After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 197: Shi Yaoguang Scores Top in the Monthly Exam

Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Shi Yaoguang Scores Top in the Monthly Exam

"Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Quan Jinbei looked at Shi Yaoguang with a slightly surprised expression.

Shi Yaoguang had previously told him that she didn’t want others to know about her research in biology.

Shi Yaoguang smiled, "For the benefit of society."

"I didn’t want to change the course of history, especially not for profit," she said, "but..."

She paused, "I do admire Professor Lin’s style, and maybe after getting to know him better, I might even consider him a close confidant."

Quan Jinbei’s mouth twitched, "A close confidant?"

"You don’t know how odd Professor Lin’s style can be."

Confronted with his skeptical look, Shi Yaoguang pouted, "How odd can it be?"

Quan Jinbei moved his lips, and after a long pause he finally said, "You’ll know when you meet him."

Shi Yaoguang’s eyes curved, "I’m somewhat looking forward to it."

Seeing this, Quan Jinbei felt inexplicably displeased.

Thinking of her eagerness to meet another man, even if that man was Professor Lin...

He coughed lightly to shift her attention, "It seems my cultivation has hit a bottleneck, can you help me look into it tonight?"

"Sure," Shi Yaoguang agreed without a second thought.

Remembering how he had been working on the Revival Cream for the past few days, she couldn’t help saying, "You’ve been working hard."

Quan Jinbei was taken aback, "What hard work?"

"I’ve been busy with my own things lately, you’re the one who’s been making the Revival Cream."

Shi Yaoguang might have said that she would use his strength as a work-horse, but she didn’t actually mean to treat him like one.

Nevertheless, Quan Jinbei did indeed end up working hard like a laborer.

Quan Jinbei thought she was talking about something else, and upon hearing her words, he just smiled faintly, "It’s nothing, I am willing to do anything you ask me to."

Shi Yaoguang met his deep gaze, and her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"You..."

She hesitated and uttered a word, but ultimately didn’t continue.

Quan Jinbei just acted as if their previous conversation hadn’t happened and continued with his work.

...

The next day, the monthly exam.

The exam papers for the Rocket Class, the ordinary classes, and the special talent classes were all the same.

Of course, during private testing within each class, the difficulty of the papers could vary.

The Rocket Class would increase the difficulty based on the ordinary class.

To ensure fairness in grades, the papers for exams like the monthly test, which were of the same nature, were all the same.

This also intended to more directly set apart the scores between the classes.

The monthly test still included Chinese, mathematics, English, and combined arts and science subjects.

Shi Yaoguang and Shi Yiqing, both studying science, had many people privately waiting to laugh at their misfortune.

Indeed, both of their names were on the list.

Because Shi Yaoguang had overturned the ridicule directed at her several times before.

This time, some people had learned their lesson.

They doubted Shi Yaoguang’s claims about score manipulation with skepticism, but at the same time felt there might be some truth to her words.

The rest of the people thought Shi Yaoguang was being fanciful.

As such, they couldn’t wait to see Shi Yaoguang make a fool of herself.

In an atmosphere of anxious anticipation, the monthly exam results were posted the day after the exam was completed.

Looking at the score chart pinned to the bulletin board, everyone was stunned.

In the science scores column, at the very top, was the name Shi Yaoguang!

Pressing down below her was Shi Yiqing.

The third place was Wen Ruge.

The fourth was Zhao Yicheng.

Wen Ruge and Zhao Yicheng, the two strongest competitors for first and second place, unexpectedly fell to third and fourth this time!

You must know, since the start of school, their grades have been very stable, never dropping below second place.

They took turns securing the first place every time.

This sudden drop was truly surprising.

Looking at the specific scores, Shi Yaoguang got seven hundred and forty.

Second place, Shi Yiqing seven hundred and thirty.

Wen Ruge seven hundred and twenty-nine, Zhao Yicheng seven hundred and twenty-eight.

Apart from Shi Yaoguang’s abnormally high score, the rest were normal, with everyone’s scores closely contested.

Everyone, apart from Shi Yaoguang and those students who had their doubts about her dashed several times, found the scores unbelievable.

Shi Yaoguang scored first?

Really not the last?

She scored seven hundred and forty?

Incredulous questions spread through the school like the wind.

Especially in the Special Talent Class and the Rocket Class.

In the Special Talent Class, everyone had come to trust Shi Yaoguang.

Therefore, they were all very proud of her.

The Rocket Class, on the other hand, doubted whether her score was problematic.

You must know, the difficulty of this monthly test was significantly higher than usual.

This is probably because the exchange students had just arrived.

With such difficulty, the highly anticipated Wen Ruge and Zhao Yicheng were just shy of reaching seven hundred and thirty.

Shi Yaoguang, who scored only a hundred points combined in an initial assessment and was the last in ranking, scored first?

If such a joke were told, no one would believe it, right?

"What the hell happened with the monthly test scores this time? Shi Yaoguang scored seven hundred and forty? Why do I find that so hard to believe?"

"Didn’t she say before the monthly test that she scored seven hundred and forty? Could it be that she did it on purpose just to compete with Shi Yiqing from our class?"

"Did it on purpose? Try doing it on purpose yourself. If you were given the test paper now and asked to retake it, could you score seven hundred and forty?"

"No way, no way, if I could score seven hundred and forty, I would be the top scholar this year..."

"At least you could rank seventh, right? If you can’t manage to control your score to reach seven hundred and forty, then how did Shi Yaoguang do it?"

"Yeah, how did she do it?"

At this point, the voices of doubt began to rise.

No one likes to see others surpass them in grades through cheating.

Any form of cheating is unacceptable to people.

It might be overlooked in elementary and middle school where competition isn’t as fierce.

But this is high school.

Especially in the Rocket Class.

The atmosphere of the Rocket Class is such that if one achieves high grades through genuine ability, everyone will respect and envy them, but will not resist.

Striving for excellence is their normal state.

But...

If there was cheating involved, that would be different.

Why should they, who have worked hard for years, be outperformed by a cheater in the end?

Thinking of this, everyone lost their good impression of Shi Yaoguang.

Some even approached Shi Yiqing, asking if she knew what was going on.

"Shi Yiqing, what exactly is going on with Shi Yaoguang? Did she really cheat?"

Shi Yiqing swallowed, then said uncertainly, "This... I’m not sure, I’m not living with her now."

"What’s there to be uncertain about? Everyone saw her grades last semester; she was the last in ranking with a hundred points in the initial assessment. With such grades, she suddenly scores seven hundred and forty in the monthly test, nearly perfect. Is that even possible?"

Shi Yiqing’s eyes flickered as she asked softly, "What are you implying with your words? Are you suspecting her of cheating?"