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Chapter 77 Provincial Joint Examination: Unexpectedly Poor Results? (Please Read On!)

It was already past 8 p.m. when Jiang Xun left Yang Huimin's house.

He took a taxi to the entrance of Yang Kaiyi's residential complex, sent her a message, and she quickly ran downstairs.

Perhaps because she was in such a hurry to go downstairs, she didn't even put on a coat, only wearing her pink pajamas underneath, and a cat ear headband on her head.

She arrived at the entrance of the residential area, her full breasts heaving rapidly, and then looked around for Jiang Xun.

When she looked toward the dim corner where the streetlights couldn't reach, she saw Jiang Xun smiling at her.

"Shh!" Jiang Xun gestured for her to be quiet, then pulled her into the darkness, holding her tightly in his arms.

"Why are you here so late?" Yang Kaiyi's face was flushed. Although it wasn't the first time Jiang Xun had hugged her, her heart was still beating very fast.

Jiang Xun took a box out of his pocket and handed it to her.

"Happy New Year!" he said with a smile, then whispered in her ear, "Happy Valentine's Day!"

"Mmm~" Yang Kaiyi felt a tickle on her ear, and the hot breath Jiang Xun exhaled made her ears turn red.

She opened the box, inside was a very beautiful silver vine bracelet, each branch adorned with lily of the valley buds inlaid with diamonds.

As the light swept across, those diamonds, smaller than grains of rice, refracted into starlight-like fragments of light.

So that's why he came so late – to give me a gift!
The softest spot in the girl's heart was gently touched, and then, unable to resist, she reached out and wrapped her arms around his waist.

At this moment, the girl took out a palm-sized box and a small pink envelope from her pocket and handed them to Jiang Xun.

"Happy Valentine's Day~" the girl whispered, then tiptoed and kissed him on the corner of his mouth before turning away shyly.

Jiang Xun watched the girl's receding figure, then looked at the delicate handwriting on the envelope in his hand, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

……

On February 15, the senior high school students of Yinxian No.2 Middle School officially started school.

Jiang Xun resumed his daily routine of reading, sleeping, skipping classes, and writing.

Yang Kaiyi and Chen Shixuan both seem to have started to study hard. The former is doing well, as she is already quite hardworking.

But Chen Shixuan seemed like a completely different person. She was very attentive in class every day, and whenever she had time after class, she would ask Jiang Xun questions.

Moreover, she wasn't deliberately seeking opportunities to be intimate with Jiang Xun; she was genuinely concerned about the matter.

Yang Kaiyi noticed that Chen Shixuan would pester Jiang Xun every day after class, and he was clearly a little annoyed.

But given her personality, she definitely wouldn't follow him around; she would just give Jiang Xun a resentful glare every time they made eye contact.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the senior high school students ushered in their first provincial joint examination.

Before the exam, Jiang Xun finally raised his mental value to 80, and his charm value also reached 80. Only his physique was still at 78.

Even with a mental value of 80, Jiang Xun couldn't guarantee that he could outperform everyone else in the provincial joint examination.

Of the 300,000 to 400,000 test takers in the province, at least 200,000 are science students. Among them are many true geniuses and academic prodigies, even prodigious geniuses.

It is indeed not an easy thing to be among the top in these two hundred thousand people.

As it was a province-wide joint examination, the school naturally attached great importance to it. Even the province sent a mobile inspection team to the school to oversee the process and ensure the fairness of the examination.

The seating arrangements for this exam were completely randomized; instead of assigning exam rooms based on scores as in the past, they were randomly assigned.

Jiang Xun was assigned to the seventeenth examination room. As soon as the news was announced, the students in the seventeenth examination room were instantly excited.

He was in the same exam room as Jiang Shen! In the past, only the top ten in the grade got this treatment. I never thought they would run into him this time. When Jiang Xun walked into the exam room, although most people were still too shy to go up and greet him, they all looked at him with burning eyes.

Some, however, were quite shameless. They would call him "Jiang Shen" and try to befriend him, asking him to copy their work.

There was no way they would allow copying; these people weren't Chen Shixuan or Yang Kaiyi. However, Jiang Xun still replied to each of them in a friendly manner.

Soon, the first Chinese exam began, and Jiang Xun once again filled the entire room.

He spent more time on the essay, hoping to write one that was as close to a perfect score as possible.

He possesses advanced literary writing skills, so his writing style is certainly not a problem. The key is to do his best in terms of theme and relevance.

In the afternoon math exam, the earlier questions were not difficult for him, except for the last big question on functions, which was clearly beyond the syllabus.

If we use multiple differentiations, which are understandable to high school students, the time and computational load will be enormous, and there will likely not be enough time.

Therefore, Jiang Xun ultimately chose to use the university-level knowledge of 'Taylor's formula', but he provided a detailed explanation and demonstration of the process.

Whether this method can earn points, or even full marks, largely depends on the teacher grading the paper.

The English and combined science exams on the second day were not particularly difficult, and Jiang Xun handed in her papers and left the exam room half an hour early.

Of course, just like Chinese, it's not easy to get a perfect score in English. And with three subjects in the science section, the questions are numerous and varied, which will inevitably lead to some gaps in your knowledge.

After the exam, the senior high school teachers and students were all talking about it behind their backs, wondering if anyone from No. 1 High School could make it into the top 30 in the province.

Of course, everyone agreed that Jiang Xun had a very high chance of making it into the top 20, and even a chance of breaking into the top 10. As for the top 10, that would be a bit too difficult.

Yu Sheng from Class 2 also has a chance to break into the top 30. His performance in the final exam last semester gave him a chance to enter the top 30 in the province, but it is unlikely that he will be in the top 20.

As for the others, including Yang Kaiyi, they almost lack the strength to break into the top 30 in the province; they can only hope to get into the top 50.

The day after the exam, during evening self-study, Zhu Zejiang entered the classroom with several sheets of paper, instantly silencing the previously noisy classroom.

Clearly, the results of the provincial joint examination are out!

"Our school did very poorly in this joint exam." Zhu Zejiang's words made everyone's hearts skip a beat, sensing that something terrible was about to happen.

But then he added casually, "However, our school also did very well on the exam."

???

Everyone was full of questions. Old Zhu, do you want to hear what you're saying?
"The reason you did poorly on the exam is that your average score is almost outside the top 60, which is at least 10 places lower than in previous years!" Old Zhu said seriously and in a low voice.

A poor average score meant that the overall performance was poor, and everyone in the class subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to meet Old Zhu's gaze.

At this point, Old Zhu changed the subject:
"Of course, there are also students in our school who did very well in the exam, such as Yu Sheng, who made it into the top 30 in the province and scored 688 points."

These words caused an uproar in the class.

Yu Sheng? 688 points? That's higher than Jiang Xun's previous city-wide first place score?! This is a provincial joint exam!

At that moment, a sudden jolt went through everyone's hearts.

What does this mean? Yu Sheng did well on the exam, but what about Jiang Xun? Could he have pulled off an upset?
Everyone, including Yang Kaiyi and Chen Shixuan, subconsciously looked towards the corner, at the calm-faced boy.

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