Chapter 4

This matter, it seems I didn't handle it quite right! Chen Taizhong didn't leave far away; instead, he stood dumbfounded outside the registration office, feeling vaguely that using feigned deafness and dumbness and the technique of shrinking the earth to an inch to deal with the situation just now wasn't the best choice.

His emotional intelligence is low, but his IQ isn't. Just now, should I have chosen a side and supported one of them? This way, although I would have offended one party, there's no doubt that I would have won the other party's great favor.

Of course, if he had to choose a side, he would definitely choose the side of the short and fat one. The person can speak on behalf of the organization, and he is smart.

I don't know who once said, "Only the paranoid can succeed." Now, Chen Taizhong has fallen into a state of paranoia, trying hard to think clearly about whether there was a better way to handle the situation just now.

Forget it, no more thinking. No matter how much he thinks about it, he still doesn't quite understand. He feels that doing it this way has its benefits. Anyway, if I can recognize this issue, my emotional intelligence must have improved!

Since he has figured it out, he wants to leave. Suddenly, a voice comes from behind, "Chen Taizhong, you also signed up for the exam?"

Chen Taizhong turns his head and sees a person with extremely large eyes and long eyelashes that could sweep the ground. He recognizes her as his classmate from Phoenix City's No. 13 High School, where each class has at least seventy people.

However, no matter how many people there are, he can still remember this person. She is the class publicity officer, Yang Qianqian, with a good appearance. What's particularly commendable is that she can sing and dance, making her a well-known active participant in class activities.

"Oh, it's you," Chen Taizhong smiles and nods, "Are you also here to take the exam?"

He is a bit puzzled in his heart. This Yang Qianqian, when they were in the same class before, she didn't speak to him much. Why is she being so热情 (warm) today?

His reaction is quite normal. Although he has decided to improve his emotional intelligence and tries to be friendly with his classmates at school, it's not easy to change habits formed over hundreds of years. Expecting to change them all at once is unrealistic.

Especially when he is distracted, although such times are not many, the words he subconsciously says are quite harsh. Therefore, in the eyes of most of his classmates, he is still a person with a rather eccentric personality. Since everyone is a top student with heavy academic tasks, no one is willing to interact with him much, which is quite normal.

"Yes," Yang Qianqian nods seriously. She is one of the few in the class who didn't get into university, not because her scores were insufficient. Her scores were above the line but low, unable to enter her preferred school. She plans to study for another year in high school.

Seeing the civil service exam announcement, she also noticed a "loophole" and decided to give it a try. Seeing her classmate appear, she thought the other person hadn't gotten into a school either, so she felt comfortable greeting him.

A woman in politics? Chen Taizhong is a bit stunned, but he doesn't say it, as his emotional intelligence has improved.

"How about it, do you have confidence?" Fresh out of high school, middle school students are still quite simple, and Yang Qianqian asks out of kindness.

"Yes, the materials were distributed so late, I have more confidence," Chen Taizhong speaks frankly, not feeling anything wrong with his words.

"Be careful, I heard many people are pre-selected," Yang Qianqian leans in and whispers to him, the youthful aura of the girl flooding over him.

"You should work hard too," Chen Taizhong whispers back, feeling a bit annoyed inside. What? There's a pre-selection? How can such an unfair thing happen?

"It's fine, there's an examiner who is very nice to me," Yang Qianqian's face turns red. She has another sentence she didn't say: the examiner asked her to go to his house for tutoring in the evening.

"Examiner?" Chen Taizhong is a bit stunned. The problem is serious. If that short and fat person is an examiner, this could be a premature provocation. "Isn't this the registration office? Why would there be an examiner here?"

"Who knows?" Yang Qianqian also considered that the person might not be a real examiner. However, failing the college entrance exam was a big blow to her. Although she knows that evening tutoring is probably not a good path, what if things aren't as bad as she imagines?

Wouldn't that be missing an opportunity?

This matter can't just be left like this. A cold smile appears on Chen Taizhong's face. He already knows that leaving university rashly was wrong. If he sits by and lets others "pre-select" this time, he, a high school student, might have to study for another year in high school and then go to university.

No one in this world has the right to make me, Chen Taizhong, suffer. His madness flares up. Pre-selection? Hmph, we'll see about that. Disrupting someone's cultivation is more serious than cutting off their financial path!

Understanding this, he looks up and sees that Yang Qianqian has already disappeared. Scanning the surroundings, he finds a beautiful back view gradually moving away.

Someone is taking care of her, so I don't need to worry. At this moment, he becomes heartless again and turns to go home.

No! He suddenly realizes something. If someone tells him such important information and he doesn't offer some form of gratitude, it seems his emotional intelligence is still lacking.

"Yang Qianqian, wait for me a moment," he shouts and chases after her. A bespectacled man on the roadside drops his glasses, "Isn't that the deaf-mute from earlier?"

"What's the matter?" Yang Qianqian saw him in a daze and had to call him several times before leaving. Seeing him chase after her, she is a bit puzzled.

"These examiners might not be good people," Chen Taizhong has already thought of what to say, "You got the materials so late, can you still review in time?"

"What can I do?" Yang Qianqian sighs deeply. After this question, she becomes even more determined to go for the "tutoring" in the evening, "Everyone is in the same boat."

"I'll give you, or rather, lend you something good," Chen Taizhong looks around to make sure no one is around, then takes off the small Sumeru ring from his hand, "This thing should be used like this..."

Yang Qianqian watches his demonstration and is stunned for a full ten minutes before reacting. She covers her small mouth in surprise. Chen Taizhong is indeed a strange person. There's such... such an outrageous thing?

The next moment, she realizes a serious issue. Her heart becomes alert, "You lend me such a valuable thing... why?"

"You are my classmate," Chen Taizhong smiles at her frankly, "It's against heaven's will for classmates not to help each other, right?"

"What about you, what will you do?" At this moment, Yang Qianqian truly feels the warmth of classmate relationships.

"I'll manage, I can review in time," Chen Taizhong's tail starts to wag again. This is part of his emotional intelligence, but it also has to do with his personality.

"I scored over 640 in this college entrance exam..." He leaves this sentence and walks away proudly.

"Over 640, not going to university, but coming to take the civil service exam?" Yang Qianqian is even more stunned. This guy... is really strange.