Chapter 74: A Vicious Cycle, Shock After Shock?
"That’s right!"
"You all heard me correctly!"
"In our class, for this city-wide mock unified exam, we really do have a student who achieved a perfect score in Chinese!"
Ye Xiangying looked out at her students and spoke slowly.
Receiving her definitive confirmation, everyone present couldn’t help but stare with wide eyes!
This was especially true for Li Minghao. His mouth hung slightly open, and the hand holding his test paper began to tremble uncontrollably.
With a look of utter disbelief, he whipped his head around to glance at Gu Yifan, as if he wanted to say something but couldn’t find the words.
Seeing the shocked look on his face, Gu Yifan already had a good idea of what was happening.
’That’s right!’
’Who else could it be? That perfect score in Chinese had to be mine.’
He had originally thought a point or two would have been intentionally docked from his essay; that was standard practice for Chinese teachers.
They often deducted a point or two from essays to keep students from getting arrogant. This was why some students’ official college entrance exam scores would often be a few points higher than their usual grades.
Besides, everyone’s interpretation of reading comprehensions and essays is different, so docking a point or two was considered perfectly normal.
’I can’t believe I didn’t get any points taken off this time.’
’Not bad, not bad at all!’
’Looks like the teachers at Mountain City First Middle School really know quality when they see it!’ Gu Yifan thought, shamelessly pleased with himself.
He was calm, but the rest of the class had erupted into chaos!
In an instant, a storm of shock crashed through everyone’s minds.
"Holy shit!"
"Fucking awesome!"
"It’s actually real!"
"No way, someone actually got a perfect 150 in Chinese? They didn’t even lose points on the essay?"
"Damn... In our class? Who is it?"
"Holy crap, when did our class get a god-like student like that!"
"Yeah, I’m so curious now. Who got the perfect score in Chinese?"
"Me too!"
"+1!"
...
The students were all discussing and speculating among themselves.
Ye Xiangying didn’t keep them in suspense for long. She swept her gaze across the students, her eyes finally landing on Gu Yifan.
After pulling her gaze back, she looked at the class and said slowly, "Ahem... I was originally planning to talk about this later, but since the class representative brought it up, I’ll go ahead and address it now!"
As her voice fell, everyone turned their attention to her, their faces filled with curiosity as they waited for the answer.
She was really milking the suspense for all it was worth!
"Ahem... I’m sure you’re all very curious who this student is, right?"
"I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. The student who achieved the outstanding result of a perfect score on this mock Chinese exam is our very own Gu Yifan!"
Ye Xiangying announced slowly to the class.
"..."
When they heard the name "Gu Yifan," everyone was once again plunged into shock!
"Holy moly!"
Wang Zibo was the first to react. He whipped his head around and stared at Gu Yifan in utter shock.
"Brother Fan, I didn’t mishear that, did I?"
"The teacher just said you got a perfect 150 in Chinese, right?!"
"Holy shit!"
"Fucking awesome!!!"
He said, trembling with excitement, looking as if he were the one who had scored 150!
Compared to his friend’s excitement, Gu Yifan, who was already prepared for this, appeared much calmer.
"Don’t get so worked up. Calm down."
Gu Yifan looked at him calmly and said flatly.
"Uh..."
Wang Zibo froze for a second, then got even more excited. "Holy shit, Brother Fan, this is 150 points! A perfect score in Chinese! I can’t calm down!"
Gu Yifan: "..."
Meanwhile, Han Ning, who was sitting diagonally across the middle of the room, felt her large, doll-like eyes light up. She couldn’t help but clench her small fists, a flicker of surprise in her eyes, but it was overshadowed by happiness.
At that moment, she seemed to have completely forgotten that Gu Yifan had just made her angry that very morning!
An uproar went through the class.
"Holy crap... the perfect score in Chinese was Gu Yifan!"
"Yeah, I definitely didn’t see that coming!"
"A perfect score in Chinese, number one among all the high schools in the entire city!"
"If this were the actual college entrance exam, he’d be the top scorer for a single subject!"
"That bastard Gu Yifan never seemed this amazing before. To think he’d just quietly snag a perfect score in Chinese!"
"Amazing!"
"I’m so jealous!"
...
After the class came back to their senses, they started whispering amongst themselves again.
Gu Yifan’s usual grades were always near the top, but he had never scored this high before!
This was a perfect score in Chinese!
A stunning achievement you might only see once in a lifetime!
However, just as they were reeling with shock and disbelief, their homeroom teacher Ye Xiangying’s next words completely "detonated" the entire classroom!
"CLAP! CLAP!"
"Quiet!"
"Everyone, settle down!"
"I’m not finished speaking yet!"
"Quiet down and let me finish!"
Ye Xiangying clapped her hands to quiet the class, then spoke again.
"Hm?"
Everyone in the classroom once again turned to look at her, their eyes filled with confusion.
"Ahem... For this city-wide mock unified exam, not only did the highest score for a single subject come from our class, but the number one student for the total score in the entire city is also from our class!"
Ye Xiangying leaned forward, her hands planted on the lectern, as she slowly delivered the news to her students.
The moment her words fell, the entire class collectively sucked in a sharp breath!
For a moment, everyone was too stunned to speak.
Holy hell!
First in the entire city!
The significance of that was far more staggering than Gu Yifan’s perfect score in a single subject!
The senior classes of all the high schools in the city added up to at least twenty thousand students!
Even if you split them into arts and science tracks, that was still more than ten thousand people!
To take first place in the entire city among so many people meant that a spot in Qingbei was practically in the bag!
In fact, even without taking the college entrance exam, the school would probably fucking recommend you for admission to any university in the country!
Any university in the nation, your choice!
Wasn’t this what more than ten years of arduous study was all for?!
In that instant, aside from shock and curiosity, the only thing left in everyone’s hearts was pure envy!
Just then, Ye Xiangying spoke again. "Of course, besides having the student with the top total score in the city, the top scorer for every single subject is also in our class!"
Everyone: "..."
This...
Everyone’s eyes widened again as they stared at their homeroom teacher on the podium as if they were looking at a ghost!
They were completely overwhelmed.
The successive shocks were becoming too much for them to handle!
Ye Xiangying was very satisfied with her students’ reactions. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly.
After all, when the subject scores were tallied last night and she heard the news, she had tossed and turned in bed, too excited to sleep the entire night!
In the middle of the night, she even slapped her husband awake and, in her excitement, ’rewarded’ him three times!
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