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He heard his own voice, dry and rough, like sandpaper rubbing against his throat.

"Impossible, impossible, impossible!"

He estimated the score to be 620, and even if it fluctuates, the error would be at most a dozen points.

580?

They were 62 points behind!

This is no longer an error; this is a disaster.

He picked up his phone and opened the class group chat. People were already reporting their scores in the group—

"612! 5 points higher than the estimated score! Hahahaha!"

"610, a normal performance."

"598... more than ten points lower than my estimated score, it's upsetting."

"570! Oh my god, I'm crying!"

Each message pierced his eyes like a knife.

Those whose grades are usually not as good as his.

Everyone else reported scores of over 600, but he—

Zhao Tianyu slammed his phone face down on the table, so hard that the tabletop shook.

He leaned back in his chair, looking up at the ceiling, feeling as if something was pressing down on his chest, making it hard to breathe.

580 points.

Those schools he previously looked down upon.

This may be his final destination.

The "Fudan University, Zhejiang University, and Nanjing University" that he had previously boasted about to his classmates are like huge slaps in the face, flying back at a speed of 300 kilometers per hour.

He sat up abruptly.

wrong.

He wasn't the worst off.

The worst off was Chen Mo.

Chen Mo, that liar.

Today, their true colors will be revealed.

He reported 700 points in the queue, and everyone was waiting to see his score.

Wait for his actual score to come out.

A score of around 400—that would definitely be the biggest joke in the entire class group chat.

As Zhao Tianyu thought of this, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up slightly. That smile was cold, as cold as a piece of iron in winter.

He picked up his phone, found his father's number, and dialed it.

"Dad, are you in your office?"

"Yes. What's up? Have the scores come out?"

Zhao's father's voice came through the receiver, carrying a hint of expectation.

"It's out. 580."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"580? Didn't you say you estimated it to be over 620?"

"Underperformed".

Zhao Tianyu's tone was sharp, as if he were sulking with someone: "Dad, do me a favor. Don't you have friends in the Education Bureau? Help me check someone's grades."

"Whose?"

"His name is Chen Mo, and he's in my class."

"Why are you checking someone else's scores?" Zhao's father asked, his voice tinged with doubt.

"He previously reported a score of 700 in the group chat, and I thought he was bragging. I want to see what his actual score was."

There was another second of silence on the other end of the phone, then Zhao's father sighed: "Alright, wait a moment."

Zhao Tianyu hung up the phone, sat down at his desk, and unconsciously tapped his fingers on the surface.

Tap tap tap tap tap—

It was like a machine gun firing.

He waited, waiting for the call to come back, waiting to hear a score of over four hundred, waiting to verify his judgment.

The phone rang.

He answered the phone and put it on speakerphone.

"Dad, did you find out?"

"Found it."

Zhao's father's voice was strange; it wasn't doubtful or angry, but rather a tone that Zhao Tianyu had never heard before, almost a dazed one.

"Your classmate... is very impressive."

"How many points?"

"750".

Zhao Tianyu thought he had misheard.

"What?"

"750 points, perfect score, perfect score in all subjects."

Zhao's father's voice gradually returned to normal, but there was an undisguised astonishment in it.

"Tianyu, your classmate is the top scorer in the country this year. I just asked my friend, and he said that this is the first perfect score since the resumption of the college entrance examination. No one has ever scored this high score before."

Zhao Tianyu's hand froze beside his phone.

750.

Full marks.

Full marks in all subjects.

First in the country.

The first in history.

These words were like bullets, fired from the phone receiver, hitting his chest one by one.

His brain seemed to have been paused—all thoughts, all emotions, all impossibilities were frozen in that moment.

"Tianyu? Tianyu? Are you listening?"

Zhao Tianyu opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

His throat felt like it was being choked by something; he couldn't breathe.

He could only hear his father's voice coming from the phone; every word felt like a knife.

"Your classmate is amazing, he's number one in the country! What's your relationship like? Do you usually keep in touch? This kind of classmate has unlimited potential. If you get along well with him, you'll benefit from his success in the future."

"dad."

Zhao Tianyu finally managed to squeeze out a single word, his voice hoarse and unlike his own.

"Um?"

"He...is not my friend."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"He and I...have had conflicts."

Zhao Tianyu's voice grew lower and lower, almost drowned out by the sound of the phone's fan.

"I've always disliked him and often mocked him in class. Last time at the mall, I even said in front of many people that his estimated score of 700 was just bragging..."

There was a deathly silence on the other end of the phone.

Then Zhao's father's voice came over, and it was completely different from before.

The tone just now was one of amazement, envy, and genuine appreciation that "your classmate is really amazing."

just now.

The voice became low and suppressed.

Like the rumble of thunder before a storm.

"What did you say?"

Zhao Tianyu swallowed hard. "I said, I have a grudge against him..."

"Are you out of your mind?!"

Zhao's father's voice suddenly exploded, so loud that Zhao Tianyu had to move the phone a few centimeters away from his ear.

Even through hands-free.

The sound was like a heavy hammer blow to his eardrums.

"Number one in the country! Perfect score on the college entrance exam! The first in history! Others would kill to curry favor with a student like that, and instead of trying to build a good relationship, you're offending him?!"

"Dad, I didn't know he could pass the exam..."

"You don't know? You dare offend people just because you don't know?!"

Zhao's father's voice grew louder and louder, so loud that Zhao Tianyu felt his phone vibrate.

"I've turned a blind eye to your arrogant behavior at school, thinking you're young and impetuous, which is understandable. But of all people to offend, you had to offend someone who got a perfect score on the college entrance exam?!"

"It's just 750 points..." Zhao Tianyu's voice carried a hint of stubbornness, as if he were making a final struggle.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

Then Zhao's father smiled.

It wasn't a happy laugh; it was a chilling laugh born of extreme anger.

"It's just 750 points?"

He repeated the four words, emphasizing each one as if he were savoring an extremely bitter medicine.

"What score did you get? 580."

"Someone scored 750, and you're saying, 'It's just 750 points'?"

「你知道750分是什幺概念吗？人家考750，是因为卷面只有750分！你考580，是因为你只能考580！你拿什幺跟人家比？」

Zhao Tianyu's lips were trembling.

He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

He could only listen to his father's voice, to those words falling like hailstones, leaving him nowhere to hide.

"Do you even know what level of social circle this person has?"

"The PIs from Tsinghua University, Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and major laboratories have circles of influence that you'll never be able to reach anywhere else. Offending them now is like blocking your own path!"

"dad--"

"Don't call me Dad!"

Zhao's father's voice suddenly rose to its highest pitch.

"I don't want to talk to you right now. Let me tell you, you can forget about your allowance and the car I promised you. You better reflect on your actions and come back to talk to me when you've figured things out."

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