"Our class?! Are you sure you're not mistaken?!!"
Everyone knew how difficult this math test was.
Let alone a perfect score, getting 135 would be considered legendary!
Moreover, classes one through three were teeming with prodigies.
It was unlikely to be class four's turn.
"Of course, I'm not mistaken!" the person huffed, clearly annoyed. "Do you have that little confidence in yourself!"
"It's not that."
Yu Yahe and her friends couldn't help but retort.
"Then tell me, who is the other person who got a perfect score besides the great Yu?"
"The class monitor, Yu Yahe, it could be either of them." The person said matter-of-factly.
Everyone looked at the two of them.
Indeed.
In class four, only the two of them could achieve such an astonishing score.
Xu Kexin shook her head directly, "It wasn't me."
She hadn't managed to solve the last big problem.
Yu Yahe also shook her head.
This math test was very difficult, and she had lost quite a few points.
Forget a perfect score, even 120 would be a stretch.
"Damn! It wasn't either of you?!"
The person was shocked beyond belief. "Then who was it?"
Class four immediately erupted.
"Yeah, if it wasn't you two, who else could it be?"
"We have such a genius in our class?"
"Which freak is it? Come forward! I want to pay my respects!"
"Why all the nonsense? Let's just go see!"
Everyone was instantly enlightened.
A throng of people poured out, and the classroom was suddenly half empty.
Yu Yahe sat in her seat, a knot of unease in her stomach.
A perfect score… could it be Wen Tingxue?
No way…
The more Yu Yahe thought about it, the more anxious she became, especially remembering the look in her eyes yesterday.
She had seemed so confident…
As if she was absolutely sure she would win.
"Let's go take a look too."
Yu Yahe couldn't sit still anymore. She led her friends downstairs.
At this moment, in the office.
Students from over a dozen classes were gathered.
The long conference table was completely covered with exam papers.
The scene appeared chaotic, but it was actually orderly.
With ample experience, no teachers were needed.
Everyone helped each other, and they quickly sorted the papers for each class.
They even had time to tease each other and chat.
After all, they had been divided into three classes, so most people knew each other.
"I heard there were only two perfect scores in math this time. Who were they?"
"Great Yu is definitely one, no doubt. As for the other one, it seems… his surname is Wen. I'm not sure, I only glanced at it."
"Where are the papers?"
"The teacher took them away. Perhaps they suspect cheating."
"Cheating? Which class?"
"Class four, maybe…"
"Class four? Surname Wen? I've never even heard of them!"
"That's why they suspect cheating."
When Xu Kexin arrived with her group, she overheard this conversation. Her expression soured. "Class four, surname Wen, so what? Are there no dark horses allowed?"
She stared intently at the person.
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
Everyone had heard of Xu Kexin. She was a true dark horse.
From mediocre grades in her first year of high school, she had steadily climbed to the upper echelon, and now she was consistently in the top ten of the grade.
Almost every teacher used her as an example, and she lived up to it.
Once her grades improved, they never dropped.
However, compared to her academic achievements, Xu Kexin was more famous for her temper.
She was even harder to approach than Yu Wenli.
Rumor had it that her private life was also quite messy.
"I'm just stating facts. Her paper was indeed taken away."
The person pouted, retorting with displeasure.
Xu Kexin coldly stared at him. "Even so, did the teacher say she cheated?"
The person pursed his lips and remained silent.
The silence in the room became even more deafening.
Xu Kexin sneered, "Do you just love to smear people's names so much?"
The person glared up at her, but Xu Kexin was unfazed.
"You guys find the papers first, I'll go find the teacher."
After making arrangements, Xu Kexin turned to leave and coincidentally ran into Yu Yahe and her group.
The two exchanged a glance. Yu Yahe left first.
Xu Kexin followed behind her, walking at a leisurely pace.
The math office.
A group of teachers were gathered, discussing something.
Wen Di stood on the periphery, looking at Wen Tingxue with suspicion. "Are you sure you wrote it yourself?"
He held her perfect score paper in his hand, his expression betraying little trust.
Wen Tingxue nervously fiddled with the hem of her clothes and nodded hopefully.
"Yes."
Although this was a question she had answered countless times.
Yet, few believed her.
It wasn't until Wen Di received the news and came to ask her the same question.
She hoped he would believe her.
After all, he was her homeroom teacher.
Her subject teacher should trust her.
Shouldn't they?
Wen Di furrowed his brow as he flipped through the handwriting on the paper. After a moment, he asked more directly, "Are you really not cheating?"
Wen Tingxue's heart sank fiercely, but a broken smile flickered across her lips.
"No."
She answered word by word.
It sounded as if she possessed unwavering resolve.
Wen Di glanced at her, still unconvinced.
Honestly, getting a perfect score on this test was abnormal.
Especially for her.
Because the last question was an Olympiad math problem.
It was intentionally designed to be difficult.
And to make students focus.
But she had actually solved it!
Someone transferred from Lucheng No. 7 High School, who had never encountered Olympiad math…
How was this possible?
Wen Di recalled that she had submitted her paper early that day, which only made him feel that something was not right.
"Wen Tingxue, I'll give you one last chance. Tell me the truth, did you know the questions beforehand?"
Besides this possibility, he could think of no other explanation.
Wen Tingxue looked up, her eyes hurt as she looked at the serious Wen Di.
"Teacher, do you distrust me that much?"
It was like this in the principal's office.
It was like this with the bracelet incident.
It was like this when her grandmother needed money.
It was like this when she was almost assaulted by those boys.
Now, she had finally achieved good grades, and he was still like this.
It was as if anything related to her, he wouldn't trust.
Wen Di paused, feeling a pang of discomfort at her gaze. "I…"
Before he could finish, the Chinese teacher arrived with a test paper, her face beaming. "Oh! I finally found you!"
Wen Tingxue slowly turned her head. The next second, her cold hand was enveloped in warmth.
A voice as gentle as a spring breeze sounded in her ear.
"My dear, I absolutely love your composition. May I read it aloud to class one?"
Wen Tingxue, a beat slower, nodded. "...Okay."
"What's wrong?" The Chinese teacher noticed Wen Tingxue's displeased expression.
She looked up and asked Wen Di.
Wen Di briefly explained the situation. Wen Tingxue felt a suffocating pain in her chest and instinctively wanted to pull her hand away.
To her surprise, the Chinese teacher held on even tighter.
"I remember you were always the invigilator for the last exam room, weren't you? You should know whether she cheated or not."
With a hint of sarcasm, Wen Tingxue looked up in astonishment.
The Chinese teacher smiled and said, "It's okay, teacher believes you. Someone who can write such a good composition would certainly not stoop to cheating."
Wen Di gritted his teeth, but in the end, he couldn't help but say with disappointment, "But her science scores are also perfect! Combined with her Chinese and English results, she's the top of the grade! How can you expect me to believe it?"