Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

Chapter 149 Become the Goddess of Light First

This wasn't the first time Li Zhao had experienced He Shuyao's direct approach.

If she says she's unhappy, then she really is unhappy; there's no need to test her.

Li Zhao immediately understood why she was unhappy.

"I let you win the ball, but you don't want to, right?"

"It's not just that."

Li Zhao was taken aback.

But He Shuyao stopped talking and looked up at Li Zhao.

"—So, you understand social etiquette, right?"

"uh-huh."

Li Zhao gave a wry smile. It was true that young men and women of this age were still very averse to social niceties.

"I might be overthinking things," Li Zhao said. "I didn't want to make things too awkward for the senior brothers and sisters I'll be seeing all the time, so I gave them some leeway."

He Shuyao pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

"Actually, there's no need to be too averse to things like interpersonal relationships," Li Zhao said. "You don't need to think about them too much at this stage, but you'll definitely need them later. Don't focus solely on studying them, but rather use them as—"

He Shuyao still looked unhappy.

Li Zhao shut up.

What I just said was a bit preachy, so it's normal that the young girl didn't like listening to it.

"I know what social etiquette is."

To his surprise, He Shuyao did not show the high level of dissatisfaction with interpersonal relationships that he had expected.

"My dad's a bureau chief, and he talks about it all the time at home. I've thought about how to deal with some of these things, but I've found that they're really complicated," He Shuyao said. "So, I don't say I'm particularly averse to these things."

Li Zhao was very surprised.

"You've always been quite mature," He Shuyao said, "so it's normal that you would notice these things. I don't think you shouldn't have given up points."

First, eliminate one correct answer.

Li Zhao had no idea what the pretty girl was thinking.

Seeing Li Zhao's puzzled expression, He Shuyao raised the corners of her mouth with a smug look, then immediately turned into an angry face.

"You really don't know?"

"cough."

"Seriously, you can throw the game, but this isn't a one-on-one match."

Li Zhao finally understood.

He Shuyao sighed softly, "We were competing together. Even if you wanted to throw the game, you should have told me first. But you only asked how many points we were short before throwing the game on your own."

"This... I'm sorry." Li Zhao didn't know what to say.

"I'm not really angry about the points I gave away, it's not because I wanted to win," He Shuyao said. "To be honest, in that situation, I myself felt I should have let them win a little."

"But if you don't tell me, as your partner, I don't know what to do." He Shuyao looked at Li Zhao. "Should I go all out or hold back? If you don't tell me, I won't know if you really made a mistake or—"

"sorry."

If the last apology was a rational response made when Li Zhao didn't know what to say, then this apology comes from the bottom of his heart.

"Hmph." He Shuyao snorted lightly, "It's good that you know."

Li Zhao wanted to say something more, but then he saw the pretty girl brighten up completely, showing no signs of anger, and say, "Let's go home, let's go home."

He looked at it for a while, then smiled and said, "Okay, let's go home."

She's a good girl. Happiness +3, Total 15

indeed.

Perhaps influenced by the monthly exam, the already very attentive Experimental Class 1 became even more attentive.

It's not easy for other classes to have the whole class listening quietly. If a few high-achieving students can also agree with the teacher's line of thought, that's considered the best of the best.

But in Experimental Class 1, discipline was a joke. The whole class was almost always following the teacher's train of thought. When the teacher asked a question, the hushed responses from the students could turn into a chorus.

The way they respond to knowledge points is like shouting slogans.

Not only do students feel the pressure of attending classes, but teachers also have a tough time.

The pace of the class was completely controlled by these students, to the point that lesson preparation became a blind box-like experience.

If you don't prepare enough, the pressure in the last few minutes of class will be immense.

Who knows what questions these kids will ask?

Especially Li Zhao.

Others might have wildly imaginative ideas, and if a teacher couldn't answer them, they could at least try to be witty. But Li Zhao's questions were all at the level of thesis topics, which couldn't be explained in just a sentence or two in class.

So much so that many teachers privately complained to Wang Wenzhao in the office, saying they didn't know where this kid learned all his knowledge. Most of the students they had taught before were keen on reading encyclopedic things, and they had never seen anyone who could think so deeply.

Wang Wenzhao, on the other hand, looked smug and completely ignored the teachers' complaints.

That's more like it. How could a genius I've spotted at first glance be just an ordinary person?

It has to be special, so special that it's okay if it becomes a problem.

Of course, Wang Wenzhao, who was both the homeroom teacher and the Chinese language teacher, felt a different level of intensity from Li Zhao compared to other teachers.

When it comes to language-related issues, the most common ones are those related to literary appreciation or literary history, both of which Wang Wenzhao can handle.

On the one hand, he himself is very strong and has a deep understanding of literature, so it is not easy for Li Zhao to ask questions that even he finds difficult to answer; on the other hand, literary appreciation is inherently a subjective thing, and Li Zhao has more perspectives to evaluate than ordinary students, but Wang Wenzhao can suppress Li Zhao if he can add one more perspective on Li Zhao's basis.

However, to think that it was to "suppress" Li Zhao would be too simplistic. Li Zhao was not asking these questions to provoke or cause trouble, but because he genuinely wanted to learn and understand something different.

When Wang Wenzhao offered his different perspectives, Li Zhao's eyes lit up and he nodded in satisfaction.

A very high-level and positive discussion atmosphere was created.

Then, something that gave Wang Wenzhao a headache came.

Li Zhao could usually get by with vague answers to questions in class, no matter how complicated they were, but when similar questions appeared on the exam paper, he had to give a response.

The exam was held on Monday, and the results will be released on Thursday.

But they really piqued our interest by not announcing the total score, but rather announcing it one subject at a time in the order of classes.

The first subject was English, which Li Zhao was least worried about; it was the subject with the least suspense in the class.

On a test paper with a total score of 120, only two students in the class scored 119: Li Zhao and Liang Zhaoxing.

I lost 1 point on my essay; it seems like getting a perfect score in junior high will be too difficult.

Given Liang Zhaoxing's top-tier national skill level, Li Zhao's only chance to compete with him would probably be in the arena.

This was the first time Li Zhao had seen the report card of Experimental Class 1, and it was indeed a very special experience.

In English, he ranked first in the class with a score of 119 and last with a score of 108.

This is an extremely difficult test paper.

After the exam, everyone was complaining about how difficult it was. When the results were announced, the top ten were only separated by a mere 4 points, and there were six people tied for tenth place.

The higher the score, the more people have the same score.

Li Zhao appeared to have achieved a top score, but in reality, he didn't really widen the score gap at all.

English class representative Su Wan scored 116, He Shuyao scored 115, her deskmate Wu Weisong, who is not good at English, scored 112, and the two guys behind her who are also "not good at English" both scored 114.

After all that, Li Zhao and his team's score advantage might not even be enough to overcome a single difficult math problem.

The pressure suddenly returned.