CHAPTER 42: CHAPTER 42: TOP TEN ACADEMIC ELITES

Ao Xinghao just stood lazily beside Qin Xin, with a piece of unknown grass hanging from his lips, looking provocatively at the professor.

The height difference between him and Qin Xin made Qin Xin appear even more petite, while he resembled a protective dark knight.

This scene made the girls from both Class 1 and Class 2 a bit envious!

Qin Wenrou curiously looked over as well. God Ao was always so aloof that every time she tried to approach, she was ignored. Now, he was actually standing up for an ugly duckling?

This was really confusing.

In front of everyone, Gou Dachun’s face was a bit red.

He mentioned "writing the name backward" so casually at the time, only realizing what he had said when office colleagues laughed that writing his name backward meant "Dumb Big Dog".

But so what, anyway, Lan Qingxin, that dunce, was always at the bottom, so it was impossible for her to pass the final exams. His name certainly wouldn’t be written backward—what was there to be afraid of!

Thinking of this, Gou Dachun regained some confidence, cleared his throat, and said, "Yeah, I’m just trying to motivate the students. Is there a problem with that?"

Ao Xinghao rested his long arm on the lab desk beside Qin Xin, lazily curling his lips into a mischievous smile: "No problem at all..."

He raised his voice to everyone: "Come on, let’s bet together, make it a big one!"

Gou Dachun felt a vague sense of dread: "..."

The students got excited: "How do we bet?"

Ao Xinghao: "If little Qingxin passes the final exams, Professor Gou will write his name backward, and those who participate will get ten times their stake. Otherwise, they will have to pay up!"

Everyone started calculating with their fingers:

"If I bet a hundred bucks, does that mean I get a thousand back?"

"Screw you, cheapskate! Go big if you’re betting, can’t you afford a thousand bucks?"

"But what if I lose? Wouldn’t I have to pay ten thousand?"

"Lose what? Do you really think that ugly duckling can pass?"

"True, true..."

Everyone was eager to have a go.

Meanwhile, Ao Xinghao had already opened a post on the school forum, sharing a QR code, calling for sign-ups.

Someone actually bet a thousand bucks!

A few others followed with a few hundred bucks each.

Of course... all betting on Lan Qingxin failing.

Gou Dachun was relieved: "Alright, alright, play all you want after class. Just don’t play during my class..." But he didn’t really stop them.

After all, the more people bet, didn’t that just prove that his bold statement was correct?

After placing their bets, even looking at the anatomical specimens didn’t feel so dull anymore.

A group quickly gathered around Qin Wenrou:

"Wen Rou, I heard your family has a long medical history. You must be super familiar with these bones and all, right? You’re definitely going to ace the final in anatomy!"

"No doubt, Wen Rou is definitely one of the top ten smart students in the academy, the number one girl too!"

"And Wen Rou is also the campus beauty. Next semester’s campus queen title must go to her!"

"You Class 2 guys must envy us, we have the top beauty; you only have the top dunce, haha!"

Qin Wenrou smiled modestly: "You’re all too kind. I’m not that amazing, the campus beauty title is thanks to everyone’s votes."

Speaking, she humbly glanced in Lan Qingxin’s direction with a sincere expression and said—