Selling Cuteness Through Her Own Ability

A new week began at Second Experimental Primary School.

Five-year-and-four-month-old Shen Nuo Fei had grown to exactly 120 centimeters tall.

Teacher Liu, an instructor at Pomegranate Math Class, brought Shen Nuo Fei to the main campus of Second Experimental Primary School.

Before they entered the classroom, Teacher Liu said to Shen Nuo Fei, "The people inside are big brothers and sisters in fifth grade. Shen Nuo Fei, don't be nervous. You're just as good as they are."

"Mm!" Shen Nuo Fei was mentally prepared.

Teacher Liu led Shen Nuo Fei into the classroom. More than twenty fifth graders, boys and girls alike, were seated inside.

"Let me introduce a new classmate. Her name is Shen Nuo Fei, and she's a little girl in first grade. Please give Shen Nuo Fei a round of applause and welcome her to the fifth-grade competition group at Pomegranate Math Class." Teacher Liu gave Shen Nuo Fei a brief introduction from the front of the classroom.

Applause broke out as the fifth-grade Young Pioneers welcomed Shen Nuo Fei.

Shen Nuo Fei was the shortest, so she was assigned a seat in the front row.

Teacher Liu began the lesson. "This Saturday, our competition group will take part in the fifth-grade preliminary round of the Spring Festival Cup math competition. It'll be a computer-based test, all multiple-choice questions. I'll go over a few problems first, then you'll practice on the computers."

The Spring Festival Cup math competition was open to primary school students. It had a history spanning several decades, though it had been suspended for a few years before resuming.

With the competition just around the corner, Shen Nuo Fei had left a small class of her own and joined a class of more than twenty students. She now had new teammates.

Teacher Liu went