"Lin Zichen, 100 points."
As soon as those words rang out, the entire classroom fell silent.
It was as if the Earth had stopped spinning.
As if time had stopped flowing.
Everyone turned to stone, frozen in place with stunned expressions.
Only when Lin Zichen rose from his seat and went up to the front to collect his test paper did the students below gradually snap out of their daze. One after another, they cried out in disbelief:
"100 points! He actually got 100 points! H-how did he do that?!"
"That's ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!"
"He even beat the two top students from Nanguan City! Lin Zichen is incredible. Shanhai Glory!"
Beaten and thrown from their horses...
Hearing those five words, which grated sharply on the ears, Lu Gang and Wang Shujie both looked displeased.
Wang Shujie in particular had turned green in the face.
Ever since he was a child, even in Nanguan City, where top students were everywhere, he had been a Favored Child of Heaven, adored by all and admired by his peers.
He hadn't expected that after coming to Shanhai City, with its education system of questionable quality, he'd be trampled underfoot in the very first exam of the school year.
He found it impossible to accept. He'd always thought himself superior and taken pride in that sense of superiority.
On the other side,
He Yu also looked a little unhappy.
He'd thought that with 88 points, he was sure to take third place and win the 333-yuan prize.
But Lin Zichen had scored full marks, knocking him out of the top three.
He felt awkward, as if the confident version of himself who'd said he'd treat his groupmates once he got the prize money had turned into a clown.
At the front of the classroom,
Lin