The fluorescent lights cast a cold, white glow, freezing the silhouette of Shen Yuan hunched over a stack of test papers.
The tip of his pen flew across the answer sheet, its faint scratching a stark contrast to the stagnant air filling the classroom.
The gloom and heaviness from yesterday had vanished from his expression, replaced by an almost razor-sharp Concentration.
Electromagnetic induction in physics, equilibrium calculations in chemistry, genetic diagrams in biology... The formulas and corrected problems he'd reviewed last night now flowed smoothly through his clear mind.
Li Zhi's command—"You have to do well on the science exam for me tomorrow"—was like an invisible string, keeping all his energy stretched taut and focused on the questions before him.
The moment the logical chain for the final question clicked into place and he wrote down the last answer, Shen Yuan set down his pen and let out an imperceptible sigh of relief.
