Chapter 413: A Genuine Top Student

The time notified in the class group had already passed, and except for a few classmates who really couldn't come due to things, everyone had basically arrived.

Xu Ying was naturally one of them.

Now, there were no classmates in this class who had any friendship with her.

Everyone had invited the head teacher Li Yanwang. Many classmates specifically tagged him, and the class monitor also called him.

Li Yanwang had initially politely declined. When teaching students, he had always maintained the image of a "strict teacher" and wasn't used to participating in such gatherings to laugh and play with students.

But everyone was too enthusiastic, and Old Li couldn't resist

The agreed-upon time had already passed, and everyone who was supposed to arrive had arrived, yet Li Yanwang still hadn't appeared.

"Class Monitor, Old Li wouldn't be lying to us, would he? Is he not coming?"

"Probably... not, right!"

"Class Monitor, Class Monitor, give him a call!"

"Alright!"

Mu Nan nodded in response, took out her phone, and made a gesture as if to make a call.

"No need to call, he's here."

Qin Tian suddenly spoke up and gestured with his chin toward the entrance.

Everyone looked over, and sure enough, they saw Li Yanwang walking into the banquet hall with long, steady strides.

On Old Li's face was still that familiar, stern expression; back in the twelfth grade, everyone might have felt nervous and uneasy upon seeing it, suspecting they had done something wrong and were about to be criticized.

However, now most of the students only felt a sense of deep affection and nostalgia.

"Li Yan... ah, ptooey, hello Teacher Li!"

Qian Sheng greeted him loudly with a cheerful laugh, almost blurting out the nickname, but fortunately, he corrected himself in time.

Still, it triggered a burst of laughter.

Li Xueping narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Qian Sheng, and asked somewhat abruptly: "How were your final exam results? What was your total score?"

"Huh?"

Qian Sheng was stunned for a moment.

"You've been repeating for half a year; let's see if you've made any progress."

Old Li said with a calm expression.

"That's a must! My total score for this exam was 420!"

Qian Sheng answered with a bright smile.

"402?"

Old Li frowned and said: "The difficulty of this exam paper was low, and next year's college entrance exam won't be this easy. With this score, you won't be able to get into an undergraduate program!"

"Uh... I understand, Teacher Li. I, I'm still working hard."

Qian Sheng said with a sheepish laugh.

"That just means you aren't working hard enough. What? You want to repeat again next year? I happen to be free for the half-month around the Spring Festival; find some time to come see me, and I'll tutor you in Chinese."

Old Li said in an unquestionable tone.

"Ah? You've got to be kidding!!"

Qian Sheng cried out with a bitter face.

"Haha... serves you right. You're the only one here who's still a high school student, and you still dare to run your mouth!"

Zhang Peng laughed, gloating over his misfortune.

"Hahaha..."

The surrounding students also burst into loud laughter.

"Teacher Li!"

"Teacher Li, we haven't seen you in half a year, you look even more handsome!"

"Yeah, yeah, I have that feeling too."

Everyone greeted Old Li one after another, and a few boys habitually started buttering him up.

"I'm not your homeroom teacher anymore, so it's useless for you to butter me up."

Old Li's gaze swept over the few sycophantic boys, and he took a seat in the empty spot next to the class monitor, Mu Nan.

Someone called a waiter from not far away and began discussing ordering dishes.

"Are we drinking?"

"We definitely have to drink a little!"

"Hard liquor or beer? Or should we have a bit of both?"

A few boys discussed it and cast inquiring looks at Old Li.

"Drinking is fine, but don't drink too much."

Old Li picked up his cup, took a sip of tea, and said slowly.

The boys cheered, hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then began picking drinks from the menu.

Old Li turned his head to look at Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan, then looked at the others and asked casually: "How is your university life?"

"Teacher Li, you used to always say, 'Just push through one last time, it's only a few more months of hard work, and it'll be easy once you get to university'—turns out that was all nonsense!"

A boy complained.

As soon as these words were spoken, the others immediately chimed in with deep agreement.

"Exactly, exactly, university isn't easy at all, okay!"

"Don't even mention it. During the exam week before the break, I felt like I was back before the college entrance exam."

"Being tired is one thing, but the key is that I failed a subject. I have to take a make-up exam next year; just thinking about it gives me a headache."

"Advanced Mathematics?"

"How did you know?"

"Everyone's the same. I failed a subject too, by just two points. I'm speechless. If I'd known, I wouldn't have skipped class; if I'd had two more points in my daily grade, I would have passed."

"..."

"What? Do you all really think it's more tiring than the twelfth grade?"

A hint of a smile appeared on Li Yanwang's face.

"It's not that bad."

Everyone shook their heads.

"So, who said it was nonsense? You guys who say the exam week is tiring and that you failed subjects—it's clear you were too relaxed during the semester and played too hard, right?"

Li Yanwang's gaze swept over everyone again.

The few who had just complained and chimed in all laughed with a guilty conscience.

"Qin Tian, Xia Nuannuan, what about you two? How is it at Jiang University?"

Li Yanwang looked at the two and asked.

"It's quite good."

Qin Tian nodded with a smile.

"Teacher Li, you were right. I studied seriously during the semester, and I feel like the university coursework is much simpler than high school!"

Xia Nuannuan answered with a beaming smile.

When the surrounding students heard this, looks of astonishment appeared on their faces.

"Nuannuan, you think Advanced Mathematics is simple too?"

Liao Juan asked in bewilderment.

"Yeah, it feels simpler than high school math!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded.

"No way. If it's simpler than high school, can it even be called Advanced Mathematics? What did you get on your final exam?"

Liao Juan hurriedly asked again.

"Advanced Mathematics? Ninety!"

"Nani? Ninety?"

"Yeah, the others weren't difficult either. I passed everything; I didn't fail any subjects."

Xia Nuannuan smiled quite proudly and added: "Tian Ge is even more amazing; he got a perfect score in Advanced Mathematics."

"I'm not surprised at all that Qin Tian got a perfect score, but you getting a ninety in Advanced Mathematics really scared me."

Liao Juan said with a complex expression.

The surrounding students also began to discuss it with faces full of disbelief.

"Could it be that the difficulty of Jiang University's final exams is relatively low?"

"It's possible. In our classes, none of us got over ninety in Advanced Mathematics."

"Same here. I couldn't understand at least seven out of the ten questions."

"Xia Nuannuan, you didn't work as hard in university as you did in those months before the college entrance exam, did you?"

A girl asked in surprise.

"No!"

Xia Nuannuan shook her head and answered with a serious expression: "I just listened fairly seriously in class, and I played after class too."

"And you got a ninety just like that? I listened seriously too, and I didn't skip any Advanced Mathematics classes, but I barely passed. Is the Advanced Mathematics final exam at your Jiang University really that simple?"

"I don't know!"

"That's impossible. The better the school, the stricter the requirements for academics usually are."

Li Yanwang said.

Hearing this, the students also felt it made sense, and then their gazes turned one after another toward Qin Tian, who was sitting next to Xia Nuannuan.

In their view, the biggest factor that allowed Xia Nuannuan to learn Advanced Mathematics so easily was most likely Qin Tian.

"Why are you all looking at me? Nuannuan is a genuine top student now; she basically doesn't need my help anymore. She's become smarter and smarter since she's been with me."

Qin Tian said with a straight face.

"Tch..."

A wave of disdainful hissing rang out.