Qin Hao quickly replied, "It wasn't on purpose, really!"
Du Wanrou replied, "You think I would believe that?"
Qin Hao began to beg for mercy, "I was wrong, please forgive me this time."
It took a long while before Du Wanrou replied, "If there's a next time, I won't bother with you anymore."
Qin Hao promised, "There definitely won't be a next time."
Du Wanrou asked, "Hmm, how's your revision going?"
Qin Hao replied, "Not bad. Which university are you planning to apply to?"
"Jianghai University in Jianghai City."
Qin Hao was startled and asked, "Aren't you considering Chenhua University or Chen University?"
Du Wanrou explained, "They're too far, and besides, Jiang University is also a 985 key university. Their business management program is very good. What about you? Which university are you planning to apply to?"
Qin Hao answered, "I'm also planning to apply to Jianghai University."
Du Wanrou thought she had read wrong and replied incredulously, "You? Jianghai University?"
Qin Hao asked, "What? You look down on me too?"
"No, I didn't mean that. It's just that with your grades, it's very difficult to get into Jianghai University."
What Du Wanrou said was quite subtle, considering that with his past performance, even getting into a third-tier university would be difficult, let alone such a key university.
The two chatted for a while, and then Du Wanrou said she was going to rest.
After chatting with Du Wanrou, Qin Hao lay on his bed, looked at his watch, and smiled. He had just talked to his goddess for almost half an hour.
This was something he had never even dared to dream of before.
But since he had the system, and after the revenge earlier that evening, he didn't realize that his long-lost confidence was gradually returning.
Qin Hao didn't study further but instead rested well that night.
That night he had a beautiful dream where he and Du Wanrou were together as a couple, holding hands and walking through the school campus of their high school.
The next day, Qin Hao also spent the day revising.
He had already finished revising Math and had begun revising Chinese.
Within a day, he barely finished revising the Chinese knowledge points for the first year of high school. While his intelligence score was as high as 15, the continuous studying still made him feel very tired.
May 7, Monday morning.
After breakfast, Qin Hao went to school, now less than a month away from the college entrance examination.
Upon arriving in his class, he coincidentally saw Liu Wei hastily leaving his spot.
Qin Hao went straight to his own seat, and just as he was about to sit down, he noticed the black ink on the chair.
He frowned and looked back at Liu Wei, who had just left from there as he entered, which made it very likely that it was his doing.
Liu Wei sat in the back pretending to chat with two others, but his eyes kept glancing towards Qin Hao's spot.
"Ding, random mission initiated: teach a lesson to Liu Wei and his two friends. Success reward: three hundred achievement points. Failure: deduction of all achievement points."
Qin Hao walked up to Liu Wei and his two friends, eyes fixed on them.
In the past, Liu Wei and his friends often played pranks on him, making him the laughingstock of the entire class.
Painting ink on his chair was not the first time this had happened, and in the past, they had even deliberately broken his chair causing him to fall on the ground.
The three had also thrown a pet snake into his desk, and he still remembered how pale he turned from fright.
And at that time, everyone in the class laughed loudly, the piercing laughter still ringing in his ears.
Qin Hao's tone was very cold, "Liu Wei, the stuff on my chair, it's your doing, isn't it?"
Liu Wei was stunned for a moment and then laughed, "How would I know who did it? Why are you asking me?"
Yu Da, standing next to him, also said with a laugh, "Exactly, we don't know who put the ink on your chair. What do you want from us?"
Wang Fei chimed in, "Don't bother us while we're talking. Go find whoever you want."
Suddenly, Qin Hao made his move, grabbing Liu Wei by the collar, "I'll give you one more chance, speak or not?"
Liu Wei tried to break free, but Qin Hao was surprisingly strong, and he couldn't escape, "What do you want? Can't find the person, so you want to hit me?"
Yu Da and Wang Fei stood up, looking ready to defend Liu Wei.
Qin Hao did not bother being polite anymore. Xu Liang had said to hit when needed, not to mention these three.
He exerted force with his right hand and flung Liu Wei out, slamming him hard against the wall, then swung a punch and hit Yu Da on the neck.
After knocking down Yu Da, his right hand swung back, striking Wang Fei in the face.
The sheer force bewildered Wang Fei. Although he had raised his right hand, it did not come down.
Qin Hao kicked, knocking Wang Fei to the ground, and in an instant, the three lost their ability to fight.
The class watched in shock. Was Qin Hao that formidable? Had he been trained in martial arts?
If they didn't think much of Qin Hao beating Song Wei yesterday, today, they truly saw how fierce he could be.
All three were no match for him. This guy had been really low-key before, hiding his true capabilities.
Qin Hao walked over to Liu Wei, kicked him in the chest, "Speak now or not?"
Liu Wei stubbornly retorted, "What can I say? I don't know who put ink on your chair."
Qin Hao slapped him twice, the loud sound echoing throughout the classroom.
That directly baffled Liu Wei, who had not anticipated Qin Hao's ferocity; he didn't even spare him some dignity.
Qin Hao shouted, "I'm asking you one more time, speak or not? If you don't speak, I'll keep hitting you."
Liu Wei finally gave in, "I'm sorry, Qin Hao. I shouldn't have pranked you like that. I know I was wrong."
"Lick the ink off the chair." Qin Hao dragged him to his seat.
Upon hearing those words, Liu Wei's face changed instantly—lick it clean?
At that moment, Chen Shuna came over and said, "Let it go, Qin Hao. It's not such a big deal. We're all classmates here."
Qin Hao glanced at Chen Shuna. She was the class representative and had never bullied or mocked him; she had even defended him a few times before.
It was only because the old Qin Hao had been too weak. Even when Chen Shuna spoke for him, he never dared to confront Liu Wei and the others at the time.
Qin Hao stated, "For Chen Shuna's sake, you don't have to lick it clean, just wipe it up thoroughly. If there's a next time, I'll make you drink a whole bottle of ink."
Feeling immensely relieved, Liu Wei quickly nodded and took some paper, wiping his chair over and over.
Qin Hao didn't say it was okay; Liu Wei didn't dare to stop.
After a long while, Qin Hao, seeing no trace left, finally said, "Alright, get lost."
Liu Wei did not dare make a sound and quickly got away from Qin Hao.
Chen Shuna looked at Qin Hao, feeling puzzled, "I feel like you're different from before."
Qin Hao retorted, "Did you think the old timid and bullied me had a good life?"
Chen Shuna did not know how to respond.
In the past, she indeed felt frustrated seeing Qin Hao so weak, wondering why he couldn't just man up.
But now, seeing the changes in Qin Hao, she felt it was sudden and hard to adapt to.
"I need to study now. You should go back and study too. Thanks for before," Qin Hao said sincerely at the end.
Chen Shuna could hear it and smiled, nodding, "Study hard, there is still hope."