he truly had not heard anything. Jiang Chan felt that she had done quite well on the math exam. At the time, she estimated that her score was probably close to full marks. As for how many points the grading teacher would actually give, that was still uncertain.
Yang Liuqing was a little disappointed. “That’s true. The teachers already told them not to talk about it in class, so it doesn’t affect the learning atmosphere. But that person is way too incredible, right? The exam was so hard and they still got full marks?”
Wen Jing spoke bluntly. “Whoever it is, being able to get full marks is already enough to be called a study god, right?”
Yu Jie nodded as well. Jiang Chan laughed and picked up her toiletries. “Does anyone need the bathroom? If not, I’ll shower first.”
Wen Jing and the others had already washed up. They each lay back on their beds, chatted about some gossip for a bit, then quieted down and read silently. Jiang Chan walked out with her hair loose. Right now her hair only reached a little below her ears, and she planned to grow it out.
Seeing the dorm quiet, everyone doing their own thing, Jiang Chan raised her brows in satisfaction and sat down on her bed. This time, she picked up the original language book by her pillow. If she did not read a little every day, it felt like something was missing.
Her eyes were on the foreign words on the page, but her thoughts had already drifted elsewhere. After this placement test, she needed to find a way to make money. Her first year of high school tuition had been covered by the orphanage, but for her second and third years, Jiang Chan would have to figure it out herself.
She did not have the nerve to keep relying on the orphanage for tuition. Besides, in the coming years, she would not have time to help manage the orphanage’s affairs.
She wondered whether there were scholarships at the school after the placement test. She had heard before that City High’s scholarships were very generous. Whether it was a monthly exam or a placement test, as long as you ranked in the top three, there would be a scholarship. The higher amounts could reach tens of thousands of yuan, and the lower ones were still several thousand yuan.
If she participated in competitions and won medals, the scholarships would be even more substantial. Jiang Chan was already considering whether she should also participate in those competitions during her high school years. Not for anything else, just to earn some scholarship money and living expenses.
Letting go of that thought, she saw that it was already eleven o’clock. Yu Jie put down her book, asked everyone for their opinion, then turned off the lights so they could sleep.
That night, teachers were almost all working late under the lamps, determined to finish tallying the placement test results. He Qinxue flipped open the score rankings. To be honest, the name at the very top was within his expectations.
The first time he saw Jiang Chan, he had felt she was a good student. Now it seemed his intuition had been correct. Seeing the unconcealed joy on He Qinxue’s face, others naturally felt a bit sour.
“Old He, you really picked up a treasure this time. Who exactly is this Jiang Chan? When she entered the school, her results were almost at the bottom. Then she jumped straight to first place in the placement test. Did she take a rocket or something?”
He Qinxue smiled happily. “Pure coincidence, pure coincidence. Maybe the child worked extremely hard over the summer.”
“Sigh, if Jiang Chan keeps up this momentum, the college entrance exam top scorer is basically guaranteed. When that happens, Old He’s gold medal teacher title will be secured. So enviable.”
“Being envious is useless. Who knew Jiang Chan’s grades would be this good? You can only say this is fate.”
They did not suspect Jiang Chan of cheating. After all, City High’s exam security was extremely strict. How could Jiang Chan possibly have access to the exam papers?
After joking around for a bit, He Qinxue picked up the ranking list, tucked the math papers under his arm, and headed into the classroom.
The classroom was tense. Everyone sat upright. When He Qinxue entered, all eyes immediately focused on the stack of papers under his arm.
He Qinxue cleared his throat lightly, suppressing the excitement of having a dark horse appear in his class. Truthfully, if his class produced a college entrance exam top scorer, his gold medal teacher status would be secure.
But what truly tested a teacher’s ability was not how many top students they had, but the overall average level of the class. Jiang Chan was outstanding, but the other students were not bad either.
With proper cultivation, they could all become key university material in the future. Looking at the students below staring at him with expectant eyes, He Qinxue put on a stern face.
“I am very dissatisfied with this exam. Although our class still ranked first in average math score, some students’ results have dropped significantly compared to before entering the class.”
Students who felt they had done poorly immediately lowered their heads. He Qinxue knocked on the desk.
“Of course, doing poorly once does not mean it will always be like this. Next, we will start handing out the papers.”
He Qinxue did not have the habit of announcing scores, or rather, he did not announce low scores. For high scores, he would mention them briefly.
“He Ya, 125.”
“Wow, 125? That’s so high. I barely got just over a hundred.”
“The academic monitor really is the academic monitor. She actually scored that much.”
He Ya went up to take her paper and returned to her seat. She acted as if she did not hear the discussions around her. Once everyone learned Jiang Chan’s score, they would realize her own score was nothing worth mentioning.
“Sun Xi, 129.”
Old He continued announcing scores. Sun Xi stood up, frowned slightly, and took his paper back.
Now everyone’s gaze turned to the podium, where only one paper remained. At this point, Jiang Chan was the only one in the class who had not received her paper. Yet she still sat calmly in her seat, without any sign of anticipation or nervousness.
The onlookers were about to die of anxiety.
Staring at that thin stack of paper, everyone waited. How many points had Jiang Chan scored? Old He had saved her for last. Could it be that she did exceptionally well?
Under the intense gaze of the entire class, Old He spoke again. “This time, Jiang Chan from our class did exceptionally well in math. Not only is she first in the class, she is also first in the grade. She is the only student in the entire grade to score full marks in math.”
With a loud boom, the classroom exploded.
No one had expected that this low key, unassuming student was actually a math powerhouse who scored full marks. Full marks. How was that even possible?
Under everyone’s gaze, Jiang Chan calmly took back her paper. In everyone’s eyes, she now wore the halo of a study god. With an exam where barely anyone passed, she had scored full marks. Was that even a score a human could achieve?
For the rest of the day, Class One’s students were almost completely crushed by Jiang Chan. Every teacher who entered first asked who Jiang Chan was, then routinely praised her.
By the end of the day, in the hearts of Class One’s students, Jiang Chan had completely shed her mortal shell and ascended straight to the throne of a study god.
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