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

Chapter 221 The class monitor just doesn't want me to leave, right?

"what?!"

"Dao Ye surpassed the class monitor?!"

After having dinner in the cafeteria, Chen Shi'an and Lin Mengqiu had just entered the classroom when they heard the shocked voices of their classmates.

We agreed to keep our mouths shut, but it turns out we were guarding a wide-mouthed bottle instead.

Such earth-shattering news was so big that several girls who had just seen their grades couldn't contain themselves and went back to their dorms to share it with their friends. Soon after, the whole class knew...

"real or fake……"

"Wait, I still can't believe it, the class monitor really fell from first place?"

"What score did he get? Holy crap... what exactly did Dao Ye get?"

"I can't say anymore. You'll know when the results come out later..."

"You're kidding me, right? I'm a remnant of the old dynasty, I refuse to believe it even if you beat me to death!"

"It's true, the new king has already ascended the throne..."

“No——!”

While everyone was gossiping about the grades and talking in abstract terms, they noticed Chen Shi'an and Lin Mengqiu walking in together through the back door of the classroom, and quickly fell silent.

I thought that no one could take the class president down from the top spot in the remaining years of high school, but I never expected the reversal to come so quickly.

The person who forcefully reached the top was none other than Daoist Master Jiu Louyu, who had just enrolled two months prior! The contrast left everyone feeling utterly astonished, as if in a dream…

Although the class monitor had fallen from first place, her influence remained. Even though the students were curious, they didn't dare to approach her and ask her questions.

Lin Mengqiu didn't bother to talk to the others and went back to her seat on her own.

As Chen Shi'an walked down the aisle, he was quietly pulled aside by a curious classmate.

"Master Dao, I heard you got first place this time, is that true...?"

"Well, lucky."

"Holy crap! Daoist, please don't do this... My heart can't take it anymore. You're making it seem like all those years of studying were for nothing..."

"How many points, Daoist Master?"

"Didn't you say your heart couldn't take it?"

"Speak, Daoist Master, I want to die knowing why!"

"723 points."

"Wow... 723 points?!"

When Chen Shi'an announced the score, everyone was stunned. They had guessed that Dao Ye would score no less than 700 points after hearing that he had surpassed the class monitor, but no one expected him to score 723 points!

723! Is he even human?!
No wonder Dao Ye was able to surpass the class monitor. With a score of 723, anyone standing in front of him would be easily overtaken!

Zihan was dumbfounded. Last time, Dao Ye was at the bottom of the class in the monthly exam, but the tables have turned. This time, Dao Ye went from last place to first place. Does this mean that he will be at the bottom of the class again?
723 points.

The score is so low that it's enough to make you despair.

It took two months to complete.

Even in the top-performing science class, the students felt as if their understanding had been twisted like a pretzel, cruelly and mercilessly reshaped...

There can't be any higher limits, right?
Surely Dao Ye can't possibly raise the score above 723 again next time, right?
Rationally, everyone felt it couldn't possibly go any higher, but at this point, they couldn't give a definite answer...

I have a feeling that Dao Ye will get an even more terrifying score next time...

As the book said, we are indeed in a new era of earth-shaking change.

……

Academic performance is a matter of great concern to every student, especially in top classes.

While everyone was still busy gossiping about the results of the monthly exam, Lin Mengqiu had already quietly sat down and started reading.

After being questioned by everyone for a long time, Chen Shi'an returned to his seat, pulled out a chair and sat down, locking the girl who was studying hard by the window inside.

The previously empty side of her body quietly relaxed, and Lin Mengqiu slightly turned her head, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.

Stinky Taoist priest...

Want to transfer classes?

Don't even think about me...

Thinking back to what happened in the cafeteria, Lin Mengqiu felt somewhat fortunate. Luckily, she discovered it early. Otherwise, if that stinky Taoist priest had told her dad one day and her dad had agreed to switch shifts for her in a moment of madness, they would have each lost a hundred points!
I'll deduct ten points from your score first!
The girl muttered to herself, looked away, and continued working on her problems.

A presence drew near her, causing her to pause as she wrote, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look.

Chen Shi'an drank water from his cup while tilting his head to look at the questions she was writing.

"Is the class monitor doing physics?"

"……Um."

"Is this a complete set of practice questions for the science subjects?"

"Ah."

"Class monitor, do you have any questions we've done before? I haven't practiced many of the science questions yet, so I can use them to practice."

"You scored 283 on your combined science test..."

"Yes, that's right. We haven't practiced enough. We just finished reviewing the course content last month and didn't do much practice before the exam. We need to catch up on the practice questions this month."

"..."

Are you talking human language?
They didn't even practice any questions, and yet they got a score of 283 on the test?

Lin Mengqiu was convinced. She stopped writing, stretched out her delicate fingers to rummage through the pile of books, and then pulled out a complete set of science practice questions that she had bought outside of class and handed them to Chen Shi'an.

"...You can do this one. You don't need to do the basic questions anymore. This set is for advanced questions, and the questions are more difficult."

"Thank you monitor."

Chen Shi'an smiled and took the set of questions from Lin Mengqiu. As expected, the class monitor was kind-hearted despite her cold exterior. Even though he had taken first place from her, she was still willing to lend him her study materials.

He opened the workbook, and unlike before, the answer sections were all blank, clearly indicating that it was new and hadn't been done before.

"Hey, class monitor, you haven't done this before?"

"……Um."

Lin Mengqiu was also a little dazed. Thinking back to a month ago, Chen Shi'an had lent her the workbooks that she had already done, but a month later, this stinky Taoist priest's learning progress had surpassed hers.

“If you want to do it, then write it,” Lin Mengqiu said.

"It's okay, I'll just write the questions on the draft paper and return it to the class monitor when I'm done. Thank you, class monitor, you're such a nice person."

"~~~"

Humph.

Lin Mengqiu couldn't help but ask again in a low voice:

"Are you really planning to study humanities later?"

"Well, it's rare to be enrolled in school, so if there's still time, it would be good to study humanities as well."

"...You can't transfer classes."

"Don't worry, class monitor, I won't transfer classes. I'll discuss it with Uncle Lin when I'm ready to start studying."

"...You can discuss this with me. It's a small matter. My dad only cares about important school matters."

"Oh oh."

"×!"

"So, class monitor, what's the best way for me to arrange things?" "...Have you finished studying all your science subjects?"

"No, there are still some textbook contents I haven't learned, and I haven't done the experiments I told you about before."

"Then let's talk about it after you've finished studying all the science subjects. Besides..."

Lin Mengqiu paused for a moment, then said, "Science isn't just about the high school curriculum. You've only learned a little bit of high school material. You're nowhere near where you are! Do you even know what calculus is?"

"do not know."

Do you know quantum mechanics?

"do not know."

"That's it... You still have a lot to learn in science."

Lin Mengqiu lowered her head, her smooth hair falling down and obscuring her profile. She held a pen and seemed to be writing a problem, but the pen didn't move at all. Only her little mouth was moving, muttering to herself.

It was as if she was speaking to Chen Shi'an, but also as if she was speaking to herself.

Chen Shi'an blinked, leaned closer, and asked in a low voice:

"The class monitor just doesn't want me to leave, right?"

"...!"

The girl stopped muttering.

Although Fanrenchan had asked her the same question when they were debating in the cafeteria, she was able to answer without hesitation back then.

But when Chen Shi'an asked her the same question, she found herself unable to answer.

The girl gripped the pen tightly with her fingertips, making her skin appear slightly pale. Her head was lowered even further, causing her hair to fall more dramatically, revealing the tips of her red ears.

After waiting for a long while without her reply, Chen Shi'an already had his answer. He chuckled and said:
"Don't worry, class monitor, I really won't transfer classes. I'd like to sit next to you too."

"...I dislike you."

"Even if you dislike me, I won't leave."

"~~~~~~~~"

Lin Mengqiu ignored him, and Chen Shi'an ignored her too. The two of them quietly started reading and doing their homework.

……

For students who already know their results but haven't received their exam papers yet, tonight's self-study session will be a bit tough.

Fortunately, after the first evening self-study session, the test papers and scores that had been piled up in the general office were finally returned to the class and distributed to each student.

The entire break between classes in Class 5 was filled with excitement!

"Holy crap... It's over! This is a real disaster! The score is so much lower than last time!"

"Stop crying, everyone got low scores."

"Oh, that's all right."

"Master! 141 in Chinese!! And only 59 in the composition?!"

"Master Dao! 149 in English!!"

"Master Dao! Perfect score in math!!"

……

Chen Shi'an's test papers never returned to him; they were snatched away by his classmates almost as soon as they appeared.

If I looked at the Taoist priest's scrolls out of curiosity last time, then this time it's out of utmost reverence.

It was almost universally acknowledged that the midterm exam was difficult, but Dao Ye was an exception. His papers, which were close to perfect scores, gave everyone a sense of absurdity, as if they were living in different worlds...

Chen Shi'an achieved the highest overall score in the entire grade in Chinese, Mathematics, English, and Science.

He was tied for first place in the grade in both mathematics and science subjects with Lin Mengqiu.

This was also Lin Mengqiu's proudest subject. Fortunately, Chen Shi'an didn't surpass her in these two subjects this time, otherwise the class monitor would have really collapsed on the ground and refused to get up...

When the results were released, some were happy while others were sad.

"Holy crap...! Zihan actually has 600 points?!"

"What's going on?! Brother Zhuo, why did you go to cover the rear?"

Xu Zihan's eyes lit up when she saw her score: "It's better to have a difficult test! It's better to have a difficult test!"

Last time, Dao Ye was at the bottom. After hearing that Dao Ye had surpassed the whole class this time, Xu Zihan thought that she was going to be surpassed by the whole class. But when the results came out, she found that she could actually surpass Zhuo Ge and the others!

Now he can hold parent-teacher conferences with a clear conscience. Mom was right, it's all Zhuo Ge and his friends' fault for leading him astray...

It wasn't until the last evening self-study session that Chen Shi'an's test papers gradually returned to his desk.

Before he could even pick it up, a small hand reached out and snatched the entire test paper away.

Lin Mengqiu held his test paper, staring intently at it. She scrutinized his answers to almost every question, wanting to understand why she had lost this time...

Needless to say, both of them got full marks in math. Although they had different solutions to a few questions, they both came up with the correct answers in the end.

But to Lin Mengqiu's shock, the final, three-choice optional question... Chen Shi'an answered all three questions!
"...Wasn't it supposed to be a choice of three? Why did you do all three?"

"Yeah, I just do it whenever I have some free time."

"..."

Lin Mengqiu stared intently at the three optional questions.

When I have time...

How did you manage to find the time during such a difficult math test?!
Especially the last three optional questions, all three of which were extremely difficult. Due to time constraints, Lin Mengqiu only chose one of the easier ones to answer.

In the past, when the math exams weren't too difficult, Lin Mengqiu would sometimes do the three optional questions if she had time. But even if she did them all and got them all right, the teacher would only give points for the first question. Moreover, if she got the first question wrong, there was a risk of losing points even if she got the other two questions right. So unless she was absolutely sure, everyone would honestly choose one question to answer.

Even Lin Mengqiu herself would never risk answering all three questions unless she was very confident in her ability to answer them; she had to be sure that she could get the points for the optional questions.

Unexpectedly, Chen Shi'an actually had the time and even managed to complete all three extremely difficult questions! And he got them all right!

If this were graded as a regular question... Aaaaaaah!

You stinky Taoist priest! I hate you! Why do you have to show off your skills all the time!

This is the first time the girl, who consistently scores 150, has truly felt the difference between different scores of 150...

Sadly, I'm still on the side that's lacking.
Fortunately, although the three optional questions were difficult, Lin Mengqiu was able to solve them, but she might not have enough time during the exam...

Heaven knows where that stinky Taoist priest got so much time and confidence from taking the exam; he did everything he should and shouldn't have done!

He watched as the girl's expression changed, and she stared silently at the last three questions on his test paper.

Chen Shi'an blinked and asked, "Class monitor, didn't you do these three questions? I thought they were quite interesting."

……Hello!

We're taking an exam! Are we doing the questions for fun, not to see if we can consistently get a high score?

"Optional question."

Lin Mengqiu's expression hardened, and she emphasized the nature of the questions, "...Just choose one to do."

"Okay, sure. Class monitor, can I borrow your test paper too?"

"No."

"Look, didn't you show it to me before?"

No, I won't give it to you.

The girl used her petite body to firmly block the table, refusing to let him see her test paper no matter what.

(End of this chapter)