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Ethan!

Ethan!

Can you hear me?

Ethan!

Ethan!

Ethan!

Ethan, can you hear me?

Ethan!

Ethan!

Dad,

help me.

Ethan!

Ethan!

Dad,

help me.

Dad.

Ethan!

Ethan!

Dad.

How could you do this?

Are you even human?

Don't you guys have kids?

You're all monsters.

I won't let you get away with this!

Corbin,

that's enough.

He's useless if he's dead.

I could've had one.

What are you going to do?

I'm going.

I'll tell you later.

Where are you going?

I'll tell you later.

You guys at the bottom of the class,

please don't cause me any more trouble, okay?

Liam, come here.

Come.

I didn't call for you two.

Go home.

Jackie,

your grades have dropped.

You need to study hard.

If you get...

Sorry about last night's noise.

You're Eliot, right?

I'm Jackie.

We're classmates.

I heard you scored over 560.

May I come to your place tonight?

What happened to your dad's eye?

Yes, I am Eliot.

I know we're classmates.

I got 561.

His eye? He asked for it.

No more noise from now on.

Why do you wanna come to my place?

I want to study with you.

I don't.

But...

But if I stay at home with my mom,

we'll fight.

It'll be very noisy.

You wouldn't want that.

I promise

I won't disturb you in your room.

Fine. You can come.

But you must stay quiet.

I never doubted that she loves me

more than anyone else in the world.

But what is love?

Watching over you from afar.

Tell you it's okay when you're hurt

and promise everything will be fine.

But my mom is different.

"For your own good,"

you must listen.

"For your own good,"

you can't choose your own life.

It's all "for your own good."

Jackie,

have this soup before you go to Eliot's home.

I'm not hungry.

You can't study on an empty stomach.

At least have the chicken soup.

That Liam

is last in your class.

You should stop hanging out with low-ranked students.

It's good you want to study with Eliot.

Learn from good students like him,

okay?

I know.

So many things have happened.

I feel bad too.

But what can we do?

Stop thinking about it.

It only makes you feel worse.

Okay, anything you say.

From now on, I'll focus on studying.

But you can't disturb me.

Sure.

I'm glad that you said that.

Come on. Have some soup.

I put herbs in it today.

Try some.

Good?

The neighbor is coming over tonight.

Jackie?

I'm warning you,

if you peek again,

I'll blind your other eye too.

Why would I peek at you?

Don't talk nonsense.

Alright, alright.

No peeking.

No peeking.

One more bite.

Here.

Tastes good?

Here.

Here.

Don't complain. I don't cook for just anyone.

I'm not hungry.

Liam,

what's wrong with you?

Your parents worked so hard to send you here.

But you cause trouble every day.

And your scores are terrible.

Other teachers

would have expelled you already.

As if grades aren't all you care about.

You ignored everything that happened here.

I've been here five years.

All the students were fine.

Nothing happened.

Many thanked me after getting into their dream college.

I don't know what's wrong this year.

Our class is all problem kids.

Just stop caring about them

and focus on studying.

Good scores

can change your life.

Do you really not see anything wrong?

What could be wrong?

Under Professor Kang's leadership,

we've produced 18 top scorers in 20 years.

This record is no joke.

Even if it costs human lives?

Human lives?

Stop talking nonsense.

Eat your noodles.

I found this in Professor Kang's office.

Yvette Huang.

Stephanie Wu.

Chloe Wang.

This is...

I checked.

Everyone on this list is from a poor family,

just like Chloe.

They don't have many relatives.

Half of them have been expelled.

It must be a list of poor students.

The crossed-out names.

I can't reach any of them.

It's like they vanished.

What a coincidence!

Every one of them.

This is Smart Town's secret.

Every student's death is connected to this.

They all disappeared.

Check it out yourself

if you still don't believe.

See if those people are still alive.

Something's definitely going on here.

The school and the townspeople are in cahoots.

Impossible.

Impossible.

This is impossible.

You turn a blind eye to evil.

You're helping them.

You're part of this!

Liam!

That's enough.

I would never hurt my students.

I came to Smart to save

students who gave up on themselves

after failing the exam.

That's why I admire Professor Kang.

He's been trying to save you.

He's...

Jackie

knows about this too?

Who else knows?

What's been happening?

Is Corbin behind all this?

Every poor student he dealt with went missing.

Go look into this.

Lock the door.

Listen.

I don't care what you do.

But don't disturb me

or talk to me.

I won't.

I'll leave through the window later.

Please keep this between us.

Why do you study all the time?

Don't you get tired?

Dealing with people is more tiring.

Everyone hides their feelings.

I hate guessing.

But working through exam questions is different.

You either get it right or wrong.

There's always a clear answer.

And cracking tough questions feels amazing.

I'm in the zone today.

Gonna do more questions.

You already got into the college you wanted.

So why come here?

I want a perfect score.

Is that a joke?

No.

I want a perfect score.

By the way,

my dad said there's an elite class here.

Anyone from our class got into it?

Yes.

Jared.

And Chloe.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

That's why I hate dealing with people.

Yeah, right. "Nothing."

Now, stop talking to me.

Then I'm leaving.

What now?

Nothing.

Jackie still hasn't come?

Can we leave now?

Fine.

Let's go.

Over here.

Who?

Who's there?

Someone's there!

- Let's go. - Stop right there!

Don't let them run away.

Hurry, Jared!

Come on!

I can't.

Can't run anymore.

I'm out.

You run that way.

I'll draw them off.

Come on, run.

Go, hurry!

Stop right there!

If I catch you, you're dead!

Anyone seen them?

Go check the teacher's dormitory area.

Who's it?

What?

I'll explain later.

Let me hide here.

What did you get yourself into?

Who's there?

Who are you guys?

Does Professor Kang allow this?

If not, you can't go in!

Stop!

You can't go in!

Check one by one.

You can't go in!

Who's it?

It's so late.

What do you want?

Hey!

Don't touch my stuff!

Don't touch it.

Hey!

Stop disturbing the teachers, okay?

Help! Don't come after me!

Over there!

Catch him!

Guys, don't let him get away!

Thanks. You can go back.

Liam.

Liam?

Jackie,

have this chicken soup.

What happened to you?

I was doing great last night.

Solved so many tough problems.

It was dawn before I knew it.

What does that have to do with your leg?

Last night, Jared and I saw Jason and his mom

go into a warehouse.

Townspeople guarded it.

What's that place for?

They spotted us before we got close.

But the expelled students on the list

probably went there.

I can't figure out why.

Do you think this is linked to Ethan's disappearance?

Very likely.

Jared,

what's wrong with you?

Nothing.

Just feel very sleepy.

That's the smell!

Jared, what are you doing?

That's the smell!

What smell?

Jackie, your mom made this for you, right?

It tastes...

just like the elite class's food.

The leaves and fruit both have the same effect.

They can make you smarter.

So I guess

the top students are all eating this stuff.

Come on. Have some soup.

I put herbs in it today.

Try some.

Wait, I still want some!

Where are you going?

Stop them!

Where are you going?

Where are you going?

What are you doing?

- Let go! - You can't leave!

Let go!

Let go!

Let go!

Let go!

Liam!

Calm down! What happened?

Don't move!

What's going on?

Go after Jackie.

Go!

Come to the office.

Back to the office.

First,

welcome all new parents.

My name is Peter Fu.

Starting today,

I'll help

lighten your load.

- Hope we get along well. - Welcome.

Thank you.

Good.

Thanks.

About the herbs I gave you,

have your kids eaten them?

- Yes. - Yes.

What happened?

Want to share?

David?

My daughter felt

her homework had become much easier.

Right?

My son too.

He used to doze off over test papers.

Now he won't.

Improved, huh?

Anyone else?

You?

He can solve things he couldn't before.

All his scores went up.

Yeah.

The tests become so easy.

Everyone's doing better.

That's great.

Come on.

Let's give it up for yourselves.

It's amazing.

Thank you all for sharing.

Trust me.

Follow my guidance.

Your kids will have no problem

getting into the elite class.

They can even get into their dream college easily!

Okay?

Great!

What you plant today

decides

what blooms tomorrow.

Your work today decides

- what you harvest tomorrow. - Jackie?

Right?

- Jackie. - Yes.

Just follow my guidance...

Jackie!

I wanna eat it.

I wanna eat it.

I wanna eat it.

I wanna eat it.

Why are you back?

Shouldn't you be in class?

Where is that stuff?

What stuff?

You skipped class and question me?

What?

Where is the stuff you put in my food?

Jared!

Jared, is this the smell?

Jared, stop eating.

Spit it out!

Jared!

Spit it out!

Let go of me!

Spit it out!

Who gave you that stuff?

Tell me! Who gave you that stuff?

Eliot's dad gave it to me.

Is something wrong with it?

Is something wrong with it?

After hearing my words,

you all feel more confident now, right?

Yes...

- Trust me... - Where did you get this?

This...

Tell me who gave you this stuff!

- Jared! - Give it to me.

- Jared! - Give it to me.

- Give it to me. - Kids,

don't fight.

Something wrong with those leaves?

Those leaves are dangerous. Can't eat them!

What problem could they have?

If there was a problem,

- would I give them to my own son? - The elite class's food!

Hear that? I didn't lie to you.

- The elite class's food! - The same smell!

This boy is Jared,

a former elite class student.

He also eats it.

- The school won't give bad food - Spit it out!

to the elite class, right?

Chair Fu,

please give us more.

Give us more.

Believe me.

Wait, just give us more.

Are you all crazy?

You'd risk anything just for an elite class spot?

Is it okay

if your kids die like Chloe?

That won't happen.

So many students died, and you don't care at all?

Jackie.

Jackie,

stop it.

Listen.

Hands off! You're just as crazy as all of them!

Ms. He, if Jackie doesn't want them,

can I have her leaves?

Jackie, come back!

Jackie, don't go!

Ms. He.

Jackie, come back!

Don't go!

Get out of my way!

Jackie!

Jackie, come back!

Let go of me!

Jackie, come back!

Get out of my way!

Jackie, don't go!

Get out of my way!

Go away!

Jackie, come back!

Mr. Wu,

keep an eye on Jared.

Don't let him eat anything strange.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr. Gao.

I'll take my leave now.

Take care.

Take care.

Where's Liam?

Professor Kang took him.

Come in.

What's this?

A rare herb from the mountains.

How did you get it?

Are all elite class students taking it?

This herb

can boost their brainpower a bit.

So I have them take it in moderation.

Does it have side effects?

What are you getting at?

Godfrey,

you've worked here for years.

Has anything ever happened to the elite class?

Chloe.

Jade.

Jun-hong.

And those elite class students.

Are their deaths connected to this thing?

As for whether their deaths are connected to this...

You handled the cases yourself. How could you not know?

I saw Jared

eating this like a madman!

That's his own problem.

Under my strict dosage,

there are zero side effects.

Zero side effects?

Fine.

Since this stuff is so great,

I'll go tell everyone.

No!

Why not?

If it's so great,

shouldn't everyone use it?

Theoretically, yes.

But it's too rare.

People might abuse it.

So supply stays limited.

I only give it to the elite class.

They're the hardest-working kids.

If you tell everyone,

they'll stop studying

and rely on it.

Then the elite class students

will lose their edge.

Professor Kang,

I came to this school because I admired you.

I've always thought you're incredible.

You can completely transform struggling students.

Give them a second chance.

I wanted to save those students

who once failed the exam.

Get them into better colleges.

Help them live a better life.

That's great.

Godfrey,

well said.

We need teachers like you.

But I was wrong.

I was stupid enough to believe rules alone

could improve scores.

I shouldn't have blindly trusted you.

I harmed so many students.

Where's Liam?

The mayor's men took him away.

Said they needed to investigate something.

Go get Liam.

He's here.

Where did Jackie go?

Calm down.

Don't worry.

Maybe she's just upset, like last time.

She'll be back after calming down.

So don't wander around.

Go wait at home.

You don't want to miss her

when she comes back.

Chair Fu!

Here we go again.

You're back!

Please give me some herbs, Mr. Fu!

Chair Fu!

Chair Fu!

Just help us, please.

Chair Fu!

give me some more herbs.

Chair Fu!

open the door.

I saw you just now.

Chair Fu!

You didn't notice me?

It's me!

Please give me some more herbs!

Chair Fu!

open the door!

Can you hear me?

Chair Fu!

please give me some herbs!

Just a little more!

Chair Fu!

Jackie.

Jackie,

stop it.

Listen.

Hands off!

You're just as crazy as all of them!

Ms. He, if Jackie doesn't want them,

can I have her leaves?

Jackie, don't go!

Jackie, come back!

Why are you so useless?!

Why are you so useless?!

So useless!

Jackie!

Dad.