After taking the advice, I became a top student.

The classroom immediately fell silent.

By the time Hu Xin arrived at the podium, the entire classroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"The results of this month's exam are out."

Hu Xin began, "Some students did very well on the test, and some did very poorly!"

"Students who did well on the test, don't be arrogant or complacent. This is just a monthly test, not the college entrance examination. Until the college entrance examination is over, you all need to stay on high alert."

"To those of you who didn't do well on the test, I hope you'll spend the weekend reviewing your lessons and try to catch up on what you missed. Think about it, even those who did better than you are still studying during their holidays. How can you possibly go out and have fun?"

"Also, even though it's vacation, sleep less and study more. How can you guys sleep at your age?"

Hu Xin would give this kind of lecture before every holiday.

To be honest, the results were pretty good. Many students who were excitedly discussing where to go this weekend lowered their heads in shame and vowed to study hard at home during the holiday so they could make a name for themselves when they came back.

Especially with the blow of poor grades, many students might actually be studying at home on weekends.

"Here, I want to give special praise to Chen Mo."

The students all looked towards Chen Mo's seat. Since the teacher had said so, it was foreseeable that Chen Mo would perform very well in this monthly exam!

Chen Mo was flipping through an English book at that moment, looking at words like abandon, ability, and able...

Each word that Chen Mo saw was deeply imprinted in his mind and he would never forget it.

This is what "photographic memory" is like—truly terrifying!

The students noticed that Chen Mo was still studying diligently, and he didn't even show any reaction when he was praised.

This composure and dedication earned Chen Mo the admiration of many classmates.

Indeed, hard work pays off!

This inspiring message ignited the passion and enthusiasm of many students, making them eager to study harder.

"In this monthly exam, Chen Mo ranked 873rd in the entire grade, rising a full 105 places. We hope that Chen Mo will continue to work hard and strive for even better results."

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The students, who were initially full of enthusiasm, felt as if they had been doused with cold water.

The atmosphere that had just been ignited came to an abrupt end.

Rongcheng No.1 High School has 18 classes and 1078 students in the first year of high school. Chen Mo was among the bottom few in the entrance exam, so his improvement of more than 100 places this time is indeed a good step forward.

But students who are familiar with the bottom-ranked students in the grade know that the difference between 1078 and 873 might only be a few dozen points.

After all, they are students of Rongcheng No. 1 High School, so their foundation is there. Even if they are at the bottom of the class, they can still score around 300 points by getting some points in each subject.

So, Chen Mo studied so hard for a month and improved his score by several tens of points?

It's important to know that around 300 points is often the easiest stage to improve. If you really put in the effort and aren't too slow, improving by 50 to 100 points a month isn't too difficult.

If you're talking about a score of 700, it's understandable that it's difficult to improve by 20 or 30 points, but if you're talking about a score of 300 or so, it's hard to give a proper evaluation if you improve by 30 or 50 points.

The students even felt sorry for the guy. If he hadn't tried, it wouldn't have been so bad. He could have comforted himself by saying he hadn't tried hard enough. But to suffer such a setback after trying was a huge blow.

They then realized that Teacher Hu's praise of Chen Mo might not have been to encourage everyone, but rather to comfort Chen Mo.

Zhou Hao almost burst out laughing. He had been somewhat worried that Chen Mo's efforts would actually work, but it turned out to be just a joke.

Shen Qingyi was also full of disappointment. Based on these grades, Chen Mo probably wouldn't be able to stay in Class 18 next week.

For some reason, she felt a little disappointed.

Li Ze and Huang Qinghua looked at Chen Mo with a hint of sympathy in their eyes.

Guo Chao, who was in the same exam room as Chen Mo, felt something was off. If he remembered correctly, Chen Mo didn't seem to have taken the science exam.

"Alright, Zhou Hao, go and hand out the test papers. We'll go over the monthly exam papers in a bit."

Sensing the strange atmosphere in the class, Hu Xin roughly guessed what his classmates were thinking. He didn't explain much, but simply asked the class representative to distribute the test papers. Then he looked at the class monitor, Lin Weiwei, and said, "This is our class's report card. You can take it and post it at the back of the classroom."

Lin Weiwei took the report card from Hu Xin and subconsciously looked at the bottom of the report card to find Chen Mo's name. After all, he was someone the teacher had praised. Although his efforts didn't seem to be anything special, she still couldn't suppress her instinctive curiosity.

"Um?"

Soon, Lin Weiwei's eyes widened.

She naturally found Chen Mo's name at the very bottom of the report card immediately, but to her disbelief, his math score was 150!

"How is that possible?"

Although she also noticed that Chen Mo had been studying math textbooks recently, Chen Mo used to have difficulty passing math, so how did he suddenly get a perfect score?

She couldn't figure it out.

At this point, she also found the reason why Chen Mo only improved by more than 100 places: this guy got zero points in all three science subjects!

She didn't know how this was done. Even if you just sprinkled some rice on the test paper or put a chick on it, you wouldn't get zero marks on everything unless Chen Mo handed in a blank paper.

Of course, she didn't know that Chen Mo not only submitted a blank paper, but also didn't even show up.

Generally speaking, each exam has many easy questions that are easy points. As long as you look carefully during the exam, it's not a problem to get 30 or 40 points. Getting 300 points in the combined science exam is not easy, but getting 100 points is still a breeze.

In other words, if Chen Mo had taken the science exam, he would probably have ranked in the top 500.

Improving by nearly 500 places in a month is an incredibly impressive achievement.

Of course, none of this was as shocking to Lin Weiwei as the score of 150 in math. The effort she had put into her studies over the years was beyond the comprehension of outsiders. Countless nights, she was still studying when her classmates were asleep.

Even so, she still couldn't solve the last big problem and only scored 131 in math.

This guy only studied seriously for a month and got a perfect score in math?

Her little mind just couldn't understand why God was so unfair.

Is it possible that geniuses really exist in this world?

"Weiwei, what are you daydreaming about?"

Soon, some classmates noticed that something was wrong with Lin Weiwei.

"It's nothing."

Lin Weiwei shook her head, clearing her mind of distractions, then walked to the back of the classroom and posted the report card.

The students were also curious about Lin Weiwei's unusual behavior, and they all gathered around after the report card was posted.

Chinese: 122, Math: 150, English: 93, Physics: 0, Chemistry: 0, Biology: 0.

"Holy shit!"

Soon, some classmates also discovered the key point.

"Holy shit!"

"Holy shit!"

In an instant, exclamations echoed throughout Class 18's classroom.

At this point, the way they looked at Chen Mo underwent a dramatic change.

Meanwhile, Zhou Hao, who was distributing math test papers, also remained in the classroom.

Looking at the perfect answer sheet in his hand, he felt like he might be hallucinating.

He had always done well in math, but this time the math test was really difficult. He didn't finish the last question because he ran out of time and lost 9 points.

Although he was penalized, he was still satisfied. He felt that there were very few people in the whole school who could achieve what he did.

Unexpectedly, the student who was originally at the bottom of the class actually got a perfect score!

If he knew that Chen Mo finished this test paper in less than an hour, I wonder how he would feel.