Chapter 44 It's also quite nice to let him take the initiative once in a while.

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Time flew, and the days of the college entrance exams, or gaokao, were now just around the corner.

In the last mock test, Xu Musen finally reached third place in his grade.

First and second were Yao Mingyue and An Nuannuan, respectively.

Both girls had connections to him.

Their complex interweaving of gratitude and resentment had been the subject of countless versions among the students.

In the last week or two, it was almost a daily strategy to tackle a sea of questions, where half a month's worth of test papers could pile up a foot high.

Students from places like Henan, Hebei, Anhui… and so on would understand the pain before the gaokao.

To prepare for this final sprint, the school also adjusted the daily schedule, such as only allowing one day off on Sundays, reducing the lunch break to one hour, and shrinking the interval between classes to five minutes...

Most importantly, to ensure students wouldn't hold each other back, the school chose to rearrange the seating.