Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 44 Math Quiz

Chapter 44: Chapter 44 Math Quiz

Teacher Cao’s vigorous and forceful blackboard writing occupied half of the chalkboard. The words "Class Schedule" appeared as if they were carved into the board, creating an impression from afar akin to viewing a stone stele.

Before Zhen Yu could even warm her seat, the bell rang.

She had already packed all her new books into her bag, leaving only the math textbook out.

"Ahem! Today is your first class in junior high school! Let’s not talk about new information yet but have a small test."

"Ah~"

"No way..."

"A test on the first day!"

The students murmured in hushed, overlapping voices, which Teacher Cao seemed to ignore entirely.

"The class president distributes the papers, everyone pack your books away, and leave only pens on the desks!"

Zhen Yu silently put the math book into her bag as well, leaving only a pencil case on her desk.

"Sigh~" Mou Jingjing suddenly nudged Zhen Yu with her elbow, a touch from a stranger that made Zhen Yu uncomfortable, especially from someone emanating a certain odor; she instinctively moved to the side, towards the aisle.

Her female deskmate seemed very familiar with herself, "I forgot to bring a pen, could you lend me one?"

Without a word, Zhen Yu opened her pencil case and handed over a mechanical pencil.

As soon as she put her hand down, she was nudged again, "And an eraser, too."

Zhen Yu looked at the only brand-new eraser in her pencil case, cut it in half with a small knife, and handed one half over.

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Zhen Yu received the test paper and glanced through it; there were quite a number of questions.

She wrote her name and began answering. After finishing, she reviewed her work once more, estimating that if not perfect, she wouldn’t miss much.

Just as she thought of getting up to hand in her test, she was almost nudged again.

"Hey! Let me copy that last big problem."

As soon as her deskmate lifted her arm, Zhen Yu quickly shifted to the side and, without even hesitating upon hearing the request, got up to turn in her test.

When she returned to her seat, her deskmate was staring at her. Zhen Yu calmly sat down amid the gaze, putting away her scratch paper and pencil case.

Her deskmate did not nudge her again, but leaned slightly toward her and whispered, "How did you do that last question?"

Zhen Yu lightly uttered two words, "Forgot it."

"Huff~~~"

There were no further exchanges between them.

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After the second class, it was time for a longer break, and Teacher Cao instructed the students to line up in eight columns according to their seat order.

This immediately revealed the drawback of seating by academic performance, with very tall boys ending up in the first row while much shorter girls were in the back.

The classmates had not been standing long when the broadcast for school exercises started playing.

Zhen Yu hadn’t done this in years and now just mimicked the people in front, all while keeping her eyes on the homeroom teacher.

Teacher Cao stood at the classroom door with a piece of paper, writing and sketching on it.

Zhen Yu suspected that it was still that seating chart...

She really couldn’t recall the details of junior high school from her past life, but she could feel that there would be a change in her current seating arrangement soon.

In her heart, she silently prayed, hoping for a different deskmate...

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The following two classes were a Chinese language test, and then English...

But there couldn’t be an English test! Because Siying Primary School did not offer English classes.

English started from the first year of junior high school here, so for this first English class, Teacher Qian was determined to go over the 26 English letters.

Being someone who had passed CET-4, Zhen Yu found the English class boring enough to consider banging her head against the wall and resorted to browsing through the English textbook herself.

Liu Ting tugged on her clothes and shared a bit of gossip, "Hey~ our English teacher seems to be Duoduo’s dad!"

Zhen Yu nodded; she had already known about this in her previous life, so she wasn’t surprised now.

Since the rest of the students were following the teacher in reciting the alphabet, and she was the only one not looking at the blackboard as she flipped through her book, after all the letters were repeated, Teacher Qian called on Zhen Yu.

"The girl in the second row wearing a gray shirt, stand up and try reading it once." Teacher Qian was a very gentle man.

"Don’t be afraid, read up to wherever you can. It’s everyone’s first time encountering English today, so it’s perfectly normal if you can’t continue."

Zhen Yu stood up expressionlessly. If she truly couldn’t read it today, then her past life would have been a waste of time.

"A, B, C..."

After Zhen Yu finished reading, Teacher Qian, with a smiling face, gestured for her to sit down, and the way her classmates looked at her had changed.

"This student did very well! Have you been exposed to English before?"

Zhen Yu stood up and answered: "Yes."

"Sit down, sit down!" Teacher Qian gestured with a wave of his hand, "Does anyone else in the class have prior experience with English?"

Dead silence.

Teacher Qian waited for three seconds, then continued leading the reading.

Meanwhile, Zhen Yu went back to browsing through the English textbook and Teacher Qian didn’t bother her anymore, apparently approving of her actions.

During the break after the third period, Zhen Yu had already copied down her timetable.

So when the bell rang for the end of the fourth period and Teacher Qian announced the break, Zhen Yu began to pack her bag.

By the time she had finished, her deskmate had already disappeared without a trace.

Zhen Yu silently mourned the loss of her mechanical pencil and half an eraser and then got up and left the classroom.

Upon reaching the east mountain wall, she saw Zhen Yan waiting for her, surrounded by a group of young friends—it seemed like Zhen Yu was the last to arrive.

Everyone made their way home laughing, jumping, and horsing around to have lunch.

Starting today, it was winter time and there would only be one hour for lunch.

At home, Mrs. Zhen had already prepared the meal and was waiting. The siblings washed their hands and sat down to eat. There was still some time left before classes resumed, so they chatted while cleaning up the table.

"Little sister, how does it feel to be in junior high now?"

"It’s good."

Mrs. Zhen interjected, "Your sister is more studious than you! Take care of yourself! If Xiao Yu scores higher than you, I swear I’ll break your legs!"

Zhen Yan cried out in dismay, "How can she be compared with me? She’s two grades below me. I’m in my third year now! The middle school exams are next year!"

"You know the middle school exams are coming up! Tell me, which high school you aim to get into? The school system in Laha Town doesn’t align with yours, so you can’t attend. You either go to Qi City or Ne City! Which one do you think you can get into?"

"..." Zhen Yan fell silent, knowing his own grades were not good enough to consider First High Schools in either city! He felt he had some hope for Qi City Second Middle School, otherwise, he’d end up in Kedong...

Zhen Yu stated decisively: "Qi City No.1 High School!"

Zhen Yan jumped up from his seat as if on fire, "Little sister, don’t ruin me! With my grades, I can’t get into that school!"

"Exactly! Look at your brother’s grades! Him, get into First High School? I think he looks just like a First High Schooler!"

"There’s still a year left, study hard!" Zhen Yu said softly and slowly: "I’ll keep an eye on him."

"All right! I think that’s a plan! Xiao Yu, keep an eye on your brother this year! If he really gets into First High School, whatever you want, mom will buy for you!"

"Ah~~~~~~~~" Zhen Yan howled in despair, and then after a while, still clinging to a sliver of hope, he asked, "Mom~ if I really get in, can I also ask for anything I want?"

"Dream on!" Mrs. Zhen rebuked him, then added, "Whatever you want, I’ll buy!"

"..." Faced with the double pressure from mother and daughter, Zhen Yan decisively shut up and pretended to be mute.

After a while, Mrs. Zhen added, "It’s getting colder. Don’t take a bath every day once school starts; just wipe down with hot water at night and bathe twice a week."