This humble Taoist priest wants to take the college entrance exam.

The scores for Chapter 173 are out (Thanks to Yunchen Xiatian for the Silver Grand Alliance).

During the break before the last evening self-study session, everyone's beloved teacher, Ms. Ye, finally appeared at the classroom door with English test papers in hand.

As soon as Teacher Ye showed her face, she was surrounded by the students.

"Teacher Ye! We've missed you so much!"

"Do you miss me or the exam paper?"

"I want them all! I want them all!"

Seeing that Ye's mother looked relaxed and was chatting and laughing with everyone, the crowd guessed that Ye's English score in the monthly exam must have been pretty good, and they became even more enthusiastic.

"Alright, I know you guys well. Go hand out the papers."

"I'll do it! I'll do this kind of hard labor!!"

Unlike Lao Liang, Teacher Ye didn't keep everyone in suspense. She handed out the answer sheets, which were quickly snapped up by several students and distributed as she walked around the classroom.

Lin Mengqiu, sitting in her seat, also looked in that direction expectantly, her pen twirling in her hand every now and then, clearly unable to concentrate on her work.

Unlike the Chinese and math papers that were just handed out, English is the subject I'm most looking forward to right now. I'm not looking forward to the total score, but rather to the correct answer to a particular question.

After all, he had made a bet with the stinky Taoist priest. If he got the question right, it would be a temptation that would make Chen Shi'an do anything!

Chen Shi'an, on the other hand, looked relaxed and carefree, as if he could see what the girl was thinking. He chuckled, finished the last sip of water in his glass, and then placed the empty bottle on Lin Mengqiu's table.

With a soft thud, the empty bottle hit the table, making a hollow sound.

Lin Mengqiu: "?"

The class monitor turned his gaze away from the distance and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Class monitor, could you get me some water later? It's the last class, so don't get too much, just half a cup will do."

"???"

Lin Mengqiu almost laughed out of anger at him. Too lazy to pay attention to him, she became even more impatient before the test papers were handed out.

However, Zheng Yining's test paper score was handed out first.

Xie Mengxuan snatched Zheng Yining's test paper.

"135.5! Holy crap! Yining, you've unleashed your full potential?"

"No, it's usually about the same..."

"Yining scored 135.5 points?" Chen Shi'an, sitting in the back, chimed in.

"Um... Chen Shi'an, how much do you have?"

"I haven't sent it yet."

As the three were chatting, Lin Mengqiu, who never asked about her classmates' grades, finally couldn't hold back and asked Zheng Yining a question:
"What was the third question in the first reading passage?"

Zheng Yining was quite surprised that the class monitor had taken the initiative to ask her a question, so she quickly looked at the answer sheet where the results had already been released.

"I don't know, class monitor... I chose C, and then I got it wrong..."

"...!!!"

Lin Mengqiu's expression immediately froze.

Chen Shi'an turned to look at the girl and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing the strange atmosphere between the class monitor and Chen Shi'an, Zheng Yining was also a little curious.

"What's wrong, class monitor? What did you choose?"

"..."

Lin Mengqiu didn't speak, but Chen Shi'an, who was standing next to her, said on her behalf, "She chose the same thing as you."

"Ah! I also find it strange... This question should have been answered with C, but it turned out to be wrong. Chen Shi'an, what did you choose?"

"Choose B."

"Then it seems like I really should choose B. I did hesitate and choose B at the time."

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you guys doing! What if it's not C or B, but A instead!" Xie Mengxuan said indignantly.

"What, Mengxuan chose A?" Chen Shi'an asked with a smile.

"correct."

Lin Mengqiu: "..."

The class monitor disagreed with option A.

Since option C is incorrect, it's almost certain that the answer is B.

Seeing the increasingly smug look on the Taoist priest's face, Lin Mengqiu remained silent, picked up his water cup, turned to the side, and looked at him with a "I lost, but I'm not convinced" expression.

"Good good."

Chen Shi'an stood up and made way for Lin Mengqiu, who took his water cup and walked out of his seat.

"Squad leader, remember not to fill the cup with too much water. Seven parts cool and three parts hot is fine."

"XXX!"

And they have so many requirements!
The girl paused for a moment, then quickly walked towards the water dispenser near the podium with the bottle. She obediently followed Chen Shi'an's instructions, filling it with water, pressing the blue button to add cold water, and then pressing the red button to add some hot water.

Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan were both stunned!
Why do I feel like I haven't woken up yet?
Monitor!

What are you doing, class monitor?!

Why would someone as proud and aloof as you help Chen Shi'an fetch water?
Is this some new kind of game?!

Soon, Lin Mengqiu returned with the water.

The girl's cheeks flushed slightly, as if she felt many eyes were on her.

With her head slightly lowered, she walked past Chen Shi'an's seat, placed his water glass on his desk without making a sound, and then quickly returned to her own seat.

Chen Shi'an experienced the joy of being a landlord. He didn't sit down in a hurry, but picked up the cup in his hand, blew on it gently, and then took a sip of water.

"Hmm, not bad, it's a little too hot, be careful next time."

“××××!”

You'll be so cocky!

It's just two weeks of fetching water, fine!

Distributing answer sheets is a coveted task; whenever the results are released, enthusiastic classmates always rush to help distribute them.

Finally, Lin Mengqiu's grades were handed to her.

"Class monitor! Yours! 142.5 points!"

Upon hearing the word "0.5 points," Lin Mengqiu's shoulders slumped; it was definitely because she had lost 2.5 points on that question...

The girl's answer sheet, marked with a large red checkmark and a red score, landed on Chen Shi'an's desk near the aisle, as always.

Unlike the math test, before Chen Shi'an could even pick up Lin Mengqiu's answer sheet, Lin Mengqiu swiftly reached out and snatched it away, refusing to let him see it.

Not long after, Chen Shi'an's results were revealed.

It was in the hands of a student distributing answer sheets in the second group.

"Holy crap!! Dao Ye got 149 points!!" "149 points, Dao Ye!! That's the highest score in the grade, right?!"

"What's going on?! Daoist, didn't we agree that we hadn't learned any English before coming down the mountain?! You're going to give me a perfect score in a month?!"

"Master Dao! May I take a look at your answer sheet?!"

Just like when the Chinese exam papers were handed out, Chen Shi'an's English answer sheet was immediately passed around among everyone as soon as it appeared.

Apart from a symbolic deduction of one point for the essay, Dao Ye's entire paper was covered in elaborate red checkmarks.

Such a score remains unbelievable and shocking to everyone, no matter how many times they see it.

If it were anyone else, or even if Zihan got 149 points, people might be more accepting. But you have to remember that when Chen Shi'an first entered school, he only knew the 26 letters of the alphabet, his desk was piled high with junior high English textbooks, and he was even using a reading pen to mark things up...

How long has it been, and they've already gotten a perfect score? After all, 149 points is practically the same as a perfect score...

What have I actually learned after studying English so hard for over ten years?!
Lin Mengqiu also heard Chen Shi'an's score.

She had initially thought Chen Shi'an did quite well in math, but compared to her near-perfect English score, she suddenly felt overshadowed.

149 points...149 points! !

Chen Shi'an achieved a score she had never achieved before.

Lin Mengqiu had to admit that she really couldn't beat Chen Shi'an in English and Chinese...

But the good thing is.

These two subjects weren't her strong suits to begin with, and she had always been able to outperform Wen Zhixia in them.

The thought of Chen Shi'an standing up for her and trampling Wen Zhixia's two main subjects underfoot made Lin Mengqiu feel very happy.

The girl peered at the answer sheets being passed around.

Can you guys hurry up and hand over the answer sheets?!

……

Before the English test papers were even handed out, the class became lively again. During the break before the last evening self-study session, the scores for the three science subjects were also distributed.

Several students, holding their test papers, walked around the classroom excitedly, occasionally shouting out someone's score, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

"Little Kunkun! Can you hurry up and send it?! If you don't know how to send it, can't you do it for me?!"

"Stop barking like a dog! If I hadn't gone to your office several times to ask, you wouldn't have seen your score tonight!"

One after another, the exam papers with scores written in red pen were returned to everyone's hands after leaving the exam room. Even ten minutes after the class bell rang, the liveliness in the classroom had not diminished at all.

Chen Shi'an finally received the scores for all his subjects.

I scored 149 on my English test.

It was within Chen Shi'an's expectations, and sure enough, the essay was still symbolically deducted one point in the end.

It's a tradition at Yunqi No.1 Middle School not to award full marks for essays, always leaving room for improvement with just one point.

As a top science class, there aren't many students with top scores in Chinese, but there are quite a few with top scores in English. This English monthly exam was a bit easier than the last one, and there were a total of 15 students in the class who scored above 140.

The highest score was Chen Shi'an's 149 points, which was also the highest score in the grade's English exam this time.

For the combined science exam, just like with math, my score was basically the same as Chen Shi'an's estimate.

Physics, 4 points... Uh...

Biology, 81 points... one point more than I estimated.

Chemistry, 68 points... Hmm, my estimate was accurate, exactly the same.

Now that all the exam papers have been handed out, Chen Shi'an can calculate his total score for all subjects.

Aside from her outstanding performance in Chinese and English, her scores in other subjects are currently only comparable to those in regular classes...

The total score is 549 points.

In Class 5, they are undoubtedly still last place, and haven't yet been able to overcome Zihan's 600-point barrier...

However, Zihan was really worried. Who knew if Dao Ye would beat him in the next monthly exam?

Chen Shi'an's exam papers were basically all taken away by Lin Mengqiu as soon as they were handed out to the seats.

Chen Shi'an didn't know exactly what the class monitor was looking at, but she just wanted to see it!

"Class monitor, take a look at your test paper."

"..."

Lin Mengqiu then showed all of her papers to Chen Shi'an.

Including that English test paper that she had just refused to show him.

Lin Mengqiu's English is a subject where she is slightly weaker, usually scoring between 135 and 145 points, depending on the difficulty of the exam. This time, the class monitor's score of 142.5 points should rank her around tenth in the class, which is not particularly outstanding.

However, the score of a single subject does not mean anything. The total score is calculated based on six subjects. Once the scores of the six subjects are added together, it is basically impossible for anyone to shake Lin Mengqiu's position as the top science student.

This is why the class monitor showed Chen Shi'an all six exam papers at once.

What's the point of comparing individual subjects? If you want to compare, compare the total score! If you really have to compare, then compare math or combined science scores!

Lin Mengqiu's combined science score is just as strong as her math score.

In a top science class, it's quite difficult to pull ahead of others in scores based on core subjects; you basically have to rely on the combined science subjects.

In fact, Xu Zihan mainly relied on the science subjects to boost her score. If you only look at her main subject scores, Zihan's main subject scores are not as high as Chen Shian's. This time, she only scored 352 points in the main subject. However, Zihan can usually get more than 250 points in the science subjects, and sometimes more than 260 points. Adding them up, she can get about 600 points, which is exactly the 600-point gatekeeper.

Under the old college entrance examination system, there was no scoring system. The science comprehensive exam was worth 300 points, and each subject was worth 100 points. The total score was the final score.

The combined science score of 300 points can amplify the score difference between students in the same top class.

Chen Shi'an looked down at the class monitor's science exam paper—

Physics, 94 points;
Chemistry, 94 points;
Biology, 95 points;
He wasn't first in the class in any single science subject;

But the class monitor's total score in the combined science exam was the highest in the class, a whopping 283 points!
283+150+136+142.5，林梦秋这次月考的总分比上一次月考还要多几分，达到了711.5分！
Keep in mind that this is only the first semester of the second year of high school, and we haven't even entered the stage of comprehensive review and score improvement yet. If you can already score 7100, it's almost a certainty that you'll score above 720 after the review phase.

Chen Shi'an is no longer the girl who had no concept of grades when she first entered school. From any perspective, the girl's total score of over 700 points is definitely something to be proud of.

"Class monitor, you got an even higher score than last time!"

"Ah."

"711.5 points! That's definitely the highest score in the grade!"

"~~~"

"That's amazing! You scored a full 162.5 points higher than me. Even if the class monitor let me win a subject, I still wouldn't get as high a score as you..."

"~~~~~~"

The girl subtly straightened her back, her chin held up with a restrained yet proud curve, though her legs under the table were already dangling. A soft, faint sound escaped her tender throat:
"Then work hard."

"Okay, next time I'm going to beat the class monitor!"

"?"

Overestimating your abilities! Boasting without restraint!

One point will be deducted from your score!
(Thank you so much, Yunchen Xiatian, for your Silver-level donation! I didn't see it clearly at first, and then I was shocked to see so many zeros! You're so generous, boss! May you make a fortune! Thank you so much, Yunchen, for your continued support!)
(End of this chapter)