CHAPTER 251: CHAPTER 251 ORIGINAL SIN 60

Looking down at Yun Shuangshuang’s paper, Hao Jianxing’s eyes showed a look of shock. As the principal, he was naturally well-versed in reviewing papers. Just by glancing over quickly, he discovered that Yun Shuangshuang’s exam paper was not only impeccably clean but also entirely correct in answers!

With his hands slightly trembling, Hao Jianxing exhibited a restrained excitement similar to Teacher Chu’s reaction. Unlike Teacher Chu, who purely loved teaching, Hao Jianxing had a strong sense of pride for the school and a deeply hidden ambition.

Although City No.1 Middle School was one of the few key high schools in F City, F City being a provincial capital, City No.1 Middle School, while having excellent teaching quality and being difficult to get into, still had a provincial key high school above it!

For so many years, both were key high schools, but the provincial key high school had always overshadowed City No.1 Middle School, especially since the province’s top scorer in the college entrance examination had come from the provincial key school for three consecutive times!

After tallying the scores following each college entrance exam, City No.1 Middle School, which originally had many outstanding students, was always ranked second compared to the provincial key high school!

It’s almost been the same every year, making many top students who could get into key high schools strive to apply to the provincial key, leaving the equally excellent City No.1 Middle School awkwardly unchosen by those parents and students with stellar academic records.

Many times, these students’ parents think, since their children have the ability to test into key high schools, of course they should go to the best; why settle for second? This thought gnawed at Hao Jianxing, who was desperate to remove the perennial runner-up label from City No.1 Middle School!

Hao Jianxing wanted City No.1 Middle School to surpass the provincial key high school just once; even doing it once would fulfill him!

Although Hao Jianxing wished for City No.1 Middle School to overwhelmingly surpass the provincial key high school, he knew this was challenging since, oftentimes, top students didn’t choose City No.1 Middle School. Without exceptional student resources, defeating the provincial key high school was not easy.

Yet Hao Jianxing was not resigned, as the faculty at City No.1 Middle School was equally strong, not to mention having dedicated teachers like Teacher Chu who focused on teaching without seeking fame or profit.

Hao Jianxing never believed that City No.1 Middle School was inferior to the provincial key high school! The issue was that there hadn’t been a particularly outstanding student to help City No.1 Middle School gain recognition, letting people know it was just as excellent as the provincial key high school!

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At this moment, seeing Yun Shuangshuang focused on answering questions, looking at the paper with handwriting as neat and flowing as the clouds and the completely correct answers, Hao Jianxing was ecstatic, feeling that City No.1 Middle School’s chance to overshadow the provincial key high school had finally arrived.

At this moment, Hao Jianxing finally recalled the words his friend, Professor Zhang, said when recommending Yun Shuangshuang to him. If not out of respect for an old friend, she wouldn’t have recommended this child to him, and had even said he hit the jackpot!

At that time, Hao Jianxing didn’t take those words seriously, feeling only disappointment that his noble friend had fallen, saying such unreliable things to give a child a backdoor. He had complex emotions when accepting Yun Shuangshuang, this backdoor student.

But now, in his heart, Hao Jianxing silently apologized numerous times for misunderstanding his friend; he truly believed that his friend recommended such an outstanding child out of long-standing respect.

Hao Jianxing dared to assert that if Yun Shuangshuang could maintain her current answering level during the official exam, then she would undoubtedly win the provincial top scorer. Hao Jianxing was so excited that he wanted to laugh out loud, but he restrained himself for fear of disturbing Yun Shuangshuang, who was still answering, although he couldn’t help but tremble slightly with excitement.

Completely focused on the exam, Yun Shuangshuang was entirely unaware of the excitement behind her. At this moment, all her attention was on the exam questions. For Yun Shuangshuang, every student’s exam was a sacred affair.

Yun Shuangshuang always believed that exams were not only a test of one’s knowledge but also an opportunity to identify and fill gaps in one’s understanding, to know where her knowledge was weak and where it was strong, thus refining her strengths and enhancing her weaknesses.

Although this was a remarkably easy exam for Yun Shuangshuang, she still maintained the utmost seriousness in completing the exam questions in her hand.

Letting out a gentle sigh of relief, Yun Shuangshuang was very pleased with her state. As soon as she raised her hand, the exam paper was swiftly taken away. Looking up, she saw Hao Jianxing and Teacher Chu each holding half of her exam paper, examining it meticulously.

After an exam, all the previous tension and uneasiness in Yun Shuangshuang’s heart had vanished, leaving her in extreme calmness, because Yun Shuangshuang had confidence in herself that no matter what high school she applied to, as long as given the chance to take the exam, she’d ensure she wouldn’t be turned away by any high school.

Though Yun Shuangshuang was confident, she was still taken aback by the sudden enthusiasm shown by Hao Jianxing and Teacher Chu after they put down her exam papers. The contrast was too drastic! She couldn’t quite accept it!

Teacher Chu was relatively better; she just posed more questions for Yun Shuangshuang to answer. Seeing how fluently Yun Shuangshuang responded, a smile even broke through her usually stern face, and then she directly said: "You’re pretty good, your knowledge is solid, but your range is slightly narrow. I’ll write down some reference books for you to buy and study."

Teacher Chu genuinely appreciated talent and could see that while Yun Shuangshuang’s knowledge was solid, her scope was somewhat limited. This indeed was a downside of self-study, as without professional guidance, students wouldn’t know which useful extracurricular books to choose.

However, many extracurricular readings are genuinely useful books, and if missed, naturally one would learn less than others, which is why students with teachers tend to be more outstanding than those without.

Because the guidance of a teacher is incredibly important, as seen in Yun Shuangshuang’s self-study across two lifetimes, where even in Teacher Chu’s eyes, her knowledge scope wasn’t broad enough.

Yun Shuangshuang was also a little stunned by Teacher Chu’s reaction, but she understood it represented Teacher Chu’s acknowledgment of her, which made Yun Shuangshuang develop a liking for this teacher who initially treated her poorly, making her feel uncomfortable, because this was a teacher truly dedicated to education!

So Yun Shuangshuang immediately stood up with gratitude and said: "Thank you, teacher. I will definitely study the books you recommend seriously and take careful notes, hoping you will guide me more in the future."