Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 20 Top Students

The classroom was quiet during evening self-study.

One by one, the students held pens in their hands, glancing at their test papers and then at the blackboard.

Zhou Ziyang, dressed in a white school uniform, stood tall and straight, holding a test paper in one hand and chalk in the other.

He stood in front of the blackboard and wrote neatly, word by word.

The lines are straight and even a language arts teacher would probably feel ashamed upon seeing them.

For the fill-in-the-blank questions, Zhou Ziyang only wrote the answers.

For the later, more challenging questions, Zhou Ziyang wrote out all the solution steps.

The math teacher, standing at the back of the classroom, became more and more satisfied with what he saw.

"How could I not have thought of the last question!"

"Holy crap, how is Zhou Ziyang so amazing?"

As they wrote, the students began to whisper among themselves.
Xia Wei looked at Zhou Ziyang on the stage. She had been somewhat shocked since Zhou Ziyang first answered the math teacher's question.

Now that Zhou Ziyang has written out the complete answers to the math test, Xia Wei, who is checking the answers at her desk, is no longer shocked, but has a complicated look in her eyes. She doesn't understand how Zhou Ziyang could solve these problems.

I couldn't even solve the last big question on this math test.

Zhou Ziyang was even able to write down the solution steps.

Has he written similar questions before?

Even so, it's impossible for him to have done every single question, right?
The math teacher, standing at the back of the classroom, watched Zhou Ziyang write down the answers one by one, and grew increasingly satisfied.

After Zhou Ziyang finished writing all the questions, he casually threw the chalk into the chalk box, wiped his hands, and left the stage.

"wow~"

In high school, when someone tries to show off, the classmates never hesitate to cheer them on.

But before they could even make a sound, the math teacher said, "Alright, stop making a fuss and hurry up and check your answers. Zhou Ziyang's answers are almost all correct. If there's anything you don't understand, I'll explain it to you."

The math teacher is known throughout the school as a master of changing his expression.

He'll smile at you if you get good grades.

If your grades are bad, he won't give you a friendly look if you run into him face to face.

He even mentioned this in class.

He said, "You're not good at studying, why should I pay attention to you?"
I just want you to know that good grades bring you preferential treatment.

What do I care about how you guys fare if you don't do well in your studies?

Therefore, the math teacher and Zhou Ziyang remained strangers.

Only now has he begun to greet Zhou Ziyang with a smile.

Zhou Ziyang returned to his seat not long ago.

They immediately surrounded them from all sides.

"Hey, Zhou Ziyang, did you answer all the questions during the exam?"

"Zhou Ziyang, you're amazing!"

The boys were a little better off, but the girls sitting in the front row looked at Zhou Ziyang with almost nothing but admiration.

At this moment, the math teacher came over and told them to stop whispering and quickly check their test papers.

Then he smiled at Zhou Ziyang and asked in a gentle voice, "Did you estimate your score for this exam?"

Zhou Ziyang nodded: "The fifth multiple-choice question was answered incorrectly, and the last essay question was answered incorrectly as well."

For senior high school exams, they usually only collect the answer sheets; the math exam paper is still there.

Everyone would first work out the answers on the math test paper before filling them in on the answer sheet.

The math teacher picked up Zhou Ziyang's test paper and flipped through it, discovering that Zhou Ziyang was indeed not lying.

If that's the case, each multiple-choice question is worth five points, and if the answer to a long-answer question is wrong but the steps are correct, two points will be deducted.

Zhou Ziyang's final estimated score was 153 points.

The math teacher was speechless after reading it. He said, "You got the twelfth question right, but I've explained the fifth question countless times, and you still got it wrong."

Zhou Ziyang said, "I was careless."

The math teacher was speechless upon hearing this, but he couldn't get angry. He just wanted to strive for excellence. Zhou Ziyang's score was already one in a hundred, but he was really upset.

Zhou Ziyang got both questions wrong because of carelessness.

"How many times have I told you to check carefully! You still handed in your paper early. Think about it, if you hadn't handed it in early, you would have gotten a perfect score!" The math teacher was even more annoyed than Zhou Ziyang.

Zhou Ziyang said that this is a good thing. One should not be too full in life or in work. As the saying goes, the moon wanes after it is full.

The students who had been watching Zhou Ziyang's conversation with the teacher burst out laughing upon hearing this.

"Don't laugh."

The math teacher stopped them and told them to check their test papers immediately.

Looking at Zhou Ziyang again, the math teacher could only say he had mixed feelings of love and hate.

He asked Zhou Ziyang how he could be so good at this time when he had never shown any talent before, and whether he had done similar problems before.
Zhou Ziyang said no, haven't you been working hard lately?

Isn't this what they call accumulating knowledge and experience before unleashing it?

The math teacher said, "Oh, so you handed in your papers early for all the other subjects and finished them all?"

"That's inevitable."

When Zhou Ziyang spoke, the students next to him couldn't help but laugh.

I never noticed before, how come Zhou Ziyang is so confident?

The math teacher felt that Zhou Ziyang was deliberately speaking to him in that tone.

That's for sure, because Zhou Ziyang has no connection with his math teacher, and his good grades this time have nothing to do with him. He'll still get his bonus if he gets good grades.

So whatever he says is just him licking his own boots.

So the math teacher could only sigh with regret over Zhou Ziyang's two wrong answers; if he hadn't been careless, he would have gotten a perfect score!
Zhou Ziyang expressed his regret about this.

There was no other way; it happened after math class.

The math teacher, as usual, asked in class, "Raise your hand if you expect to score over 150 this time?"

Zhou Ziyang was the only one in the class to raise his hand.

The math teacher looked around and said, "Oh, is there no one else besides Zhou Ziyang?"

No one responded.

"Xia Wei, you didn't pass the exam either?"

Xia Wei had always been the best student in the class, and the math teacher asked her a question out of curiosity.

"I"

It would have been better if she hadn't asked. As soon as she was asked, Xia Wei immediately felt ashamed. She said, feeling wronged, "I made a mistake in my solution to the last question."

The math teacher nodded. He was never one to comfort people, and said bluntly, "The last question is indeed difficult for you girls, but there's nothing we can do about it. Girls are just a little weaker than boys when it comes to logical thinking."

Then the math teacher asked again, "Above 140, above 100?"
Actually, many people in the class have this level of ability, but they may not have this confidence.

The math teacher also understands that, under normal circumstances, the actual test score will definitely be better than the estimated score.

Before the end, the teacher said a few more words: "In your class, only Zhou Ziyang can guarantee a score of over 150. In our science class, we have two."

"You should all learn from Zhou Ziyang. The college entrance exam is just around the corner. Zhou Ziyang is usually quiet, but he has suddenly become amazing. Sigh, get out of class dismissed."

After saying this, the math teacher turned and left.

The classroom began to get noisy.

Normally, senior high school students are quiet even during breaks, except for these two days after the midterm exams. Some people shout that they are doomed and that they got two big questions wrong.

Some people said they felt they had missed out big time, as they couldn't even answer such a simple question.

"Hey, Zhou Ziyang, could you explain this problem to me again?"

"Brother Zhou, how did you solve this problem?"

Zhou Ziyang was surrounded by a crowd.

Zhou Ziyang's early submission of his exam paper had already displeased the homeroom teacher.

Before the homeroom teacher even arrived, the math teacher, beaming with delight, told the homeroom teacher, Mr. Chen, in the office, "Your class is going to produce another student destined for a top university!"

"Don't be fooled by Zhou Ziyang handing in his paper early; he actually did really well on this exam!"

Once the math teacher announced it in the office, the other teachers knew what was going on.

The homeroom teacher has a lot of responsibility, so he is more composed than other teachers. He said, "Let's wait until the exam results come out before we talk about it."

However, thanks to the math teacher's publicity, other teachers began to pay special attention to Zhou Ziyang during class.

For example, going over test papers in English class.

The teacher would say, "Ziyang, stand up and read this passage aloud, and then translate it as well."

Xia Wei usually does these kinds of things.

To be honest, Xia Wei suddenly felt a little uncomfortable when the teacher didn't call on her to translate this time.

Zhou Ziyang, however, was not to be outdone and immediately stood up and began to speak:
In the world of education, there is a growing movement towards project
His pronunciation is standard and his words are clear and distinct.

In the office, a colleague said that Zhou Ziyang had been accumulating knowledge and experience for a long time, but the English teacher didn't believe it.

Zhou Ziyang's performance was like this.

The English teacher immediately believed it, until Zhou Ziyang translated it word for word.

The English teacher looked at Zhou Ziyang with increasing approval and said he was very good.

"Ziyang's translation is very accurate. Ziyang, why don't you do a few multiple-choice questions while you're at it?"

"Oh."

Zhou Ziyang didn't care.

The students below were speechless with shock. They had all witnessed Zhou Ziyang's diligent study in just one week, but the change was too great.

Then the English teacher went up to Zhou Ziyang.

The English teacher is still as flamboyant as ever; today she wore black stockings under her denim miniskirt.

To be honest, this kind of outfit is quite outdated, but it's very common in small towns.

She asked Zhou Ziyang in a sweet, coquettish voice how many points he estimated he would get on the test this time.

Zhou Ziyang couldn't quite explain it.

"It shouldn't be too bad, right?" the English teacher said in her usual sweet, coquettish voice.

"Who knows? Maybe the answer sheet wasn't filled out properly," Zhou Ziyang said with a smile.

The English teacher gave Zhou Ziyang a reproachful look.

As soon as the English teacher returned to the office, she exclaimed eagerly, "Ms. Chen! Ms. Ji was right, Ziyang has really changed a lot! He must have done well on the test this time!"

There was a day before the scores were released, but during that day everyone knew that Zhou Ziyang must have done well on the exam.

At the very least, he's in the top five of the class.

After his high-profile debut, Zhou Ziyang has become unusually low-key, saying that it's hard to say until the results are in.

At this moment, Xia Wei was the one who was most distressed.

Seeing Zhou Ziyang being fawned over by everyone, Xia Wei suddenly felt a little scared.

He wouldn't actually surpass himself, would he?
If that's the case, then I'll have to honor my promise to him.
(End of this chapter)