Chapter 94: From now on, our class Vice Class Monitor will be changed to Li Xiaoya

Someone took over Qiao Lang's shift, and the five people sat down

There were four bottles left; Qiao Lang gave one to Xie Qin and placed it in front of him.

Xie Qin lazily raised an eyebrow at him.

Xu Zhouyuan poked the plastic film on his bowl hard with his chopsticks: "You give it to him, but not to me—what's the meaning of that?"

Qiao Lang replied gently: "Guess."

"Hey!" Seeing him act like this, the hot-tempered Xu Zhouyuan snatched the rest away and divided them up, leaving none behind.

Returning to school after the National Day holiday, everyone had yet to pull their minds back from the excitement of traveling; in the classroom, they were all listless, slumped over their desks, wailing that they hadn't had enough time off.

The results of yesterday's mathematics competition test would likely be announced this morning, and the homeroom teacher would also notify those who had been selected.

Li Xiaoya was full of nerves: "... Class starts in fifteen minutes; do you think the homeroom teacher will announce the results later?"

"Probably. I heard from a senior in their third year that the papers were graded a long time ago." Zhang Zixin turned to look at Zhao Zhouyuan: "Class Monitor, why don't you look nervous at all?"

Zhao Zhouyuan was still eating breakfast, her head down as she scrolled through her phone: "The test is already over. Regardless of whether it went well or not, it's finally finished."

Li Xiaoya: "That's true. I really envy those who still have time off for National Day; I've been so, so tired lately."

There were two other people from their dorm, and they all came over to ask about the situation.

"... Let me tell you! It was super hard! It was really too hard; I feel like I'm going to die."

"I didn't even look at the last question."

"Zhouyuan, did you do the last question?"

Their taut nerves had not relaxed for a moment during this period.

Zhang Zixin turned to ask Shen Li: "How do you think you did on the test this time?"

As the words fell, several gazes landed on her.

Shen Li was reading an extracurricular book on philosophy; she had just finished the page, so she turned it and said in a very calm voice: "I don't know."

Zhang Zixin: "How many questions did you write?"

Shen Li: "Three questions; there wasn't enough time."

Xie Qin was playing a game on the side, not saying a word; the game volume was set very low.

Xu Zhouyuan spoke up: "Three questions... that's fine. If it were me, I'm not even sure I could understand them. It's okay... keep at it."

Hearing this, even Zhou Mingyu laughed: "Oh my, even your mouth knows how to comfort people. It's usually good enough if you aren't insulting someone; you must have been possessed after coming back from the National Day break."

Zhang Zixin chimed in: "I trained him."

Zhou Mingyu didn't even lift his head while gaming with them, but he gave her a thumbs-up.

Shen Li turned her head and glanced at Xie Qin; his thin lips were pressed tight, his handsome, deep-set profile still very striking. She took a faint look and then withdrew her gaze.

He was a bit strange today.

From the moment he entered the classroom until now, he hadn't said a single word to her.

Unusually...

Cold!

In her mind, Shen Li recalled the scene from yesterday in the classroom corridor where he had ignored her and walked past her with a cold expression.

After thinking it over, she wondered if she should ask for the reason?

Had she offended him somewhere?

Otherwise... if it stayed like this, she would feel pressured.

She would feel that she had done something wrong.

There were too many people in the classroom now; she should find an opportunity later.

She was distracted; five minutes had passed, and she hadn't taken in a single word on the page.

When it was almost time for class, the homeroom teacher walked in from outside the classroom.

"Everyone, be quiet for a moment; I have a few things to announce."

Soon, it became quiet.

The homeroom teacher: "The first thing is that the results for yesterday's mathematics competition are out, and one person in our class passed. Just now, at the meeting, the school leaders praised our class's students, saying we still have ambition and performed well; even after coming to Chengde University, we haven't slacked off in our studies."

"That person is..."

Zhao Zhouyuan felt her heart about to jump out.

"Our class monitor."

Finally hearing this result, her emotions were stirred and hard to put into words; a smile curled at the corners of her mouth.

Thank goodness...

It was her.

Zhang Meiqi: "Ahhh... Zhouyuan! It's you, you passed the test. Congratulations, you're amazing!"

Li Xiaoya felt a bit disappointed, but she accepted the result.

The homeroom teacher praised: "The class monitor is excellent; she has taken a leading role in our class. The school leaders also said that this year's scholarship will come with an additional subsidy."

"Thank you, teacher; I will continue to work hard."

Zhao Zhouyuan's gaze secretly looked toward a person in the corner, remembering the Olympiad math problem solved in red ink the day before the exam.

Her thoughts were dazed for a moment.

She thought...

Perhaps it was just a coincidence.

That she just happened to have practiced that problem.

Slowly, her heart settled down.

Hearing that this was the final result, Shen Li didn't have much of a reaction.

However, at this moment, Xu Zhouyuan exclaimed: "Damn, that tomboy Bai Chuyue's results are out too; that dog, she actually scored an 89."

Zhou Mingyu: "What was the total score?"

Xu Zhouyuan: "Let me ask."

A moment later, he said: "The total was 140; is she a freak?"

The homeroom teacher frowned and scolded: "Xu Zhouyuan! Why don't you come up here and teach!"

"Don't do that, teacher. If I really go up there to teach, you won't be happy about it; you'd better do it yourself." Xu Zhouyuan's ability to be sharp-tongued was unmatched.

Someone in the classroom laughed out loud.

After the homeroom teacher finished two more things.

In front of everyone in the class, she suddenly called out Shen Li's name: "Shen Li, come out for a moment."

In an instant, all eyes turned to her.

Shen Li didn't speak; she stood up and walked out through the open back door of the classroom.

Outside the classroom, the corridor was empty, with only the wind blowing, carrying a bit of a chill.

The homeroom teacher looked at her with dissatisfaction: "The proctor for yesterday's exam reported to me that you only started answering the questions in the last five minutes; you were just staring blankly for over an hour."

"The teacher thought you were a good student too! I didn't expect your attitude toward learning to be the most improper."

"You only wrote your name in the last five minutes, yet you deliberately only did the first three questions."

Shen Li had gotten all of the first three questions right.

But because her total score wasn't high enough, she was cut.

"You are also a part of our class; you should know about collective class honor."

"It has nothing to do with me!" Shen Li broke through those words of dissatisfaction, her tone calm but carrying a cold hardness that seeped from her bones: "I said it before; from the beginning, I didn't want to participate in this math competition."

Her fingertips clenched slightly.

It wasn't fear; it was finally saying the words she had held inside for a long time.

She didn't want to be forced to accept things she didn't want to do anymore.

She wanted to rebel just once.

After being out for two minutes, the homeroom teacher walked back into the classroom and said something with a sour expression: "From now on, our class's Vice Class Monitor will be Li Xiaoya."