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"From the moment you stepped into the classroom—no, from the moment you stepped into the school—we knew we had done very well on the test!"
"You bunch of guys, what's wrong with letting me pretend for a bit!" Lin Xue said helplessly.
The whole class was still laughing, "We wanted to play along, but you're too beautiful, we can't get into character!"
After the man finished speaking, the whole class burst into laughter again.
"Fine, it's still my fault, blame me!"
Now that everyone had noticed, Lin Xue stopped pretending and smiled broadly, "But you all really did very well on the test this time, especially the English test, where two students in the whole grade got almost full marks, and they were both from our class!"
"One is one point short, the other is two points short!"
Someone immediately exclaimed, "Wow! Just one point shy of a perfect score! Who is it?! That's amazing!"
"Class Monitor! Only the Class Monitor can consistently score so high on every exam, leaving everyone else far behind!"
The International Class were also exclaiming in surprise.
"That's one point short! That's incredible! I have a strong suspicion that the Teacher intended to give him a perfect score, and only deducted one point because Curly couldn't get a perfect score!"
"Anya, is this the one point you should be deducted from?!"
"It has to be Anya! She has the best English in the whole grade, and she almost always gets first place. Who else could it be but her!"
"That's right, even the Class Monitor of the Rocket Class sometimes can't beat Anya in English! Anya is still the best!"
Although the courses in International Class, Rocket Class, and regular classes are different, the three core subjects of Chinese, mathematics, and English are the same. The teaching and test questions for Chinese, mathematics, and English are the same throughout the entire grade.
"Of course it's Anya! Who else is as amazing as Anya!" Xiang Lu, sitting one seat in front of Shen Anya, said proudly.
"Anya, how did you pass the exam? Teach us! You're amazing!"
"Yeah, yeah, share your secret!" The girls sidled up to them.
Shen Anya smoothed a strand of hair behind her ear, looking rather embarrassed. "It's alright, there's no secret. Just listen attentively in class and do lots of practice problems."
"Teacher, hurry up and announce the results! Isn't it Anya who lost one point?!" Xiang Lu shouted.
Shen Anya tugged at her sleeve, her ears turning red. "Lu Lu, don't be like that, maybe it's not..."
"It's not Anya," the Teacher on stage replied. "It's Shen Luoluo from the Rocket Class."
"Impossible! It can't be Shen Luoluo!" Shen Anya blurted out.
The air was still for a moment, then--
"Shen Luoluo? Did I hear that right?"
"Shen Luoluo? Isn't that Anya's illegitimate daughter? That country bumpkin from the small town? Is she that amazing?"
"Everyone says she's terrible, she only got into the Rocket Class because of connections!"
"Now it seems that's not the case. It's not that bad, it's just one point short of a perfect score. It's just too strong!"
Immediately, the crowd began to discuss the matter.
Then everyone turned to look at Shen Anya and whispered among themselves.
"What did she mean by saying it was impossible? Does she not believe that someone else is more powerful than her?"
"Maybe Shen Anya is just afraid that her illegitimate sister is powerful, so she's deliberately spreading rumors about her!"
"I also think she's spreading rumors. I saw those test papers on the forum, and she's clearly very good! She got high scores in many subjects!"
"Shut up! Shut up! All of you shut up!" Xiang Lu glared angrily at those who looked over and spoke.
He then turned to comfort Shen Anya, "Anya, it's okay. It's just one subject, English. Maybe she was just lucky. She did very poorly on the rest!"
However, reality soon proved her wrong.
All the results came out that day, along with the rankings. Shen Luoluo scored very high not only in English, but in many other subjects as well.
With a total score of 734, she ranked first. Even Song Qinghe, who usually ranked first, only scored 730, just 4 points behind Shen Luoluo.
"Luck?" In the International Class, those who didn't get along with Shen Anya Xiang Lu deliberately raised their voices and started to mock, "They said it was luck in the first subject, but now that she's getting such high scores in every subject, why are they silent? Are they playing dumb?"
"That's not a turtle, it's a soft-shelled turtle!" The group burst into laughter.
"What else could it be? You just lost face. They called them country bumpkins, and yet you, who grew up in the city with such good resources, couldn't even outperform someone from a rural area!"
"Shut up, tell me how many points Anya and you got on the test!" Xiang Lu retorted.
The girl waved her hand dismissively. "We may not have scored as high as her, but we didn't spread rumors about her! Unlike some people who don't have the ability to confront her directly, they only resort to spreading rumors and mudslinging behind her back—their methods are extremely dirty and despicable!"
The girl sneered, "Xiang Lu, you'd better be careful. Making friends with someone like that means they might plot against you one day!"
After the girls finished speaking, they left, leaving Shen Anya standing there, pale-faced and stunned, while the people around her pointed and whispered.
"So the posts spreading rumors on the forum were actually posted by her! How disgusting!"
"Exactly! If you can't pass the exam, you spread rumors beforehand that the other person's grades are bad—it's a despicable tactic!"
"You're only realizing this now? That post was made by her fiancé, she's definitely involved! What a scheming person! How terrifying!"
Each word was like a sharp sword, piercing her heart. Shen Anya could no longer bear it and ran out of the classroom crying.
"Anya!" Xiang Lu chased after her.
The transfer student, who was not highly regarded, actually ranked first in the entire grade. The news spread throughout the school immediately, and the post on the forum firmly occupied the top spot, with thousands of comments. Some people even attached their report cards.
Everyone was shocked and incredulous.
9L: Really? The transfer student got first place in the whole grade! That's amazing! From today onwards, she's my idol!
10L: LOL, someone from a small town can be this good? I bet they copied it!
His words immediately drew criticism from the crowd.
13L: 10th floor, are you kidding me? It's possible to cheat on one subject, but with such high scores in all subjects, it's impossible to cheat on all of them. If you're so great, show me how you cheat to get the top score in the whole grade.