Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 849 - 846: A Difference of 1

Chapter 849: Chapter 846: A Difference of 1

"Hehe, it seems everyone is eager to know their results, so I won’t drag it out. I’ll only announce the top five, and the rest you can check yourselves later," Fang Ming said with a smile.

Everyone in Class 1 of Grade 3 quieted down and listened intently, while Xiao Manxuan smiled and glanced at Lin Tian.

"Students, the college entrance examination consists of four subjects: Chinese, Math, and English are each worth 150 points, and Science is worth 300 points, making a total of 750 points. I can tell you, the first place in this preliminary exam scored a perfect 750!" Fang Ming announced excitedly.

"Wow..." The whole class was in awe. Even though Class 1 of Grade 3 was a special class, the idea of someone scoring 750 was beyond their imagination.

Scoring perfectly in science isn’t surprising; after all, it has standard answers, and if your answers are correct, you’ll get full marks. But humanities are different, especially subjects with essays like Chinese and English.

Essays are tricky to score perfectly on, even though there are scoring guidelines, as these often depend on the examiner’s subjective views.

If your essay aligns with the examiner’s tastes, you might get full marks even with some flaws, so the uncertainty in humanities is significant. Getting a perfect score is tough unless your essay is flawless and beyond criticism.

"Could it be Brother Tian? His essay got a perfect score last time, and his English was perfect too," a male student whispered.

"It might also be Mr. Xiao; she’s always been the top student, maybe this time she got a perfect score," a female student commented.

The students started speculating, and Fang Ming had to pause, signaling everyone to be quiet before continuing, "Some of you guessed right; the one who scored perfectly is..."

Fang Ming intentionally paused to grab everyone’s attention before announcing, "The perfect scores go to Xiao Manxuan and Zhang Lingyu!"

The class fell silent again because they heard two names; two people had scored perfectly! Xiao Manxuan scoring perfectly was expected, as those in Class 1 of Grade 3 had witnessed her top ranks year after year. But the newly transferred, stunningly beautiful school belle scoring perfectly was a surprise.

They realized for the first time that the new school belle’s grades matched her looks.

"Wow, Brother Tian isn’t in first place? That’s unexpected," Fatty Huang scratched his head in disbelief.

"Maybe Brother Tian has been too busy with voluntary clinics, affecting his studies," a male student behind Fatty analyzed.

"Could be, Brother Tian has done so much for the school, maybe it affected his studies, and he didn’t make the top ten this time," another student remarked with admiration and regret.

Lin Tian didn’t care much, leaning back in his chair, staring bored at the ceiling.

Once the classroom settled down again, Fang Ming continued, "Second place overall for the grade, with 749 points, goes to Lin Tian."

"Wow, Brother Tian was so busy and still scored 749, how did he manage that?" a student exclaimed.

"What a pity, just one point short of perfect," Fatty Huang said regretfully.

"Third place, 709 points, Class Leader He..." Fang Ming continued reading several names; all the top five scored above 700 points. According to Jinghua University’s past admission scores, these would surely secure them a spot.

Of course, if Xiao Manxuan and Zhang Lingyu score the same in the college entrance exam, they would definitely be the top in the province.

"Alright, that’s the top five. The college entrance exam is in a few days; those who did well, keep it up, aim to perform at your level in the final exam. Those who didn’t do as well, don’t be discouraged; we have one more chance to perform well in the official exam and improve your scores,"

As the class teacher, Fang Ming was responsible for morale; the students in Class 1 of Grade 3 had a solid foundation and just needed to perform a bit better in the final exam to improve their scores.

"I’ve left the score sheets on the desk, you can check them yourselves later. Class dismissed," Fang Ming announced, then packed up his books and left the classroom.

After Fang Ming left, the students rushed to the desk, but Fatty Huang, being large and the aisle being small, by the time he made it, the desk was already surrounded.

Lin Tian didn’t bother to squeeze in; instead, he used his special ability to scan and saw all the names and scores clearly on the list.

The familiar names caught his attention, especially Qi Jing, who ranked in the top fifty, which Lin Tian hadn’t expected.

Although Qi Jing wasn’t bad at studies before, making it to the top fifty was a first, even surpassing some in Class 1 of Grade 3, indicating she had been studying diligently recently.

The second was Liu Wenxing, this guy was incredible with computers but always did poorly in exams, always ranking in the mid to lower hundreds.

Yet this time, he made it to the top hundred-something, suggesting that since he started dating, he was embarrassed by his poor grades.

Lin Tian knew that Liu Wenxing had joined the Xiao Group’s talent development plan, and would go abroad to study right after graduation. For geniuses, exam scores often mean little and can sometimes be a hindrance.

However, in the country, geniuses often struggle because the exam system selects only talent, and often stifles genius, unless as lucky as Liu Wenxing, who met someone like Miss who recognizes talent.

Places like Jinghua University have even had instances of stifling genius; a fine arts doctoral supervisor wanted to recruit a few highly talented candidates, but due to unrelated subject failures, the school wouldn’t allow it, causing the supervisor to quit in frustration.

Another acquaintance was Sun Decai; seeing his ranking made Lin Tian want to laugh—second to last. Lin Tian didn’t care much about exams himself but being second in the regular rankings, he wondered if Sun Decai would be affected by seeing this result.

The one at the bottom was also familiar, none other than the basketball team captain, Guo Heng, notorious for his laziness; his books remained like new throughout the semester.

Geniuses like Liu Wenxing and Chen Herun struggle because they are one-sided, whereas someone like Guo Heng struggles because they’re just bad at everything.

As Lin Tian walked out of the classroom with Xiao Manxuan and Zhang Lingyu, Xiao Manxuan cheered "Yay..." and made a victory gesture toward Lin Tian as if defeating him was worth celebrating.

Zhang Lingyu was much calmer but still smiled, "Lin Tian, you lost."

"Sigh, just one move short, but a man admits when he loses. So, what do you want me to agree to? Even if you want me to devote myself, I might reluctantly agree," Lin Tian said openly.