The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

(Another untitled chapter? Well, the author couldn't think of a title for this one.)

"Little Orange, how did you kill him just now?" Xu Xiaomeng asked, looking puzzled.

"Cao Cao's ultimate skill now deals damage, which I only recently discovered. The reason I hesitated to use my ultimate when I was low on health was to prove that I could easily defeat Xing Feng even without using it," Han Cheng said calmly.

"Really? Cao Cao is still doing alright now," Xu Xiaomeng said after thinking for a moment.

"Yes, that's right. Lian Po has also been buffed recently. His first skill's cooldown has been reduced, and his passive immunity to petrification and freezing is no longer a problem," Han Cheng said. The change to Lian Po's passive wasn't recent; the other balance adjustments were. Han Cheng always paid close attention to changes to heroes and equipment in Honor of Kings, as the current version is king. He was particularly knowledgeable about equipment attributes and hero skills.

"Teacher!" Han Cheng and Xu Xiaomeng greeted their homeroom teacher as they approached.

"Hmm!" The homeroom teacher nodded, but when he saw Han Cheng and Xu Xiaomeng walking together, a strange look flashed in his eyes. They were deskmates, could they be dating?

Han Cheng noticed the homeroom teacher, and then looked at himself and Xu Xiaomeng sitting quite close together. He wondered if the teacher thought he and Xu Xiaomeng were dating. However, the teacher ultimately didn't know that although Xu Xiaomeng was quite nice, Han Cheng still preferred someone quieter. Even though Xu Xiaomeng was like that usually, don't forget that was just a facade. The real her... hehe...

"Teacher, we just happened to run into each other..." Han Cheng explained.

"Yes, I know. You all go to class now!" The homeroom teacher smiled slightly. The explanation was just a cover-up, so it must be true.

"Little Orange, does our teacher suspect us?" Xu Xiaomeng chuckled softly, worried that the homeroom teacher would hear her.

"Hmm, maybe?" Han Cheng was also a little unsure, but let her doubt it if she wanted; after all, he had nothing to fear.

"Oh, time for bed." Xu Xiaomeng lay on the table. She'd never experienced puppy love before, but if Han Cheng were to date her, it wouldn't be out of the question...

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"In this lesson, we'll memorize two articles. They're for exam essays; if you can't write well, you'll have to memorize them..." The Chinese teacher walked to the podium and began to speak. The Chinese teacher was an older woman—well, a bit impolite, she was probably middle-aged. Having taught Chinese for over ten years, her philosophy on learning Chinese was all about memorization. Memorizing was a bonus; you wouldn't have to worry about the exam. However, Han Cheng hadn't always thought this way, nor had the whole class. They thought, "Always memorizing, memorizing, memorizing—wouldn't that ruin their brains?" Of course, that was unlikely.

"Turn to page 20 of the study guide. This article is required to be memorized. Then turn to page 22, and this article is also required to be memorized..." The Chinese teacher spoke casually, but the students below were not so relaxed. "Dude, these are articles of over 700 or 800 words! Just memorize them like that? And two articles at once?"

"Well, we'll check the memorization of these two articles the day after tomorrow; that's the latest deadline..." Before the Chinese teacher could finish speaking, Han Cheng's voice rang out from below: "Teacher, I've memorized them..."

The Chinese teacher adjusted her glasses and looked at Han Cheng with an incredulous expression. This student usually did well in his studies and shouldn't be the type to cause trouble...

The other students also looked surprised. Only a few minutes? You memorized it in three minutes?

"Han Cheng, please come up and recite it..."

Han Cheng walked up to the podium and recited a long, rapid-fire recitation. The Chinese teacher nodded repeatedly, approving him.

"You've memorized these two articles before, haven't you?" the Chinese teacher asked.

"That's right..." Han Cheng said this because he didn't want his special ability to be exposed. He was too impulsive, but he just couldn't stand this teacher. All he did all day long was memorize.

"Hmm, very good. Look at Han Cheng, he memorized the article in advance, no wonder his grades are so good. And look at you guys... really..." The Chinese teacher finished speaking before letting Han Cheng go down.

"Really? You already memorized it?" Xu Xiaomeng asked.

"Of course," Han Cheng said smugly.

Xu Xiaomeng: <(｀^?)>

Finally, the grueling Chinese class ended, but for Han Cheng, the math class was even more unbearable. Those formulas, logic, and theorems were practically alien technology. And what's worse, math class started right after class. Plus, don't forget, this math class was taught by the homeroom teacher. You're good at everything else, but bad at this one? Isn't that a blatant provocation?

"Okay, students, we won't review this class. Let's do a test instead, shall we?" The homeroom teacher walked up to the podium with a stack of test papers in her arms.

No one responded, followed by several seconds of silence.

"Teacher, let me help you hand out the test papers!" The chubby boy said, and before the homeroom teacher could answer, he picked up the test papers and started handing them out. The homeroom teacher was a little at a loss, but this Guo Lizhuo student was quite helpful, even though his studies weren't great.

"Holy crap, is this some kind of heavenly scripture?" Han Cheng was completely dumbfounded when he saw the test paper that had been handed out. Although he had not been able to understand a question many times before, Han Cheng was always surprised at first.

"Hehe, no way? Didn't I teach you yesterday?" Xu Xiaomeng was initially gloating, but quickly changed her attitude.

"Oh, I forgot...no, I forgot most of it, I remember a little...and even if I remembered it all, today's test might not even cover those things..." Han Cheng said weakly.

Xu Xiaomeng was speechless for a moment.

"Phew, finished!" Xu Xiaomeng finished the test paper in more than ten minutes. Looking around at the other students, apart from Ye Bing idly twirling his pen, presumably having finished, everyone else was busy writing their papers. Sun Hou and Fatty were working hard on the questions with their heads down. Xu Xiaomeng then looked at Han Cheng, who was standing there blankly.

“Here, I’ll teach you.” Xu Xiaomeng nudged Han Cheng with her elbow.

"Thank you!"

"Why are you thanking me?" Xu Xiaomeng said, pretending to be angry.

"hey-hey……"

……

"Why do you do this problem this way? And this problem..." Faced with Han Cheng's probing questions, Xu Xiaomeng was at a loss for words. Should she say Han Cheng was stupid, or that he was foolish? Or both? Hehe, probably the last option.

"Am I stupid?" Han Cheng was quite self-aware.

"Of course," Xu Xiaomeng replied without hesitation.

"Uh...that hurt my pride..."

"Hmm, not bad. Xu Xiaomeng and Han Cheng are a decent pair as deskmates. One is bad at English, the other is good at English; one is good at math, the other is bad at math. They complement each other, or rather, they make up for each other's weaknesses... Well, I'd better not break them up..." the homeroom teacher thought to herself.