A fat man who was reborn from the dead? He transforms into a perfect male god in a week.

"Ring ring!!"

The bell rang, signaling the start of the second period in the morning.

Math teacher Zhou Dapeng, whom students affectionately call "Zhou the Smartest," walked into the classroom with a test paper in hand and immediately spotted Jiang Chen.

"Class, I have some good news to share before class begins!"

Zhou Dacong pushed up his glasses, his voice trembling with excitement, "Jiang Chen from our class got a perfect score of 150 in math in this monthly exam!"

The whole class already knew, but they still clapped in unison.

"Especially the last, most challenging question!"

Zhou Dacong walked to Jiang Chen's table, his eyes shining like searchlights.

"Jiang Chen used three solutions, one of which didn't even have a reference answer. It used a variation of Lagrange's Mean Value Theorem, which is university-level advanced mathematics!"

He patted Jiang Chen on the shoulder with such force that it could break a person apart.

"Excellent! Excellent! A promising talent!"

Jiang Chen was working out the integral of a complex function on a draft paper when his pen slipped from his hand, drawing a graceful arc.

He looked up and smiled politely, "Teacher, you flatter me."

"Not at all flattering! Not flattering at all!"

Zhou Dacong wished he could worship Jiang Chen on the spot, "Jiang Chen, if you have any questions about math in the future..."

"Uh, you shouldn't have any questions!"

"Well then, I have several math olympiad problem sets in my office. Shall I get them for you to look at later?"

Jiang Chen hadn't spoken yet.

Tang Ruoxi, who sat at the desk in front of me, had already turned around and muttered, "Teacher Zhou, even I have a headache looking at your problem set."

Zhou Dacong stared wide-eyed.

"Tang Ruoxi, you should learn from Jiang Chen!"

"Look at them, they don't make a sound until they do, then they're astounding!"

"Your math score surpassed yours in this monthly exam; you need to work even harder in the future!"

Tang Ruoxi stuck out her tongue and turned back.

The rest of the lesson.

Zhou Dacong's gaze was fixed on Jiang Chen for two-thirds of the time.

That look in his eyes was like an old farmer looking at a ginseng fruit that suddenly grew in his field, or like a collector staring at a rare Yuan blue and white porcelain, afraid that it would be gone in the blink of an eye.

Jiang Chen, however, was completely unaware.

He was engrossed in the world of "Complex Functions and Integral Transforms," ​​and had already flipped through half of the university textbook he had borrowed from the library.

Cauchy's integral theorem, residue theorem, Fourier transform... these are incomprehensible concepts to high school students, but with his IQ of 140, they are as easy and interesting as reading a comic book.

"So using the residue theorem to calculate this kind of integral is so simple..."

Jiang Chen scribbled on the draft paper, a smile unconsciously creeping onto his face. "It's much more elegant than the brute-force calculation method of the answer key."

Hao Yingjun, who was standing to the side, glanced at the scene and immediately felt as if his eyes had been stung.

"Brother Chen, is what you drew... a talisman?" he asked in a low voice.

"Integral path on the complex plane." Jiang Chen said without looking up.

"..."

Hao Yingjun silently turned his head back, deciding that it was safer to read his own comic book.

The third physics class: a reenactment of the scenario.

Physics teacher Li Jianguo, nicknamed "Iron Hand Li" because his writing on the blackboard was so powerful it could pierce through it, went straight to Jiang Chen as soon as he entered the room.

"Jiang Chen! You solved that last electromagnetic field problem with three different methods?"

Li Tieshou's voice boomed, "One of them even used the Lorentz transformation, a basic concept in relativity?"

Jiang Chen closed the book "Electromagnetic Fields and Waves" in his hand and nodded: "Yes, that explanation is more intuitive."

"Good! Good! Good!"

Li Tieshou said "good" three times in a row, his hands trembling with excitement.

"With your thinking, you could win a prize in a physics competition! Our school hasn't produced a provincial first prize winner in five years. Jiang Chen, are you interested...?"

"Teacher, the bell has rung for class," Jiang Chen kindly reminded him.

"Oh right! Class is in session!"

Li Tieshou then realized what was happening and walked toward the podium, turning back every few steps.

Throughout the entire class, his gaze was fixed on Jiang Chen as if drawn by a magnet.

Several times when we got to the crucial point, he would subconsciously ask a question.

"Jiang Chen, what's your opinion on this issue?"

Jiang Chen usually only answers with two words: "Reasonable," or "That's one way to interpret it."

Then he continued to read his "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics".

Hao Yingjun watched in awe and secretly passed a note to Tang Ruoxi.

"Class monitor, it seems you've fallen out of favor? Is Chen-ge now the teacher's star student?"

Tang Ruoxi: "..."

……

At noon, the entire Jiangcheng No. 3 Middle School was in an uproar.

The reason was simply because the results of the senior year monthly exam were posted on the bulletin board, with red background and black text, making them particularly eye-catching:

First in the grade: Jiang Chen (Class 4, Grade 12), Chinese 150, Mathematics 150, English 150, Science 150, Total score 750 (full marks).

Second in the grade: Tang Ruoxi (Class 4, Grade 12), Chinese 148, Mathematics 148, English 150, Science 292, Total score 738.

Third in the grade: Lü Haoran (Class 1, Grade 12), Chinese 135, Mathematics 137, ... Total score 672.

……

"What? The top student in the grade has changed? How is that possible?"

"Didn't Tang Ruoxi always get first place in the grade in every exam before? This time it's Jiang Chen, and Tang Ruoxi got 738 points and became second place?"

"This is explosive news! The super-achiever Tang Ruoxi has finally been dethroned from the top of her grade?"

"Wait a minute, the first place score was a perfect 750 points?"

"Holy crap? Am I seeing things? 750 points? Is that even a human being can get that score?"

"He got a perfect score in math? And a perfect score in Chinese composition? Is the examiner a relative of his?"

"Wait, Jiang Chen? Is it the Jiang Chen I know? That fat 300-pound guy from Class 4 of Senior Three?"

"Fatty? Go check out that bald, handsome guy in Class 4! He's 178cm tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has the looks to be the school's heartthrob!"

"Really? I haven't seen him for a while, and he's gone from 300 pounds to 200 pounds? And he's grown 10 centimeters taller? Did he eat some kind of magic pill? Or did he go to South Korea for plastic surgery and leg lengthening surgery?"

"He's exercising to lose weight. I heard he gets up at 5 a.m. every day to run 10 kilometers, do 300 push-ups and 500 squats. The intensity is comparable to special forces training!"

"So he's now... a triple-threat star—with a stunningly handsome face, a fantastic physique, and outstanding academic achievements?"

"If a novel's male protagonist becomes a real person, does that count?"

"When he confessed to the school beauty Su Qingyao before, who was it that mocked her for being a toad trying to eat swan meat? Now look, Jiang Chen is the real swan, Su Qingyao can't even reach him!"

"Some people said Jiang Chen would be a fat pig forever, and that running to lose weight was just a pipe dream. But he turned things around in no time. That's a quick slap in the face..."

……

In less than half a day.

The entire campus was buzzing with talk about Jiang Chen.

In the cafeteria, in the corridors, by the playground—wherever there are senior high school students, Jiang Chen's name will appear.

Even the school's online forum and WeChat groups were quietly discussing Jiang Chen.

"Shocking news! The school's fattest boy has transformed into the school's heartthrob and a top student!"

Jiang Chen: Thanks for the invitation. I just finished losing weight and also got a perfect score on my monthly exam.

"Does school beauty Su Qingyao regret it now?"

Xu Yunzhou: The clown is actually myself...

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[Ding! You have received +20 Amazing Points!]

[Ding! You have received +30 Amazing Points!]

[Ding! You have received +50 Amazing Points!]

[Ding! You have received +100 Amazing Points!]

Jiang Chen's system notification sounded like firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, crackling and popping incessantly.

But he was so engrossed in his studies that he was completely unaware of it.

……

the other side.

Classroom of Class 3, Grade 12.

The mechanical pencil in Su Qingyao's hand snapped with a "snap".

"Yaoyao, are you alright?" Zhao Jiajia was startled.

"Jiang Chen... got a perfect score and ranked first?" Su Qingyao's voice was tense. "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

"Absolutely true!"

Zhao Jiajia was so excited she danced around. "It's posted on the bulletin board! 750 points! Perfect score in all subjects! I heard the teachers in the fourth class next door are practically worshipping him!"

She leaned closer and lowered her voice.

"And I heard from people in Class 4 that Jiang Chen has changed a lot! He's 178cm tall and weighs 200kg. Although he's still a bit muscular, his face... oh my god, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, his skin is so good it glows, and he looks incredibly handsome even with a bald head! He's practically a real-life version of the demon monk Wuhua..."

Su Qingyao unconsciously rubbed the broken pen tip with her fingers.

Jiang Chen... he's become handsome, she knows, she saw him in the cafeteria a few days ago.

But she thought it was just a change in appearance.

I didn't expect the results...

"How could he..." Su Qingyao murmured, "Wasn't he always at the bottom of his class?"

"That's what you call a comeback!"

Zhao Jiajia's eyes lit up. "I heard from people in his class that Jiang Chen has been going crazy with studying lately. He can finish a whole stack of textbooks in a day, and he flips through books faster than he can count money!"

"Furthermore, their class's top student and class monitor, Tang Ruoxi, personally admitted that Jiang Chen's current strength is unfathomable..."

A feeling that was hard to describe welled up in Su Qingyao's heart.

That fatso who used to follow her around for three years, always trying to strike up a conversation after class, only to be publicly rejected and become the laughingstock of the whole school...

Now, not only has she become her ideal type in appearance, but her academic performance has also surpassed everyone else's?

Including Tang Ruoxi, who has consistently ranked first in her grade?

"Was he...doing it on purpose?" Su Qingyao suddenly asked.

"What do you mean, intentionally?" Zhao Jiajia was taken aback.

"He used to pursue me, but I rejected him. Then he started exercising to lose weight and desperately improving his grades."

"But now he's become handsome and his grades are better, yet he won't even glance at me."

Su Qingyao bit her lower lip. "He ran eleven and a half laps around the track before, and didn't look at me even once. A few days ago, when we met in the cafeteria, he completely ignored me. Is he... trying to annoy me? Or... playing hard to get?"

Zhao Jiajia: "???"

This is a really difficult question to answer.

But seeing her best friend's disappointed look...

Zhao Jiajia blinked, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Yes, yes, yes! He's definitely doing this on purpose to provoke you... uh, he's trying to play hard to get!"

She grasped Su Qingyao's hand, her tone resolute.

"Yaoyao, think about it, why is Jiang Chen suddenly working so hard to lose weight, study, and become handsome?"

"Wasn't it all for you?"

"Because you rejected him, he's motivated to work harder and try to impress you!"

Su Qingyao's eyes lit up slightly: "Really?"

"It's 100% true!"

Zhao Jiajia patted her chest confidently.

"He's ignoring you now, but he's definitely faking it! He just wants you to notice him! But believe me, it won't be long before he comes looking for you!"

Su Qingyao remained silent for a few seconds, the disappointment on her face gradually fading, and that familiar aloofness returned.

She gave a soft "humph" and raised her chin.

"Even if he comes to me, I won't give him a chance easily. I rejected him back then, and that's it. So what if he's changed for the better now?"

Zhao Jiajia: "...Yaoyao, you're right."

(Inner monologue: Girl, who are you trying to fool with your smugness? They're completely ignoring you right now!)

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