"English, 145!"
"History, 97!"
"Politics, 100!"
"Chinese, 130!"
Since the grades had not yet been entered into the computer, the teachers could only dig Wang Chen's papers out of the thick stacks of exam sheets, grade them one by one, and tally the scores.
In the end, his total score for this exam came to 1,018!
The total possible score across nine subjects was 1,050. Wang Chen was only 32 points short of a perfect score.
That might have sounded like a lot, but it was actually insanely impressive.
Especially in mathematics, the hardest subject, where he had scored full marks and utterly crushed the top students from the four experimental classes!
The Grade One office at No. 5 High School fell into brief silence.
After a moment, one teacher said, "With these grades, he should make the city's top hundred, right?"
"More than that."
Another teacher said solemnly, "Even the top fifty won't be a problem!"
Though none of them mentioned the school's grade-level rankings, everyone knew perfectly well that no one in No. 5 High School's Grade One could possibly surpass Wang Chen's score report.
"That's just bizarre!"
Zhang Yan's face twisted as he slapped the desk and growled, "He was only ranked 985th in the grade on the midterms!"
To leap from nearly a thousandth place all the way to first, and by such a huge margin—this was completely beyond the homeroom teacher's common sense and comprehension.
Especially since the person who had created this miracle was a student he despised!
It felt as if his face had swollen from the slaps.
"Wang Chen's paper is very clean, and his handwriting is beautiful."
Holding his exam paper, the Chinese teacher said faintly, "I just finished reading his essay. It was clearly marked down."
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