Chapter 164 (Bonus Chapter) Flirting in the Classroom

Damn it, how did it get off track?

Yu Tongjie was drenched in cold sweat; a score of 38 shouldn’t have appeared on his paper. He had poured his heart and soul into it, so why, why was it like this?

What an idiotic grader!

Do they not recognize my masterpiece, not feel the logical beauty between the lines? A complete set of standard College Entrance Exam templates, dancing with shackles on.

My back almost broke, for a 38?

Although I knew that the Joint Exam’s essay grading would habitually suppress scores. A perfect score could be pressed down to 58, and a 50 could be pressed down to the low 40s.

If there’s a major flaw, they’ll exaggerate it; if there isn’t, they’ll find one.

This way, when students take the College Entrance Exam, their Chinese scores will be slightly higher than usual.

But this 38 doesn’t seem like a suppressed score; it’s a score given for going off-topic. There was no Chinese class today, so did the essay topic go off-topic? It was clearly ‘perseverance’.

Yu Tongjie was numb; he couldn’t believe his Chinese score was so low.

Demotion wouldn’t happen; with a total score of 545, he still had a place in Class Three. Strictly speaking, he should be considered to have improved.

To take a step back, he had a good father.

Evening Self-Study began, and people in the class rose one after another to recite chemical equations.

Only Yu Tongjie sat stunned in his seat, staring blankly at his Chinese essay. His mind was muddled, and he felt a clear sense of defeat. He hadn’t even scored 550; could he still win?

The Joint Exam papers were generally more difficult than usual monthly exams and the previous diagnostic test. He even joined a group and bought “materials” that included some original questions.

This was a group that only someone with a “background” could join, with fewer than twenty people in total. It sold materials mixed with original questions, costing as much as 400 yuan per subject.

To be safe, Yu Tongjie bought materials for Mathematics, English, and Chemistry. It wasn’t that he didn’t have enough money to buy materials for all subjects.

It was because he felt there was no need to buy Biology; Zhong Qing was too serious.

If his grades suddenly shot up, she would definitely notice him. It has to be said, this Biology Teacher in the class was truly odd.

Teaching was just a job, but she was completely overly serious, like a very stubborn and old-fashioned female university student.

Her popularity was entirely propped up by her looks; if she were a middle-aged woman, she would definitely be heavily criticized.

There was no need to buy Physics either; this subject couldn’t be faked. Buying Physics would lead to endless trouble; he couldn’t keep buying it next time, and Yu Tongjie didn’t consider himself that kind of person.

Buying Chemistry was fine; the Chemistry Teacher had a high teaching level and was experienced. But she was more laid-back, so she didn’t pay much attention to the specific grades of the students in the class.

English was definitely necessary; those were only partial original questions, and he didn’t copy too excessively. He scored 125 in English, which wasn’t an eye-catching score in the class.

Moreover, English as a subject has an element of luck. Sometimes, if multiple-choice questions are answered correctly in a row, the score will be higher, and it would be reasonable even if the score dropped next time.

Mathematics 125, effort plus sweat, reasonable.

Wouldn’t buying Chinese be a waste of money?

So, he bought partial exam questions for three subjects, and only scored 545? With such a score, normally, he might only get 510, or even less than 500.

At that moment, Yu Tongjie felt the world was somewhat unreal.

On one hand, his arrogance from climbing up the Olympiad through effort was shattered, and on the other hand, his desperate cheating methods didn’t even achieve his goal.

As a result, all his efforts were in vain.

If he had prepared well from the beginning, even with the increased difficulty of the Joint Exam, he could have scored 530-540 points with his usual effort.

So what was the point of spending money and going through all this trouble?

Yu Tongjie pondered throughout the entire Evening Self-Study and finally came to a reliable conclusion. It was all the fault of that idiot who threw his book! He disrupted his rhythm!

Ring ring ring!!!

The Evening Self-Study bell rang, and Chemistry dictation began.

Ma Guojun dictated while turning to look at Jiang Nian. He pushed up his black glasses with his middle finger, made a couple of ‘ai ai’ sounds, and waited for Li Hua and Jiang Nian to turn their heads.

Before he could speak, his chubby face couldn’t hold back and he started to grin playfully.

“Jiang Nian, I heard your essay scored 38?”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian’s mouth twitched, feeling a bit speechless.

“That’s not funny, Fatty.”

“Hahaha, what Heaven-Defying thing did you write?” Ma Guojun laughed, his chubby face beaming. “If you’re unhappy, just say it, and let us be happy.”

“Didn’t write much, just… wrote about perseverance.” Jiang Nian didn’t bother to hide it.

Honestly, writing ‘perseverance’ was no better than writing ‘endurance’; in the eyes of the graders, it was all the same. They’d glance at the beginning, middle, and those two paragraphs at the end, then directly give a 38.

Off-topic, but written somewhat neatly, 38.

What the hell.

“Perseverance, hahaha.” Li Hua also laughed along.

It didn’t matter if he didn’t do the Chemistry dictation anyway; this son of a bitch scored 96 in Chemistry, which was higher than the score the Chemistry Teacher got after two classes.

“Scram, scram, you unfilial son, don’t disturb your dad studying.” Jiang Nian was also speechless, rubbing his face. “If you keep making noise, I’ll flatten you against the wall.”

Ma Guojun: “???”

Li Hua: “???”

A few minutes later, the Chemistry dictation ended, and Ma Guojun asked curiously while handing in his dictation notebook.

“Jiang Nian, what’s your total score?”

“590.”

“Holy crap, that’s good! If your essay wasn’t off-topic, you might have gotten 600.” Ma Guojun gasped. Li Hua only scored a little over 600.

You know, in the last diagnostic test, Li Hua scored a full 634, but this time he only got 604. English could affect at most ten points; the remaining 20 points were the inflated scores from the diagnostic test.

In fact, Ma Guojun always used Li Hua as an indicator for exams.

The Joint Exam and the school’s diagnostic test were not the same in terms of value. If Li Qingrong were used as a reference, nothing would be gained.

Because Li Qingrong was too strong; every exam was the same for her, she got stronger when facing stronger challenges.

Li Hua was different. Setting aside English and Chinese for a dialectical view, by looking at the fluctuations in his Mathematics and Comprehensive Science scores, one could calculate the exam’s inflated difficulty.

Hearing this, Jiang Nian glanced at Old Ma, speaking openly during self-study.

“If you put it that way, then I’ll have to add a few more points.”

Ma Guojun scratched his chubby face; he had always done score analysis this way. For example, in the last diagnostic test, he scored 583, and Li Hua 634. This time, he only scored 562, and Li Hua 604.

He took his last diagnostic test score of 583, removed 20 points of inflated difficulty, and got 563, which was almost identical to his current score of 562, meaning he hadn’t improved.

He was too embarrassed to share his private exam inflation formula with Jiang Nian. He silently plugged Jiang Nian’s diagnostic test score of 573 into the calculation, concluding that Jiang Nian should have scored 553 this time.

But Jiang Nian, despite his essay being off-topic, managed to score 590. If he had better luck, he would have gotten 600 this time. Hmm, an increase of forty points in one month?

Damn, that’s red stone.

“Jiang Nian, you don’t go home for lunch break every day, what do you do in the classroom?” Ma Guojun chatted quietly with Jiang Nian, across the aisle and past Li Hua.

Jiang Nian thought he was still joking, and said without looking up.

“Flirting in the classroom.”

Hearing this, Ma Guojun understood. Jiang Nian didn’t go home at noon; he must have been doing practice questions in the classroom. He hadn’t paid attention before, but now he realized how competitive Jiang Nian was.

Some people appear sunny, but are actually dark inside. Their sunny exterior is a disguise, leading to the conclusion that both Jiang Nian and Li Hua are ‘yang-wei’ (fake sunny).

Three people, what the hell are you competing for?

Jiang Nian saw Ma Guojun’s mouth moving again from afar and couldn’t help but narrow his eyes in confusion. It was already dark, why was Fatty still doing his morning routine?

He nudged Li Hua beside him and asked.

“What’s Ma Guojun muttering about over there?”

Li Hua snapped his fingers, “OK, let me decipher it.”

Saying that, he leaned over, half his body crossing the aisle to listen carefully. Soon after, he straightened up, turned to Jiang Nian, and gave an enigmatic smile.

“Nothing, just cursing us two.”

“Oh, oh, good.” Jiang Nian nodded. “How old is Fatty? Still so vengeful?”

“Almost eighteen.”

“A good age to get your period, no wonder he’s so irritable.”

The people behind couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.

The people in the back of the classroom looked up with confused expressions at the corner in front, then quickly lowered their heads again.

Sun Zhicheng performed well this time, scoring a full 568. He guessed five English listening questions correctly in a row, and also guessed two multiple-choice Physics questions correctly; his luck was truly explosive.

Although still far from Chen Yunyun’s score, he at least saw a glimmer of hope. There were still more than half a year left, and it wasn’t yet the time for scores to be completely finalized.

The classroom was brightly lit, with the sound of the front-row student’s matcha pants rustling as they bounced their leg. The night wind poured in through the window, entering the back of his neck from his collar, cold and refreshing like a woman’s hand.

Outside the window, the sky had completely darkened, with a yellowish glow outlining the horizon. Everything, everything was taken in by Sun Zhicheng, felt with every inch of his skin.

He was completely immersed, full of confidence for the future.

Suddenly, Tao Ran, the class committee member, walked to the podium, rattling a list.

“Ahem, please fill in your scores.”

Hearing this, the class immediately became restless, with students in front and back seats chattering.

“What was your score?”

“Ha, I won’t say, you first.”

“Hey, hey, Cai Lang, what’s your total score?”

The fragmented voices wove together, growing larger, finally attracting the attention of Cai Xiaoqing, the disciplinary committee member.

She looked around, her delicate brows furrowed.

“Quiet!”

The class discussions gradually subsided but could not return to the previous tranquility. Low voices still occasionally sounded, rustling and flowing quietly.

Jiang Nian finished filling out the form and handed it to Zhang Ningzhi with a rustle.

“Here.”

“Why are you just standing there? Take it.”

In the brightly lit classroom, Le Zhi suddenly snapped back to reality and took the score registration form from the student in the front seat.

“Oh, oh.”

The moment he received the form, his heart was still not at peace.

In this exam, he had cheated a little, buying some exam questions from a group of fewer than twenty people. As a result, his grades improved significantly, but the problem was…

He accidentally scored too high.

He looked at the 521 on his scratch paper, immediately finding it an eyesore, feeling dizzy. He was such an idiot, how could he not resist copying a little more!

Jiang Nian had already been promoted and left. In the class, those who could score above 500 could be counted on one hand, with some to spare. The first place was now Zhou Yuting.

Le Zhi smoothed out the densely packed score sheet, silently praying in his heart. Hopefully, Zhou Yuting didn’t mess up, otherwise, if he got first place, he’d be ruined on the spot.

If you’re going to be class number one, you’d better have the strength of class number one.

He slowly found Zhou Yuting’s name, first glanced at the total score, 556, and immediately let out a long sigh of relief.

Damn, I was scared to death, thankfully, thankfully.

Zhou Yuting performed normally, and it could even be said that compared to the last diagnostic test, she had made rapid progress.

While Le Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, he filled in his own score. At the same time, he thought of a solution, which was to simply improve his grades.

As long as he successfully improved his grades before the next higher-level exam, the Six-City Joint Exam, then this time’s cheating wouldn’t count as cheating.

An increase of more than eighty points in one month, almost no one could do that.

Except Jiang Nian?

He thought silently to himself, his brows tightly furrowed.

Suddenly, the Homeroom Teacher walked in from outside, and everyone in the class collectively looked up. Seeing the Homeroom Teacher’s bad expression on the podium, they couldn’t help but look puzzled.

Did his stocks fall again?

Le Zhi also subconsciously looked at the Homeroom Teacher on the podium, until he spoke, and his first sentence surprised him.

“Ah, everyone, please pause.” The Homeroom Teacher’s voice was deep, carrying some emotion. “I’ll take up some of your time to say a few things.”

“The first thing is… our classmate Zhou Yuting performed excellently in this exam. Her total score is 556, ranking first in the class. Let’s give her a round of applause.”

“Wow!!”

“556, holy crap, that high?”

A burst of surprise erupted in the class, followed by thunderous applause.

“The second thing, second place goes to our classmate Le Zhi. Total score 521, a very auspicious score, and great progress. Let’s also give him a round of applause.”

The class immediately became even livelier, and everyone in the class collectively looked at Le Zhi.

“Holy crap, Brother Le is even more formidable!”

“Didn’t see that coming, no wonder I’ve been seeing Le Zhi staying in his seat every day recently, secretly making a comeback, huh!”

“Indeed, he’s directly second in the class.”

Le Zhi’s smile was a bit strained amidst the cheers, his head buzzing.

“The third thing is about class promotions.” The Homeroom Teacher’s voice was loud. “There are a few spots open in the Olympiad Class, and students from regular classes will fill them based on scores and willingness.”

“In our class, only Zhou Yuting met the promotion standard. As for Le Zhi, it’s a pity, but there’s no need to be disheartened; maintaining momentum can still surpass the Olympiad Class.”

Hearing this, Le Zhi felt a chill all over. Zhou Yuting was being promoted?

Then he would be the first in the class?

It’s over!

“Uh, originally there was one opening in Olympiad Class One, but…” The Homeroom Teacher paused. “Now the situation has changed, and there might be some adjustments.”

“Zhou Yuting, come with me to the office.”

Hearing this, Zhou Yuting stood up from her seat and crisply said, “Okay.”

Everyone in the class watched Zhou Yuting and the Homeroom Teacher leave the classroom together. Their conversation could vaguely be heard in the corridor, with a word occasionally popping out.

Class Three?

The busybodies, like small loudspeakers, said to those around them.

“Zhou Yuting is going to Class Three, isn’t that Jiang Nian’s class?”

“Olympiad Class Three? I remember a couple who were arguing at the dormitory cafeteria entrance last night, they seemed to be from Olympiad Class Three too? I heard Teacher Ji Ming (Grade Group Leader of the third year) was very angry.”

“So, is it possible to be promoted first and then switch classes?”

Hearing this, Le Zhi closed his eyes in pain. He remembered someone saying that Teacher Ji Ming had a niece at Zhennan Middle School…

To summarize, the cheat was a one-time memory bread, forcibly completing some basics. (One-time)

The continuous cheat was only a once-a-day “immune fatigue,” restoring physical strength and energy.

And then, he did some extra math problems in Zhang Ningzhi’s dream.

I haven’t written about powerful learning cheats; cheats either cost money… or are focused on other aspects.

The system has been updated, and this time, the system has been updated. I’m going to take a break and come back later. I’m going to take a break and come back later.