Chapter 101 Monkey

At home, Chen Yuan and Xia Xinyu were waiting at the desk for the results to come out.

He Hongtao had said that he would tell them as soon as the results were available.

So, both of them were quite nervous now.

Although they had already checked the answers and calculated the scores, and felt somewhat confident, the teacher grading the papers was a different matter from grading them themselves.

Perhaps the victory or defeat would be determined by that subtle difference.

As for the outcome…

Chen Yuan already had an answer in his heart.

So, what he was looking forward to was another kind of victory.

The victory that he truly cared about.

In the time since returning from the research trip, Chen Yuan had absolutely operated at his limit.

Every night, under the stars and moon, he had endured sleepiness to write those goddamn tricky questions!

So, if he ever had a peak period, it was now.

He might be stronger later.

But now was definitely the most awesome state of his life so far.

Would he win?

He would win.

At exactly 5:30, He Hongtao sent a document.

Then, he sent two straightforward Chinese characters: "Niubi!"

Tao Tao was very excited and was typing away.

But Chen Yuan ignored him and went directly into the document.

The two of them simultaneously showed expressions of surprise and gave each other a high five.

However, there was also a hint of regret.

"Just one step away, what a pity!" Xia Xinyu exclaimed.

"Although it's just one step away, there's still some difference. I can only say… maybe next time."

Chen Yuan was very clear-headed and faced his shortcomings squarely.

After all, that person was him.

The highest mountain, the longest river, was all one person.

"Then let's start filming the video," Xia Xinyu said with great excitement.

"Yeah…"

Before preparing to start, Chen Yuan looked at her and asked again, "This is ours, and you have the right to decide. I'm asking for your opinion on what to do."

To this, Xia Xinyu just smiled faintly and said quite freely, "I only want you to be happy."

………

On the subway during rush hour, all the seats were already taken.

People were standing in the aisles as well.

At this moment, a male college student suddenly saw a newly released video on his phone.

Then, he immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, Chen Yuan released a video!"

Hearing this, many people curiously turned their gazes over.

His girlfriend next to him then said, "Oh, is that the high school student who was said to be aiming for the top scorer in the documentary? Today is when the results are announced."

People all over the country could be said to have seen this video.

Just on this subway, half the people in the car knew about it.

And next to the male and female college students, including the standing passengers, also gathered around.

"Isn't that the fake academic who was said to be in a relationship and then his grades dropped a lot?"

"I thought watching Chen Yuan was a very niche thing."

"Today's the result announcement, are there a lot of ads?"

"Whoa, is that his girlfriend making an appearance?"

Others also took out their phones and started watching the video.

Then, almost simultaneously, these people were watching this newly released results announcement video, as if they were watching a live broadcast.

Everyone was particularly expectant.

And seeing a ponytail girl wearing a different school uniform from the boy in the video, everyone was also extremely envious.

"She's really pretty, this girl, she's like a pure, white moonlight."

"That's the picture that was circulating before, it seems like the rumors of cheating have been debunked."

"Where are these two? Why does it feel like they're in a room…"

"Damn, with this kind of girlfriend, can you really study properly?"

There were still doubts.

But the two people in the video were very relaxed.

"I'm Chen Yuan from Eleventh High School, this is the ponytail girl," Chen Yuan said, extending his hand to introduce himself.

"Um." Xia Xinyu smiled shyly and introduced herself, "I'm the girl from the school next door, now we're study group teammates."

"Then let the female classmate announce our scores," Chen Yuan said.

Then, Xia Xinyu took a screenshot of Chen Yuan's scores from the document, blurred out everyone else, and showed Chen Yuan's scores alone.

However, she blocked the screen with one hand.

"Since it's a unified exam, this score shouldn't be fake, right?"

"All the students just finished the exam, who would dare to fake it at this time?"

"After all, the tens of thousands of eleventh graders in Xia Hai participated in the unified exam, there's no way to fake it."

Everyone thought so, after all, this was more logical.

It would be too risky to fake something that could be exposed so easily.

"Before announcing the scores, let's do a quick ad… Konjac Crisp Noodles."

Chen Yuan took out a bag of crab roe konjac crisp noodles, opened it directly, and then handed it to Xia Xinyu's mouth.

Then, she gently opened her mouth with an 'ah' and took a bite.

"How is it?" Chen Yuan asked.

"Um, it really has the flavor of crab roe, the taste is really good, it feels like eating konjac crisp noodles when I was little!"

Xia Xinyu nodded in approval, then frowned slightly, staring at the prompter, and said in a monotone voice, "Wow, these konjac crisp noodles that taste so good really contain crab roe, they must be very expensive, right?"

"19.9, a box of 40 packs delivered directly to your home, each pack is less than fifty cents, the link is in the little yellow cart below," Chen Yuan pointed to the bottom and said.

Everyone just watched him promote it stiffly…

Although they didn't know if it tasted good or not.

"But his girlfriend is really cute."

"Less than twenty, it's indeed not expensive, if he's not scamming me."

"It's time to reveal the scores."

"Okay, then let's start by revealing the first subject, Chinese."

"Damn it! Still so cunning."

"He knows how to whet people's appetites."

"If his girlfriend wasn't cute, I would have skipped it already."

There was no other way, everyone just watched him slowly reveal the scores.

Xia Xinyu's hand moved slowly under his command.

Then, the score below Chinese was slowly revealed – 131.

"Holy crap, 131 for Chinese!"

"A score I've never gotten before."

"It's pretty good, but saying he's going to be the top scorer… that's a bit of a stretch."

"Indeed, doesn't feel that impressive."

"So-so."

The reactions to this score were mixed.

The score was indeed good, but not very good.

In other words, it was a bit of a waste of expectations.

"Oh, seems average," Chen Yuan said.

"You're already very impressive, don't say that," Xia Xinyu looked at him and said with a smile.

"Okay, cheer up. Let's reveal the second score, Math."

As he spoke, Chen Yuan took out the second product.

Durian Mille Crepe Cake.

"Come on, let's taste it." Chen Yuan dug out a piece with a spoon and handed it to Xia Xinyu.

Xia Xinyu opened her mouth slightly: "Ah…"

"Take a big bite, open your mouth wide."

Xia Xinyu had no choice but to open her mouth wide.

Then, she was fed a mouthful.

And she nodded with great satisfaction.

And Chen Yuan, holding a tissue, gently wiped the corner of her mouth, making her cheeks flush slightly…

"Wait, is this just to show off their love?"

"That blush is so real, it turned red instantly."

"This is definitely pure love, the people who spread rumors should die."

The rumors were thus debunked.

After Chen Yuan's product placement, the math score was slowly revealed – 150.

"Holy crap, full marks!"

"Now he looks like a top scorer."

"The top science student's math score is usually full marks!"

"Damn, can't hate on that."

"Someone who can get full marks in math is definitely a science genius."

Seeing this, the people in the car became lively.

There was no doubt that he was a real genius.

Because for Chinese and Math, he had only lost 19 points!

Next, it was product placement again.

Next, it was showing off their love again.

But no one skipped it.

After all, his girlfriend was really cute.

"English 144 points!"

"It's not the English that's impressive, it's the Chinese, Math, and English!"

"With this score, it looks like he's definitely over 700, slapping the entire internet in the face."

"Damn it, he deserves this traffic and money!"

Everyone was completely convinced now.

No one dared to question him anymore.

Even middle-aged people who hadn't taken the gaokao (National College Entrance Examination) knew the value of this score.

After all, they usually had children at home, and there were other people's children around.

Next, it was time to announce the scores interspersed with ads.

Physics, 106

Chemistry, 95

"The last advertisement is for my Eleventh High School."

At this time, before announcing the biology score, Chen Yuan promoted it: "This is a provincial demonstration high school with very good-looking uniforms, a very positive school spirit, and a very warm school. The whole school sings 'Sunny Day' together. Eleventh High School has very excellent teachers and principals and has produced one gaokao top scorer before. It is estimated that there will be another one next year. The success rate is far higher than the middle school entrance exam admission score. Freshmen are welcome to apply."

After promoting the school, Chen Yuan asked Xia Xinyu to slowly announce the biology score.

As expected, 90.

"That's it, a total score of 716, second in the city. There's still some distance from the top scorer, so I really did brag."

After all the ads were done, Chen Yuan was no longer in the mood and said faintly, "Of course, it's still more than the less than 600 that was spread on the internet."

"He's showing off…"

"But it's really awesome."

"Being rumored is really annoying."

"The most awesome way to respond to cyberbullying, damn!"

Everyone was convinced, and even though he was showing off, they thought it was awesome.

This is what a one-sided game is like.

If you can't beat them, join them.

At this time, Chen Yuan also looked at the camera and said, "At first, I didn't plan to respond, because these rumors and attacks were too weak."

"But later, it gradually affected my life and made my friends and teachers worry, so I did this."

"The purpose is just to make monkeys out of people."

As soon as this sentence came out, basically everyone in the car was hit by the AOE.

"Damn it, what low quality."

"So arrogant."

"A bit of a turn-off."

It could be said that everyone was very unhappy.

There was a feeling of being disgusted.

What does it matter to me that he has good grades?

Playing on the internet is like being an emperor, why should I put up with this?

"Report this idiot."

"And he even made money from product placement, it's really disgusting."

"He talks like he's high and mighty, isn't he also collecting Lamborghini fragments?"

Everyone who watched this video felt very uncomfortable.

But Chen Yuan didn't seem to care.

"Of course, only those who are tricked by me can be monkeys, just like when I released the video, many people said I was anxious, what's the sound of a stone hitting a dog. So, I also threw this stone out, don't bark."

More AOE damage.

The people who were hit were really pissed off.

Faced with the foreseeable anger, Chen Yuan became more and more calm: "But some people say that I'm just doing this to make money, and in essence, I'm just a monkey being blown to the forefront by the internet, there's no need to have a sense of superiority. And I don't deserve to stand at a high point and point fingers."

"But what if I can prove that I'm different, that I'm not a monkey?"

While everyone was staring at the screen with very complicated feelings, Chen Yuan took the phone from Xia Xinyu and pointed the account balance at the camera.

"This is all the income from this promotion, 600,000. I will donate it all to Shaoxiang City in Jingnan Province, which will be used to build five rural libraries."

"…"

One sentence stunned everyone.

Taking advantage of this dazed state, Chen Yuan, who had tricked the whole world and completely removed himself from the 'jumping clown', and who was completely disdainful of this kind of traffic money, smiled and made a Silas thumbs-down gesture: "Signing off, see you at the gaokao."