Chapter 73: Perfect Score in Language Arts? Everyone’s Shock
"Brother Fan, what are you doing?"
"Am I the kind of person who only cares about money?"
Wang Zibo said self-righteously.
SLAP.
Another fifty-yuan bill was slapped down in front of him.
"Er... Brother Fan, you’re a great judge of character!"
Wang Zibo’s eyes lit up as he hurriedly stuffed the sixty yuan from the table into his pocket.
"So... Brother Fan, are you thirsty? Should I go get you some water? Are you tired? Want me to give you a little massage?"
Heh heh~
He asked, looking at Gu Yifan with a sycophantic smile.
"Scram!"
Gu Yifan gave him a sidelong glance and said with a deadpan expression.
"You got it!"
...
RING RING—RING RING—
Soon, the bell for the morning reading session rang.
Just as the Chinese class representative was about to tell everyone to take out their textbooks for morning reading, the homeroom teacher, Ye Xiangying, walked in from outside the classroom, holding a thick stack of test papers.
She waved at the class and said, "Morning reading is canceled today. Class representative, come up and help pass out the mock exam papers!"
The moment she said that, the entire classroom erupted into a commotion.
"Holy crap... The tests are graded already?"
"That was seriously fast!"
"Yeah!"
"I’m suddenly getting nervous, what should I do?"
"I have a feeling I bombed it!"
...
Many students in the class began to whisper among themselves.
To spare everyone’s feelings, it was no longer common practice to read out names and scores one by one, unlike in middle school.
Amid the tense atmosphere, the Chinese class representative—Li Minghao—walked up to the podium, took the test papers from Homeroom Teacher Ye Xiangying, and began distributing them by name.
Before long, many students had received their tests. Some broke into surprised smiles upon seeing their scores, while others’ faces fell instantly. Still others remained expressionless, looking as if they couldn’t care less.
As he glanced at the scores of the students who usually did well in Chinese, the corners of Li Minghao’s mouth curled up slightly. ’Looks like I’m still number one in the class for Chinese!’
Sigh.
’It’s so lonely at the top. There’s no one who can even put up a fight!’
’Only the top Chinese students from Class 1 are even a match for me!’
He thought to himself.
"Han Ning, here’s your test. You did great, 125 points!"
"Heh heh heh..."
Li Minghao said with a fawning laugh, his square, acne-covered face nearly splitting from his wide smile.
"Thanks."
Han Ning took her test without even looking up, her voice devoid of expression.
Li Minghao wasn’t the least bit bothered by Han Ning’s attitude.
’She was the school goddess, after all!’
’It’s normal for her to be a little moody and aloof!’
’Countless people were already jealous that I get to be in the same class and see her every day!’
’Let alone being able to talk to her this close up.’
He smiled faintly, then turned to continue passing out the tests, soon reaching the area where Gu Yifan and his friends were seated.
"96 points?"
Li Minghao froze for a moment when he got to Wang Zibo’s test.
He glanced at Wang Zibo in surprise, finding the score unbelievable.
"Class rep, is that mine?"
Wang Zibo asked, unable to hide his eagerness.
"Huh?"
"Oh, right. This is yours."
Li Minghao quickly looked away and handed him the test.
"Aha!"
"96 points?"
Wang Zibo’s eyes lit up when he saw his score.
’I finally passed!’
"Heh heh..."
He said happily.
Keep in mind, before this, the best he could ever manage in Chinese was somewhere in the eighties.
"Wang Zibo, not bad! You’ve made huge progress this time!"
"Keep up the hard work!"
He patted Wang Zibo’s shoulder and smiled, giving him a look that said, ’I see great potential in you.’
Wang Zibo was so immersed in his joy that he didn’t pay any mind.
Seeing Wang Zibo’s ecstatic expression, Li Minghao curled his lip in disdain. ’Getting this happy over a measly 96? With my 135, shouldn’t I be ascending to the heavens?’
’What an unsophisticated display. His perspective is just too narrow!’
He shot Wang Zibo a look, shook his head slightly without another word, and continued passing out the tests according to the names on top.
"Huh???"
Suddenly!
His eyes bulged like a bull’s, and he looked as if he had just seen a ghost!
"150 points?!!!"
He froze, raised a hand to rub his eyes, then looked down again at the test in his hand. The bright red "150" on the paper was so glaring it nearly blinded him!
He hurriedly glanced at the owner’s name on the test paper.
"Gu Yifan?"
His eyes widened even further, practically bulging from their sockets.
Seeing Li Minghao standing before him looking like he’d seen a ghost, Gu Yifan couldn’t help but frown.
’This can’t be right!’
’Impossible!’
’How could he possibly get a score this high!’
’Besides, 150 points... how can a score like that even exist?’
’The teacher must have gotten it wrong!’
’Yes, that has to be it!’
Li Minghao stood frozen in place, muttering to himself as if possessed.
"Hm?"
Hearing Li Minghao’s indistinct muttering, Gu Yifan frowned even more deeply.
’Muttering to himself?’
’Seriously, what’s with this guy?’
’Has he lost his mind?’
He thought, speechless.
"Teacher!"
"There’s a problem with this test paper!"
Just then, Li Minghao abruptly lifted his head and shouted toward Ye Xiangying at the front of the room.
Gu Yifan was startled by his sudden outburst.
’Fuck!’
’What the hell is wrong with this asshole?’
He shot Li Minghao a glare. ’If there weren’t so many people here, I’d stand up and snap his fucking neck on the spot!’
’Fucking asshole, what’s his problem, acting crazy in broad daylight!’
Li Minghao’s voice was so loud that everyone in the room involuntarily turned to look in his direction.
Ye Xiangying, who had been sitting beside the podium reviewing the tests, frowned when she heard him.
She stood up and looked at Li Minghao. "Class representative, what’s the problem with the test?"
"Teacher, the score on this test is 150... Did the grader make a mistake?"
Li Minghao said, holding up Gu Yifan’s test for her to see.
The classroom instantly erupted.
When they heard him say the test score was 150 points, everyone in the class stared in utter shock.
"Holy shit!"
"150 points???"
"Isn’t that a fucking perfect score?"
"This is the fucking Chinese exam we’re talking about!"
"Someone in our class actually got a perfect score of 150 on the Chinese exam?!!"
...
The class began to buzz with excitement, every single student shocked beyond belief.
Up at the podium, Ye Xiangying understood immediately upon hearing Li Minghao’s words.
She had originally planned to address it after all the tests were handed out, but she hadn’t expected Li Minghao to be the one to question it first.
Still, she could understand his skepticism.
After all, she had been just as shocked when she first saw the test herself.
’Well, since it’s come to this, I might as well explain.’
Under the gazes of the entire class, Ye Xiangying spoke calmly, "Class representative, there is no mistake with the score on that test."
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