Chapter 46
In the office, the moods of the Class 1 teachers were more complicated than the next, especially Zhou Xia.
Compared to the grin she couldn’t wipe off her face, Chen Jiang’s expression was somewhat ugly. “This is too ridiculous.”
Who could argue? It was absurd. A student who usually did math problems during English class, the only one to hand in the English paper early, actually scored full marks in English! And he was the only one in the entire school to do so! Zhou Xia hadn’t dared to dream of such a ridiculous thing.
Chen Jiang looked at Chi Aibei’s math paperâscore: 63âand sank into contemplation for the umpteenth time… Logically, he should be happy that Chi Aibei raised his math score from eight points to sixty-three in such a short time. But unfortunately, this sixty-three was the lowest score among all his subjects. Even in Chinese, he scored 102.
Chinese teacher: “Did this child really not cheat?”
Zhou Xia laughed as she spoke. “I don’t know about other subjects, but he definitely didn’t cheat in English. Putting aside that I stared at him the whole exam, he’s the only one in the whole school with a perfect score.”
As angry as Zhou Xia was on the day of the exam, her mood today was equally beautiful. Looking at the clean and clear perfect answer sheet, she couldn’t even bring herself to be angry at the few students in Class 1 who underperformed.
Zhou Xia looked at the math paper in Chen Jiang’s hand. “Tsk tsk, this child’s bias in subjects is a bit severe. Next time he does math problems in my class, I promise not to scold him.”
Chen Jiang: “…” Are you made of thorns? You just aim straight for the heart!
Zhou Xia said cheerfully, “Teacher Chen, your complexion doesn’t look too good. How about I switch this period with you? I’ll go teach Class 1 first, and you rest.”
Watching Zhou Xia leave with the papers, Chen Jiang said speechlessly, “How come she didn’t die of anger on the day of the exam?”
…
When the class bell rang, everyone was preparing for the announcement of the exam results. However, when they saw Zhou Xia walk into the classroom instead of Chen Jiang, internal alarm bells suddenly rang.
Isn’t this the homeroom teacher’s class? Why is Sister Xia here?
Usually, this situation meant they tested so poorly that Zhou Xia couldn’t wait until her own class to scold them, so she switched with the homeroom teacher.
Just as the whole class held their breath and mentally prepared to be scolded, they realized Zhou Xia seemed a bit different from usual. If one had to pinpoint the difference, it was probably the smile on her face that she couldn’t hide.
The whole class: “…” Did she go crazy from anger?
Zhou Xia couldn’t resist glancing toward the window seat. She cleared her throat. “Your Teacher Chen isn’t feeling well. We’ll have English first this period.”
Seeing Zhou Xia put down the English papers, no one dared to breathe loudly. But the next second, they heard her say, “In this exam, someone in our class gave me an unexpected result.”
Hearing this, the students who knew they didn’t do well silently lowered their presence.
After her habitual pause, Zhou Xia smiled even more amiably. “The only perfect score in the whole school. Guess who it is?”
Did they even need to guess?
Everyone looked at Lin Xiu.
Chi Aibei’s flattery followed immediately. “Brother is amazing.”
Jiang Yu turned back to look at Lin Xiu. The only perfect score meant he hadn’t beaten Lin Xiu this time either. Although he was used to being the eternal second place, knowing he hadn’t won still made him feel unwilling. “Next time I’ll definitely beat you…”
Before Jiang Yu could finish, he heard Zhou Xia call out, “Chi Aibei.”
Chi Aibei was still immersed in the joy of Lin Xiu getting a perfect score and didn’t hear Zhou Xia call him. By the time Zhou Xia called a second time, the whole classâincluding Lin Xiuâhad their eyes fixed on him.
Chi Aibei stood up a beat too late. “Present.”
Lin Yang whispered, “Sister Xia is too harsh. Just finished praising the perfect score and now calling out the last place. That’s too cruel.”
Zhou Xia kept a straight face, but her tone lacked its usual anger. “You kid, not bad.”
Except for Chi Aibei, no one understood what this meant. Although he didn’t know how much he scored in English, it definitely wasn’t last place. Zhou Xia was probably surprised too.
Zhou Xia glanced once more at the paper that satisfied her greatly. “You took the only perfect score in the whole school.”
The classroom went silent for a moment. The next second, an uproar erupted.
“What the hell?”
“The perfect score is Chi Aibei?”
“How is that possible?”
“The perfect score isn’t Lin Xiu?”
“How could it be Chi Aibei?”
Yeah, how could it be Chi Aibei?
Jiang Yu snapped his head around. Seeing Lin Xiu also looking at Chi Aibei with disbelief, Jiang Yu dared to confirm he hadn’t heard wrong.
Lin Yang was dumbfounded. He still remembered how he mocked Chi Aibei for boasting a few days ago. The result… the result was that he got a perfect score?
Zhou Xia knocked on the blackboard. “Quiet down. Chi Aibei, come get your paper.”
Chi Aibei was surprised himself. He knew he didn’t do badly in English, but he didn’t expect a perfect score. Seeing everyone’s surprised expressions, he suddenly regretted it a little. Should he have been more low-key and not scored so well right off the bat?
But the questions on the paper were too simple.
Before he was born, because his parents’ opinions were overly aligned, they arranged foreign language classes for him starting from kindergarten. Later, after his parents passed away, the big lawyer, in order to carry out his parents’ last wishes, always sent him to foreign language schools. He didn’t dare say he knew eight languages, but he could show off two or three. After all, it was his parents’ wish, and he didn’t want to let them down.
At the other end of the classroom, He Chenjiang, who had been tilting his chair back, brought the chair legs down with a clang. However, the noise in the classroom was so loud no one noticed him.
Watching Chi Aibei go to the podium to collect his paper, He Chenjiang felt a dull pain in his face amidst his shock… This is the fool I looked down on? This is the last-place student I despised?
Chi Aibei retrieved his paper and looked at Lin Xiu somewhat shyly.
Lin Xiu glanced at the paper. It was clean and tidy; even the English letters were written beautifully. He remembered Chi Aibei saying his English wasn’t bad, but they hadn’t believed him.
Lin Xiu frowned. He understood him less and less. Was his poor academic performance before all an act?
Lin Yang looked at Chi Aibei’s paper. “Holy crap, holy crap. Little Fool, youâyou were playing the pig to eat the tiger? And talking about surpassing me in two months… were you playing me?”
Chi Aibei said, “I wasn’t. I’m just okay at English.”
Lin Yang pointed at the perfect score. “You call this ‘just okay’?”
By the next period, Chinese class, hearing Chi Aibei’s score of 102, Lin Yang nearly fainted. He pinched his own philtrum, turned around with twitching eyes, and mouthed to Chi Aibei, “You call this just okay?”
Did you forget that half a month ago your total score for all subjects didn’t exceed thirty points?!
By math class, Lin Yang finally witnessed his weaknessâ63 points.
This score finally balanced Lin Yang’s mind a little. But thinking carefully… wait, something wasn’t right. Last exam, he only got eight points in math, and the total for all subjects was less than thirty. How long had it been? At this rate, forget two months; his rank as ninth in the grade might not be safe by next month!
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