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"Jiang Chen is no less than me?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"What level am I at? What tier is Jiang Chen at? How can he possibly compare to me?"

Hearing the discussions around him, Xu Yunzhou gritted his teeth, so angry that he was about to lose his composure.

Meanwhile, the homeroom teacher, Pan Zhenhua, continued reading out the class rankings from the podium.

"Twentieth place, Zhao Xiaoyu, Chinese 99, Math 95, English 92... Total score 488."

"Nineteenth place, Gu Pingsheng..."

"Eighteenth place..."

Xu Yunzhou's fingers had unconsciously dug into his palm.

We're already ranked eighteenth, and we still haven't heard Jiang Chen's name mentioned.

He was anxious; he was genuinely worried.

"Fifteenth place," Pan Zhenhua paused, then looked up, "Xu Yunzhou."

Swish!

Xu Yunzhou suddenly looked up.

"Chinese 110, Math 102, English 98, Science 210, Total 520."

The results were announced.

A chorus of soft "wows" immediately filled the classroom.

This score was indeed an exceptional performance for Xu Yunzhou.

Although he did not reach the 550 points he boasted about two days ago, he still scored nearly 40 points higher than in previous exams.

From around 20th place to 15th place, that's quite an improvement.

But Xu Yunzhou showed no joy whatsoever.

Because he heard his own name, but not Jiang Chen's name.

This means...

In this monthly exam, Jiang Chen actually did better than him?

In that case, wouldn't he have lost to Jiang Chen?

"No...it's impossible..."

His lips moved, his body went numb instantly, and he didn't even realize that his palms were being pinched raw by his fingers.

The other students in the class couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"Holy crap, I never expected that Xu Yunzhou's results would be out already, but Jiang Chen's results are still not out?"

"I thought Xu Yunzhou would definitely beat Jiang Chen in the bet on the monthly exam results, after all, their past grades were worlds apart, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were like heaven and earth, but in the end, Jiang Chen won?"

"Wasn't Jiang Chen always second to last in the class, a total academic failure? Why did he do so well on this monthly exam?"

"We can't expect him to learn something by frantically reading books and suddenly improve his skills by leaps and bounds, can we?"

"Or... was he hiding his true strength in the past?"

"Could it be that he was always a good student, and was just a fake underachiever in the past?"

"But who can pretend to be a scumbag for three years?"

……

While everyone looked on in confusion.

Pan Zhenhua continued reading: "Fourteenth place..."

"thirteenth……"

"tenth……"

When the tenth place was announced, the whole class fell silent instantly.

Because everyone realized a terrifying truth...

"Jiang Chen, he hasn't been called on yet?"

"Then his ranking in this exam won't be outside the top ten?"

"This means that Jiang Chen actually ranked in the top ten of his class in this monthly exam?"

"This... how the hell is this possible?"

Xu Yunzhou boasted that he had performed exceptionally well on the exam, saying that he was guaranteed a top ten finish in the class, but in the end, he only came in fifteenth.

Jiang Chen, who had never been favored by others, suddenly rose from second to last to the top ten in the class.

The stark contrast left everyone speechless with astonishment.

Pan Zhenhua continued reading the results.

"Ninth place..."

"Eighth place..."

"..."

"Fifth place, Chen Mo, Chinese 120...total score 580."

At this moment, everyone in the class was so shocked that they were numb.

Nobody cared how many points Chen Mo scored.

All they cared about was why Jiang Chen's name hadn't appeared yet.

They've already reached fifth place!

He used to be second to last in his class, a perennial underachiever, but because of a simple bet, he managed to improve his grades to the top five in the class.

This is just too unbelievable!

Of course, the most numb person was Xu Yunzhou.

His eyes were already vacant, his ears were ringing, and he was drooling without even realizing it.

"Fourth place, Wang Hao... total score 600."

"Third place, Li Xiaofang... total score 628."

Xu Yunzhou: "???"

The rest of the class: "???"

When Li Xiaofang's name was mentioned, everyone's eyes widened in shock, almost to the point of popping out of their sockets.

Damn it, they've already called out third place! But they still haven't called Jiang Chen's name?

This means...

Jiang Chen went from being second to last in his class to second to last.

Jiang Chen is truly remarkable; he doesn't make a sound until he does, and then he amazes everyone with his talent.

If you didn't see it with your own eyes and hear it with your own ears, who the hell could believe it?

This is simply a fantasy; even novels wouldn't dare to write something like this.

However, that's not the most shocking part.

What shocked them even more was...

Pan Zhenhua stopped reading aloud at this point.

He took off his glasses, wiped them, and put them back on.

This action made everyone's hearts leap into their throats.

Second place!

Pan Zhenhua's voice was exceptionally clear: "Tang Ruoxi, Chinese 148, Math 148, English 150, Science 292, total score 738, also second in the grade."

Xu Yunzhou: "???"

The whole class: "??????"

"boom!!!"

The classroom erupted in chaos.

"Holy crap? Tang University's top student and class monitor only scored 738 points and is only second in the class and second in the grade? What's going on?"

"For nearly three years of high school, from freshman year until now, Tang, the top student and class monitor, has always been number one in both class and grade in every exam. How come he wasn't this time?"

"738 points! That's 738 points! Just 12 points shy of a perfect score! How could anyone surpass that incredible achievement?! How is that even possible???"

Everyone was startled and couldn't help but shout out.

"Whose grades haven't been read aloud yet?"

"It seems there's only one... Jiang Chen??"

"The person who surpassed Tang University's top student and class monitor to become the number one student in the class and grade this time can't possibly be..."

All eyes in the class immediately turned to the bald man in the middle and back row.

But the bald man was looking down and drawing something on a draft paper. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a function graph in a multidimensional space.

Jiang Chen seemed completely oblivious to the stares of the crowd.

On the podium, Pan Zhenhua took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

His gaze also fell on Jiang Chen, his eyes filled with an extremely complex mix of emotions, including shock, relief, confusion, and a hint of...bewilderment as if he had seen a ghost.

"First...place!"

He practically spat out each word: "Jiang Chen, Chinese 150, Math 150, English 150, Science 300, total score 750, also ranked first in the grade."

Dead silence.

Absolute silence.

You can't even hear them breathing.

"Perfect scores in all subjects?"

"A total score of 750?"

"First in the class, first in the grade?"

"These incredibly high scores, did Jiang Chen really achieve them?"

"The former second-to-last in the class, the worst of the worst, actually scored a perfect 750 on this monthly exam, beating the top student and class monitor from Tang University to become the top student in both the class and the grade?"

"If this is true, then Jiang Chen wasn't just a fake academic genius, but a fake super genius, right?"

"Was his poor performance in the past a deliberate attempt to hide his true abilities and play it cool?"

Everyone present was so shocked that they couldn't speak, only gasping in shock, looking at Jiang Chen as if they had seen a ghost.

"Clatter!"

Xu Yunzhou's pen suddenly fell to the ground, but he didn't bother to pick it up.

Instead, his mouth was agape, his eyes were wide open as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, and all the color drained from his face in an instant.

"No...it's impossible..."

He muttered to himself, his voice trembling, "Absolutely impossible..."

"Bang!"

He stood up abruptly, the chair legs scraping against the floor with a screeching sound.

"teacher!"

Xu Yunzhou pointed at Jiang Chen, his finger trembling like someone with Parkinson's disease, "I'm reporting him! He cheated! He definitely cheated!"

"He copied someone else's answers! Or he got hold of the answer key beforehand! Otherwise, how could he...?"

However, Pan Zhenhua gave a stern shout.

Xu Yunzhou!

The temperature in the classroom dropped sharply.

"The marking team reviewed Jiang Chen's scores three times," Pan Zhenhua said coldly. "All four proctors testified that Jiang Chen answered the questions seriously in every exam and did not look around at all."

"The exam room surveillance footage has been checked, and there are no abnormalities."

"Besides, he was the only one in the whole school to get a perfect score of 750 by copying other people's answers, so it's absolutely impossible."

"As for getting the exam paper and answer key in advance..."

"First, the exam papers for this month were all prepared on the spot, so there's absolutely no way the answers could be leaked!"

"second……"

He paused, then added, "There were absolutely no answer keys for the essay questions on both the Chinese and English exams!"

"In his Chinese composition 'Persistence and Adaptability,' Jiang Chen used three dimensions—the Book of Changes, Su Shi, and Lu Xun—and concluded by elevating the theme to the mission of contemporary youth. His ideas are profound and his logic is rigorous. Tell me, where did you copy that from?"

"In his English essay, 'Environmental Protection and Technology,' he quoted five famous lines from original English works, one of which is from the preface to the 1962 edition of 'Silent Spring.' Tell me, which answer key would include that?"

Xu Yunzhou slumped back into his chair as if his bones had been removed.

His face was ashen, and his eyes were unfocused.

The classroom finally recovered from its shock.

"Hiss hiss hiss, Jiang Chen actually got a perfect score of 750 on this monthly exam, ranking first in both class and grade, all through his own ability?"

"Jiang Chen, was he really a fake academic genius? His true strength is actually even greater than that of Tang Ruoxi, the top student and class monitor with the potential to attend Tsinghua or Peking University?"

"We really underestimated Jiang Chen!"

"I originally thought Jiang Chen was fat, short, ugly, and had terrible grades; he was hopeless!"

"But who knew he would not only be tall, slim, and handsome, with looks that could easily surpass the school heartthrob Xu Yunzhou, but also have such incredible academic performance!"

"It's like being jolted awake from a deathbed – the clown is actually ourselves!"

"We've all been played by him..."