When the English teacher said there were three people with scores above one hundred thirty, Jiang Nian's ears perked up like antennas.
After the English exam, he compared answers with Xu Qianqian.
It wasn't guaranteed, but it was foolproof. Since there were three people with scores over one hundred thirty, as the saying goes, "Among three people, there must be one wet one."
Even so, he still felt a bit anxious at the moment.
"For those who usually score one hundred thirty, Zhou Yuan, 101." The English teacher said with displeasure, "How did you get this bachelor score? Been in a relationship recently?"
The classmates below burst into laughter, as a tall and skinny student scratched his head, slowly went up to get his paper, and the classroom was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Someone at the back was whispering, saying Zhou Yuting must have scored over one hundred thirty. Her total score this time exceeds five hundred, probably making her first in our class.
Hearing this, Jiang Nian could only laugh, Zhou Yuting first?
Even with a perfect score in English, she can only get five hundred fifty, while he only needed to score one hundred twenty in English to easily surpass five hundred fifty.
Her being first is like a broken cash machine—no number of notes.
But opportunities to boast at school are rare. Jiang Nian naturally wouldn't snicker like a villain, but sat quietly in his seat waiting for his victory theme music.
Ah, where's my victory theme music? Bring it up!
If a manga-style photo was taken now, Jiang Nian's eyes should be shadowed, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth.
And a little speech bubble, "Heh."
"Chen Niannian, 131."
The class stirred up, and the first person with a score above one hundred thirty had been announced. The scores were read out one by one, reaching a girl's name.
"Zhao Fangfei, 137."
The class erupted into another uproar. Zhao Fangfei was normally inconspicuous, almost nonexistent in the class. After a summer vacation, humans and ghosts alike are showing off.
A girl in the class turned to look at Zhou Yuting.
"Class rep, what was your estimated score, one hundred thirty-something?"
From their perspective, since there were three people with scores over one hundred thirty in English and two girls had been announced, Zhou Yuting must be the last one.
"I don't know, should be around one hundred thirty-five." Zhou Yuting feigned shyness but was already overjoyed inside. With five hundred thirty points, she could move up a class and leave this place.
Hmm, feels a bit like switching sects in a fantasy novel.
"Huh~ One hundred thirty-five, that's so high?" The girl gasped, "Then wouldn't your total score be over five hundred thirty, up to the standard for the first tier?"
"What are you talking about, it's just a diagnostic test, not the real college entrance exam." Zhou Yuting felt sweet inside but didn't say too much, "Might not be one hundred thirty either, estimated scores aren't accurate."
As if her words were prophetic, the English teacher happened to announce Zhou Yuting's name.
"Zhou Yuting, 127."
As soon as the words fell, Zhou Yuting's expression turned slightly rigid, but she still stood up. Feeling embarrassed at first, considering she just mentioned an estimated score of one hundred thirty-five.
But on second thought, one hundred twenty-seven isn't too hard to accept; the total score was still close to five hundred thirty.
At that time, she'd ask Liu Feipeng about the cutoff score for moving to the Olympic class; maybe the scores weren't high throughout the grade, and her score would just get her in.
Returning to her seat, she was still met with a wave of admiration. Comments about how she's truly the class rep, with estimated scores only off by a few points, it's okay, still impressive.
"By the way, if the class rep only scored one hundred twenty-seven, who is the remaining one hundred thirty-something?"
Zhou Yuting was also puzzled, "It might be..... Sun Xue."
Someone said, "Her score was already announced, 113, our class only has a few good at English, and they've all got their papers."
Zhou Yuting couldn't help but frown; this meant there was another "dark horse" in the class for English. If it was just a subject specialist, it wouldn't matter.
Just afraid...
"Does anyone know how many points Wang Jie has?" she whispered.
"62, his name was called early on."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuting felt relieved again. Wang Jie's total was 499, still far from hers. Her total was 527, most likely the first in class.
Oh, and there's Jiang Nian.
"Hey, was Jiang Nian's score called?"
The nearby classmates didn't know why Zhou Yuting suddenly asked about Jiang Nian, as nobody paid close attention.
"It was probably called, didn't notice, sixty or seventy something."
Zhou Yuting felt somewhat relieved and began weaving her dream of moving up a class. In the Olympic class, she had to create a new persona, not interacting much with boys.
But she couldn't completely cut off, leaving one or two to showcase her charm.
Should she try changing her hairstyle? She hasn't tried bangs yet. In the future, dress more purely, find a good-looking top student to tutor her, improve interpersonal relationships...
Just as Zhou Yuting was daydreaming, the English teacher paused on stage.
"This time, the highest English score in our class is 141, quite impressive."
As the words landed, the previously noisy class erupted with a series of "oh!!" and "whoa, who is it" kind of exclamations, thinking all names had been called.
"Quiet!" the English teacher demanded.
"Teacher, do we have a student named Qing?"
English teacher: "....I meant for you to be quiet, Jiang Nian, come up and get your paper."
Normally, not many students fear the English teacher. Even if she said quiet, not many would care, but when "Jiang Nian" was called.
The class immediately quieted down, turning their heads in unison to look at Jiang Nian's seat as if seeing a ghost.
Zhou Yuting froze, pupils contracted, heart racing.
Jiang Nian?
Why is it Jiang Nian!
Damn it, he has a total of 432 for five subjects! How can English be 141, adding up to..... 573?
You're joking, right? How can someone in a parallel class score 573?
The heck, you're jumping levels to defeat the boss!
The class was silent for two or three seconds, then exploded with enthusiastic cheers. If Jiang Nian had one excellent subject, some might doubt he cheated, but if he had over 570 total points.
Then all doubts were a joke, producing a total of 570 in a parallel class is like triggering a golden legend.
"Whoa! Whoa! Jiang Nian one hundred forty-four!!"
"Seriously, amazing!"
"Are you kidding, did you all really study during summer while only I was playing!"
"Me too."
"Same, I was playing too."
"Get lost, people with 480 points! I'll cut you to feed the dogs!"
Jiang Nian was already standing up when the English teacher called his name, striving not to laugh out loud, with a calm demeanor.
Honestly, scoring 140 in English was beyond his expectations, luck was indeed on his side.
"Good job, spent a lot of effort studying at home during the summer?" The English teacher unprecedentedly smiled at Jiang Nian, "Do you have any tips to share?"
"Uh....." What tips could Jiang Nian have, "Just memorize all three thousand five words from the college entrance exam vocabulary."
Upon hearing this, the English teacher's smile widened, exclaiming loudly.
"See, didn't I always tell you to memorize vocabulary words! You never listen, always figuring things out yourself, doing math during English class, you think I didn't notice?"
"If you all listened like Jiang Nian, how much trouble would I save!"
Jiang Nian was already feeling awkward, with beads of sweat, a small yellow bean emoji-like expression, as the one doing math during English class was exactly him.