Chapter 262: Chapter 262: 262: Don't Leave After School (23)

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Everyone was at a loss for words for a moment.

With the top three students in their class, they still got scolded to high heaven.

Zhou Chu truly lived up to his name.

“Those whose names are called, come up to get your exam papers.”

Names were called from the lowest rank upwards.

When it came to the top ten, the rankings were announced.

“Ninth place, Tao Xinxin.”

“Eighth place, Ding Zhengyang.”

“Seventh place…”

“Third place, Shi Lin.”

“Second place, Xiang Hai.”

“First place, Yu Yue.”

Yu Yue strutted up with the air of a top scholar to grab the paper.

“I told you Yu Yue would definitely be first.”

“Otherwise, how could she be called a top student?”

After announcing the first place, everyone noticed Teacher Zhou still had one paper in hand.

The classroom instantly fell silent. The first place had been announced, so why was there still one left?

The only one not called in the class was the transfer student, Jih Cheng… But he didn’t even take the exam because of the cheating accusation; his score was recorded as zero.

Even though it’s now clear he didn’t cheat, his score was still zero.

Amid the students’ puzzled looks, Teacher Zhou slowly spoke, “This time, our class has a tie for first place, Xu Chuzheng.”

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The classroom suddenly went quiet again.

Chuzheng stood up to get her exam paper. Teacher Zhou announced the overall ranking for all subjects, but the paper she received was for this one subject.

Teacher Zhou looked at the paper—answered so perfectly that claiming she cheated was out of the question. Some of her problem-solving methods were even different than the standard answers and simpler.

If it wasn’t for her overly concise writing, which cost her points, she would have been in first place.

Yu Yue sat at her desk as if pricked by a needle.

How could Xu Chuzheng’s grades be so good now?

She used to be at the bottom, lucky to even pass.

Now she suddenly tied with Yu Yue for first place.

One could imagine how Yu Yue was feeling.

“Xu Chuzheng actually tied Yu Yue for first place, am I hearing things?”

“How is that possible? Did she cheat?”

“No way…”

“She used to do so badly in her studies.”

“Yeah…”

Amid the whispers, Chuzheng returned to her seat unfazed.

Equally shocked as the other students was Jih Cheng, “You’re not…”

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“You can’t even do your homework…”

“When did I ever say I couldn’t do it?”

“…” Right, she never did say that; she just had others do it for her, but doesn’t that imply she couldn’t?

“I just couldn’t be bothered to do it.” Chuzheng pressed down on her paper, her face calm, “I think my grades are pretty good.”

If she couldn’t handle such simple questions from high school, how could she even get by?!

Deskmate: “…” So the reason she had others do her homework was that she couldn’t be bothered to do it herself?!

Jih Cheng: “…” Tying for first place is just ‘pretty good’?

Buzz—

Zhu Zian: Congrats, junior, first place! Dinner’s on me tonight!

Zhu Zian sent over a screenshot. Someone had circulated the overall ranking for the second year.

Chuzheng’s name was conspicuously tied with Yu Yue for first place.

Chuzheng: How much did you score

Zhu Zian: Junior, let’s not talk about that. You’re still my junior.

Chuzheng: …

Zhu Zian: I think my Feifei is going to leave me, what should I do!! I’ve really tried hard, but I’m just not cut out for studying.

Chuzheng: What are you cut out for

Zhu Zian: …Fighting, I guess?

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Zhu Zian: “Little junior sister, what do you think we should do?”

Chuzheng: “I don’t know.”

It’s not like my grades are poor.

Zhu Zian: “It’s all over, I’m going to lose my Feifei.”

Chuzheng couldn’t be bothered with Zhu Zian’s ranting and turned off her phone.

Zhu Zian’s grades were probably beyond saving, and with the college entrance exam coming up soon, no ordinary person could improve their grades that quickly.

Zhu Zian said he would treat her to dinner tonight, and when school let out, he really did block her way.

These days, Chuzheng had been going home with Jih Cheng—sending Jih Cheng home.

So Jih Cheng had to be brought along as well.

Zhu Zian was quite familiar with Jih Cheng.

“How come Jih Cheng’s cheating incident was resolved just like that?”

Zhu Zian was curious about this.

Jih Cheng was also curious; he always felt that Chuzheng was involved somehow, but she kept a low profile and had a serious face, as if she knew nothing.

“Maybe the person had a guilty conscience,” Fatty chimed in from the side.

“Hehe, you think everyone’s like you, can be lured away with just a bite of food.”

“Brother Zhu, I’m not that kind of person!” Fatty’s eyes went round.

“Hehe…”

“You guys are too much! Am I the kind of person who would betray his friends for food?”

“You are.”

“I can’t be brothers with you all!”

The group was noisy and boisterous.

“Oh man, how come there are no seats left again?” Zhu Zian was distressed looking at the packed stall.

The food at this stall was extremely good; despite the shabby environment, even well-dressed folks were willing to dine here.

“There are, there are seats,” someone from inside suddenly ran out: “We’ve kept a table especially for you.”

Zhu Zian: “???”

Zhu Zian followed them inside, and indeed there was an empty table.

“Boss, didn’t you say there were no seats?”

A young man followed the boss inside, his hair dyed yellow and looking like he was wearing a fake wig, his demeanor was that of a gangster and he didn’t seem like a good guy.

“How come they have seats?”

The young man pointed fiercely at Chuzheng and the others, who had not yet sat down.

“Boss, you can’t do business like this, right? Don’t you know the rule of first come first served?”

The young man prodded the boss on the shoulder, pushing him back several steps.

The boss wiped the sweat off his brow: “Young man, this…”

“Ah Huang, are there no seats left?”

Someone called out from outside.

“There are!” Ah Huang replied: “I’ve reserved these seats, wise up and scram!”

Ah Huang pointed at Chuzheng and her group, his eyes unfriendly and his tone arrogant.

Zhu Zian would have rolled up his sleeves and started a fight if Yao Fei hadn’t been holding him back.

The people from outside also came in.

As the saying goes, enemies often meet by chance.

The newcomers were Qin Feng and Yu Yue, among others.

“Brother Qin, there are still seats. I’ll make these people leave right away,” Ah Huang said obsequiously as soon as he saw them enter.

Chuzheng’s expression changed slightly. She pulled Jih Cheng down to sit and pushed the menu in front of him.

“Order some dishes.”

Fatty seemed to think that Chuzheng had the air of a boss, so he also dragged Yao Fei down to sit.

The only people left standing were Zhu Zian and his group, confronting them.

“What are you doing!” Ah Huang felt he had lost face in front of Qin Feng and immediately exploded: “I told you to scram did you not hear me? Are you looking for a beating?”

Qin Feng’s eyes narrowed slightly: “How are you talking to my classmates?”

Qin Feng’s tone was neither good nor bad.

Ah Huang was immediately confused.

“Brother Qin.”

“There are so many seats left, why don’t we share a table?” Qin Feng suggested.

Yu Yue frowned slightly, catching a glimpse of Qin Feng staring intently at Chuzheng, a surge of anger rising within her.

What was Qin Feng implying?

Had he taken a fancy to this slut?