They had created quite a commotion. Some of the teachers went to look for Director Liu, while some stayed to control the situation.

  Fu Zhi was holding Qian Wenrui’s hand, and the word “apologize” dropped on her like a bomb.

  “In your dream!” Qian Wenrui shouted out loud after she had come around to her senses and flung her arm to free herself from Fu Zhi’s clutches.

  However…

  She failed.

  Qian Wenrui became speechless. It was never in her wildest dream that Fu Zhi would be so strong. Her face turned scarlet in anger as she snarled, “What do you mean by this, Fu Zhi? Are you going to beat your teacher?”

  “You still consider yourself a teacher?” Song Fang couldn’t help himself and chime in.

  “Of course I’m a teacher!” Qian Wenrui replied. Then, she looked at Fu Zhi and continued, “Let go of your hand! Don’t you want to stay in No.1 High School? How dare you beat your teacher?!”

  “Ms. Qian, I’m sure that’s not what Fu Zhi means, so stop exaggerating things! And you too, Fu Zhi! Let go of Ms. Qian! You’re not supposed to beat a teacher in the school!” The English teacher from Class 1 hurriedly went forward and pulled both of them away as the students from Class 1 were coming to the office right now. He did not want the situation to become uncontrollable.

  “If that’s not what she means, what does she mean?”

  All Qian Wenrui just wanted to transfer Fu Zhi to Class 1, but Fu Zhi wanted her to apologize? How could she do that to her? Qian Wenrui could not accept it at all. She directly called the security room with her empty hand to let the security guards come over to maintain order.

  After all, Qian Wenrui did not like Fu Zhi that much. If it were not because she needed Zhou Zihuai and Fu Zhi to help her get the excellent teacher title, she would not want to have anything to do with them at all. Fu Zhi refused to come to Class 1. Not only that, but she also attempted to threaten her. Qian Wenrui vowed to God that she would force the school authority to expel Fu Zhi from the school!

  *

  The security guards did not want to come at all when they heard that it was Fu Zhi. They had seen her heroic deeds at the basketball match the other day. Considering her strength, they were positive that it would be as easy as a piece of cake for her to punch through all of them. Therefore, they all made all sorts of excuses and refused to come. That said, they were still kind enough to inform the school doctor about the situation.

  In the end, none of the security guards came, and the only person that arrived was the school doctor, who was carrying various types of first aid medical kits.

  When he arrived, he found that there were too many students outside of the door. He took his sunglasses down and shouted at the top of his lungs, “Make way! Make way! I’ve contacted the coffin shop, and they are already on their way. Since I’m paid to be the school doctor, I have to do my job. Let me do the cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the corpse before I declare her death!”

  Qian Wenrui, aka the corpse, heard his voice and was dumbfounded.

  ‘Are you here to save me or to kill me?’ She thought inwardly.

  On the other hand, Fu Zhi held Qian Wenrui’s wrist even tighter and repeated, “I want you to apologize. Class 21 is not a bunch of good-for-nothings.”

  Qian Wenrui opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, a sneer erupted from the crowd.

  The students from Class 1 had arrived as well. A student from Class 1 let out a laugh and said to Xu Tongtong, who was standing next to her, “This is funny. What is that even supposed to mean? Ms. Qian is just stating the truth. Students from Class 21 are indeed a bunch of good-for-nothings.”

  Xu Tongtong did not say anything. However, the class monitor beside her replied, “Lu Chuwan has been deferred from the school, so I don’t know why Fu Zhi is so against the decision of the school to transfer her to Class 1. Did she not know that staying in Class 21 will only affect her future? Ms. Qian just wants the best for her, so how can she be such an ingrate?”

  “That’s right. Honestly, we all got accepted into No.1 High School due to our excellent grades, but how about Class 21? Most of them could study here because their parents donate to No.1 High School. The reason the government exercises a nine-year compulsory education system is that the government doesn’t want the bad students to influence the good students. I had bad experiences with bad students when I was studying in junior high school since all of us were put into one class, no matter how good you were or how bad you were. Whenever they asked a question, the teachers would need a lot of time to explain to them, and eventually, they didn’t have enough time to answer questions from me. I hope Class 21 can step aside and stop affecting us!”

  All of the students in Class 1 had been adored by many people since they were top students with excellent academic performance. They had been looking down on bad students for no apparent reason, and they did not find any reason for them to be polite to them.

  A student then pointed at Fu Zhi and said, “Come with us, Fu Zhi. We’re the same kind of people. We have our dream and goal to achieve, unlike them. They don’t have a fixed goal, they don’t have a dream, and they’re just a bunch of low-intelligence creatures. You have nothing in common with them, so come to Class 1.”

  The students from Class 21 were stunned.

  “F*ck!”

  Song Fang was the first person to react and he delivered a kick at the student.

  “Who the f*ck told you that we don’t have a goal and we don’t have a dream, huh? We’re a bunch of low-intelligence creatures? Do you know who I am? I’m known as the Death Sentinel of Yu City and I’m now going to show you what I’ve got!” He shouted out loud, and just when he was going to pounce at the student again, Wang Yu and another fat student came up and held him.

  “Stop holding me! Fu Zhi is my dad! Let me fight with him! I can do this!”

  “That is not the main problem now!” Wang Yu shouted, his voice punctuated with sobs, “The main problem is I think he’s got a good f*cking point!”

  They were bad students. That was a fact, and there was nothing they could do about it. As long as Fu Zhi stayed in their class, they did not care what they said at all.

  Song Fang froze when he heard what Wang Yu had said. He looked at Fu Zhi with his mouth pouted, wriggled his body as the fat student held him, and said, “Daddy, he insulted me. I don’t want to live anymore. I want to jump to my death!”

  “Why, Brother Fang? Why can’t you just let it go?” Wang Yu continued and Song Fang’s eyes lit up, for he could continue his show.

  He wriggled his whole body nonstop, and then… The fat student released him from his clutches. Song Fang dropped to the floor and walked a few steps towards the window.

  For a moment, nobody spoke. No one told him to calm down, while Lu Yumo’s eyes were glowing so bright it was as if he was daring him to jump.

  Glancing across his friends and other students, Song Fang cried sadly, “… No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible!”

  With that, he took a few steps back and put the fat student’s hands around his waist again. Then, he turned his head to the fat student and said, attempting to finish his show, “Since you stop me, I will not jump down from here.”

  The fat student did not know what to say.

  ‘Did I stop you?’ The fat student thought inwardly. However, he soon stopped thinking about it and said to himself, ‘Whatever. You’re the boss.’

  A lot of students from Class 1 clicked their tongues in disapproval.

  Song Fang felt he had embarrassed himself enough and he wanted to run away.

  However, before he could do so, Fu Zhi called him.

  He turned his head back to look at Fu Zhi.

  Fu Zhi had already released Qian Wenrui’s hand, and her expression was dark.

  At the same time, Director Liu had arrived at the scene as well. He had to terminate his video call and come over here, for he worried that Fu Zhi might really do something to Qian Wenrui. After all, Fu Zhi was one of the most bad-tempered girls he had ever seen.

  Qian Wenrui’s eyes lit up when she saw Director Liu. Just when she wanted to complain about Fu Zhi, Director Liu went straight up to Fu Zhi and comforted her, “Look at yourself! Look at yourself! There’s no need to get so hot and bothered. Look at your brother Lu Yumo. His sole reason for staying alive is to eat and sleep. Look at how happy he is, so why do you have to get so angry?”

  Lu Yumo did not know why Director Liu wanted to include him in the matter, but he did not care about it. He just continued to sip on the cup of cola in his hand while throwing peanuts into his mouth as he enjoyed the show in front of him.

  “Xiao Liu, I suggest you stay out of this,” Fu Zhi said euphemistically, “There isn’t much hair left on your head, and I don’t want you to go bald because of me.”

  Director Liu was dumbfounded.

  Then, Fu Zhi turned her gaze towards the students of Class 1 and Qian Wenrui. She glanced across them one by one before saying, “A person’s grades don’t define his or her manner. There is a distinct difference between lazy and stupid. I don’t think my friends are inferior to your students. As a teacher, I hope you can process your words in your mind first before spitting them out through your mouth.”

  Xiao Liu, who was reprimanded by Fu Zhi for having not enough hair a second ago, fell silent once again.

  Qian Wenrui looked at Fu Zhi and chuckled when she heard what she had said, “Lazy? So you’re saying that the reason students in Class 21 don’t get good grades is that they’re lazy? And then they can get good grades as well if they want to study?”

  ‘Is she out of her mind?’

  Not only students from Class 1, but other students from other classes were laughing at Fu Zhi as well.

  It’s like a five-year-old kid participating in an adult taekwondo tournament. Even if it was very obvious that he could not win, he still said that he was going to win the match.

  They all were laughing, and Fu Zhi was laughing as well.

  Xiao Liu, who was standing nearest to Fu Zhi, had no idea why but he suddenly felt a chill rush down his spine and his skin pebbled into goosebumps. He wanted to say something, but the words were stuck in his throat. Besides, there was also a voice in his heart telling him that everything Fu Zhi was doing right now was for the best of Class 21.

  Just as the thought took shape in his mind, Song Fang came forward and clutched at Fu Zhi’s sleeve, “Well, let’s just ignore her. We can always put her in a gunny bag later. You don’t have to stay here and get humiliated by her.”

  Fu Zhi did not know why but like Xu Wei, Song Fang always felt that she was a pushover. Besides that, if it were not for her, Qian Wenrui would not target the students from Class 2. As for those people from Class 1, they indeed were good in their studies and it was something that they should take pride in, but was it really necessary to use “good grades” as a reason to look down on underachievers like students in Class 21 and said they did not deserve to be in the same school as them?

  Fu Zhi did not think so.

  “How about this? Let’s make a bet,” Qian Wenrui suggested, “The average score of Class 21 has always been at the bottom. In this final exam, as long as your class can get the top three in three subjects, I will apologize to you that I shouldn’t say you are bad.”

  Every teacher in the office frowned.

  Class 21 could not even score the language paper, which was the easiest subject, so how were they supposed to score for other subjects?

  Song Fang and Wang Yu looked at each other and their faces were pale.

  They were good at basketball, but they were extremely bad at studies.

  Qian Wenrui lifted her chin and continued, “What do you think, Fu Zhi? Aren’t you going to stand up for your friends and prove that they could also get good grades despite they are bad at studies? So are you up for the challenge or not?”

  Everyone fell silent, while Song Fang and his gang set their jaws tight.

  A dark glint crossed Fu Zhi’s eyes as she scoffed. She did not reply to Qian Wenrui, but looked at Song Fang instead, “I can’t buy you a unicorn because I can’t afford one, so how about we change to something else? You said to me before that you want to get perfect scores in your examination, right? How about we do it this time?”

  She was talking in such a normal and casual manner as if she was telling them the weather was good today.

  However, the people around her could not stay calm anymore.

  Song Fang let out a “huh” as he could not believe what he had just heard. Everything was happening so fast that he panicked and he could not reply to Fu Zhi instantly.

  Then, the class monitor of Class 1 chimed in, “That’s impossible. No.1 High School’s examination is one of the hardest among other schools in our country, and not even me have the confidence to get a perfect score.”

  “That’s why I’m not asking you,” Fu Zhi said as she continued to look at Song Fang, “What do you think? All you need to do is just say yes, and I will help you. No one will dare to say anything to you.”

  Everyone turned to Song Fang.

  It was already a difficult task to get top three in three subjects, and Fu Zhi was telling Song Fang that she could help him get perfect scores in the final examination, which was just around the corner? Had Fu Zhi gone out of her mind?

  Song Fang’s palm was filled with sweat. He had a hunch that he knew what Fu Zhi was going to do, but he did not have too much faith in himself and he was worried that he might let Fu Zhi down in the end. Therefore, after he thought for a while, he stammered, “I want to, but I think we don’t have to do every subject. I’m already very happy if I can get a perfect score for one subject.”

  Then, F u Zhi said, “Our teachers and friends are here. You don’t have to be so modest. How about you set a small goal first?”

  ‘Like making a billion yuan?’

  Song Fang did not say it out loud and Fu Zhi gave him an assuring gaze. “It’s okay. Just say it out loud.”

  “… Sis, Sister Zhi, are you really sure I can do it?” Song Fang said, his voice filled with sobs.

  “Of course you can. Just say it. No matter how many subjects you want to have a perfect score in, I will fulfill your wish.”

  Song Fang was stunned.

  “Really? I… I don’t think I can…”

  “Can you stop being a p*ssy? Gosh, you’re really getting on my nerves,” Ye Jiu chimed in.

  Song Fang did not know what to say. He lifted his head up to look at Fu Zhi and he froze. There was nothing but determination in her eyes, and it was only then he realized how ridiculous he was.

  Who was Fu Zhi? She was their leader. Had she ever gone back on her words before? No!

  With that thought in mind, Song Fang then said, “How about 3 subjects? Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology. What do you think?”

  “Let’s do one more Physics,” Fu Zhi said before turning around to look at Qian Wenrui. “Just you wait. The average score of Class 21 would be higher than Class 1 this time. You have my words.”


  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise  

  Chapter 489: Shocking News: All Bigshots Have Gathered At No.1 High School In Yu City - 1

  Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

  Ma Mingquan also looked in disbelief at Fu Zhi. It took him a long while to process everything that had just transpired, and when he came around to his senses, he hastily said, “Fu Zhi, it’s good to have a dream, and as your teacher, I will support your dream. But there’s a fine line between having a dream and daydreaming!”

  “Hah, daydreaming,” Qian Wenrui scoffed coldly. “Are you not afraid of biting your own tongue while you’re making such a statement? A bad student will forever be a bad student. That is a fact that will never change, and there is no way they will defeat my class in terms of academic performance.”

  A hint of annoyance crossed Fu Zhi’s eyes.

  Song Fang pressed his lips nervously and then saw Fu Zhi narrowing her eyes and said, “So? As far as I know, the average score of your class is not the highest in our school, so what makes you think that we can’t surpass your class?”

  Qian Wenrui and the students of Class 1 were stunned.

  ‘Is she mocking us?’

  For a moment, nobody spoke.

  Fu Zhi then pushed her tongue against her cheek and added, “Stop beating around the bush. Are you up to the challenge or not?”

  “Of course! Fu Zhi, if you can’t do it, you’re going to withdraw from our school! No.1 High School doesn’t need a student who doesn’t know how to respect her teachers!” Qian Wenrui snarled, her face red with anger.

  Since she could not have Fu Zhi, she had to use this opportunity to kick her out of the school. After all, once Fu Zhi was gone, there would be no one to fight with Lu Yubai for 1st place in the college entrance exam.

  Fu Zhi nodded and said, “Okay.”

  ‘Okay?!’

  Xiao Liu was so exasperated that he stamped his feet in frustration when he heard Fu Zhi’s answer. “You d*mn spoiled child! Do you even know what the hell you are talking about?”

  st place average score in all subjects? Did she really think everyone in Class 21 was a genius like her? Even if they were geniuses, how was there any possibility she could prepare them for the examination in such a short time?

  That said, Xiao Liu was not really angry with her. The person that he wanted to choke to death was actually Qian Wenrui. If it were not for her, none of this would have happened.

  Just as the thought surfaced in Xiao Liu’s head, Fu Zhi patted his shoulder and added, “Alright, you will be our witness. I’m taking them back to class now. After all, time is of the essence.”

  Xiao Liu did not know what to say.

  ‘Sis, don’t you think things are now so far gone that this is akin to the destruction of No.1 High School?’

  Xiao Liu heaved a long sigh.

  Fu Zhi took her friends back to their class.

  The bell rang, and Director Liu chased the rest of the students back to their own classes as well.

  The office was now silent. Qian Wenrui threw her document on the table and said, “What a bunch of good-for-nothings. They’ll get the best average scores in all the subjects? Who does she think she is? A magician? I would like to see how she’s going to do it this time!”

  “Ms. Qian, you… Sigh!”

  The rest of the teachers of Class 1 shook their heads. Ma Mingquan’s expression was ugly.

  The bet had been made, and there was nothing he could do about it. As their class teacher, he knew how terrible the overall academic performance of Class 21 was. That said, he was not going to give up just like that. As Fu Zhi had said, every student deserved a chance. Their inability to get good grades in examinations should not be the reason for their humiliation. With that thought in mind, he decided to give them more homework and put more effort into his teaching to boost them up.

  —

  Everyone in the school soon learned about the bet between Class 1 and Class 21.

  “It’s not Fu Zhi against Class 1, but the entire Class 21 against Class 1? How is Class 21 supposed to defeat Class 1? The students of Class 1 are elite students.”

  “What the hell is Ma Mingquan thinking? Just because he was scratched by a woman, he asked his students to fight for him? Why don’t they go fight outside the school? I’m sure Class 21 will be able to defeat Class 1 in that case.”

  “No, not Ma Mingquan. It’s Fu Zhi who made the bet. She even said that she’s going to make Qian Wenrui and Class 1 apologize to Class 21.”

  “Is she out of her mind?”

  “Fu Zhi is smarter than everyone else. If she loses the bet, she can just transfer to another school. She doesn’t have to bear any consequences, but what about the students of Class 21? I’m afraid they will become the laughing stock of the school!”

  —

  Meanwhile, the atmosphere in Class 21 was tense. All of them kept their heads low in dejection and looked worried.

  In the end, Song Fang smacked the table and shouted, “Come on, guys! It’s just a bet. Why do you all have to look so worried? We’re all human and we begin from the same starting point, so what Class 1 can do, Class 21 can do as well!”

  Wang Yu and a fat student looked at each other and said, “Stop it, Brother Fang. We all know what we’re capable of. Besides, you’re not Sister Zhi, so you won’t be able to brainwash us.”

  Song Fang was speechless. He took the broom in the front of the classroom and knocked on the blackboard. “Silence! Can you guys be more optimistic? If you are going into a war with this kind of attitude, all of you are going to die!”

  ‘So? We are all just a bunch of fodder. Nobody cares about us.’

  This was one of the very few moments Song Fang wished that Lu Yumo was in Class 21. After all, with him there, Song Fang was certain that they would be able to lift their spirits.

  That said, although Song Fang was fighting alone, he was not going to give up just like that. He raised the broom high in the air, swirled it around, and finally pointed it at Su Xing. “Come on, Su Xing. Stand up and tell everyone. What would you do in this kind of situation?”

  Grabbing a book with her hand, Su Xing shot up from her chair and lifted her face. There was nothing but sorrowful determination on her face. She looked just like a soldier who was going to commit suicide and crash against their enemy after giving her last speech.

  Song Fang’s arm shook, and the broom nearly fell from his hand. Then, before he could say anything, he heard Su Xing shout at the top of her lungs, her eyes red around the rims due to her surging emotions, “Study hard and get better every day! We’re not going to depend on our fathers or our mothers. We’re going to rely on ourselves and fight for glory! Although we’re not the best, we definitely are the most hardworking! We’re going to work as hard as possible and prove to everyone else who looks down on us that we’re not a bunch of good-for-nothings! Let’s offer up our hearts and fight till the end!”

  Song Fang was so stunned that his brain went blank.

  He felt that Su Xing was really adorable. He suddenly had the urge to pet her and he could not help himself. A laugh escaped out of the corner of his lips.

  Su Xing looked at him, her eyes red like a rabbit’s.

  Noticing her gaze, Song Fang cleared his throat and added in a stern voice, “That’s the spirit, Su Xing! We’re going to finish memorizing the history of Zou Ji’s assassination attempt on King Zheng of the Qin State!”

  “Brother Fang, with all due respect, I really think you should go to the hospital and have the doctor check your brain.

  “The one who made an assassination attempt on King Zheng was Jing Ke! Not Zou Ji!”

  Song Fang scratched his face in embarrassment.

  After Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu finished talking, she raised her head and the first thing she saw was Song Fang’s reddened face. She stifled a smile and then threw all her homework on Ye Jiu’s desk.

  Song Fang’s attempt to brainwash Class 21 had not ended up working very well. The main reason was that he did not believe that they could defeat Class 1 either. He stayed on the stage for a little longer before going back to his seat in dejection.

  He took a glance at Fu Zhi and realized that she was scribbling something on an English exercise book.

  Piqued by curiosity, he went forward and asked, “Sister Zhi, are you spotting English questions for us?”

  Fu Zhi turned her head and looked at him. She looked rather confused, and just as Song Fang was wondering why she was looking at him like that, he heard her say, “Well, you’re not wrong, but this is German.”

  Song Fang was petrified.

  ‘It’s over. God is going to end us all!’

  Song Fang was so devastated that he did not know what to say anymore. He shrank back to his seat and lay on the table, looking just like a turtle hiding its head in its shell.

  —

  In the meantime, the bet was not a small matter, as it was related to Fu Zhi. Director Liu could not control the situation, so he called Ouyang Feng.

  Truth be told, Director Liu did not want Fu Zhi to go either.

  When Ouyang Feng heard everything from Director Liu, he thought for a moment and said, “Since Fu Zhi already said that, give another 3,000 yuan as a bonus to Ms. Qian this month.”

  Director Liu was stunned. He did not get it at all, so he said, “But… But…”

  Everything else aside, Qian Wenrui was indeed a very capable teacher who had contributed a lot to No.1 High School, and Fu Zhi was one of the best students he had ever met in his whole life. Although she was troublesome, bad-tempered, and hard to contain, he did not want her to go at all.

  “I know what you want to say, but listen to me first,” Ouyang Feng chimed in. “Ms. Qian is too petty-minded. She cares about nothing but grades and she won’t be able to handle it if Class 21 really defeats Class 1.”

  The scale soon dropped in Director Liu’s eyes. “So this is not a bonus but a pension!”

  He knew it. He knew that Ouyang Feng would not give up on Fu Zhi that easily. After all, he had seen him lead Fu Zhi out of the school last time. Therefore, he was certain that they knew each other, and there was no way Ouyang Feng would suddenly change his stance and side with Qian Wenrui!

  “Just let Fu Zhi do what she wants,” Ouyang Feng said. “Other than one student who got admitted into Tsinghua University directly last year, only four students got in, right?”

  Director Liu nodded. “Yes. However, that’s a lot lower compared to previous years. Our school used to have 30 or more students get into Tsinghua University. I think it’s because students nowadays have a better family background, so they don’t really fight for it.”

  “What if Fu Zhi made a new record with this batch of students?”

  Director Liu was stunned.

  —

  The atmosphere in Class 21 changed drastically after the bet.

  In the past, the students used to sleep or play with their phones during class, but after the incident, all of them had turned a new leaf. They did not play with their phones or sleep in the classroom anymore.

  The teacher that came into their classroom today was new. Her name was Ms. Zhang, and she used to be the language teacher of Class 3. Since Fan Gaoda had taken the day off today, she had to replace him and teach Class 21.

  She had heard a lot of bad stuff about Class 21, so she was kind of scared of them. Since she was not as fierce as Fan Gaoda, she was worried that she might not be able to control them. However, little had she expected that the moment she arrived, Zhou Zihuai would be writing a Physics equation on the blackboard, while the rest of the students would be listening attentively to him.

  She was dumbfounded when she saw the scene and subconsciously looked at Fu Zhi.

  She had been teaching in No.1 High School for some time, and although she had not taught Fu Zhi before, she was her favorite student and she wanted to teach her a lot.

  However, Fu Zhi had made a bet with Qian Wenrui. She felt a little bit disappointed because, like the others, she did not think that Class 21 could defeat Class 1.

  She let out a long sigh when she thought about it.

  At the same time, Fu Zhi was keeping her head low, and it seemed like she was writing something on a piece of paper.

  Unlike what Ms. Zhang had in mind, the language class proceeded smoothly. She had a lot of interactions with the students of Class 21 and she felt content.

  Then, Song Fang raised his arm and asked, “Miss, can you teach us how to tackle comprehension questions?”

  Ms. Zhang let out an “ah”, and it took her a long while before she came back to her senses and replied, “Sure. The students of Class 3 have compiled some notes on how to tackle comprehension questions, so I can lend them to you guys…”

  She looked around the class and added, “Well, there will be 7 schools working on the question papers for the final examination this time, so the question papers will be a lot harder. After all, they are mostly new questions modeled after the pattern of the college entrance examination. If you guys really want to improve your grades in the shortest time, as far as the language subject is concerned, I suggest you go look for questions set by Chen Xin and Bai Ji.”

  She paused for a moment before adding, “Chen Xin is the one who set the questions for the language paper in the college entrance exam two years ago, while the latter is the former’s disciple, who picked up the baton after Chen Xin retired. Both of them have the same style, but the questions set by Bai Ji are harder to predict.

  “As for the questions related to ‘Red Sun’, you guys better not ask Fu Zhi. I’ve seen her answers before, and you will definitely get no marks if you copy them.”

  Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

  Ms. Zhang let out a sigh of relief when she saw that Fu Zhi did not get angry at her.

  Honestly, she was quite worried that Fu Zhi might beat her as well.

  When she returned to the office, Qian Wenrui was talking to the language teacher of Class 1. As soon as Qian Wenrui saw her, she nodded at her and said, “It must be hard to teach Class 21, right? Anyway, don’t be so hard on yourself, Ms. Zhang. We all understand.”

  “Please don’t say that, Ms. Qian,” Ms. Zhang said. “I think they are very hardworking, and they are all good kids.”

  “Good kids? Are you sure about that?” Qian Wenrui scoffed.

  She shook her head, as she did not want to talk to Ms. Zhang anymore. At the same time, the language teacher of Class 1 flipped the exercise book open, and her eyes lit up. “Ms. Qian, where did you get this exercise book? They are all questions set by Bai Ji. It must have cost a lot, right?”

  “It was a gift from my friend.”

  Technically, it was not a gift from her friend. After Hang Yuan had learned about the bet between her and Fu Zhi, Ouyang Ya had sent Wu Zhiheng the learning material of each subject for Qian Wenrui.

  As the class teacher of Class 1, Qian Wenrui knew how precious this learning material was.

  Since the language teacher of Class 1 did not make an effort to lower her voice, Ms. Zhang shot up from her chair and craned her neck forward to take a look.

  When she saw Bai Ji’s name, her heart sank.

  Considering Qian Wenrui’s behavior, she was positive that Qian Wenrui would not lend the learning material to Class 21. Without the learning material, it would be even more difficult for Class 21 to defeat Class 1, and if Class 21 really wanted to win the bet, they’d have to get only bigshots like He Ming and Bai Ji to teach them.

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  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise  

  Chapter 490: Shocking News: All Bigshots Have Gathered At No.1 High School In Yu City - 2

  Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu went to the canteen to have their lunch after the school session had ended.

  While Song Fang, Wang Yu, and a few students ordered a few cups of milk tea and sat around a table on the second floor.

  Other than a few bowls of beef ball noodles, there were a few notebooks on the table filled with all sorts of equations and formulas. While slurping on their noodles, they read the notebooks with great diligence and effort.

  Meanwhile, Fu Zhi was sitting at a table not far away from them. She was holding her phone and she was checking her WeChat and QQ messenger. She left the top button on her collar open, and one could see her fair skin underneath her cloth.

  Wang Yu really admired Fu Zhi for her calmness. Unlike him, she was still able to keep a level head even though she was facing a great crisis right now. Wang Yu took a glance at Song Fang. He then took a deep breath to calm himself down and make himself look less smug about himself before saying, “I’ve been memorizing these 3 chapters of Physics formulas the entire morning and they have been ingrained deeply in my brain, so do you want to go through them again, Brother Fang? It can also help to familiarize ourselves with the formulas better.”

  Song Fang nearly fainted when he heard what Wang Yu had said. Even though he had been a student for 9 years, memorizing the first two verses of Song for the Goose, the famous Tang poem was his maximum. These Physics formulas were like alien language to him, and there was no way he could memorize them.

  Just when he was about to run away with his milk tea, Fu Zhi, who seemed to be able to read his mind, turned him around and forced him to sit beside her. Then, she said in a flat voice, “Try and recite some of the formulas to me. I want to see how terrible you are so that I can create a study plan for you today.”

  Song Fang became speechless.

  At the same time, Wang Yu opened his mouth and chimed in, “The formula I memorized is pretty simple. It only took me 10 or so minutes to get it into my head. Anyway, I will recite the first half of the sentence, and you’ll finish the second half.”

  Song Fang swallowed a big gulp of saliva, and before he nodded, Wang Yu shouted, “The odd changes while the even remains constant!”

  Fu Zhi’s hand came to a sudden stop.

  ‘The odd changes while the even remains constant?!’

  Facing the question that troubled mankind for the longest time, Song Fang was stunned for a moment. After a short moment of confusion, he looked at Fu Zhi with teary eyes, his body began to shake, and he said proudly, “Daddy! I know how to answer this!”

  He grabbed Wang Yu’s hand and shouted at the top of his lungs, “The odd changes while the even remains constant, the sign depends on the quadrant!”

  Wang Yu did not expect Song Fang to know the answer at all. He froze for a short moment, and then his eyes glowed brightly as he replied, “The moon shines on my bed brightly!”

  Song Fang, “We’re three, as my shadow shows up!”

  As if he had found his long-lost brother, Wang Yu wrapped his arm around Song Fang’s neck tightly and continued, “Trimming a candle at the west window!”

  “Just like the spring water in a river flowing east!” Song Fang replied confidently, his voice loud and firm.

  Wang Yu jumped onto the bench and shouted, “Brother! I’ve never seen someone as strong as you! I, Wang Yu, declare you as the strongest!”

  “You’re not bad as well, brother!” Song Fang said, bobbing his head up and down, “It’s just that I rarely show myself as I don’t want to get too much attention, but I think after this time, everybody will start to know about my great name!”

  He paused for a moment before continuing, “If you don’t mind, we can form a study group. Together, I’m sure we will be able to conquer everything in the world!”

  Wang Yu then replied, “Let’s do it!”

  Meanwhile, after Su Xing had kept her book in her bag, she turned to Fu Zhi and finally asked the question that had been troubling her for a long time, “Zhizhi, are you sure our classmates are bad in studies not because something is wrong with their heads?”

  Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

  She looked at her milk tea and this was the first time she felt the milk tea in front of her was tasteless.

  —

  The lunch ended up with Song Fang and Wang Yu forming a group.

  Fu Zhi and Su Xing went back to their class, while Song Fang and his gang went to Class 3 to borrow the notebook from them.

  When they arrived at their class, half of the students had gathered around Yun Xiaoxiao’s desk.

  “I heard that the game is initiated by Xiang Yusheng from Class 1. He bet 100,000 yuan on Class 1, and many year-one and year-two students have joined as well.”

  “Who did they bet on?” A girl said as she put her nail polish into the drawer, “Is it our class?”

  “Lin Juan, are you out of your mind? Although Lu Yubai will not take the examination this time, the differences between us and them are as clear as the sky. How is there any possibility that they would take our side?”

  “Yeah. The betting odds are 5:15 now. It’s just too bad!”

  Su Xing went forward and took a look. Then, she said, “It’s not too bad. Look, at least we still have a 5.”

  Yun Xiaoxiao let out a sigh, “That’s Lu Yubai. He put 100,000 yuan on us. Oh yeah, Lu Yumo has chipped in 1 yuan as well.”

  “1 yuan? Lu Yumo? Why is he so stingy?”

  Yun Xiaoxiao did not know what to say as well.

  “But… But…” She tried to find an excuse for Lu Yumo but to no avail. In the end, she just let out a sigh and said, “Yeah, he’s stingy.”

  The students in Class 21 became even more pumped up in this kind of circumstances. They all felt that they had to prove to everyone that they were not a bunch of good-for-nothings.

  With that thought in mind, they kept their phones away and took their books out to start doing revisions.

  FU Zhi and Ye Jiu looked at each other.

  Ye Jiu tapped on Yun Xiaoxiao’s desk and asked, “Xiang Yusheng is the banker? I thought his family’s company has gone bankrupt already? He still has so much money left?”

  Yun Xiaoxiao thought for a while before replying, “Yeah. I guess so, and I heard that he will not stop raising his bet until he wins.”

  The moment she finished speaking, Ye Jiu and Fu Zhi turned around and left Class 21.

  Yun Xiaoxiao poked at Su Xing and asked, “Where are they going?”

  Su Xing then replied, “I guess they are reporting to Director Liu? I don’t know. Fu Zhi doesn’t like people to gamble the most.”

  *

  In the meantime, it was a mess in Class 1.

  Ye Jiu, and Fu Zhi, who disliked gamble the most, threw a bank card on Xiang Yusheng’s table respectively.

  “There are one million in the card,” Ye Jiu said as he sipped on his milk tea, “It’s all the money I’ve got, and I’m going to bet on Class 21.”

  Fu Zhi had just invested her money in the movie, so she did not have as much money as Ye Jiu. “I will bet 500,000 yuan on Class 21 too. Make sure you jot it down.”

  Looking at the two bank cards on Xiang Yusheng’s desk, everyone in Class 1 fell silent as this was something that they did not expect at all.

  The boy sitting in the center to help Xiang Yusheng record had never seen so much money in his life before. His hands were shaking profusely as he asked, “Both of you are going to bet on Class 21? Are you guys really not going to consider Class 1?”

  They did not know why but the boy’s cheeks were getting redder and redder with every passing second. He was wiggling his body as he said to Ye Jiu, “Ye, Ye Jiu, I’m pretty strong. Can you pick me?”

  Ye Jiu was dumbfounded. He looked at him as if he was looking at an alien.

  ‘You’re strong? Then?’

  The commotion that they were making had drawn the other student’s attention. For a moment, everybody lifted their heads from the books in front of them as they looked at Xiang Yusheng and his gang.

  “Do you have any idea what you’re talking about?” another student behind Xiang Yusheng jumped up and smacked the boy’s head. “They can spend their money however they want. It has nothing to do with you.”

  He paused for a moment, looked at Fu Zhi, and continued sarcastically, “Fu Zhi is the goddess and the best student in our school. Who knows she might have a magic touch and she could turn over the tide and bring Class 21 to victory?”

  At the same time, Xiang Yusheng took the 2 bank cards into his pocket. “Bet that has been placed is not refundable. Although this is just a small game, we won’t return your money to you if you lose.”

  Ye Jiu said, “Don’t worry. We know the rules. As for you, you just need to make sure you get the money ready when the time comes.”

  After that, he pulled Fu Zhi’s hand, and both of them went away.

  Class 1 fell silent for a moment, and then everyone gasped in unison.

  One and a half million? All of them could not believe that they really bet One and a half million on Class 21 to win.

  Xiang Yusheng harrumphed, “Hmph! Just you wait! I’m sure they will cry in front of us when they lose!”

  Then, he turned around and said to his classmate triumphantly, “You guys can start thinking about what you want to eat after the final examination. I’m going to treat all of you to a meal!”

  Everyone in Class 1 cheered happily when they heard what Xiang Yusheng had said. Those who still had not joined the game hastily placed bets on Class 1 as well and they said to Xiang Yusheng, “This is great! We’re going to win big this time!”

  The news of Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu placing bets on Class 21 soon spread across the school.

  “Who? Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu bet 15 million yuan on Class 21? Are they nuts?”

  “Well, they are rich, and they have the right to use their money as they wish.”

  —

  It was not long before the students in Class 21 heard about the news.

  If they lost the bet, Fu Zhi had to leave No.1 High School. This was the worst-case scenario, but things were slightly different when 1.5 million came into play.

  “Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu must be doing this for us. They did not want us to feel too bad about ourselves, so they used their money to root for us,” Yun Xiaoxiao said.

  Everyone felt she was right. They then picked up their pace and worked even harder as they felt they should not let Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu down.

  When Zhou Zihuai went in front of the class to start his lecture on electromagnetism, he asked, “Where are Song Fang and Wang Yu? Didn’t they go to borrow the language notes from Class 3? It has been 20 minutes, so why are they still not back yet?”

  Fu Zhi and Zhou Zihuai were the best students with the best academic performance in Class 21. However, the former did not like taking notes, while the latter only took notes occasionally.

  Su Xing and Yun Xiaoxiao looked at each other and shook their heads.

  Just when all of them were wondering where Song Fang had been, a loud “thud” erupted and Song Fang barged into the class.

  Yun Xiaoxiao’s eyes glowed up and she hastily went up to him, “How is it, Brother Fang? Did you get the notes from them?”

  Song Fang did not say anything in return. He kept his head low and his eyes were red around the rims. Just a bad hunch rose in Yun Xiaoxiao’s heart, Wang Yu chimed in, “No good. They refuse to lend the notes to us!”

  “What? Did you not tell them that it’s Ms. Zhang who asked us to borrow the notes from them? Are they going to use the notes? Did you guys tell them that we’ll just borrow for ten minutes while they’re in another class, and we’ll be able to return them afterward?”

  Wang Yu shook his head, “Yes, that’s what we told them as well, but they said no! Not only Class 3, but the other classes also refused to lend their notes to us as well. Other than Class 19 and Class 20, whose notes are basically unreadable, the rest of the classes just slammed their doors at our faces!”

  Everyone in Class 21 was stunned.

  How was that possible?

  “Why did they refuse to lend the notes to us?” Yun Xiaoxiao asked, disbelief accentuating her voice.

  “Maybe someone is threatening them?” Su Xing added.

  “I’m sure that must be it. It must be Class 1 that warned them and told them that they must not help us, or they are not going to share the exercise books that they got from He Min and Bai Ji with them!”

  “Putting everything aside, whenever the boys in Class 3 were bullied by other students from other schools, it’s Brother Fang who stepped forward and helped them. How could they forget all of those and betray us just because of some exercise books?”

  “Does Class 1 really want us dead so much?”

  The rest of the students did not know what they should do as well.

  The questions set by Bai Ji and He Min were one of the hardest and trickiest, so their exercise books were something very precious to students like them. If they could get their hands on their exercise books, they would be able to score very well in the examination. Therefore, the students from Class 21 could understand why the rest of the classes would choose to side with Class 1.

  “I will ask my friends from other schools and see if he can help us or not,” Song Fang said, his voice hoarse.

  “I will go back and organize my notes again. But it’s going to take a lot of time and we don’t have much time left…” Yun Xiaoxiao said as she pulled her books out of her drawer. She had been holding her tears ever since she got the news, and after she saw the pile of books in front of her, she could not hold herself anymore and dissolved into tears.

  “They are so mean! How could Class 1 do something like this to us?” Yun Xiaoxiao cried.

  “We just want to lend some notes. What’s wrong with that? They already have the best resources and learning materials, so why must they do this to us?”

  Su Xing approached Yun Xiaoxiao and wrapped her arm around her shoulder, “My parents have some friends in the capital. Maybe I can ask them for help, so stop crying.”

  At the same time, when Fu Zhi heard their conversation, she pulled her earphone down and said plainly, “It’s just an exercise book.”

  Yun Xiaoxiao could not hear Fu Zhi well since she had cried too loudly. She turned her head over to look at Fu Zhi and asked, “What?”

  “Bai Ji is going to set the questions for the college entrance examination, so supposedly he can’t give any tutorial class right now. I will call Chen Xin and He Min to give you guys a tutorial class.”

  Yun Xiaoxiao was stunned. She thought her ears had failed her again, so she asked, “Can you repeat what you’ve just said again, Sister Zhi?”

  Everyone turned to look at Fu Zhi. Well, although they had full faith in Fu Zhi, they found it hard to believe the thing she had just said.

  Initially, Fu Zhi wanted to give them a lecture class herself, but it seemed to her that they liked Bai Ji and He Min more.

  Therefore, she walked out of her classroom with her phone in her hand and made a call through WeChat.

  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise  

  Chapter 491: Shocking News: All Bigshots Have Gathered At No.1 High School In Yu City - 3

  Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

  Fu Zhi walked out of the classroom with her phone in her hand and made a call through WeChat.

  The call was soon picked up, and the moment she put her earphones on, a myriad of worried voices blared out.

  “Did she get hacked?”

  “I thought she had already forgotten about us!”

  “Why isn’t she speaking? I’m sure someone must have hacked into her phone!”

  “But isn’t she a hacker herself?”

  “Well, it’s not impossible for her to lose her touch sometimes, right?”

  “Master? Are you there? If you’re there, can you say something?”

  “Shush, come one by one. Don’t all talk at once,” Fu Zhi said. She was in the restroom washing her hands right now.

  The group fell silent. Then, after what felt like a century, Bai Ji’s excited voice rang out. “Master, did you finally remember the password to your WeChat ID?”

  While he was talking, there was a hint of sadness in his voice. “You’ve been ignoring me ever since I helped you settle the matter in the QQ group. Do you know how long it has been since the last time you gave us a lecture? It has been 3 years and 3 months!”

  Fu Zhi turned off the tap and giggled. “It has been more than 3 years already?”

  “Yes!” Bai Ji replied. “What are you doing in Yu City? Are you working on some kind of secret project? You should’ve told us so that we could lend you a hand.”

  “Nope. There’s no secret project,” Fu Zhi said. “I’m just attending school here and preparing to take on the college entrance examination.”

  Bai Ji was speechless.

  ‘Hah. What a funny joke.’

  Bai Ji did not know why but he felt like a maxed-level character wasting his or her time killing slime in the novice village.

  “We won’t force you if you don’t want to tell us,” Bai Ji said after he came around to his senses. “Anyway, what do you want us to do for you?”

  “About that…” Fu Zhi said. She had already come out of the restroom, and as she walked down the corridor, she added calmly, “Tell He Ming and Chen Xin to pack their stuff and come to Yu City. The final examination is around the corner, and I need them to teach my classmates.”

  *

  By the time Fu Zhi returned to her class, Song Fang, who had already recovered, was guiding the students in the class through organizing their notes for different subjects.

  Self-help was always better than receiving help from other people. That was Song Fang’s motto. Besides, there was a solution to every problem, so all they had to do was keep on trying.

  The class session soon ended, and it was time for them to go home.

  After Zhou Zihuai finished teaching his friends about a certain Physics question, he approached Fu Zhi with an exercise book in his hand and said, “Based on my observation, our class’s weakest subject is Mathematics. I can score about 138 in a normal examination, but I’ve never scored more than 130 in the final examinations.”

  Fu Zhi was rummaging through the books in her drawer. There was a lot of stuff in her drawer, and most of it was just rubbish and whatnot.

  When she heard Zhou Zihuai’s voice, she threw a badge aside and replied, “Are the math questions of the final exams that difficult?”

  It went without saying that those questions were a piece of cake for Fu Zhi, but it was not the same for Zhou Zihuai. “Do you know Hu Lei? The one who came back from Cambridge University? He was tasked to create the question paper for Mathematics, and that year was probably the year with the highest teenage suicide rate in our country.”

  He paused for a moment before adding, “Although the government has banned him from creating any more question papers, many teachers around the globe like to imitate him.”

  Fu Zhi tried to search for Hu Lei in her brain, but the name did not ring a bell.

  ‘Maybe this Hu Lei dude was not my student?’ With that thought in mind, Fu Zhi waved her hand and said, “It doesn’t matter. Just stay on track and all of you will be fine.”

  *

  At the same time, Director Liu successfully caught a couple on a date in the forest behind their school. After jotting down their names in his book, he harrumphed. “Tell your parents to come to school tomorrow! The final examination is just around the corner, and you two are still in the mood to see each other in the forest? You are such a disappointment!”

  The couple shrank back and shivered in fear.

  Director Liu took his scooter key from the office. After he nodded at the security guard, he hopped onto his beloved scooter.

  At the same time, a black van appeared in front of the gate of the school. A man wearing a black trench coat then emerged from the van. He was wearing gold-rimmed spectacles and he had a gentle-looking face.

  When Director Liu arrived at the gate of the school on his pink scooter, he pulled a pair of leather gloves out of his bag. While he was putting on the gloves, he caught something out of the corner of his eyes and felt stunned.

  Since Ma Mingquan had to stay back to help his students in Class 21, he came out late as well.

  Right now, Director Liu and his scooter were blocking Ma Mingquan’s way.

  “What’s wrong, Director Liu? Why are you standing here?” Ma Mingquan asked.

  However, Director Liu paid him no mind. It took him quite a long while before he finally came around to his senses. He smacked his lips and then turned his head around mechanically. When he saw Ma Mingquan, he thought for a while and waved at him. Then, he pitched his voice low and said, “Look over there. Does he look like Chen Xin to you?”

  As one of the question setters for the college entrance examination, to some students, Chen Xin was the personification of “crazy”, “mad”, and “insane”. Many students liked to scold him, but none of them actually paid attention to Chen Xin’s private life, including what he looked like in person.

  However, the teachers of No.1 High School were different. Although Yu City was not as big as the capital, it was still one of the biggest cities in their country. Two years ago, the Education Bureau had sent the director and some outstanding teachers of No.1 High School to attend Chen Xin’s class in the capital.

  That said, Ma Mingquan did not pay as much attention to Chen Xin because he was a Physics teacher and Chen Xin was a language teacher. Be that as it may, Xiao Liu was different. He was the director of No.1 High School, so he had to pay attention to everything.

  Chen Xin had an ordinary look, but he had a scholarly aura about him that made him stand out from the crowd.

  After hearing what Director Liu had said, Ma Mingquan squinted his eyes and studied Chen Xin from head to toe multiple times. “I don’t know if he’s Chen Xin or not, but he’s not as good-looking as Fu Zhi or me. In short, he looks normal to me.”

  Director Liu did not know what he should say.

  ‘Although Fu Zhi is a hateful brat, we don’t have to insult her from time to time.’

  That said, Director Liu was not very sure either because he had only seen Chen Xin once.

  He was one of the question setters, so many elite schools in the capital wanted to invite Chen Xin to teach a class in their schools. They offered a lucrative amount of presents and gifts to Chen Xin, but he gave them the cold shoulder.

  How was there any chance a bigshot like him would show up at No.1 High School in Yu City?

  Director Liu felt that it was impossible, but what if a miracle had happened?

  With that thought in his mind, Director Liu decided to take a photo of the man in front of him. However, just as he took his phone out, the man went back into the van and the van slowly vanished from their line of sight.

  *

  Chen Xin’s flight was delayed, so by the time he made it to No.1 High School, Fu Zhi had already gone home. Therefore, when he got back into the van, he sent a text message to Fu Zhi and asked if she had time to come out to meet him.

  However, Fu Zhi did not reply to him.

  A few men in the van were staring at Chen Xin’s phone, save for one person. He was leaning against the back of the car seat and he looked rather annoyed. He lifted the blanket from his body and asked coldly, “When will we start the class? I can’t stay away from my experiment for too long.”

  Upon hearing his question, Chen Xin put his phone down and said, “Well, we have to inform the school so that they can prepare a proper venue for us, and then…”

  “I don’t care what you’re going to do. It’s none of my business!” Hu Lei interjected, his angular face filled with rage. “I only agreed to give 7 lessons to the students of No.1 High School because you promised me that you would introduce an excellent mathematician to me so that I can discuss mathematics with him. I hope you will keep your promise. Don’t try to fool me with some useless buffoon, or you will face the consequences!”

  The atmosphere in the van froze.

  “Don’t worry,” Chen Xin replied, maintaining the same smile on his face. “I’ve contacted Mr. Ouyang, so he will prepare everything for us. If you are tired, why don’t we take you back to the hotel so that you can get some rest first?”

  Hu Lei nodded in frustration.

  The van soon arrived at a 5-star hotel near No.1 High School.

  Hu Lei pulled the door open and got out of the van without any hesitation, as if he could not bear to stay in the van for another minute.

  As soon as the door was closed, Qian Man smacked his hand on his thigh and hissed, “What the hell is going on with him? Did you hear what he said just now, Chen Xin? He insulted our master! Why didn’t you let me beat him? Besides, if it were not for him, we would not have missed our flight and we might be seeing our master right now. Does he really think he’s better than all of us just because he studied overseas? Have I told the world that my master is Fu Zhi? No, right? In my opinion, we should ask our master to teach this dude some manners!”

  “Calm down,” Chen Xin said as he patted Qian Man’s shoulder. “We should not bother our master so much. When the time comes, he will know the difference between him and our master.”

  “That would be best!”

  *

  The next day, in No.1 High School in Yu City…

  Ever since a few classes had refused to lend their notes to Class 21, this matter had basically become an unspoken hot topic among everyone in the school.

  Perhaps they all wanted Bai Ji and He Ming’s exercise books from Class 1, but most of the students kept their distance from Class 21.

  In the morning, Xiang Yusheng and Xu Tongtong went around the school to distribute the photocopied version of the exercise books to Class 3 to Class 18.

  They all expressed their gratitude to them and said they would treat them to a meal one day.

  When they were on their way back to Class 1, Xu Tongtong said with a big smile on her face, “This way, no one is going to help Class 21, and they will not be able to get notes from any classes. Not only that, but it will also be difficult for them to surpass Class 18 in the final examination now that all of us have the exercise books of Bai Ji and He Ming!”

  #

  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise  

  Chapter 492: Shocking News: All Bigshots Have Gathered At No.1 High School In Yu City - 4

  Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

  Xiang Yusheng curled his lips as he said, “You’re right. After I get the 1.6 million yuan from the bet, I will treat myself to an overseas trip.”

  Xu Tongtong then added, “It’s just such a shame that Lu Yubai refused to take part in the final examination this time. I don’t know what’s wrong with him or how Fu Zhi brainwashed him.”

  Xiang Yusheng frowned. Although he was not happy with Lu Yubai’s decision either, he dared not talk about him behind his back. “It doesn’t matter. After all, he loves drag racing, and grades don’t really matter much to him.”

  “By the way, I have to say that Ms. Qian is really a great teacher. She even got her hands on those exercise books. If it were not for those exercise books, we would not have been able to get so many classes on our side. Speaking of the other classes, do you know that Class 3 had sided with Class 21 at first? They also looked down on us and said that we’re all a bunch of nerds, but look at them now. They chose to break their friendship with Class 21 just because we have something they need. This also teaches us one thing: There are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends, only permanent interests.”

  “This is the best decision they ever made,” Xiang Yusheng said.

  *

  Class 21.

  Fan Gaoda did not enter the classroom even though the bell had rung a long time ago. They might think that Fan Gaoda had not come to school today if it were only him, but what was even more bizarre was that no teacher had entered their classroom today.

  It was as if they had agreed not to come to work.

  As a responsible student, Yun Xiaoxiao got to her feet and went to the office to look for Fan Gaoda. However, when she arrived at the office, there was no one inside. She did not know what had happened but she did not like the feeling she had about it.

  As she was on her way back to her class, she could see that every class was confused.

  “What’s going on? Why have no teachers come to class?”

  “This is something that has never happened before. Did they all get kidnapped by aliens?”

  “Does anyone have Mr. Fan’s phone number? Hurry up and call him!”

  —

  While the students were thrown into turmoil, their teachers were sitting in the assembly hall with stern expressions.

  This was the first time they had been summoned to an emergency meeting. They were not even allowed to take a bathroom break. Right now, there was a group of people sitting at the front of the hall. Starting from the left was Director Liu, followed by Ouyang Feng, and then…

  Chen Xin, Hu Lei, Qian Man, and He Ming…

  Every top question setter for the college entrance examination in their country had gathered in No.1 High School.

  Ma Mingquan pinched his thigh, and it was only when he felt sharp pain that he realized he was not dreaming.

  As for Fan Gaoda, he still could not quite comprehend what was happening right now. “I know I’m gullible, but is it true that they are going to give extra lessons to our students?”

  “I think so?” Ma Mingquan licked his lips before adding, “Aside from Hu Lei, the rest of them will be staying with us for half a month.”

  He did not raise his voice, nor did he lower it. However, the hall was very quiet right now, so everyone could hear his voice without an issue.

  Every teacher was petrified, and it felt like they had just won the lottery.

  At the front of the hall, Director Liu picked up the microphone. He was still unable to believe what was going on as he said, “According to what Professor He and the others said, from this day onward, the students of all the third-year classes, except for the Art Class, will come to the assembly hall in groups of three classes and take turns listening to the lectures.”

  “But…” Qian Wenrui raised her hand. “Director Liu, I don’t think we should let all classes come to the lectures.”

  ‘Do they know how hard it is to attend He Ming and the other lecturers’ classes? This is akin to Mars crashing into Earth, and it could even be recorded in the history of mankind!’

  He Ming and the others were only staying for half a month. Even if the students took 6 classes a day, they could only listen to 14 lectures from each teacher, and honestly, considering how heavy the schoolwork of the third-year students was, 14 lectures were not really enough. Besides, the assembly hall was small and could only accommodate 3 classes at a time. In other words, the third-year students would have to come to listen to the lectures 7 times, and one class could only attend twice at most.

  Thus, Qian Wenrui suggested, “For the sake of fairness and maximizing resources in favor of the school’s high-achieving students, my personal intention is to conduct a test today and select the top 100 students of the school to have them attend the classes.”

  “What do you mean by that, Ms. Qian? How can you be so selfish?”

  Qian Wenrui squinted her eyes and said, “I don’t know what you are talking about, Mr. Dong. I’m not being selfish. This is for the greater good of our school!”

  “Hah…” Mr. Dong got to his feet and said, “Only the top 100 students of the school will attend the class? Why didn’t you just say that Class 1 and Class 2 should come to the class? When the classes were first divided, the top 40 students in the school were put in your class!”

  “That’s right, Ms. Qian. Your students are students, but our students are not students?”

  “Even if they are underachievers, they still have the right to receive an education.”

  “Everyone!” Qian Wenrui stood up to appease the crowd. “I’m definitely not being selfish. I just thought that if a class only listened to the lesson twice, then everyone would listen to the same content and the knowledge gained would be too little, so why not let the top 100 students in the school listen to 14 different lessons before relaying them to the rest of the classes?”

  It went without saying that some information would be lost during the message transmission. For example, a student could ask the teacher questions in the class directly, but a student could only repeat whatever the teacher had taught, and there was a good chance that he or she could not solve the problem effectively.

  Most importantly, the ability to accurately convey the meaning of He Ming and his party was also a questionable issue.

  However, in the long run, no matter how reluctant the teachers were, they had to agree with Qian Wenrui. After all, this was how the world worked. The fittest survived, while the weak got eliminated.

  It was their students’ fault for being incompetent, so when their school had a better resource, it went without saying that they would prioritize the students in Class 1 and Class 2.

  More and more teachers quieted down.

  Director Liu agreed with the suggestion as well. “If none of the other teachers object, it will be possible to have the top 100 students come to the class.”

  Fan Gaoda then whispered to Ma Mingquan, “Are you not going to fight for your class? Even if they can only attend one class, it’s better than nothing. The people in front of us are individuals that we won’t be able to meet again in our lifetime. Besides, Class 1 and Class 21 are not on good terms. If we really let Qian Wenrui get her way, they will certainly exclude our students from the entire thing!”

  Ma Mingquan felt that Fan Gaoda was right. That said, Ma Mingquan had never really fought for anything in his entire life. He was the easy-going type and someone who believed that good things would happen to good people.

  However, for the sake of his students, Ma Mingquan decided to step out of his comfort zone and fight for something for once!

  In any case, he had to get at least 2 classes for his students!

  With that thought in mind, he smacked the table, and just as he was about to stand up, He Ming took the microphone and said, “You’re Ms.Qian, right?”

  Qian Wenrui nodded and smiled. Then, He Ming added, “I think you’re really full of yourself.”

  Qian Wenrui was stunned.

  ‘What?’

  Before Qian Wenrui could say anything, He Ming said, “We didn’t come to No.1 High School to give lectures to the so-called top 100 students. Our purpose is simply to teach Class 21 and guide them as they swim in the ocean of knowledge.”

  Ma Mingquan was astounded.

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  The Mysterious Heiress: Researcher In Disguise