“Got a photo? Let me see.”
Zhang Peng said enthusiastically.
Xu Hao glanced at him, then reluctantly took out his phone and handed over a picture.
“Not bad, she’s a beauty!”
Zhang Peng exclaimed in surprise after looking at the photo.
“Nonsense, I’m considered a talented young man now. Would someone not pretty dare to be introduced to me?”
Xu Hao chuckled smugly.
“Tch… You haven’t met her in person yet, don’t speak too soon. Don’t you know photos of girls can’t be trusted? Haven’t you heard of the saying, ‘Start with a picture, and the face and figure are all thanks to editing’?”
Zhang Peng looked up at him.
“Get lost!”
Xu Hao glared at him.
“Brother Hao, don’t listen to him spouting nonsense. Many girls don’t like to edit their photos.”
Tian Jiajia beckoned.
“Right, right.”
Xia Nuannuan nodded in agreement. She herself didn't like using beauty filters when taking photos.
Of course, the main reason was that she was already naturally beautiful with good skin, possessing a built-in filter and skin-smoothing effect. Using beauty filters had little impact and instead made her look unnatural.
“Let me see. We girls have experience, we can tell if it's over-edited!”
Tian Jiajia reached out and took Zhang Peng’s phone.
Xia Nuannuan also stood up, leaning over with curiosity to peek at the photo.
“Nuannuan, this is probably just a beauty filter, right?”
“Yeah, feels like just a little bit.”
“Then she really is a beauty!”
“Yes.”
The two girls quickly exchanged their thoughts.
“Qin Tian, do you want to see?”
Tian Jiajia dangled the phone, asking Qin Tian.
“No need!”
Qin Tian smiled and shook his head.
Whether she was beautiful or not held no interest for him.
How could anyone be more beautiful than his own wife?
“Here, Brother Hao, your phone.”
Tian Jiajia handed the phone back to Xu Hao, saying with a smile, “After our professional appraisal, this photo is at least eighty percent believable.”
“Then I’m reassured.”
Xu Hao happily took back his phone.
“Looking at you earlier, weren’t you reluctant to go on a blind date?”
Zhang Peng couldn’t help but tease.
“Reluctant or not, I still have to go. Having a meal and chatting with a beauty is better than meeting a photo fake, isn’t it?”
Xu Hao said irritably.
“That’s true.”
Zhang Peng nodded.
At this moment, the waiter brought the sushi platter and fried chicken they had ordered.
After eating their fill, it was already past nine in the evening when they left the mall.
After bidding each other farewell by the roadside, Qin Tian and Zhang Peng each hailed a taxi to take the two girls home.
As for the single gentleman Xu Hao, after watching them leave, he took out a cigarette and lighter, lit one, and swaggered towards the direction of Times Internet Cafe.
For now, gaming was still his true love.
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The following days were continuously marked by rain and snow, with very low temperatures.
Having just gone through a busy exam week, the university students, who were now on break, had no desire to go out. They could hibernate for several days and nights, curled up in their warm beds.
One afternoon, Qin Tian was in his room, blowing on the air conditioner while playing a game online with Xia Nuannuan.
After finishing a round and exiting, he saw their counselor, Shu Peng, post an announcement in the group chat, tagging everyone.
Clicking on the flashing icon below, he saw the content of the announcement.
It turned out that all the final exam scores had been published on the school’s official website’s score inquiry page. The counselor advised everyone to check their scores, and those who failed needed to prepare for make-up exams or even retake the courses.
At Jiang University, compulsory courses generally could not be retaken with make-up exams; one could only choose to retake them. Most elective courses, however, did allow for make-up exams.
“I’ll play later, let me check my grades first.”
Xia Nuannuan’s voice came from the computer speakers.
“Okay, I’ll check too.”
Qin Tian responded.
After searching and clicking on the school’s official website, they found the exam score inquiry page, entered their student IDs and passwords, and quickly saw their results.
Undoubtedly, they had both passed smoothly, and their scores were well above the passing line.
“Yay, I passed! Oh my god, I actually got ninety in calculus. Didn’t they all say the exam was really difficult?”
Xia Nuannuan sounded slightly excited.
“You said it wasn’t difficult after you finished the exam!”
Qin Tian said with a smile.
“I thought it was just my imagination. I was already prepared to just barely pass.”
“You’re overthinking it. Haven’t you been learning very well this semester? You’re a true scholar now.”
“Hehe… Not really. Brother, what about you, what did you score?”
“Guess!”
“Full marks?”
Xia Nuannuan asked directly.
“No way, who guesses full marks right away? Okay, you guessed correctly.”
Qin Tian smiled.
“I got ninety, so you must have gotten a full hundred, why would I need to guess!”
Xia Nuannuan chuckled.
Just as Qin Tian was about to say something, a system prompt for completing a mission sounded in his mind.
【Congratulations to the host for perfectly passing this semester’s final test and reading a total of 357 books of various types this semester. Mission accomplished, performance rating 98, reward: Master-level Skill Enhancement Card, System Points +8000!】
The generous mission rewards instantly put Qin Tian in a great mood.
A Master-level Skill Enhancement Card, as the name suggested, could directly upgrade any of his current skills to Master level, its value being self-evident.
The reward of a full eight thousand system points also made him feel very confident.
The points rewarded from the previous mission to achieve a certain first-day turnover for the internet cafe branch had all been exchanged for life countdowns. Over five months, this would allow him to live until April this year.
With these eight thousand points, if there were good items in the treasure trove, he could consider redeeming them.
“Quickly look at the class group chat, it’s so lively. Calculus really seems difficult; many people are saying they barely passed. Did I really become smarter?”
Xia Nuannuan still found it hard to believe.
She was known as someone who struggled with science subjects, and mathematics in high school had caused her to rack her brain countless times.
But after entering university, even though everyone said calculus was difficult, she found it much easier.
This feeling was quite miraculous, allowing her to truly experience the pride of being a scholar.
“Haven’t you heard a saying?”
Qin Tian said with a smile.
“What?”
“In a sweet romantic relationship, two people will become more and more alike.”
“You mean, I’m becoming more like you, so I’ve become smarter?”
“Bingo!”
“Tch, you’re so narcissistic!”
Xia Nuannuan couldn’t help but tease.
“You’re not bad in this aspect either, otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to say you’ve become smarter.”
Qin Tian grinned.
“Go, go, go, I won’t be narcissistic like you.”
“Then strive to surpass me and be even more narcissistic than I am.”
“If you say one more word, I won’t protect you in the next game!”
“I’m the one protecting you, aren’t I? Haven’t you always been at the back, responsible for healing and shielding me?”
“No way, last game the jungler came over, and I even flashed to block a skill for you!”
“You just flashed a bit off, it didn’t block anything, and we both perished.”
“Cough… That’s not my fault, it’s the mouse that’s not working well.”
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