Chapter 59: What do you mean Brother Chu has also entered the fray?

Time passed second by second.

In the classroom of Grade 12, Class 1, after Lu Mingfei, the second student finally arrived.

He saw Lu Mingfei sitting at his desk as expected, completely immersed in Learning without any distractions; he pulled out his phone, took a picture, uploaded it to the Shilan Middle School Campus Forum, and added the caption: "Fifth day, the legendary Lu is still the first to arrive!"

From initial disbelief, to suspicion, and now to taking it for granted.

Lu Mingfei himself does not even know that he now has the title of "Legendary Lu" on the Shilan Middle School Campus Forum.

His past image as a transparent loser and even a joke of a clown has been torn down by his own hand and swept into the trash heap in some dark corner.

True effort should not be spurned; everyone knows this. The only and greatest problem is how to carry this effort through to the end—nothing else, it is just too difficult and too exhausting!

And the level of effort Lu Mingfei has put in these past few days is something everyone has seen with their own eyes... it is truly hard to keep up such a facade even if one wanted to fake it.

The only question is, how long can this level of effort be sustained?

Some quick-witted students started a betting pool directly on the forum; it is simple, setting different odds based on the number of days sustained, and everyone supervises together—it cannot be faked anyway.

Under the betting post, someone quickly tagged Xu Yanyan, saying: "A bet is a bet, no one is going to welsh on it, right?"

Xu Yanyan jumped out: "Who said I'd welsh? I'll give it to you when we meet later!"

His tone was not great, and his mood was even worse. The money lost was not much, but it was his face that was lost.

Xu Yanyan is a member of the Literature Club, and his relationship with Lu Mingfei in the past was just so-so, but there were a few times he didn't give him a good look, not to mention that Lu Mingfei later "defected." Facing this bet, he naturally decided to bet on four days or less.

He prided himself on knowing Lu Mingfei's personality; this loser could not possibly have such great perseverance, absolutely impossible! At most, it was a three-minute passion; being able to persist for a day or two would be a miracle.

But the facts slapped his face hard; the loser of the past seems to have truly "turned over a new leaf," working hard to an unbelievable degree.

Unable to swallow his anger, he posted a thread—

"Heh, it just looks like effort; everything depends on the results. If you have the guts, let's bet on how much Lu Mingfei's grades can improve! There will be a mock exam before the Spring Festival Gala; let's bet on whether he can score over 600 total without cheating!"

After this post was made, no one paid him any mind for a short while.

They couldn't be bothered, because it looked like he was just being a sore loser.

Today is the fifth day of remedial classes, January 15, 2009. The Lunar New Year's Eve is on the 25th, and Shilan Middle School usually holds its "Spring Festival Gala" 3 days in advance, with a school-wide mock exam scheduled two days before that.

That is to say, the mock exams are on January 20th and 21st, and the Spring Festival Gala is on the evening of the 22nd. Counting today, there are only five days left until the exam; even if the legendary Lu keeps it up, he can only struggle for ten days in total!

In these past few days, after the legendary Lu dominated the headlines of the Shilan Middle School gossip board, some detailed information was thoroughly dug up, including his past grades—

They were very stably stuck between the second-tier and first-tier university cutoffs, hovering slightly above the former. His most recent final exam total was 427, still a full 50 points away from the projected 477 first-tier cutoff (Shilan Middle School's self-made papers are relatively difficult).

The saying that one point in the college entrance exam can cut down ten thousand people is not just talk, let alone the fact that Lu Mingfei is still fifty points away from a first-tier university. With his current grades, getting into a first-tier university is very difficult; even with an extraordinary performance, he would at most be close, and what Xu Yanyan proposed was six hundred... which is equivalent to asking someone to improve by nearly two hundred points in a mere ten days.

Vast is China, rich in resources and talented people; it is not that such legendary figures have never existed, but they should be classified as "gods" rather than "humans"!

As for Lu Mingfei... although everyone has started calling him the legendary Lu, it is only limited to the aspects of "effort" and "gossip." Learning? How could anyone believe it without seeing it!

Xu Yanyan had not even enjoyed this "spiritual victory" for more than half a minute when he suddenly received a reply to his post.

He thought someone was calling him shameless and was just about to subconsciously reply with "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat"... when he froze.

Liu Miaomiao: "Okay, so it's over 600 total without cheating, right? I bet he can, the stake is ten thousand."

Ten seconds later, the campus forum boiled over almost instantly, because the administrator decisively pinned, highlighted in red, and topped the post!

Shilan Middle School does not restrict the carrying of mobile phones during winter remedial classes; in fact, they don't really care during normal times either. As an elite school, it is normal for everyone to have one.

At this time, most people were on their way to school in cars or were Eating Breakfast, basically all idling and scrolling through their phones. Some people, after seeing the pinned post on the forum, immediately spread the word through various channels, and public opinion exploded rapidly!

The Piano beauty Liu Miaomiao, one of the three beauties of Shilan Middle School.

Her popularity on the campus forum has been at the top these past few days precisely because of the gossip between her and Lu Mingfei, but she had never made any response, looking very much like she wanted to cold-shoulder the matter.

Cold-shouldering is indeed the best way to deal with gossip; an official response would only further stimulate the heat. Just when most people, after the initial teasing and joking, felt that this was unlikely and should just be some clever misunderstanding...

Liu Miaomiao has entered the fray?

Entering the fray at a time like this doesn't make much sense; the gossip heat was about to dissipate. This is the Shilan Middle School Campus Forum, not some blog where bundled marketing heat can be exchanged for money! What's more, Liu Miaomiao actually put up ten thousand in real cash.

What is the difference between this and an official announcement? It is practically saying, "Who looks down on my man? Come and fight!"

That Piano beauty who is usually kind to everyone would actually have such an overbearing side?

Could her account have been hacked by someone!

Just when most people thought this guess was the most reasonable and the waves were about to subside... another deep-sea bomb was detonated.

Under that post where many people were already spamming "watching the show" and "just passing by," a new floor was updated, and the poster's ID was "Little Heavenly Maiden."

Little Heavenly Maiden: "I'll match ten thousand, I bet he can. By the way, can you afford it @Xu Yanyan? You should have the ability if you dare to be the bookie, right?"

Everyone knows this is Su Xiaoqiang's ID. The Little Heavenly Maiden is a generous, bold, and responsible girl. When the nickname "Little Heavenly Maiden" was circulating on campus back then, she felt she deserved it, thought it sounded good, and started using it.

This tone is also very consistent with Su Xiaoqiang's usual style; it is unlikely to be a hacked account.

But isn't this a post betting on whether Lu Mingfei can score over six hundred? Su Xiaoqiang entering the fray is understandable, but why would she bet he can? Everyone knows she can't stand Lu Mingfei!

Before the crowd, already blown to bits, could wake up from the turbulent waves caused by this deep-sea bomb...

Another bomb fell in succession.

Only this time, it was a nuclear bomb.

An ID that had long disappeared from the Shilan Middle School Campus Forum suddenly popped up.

Chu Zihang: "Match, he can, ten thousand."

To prevent being accused of being a hacked account, he also attached a selfie that was clearly taken just now.

A home photo, pajamas, eating breakfast, with his usual expressionless face.

It is that man's style: simple, direct, and crisp.

But it was like a nuclear bomb detonating, earth-shattering!

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