You could say they were clever and liked to study, or that they were study machines.
But you should never equate moral character with academic achievement.
Hearing such words now only made him feel sick to his stomach.
"In this apocalyptic world, how long we can survive is anyone's guess. If you want to keep her for yourself, you need to find your own food. But just look outside, it's all zombies. Where can you search? We have to be realistic. Some things aren't that important. We can swear, just this once, take it as a trade. We'll give you a third of our food. If you ration it, you could live at least another half a month. Maybe in that half month, we'll get out of this damned place," he said, while persuading with a charm of his own.
Gao Shang pushed up his glasses, eating his food while slowly swaying him.
"Impossible," the boyfriend of the couple rejected him, but his refusal seemed hesitant.