Yang Feng, carrying a shoulder bag and looking confident, arrived at school early. There was a results sheet at the entrance, but the results of the city exam had not yet been updated; there were still some things to do, such as submitting them to the Education Bureau.
In the classroom, all the students looked at each other nervously, discussing the upcoming exam.
"Yang Feng, we two brothers are going to be stuck at school for the next two days, spending those boring self-study sessions, ugh~"
Since Han Shilan hadn't arrived at school yet, Jiang Xing sat down in her seat at that moment, put an arm around Yang Feng's shoulder, and sighed.
"Hmm, and then?" Yang Feng looked at the youth literature book in his hand, written by a famous author surnamed Tang, and replied indifferently.
"Damn, you're still so calm. Staying at school for two days, just watching everyone else go out and have fun, don't you feel bad?"
Jiang Xing cursed, looking at Yang Feng with a hint of surprise in his eyes, and said.
"It's tough." Yang Feng turned a page, glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and smiled slightly. He said, "But I'll definitely make it into the top 100, don't worry."
"Hehehe, who are you kidding?" Jiang Xing rolled his eyes, his face full of mockery, and then said, "How about we skip class and go out to play tomorrow? Anyway, the homeroom teacher won't be here, so we can... hehehehehe."
"Run away my foot!" Yang Feng said irritably.
"Are you going to die of boredom if you don't run away? Seriously, stop trying to be a good student. There's no future in being a good student."
Jiang Xing was somewhat speechless, and then spoke.
At this moment, a sudden voice rang out, saying:
"You mean I have no future either, right, huh?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xing looked over and his lips twitched slightly. This person was none other than his classmate, Han Shilan.
"Get out of my way right now!" Han Shilan said without any mercy.
"Yes, yes, yes." Jiang Xing hurriedly gave up his seat and muttered to Yang Feng, "Yang Feng, you're really in for a rough time having such a fierce deskmate."
Han Shilan overheard this and said with displeasure, "Who are you calling fierce? Do you believe I'll talk bad about you in front of Xia Yiyi?"
That's right, Jiang Xing has a crush on Xia Yiyi, who is Han Shilan's best friend.
"Big sister, big sister, I was wrong, I was wrong, please don't tell Yiyi, okay?" Upon hearing this, Jiang Xing's face immediately turned into a fawning smile as he pleaded.
"What do you think?" Han Shilan's bright eyes sparkled mischievously as she put down her schoolbag and sat down in a chair.
"Hehe, please forgive me for the sake of Yang Feng being my brother. This is related to my future happiness. Unlike you two, who are already a couple."
Jiang Xing was very good at talking and immediately changed the subject to the two of them.
"Go away, who told you that? Really." Han Shilan blushed slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with shyness as she glared at Jiang Xing and said.
"Tch, lately, there have been a lot of people discussing you two being together at our school and on the forums. Yesterday there were even pictures as proof, saying that you two made a promise at the school gate. Ugh, there's all sorts of stuff. Some people say you've secretly pledged your lives to each other or that you're going on dates. There's a lot of stuff. You can check it out on the mobile forums."
Jiang Xing patted his pockets, as if he had forgotten his phone, and then slowly began to speak.
"Huh? How could they say such things?" Han Shilan frowned slightly. Going on a date was one thing, but to make a lifelong commitment to each other was another. They really had all sorts of ideas.
"There's nothing we can do. These are all just their wild speculations. They say all sorts of things online. It seems like a lot of people are cursing Yang Feng, and some are cursing you too, but I haven't really looked at them. Anyway, it's all vulgar language."
Jiang Xing sat on Yang Feng's desk and spoke to the two of them.
"Hmm? Is that so?" Yang Feng's calm eyes flickered slightly as he spoke.
“Yes, you can go and see for yourselves if you don’t believe me,” Jiang Xing nodded.
Just then, the rhythmic clatter of high heels came from the classroom doorway.
Chapter 57 Results, Twin Moon Bay
Hearing the pleasant, rhythmic sound of high heels, all the students turned their attention to the classroom door. There, Zhou Keke, wearing a white blouse and a knee-length skirt, walked up to the podium with her clattering footsteps. With her delicate and pretty oval face, bright and beautiful eyes, exquisite features, and overall aura, she was simply a goddess.
A slight smile appeared on her lips as she glanced at the tense students below and said with amusement:
"Classmates, don't be so nervous. As you all know, the city exam results will be out soon, and our class... more than a dozen students have made it into the top 100 in the grade, which is a great improvement over the past. Did you all know that we're going on an outdoor trip tomorrow, so you stayed up late to study hard? However, I'm very pleased. This exam was much more difficult than usual, and the fact that you were able to improve in this exam shows that you put in a lot of effort."
As soon as he finished speaking, the students looked at each other, feeling both nervous and excited.
"Okay, now let me first announce the students in our class who made it into the top 100 and their scores."
A smile graced Zhou Keke's pretty face as she looked at her phone and slowly said:
"The first place is still our class's study committee member, Han Shilan, with a total score of 621, ranking ninth in the whole grade. The second place is... the third place is Xia Yiyi... the fourth place is... the eleventh place is Yang Feng, with a total score of 583, ranking seventy-first in the whole grade."
Immediately, the students in the class turned to look at Yang Feng with surprised expressions, and an uproar broke out.
"Yang Feng has made great progress, especially in math, physics, and chemistry, which is astonishing. He got full marks in all of them. Students should not think that he cheated. The principal, the science teachers, and I have all watched the surveillance video. There is no suspicion that he cheated."
Zhou Keke looked at Yang Feng, who remained calm, with a smile on her face. A hint of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes. If it were any other student, they would have been excited by now, but he was so indifferent. Did he already know what the outcome would be?
He then shook his head, realizing he was probably just faking it, and continued reading out the scores of the students behind him.
Jiang Xing turned his head and looked at Yang Feng with surprise. He had thought Yang Feng was just bragging, but he hadn't expected him to actually make it into the top 100. He then remembered the bet on the QQ group a few days ago. It seemed that those people were going to lose a lot of money. He was happy for Yang Feng.
"Surprised?" Yang Feng asked, a wicked smile playing on his lips as he looked at Han Shilan beside him.
Han Shilan smiled faintly, shook her head, and said:
"I was quite surprised, but then I thought about the challenging math problems you taught me before, and I wasn't so surprised anymore. You must be the kind of person who's pretending to be weak to actually do something, wasting my feelings. I thought you had given up on yourself."
"Heh..." Yang Feng chuckled, took out a white envelope with two hearts on it from his shoulder bag, placed it on Han Shilan's desk, and said, "Here, this is the love letter you wanted."