After taking the advice, I became a top student.

If it were someone else, he might not necessarily know, but Chen Mo, the notorious loser and bottom of the class in the first year of high school, is someone that no teacher is unaware of.

If you told him this guy got zero on his math test, he wouldn't be surprised at all, but a perfect score?

Did something go wrong?

"Chen Mo?"

"Come on, everyone, the exam papers have all been graded. Let's distribute them and take them home by class."

Zhou Zhi waved his hand unhappily.

Hu Xin also became interested. He had a deep impression of that little guy, and now he was very interested in that perfect test paper.

There were indeed several perfect math papers in this midterm exam, but because the papers were graded anonymously, they didn't know who those perfect papers belonged to.

Soon, all the teachers in the office sprang into action, full of enthusiasm.

On the one hand, they were genuinely interested in what Zhou Zhi was talking about; on the other hand, this was exactly what they were going to do.

Soon, the entire office was filled with the rustling sound of exam papers being flipped through.

"I found it!"

Soon, a teacher pulled out a test paper and, without waiting for anyone else to react, began to look it up.

It is indeed 150 points.

But he still couldn't believe it, so he checked the answers again and found that he actually got a perfect score!

"Let me see, let me see."

Hu Xin hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, got close to the test paper, and began to carefully examine it.

Other teachers also came over to watch.

"Brilliant! These two inequality scaling methods are simply divine inspiration, even more concise than the standard solution."

"That's right, this kid has his own insights into mathematics. He didn't even use a coordinate system for this solid geometry problem; he used geometric proof directly. He's really smart!"

As we all know, there is no problem in solid geometry that cannot be solved once a coordinate system is established, but the amount of calculation is often considerable, but the points earned are not bad.

If you use geometry to prove these problems, it's easy if you can figure it out, but if you can't, you might never be able to solve them in your entire life.

"Congratulations, Lao Hu, you've hit the jackpot!"

The teachers all looked at Hu Xin with envy in their eyes.

These teachers, what they like most are good students, right?

The sudden transformation of a student who was at the bottom of the class into a remarkable success is incredibly appealing to these intellectuals.

"He's only in his first year of high school, he still has a chance. If he joins the math competition team and is properly trained, winning an award in the provincial competition shouldn't be a problem. If he can even aim for the national award, that would be amazing."

Another teacher remarked enviously.

For them, the bonus is secondary; the sense of accomplishment is what's most captivating.

Hu Xin stood there, stunned. To the other teachers, Chen Mo was nothing more than a prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf, but to him, Chen Mo was clearly just a dull student with no talent, only hardworking.

Are you kidding me?

Hu Xin felt it was too absurd, yet the perfect score on the test paper was right in front of him.

Could it be that kid is really a genius?

"Send the person to my math competition team next week."

As the grade leader, Zhou Zhi gave a direct order. He was also somewhat expectant, as the competitions at Rongcheng No. 1 Middle School had always been lukewarm. He wondered if this kid could bring a change to the math competition team.

People cannot share each other's joys and sorrows.

In the science office right next to the math office, Deng Songyuan looked at the blank exam paper in front of him, which didn't even have a name written on it, and anger rose in his heart.

He slammed his hand on the table with a loud thud. "If I find out who this is, I'll teach him a lesson he won't forget."

"Whether you can do it or not is a matter of ability, but not even writing your name—what kind of attitude is that? Is this the attitude a student should have?"

"Parents work so hard to earn money and send them here to study, and this is how they repay their parents?"

"Just thinking about it makes me angry!"

Wang Xiaohua, standing to the side, shook her head with a smile, "Alright, Lao Deng, with so many students in a grade, it's inevitable that a few will misbehave. It's normal."

"Look, I have a blank exam paper here too."

"It's normal. Some students may not be very good at physics, so they simply don't do it. Some students may not be good at chemistry, so they don't do it either. There's no need to get upset. As long as most students are good students, that's enough."

……

On Friday at 6:40, Li Ze groaned as he crawled out of bed.

The weather is starting to get colder now, and it takes a lot of courage to leave the warm bed.

Look up and look across the street.

Chen Mo's bed was already empty.

Li Ze was not surprised at all. At first, he felt uncomfortable, thinking that everyone else was studying and it was inappropriate for him to be sleeping there. He kept thinking that he should do something too.

But now, he's already used to it.

He also tried getting up at five o'clock every day, but that only made him feel dazed and confused all day, without any benefit.

Upon arriving at the classroom, the usually orderly morning reading session had become noisy and chaotic.

Apart from a few very self-disciplined top students, many students were eager to try.

Huang Qinghua, who was discussing with Guo Chao where to go for the weekend, looked at Chen Mo and shook his head. "I really admire Lao Chen. If I could work as hard as him, I might actually have a chance to get into Tsinghua or Peking University."

"You're just bragging," Li Ze scoffed.

Guo Chao, however, wholeheartedly agreed, saying, "I believe you."

Huang Qinghua immediately looked as if he had found a kindred spirit.

Guo Chao shook his head slightly. He didn't believe in Huang Qinghua's talent, but he believed in Chen Mo's level of dedication.

With this level of dedication, he felt he had a chance of getting into Tsinghua or Peking University.

Well, after thinking about it, he realized that even if he tried as hard as Chen Mo, he probably wouldn't have a chance.

"You're only in your first year of high school, there's still time. Good luck!"

Li Ze, however, thought Huang Qinghua was bragging. "Old Chen, on the other hand, will probably see his ranking improve quite a bit this time."

Huang Qinghua waved his hand, "Forget it, forget it. You don't know how hard it is to get into Tsinghua and Peking University. I'm just a 211 candidate. Above that are 985 universities, above that are C9 universities, and within the C9 universities are Tsinghua and Peking University. Within Tsinghua and Peking University, there's the Yao Class, and Peking University has the Turing Class..."

"Strict hierarchy."

Huang Qinghua sighed, "Do you know that in the eyes of those promising students from Tsinghua and Peking University, our intelligence is no different from that of apes? And in the eyes of the big shots in the Yao Class and Turing Class, ordinary Tsinghua and Peking University students see us no differently than ordinary Tsinghua and Peking University students see us."

"What's the point of my hard work?"

"Some things, if you're not born with them, you'll never have them in this lifetime."

He looked at Chen Mo as he spoke, but said nothing more.

But the meaning is clear: in the eyes of these promising students from 211 universities, there is not much difference between how Chen Mo is viewed and how students from Tsinghua and Peking Universities view them.

Given Chen Mo's grades, what's the point of improving his ranking by several hundred places?

Just then, Hu Xin walked in carrying a bunch of test rolls.