Chapter 36

At 2:00 PM, the bell for class finally rang.

In the classroom, the students' expectant and nervous gazes were focused on the Math teacher on the podium.

"Class begins!"

"Stand up!"

"Hello, Teacher..."

"Hello, students, please sit."

Shen Yi was all smiles, raising his right hand to press down.

As the students sat down, he picked up the stack of answer sheets.

"First, I want to commend all the students in the class. In this mock exam, we have made very good progress in Math. 70% of the students scored over 100 points, and there are even five students who scored over 140."

Hearing this, the classroom was instantly in an uproar.

The students' faces were filled with excitement.

A 70% share of students scoring over 100 points was something that had never happened before.

At the same time, everyone couldn't help but guess who the five students who scored over 140 were.

"Wu Xin, the highest score must be yours, right?"

Xu Ying looked at Wu Xin beside her with a smile.

In the past, she hadn't thought much of this bookworm.

But the bet Wu Xin had proposed to Qin Tian earlier had changed her attitude significantly.

Especially at this moment, the gazes of attention cast from the classroom made her quite enjoy the feeling of being in the spotlight.

"Should be, I'm not sure."

Wu Xin was modest in his words, but his face was full of confidence.

Xu Ying suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered: "If you can get first place in the class this time, I'll agree to be your girlfriend."

Wu Xin's body trembled, and he felt as if he had been injected with adrenaline; his voice even trembled slightly:

"Are you serious?"

"Mm!"

Xu Ying nodded shyly.

"Haha..."

Wu Xin could no longer suppress his excitement and burst into loud laughter.

The classroom instantly went quiet, and everyone's puzzled gazes turned toward the two in the back.

Wu Xin also realized he had lost his composure and hurriedly suppressed his smile, pursing his lips, his body trembling slightly from excessive excitement.

Everyone was completely confused, having no idea why he had suddenly laughed like a madman.

Hadn't the scores not even started being announced yet? Wasn't he celebrating a bit too early!

Some who were quicker on the uptake saw the shy blush on Xu Ying's face and guessed some of the clues.

"Qin Tian, what's he doing? Laughing so happily."

Xia Nuannuan blinked her eyes in confusion.

Qin Tian shrugged with a smile: "Who knows, maybe he had some daydream!"

In fact, he had also guessed the general situation and just found it funny in his heart.

"Pfft!"

Xia Nuannuan was amused by his words, hurriedly raising her hand to cover her mouth, patting her chest with lingering fear.

It was all Qin Tian's fault; he almost made her make a fool of herself too.

"Wu Xin, what are you laughing at?"

On the podium, Shen Yi, who had been all smiles, frowned.

"Teacher Shen, I'm sorry."

Wu Xin hurriedly apologized and admitted his mistake.

"I'm asking what you're laughing at. Is there anything worth laughing about? How you did on this exam, don't you have any idea?"

Shen Yi questioned with a straight face.

Wu Xin and Xu Ying were instantly stunned.

In the classroom, the students also widened their eyes in disbelief.

What did Teacher Shen mean by this?

Could it be... Wu Xin failed this exam?

Everyone's first reaction was disbelief; after all, Wu Xin had long been consistently in the top ten of the grade, and his Math had never been lower than 140.

But Teacher Shen's furious appearance made them have to believe it.

"Teacher Shen, what do you mean by this? Is there a problem with my exam?"

Wu Xin asked anxiously.

"What problem? A huge problem. What's going on with your last problem? The problem-solving approach was completely off, you know."

"That's impossible!"

Wu Xin stood up with a drastic change in expression, retorting: "That's impossible, the last problem was so simple, I couldn't have answered it wrong."

"Are you saying I'm talking nonsense? Come here, come here and see for yourself!"

Shen Yi became more and more frustrated, flipping out Wu Xin's answer sheet.

Wu Xin walked up hurriedly, and the moment he saw the bright red "132" on the paper, his face turned pale.

For most students, this score was a pleasantly surprising high score.

But for him, it was an unprecedented humiliation.

"Bang, bang, bang!!!"

Shen Yi flipped the answer sheet over on the podium, slapping it heavily several times.

"See for yourself. It's not just the last problem; you were also careless and got two basic problems wrong earlier."

"This is not your level at all. Everyone in the class has improved this time, only you have regressed. Reflect on yourself properly."

"I'm very curious, what were you worrying about during the exam? And laughing, you still have the face to laugh?"

The harsh scolding made Wu Xin's entire face flush with shame.

He looked closely at his answer sheet and found that he had gotten one multiple-choice question and one fill-in-the-blank question wrong, which was ten points.

The last big problem was worth thirteen points; he hadn't written two steps before his approach started to veer off, and he was deducted eight points.

On the side, it must have been Shen Yi who had marked it very clearly with a red pen; there was absolutely no room for argument.

Wu Xin suddenly remembered.

When solving this last big problem, he felt that this Math paper was too simple and was full of confidence that full marks were guaranteed.

Consequently, his thoughts began to wander, and in his mind, he fantasized about Qin Tian bowing his head to admit defeat, apologizing to Xu Ying, and then Xu Ying movingly throwing herself into his arms.

It was probably at that moment that his problem-solving approach started to veer off, and in the end, he arrived at an answer that was far off the mark.

Even after finishing, he couldn't be bothered to check, sitting there daydreaming and continuing to fantasize.

Unexpectedly, not only was the last problem off, but the two basic problems that were ridiculously simple were also wrong.

For a moment, Wu Xin regretted it so much that his intestines turned green, wishing he could slap himself twice on the spot.

"Why are you still standing here? Do you need me to teach you where you went wrong? Take it back and reflect on yourself properly. This is just a mock exam. If you encounter this situation in the College Entrance Examination, just wait to cry!"

Shen Yi waved his hand impatiently.

In fact, his personality was relatively gentle.

He was so angry now because he had high hopes for Wu Xin, leading to too much disappointment.

Of course, there was also the reason that Wu Xin hadn't understood the situation at all and had suddenly laughed wantonly.

Wu Xin took the answer sheet and walked toward his seat with his head hanging low.

"Yo, top student, weren't you laughing very happily just now? Why aren't you laughing anymore!"

Passing by Zhang Peng's seat, he heard the mocking voice that almost made him vomit blood.

"None of your business, trash. I scored over 130, which is still higher than you."

Wu Xin retorted with red eyes.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have dared to do this.

But he was really angry now.

"That's true, why are you comparing yourself to an underachiever like me? Compare yourself to Brother Tian!"

Zhang Peng sneered.

"Heh, is he even worthy? Can he even pass?"

Wu Xin said with a look of disdain.

"Teacher Shen, Wu Xin just said he doesn't need to reflect, that 130 points is already high enough."

Zhang Peng suddenly raised his hand and shouted.

Wu Xin's expression stiffened, and he almost couldn't help but curse at this despicable person.