novelScored Five First-Places!
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Yun Cheng First Middle School's car accident had been blocked from the news.
Qiao Sheng hadn't mentioned it to the other students in class 3. 9 either. Since it was near the time of the exam, he didn't want the accident to affect their moods.
During her stay in Continent M, Qin Ran had passed a lot of her own materials to class 3. 9. The students in class 3. 9 now had a different sense of unity and cohesion.
"Okay, let's not stand around. We can talk after going in, " Qiao Sheng said, standing up and clearing his throat.
He walked in front of Qin Ran and motioned with his eyes for class 3. 9 to follow him.
"Yes, let's go in first." Xia Fei smiled and reacted. She put away her shocked expression and said, "I've booked two rooms with the class monitor, rooms 1202 and 1203."
The group of people agreed and went inside merrily. But even though they were smiling, Butler Cheng kept feeling like their atmosphere wasn't quite right.
He fell back a little and walked beside Lin Siran to inquire in a low voice."Student Lin, your classmates... what happened?"
"What?" Lin Siran had done a good job this examination.
But she was still preoccupied and lacked energy.
"Yes, why do your classmates have such expressions?" Butler Cheng felt like something was wrong.
He was just asking out of curiosity.
In fact, other than the students from class 3. 9, Cheng Mu's and Lu Zhaoying's reactions had also been very exaggerated.
Butler Cheng couldn't help but glance at Qin Ran in front. She seemed very popular in class, and most importantly, seemed more so than Xu Yaoguang.
Xu Yaoguang fell back a little to the side.
Yet Qin Ran was surrounded by class 3. 9, standing at the very center position among all of them!
Hearing this, Lin Siran replied in a very tired voice, "They're just very sorry that Sister Ran can't take the exam."
She made it sound as if it was obvious.
Glancing at the front again, Butler Cheng felt like he could understand it if they felt pity for her, but need they pity her to such an exaggerated point?
Even Xu Yaoguang's expression was weird.
"Other than Physics, Sister Ran got first place in all the other subjects in the city. The teachers and students have all been guessing if Ran Ran can surpass Young Master Xu this year and obtain first place in school. But who knew that such a thing would happen? If our form teacher knows of this, he'll definitely be very distressed." Lin Siran sighed.
They had already reached the elevator.
Several people went in.
Qin Ran had already gone up with another group of people, leaving Butler Cheng and some people waiting for the next round of elevator.
He nodded at Lin Siran's words.
After a long while, he finally figured out what was wrong.
Turning, he stared stiffly at Lin Siran, his face old.
"Ding—" The elevator door opened.
Lin Siran and the others from class 3. 9 got in. But after taking two steps, she found Butler Cheng still rooted to the ground, so she turned around and asked, "Butler Grandpa, aren't you coming?"
"Coming." He returned to his senses and followed them into the elevator.
His movements were more mechanical and awkward.
The elevator door opened once it reached the floor and everyone got off. Butler Cheng only seemed to slightly return to his senses then."Student Lin, who did you say scored first place?"
Butler Cheng had also seen the extraordinary events and had suspected as much before, but he was still taken aback by the news at this time.
"Ran Ran." Lin Siran repeated."She's better at math than Young Master Xu."
Butler Cheng stopped in his tracks.
He didn't know about other people, but the Xu family were all naturally-endowed mathematicians and had keen talent in mathematics.
This was no secret in Beijing.
But Miss Qin was better than Xu Yaoguang in math?
Butler Cheng's head felt a little empty and the amount of information that had just bombarded him rendered him speechless and at a loss.
"Butler Grandpa, aren't you coming in?" Lin Siran turned and paused when she saw that Butler Cheng hadn't kept up with them.
He shook his head."You youngsters have fun, I won't be going in."
Instead of going into the rooms with the youngsters, he sat on the sofa in the waiting room outside. Taking out his phone, he read through some messages he had sent to the tuition teachers previously.
He asked them seriously one by one about why they had to refund.
The replies weren't considered slow—
[... ]
[Butler Cheng, I don't know where to start. I've taken a math competition class before, and her math is better than the student who won third place in the Olympiad last year. I attended lessons with her while on tenterhooks and didn't manage to teach anything in the end. I'm just mixing around in Continent M... please don't make things difficult for me. ]
The second tuition teacher also replied with the same content.
After reading through the messages, Butler Cheng leaned back on the sofa slowly. For a long time, he sat there without blinking.
**
In the room, class 3. 9's atmosphere wasn't very good.
They had been drinking merrily just now.
Xu Yaoguang sat in the corner, sipping on a glass of wine in his hands. He didn't speak, but looked over at Qin Ran occasionally, his eyebrows furrowed.
Qin Ran couldn't drink with her injured hand, so she didn't touch the glass and just sat beside Lin Siran.
Graduating from the third year of high school meant having the freedom to go to different places. To be able to gather even after the college entrance examination, class 3. 9 was considered an extraordinary class.
Halfway through a drink, Qin Ran glanced at the time and prepared to leave.
Nobody dared to stop her nor retain her. They all thought that she was upset, so they stood up and sent her to the elevator.
After her departure, they started talking about her.
Gao Yang sorted out all the documents and rushed over at that time to see half the class in low spirits.
"What's wrong? Everyone didn't do well in the exams?" Gao Yang glanced at them. His slightly chubby face was all smiles and he looked very kind.
"No, " the class monitor stood up and said."Sister Ran passed us a lot of notes before going abroad, so we all did very well."
Reaching out to push the glasses on the bridge of his nose, Gao Yang sat down in the seat reserved for him and continued probing, "Then what's wrong with you guys? The exam is over, shouldn't you be happy now that it's over and done with?"
Hearing this, they were silent and no one dared to speak.
Something was definitely wrong.
Gao Yang turned to Xia Fei and smiled."Xia Fei, tell me, what happened?"
Downing a glass of wine, her face turned red, but her mind was still very clear. She pursed her lips and said tearfully, "Teacher Gao, don't be too upset when I tell you. Sister Ran fractured her left hand before the college entrance examination."
"A fractured left hand?" He froze. He really hadn't heard of this news. In order to avoid adding stress to the students, he hadn't said anything in the group chat and hadn't called them either."She didn't take the exam?"
Xia Fei shook her head."She did."
"Oh." Gao Yang pondered for a moment and nodded."I understand."
Ever since the midterm exam last semester, he already knew that Qin Ran wasn't left-handed.
But it had been a thorn in her side.
Now that she had still taken the college entrance examination despite her injured left hand, it signified that she had snapped out of it.
Gao Yang heaved a sigh of relief. After all, back when Qin Ran talked to him, her expression had indeed been worrying.
Thinking about it, Gao Yang looked down and sent a message to her—
[How was your math exam?]
She replied very quickly—
[150. ]
She very arrogantly gave herself full marks.
Gao Yang felt the itch to whip his favorite student and tell her to get off her high horse.
But the corners of his mouth were curled up in joy, and his delighted smile was blatant to all.
Xia Fei, the class monitor, Qiao Sheng, and the others all exchanged glances.
"Don't tell me he lost his mind because of Sister Ran?" Qiao Sheng scratched his head.
How could he still smile?
How could he smile so happily?
Gao Yang had already been exceptionally concerned about Qin Ran when she was still a school dreg. As a headteacher, he was few and far between.
Let alone Qin Ran, even if it had been any random student in class 3. 9, he would still feel very distressed.
Not to mention the dark horse, Qin Ran.
Lin Siran took her wine glass and murmured, "Maybe?"
Sitting down, Gao Yang raised his glass merrily and proposed a toast."The end of the third year of high school marks the beginning of a brand new journey. I hope everyone can enter the university they desire..."
Actually, Qin Ran hadn't bothered to hide the truth in her daily life. She buttoned her button and twisted the lid of her bottles with her right hand. The fact that she wasn't left-handed was easily detectable by anyone who had studied psychology...
Gao Yang glanced at the group of worried students and couldn't help but sigh. For some reason, he had also learned from Qin Ran's sense of amusement and didn't say a word at this point...
On the other side.
The driver started the car.
Butler Cheng sat in the co-pilot seat and couldn't help but tilt his head to look at Qin Ran at the back seat.
After returning all the way to the villa, he had still not returned to his senses.
He had been on the verge of a breakdown.
Now, he finally understood why Lu Zhaoying and Cheng Mu simply wanted to kill Meng Xinran.
He sat on the sofa in the hall downstairs for a long time and finally couldn't endure it further. He picked up his phone and made a call to Beijing.
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