Top Ten Scholars in the Academy

Ao Xinghao stood lazily beside Qin Xin, a blade of grass dangling from his lips as he eyed the instructor provocatively.

The difference in height between him and Qin Xin made her look even more petite, while he looked all the more like a dark knight protecting a flower.

The girls from Classes 1 and 2 watched the scene with envy in their eyes!

Qin Wenrou also looked over curiously. God Ao was so aloof that he'd ignored her several times when she'd tried to strike up a conversation. Yet now he was actually standing up for an Ugly Freak?

It was a little hard to understand.

With everyone watching, Gou Dachun was starting to lose face.

He'd only tossed out the whole "write my name backward" thing offhandedly. It wasn't until his colleagues in the office teased him that writing his name backward made it "Stupid Dog" that he realized what he'd said.

But so what? Lan Qingxin was always at the bottom of the class. There was no way she'd pass the final exam, so he wouldn't have to write his name backward. What did he have to worry about?

Thinking of this, Gou Dachun regained some confidence and cleared his throat. "That's right. I was just trying to motivate my students. Is there a problem with that?"

Ao Xinghao rested his long, slender arm on the lab bench beside Qin Xin. His lips curled into a lazy, roguish smile. "No problem..."

His voice rose at the end. Turning his head, he called out to everyone, "Come on, if we're betting, let's all bet together. Let's make it a big one!"

Gou Dachun had a vague, uneasy feeling. "..."

The students got excited. "What are we betting?"

Ao Xinghao said, "If Xiao Qingxin passes the final, our Instructor Gou will write his name backward. For every student who bets, the payout will be ten to one. If she doesn't pass, you'll pay ten times your bet!"

Everyone started counting on their fingers.

"If I bet a hundred, I'll get a thousand back, right?"

"Damn, you cheapskate! If you're betting, put down a bigger stake. What, can't you afford a thousand?"

"But if I lose, won't I have to pay ten thousand?"

"Lose, my ass. Do you really think that Ugly Freak can pass?"

"Fair point..."

Everyone was eager to join in.

As they talked, Ao Xinghao had already posted on the academy forum, put up a QR code, and started taking names.

Someone really did bet a thousand!

A few more followed with bets of several hundred.

Of course... they were all betting that Lan Qingxin would fail.

Gou Dachun relaxed. "All right, all right. If you want to play, do it after class. Don't do it during my lesson..." He said that, but didn't actually stop them.

After all, the more people who placed bets, the more it proved that his bold claim had been right in the first place.

Once they'd placed their bets, even examining the dissection specimens didn't feel so boring anymore.

Soon, a group of people gathered around Qin Wenrou.

"Wenrou, I heard your family's been in the medicine business for generations. You must be really familiar with all these bones and things. You're sure to get a perfect score on the anatomy final, aren't you?"

"Of course! Our Wenrou is one of the top ten scholars in the academy, and she's the top girl!"

"Our Wenrou is also the academy beauty. When the whole school votes for its beauty next semester, she's sure to come in first!"

"You Class 2 students can be jealous of us! We've got the academy's number one beauty, while you've only got the number one dunce! Hahaha!"

Qin Wenrou smiled shyly. "You're all too kind. I'm not that amazing. And I'll have to thank everyone for voting for me for academy beauty."

As she spoke, she glanced modestly toward Lan Qingxin, then spoke with a sincere expression—