What?!
All the students in Class 1 perked up.
Wang Youfu, standing at the door, seemed satisfied but didn’t spoil the surprise.
He Siyue came to his senses and went forward to take the new sheet.
As he had anticipated, the first row was indeed refreshed.
Shen Xingruo: Chinese 133, Mathematics 150, English 149, History 93, Politics 93, Geography 100, Total score 718.
Grade ranking: 1.
Class ranking: 1.
With a score that pulled 41 points ahead of the one in second place.
The students in Class 1 were still a bit stunned, trying to figure out what Wang Youfu meant by “many multiple-choice questions couldn’t be read by the machine.” What kind of magical plot twist was this?
Soon, the bell rang for the end of class.
Almost instinctively, everyone dropped their pens and rushed to the back of the classroom.
“Damn… 718!”
“First in the grade!”
“I remember the previous first in the grade was Wang Ziyue from Class 2, with 687 points, right?”
“It was 678, one point higher than He Siyue.”
“Oh my god, Shen Xingruo got full marks in both Math and Geography. No wonder she only got 90 in Math. So she didn’t even read the multiple-choice questions for Math worth 60 points…”
Lu Xingyan didn’t get up, just glanced back, almost hearing what everyone was saying.
Shen Xingruo was still working on her math mock exam. Except for when Wang Youfu stood at the door and she glanced up, she was busy calculating the rest of the time.
Lu Xingyan tapped her desk with a pen. “Hey.”
“Don’t disturb,” she said.
She was working on the last major problem, and the process was complex. She was used to mental calculations and couldn’t handle distractions.
Unaware of this, Lu Xingyan, taking advantage of the situation, tapped her head with the pen again.
Shen Xingruo suddenly stopped, turned her head slightly, and looked at him. “Do you want to die?”
Lu Xingyan: “…”
After three minutes, Shen Xingruo finally finished the last problem. She put down her pen and the first-year chicks who had gathered to see the results also ran over.
Li Chengfan, with an exaggerated look of surprise, came over and occupied He Siyue’s desk. He turned around and shouted at Shen Xingruo, “Sister Ruo, you’re too awesome! Your total score seems to be exactly twice as much as Yan Ge’s!”
Lu Xingyan grabbed the Rubik’s Cube on Shen Xingruo’s desk and threw it at him. “Can you shut up for a minute or two, or do you want to die?”
Li Chengfan’s mind might not be the sharpest, but he was quick on his feet. He leaned to the side and dodged quickly.
From behind, Shi Qin wrapped her arms around Shen Xingruo’s neck, shouting for her to bring out the exam paper for everyone to see.
Shen Xingruo wasn’t used to this kind of close friendship between girls, but she didn’t refuse. She retrieved the exam paper from her desk and handed it to Shi Qin.
If Shi Qin were a host, she’d be a master of comedic relief. As soon as she saw the exam paper, her eyes widened. “Your Chinese essay scored 58. What kind of divine essay is this?”
“Let me see, let me see!”
Many people crowded around to take a look, and then there was a chorus of praises and compliments.
He Siyue also saw Shen Xingruo’s math paper. Except for the last major problem, the rest of the math paper wasn’t too difficult. He Siyue himself only solved the first part and had some ideas for the second part right before the exam ended, but it was too late to write it down.
But Shen Xingruo had answered everything, neatly and beautifully. Her answers were precise as if she had perfectly grasped the hearts of the examiners. Every scoring point was written clearly.
After reading it, he was convinced.
Only the girls who had mocked Shen Xingruo before, sitting at the back of the classroom, were as quiet as salted chicken, silently returning to their seats, grabbing their bags, and leaving.
Shi Qin and Li Chengfan, on the other hand, seemed like the captains of the fan clubs under the Weibo posts of internet celebrities. They exchanged compliments back and forth, and the onlookers nodded in agreement.
Yes, yes. Leader Fan is right.
Back in the dorm, there was a queue for showering and getting ready for bed, so everyone didn’t linger in the classroom for too long.
Shi Qin returned to her seat to pack her bag, while Shen Xingruo had already finished all her homework, so there was nothing for her to tidy up.
As people dispersed, even Lu Xingyan picked up Shen Xingruo’s exam paper to take a look.
No wonder she didn’t work on her error book during evening self-study.
“She’s quite something, Miss High and Mighty,” Lu Xingyan joked lightly.
“I told you, I think I did pretty well,” Shen Xingruo replied.
“…,” Lu Xingyan was at a loss for words.
Back on the playground, he had thought she was too upset to accept the truth, hence her incoherent speech.
Shen Xingruo took out the milk she hadn’t finished from her bag and asked as she punctured it with a straw, “Why did you speak up for me during the day?”
“What?”
“Li Ting and the others.”
Shen Xingruo lifted the milk to her lips, taking a sip while glancing at him.
She remembered.
“Oh, I wasn’t standing up for you, don’t get me wrong,” Lu Xingyan said.
“…,” Shen Xingruo was silent.
Wrong about what?
But the next second, the milk in her hand was suddenly empty.
“You’re my desk mate, and you live in my house. If people are talking about you like that, I’d be losing face,” Lu Xingyan shrugged his backpack onto one shoulder, shook the empty milk carton, and casually walked out. “Alright, see you tomorrow.”