This person really knows how to be reborn!

Chapter 12: Homophones from 09 won't cost you anything.

Xia Ning was bewildered as she watched Zeng Cheng slowly walk toward the podium.

Ignoring me is just pretending to be strong, and working hard at studying is just putting on an act.

Bullshit—Zeng Cheng is genuinely hardworking!

She was the one who got upset by Zeng Cheng, and she lost more than ten points in math, and most likely didn't do well in the combined science exam either!

I thought Zeng Cheng was the clown, but it turns out the clown was myself.

That's a really harsh slap in the face!

Qi Jiahao was also confused.

Zeng Cheng got the only perfect score in math in the whole school, a full 42 points more than me!

If Zeng Cheng does well in the combined science and English exams, and I don't perform well myself, I'll definitely be surpassed by him!

Director Qi felt like he was about to split open.

Li Xingzhi couldn't help but gape – Cheng Ge really succeeded?!

The other students' gazes towards Zeng Cheng gradually shifted from shock to admiration.

Nobody thought Zeng Cheng had stepped in dog poop.

They are students in the top class of a national key high school, so they all have basic logical thinking skills.

Mathematics is something you either know or you don't.

Getting a perfect score is definitely a testament to your solid skills!

Next is English.

When Zeng Cheng's name was mentioned, there was a slight commotion in the class.

This guy's English score was amazing too! He got 135 points, 20 points more than usual!

[It's over, it's over, Zeng Cheng is really going to overtake us this time...]

Qi Jiahao completely lost his composure.

Because he didn't do well on his English test either, scoring only a little over 120.

If you also fail in the combined science subjects, forget about being in the top five of the class, even the top twenty will be in jeopardy. It's an absolute Waterloo.

Zeng Cheng, however, has a chance to be in the top ten of the class!

Finally, there's the combined science exam.

Zeng Cheng also scored extremely high on the science exam.

However, it wasn't as explosive as math and English; it was just a minor breakthrough, with a score of 227.

However, Zeng Cheng's overall performance in this third mock exam was already phenomenal.

Chinese 89, Math 150, English 135, Science 227.

With a total score of 601, getting into a mid-tier 985 university is a sure thing.

Li Xingzhi scored over 560.

I'm pretty sure I'll get into a top-tier university, but I won't get into a 985 or 211 university, so this is just my normal performance.

Li Xingzhi's work is full of nuance.

How can this mentality be described? — I'm afraid my brother is suffering, but I'm also afraid he's driving a Land Rover.

Director Qi was completely devastated.

He only scored a little over 550. He didn't even work for Li Xingzhi, let alone Zeng Cheng.

After all the results were announced, Ye Qiong praised Zeng Cheng profusely once again.

"Class, what do I usually say to you?"

"It's never too late to work hard, and Zeng Cheng is the perfect example!"

"From being at the bottom of the class to seventh, and even entering the top 150 in the grade, what a miracle Zeng Cheng created!"

Ms. Ye led the applause once again.

Amidst thunderous applause, the song "Spring Snow in the Courtyard" echoed in Zeng Cheng's mind once again.

No one will support my lofty ambitions; I will brave the snow to reach the mountain peak myself—so, will you open the door or not?

Qi Jiahao was the only one in the class who didn't clap, clinging to his last bit of stubbornness.

However, a very complex chain reaction was taking place in his mind.

Methanol reacts with carbon monoxide under the action of a catalyst to produce a lot of glacial acetic acid.

Zeng Cheng... actually ranked seventh in his class, he's a shoo-in for a top-tier university?

Xia Ning barely managed to snap out of her daze.

Suddenly I realized how funny I was.

Zeng Cheng was clearly working so hard, yet I still felt that he was just putting on a brave face and pretending...

She turned around and secretly glanced at Zeng Cheng.

The midday sun was dazzling, and when it shone through the glass window onto Zeng Cheng, it seemed as if a filter had been added to him.

At this moment, Zeng Cheng actually looked somewhat radiant.

"Brother Cheng, stop pretending and just tell me honestly, where did you buy the cheat code?"

Li Xingzhi's tone was sour.

If others don't know, how could he not know?

Cheng Ge only studied for ten days, and he managed to score seventy or eighty points higher!

Aside from Zeng Cheng's cheating, he couldn't find a second logical explanation.

"What did you say, Zhi Liao?"

"Where did you buy this?"

"A little further ahead..."

"Brother Cheng, stop pretending—what's wrong?"

"Hehe," Zeng Cheng smirked, "I know, I didn't mind you calling me 'Brother Cheng' before, but today, I'm already the seventh-ranked student in the class, and you still call me 'Brother Cheng'—don't you think that's a bit presumptuous?"

Li Xingzhi: "..."

What the hell?! Brother Cheng, have you gotten this flamboyant with your vocabulary lately?

Li Xingzhi was careless and oblivious from a young age; in modern terms, he had a high degree of insensitivity.

However, no matter how slow he was to notice, he gradually sensed the changes in Zeng Cheng recently.

It's not as simple as suddenly becoming a high scorer; it's about achieving a complete transformation from the inside out.

The current Cheng Ge is humorous when he needs to be and mature when he needs to be. He handles everything perfectly, as if he can face anything calmly, as if there is an invincible self living in his heart.

Suddenly I understand why Cheng Ge was able to hook up with Yu Da, the school beauty.

Cheng-ge is really charming!

After class, Zeng Cheng was about to invite Li Xingzhi to the cafeteria for lunch when Ye Qiong stopped him.

"Zeng Cheng, come to my office."

It is to be expected.

Zeng Cheng's improvement in this exam is so great that it's completely unscientific, and Ms. Ye will definitely have to ask about it.

If it were just a regular monthly exam, most people would even suspect cheating.

Fortunately, it was a mock exam with invigilation levels comparable to the college entrance exam, so this possibility can be largely ruled out.

Ms. Ye spoke with Zeng Cheng mainly to ask if he had any amazing learning methods.

Upon arriving at the Chinese language grade group office, Ye Qiong first expressed her resentment towards Zeng Cheng.

"Zeng Cheng, do you have a problem with your teacher?"

"Teacher Ye, what makes you say that?"

"Then why did your other subjects improve significantly, but your Chinese score dropped instead? The most outrageous thing is that you were only one point away from passing, and the teacher even suspected that you did it on purpose!"

I sincerely thought, "Teacher, you're right here, right here. I don't know if I can pass the Chinese exam."

As for why my score was stuck at 89, that's definitely not my fault, but the fault of the examiner.

Fortunately, high school is not university, so you don't have to retake any exams you fail. Otherwise, Zeng Cheng would have cursed the examiners in his heart long ago.

Would it kill you to give me one more point on my essay?

Aren't you afraid that after I become the Great Emperor, I'll cross the river of time and slay you?

How insensible! So incredibly insensible!

"Teacher Ye, do you think I don't want to? It's just that my abilities are limited. You know perfectly well what my Chinese language level is."

"That's true. You probably didn't pay attention in more than two of my Chinese classes during your three years of high school... but that shouldn't be enough to cause a decline. What happened to your essay this time? The content was empty, and it was written in a pretentious way, without any youthful vigor... You only got 38 out of 60. In my opinion, that score is too high!"

After being scolded by his teacher, Zeng Cheng's lips twitched involuntarily.

The boys were always quick and efficient.

They are the wind that burns through the Red Cliffs, they are the arrows that charge forward without hesitation.

He was ignorant of his own limitations, arrogant and self-important, and though he considered himself a romantic, he was also frank and carefree.

Zeng Cheng felt that he would hardly ever have such a dazzling youthful spirit again.

After giving Zeng Cheng another disapproving look, Ms. Ye got down to business.

"Zeng Cheng, although you've been working hard lately, I really didn't expect you to improve this much. Tell me, do you have some secret techniques?"

"No, not really. If I had to put it in a square peg, maybe I'm one of those one-in-a-million geniuses?"

"Pfft, I haven't even complimented you on being fat yet, and you're already panting..."

Ms. Ye still believed Zeng Cheng's explanation.

Some students do indeed have a sudden epiphany, and their grades improve rapidly in a short period of time.

Looking back on her more than ten years of teaching career, this situation is not an isolated case.

After a few more words, Ye Qiong changed the subject: "Zeng Cheng, there's a pep rally at school this Friday. After discussion, the grade has decided to have you say a few words on stage."

Zeng Cheng was somewhat surprised: "I'm going up on stage to speak?"

Ye Qiong explained with a smile, saying, "You've made such great progress, what a great example for publicity! We're letting you speak on stage to give everyone a pep talk. It was the principal who personally approved it. How about it, are you honored?"

Zeng Chengxin thought to himself, "What a load of rubbish! Going on stage to give a speech and show off in front of everyone is just to satisfy my vanity. But my brother Cheng has the stars and the sea in his heart and doesn't need to seek this kind of sense of existence."

That's definitely not how it should be said.

"Teacher Ye, I would be very honored, but I don't want to go."

Why?

"shy!"

"Go away—who's shy? You're not shy either. If we were to rank all the students in our class, only Qi Jiahao could rival you in terms of shamelessness."

"Okay, it's not that I'm shy, I just really feel like this doesn't benefit me at all. Why wouldn't I use that time to do a few more practice problems?"

"You're so mercenary, can't you have any sense of team spirit?"

"Teacher Ye, I'm not a Party member. You can't use such high moral standards to judge an ordinary citizen like me!"

"..."

Ye Qiongzhen never expected Zeng Cheng to refuse.

She agreed to it in front of the principal.

If you can't even manage the students you've taught for three years, the other teachers will laugh their heads off.

Wait a minute, this kid keeps talking about gains and losses, is he implying something?

Ye Qiong began to understand.

"Zeng Cheng, how about this: you promise the teacher you'll speak on stage, and I'll go talk to Ms. Liu from the next class and tell her to stop making a big deal out of this and using you and Yu Baiwei against each other. It's just having lunch together, what's the big deal!"

Zeng Cheng quickly replied, "Teacher Ye, it's a deal!"

Ye Qiong: "..."

really!

After Zeng Cheng left, Ye Qiong's expression was still somewhat amused and exasperated.

I really don't know what to say about this kid.

How can someone so young give off such an old vibe?

Taking advantage of the fact that she needed something from him, he made various hints about wanting to engage in a "quid pro quo".

Sigh, I hope this kid doesn't take the civil service exam in the future, otherwise he'll definitely be a parasite on the country!

Perhaps it was because Ms. Ye kept nagging.

On the way to the cafeteria, Zeng Cheng kept sneezing.

A more scientific explanation, of course, is pollen allergy.

There is a long corridor from the teaching building to the cafeteria, with flowers planted on both sides, many of which are in full bloom in early summer.

Red roses, pure white jasmine, as well as impatiens and hibiscus, all swayed freely in the summer breeze.

The thought of having lunch with Yu Baiwei again soon and then continuing to tease her made Zeng Cheng feel particularly good, and he hummed a song as he walked.

"You want me to come? Who the hell wouldn't want to come? Only a complete idiot wouldn't..."

After lunch, Zeng Cheng returned to the classroom and found that many classmates were staring at him.

As I said before, at a national key high school like Dezhou No. 1 High School, academic performance is the most valuable asset.

It is foreseeable that he will be the coolest guy in the class for some time to come.

Even every class of students Ye Qiong taught afterward would hear from her the legend of their senior brother suddenly having an epiphany.

As soon as I sat down, the short-haired girl at the table in front of me turned around.

"Zeng Cheng, explain this math problem to me!"

Her name is Xiao Qian. Among the girls in the class, she is second only to Xia Ning in terms of looks. In Director Qi's words, she is the executive vice class beauty.

Xiao Qian had quite a few suitors in her class.

First of all, she is not as unapproachable as Xia Ning.

Secondly, her personality is better than Xia Ning's; she doesn't have that almost domineering princess syndrome.

"Sweetie, the first class this afternoon is math, the teacher will definitely cover it."

"I can't wait any longer! I don't even know where I went wrong, please, please tell me!"

"Alright—this problem isn't actually that complicated, just a bit tricky... Let's first find the derivative of the function in the problem statement, then set the derivative to zero to find stationary points, determine the extreme points, and then substitute them into the original function..."

Zeng Cheng explained the problem in great detail, and Xiao Qian, who also had a good foundation in mathematics, quickly understood it.

Then she looked at him with stars in her eyes: "Zeng Cheng, your thinking is so clear! No wonder you got a perfect score in math!"

Zeng Cheng put on a little show: "Basic stuff, don't get cocky."

Then, as is customary, he asked Xiao Qian to explain a chemistry problem to him as well.

"Ms. Qian, I've looked at this question several times, but I still can't figure out where I went wrong."

Xiao Qian is the class representative for chemistry, and her chemistry grades are among the best in the class.

"Let me take a look first—"

Xiao Qian took Zeng Cheng's chemistry exam paper, read it, and then rolled her eyes at him.

"Zeng Cheng, you still have the nerve to ask me to explain this to you? You got this question wrong purely out of carelessness; you wrote the chemical symbol for zinc (Zn) as zirconium (Zr)!"

Zeng Cheng took a look and found that it really was true. He couldn't help but slap his forehead, thinking to himself, "This is too stupid."

Xiao Qian smiled and corrected Zeng Cheng's mistake with a red pen. Then she reminded him not to be so careless during the college entrance examination. This was a six-point question. According to the saying that one point in the college entrance examination can eliminate a whole playground of people, six points is equivalent to six playgrounds, enough to form an army group.

"Thank you, Ms. Akane."

"Zeng Cheng, is that all you wanted to say? I even changed it for you in red pen."

Zeng Cheng's eyes darted around: "Ms. Qian, I wrote the wrong chemical symbol for zinc. It's all your fault!"

Xiao Qian was a little confused: "Is it my fault?"

Zeng Cheng said in a serious tone: "Because you stole my zinc."

"Goose, goose, goose—"

The human version from 2009 is still relatively low-level.

Xiao Qian was so amused by someone that she let out a goose-like squawk.

After laughing for a while, she rolled her eyes: "Zeng Cheng, I wouldn't dare to take your heart. I'm afraid some people will get jealous."

After saying that, he glanced at Xia Ning.

It's extremely rare for two beautiful women to become friends.

For example, Xia Ning and Xiao Qian had quite a few rivalries during their three years of high school.

There's a noticeable difference in appearance, and Xia Ning is no pushover either, so Xiao Qian rarely wins.

But she won by a small margin this time.

Seeing Zeng Cheng and Xiao Qian, that little slut, getting together, Xia Ning felt incredibly jealous.