The Most Random System

「Chen Tianming: Wait a second, Qin Zeyu, what kind of Matchmaker are you acting as???」

「Qin Zeyu: Yagami Light, isn’t that the Matchmaker?」

「Qin Zeyu: Look, this notebook in my hand is bound to the Matchmaker, only the Matchmaker can use it, isn’t that the Marriage Book? Plus, it’s bound to a Pokémon Artifact Spirit only visible to the Matchmaker!

If this isn’t the Matchmaker, then what is! You round it up and I’m registering a marriage certificate for you in a way that’s witnessed by the heavens and earth, with the sun and moon as proof, heart.」

「Chen Tianming: Hey, how can you be so evil, you’re making me cry, "Customer Service Xiao Xiang tearing up"」

「Chen Tianming: Who told you having a ’Yue’ in your name makes you the Matchmaker.」

「Qin Zeyu: What else then?」

「Chen Tianming: Now I get it, no wonder "Chen Sheng wants to say the world has suffered Qin for too long", turns out Chen Sheng’s Chen is the same as Chen Tianming’s Chen, and Qin is the same as Qin Zeyu’s Qin.」

「Wang Ze: Wait, Zeyu also has a Ze in his name, could it be he actually, in his heart, feels like brothers are the easiest to deceive, as long as he keeps pretending to lower their guard with the Nantong persona, so before they realize it, they all think I am joking?」

「Qin Zeyu:?」

「Qin Zeyu: Bro, are you pretending to play the Nantong meme but the truth is you’ve always been planning, are you kidding me?」

「Wang Ze: See, they still think I’m joking.」

「Chen Tianming: Speaking of which Wang Ze, your dorm at Nansang Middle School is known for turning off lights early, but also known for being noisy after lights out, what do you guys do?」

「Wang Ze: Hmm.」

「Zhang Haoyang: The Four Happiness Meatballs are continuously colliding 「Boom」「Boom」」

「Zhou Baowei: If even the roommate testifies, then it’s quite authoritative.」

「Wang Ze: hahahahahahaha——」

「Bai Bufan: What makes the lurking Bao Wei show up, could it be buddies or Four Happiness Meatballs, it’s so hard to guess.」

The group chat’s humor took another odd turn, but fortunately, Lin Li only showed Chen Yu Ying a short snippet of what Qin Zeyu just posted, leaving out the rest.

Those bits worthy of being considered precious historical materials, let’s save for secretly enjoying later without Chen Yu Ying knowing.

Moments later, the three of them arrived at the teaching building area of Pingjiang Middle School.

Their examination rooms were in different buildings, so they needed to split up at this point.

"Give me my clothes." Chen Yu Ying extended her hand, signaling Lin Li to give her the school uniform he was holding.

"Here," Lin Li nodded, then patted Chen Tianming, who was still debating with Qin Zeyu, signaling him to stop and pay attention, with a serious yet gentle expression, "Tianming."

Seeing Lin Li’s expression, Chen Tianming wanted to quickly step back, but his shoulder was held down.

Lin Li spoke gently:

"The exam is about to start, Tianming, Ying Bao, maintain a good mindset, remember, it’s normal for competition questions to be difficult, don’t let one or two difficult questions affect your mood, trust your usual accumulation and preparation."

"Make sure to read the questions carefully, word by word, at least twice, circle or underline key terms like maximum, minimum, existence, uniqueness, all, non-zero, etc., and understand what the question wants from you, what the conditions are."

"Start with the easy ones, for questions with no immediate idea, decisively mark them and move on, don’t spend too much time on a single question to avoid wasting time on questions you can do later..."

Chen Tianming, Chen Yu Ying: "(;☉_☉)?"

Who are you, dude!?

Xue Jian, get off Lin Li!!

This standard pre-exam advice, how could it come out of Lin Li’s mouth?

"Lin Li, say something not like a human, you’re scaring me..." Chen Tianming sincerely commented.

Chen Yu Ying slightly tilted her head, with her clear eyes that weren’t as attractive as Lin Li’s filled with confusion and doubt as well.

Lin Li didn’t speak upon hearing this, only showing concern:

"...When the last half-hour comes, even if you haven’t finished the paper, first check the questions you’ve already done, quickly verify the correctness using estimation, extreme cases, special value substitution, etc."

"Then start reviewing marked difficult questions, see if there are new thoughts, if you really find no way after attempting yourself, don’t keep writing on the desk, you can raise the paper above your head, look up and seek inspiration again."

"Why?" Chen Tianming squinted.

Lin Li: "Because no calculation beats divine intervention."

"..."

"Phew—" Chen Tianming released a relieved smile, temporarily breaking free from his nervous state, appreciatively tapping Lin Li on the shoulder:

"OK, OK, Lin Li you should have said so earlier. Next time, no more long maps of Yan Kingdom."

Chen Yu Ying also shook her head in amusement and slight helplessness.

"Just about all the reminders I can give," Lin Li remained calm though, checking through Chen Yu Ying’s document bag before asking Chen Tianming: "Tianming, did you confirm your admission ticket and stationery?"

Chen Tianming quickly fished through his pockets, feeling relieved only after touching them.

Of course, it’s not that Chen Tianming worried he really forgot them, but when Lin Li asked, his first reaction was that Lin Li might have stolen them without him knowing.

"Why are you using a black pen?" Lin Li asked after glancing.

"What else but a black pen, a pencil?" Chen Tianming also asked back puzzledly.

"Tianming, do you know which color is the smartest, especially for you," Lin Li reached into his pocket, took out a pen while asking: "Here, use this pen to answer, it might get you a few more points."