Volume 1 Chapter 61: How Could She Get Such a Score?
“Ring—”
When the bell rang, the girl who had been sitting in her seat, staring at the multiple-choice answer sheet and hesitating for a long time, finally put down her pen.
I’ll… I’ll just leave it like this.
It might be hard to believe, but what she was struggling with was… whether she should change the wrong answers back to the correct ones.
She regretted changing so many answers earlier, and her heart felt restless.
This won’t work. If my score improves too much all of a sudden, people might think I cheated, right? But even if I don’t change them, the final score will probably still be quite high…
Uh…
Forget it. I’ll stop worrying about it. I’ll just leave it as it is.
The girl handed in her test paper and walked out of the classroom.
As one subject after another finished during the monthly exams, and after three full days of tests, she finally relaxed.
After the exams ended, life seemed to return to normal classes again.
Lin Lin quietly looked forward to the day when the test results would be announced.
At the same time, she could sometimes feel it…
The intense stare from Han Kui.
Cough, cough.
She heard that Han Kui had already cleaned up her desk, just waiting for Lin Lin to give up her seat.
“By the way, Lin Lin, are you confident about this monthly exam?” Gao Liang suddenly asked.
“Haha, if you really want me to say it.” The girl tilted her head. “I think… it’s okay?”
“You finished all the questions?” Gao Liang blinked.
Lin Lin thought about his words, then nodded. “Probably… At least I opened all the test papers…”
Hmm?
He wanted to say something else, but just then, Teacher Zhu walked into the classroom holding a stack of test papers. She placed them on the desk, then looked at the class with a serious expression.
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
It was so quiet that even Gao Liang and Lin Lin felt nervous, not to mention the other students.
Everyone swallowed nervously and looked at the scene in front of them.
After a long moment, Teacher Zhu adjusted her glasses, sighed, and said, “This time, our class’s math results…”
Gulp…
As soon as they heard this, the students lowered their heads.
Now they knew what the problem was.
“Sigh~ I understand, this math test was very difficult. And just to be clear, I didn’t make the questions,” Teacher Zhu shook her head and continued, “But this time, our class’s average score is still a bit too low. Our ranking in the grade has also dropped…”
Hearing this, Han Kui unconsciously grabbed the corner of her clothes and became nervous.
So everyone in the class didn’t do well in math this time…
Well, she glanced at Lin Lin.
It’s fine. No matter what, I can definitely score higher than her…
“However!”
Suddenly, Teacher Zhu changed her tone. She looked toward Lin Lin with a pleased smile and said,
“This time, there is also a student in our class who, through her hard work during this period, made huge progress in this monthly exam. Even though the questions were harder, she still achieved a very good score!”
The whole class immediately followed Teacher Zhu’s gaze and looked toward Lin Lin.
Uh…
This should be… Gao Liang, right?
No, that’s not right. Gao Liang doesn’t need to improve. He’s already at the top.
Could it be…
The girl sitting next to Gao Liang?
At this point, Han Kui could no longer sit still. Her heart was pounding hard, and she stared at Lin Lin nervously. Even her breathing became faster.
The girl next to her noticed her reaction and even started to wonder…
Could this be hate turning into love?
Huff… huff…
After being nervous for a long time, Han Kui quickly shook her head and denied her own guess.
No, impossible.
Haha… It’s just some improvement.
Gao Liang has been tutoring her for so long. Of course she would improve, right?
After all, going from 60 points to 90 points can also be called big progress, right? Haha…
I should still have a higher score than her. I studied for a long time this time too.
This is exactly what I was afraid of.
It’s fine… it’s fine.
“So~”
Teacher Zhu’s voice once again drew everyone’s attention. She smiled, picked up a test paper, waved it, and called out to Lin Lin:
“Lin Lin, 145 points! You only got one multiple-choice question wrong~ Come up and get your paper~”
“Ah—?!”
The classroom was filled with gasps. Even Gao Liang, who was sitting next to Lin Lin, looked shocked.
But the girl slightly raised the corner of her mouth, trying to hold back a smile, then slowly walked up to the podium and took the test paper from Teacher Zhu.
“Looks like the tutoring really worked~ Keep it up~” Teacher Zhu said with a smile.
Lin Lin nodded, then turned around with the paper in her hand and walked back to her seat with light, almost floating steps.
Wow… that way of walking.
The last person who walked like that probably got beaten badly.
The classmates all looked at her with different expressions. Shock, confusion, praise, even admiration.
Then she stopped in front of Gao Liang.
Even though Gao Liang was sitting inside, she still stood proudly in front of him, brushed her bangs aside, and smiled proudly.
Uh…
Gao Liang nodded awkwardly.
Still, this time Lin Lin really surprised him.
With such a high score, and since he himself felt that the test was quite difficult, getting only one multiple-choice question wrong was truly impressive.
How did she do it?
Could it be…
Is my tutoring really that good?
Did she really master all the practice books?
“Ahem, Gao Liang, 150 points. Come get your paper. As strong as always, keep it up.”
Teacher Zhu smiled. Gao Liang went up to get his paper and returned to his seat. He glanced innocently at Lin Lin, who was now looking at him with resentment.
“Tch—”
The girl turned her head away unwillingly.
If I hadn’t purposely gotten one question wrong so I wouldn’t get full marks, then…
Gao Liang smiled helplessly and calmly put away his paper.
The other students watched this scene and couldn’t help nodding.
Tutoring is really useful.
On the other side…
“Sister Kui, Sister Kui!”
The girl next to Han Kui shook her shoulders hard. But Han Kui seemed to have turned into a statue. Even after a long moment, she couldn’t say a word.
How…
How is this possible?!
Teacher Zhu continued to read out more scores in order from high to low. Finally, it was…
“Han Kui, 102 points. Hmm, this time is a bit average.”
Teacher Zhu waved her test paper on the podium, but Han Kui didn’t move at all.
“Han Kui? Han Kui?”
Teacher Zhu looked confused. She didn’t know about the bet, but… the other students in the class knew it very well.
After a moment, Han Kui slowly walked up to the podium with a serious face. She took the test paper and stared at the score in a daze.
How… how could this be?
She still couldn’t believe it.
She looked at Lin Lin, who had a calm expression on her face.
“If there are questions you don’t understand, ask your classmates for help,” Teacher Zhu reminded her gently.