Everyone’s gaze subconsciously turned towards Ren Wanxuan and Chen Zhuo.
The previously lively and joyful atmosphere in the lecture hall also instantly froze over.
The Class 8 homeroom teacher continued reporting scores, “Tang Ming 155, Ren Wanxuan 154, Fan Kun 128…”
Not only was Chen Zhuo’s score lower than Ning Xiao and Bailian’s, but Ren Wanxuan’s score was even less than Tang Ming’s.
Forget being below Ning Xiao and Bailian. Tang Ming was only middle tier in cram school. How could he get such a high score?
The atmosphere on site was very bizarre.
After reading out all the scores.
Only then did someone from Ren Wanxuan’s group raise their hand and hesitantly ask, “Teacher, why are Ning Xiao and Bailian’s scores higher than Chen Zhuo’s?”
This wasn’t only his question but everyone present’s question.
Ren Wanxuan had never kept a low profile. Most people knew they had a Jiangjing University doctoral advisor tutoring them after classes.
How many students did Jiangjing University accept every year? Those able to pursue doctorates were even rarer.
How badly could his answers to Ren Wanxuan be?
“Teacher,” without getting up, Ren Wanxuan directly spoke imperiously, “Did you give Bailian and the others the answers?”
Class 8’s homeroom teacher was stunned.
He opened his mouth wanting to say something.
But Ren Wanxuan didn’t listen and interrupted him, “Even if you gave them the answers, my score would never be below Bailian’s. Chen Zhuo and I wrote the standard answers every time. The answers are the same. What is your scoring criteria? Mood?”
“Didn’t you tell me you would be absolutely fair? This is your fair?”
Bailian had missed four days, forty points less than her.
Under these circumstances, how could her score be below Bailian’s?
The lecture hall atmosphere was oppressive.
Class 8’s homeroom teacher deeply looked at Ren Wanxuan, “It’s very normal for you to have doubts.”
He unfolded the remaining papers in his hand and had them passed around, “These are the answer sheets from the top 5 students. Everyone can casually take a look and comment again on my daily scores afterwards.”
Ren Wanxuan and Chen Zhuo each got several sheets.
All Ning Xiao and Bailian’s.
Ren Wanxuan pushed the papers aside not wanting to even glance at them.
She coldly stared at Class 8’s homeroom teacher, then shifted her gaze towards Bailian’s side.
Bailian lazily propped her chin in her left hand. Her pen tip poked her notebook as she looked at the notes beside her with half-lowered, pitch black eyes. Appearing very calm and unruffled.
Chen Zhuo didn’t speak. His complexion was gloomy as he picked up an answer sheet to closely examine it.
It was Bailian’s answering process. Her writing was neat. Each question thoroughly explained and analyzed from every angle with the entire page crystal clear.
Chen Zhuo’s gloomy expression suddenly became astonished. Recognizing with one glance—
Answers analyzed this thoroughly were shown to him by the homeroom teacher before.
Everyone able to take classes here had extremely good grades. They could tell the difference between Bailian’s answers and the standard answers.
Even with standard answers, physics wasn’t an easy subject to understand.
The answers Dr. Gao gave Chen Zhuo and the others as well as the standard answers only had scribbled formulas and final answer. No analysis process. So most students didn’t understand the last question.
Someone who read Ning Xiao and Bailian’s test papers suddenly exclaimed in shock, “So it turned out to be handled using two-dimensional collision? No wonder, no wonder I couldn’t understand the answer…”
With the first person speaking up.
Such voices kept emerging one after another.
Even Chen Zhuo spaced out mesmerized. He gave Bailian’s test paper to Ren Wanxuan to see, “You should take a look at their test papers.”
Ren Wanxuan’s brows twisted as she took the papers.
Dr. Gao Qianchen was invited by the Ren family at great expense. He had published in Nature before.
She had proudly heard Dr. Gao Qianchen’s assistant mention before that Dr. Gao Qianchen leaned against an insurmountable mountain in Jiangjing.
No one would doubt his capabilities.
Ren Wanxuan felt that no matter how perfect the answers were, they would only be on par with what Dr. Gao Qianchen gave out.
Until she saw the light particle problem written by Bailian.
Not only was the diagram for question one well drawn, explanations were also attached. The formulas for question two all had detailed explanations on the angle of analysis beforehand…
The ridicule on Ren Wanxuan’s lips froze.
No matter how arrogant, she had no choice but to admit Bailian’s answer was clearer and more comprehensive than the standard answer.
But this…how was this possible?!
Where did they get the answers from?
Her hands clutched the test papers tightly, crumpling them.
“Ren Wanxuan, Chen Zhuo, I know you obtained the standard answers. But these standard answers aren’t perfect,” seeing everyone had lowered their heads, only then did Class 8’s homeroom teacher earnestly say, “The person who gave you answers didn’t explain the principles to you. Some of you wrote the last question of these problems very ambiguously. You thought you got the standard answers, but standard answers were also made by people.”
“The world is far larger than you can imagine. One mountain higher than another. When you think you’re standing at the peak, who knows someone is already drifting amongst the clouds. Your perspective determines your circle and sphere. Your outlook determines development. I hope you can take my words today to heart. Ren Wanxuan, learning is endless. You need to be prepared to see yourself as only a frog at the bottom of a well.”
Ren Wanxuan didn’t take in anything he said at all.
When had she ever suffered such humiliation? She had shown her superiority more than once or twice publicly these last two days. How were the others looking at her now?
Ren Wanxuan’s complexion flushed red from anger. She fiercely crumpled the test papers into a ball.
Standing up with a “swoosh”, not even taking her own stuff, she stormed off!
Behind her Class 8’s homeroom teacher quietly watched her departing back.
Initially the principal had given him Class 8, the most difficult Crown Prince Class, precisely hoping he could educate them well.
He thought he had done very good, Class 8 at least didn’t have a school tyrant like Chen Wei.
Yet now, Class 8’s homeroom teacher felt defeated once more.
Ren Wanxuan’s starting point was too high up. It would take Tang Ming and the others over a dozen years of striving to obtain the opportunity of sitting in cram school together with her.
She was born with it readily available.
The Ren family gave her the best education and she enjoyed the finest resources since childhood without ever suffering hardships. To attend high school they even built a canteen for her. Spoiled too extremely and everything too easily attained, she became accustomed to people looking up to her and ultimately formed a proud personality.
“Alright,” Class 8’s homeroom teacher turned after quite a long time. He heavily told everyone, “Since Ning Xiao and Bailian have the highest comprehensive scores, there are no objections to them having the spots right?”
This outcome exceeded everyone’s expectations.
But the analysis process was right before their eyes. The visible differences with just one look. Who could object?
“No objections right? Then I’ll send the codes to Bailian and Ning Xiao.” Class 8’s homeroom teacher added their contact information.
Sending them the link and code.
Ning Xiao had been very curious about the Jiangjing University app for a long time. Receiving the link he immediately downloaded it, then entered the code, registered, and logged in one go.
Class 8’s homeroom teacher stood by Bailian’s side.
He waited for her to log in but she didn’t even glance at her phone.
She kept looking at…her notebook?
Letting it go when she didn’t do problems in lecture hall was one thing. But what was with her now?
She could even endure the Jiangjing University app?
“Teacher?” A shadow fell overhead and it felt like someone’s gaze stayed on her. Bailian’s hand pressed on her notebook and she slightly raised her head. Her pitch black pupils could clearly see the bottom, “Do you need something?”
Need something?
You’re asking if I need something?
Class 8’s homeroom teacher had the urge to say something but ultimately didn’t say it out.
“You…” he retracted his gaze, “…nothing.”
He turned around to collect the test papers he had just handed out. Most people were very reluctant to return them.
But Class 8’s homeroom teacher was ruthless and didn’t give them extra time to look it over.
Previously Ren Wanxuan had crumpled one of Bailian’s answer sheets into a ball and threw it on the ground. Class 8’s homeroom teacher looked at it for a while before bending over to pick it up and gently smooth it out to return to Bailian together with the others.
After Bailian took them she casually placed them to the side.
“No assignment today. You can leave early.”
After Class 8’s homeroom teacher told this to everyone in the lecture hall, he put his hands behind his back and left the lecture hall.
However, no one left.
Tang Ming sat next to Ning Xiao. He saw Ning Xiao had already registered and logged in but when he turned back he saw Bailian still looking at her notebook.
“Why haven’t you logged in yet?” He looked more anxious than Bailian.
Bailian lazily reclined against the backrest. Her right hand elegantly turned on her phone to see Class 8’s homeroom teacher had sent a link and code. Jiang Fuli had sent her this link last time before.
She glanced at it before directly forwarding the link and code to Tang Ming.
The three of them had already added each other on WeChat last time.
Bailian didn’t have many contacts on WeChat so she very easily found him.
Tang Ming didn’t see her actions. His phone had buzzed twice but he didn’t check since he still urged Bailian, “Hurry and register.”
Bailian flung her phone back onto the desk with a “pak” sound and faintly glanced at Tang Ming uttering two softly spoken words, “Shut up.”
Tang Ming silently shut up and turned around.
In the lecture hall.
Someone hesitated for a long while before walking over to Bailian, “Classmate Bailian, can I borrow your test paper to look over for one night?”
After speaking the boy also felt somewhat embarrassed.
He had lined up just now to see Ren Wanxuan’s app and sat on Ren Wanxuan’s side.
Ning Xiao was known at school for being a loner so he could only daringly ask Bailian while holding onto a slim hope. Hoping Bailian could show him some of the previous analysis.
Without raising her head Bailian lazily used her index finger and thumb to lightly pinch the analysis paper on the table handing it over and plainly said, “Here, no need to return it.”
The boy was stunned.
He thought Bailian would at least mock him a few times or like Ren Wanxuan, give him answers for a few small problems. He didn’t expect she wouldn’t say anything.
“What?” Seeing him still not taking it after some time, Bailian faintly raised her head. Her pair of pitch black eyes dimly narrowed, sizing him up.
Her gaze wasn’t haughty like Ren Wanxuan’s sense of superiority.
She was very calm in her appraisal.
As if he was one of her underlings who had made a mistake but she still accepted him and forgave him.
The boy suddenly snapped back to his senses. Ashamed by his previous baseless assumptions he hurriedly said, “Nothing. Thank you!”
“Mn. Study properly,” said Bailian retracting her gaze and slowly packing up.
The remaining students who wanted to see but couldn’t bring themselves to ask also didn’t expect Bailian to so readily give them the answers. They could only watch the boy enviously.
The emotions in their hearts were complex to describe.
Tang Ming also started packing up and took out his phone while he was at it to see who had messaged him.
The moment he opened WeChat he saw Bailian’s forwarded message.
“Sis,” he looked back at Bailian, “why’d you forward this to me?”
He thought Bailian slipped her hand.
Bailian zipped up her bag and casually lowered her voice saying, “Registered an account for you.”
“What?!” Tang Ming didn’t react.
He thought he misheard.
“…Quieter,” Bailian stood up. One hand held her backpack while the other held her phone. Her face slightly angled to the side as she lowered her voice again, “I said, this spot I’m giving to you…I’ll tell you more after we get out.”
“You’re giving me the Jiangjing University app spot?!” Tang Ming was eight parts shocked, two parts intentional, “You said you want to give me the Jiangjing University Preparatory Camp app spot?”
“You really are giving me the Jiangjing University Preparatory Camp app spot?!”
Bailian: “……?”
Not only did Tang Ming not lower his voice…
He even repeated it three times!
Now everyone in the lecture hall, including those sitting in the back, heard it loud and clear.
Even Chen Zhuo sitting there not knowing what he was thinking about heard it.
His fingers twitched as and he fiercely looked up towards Tang Ming’s side.
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