Chapter 358: Making a Bet

However, the teacher's side was still faster; before An Yinan had even finished answering, several people had already crowded around that teacher.

"What's the score?" Professor Zhang asked.

That teacher spread the exam paper out directly, letting everyone see it.

"This..."

A bright, shining 100 points landed right at the top of the paper.

"Take another look, just in case some parts were graded incorrectly," Liu Jianguo said.

Although he said that, he likely had an idea in his heart; it seemed that Student An had not regressed at all these past few days.

"It won't be graded incorrectly; this is the answer key I prepared beforehand, you can compare it yourselves," that teacher said with a huff.

Only then did everyone sheepishly step back, looking forward to her second result.

This time there were fewer words to write, and when An Yinan was nearly at forty minutes, she immediately raised her hand to submit the paper.

This time no one asked any questions; they didn't even need verbal communication.

Everyone simply took the completed paper away and then brought the unattempted one over to her.

"Grade the paper quickly." The subject teacher hadn't even received the paper yet, but everyone else was getting anxious, wishing she were taking their own subject.

Ten minutes later...

"Full marks," that teacher said directly, leaving no suspense.

Another full score.

Everyone's thoughts were incredibly unanimous at this moment.

By the time four subjects had passed, that group of excited people was already somewhat exhausted.

The result of their excitement was four full scores.

Now An Yinan was taking Advanced Mathematics, and the teacher in charge of Advanced Mathematics had already started checking the answers while she was taking the test.

As An Yinan's last stroke fell, this teacher also announced directly, "Full marks."

"Wait, haven't you finished grading yet?" another teacher asked helplessly.

The Advanced Mathematics teacher was also a bit helpless, "I was already grading while she was writing. Here is my answer key, check it yourself."

When their teachers created exam papers, they would make their own answer keys to make grading easier.

Now this answer key was already circulating among everyone's hands.

At first, everyone crowded together to check, then it was just two or three people, and later on, everyone seemed to have no energy left.

Among these people, the most unusual one was Professor Zhang; he had a strange sense of excitement.

"What's wrong with you? Did you take aphrodisiacs?" an old professor who was very close to Professor Zhang teased.

"You're the one who took them!" Professor Zhang wasn't even angry at being teased; this was very abnormal!

"What is actually wrong with you?" that old professor asked.

Professor Zhang looked around mysteriously, and seeing no one was paying attention, he said, "Zhang Cheng and Student An made a bet!"

Upon hearing this, the old professor said, "Tell me more."

Professor Zhang described the entire process of the bet between Zhang Cheng and An Yinan, and only after finishing did he feel his throat was a bit dry.

"Lao Zhang, you cannot do things that violate professional ethics!"

"It's just a bet between children, you shouldn't make things difficult for a student!" That old professor also meant well, fearing that for the sake of his grandson, Lao Zhang would lose his integrity in his later years.

Upon hearing this, Professor Zhang puffed out his cheeks and glared, "You old thing, what kind of talk is that!"

"Am I that kind of person? It was my class at the time; if I didn't want them to make a bet, could they have made it?"

The old professor heard this and agreed it made sense.

"Then what are you happy about?"

Zhang Cheng sighed after hearing this and said, "My grandson is arrogant and talented, and he's been praised so much he can't find the ground anymore!"

"Now that a little monster has appeared, who can just happen to knock my grandson down a peg, why can't I be happy about that?"

He was happy, just happy!

He had been worried about his grandson's state for a long time.

He had been overly flattered abroad, and now he didn't know his own limits.

He had already warned him, but the child hadn't taken it to heart; he agreed on the surface, but in his heart, he still looked down on everyone.

Unexpectedly, in the first Monthly Exam, he directly got second place, and was more than twenty points behind the first place.

This month, he could be said to have been studying diligently, gritting his teeth, wanting to defeat the other person in one fell swoop.

But now it seemed his chances were slim to none.

"Don't knock him down too hard, though?" the old professor suggested.

Don't let a child lose his confidence; that would be more trouble than it's worth.

Professor Zhang said, "Him? He needs a blow like this to wake him up; otherwise, he's already floating, not knowing his own weight."

The old professor heard this and thought, fine, since his grandfather said so, there was nothing more he could say.

An Yinan had finished all six subjects; this time she didn't intentionally lose points, mainly because time was tight, she had no time to calculate scores, and she didn't check the papers, submitting them as soon as she finished.

"The results are out." Liu Jianguo sighed; fine, he had to grant this leave.

An Yinan looked up and rubbed her wrists, "How is it?"

"597 points," Liu Jianguo said.

"Missed by three points?" An Yinan found this within expectations; she had been somewhat exhausted toward the end.

For this, she had to thank her work at the Compilation Bureau; she had practiced the habit of working for long periods, which allowed her to persist. Originally two days of work were squeezed into just over three hours.

"Teacher, I would like to apply for the new books in advance," she said.

She had already finished the courses for this semester, and she would be busier in the future; she needed to familiarize herself with the new courses ahead of time.

"Alright, I will go apply for it for you," Liu Jianguo agreed directly.

However, after thinking for a moment, he still said to her, "You must pay attention to resting yourself; don't wear out your body while you are still young."

"Teacher, I understand."

"Then I will come over at one o'clock to collect the books." She had to leave at two o'clock, and for convenience in the evening, she could only return to Xiao Yuan to stay.

She had to go to the dormitory to rest at noon today and still needed to talk to her companions about the shop.

When she returned to the dormitory, there was no one inside, so she lay directly on the bed and closed her eyes to rest.

Unknowingly, she fell asleep.

Perhaps the room was too quiet, or perhaps she was too mentally exhausted at this moment.

When Zhang Jia returned to the dormitory after class, she discovered the dormitory door was not locked and thought someone had returned.

As a result, she looked around and there was no one at all, only Nan Nan's bed space had the curtain drawn, so she began to lighten her movements.

This past week, everyone in their dormitory knew that Nan Nan had taken leave, and everyone knew how hard she had been working.

Now that she had just returned, she must be very tired, right?

"Jia Jia!" Jiang Yunduo returned and called out.

Zhang Jia hurriedly made a "shh" expression, and amidst Jiang Yunduo's puzzled gaze, she pointed toward An Yinan's bed space.

"Nan Nan is back, she is likely resting," Zhang Jia said in a low voice.

Yun Duo nodded immediately, her movements and sounds became quiet, and it was completely silent.

Zhou Ruoran and Liu Erya were not in the dormitory at noon; they would only return when the school gate was about to close in the evening.