From child prodigy to chief scientist

Chapter 111 How is this possible?

Even though Xu Xiao had already been admitted to Peking University through early admission, they still couldn't help but feel proud of him after seeing such achievements.

"Should we tell Xiaoxiao the news now? We don't need to call, a text message would be fine too."

"It's the middle of the night, so let's not disturb his rest. Let's talk to him about it tomorrow morning when Xiaoxiao wakes up."

This score is certainly something to be happy about, but Xu Xiao's task now is to represent China in the IMO, and he can't let the release of his college entrance exam score affect his training preparation.

"That makes sense. Let's talk about it tomorrow."

After checking Xu Xiao's score, Xu Lang and Yu Guilan still couldn't contain their excitement and didn't sleep well that night.

The next morning, after they thought Xu Xiao was almost awake, they called her.

Hearing her phone vibrate, Xu Xiao went to the corridor to answer it.

"Hey, Dad, what's wrong?"

"Xiaoxiao, are you up?"

"Yes, I've been up for a while now."

"I have something to tell you. We checked your college entrance exam score for you. Guess how many points you got?"

"Hmm—it should be over 700 by now, right?"

Xu Xiao's assessment was rather conservative, but after the exam, he didn't check the answers, as he wasn't really sure how many points he could have scored.

"Of course you passed, but I'd say 742 points!"

"742—is it really that high?"

"What, would your dad lie to you?"

Hearing Xu Lang say this, Xu Xiao knew that this was his true achievement.

To be honest, this score was indeed a bit beyond Xu Xiao's expectations. Even under ideal circumstances, he felt that he could only score around 730 points at most.

With such results, winning the top score in the college entrance examination is absolutely a given.

Even looking at the history of the national college entrance examination, there should be virtually no score that can surpass this raw score.

At that moment, Xu Xiao seemed to hear the notification sound of "100,000 yuan received in Alipay".

Then, Xu Xiao asked Xu Lang about his specific score.

Xu Xiao was somewhat surprised when she learned her scores in each subject.

Getting a perfect score in math is a given, and achieving the same in science and English is certainly not an easy feat.

However, the only subject where he lost points was Chinese, which was actually Xu Xiao's most satisfying subject.

In the past, Xu Xiao probably would never have dreamed that he could score over 14 points in Chinese.

"Xiaoxiao, I just wanted to share some good news with you. You still need to focus on the training camp and don't get arrogant. You're representing your country this time!"

"Don't worry, Dad, I definitely won't be arrogant."

Xu Xiao remained remarkably composed, quickly regaining her composure after a brief moment of joy.

"It seems that there is no rule in Liaoning Province that the scores of the top students are hidden."

In order to protect the privacy of test takers, some provinces and cities will hide the scores of top-ranked test takers, so that even the test takers themselves cannot immediately check them.

After experiencing it firsthand, Xu Xiao knew that at least in this era, Liaoning Province did not have the concept of "high-scoring students who are shielded from recognition."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xiao returned to her dormitory, preparing to have breakfast before heading to the training camp.

There was no one else around when Xu Xiao made the phone call, so no one should have heard his conversation with Xu Lang.

Xu Xiao didn't plan to tell anyone about her score of 742 on the college entrance exam; she felt it was enough to keep it to herself.

Shengjing, Provincial Experimental High School.

"Principal Yuan, I have already compiled the scores of students from Liaoning Province who applied to Tsinghua University and Yenching University, and I have confirmed that Wang Zhou from our school has the highest score in science in the province."

"Thank you for your hard work, Director Hong. Wang Zhou's high score of 710 is largely thanks to the efforts of the senior grade leaders and teachers!"

"Principal Yuan, you flatter us. We are all very happy to help our students achieve high scores, and more importantly, it brings honor to our provincial experimental school."

As they talked about their college entrance exam results, Yuan Zonglin and Hong Chuan both had joyful smiles on their faces.

Previously, in high school subject competitions, only one student from the entire provincial experimental high school entered the national training team for the biology competition and obtained the guaranteed admission qualification to Tsinghua University and Yanda University.

Yucai University, however, produced two students who joined the national training team, and these were students who participated in more prestigious competitions such as mathematics and physics.

This greatly displeased Yuan Zonglin at the time, who demanded that this year's graduating class achieve a resounding success in the college entrance examination.

They demonstrated their formidable strength as the top high school in Shengjing.

Fortunately, the students did not disappoint him. They not only became the top science student in the province, but also led Yucai in the number of students scoring over 700 points.

At that moment, someone rushed into the principal's office without even knocking, looking extremely anxious.

This is Sui Guang, who is also the director of the senior year at the provincial experimental high school. However, he is the director of teaching, while Hong Chuan is the director of administration.

Seeing Sui Guang rush in so hurriedly, Yuan Zonglin's expression clearly showed some displeasure.

"What's the rush? Can't you be a little more careful?"

"Yes, Director Sui, our graduating class's college entrance exam results were quite good. We even had the top scorer. There's nothing to be dissatisfied with."

Sui Guang clearly had something urgent to discuss. After calming down a bit, he quickly said, "I just wanted to tell you about this. Principal Yuan, Director Hong, this is the score data of the top 100 students in the province's college entrance examination. Please take a look."

Somewhat puzzled, Yuan Zonglin and Hong Chuan took the report card and examined it together.

Since the college entrance examination results have not been fully released to the public, the information in this report is partially confidential. Only each student's score is displayed, while key information such as name, admission ticket, and school is hidden.

But when they saw the scores of the top-ranked candidates, Yuan Zonglin and Hong Chuan were both astonished and opened their mouths wide.

"7—742 points? How is that possible?"

"No, Director Sui, is this report card genuine?"

They were both clearly highly skeptical, after all, the score was ridiculously high and didn't seem like something a student could achieve.

"This is indeed the real report card. I've compared it with the grades of students from our provincial experimental school, and I've confirmed that they all match."

Since this transcript contains specific scores for each subject, it's quite easy to verify its authenticity.

After listening to Sui Guang's explanation, Yuan Zonglin and Hong Chuan both realized that the truth of the matter was probably not in question.