Huh?

Was Xiao Yi considered a dark horse?

Well, probably, but was there really such a dark horse?

Luo Penghua helplessly shook his head. Forget it, better not say too much.

As a science teacher, he really did not have that many descriptive words in his head.

"Um... I'll just give a summary first."

His sudden turn left all the students present stunned. Hadn't he been talking about some "dark horse"?

If they could not call him a "dark horse," then what should he be?

A white horse?

The students of Class 3 had no idea that their respected homeroom teacher simply could not think of the right word.

But the question was, who exactly was this dark horse?

Just tell them already!

"In this exam, a total of seven people from our class made it into the top one hundred, one fewer than in last semester's final exam. The number of people in the top two hundred also dropped to nineteen, four fewer than last time."

"I won't say much about those ranked lower. Once you get your results later, think about it yourselves."

As Luo Penghua grew serious, the students who had just been curious about the "dark horse" immediately broke out in cold sweat. Those who felt they had done poorly this time all felt as though Luo Penghua was calling them out by name.

"There are even two people who ranked outside the top three hundred. Our Class 3 may not be an elite class, but we are not an ordinary class either. Ranking outside the top three hundred is a bit excessive. I'll talk to those two later."

For a moment, the few students who had always been at the bottom of the class became even more terrified.

"Next, let's talk about some good points."

"First, I want to mention Xiang Dong. His ranking is still stable in the twenties, and he improved by a few places compared to last time. I hope you can improve by a few places in every exam from now on."

"The rest of you should learn from Xiang Dong too. No matter what, your grades cannot fluctuate so drastically every exam. What if, when the college entrance exam comes around, it happens to be when you are not performing well? Who would you complain to then? Retake the year, is that it?"

"Anyway, if you retake the year, I won't be the one teaching you."

"Let's strive for steady improvement and make sure we do not steadily decline. If you keep steadily declining, then don't blame me for steadily calling you in for a talk."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Laughter erupted throughout the classroom.

Luo Penghua shook his head, then continued listing a few more positive points.

Finally, he said, "That covers everything from before."

"Now, for what I'm about to say next, don't get too excited."

"In the six subjects of this exam, our class had perfect scores in mathematics, physics, and chemistry."

The entire class was stunned.

"Huh?"

"Wang Defa?"

"You can actually get a perfect score in math? And someone from our class did it?"

"Physics wasn't exactly easy either!"

"Are they seriously not cheating?"

While the entire class was dumbfounded, only one person remained calm.

That person was, of course, Xiao Yi.

He stroked his chin. "Mm... Mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Those should indeed be the three subjects I got full marks in."

After finishing those three exams, he had known he could get perfect scores. They were also the subjects he had mainly reviewed recently. As for the other three, he had barely reviewed them at all; listening in class had basically been enough.

So it was perfectly normal that he had not gotten perfect scores in the other three subjects.

Seeing the shocked expressions below the podium, Luo Penghua revealed a satisfied smile.

Exactly. How could he be the only one shocked by something like this? Everyone should be shocked too.

He then continued, "And all three perfect scores came from the same student."

This time, the students who had been shocked in every possible way just moments ago found it impossible to believe.

When had their class gained such an academic genius?

Perfect scores in all three subjects?

Those three perfect scores alone added up to 350 points!

For the remaining three subjects, getting a casual 100 in Chinese Language and English would already make 550. Then there was biology. This biology exam had been neither particularly difficult nor particularly easy. Even conservatively estimating only 70 points, that would still add up to 620!

Besides, if someone got perfect scores in math, physics, and chemistry, how bad could biology be?

And how bad could Chinese Language and English be?

This...

They might even get first in the grade, right?

For a moment, everyone was completely thrown into disarray.

They suddenly remembered the dark horse Luo Penghua had mentioned earlier...

It had to be this person, right?

"Teacher, who is it?!"

Finally, someone could not help asking.

Once someone took the lead, the others naturally followed, all asking, "Teacher, who exactly is it? Stop keeping us in suspense!"

Seeing the anxious looks on his students' faces, Luo Penghua laughed heartily and stopped teasing them. "All right, all right, no more suspense."

"Let me turn on the multimedia system first."

He then turned on the computer.

Below the podium, the students began discussing among themselves, trying to figure out who it was.

"Old Xiao, who do you think... this person could be?"

Chen Wei, sitting beside Xiao Yi, asked.

Xiao Yi wanted to say, "It's me," but remembering that Chen Wei had not believed he was the Math Prodigy before, he merely nodded toward the podium and said, "You'll know soon enough."

Chen Wei looked up and saw that Luo Penghua had already turned on the computer and opened a webpage.

Then he entered the school management system's address and logged in.

At last, the score sheet opened.

Every student in the class looked up and immediately looked at the first entry.

Xiao Yi: Class 3 of Science Stream, Chinese Language 124, Mathematics 150, English 130, Physics 100, Chemistry 100, Biology 96, Total Score 700.

The classroom fell silent.

700 points.

That score...

It almost blinded them.

With college entrance exam scores in the six hundreds, whether it was 600 or 699, people would simply think, Wow, that's impressive!

But once the number in the hundreds place became a seven, the feeling was completely different. That was the will of seven, the realm of gods.

And now, such a god had actually appeared right beside them.

Just then, the webpage suddenly refreshed and changed. Luo Penghua said from the podium, "I made a mistake just now. That was the score sheet for the entire grade. This is our class's score sheet. Take a good look."

The classroom fell silent once more.

If that had been the entire grade's score sheet just now, did that mean...

Xiao Yi was first in the entire grade?!

But that was not all. Luo Penghua dropped another bombshell. "Oh, and one more announcement. Xiao Yi from our class has caught the attention of the Gifted Class at the University of Science and Technology of China. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll have to say goodbye to Xiao Yi next semester."

Class 3 of Science Stream: Huh?