Fake Top Student or True Genius? (Please Follow and Bookmark)

Fake Top Student or True Genius? (Please Follow and Bookmark)

"Luo Yao, you're here. The National Competition rankings are out. Do you know your results in all three subjects?" A bespectacled female teacher walked in.

She wore a gentle smile, pulled a stool from the corner, and sat beside Luo Yao, completely unaware that the phone across from them was live.

"Teacher Li." Luo Yao finally reacted when he heard the familiar voice.

"I don't know. Once those competitions were over, they were over. They're already in the past, so there's nothing worth worrying about." Luo Yao's face remained expressionless, without the slightest nervousness that children his age usually showed around teachers.

The livestream immediately became lively at the sight of this.

"This kid sure knows how to put on airs! He's only in his teens and already saying stuff like that. This isn't some scripted livestream, is it?"

"Anyone qualified to enter a National Competition definitely isn't ordinary!"

"No way, could this kid really be a genius?"

"If he talks that big and doesn't win anything, that'll be hilarious!"

"Results in three subjects? So he entered the math, physics, and chemistry competitions? Is he really that amazing?"

The people in the livestream thought Luo Yao was putting on an act, but without exception, no one chose to leave. They all wanted to see what would happen next.

Teacher Li seemed accustomed to Luo Yao's attitude. She gave an awkward smile, took a blue folder from her briefcase, and pulled out three perfectly smooth certificates.

"Congratulations. You won first place in the National Math Competition, Physics Competition, and Chemistry Competition! This is the first time in the nation that someone has won first prizes in all three!"

Teacher Li handed the certificates to Luo Yao. After taking them, Luo Yao showed no trace of joy. He merely glanced at them, said thank you, and said nothing more.

The discussion in the livestream grew even more heated.

"No way, A-Zhen, you're serious?"

"That's ridiculous! This kid doesn't look like he's from some big city. How could he possibly win first prizes in math, physics, and chemistry all at once?"

"National Competition winners can be looked up. Wait for me, I'll go check!"

At the reminder, some people immediately went to look up the National Competition winners list, while others shared the livestream to bring more people in for the spectacle!

Those who had checked the winners list returned quickly.

"Everyone, I found it! The first prizes in the latest National Math, Physics, and Chemistry Competition really were all won by the same person! His name is Luo Yao!"

"Luo Yao? That's the name Teacher Li called him just now!"

"If this is real, he's not just some top student. He has to be an academic god!"

"Didn't that teacher say it? It's the first time in the nation that someone has won three first prizes. He's absolutely unreal!"

"Are there any photos? This family environment doesn't look like it could raise a top student!"

"Exactly! Even city kids with such great resources couldn't win first prizes in all three math, physics, and chemistry competitions!"

"Could this be a mix-up? Maybe they just have the same name?"

Luo Yao had no idea that people were questioning him.

Looking at Teacher Li, who seemed hesitant to speak, he thought for a moment and understood what she wanted to say.

"Teacher Li, did you come all this way today to ask whether I've decided which university to attend?"

Teacher Li's face reddened slightly after he hit the mark.

She often felt that she had no privacy at all in front of this half-grown child. He could always bluntly state exactly what she was thinking.

Indeed, certificate presentations were generally held at school, but she had been sent to see Luo Yao alone today to confirm his intentions.

The school leaders had previously asked Luo Yao whether he wanted them to help him apply to a good university elsewhere.

But Luo Yao had refused.

He did not actually want to leave for somewhere else too early.

There were too many people outside. They would interfere with his studies.

That was also why he had not chosen to skip grades continuously. What he wanted was control over his own pace, not to be arranged by others.

Middle and high school courses were easy, and the teachers here did not bother him. He had extra time to read the books he wanted to read.

Only recently, after mastering the knowledge he needed to master, had he begun considering university.

Although he was not yet seventeen, the amount of knowledge he possessed had already surpassed that of high school students. Whenever he attended classes at school, the teachers would end up sitting below and listening to him lecture.

Now, no teacher at the school dared to teach him anymore. Whenever they did, Luo Yao would point out their mistakes, forcing them to face the fact that they were less capable than he was.

The leaders of the small county school were not particularly knowledgeable, and the leadership team had been cobbled together. As the saying went, three cobblers could match Zhuge Liang. After putting their heads together, they came up with what they considered the best solution—apply for a guaranteed university admission for Luo Yao.

In Hua Nation, only forty-seven high schools nationwide were qualified to recommend students directly to universities. Unfortunately, their school was not among them.

That route was blocked.

The school leaders spoke with Luo Yao and told him to prepare for the college entrance examination early, so he could save time and enter university sooner.

But Luo Yao refused.

In Luo Yao's words, the college entrance examination was the path for ordinary people. He did not need it.

So he asked the school to register him for the National Competition.

As long as he achieved a ranking in the National Competition, he would also have a chance at guaranteed admission.

Luo Yao's high school was in a small town. All the teachers were second-generation teachers, living day by day and teaching one day at a time.

They had never encountered the National Competition and did not even know the eligibility requirements or registration process. Yet for Luo Yao's sake, the school leaders traveled to a high school in the city more than fifty kilometers away to seek advice before successfully registering him.

From the provincial preliminary round to the provincial semifinals, Luo Yao had crushed every other competitor before reaching the national finals.

Before he left for the national finals, leaders from a key high school in the city had even come to Luo Yao's home, hoping he would transfer there to continue his studies. But Luo Yao's goal was a university elsewhere, and he did not want to waste time transferring between different high schools.

In fact, Luo Yao's results had already caught the attention of admissions teachers from several universities during the provincial semifinals.

They all contacted the leaders of Luo Yao's high school, hoping his teachers could speak with him and encourage him to prioritize their universities when making his choice.

Normally, these admissions teachers only appeared at national finals to promote their schools and recruit students. But Luo Yao's results were simply too tempting—he was outstanding in math, physics, and chemistry alike!

If nothing unexpected happened, he would very likely achieve extraordinary results in the finals. To compete for him, they set their sights on Luo Yao's homeroom teacher, Li Hong.

Now that the national finals results were out, it was time for Luo Yao to make a decision.

Li Hong had been given a task. With the certificates in hand, she came to Luo Yao's home.

Seeing that Luo Yao had already guessed her purpose, Li Hong spoke frankly.

"Luo Yao, Tsinghua University is an excellent school, and there's also Qian Lao Class. Their admissions teacher promised that if you're willing to go, the scholarship will be five hundred thousand yuan."

Luo Yao's family circumstances were not good. With five hundred thousand yuan, his family's living conditions could be greatly improved. Li Hong believed Luo Yao could not refuse such an offer.

Luo Yao did not agree immediately. Looking at Li Hong, he knew she said this because Tsinghua University's admissions teacher had approached her.

Seeing Luo Yao remain silent, the livestream viewers became anxious.

"Oh my god, they're offering a scholarship of five hundred thousand yuan! He really is an academic god!"

"Hurry up and agree! That's Tsinghua University, not some ordinary university!"

"This is driving me crazy! Qian Lao Class! It's the only engineering experimental class in the National Competition's program for cultivating top students in foundational disciplines! Everyone who gets in is genius-level!"

"Holy shit! So this Luo Yao really did win first prizes in the national math, physics, and chemistry competitions? That's insane!"

Just as the viewers argued endlessly, they heard that someone else seemed to have arrived at the Luo family home.