"A defeated opponent? Do you even know who my buddy is?"

Chen Yuan was instantly displeased hearing the other party disparage Liu Chengxi.

But Liu Chengxi was fine with it, directly pulling Chen Yuan back, signaling him to say less.

He didn't yet understand what kind of existence he was facing.

The gender ratio among top scorers was quite skewed, with roughly 62% being male and 38% female.

In Xia Hai, the male proportion was even higher, around 65% male and 35% female.

And that included liberal arts students.

If only science students were counted, Xia Hai's historical gender ratio leaned closer to 8:2 in favor of males.

So, for every ten years of science top scorers, eight were boys.

This woman currently ranked third in the First High School, and in mathematics competitions, she overpowered ten thousand others, ranking fourth in all of Xia Hai.

In other words, she was a well-deserved saintess of the First High School, a strong contender for the city's top scorer, and a powerful member of the top tier.

Liu Chengxi had been defeated by her in the last three consecutive exams, so he naturally kept his head down a bit in front of her.

"Still got time to work part-time, might not even make the top five next time." After saying that casually, the girl propped up the menu and began to order.

Liu Chengxi was so angry his teeth ached, but he was speechless.

What could he do?

His head was stomped on in monthly exams, and his head was stomped on in math competitions. He had long since lost his temper.

"Kind of scary, I'm gonna head out."

Chen Yuan planned to slip away, but Liu Chengxi grabbed him.

To this, Chen Yuan could only whisper, "Only Shi Yi can suppress a woman like this; I'll just get beaten up if I stay here."

"Shi Yi?" Hearing this name, Shen Yating paused, a little curious. "Do you know him?"

Chen Yuan replied, "Yeah, I know him, but isn't he from Fourth High School? Do you know him too?"

At that moment, Liu Chengxi explained, "She's a secret admirer of Shi Yi."

???

How are there Shi Yi fans even here?

Shen Yating neither denied nor admitted this claim, only saying, "To actually solve the last question in that time, and to be first in Xia Hai in the second round, he's just too amazing."

"Indeed, he's inhumanly strong, and I feel like he wasn't even using his full power," Chen Yuan said.

"Ah? He wasn't using his full power?" Liu Chengxi was stunned.

"No, I just wanted to use that meme."

"Then why do you know Shi Yi?" Shen Yating asked curiously.

Then, without even waiting for Chen Yuan to speak, Liu Chengxi acted like a tool, explaining, "115 points in the first round, fifth in Xia Hai, Chen Yuan."

"..." Hearing this, the girl suddenly raised her gaze, paying more attention to this boy. After thinking for a moment, she said, "I have an impression of you."

"I also have an impression of you, fourth in Xia Hai, right?"

"Why are you using such polite language!"

Liu Chengxi felt that Chen Yuan was losing face, and immediately criticized him.

"That's just how it is in the service industry." Was Chen Yuan supposed to say that he was intimidated by the saintess?

"How did you know I was fourth?" Shen Yating asked, puzzled.

"Since Liu Chengxi is your defeated opponent, then you must be above 114 points. That leaves only fourth place, Shen Yating." Chen Yuan's memory was also very good. After all, in a math competition, no one could help but pay more attention to the girls at the top.

"You guys are... so amazing."

At this moment, the girl next to Shen Yating muttered quietly.

114, 115, 116, three of the top twenty in the city's math competition were right next to her.

No one said anything about this setup today.

But these two boys are also pretty handsome.

Especially this Liu Chengxi, it always feels like he has a bit of serious cuteness.

"Let's order first, don't bother the customers," Chen Yuan patted Liu Chengxi on the shoulder, reminding him to remember his mission.

Then, he walked away.

After Chen Yuan left, Shen Yating pointed at Liu Chengxi's face, unhappily saying, "Who said I was a secret admirer of Shi Yi? Don't talk nonsense."

"I see you pay a lot of attention to him."

"Don't you pay attention to him too? Are you also an admirer of him?"

"Don't, don't talk nonsense!"

"..." The two girls showed subtle expressions at the same time.

How impressive.

Talking about this topic, the girl wasn't anxious, but this guy was.

Should I say you're a little gay, or a little tsundere?

"So, that boy is also from Fourth High School?" Shen Yating asked curiously while ordering.

"Eleventh High School," Liu Chengxi replied.

"Eleventh High School, top five in the city?"

"Why not? Liu Yiyang from another school even got a perfect score."

"That person's school is still a good school."

"Eleventh High School... isn't bad either." Liu Chengxi originally didn't think much of a school with a first-tier university admission rate of less than 80%, but since Chen Yuan was in it, as a friend, he had to defend it a little.

"Then what's his total score?" Shen Yating asked.

"615."

Hearing this, Shen Yating clearly lost interest, and only nodded: "A subject-specific guy, indeed needs to take the *qiangkun* program to get into a good school." (*qiangkun* plan is a special program for students with high scores in specific subjects)

"No, he only participated in the first round," Liu Chengxi said.

"Ah? A contestant with 115 points, not going to compete nationally?" Shen Yating found it incredible.

Liu Chengxi smiled, looked at Shen Yating, stared into her eyes, and asked, "Then guess what his total score was in the exam before the monthly exam."

"620? 590? How would I guess that? It's normal for it to fluctuate a little..."

"504."

"?"

Hearing this, Shen Yating paused. She raised her head, looking at Liu Chengxi in astonishment, full of incomprehension, and said, "You're not going to say that his math also improved in these two months, are you?"

"You're not wrong, actually."

Seeing that this person was also surprised, Liu Chengxi became interested, and said with a sense of pride, "He almost didn't study at all in high school, started from scratch after dating a Fourth High School girlfriend, and then suddenly became enlightened and went on a rampage in competitions."

"There are indeed students like that..." Shen Yating looked at Chen Yuan, seeing him chatting with a girl in a Fourth High School uniform, the smiles on their faces ambiguously obvious. So she asked, "Is that his girlfriend?"

"Yeah."

"So pretty... no wonder he's so motivated." Shen Yating understood. He was the type of academic genius with a scattered fighting spirit.

This kind of person, as long as they find a goal, can transform into a phoenix overnight.

"They also have a seven-school joint exam this Thursday and Friday," Liu Chengxi said jokingly. "Another month has passed, maybe he'll improve by another few dozen points this time. Honestly, I'm starting to sweat a little."

At this rate of progress, he might be able to enter the top tier before the city-wide unified exam starts in the third year of high school.

Of course, it gets harder and harder to improve the later you go.

Who can get stronger every time?

Wouldn't that exceed 750 points?

"Eek, what's this?"