, Sister Zhu wasn't there, is she going to work so early today?"

  "No, maybe Zhuer is taking a bath and didn't hear you calling her."

  Upon hearing Su Lin's explanation, Ye Mu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but quickly returned to normal. After returning the school bag to Su Lin, she didn't linger in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air, and instead went back inside the house.

  Watching Ye Mu leave, Su Lin also let out a sigh of relief. However, his parents looked at him with some confusion, and he still felt somewhat guilty, so he made an excuse to return to his room.

  However, Ye Mu just didn't say anything on the surface, but in her heart, she had already started to have doubts: "Xiao Lin gets out of school at 5 o'clock, and it takes more than 10 minutes to walk back from Jian'an Middle School. When I got home that time, it was only 5:12, and Xiao Lin's backpack was already on the sofa. And Zhu Er was taking a bath in the bathroom at the time, locking the door and not letting me in... Could it be that... Zhu Er and Xiao Lin..."

  Can't help but say, Ye Mu's analytical and reasoning abilities are really strong, or it can be said that women's sixth sense is too powerful, just through these situations, she can guess eight or nine out of ten.

  "No way, I'll wait until tomorrow when Zhuer comes back and then I'll ask him. Xiaolin is still young and doesn't understand these things, how can her older sister be so reckless..."

  Ye Mu's heart was getting more and more confused, although Su Lin and Ye Xingzhu had been playing together since childhood, their feelings were good, but in the past they even slept on the same bed, but at that time they were still young, now they have grown up, if this continues, what kind of thing is this!

  Su Lin didn't know about Ye Mu's worries, his mind hadn't grown to that point yet, and he couldn't see the meaning of Ye Mu's frowning. Back in his own room, lying on the bed, Su Lin was thinking about tomorrow's exam in his heart.

  "Tomorrow's last mock exam is also crucial for me, I must make good use of this exam to experiment with how to use my pause time ability to cheat. In this way, during the college entrance examination, I can be completely safe..."

  Although the exam that determines one's fate is the final college entrance examination, Su Lin is still quite unfamiliar with how to use his ability to pause time to cheat.

  "The time I can pause is limited, I must make good use of it... Hmm! That's what I'll do, try it out tomorrow..."

  Lying in bed, Su Lin suddenly realized that it was almost midnight. As the clock struck twelve, he found that the bright red numbers had started to surge again, rising by 60 at once, and now stood at 158.

  "What's going on? Time has increased again. Does that mean... apart from increasing time with intimate relationships with women, an additional 60 seconds will be added after midnight every day?"

  This is Su Lin's own speculation, but whether the fact is really so, it still needs a few more days to be verified.

  It was late at night, and Su Lin gradually fell asleep. At the same time, in the nurse's duty room of Jian'an City Hospital, Ye Xingzhu, wearing a snow-white nurse uniform, a nurse cap, and white canvas shoes, supported her head with both hands, staring blankly, occasionally revealing a silly smile.

  "No way, no way! How could I think of that stinky little brat? He's just a little punk, no way, can't think about it, can't think about it..."

  Yexing Zhu herself was a bit dazed after shaking her head vigorously.

  "Nurse, nurse... My grandma woke up, my grandma woke up..."

  A sudden rapid footsteps, a sweet voice, if Su Lin were at the Municipal Hospital right now, she would definitely be able to recognize that this was none other than Qin Yanran, the Ice Beauty and campus flower of Jianan No. 1 Middle School?

  "Is it Mayor Fang's mother in ward 1 of the special care unit?"

  At the sound of the call, Ye Xingzhu, who was still in a daze, quickly stood up and arranged for everything to be done, including calling the doctor on duty. The patient in this No. 1 intensive care unit was none other than the mother of Mayor Fang of this city, who had been rushed here early this morning after suddenly developing heart disease. Although she had been rescued from danger, she had not regained consciousness all day and now that she was finally awake, it was necessary to contact the doctor immediately to take a look.

  The mayor's mother, can the hospital not take it seriously? Even the deputy dean in charge of cardiovascular department stayed in the hospital on duty. Now that the old lady is awake, these doctors who were tense with nerves rushed over immediately.

  "How is it? Dr. Pang, what's my mother's current situation?"

  Qin Yanran's mother, Fang Liping, was the second-in-command of Jian'an City and a genuine deputy mayor. Like Qin Yanran, she was born with a beautiful appearance. In her early forties, she still looked as lovely as a woman in her thirties. The only difference was that Fang Liping exuded an aura of power that made any man who saw her feel inferior and lower his head, not daring to meet her gaze directly.

  "Mayor Fang, don't worry. We've just done a full check-up on the elderly person and everything is normal. The implanted pacemaker is also working well. Now that they're awake, it's just a matter of physical weakness, so they need to rest and recover."

  The doctor in charge also let out a sigh of relief and said with a look of being relieved of a heavy burden.

  "It's all right, thanks for your hard work."

  Fang Liping turned to her daughter Qin Yanran and said, "Yanran, now that your grandma is fine, I'm here taking care of her, you can go back to sleep with peace of mind. Don't you have an exam tomorrow? The college entrance examination is approaching, although your grades are good, don't be too careless."

  "Mom, I just want to spend more time with grandma. Grandma just woke up and I want to talk to her. Can I go after talking to grandma?"

  In school, Qin Yanran was an icy beauty who rarely spoke or smiled, but that was only a result of being brought up under her mother's strict influence. In front of her mother, Fang Liping, Qin Yanran was still just a child.

  "Okay, then let's just chat with your grandma for a bit. Remember not to talk too long, Grandma has just had surgery and needs plenty of rest."

  With Fang Leping's permission, Qin Yanyan quickly walked to the bedside, looking at her grandmother's pale face and weak appearance, holding her grandmother's hand, almost crying: "Grandma, you scared Yanyan to death this time. Grandma, you can't have anything happen to you. You must get better soon. Didn't you say you still want to send Yanyan to college?"

  "My dear, don't worry, Grandma's body is fine! She will definitely get better soon and send you off to college."

  The old man nodded his head on the bed, smiled and said, "Fortunately, there was a kind-hearted young man who sent Grandma to the ambulance this time. Otherwise, Grandma would not have seen my home Yanran."

  "Grandma, do you know who that person is? Yanran will thank him properly on your behalf."

  "I don't know, but judging from the looks, it should be a student. There's only Jian'an No. 1 Middle School near that road, so it should be a student from your school. Don't worry, Grandma remembers what the young man looked like. When Grandma gets a bit better, she can draw him..."

  Qin Yanran knew how good her grandmother's painting skills were. As a well-known old artist in the country, she was still a lifelong professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts before retirement. Her grandmother had taught many famous painters, and it was easy for her to paint that person's appearance based on memory.

  "Alright, Yanyan, Grandma is tired. Let Grandma rest. I'll get Little Li to drive you home to sleep. You still have an exam tomorrow."

  Upon hearing her mother's instructions, Qin Yanran responded with an "oh" and followed her mother's secretary, Xiao Li, back home to rest.

  The next day, Su Lin had just entered Jian'an No. 1 Middle School and immediately sensed the tense atmosphere. The last mock exam before the college entrance examination, the results of which would have a great impact on the performance in the college entrance examination.

  Today, Su Lin grew a pair of eyes and got up early on purpose. Fortunately, he didn't arrive late and arrived at the classroom just after 7:30.

  However, the seating arrangement for the mock exam was a random shuffle of all students in the grade, done by computer. Su Lin took a look at her admission ticket information, and saw that she was assigned to the 17th examination room, so she packed up her things and headed straight there.

  "Hey...... isn't this Su Lin? What a coincidence, we're in the same exam room. Weren't you still shouting last night? Today I'll see how you do..."

  Bad luck, as soon as he arrived at the classroom, Su Lin ran into a bad person. It turned out that Tang Zhongwang was actually in the same examination room as him. Upon hearing Tang Zhongwang's provocation, Su Lin ignored him and sat down in his own seat, already thinking about the specific steps to use his pause time ability to cheat.

  "It's not bad, there are still a few people in this exam room who can read and have good grades. After the temporary suspension of time later, I will copy from them."

  Since cheating is inevitable, the first step is to find a suitable target. As the exam time approaches, most students in the classroom have arrived. Su Lin glanced around and recognized those high-achieving students in his grade, all of whom were prominent figures. In this 17th examination room, he spotted three students ranked among the top 50 in their grade.

  "Huh? There's actually an empty seat..."

  Su Lin glanced at the time, it was already 8 o'clock sharp, and the invigilating teacher had arrived in the classroom, unsealing the test papers. Su Lin, who was usually late, couldn't help but feel a little smug, wondering which poor soul would be late for such an important exam.

  Dada...

  The sound of rapid footsteps echoed down the corridor, getting closer and closer. It seemed that the latecomer who had left an empty seat was finally arriving.

  "Sorry, teacher, I'm late..."

  When that voice sounded at the door, not only Su Lin was stunned, but also the whole class of students were stunned for a moment. It wasn't someone else, it was Qin Yanran, the school flower and the first in grade.

  "With such an important exam, you still..."

  The proctor, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, was distributing the test papers. He had just heard the latecomer and was about to scold him when he saw that it was Qin Yanran. He immediately swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue, "Ah...Yanran! Hurry up and come in! The exam is about to start. You must have stayed up too late studying last night!"

  Qin Yanran not only has excellent grades but is also the daughter of Mayor Fang, and the invigilating teacher isn't unaware of this, so who would dare to lose their temper with Qin Yanran?

  "Sorry, teacher, my grandmother is sick, so I'm late. It won't happen again next time."

  She was strict with herself, so Qin Yanran also knew that being late was her own fault. With a guilty face, she walked to her seat, tidied up her stationery and prepared for the exam.

  "Did Qin Yanran rush off yesterday and wasn't in school all day, and then was late again today because her grandma is sick?"

  Qin Yanran was actually in the same examination room as herself, this is fate! Su Lin couldn't help but think about it in her heart, but more importantly, Qin Yanran's grades were first in the whole grade, an absolute advantage! Being in the same examination room as her, just by stopping time, wouldn't it be hard to get high scores?

  Right, such a good opportunity, Su Lin couldn't let it go. The first subject in the morning was English, listening, composition, cloze test, multiple choice questions, all of which made Su Lin headache.

  The bell rang for the exam, and everyone was tense in answering questions. Su Lin was very relaxed this time, casually browsing through the test paper, only occasionally pretending to scribble on the test paper. The invigilating teacher walked back and forth to patrol, but Su Lin was not nervous at all.

  "Alright, time's almost up. At Qin Yanran's speed, she should have finished answering the questions by now."

  There were still ten minutes left until the end of the exam, perhaps due to the increased difficulty of this exam, many people now had worried and bitter faces, and their writing speed also accelerated, fearing that there were still many questions that had not been answered. Just at this moment, Su Lin silently muttered in her heart: "Time pause."

  In an instant, everything came to a standstill. The examinees who were writing furiously froze in their tracks. However, there was one exception - Su Lin. Time had stopped for him, and this was indeed the perfect cheating technique!