novelraw Chapter 587 - 588: You Are a Spy
Chapter 587 - 588: You Are a Spy
Seeing the homeroom teacher walk in with a few sheets of paper, everyone who was discussing how to spend the summer vacation fell silent.
Although they were eagerly wishing for the summer vacation to start so they could play wildly, they all remembered the most important thing before the holidays, which was also related to how comfortable their vacation would be.
Recently, Teacher Zhao has been in a particularly good mood, and no amount of sarcastic remarks in the office could spoil it.
Especially after today’s results came out, the entire grade was in an uproar—actually, the whole school was. When she thought of Teacher Wu’s unpleasant expression, her mood improved even more.
Hmph, even if you’re a teacher of an advanced class, so what if you have backing? Some things really can’t be sorted out just because of so-called connections.
"I’m very happy this time, truly very happy," Teacher Wu stood at the front of the class.
Although everyone could tell from Teacher Zhao’s expression before she came in that the test results were good, they dared not speculate without confirmation.
Now that they heard the homeroom teacher say she was very happy, anyone with common sense would understand why, and how could they not be happy?
"Our results were good this time." Although they had matched answers with Zhao Guangran and Gong Ruini as soon as they left the exam hall, they knew they probably didn’t do poorly.
But it wasn’t just about them doing well; it also depended on how the advanced class performed, and they hadn’t expected to actually pull it off.
If not for being in the classroom, they would have celebrated loudly. They didn’t know how they managed these past days; they just knew they put in a lot of effort.
For instance, they studied questions tirelessly every day and read more books when they got home. In short, they really wanted to make a mark.
"This time, the top of the grade is Gong Ruini." Teacher Zhao knew Gong Ruini’s results were good but hadn’t expected her to be the top of the grade, considering there were many other outstanding students, after all,
Ah, really? Getting the first place in the grade? My God, Gong Ruini was truly astonished; this was not in line with her previous expectations.
Before, Gong Ruini just hoped to get into the top ten in the grade, not to stand out too much. She never imagined it would turn out this way, alas.
"Zhao Guangran came in second in the grade." Although the advanced class took places from third to tenth, from the 11th to 50th places, their class had many more rankings.
"We beat the advanced class this time by an average score margin of half a point, so let’s continue our efforts next time." Teacher Zhao was also surprised after seeing the results, knowing it wasn’t easy to overshadow the advanced class, and it was indeed a close call.
Really? Gong Ruini glanced at Zhao Guangran next to her; this was truly not an ordinary close call. If just one person had messed up the exam, it would have been no joke,
"Not bad luck," Gong Ruini congratulated, although it was just by a small margin, they still won against the advanced class, right?
Zhao Guangran accepted Gong Ruini’s congratulations without hesitation. As for her saying it was luck, he couldn’t agree. "It wasn’t luck."
"It’s the result of everyone’s hard work." Zhao Guangran stated that being able to complete the bet this time was truly thanks to everyone’s cooperation, "let’s keep up the effort next semester."
"We need to suppress the advanced class so they can’t bounce back." Beating them by just a little this time left Zhao Guangran unsatisfied, as it was really too risky.
"Exactly, exactly."
No matter by how many points they suppressed the advanced class, this time they made the advanced class realize their strength. Whether their opponents accepted their defeat wasn’t their concern.
The advanced class was, of course, not resigned; they hadn’t expected such a high achiever to emerge with a winning score, and it really frustrated them.
What made them even more difficult to accept was, "Zhuge Mingshan, if you had done better in this exam, we wouldn’t have lost."
Although it was just a bet, subjectively initiated by Zhao Guangran, still, they ended up losing, and who would feel good about that?
When someone is in a bad mood, they naturally look for reasons everywhere, and didn’t they just find the issue? Zhuge Mingshan’s scores unexpectedly dropped so much,
"If you had scored better, we would have won."
"Exactly." How could everyone be in a good mood? After losing such a real bet, even though they hadn’t officially accepted it, too many people knew about it.
If they had continued to be the undisputed leaders of the grade, they could have ignored some provocations. But they lost, and it was a complete loss.
"Next time, we have to suppress them."
"Right, it’s just half a point."
"Zhuge Mingshan, you really went too far this time. If you’d just tried harder, I bet you threw the match."
Some had specifically analyzed Zhuge Mingshan’s exam paper and found many issues.
"I didn’t." Zhuge Mingshan felt really wronged, "I don’t have a good relationship with them."
"Everyone knows you like Zhao Xuran." Hmph, did she really think they were fools who couldn’t see she liked Zhao Xuran?
Boom, Zhuge Mingshan was truly shocked. She did like Zhao Xuran; after all, he was indeed good-looking, his gaze was so gentle, like a gentleman as everyone said, especially since his achievements were exceptional.
But the crux of the matter was that this was all in the past; she no longer liked Zhao Xuran at all.
Even though he appeared all smiles, such a smile could deceive people. How could Zhuge Mingshan not realize this was just a mask?
More importantly, Zhuge Mingshan could see from Zhao Xuran’s eyes the disdain he had for her, which let her know that some people were destined never to be together.
"Come on, look at the questions you worked on." Nobody believed a word from Zhuge Mingshan, not even for a penny.
"If you hadn’t made these mistakes, we wouldn’t have lost."
The more they thought about it, the angrier they got. It was a bet they should have won, but Zhuge Mingshan ruined it, "what else could it be but you throwing the match?"
Zhuge Mingshan stared at the mistakes for a long time; she actually just wanted to cry. She really didn’t know she had made so many mistakes that should not have happened.
"I, I..." Zhuge Mingshan didn’t know what to say. These mistakes really shouldn’t have occurred, but she made them. If someone else had made such mistakes, she would have suspected them too.
But Zhuge Mingshan felt really wronged, "I really wanted to suppress them, think about it..."
"Stop explaining. The more you explain, the more guilty you seem." Everyone knew well about Zhuge Mingshan’s talent for smooth talking.
"Just knew you weren’t sincere." Said someone who used to be relatively close to Zhuge Mingshan but knew something about her character, with disdain.
They never said anything before because it didn’t concern their interests. But now, thinking about how they’ll be embarrassed when they go out, it makes them all the more frustrated.
If the blame doesn’t fall on Zhuge Mingshan, then on who?