CHAPTER 503: CHAPTER 502: PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

At the end of October, on the final Friday, all the freshmen in high school received notice that they would have their first mock test since entering high school this coming weekend.

For this exam, Zhen Yu was determined to go all out!

Not just her, she also asked Han Mingyue to definitely locate her standing through this exam!

Actually, as early as October 5, when the timer expired, Zhen Yu had already exchanged for another one! So, on the evening before the exam, she hurriedly accessed the system.

Nearly a month had passed, and she had successfully accumulated 420 ability points.

Adding the previous leftover 33 points, she now had 453 ability points.

But this time, Zhen Yu did not plan to continue maximizing one category to the fullest (full score) like before.

Because that was really difficult!

Since it’s impossible to max out any category in the short term, she decided to distribute the points evenly! Level advancement for all!

She added 4 points to each of the other three Intelligence categories! This immediately used up 450 ability points!

Seeing that a month of hard effort could only increase so little, Zhen Yu sighed and pouted as she shut down the system.

Because she knew this was just the start, and it would only get harder going forward!

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The two-day exam took up the entire Sunday, but nobody complained.

Because this is the only key high school in the entire city! From the day they entered First High School, the students already understood what kind of life they would lead in the next three years.

Early Monday morning, homeroom teachers from various classes unexpectedly all took up the morning self-study period.

The moment Zhang Lei entered the classroom, Zhen Yu felt extremely nervous! Because she did not know what kind of results her two months of hard work would yield!

Fortunately, Zhang Lei did not have any extra words, he went straight to the podium upon entering the classroom, and started announcing rankings!

This made Zhen Yu secretly feel relieved! It’s better than dragging it out and making people uncomfortably wait!

"I will now announce the names of the top fifty students in the grade! Only our class students! Just keep it in mind! Xue Song is first! Zhen Yu is third! ... Shen Qi is seventh! ..."

Third place! Zhen Yu’s heart sank!

She believed she had been studying really hard.

Listening attentively in class! Reviewing earnestly after class! Although she didn’t have the extra energy to preview like in middle school, her knowledge grasp was still quite solid!

Yet unexpectedly, despite having the system, she only ranked third!

It seems that the difference in Intelligence between people really cannot be denied! With a city so large, there must be some extremely talented individuals! And with so many provinces and cities in the country, how many geniuses are there?! How many naturally gifted individuals with superior Intelligence are there?!

At this moment, Zhen Yu deeply agreed with the system’s statement! If she wanted to enter a top-tier university, her current state was absolutely insufficient! She must continue to add points to reach her goal!

Just wondering, who could be the second place?!

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Similarly, other classes were also announcing rankings at this moment.

However, the homeroom teachers in other classes were not only announcing the top fifty, nor limiting it to their own classes, they all announced the names of the top ten students in the grade!

This naturally aimed at setting a goal for the students! Motivating them by these ten people! Encouraging them to study harder, and strive to catch up!

Consequently, all the students now knew that Zhen Yu, the middle school top scorer, only secured third place this time!

Zhen Yu’s friends, upon hearing such discussions in their own classes, became somewhat worried about her! During the long break, they all found their way to the outside of the broadcast room without planning!

"Why did you all come here?!" Zhen Yu was startled as she came out, then asked while locking the door.

Lu Huai was the first to speak up, "Came to see how you’re feeling! To see if you were too shocked."

Bai Xue also added, "Xiao Yu, third place is not much different from first place! Keep it up! Just catch up next time!"

But Han Mingyue simply asked her casually, "Are you okay?"

"I’m fine." After locking the door, Zhen Yu turned around and asked, "Did your homeroom teachers announce the full ranking list?!"

The three friends all nodded together.

"That’s good! Who can tell me, who is the second place?"

As soon as Zhen Yu’s words fell, the three friends suddenly fell silent.

After a little while, Lu Huai scratched the back of his head embarrassedly and said, "Hehehe... it’s me!"

Zhen Yu was somewhat surprised, but not too much.

After all, Lu Huai was a top student even in middle school, so it was normal for him to achieve this kind of result.

"Nice one, you kid!" Zhen Yu complimented him before turning her head to look at Han Mingyue, "How did you do?"

Han Mingyue smiled, "Tenth place."

"Hmm, that’s not bad." Zhen Yu felt that this ranking was very good! Much better than his ranking during the middle school exam!

After all, not being in the top class already indicated that he was definitely beyond the fiftieth place during the middle school exam.

"Once all the exam papers are distributed, let’s gather and review them together!" Zhen Yu finally suggested.

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Since Lu Huai achieved the excellent result of second place in the grade, he successfully justified himself in front of Bai Xue! As the two walked to the classroom of class ten, Lu Huai began to boast to Bai Xue, "How about that?! I told you I’m a top student! You never believed me before! Do you believe it now?!"

Bai Xue did believe him! But she still didn’t quite feel like she was interacting with a top student!

Because after spending a bit more time together, Bai Xue realized that Lu Huai was fundamentally a jokester at heart! Nothing like a top student’s lofty demeanor!

"Just a cheeky kid, I can’t look up to him at all! A real top student should be like Han Mingyue and Zhen Yu!" Bai Xue secretly thought this to herself.

The two talked as they walked one after another into the classroom.

As soon as they entered, the class monitor immediately shouted at Lu Huai, "Lu Huai! The homeroom teacher wants to see you!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Huai knew he had to hurry, so he quickly turned and ran off.

Meanwhile, Bai Xue didn’t even turn her head, and just went back to her seat.

The homeroom teacher of class ten called Lu Huai to encourage him to keep working hard! To strive to enter class one by the end of the semester!

Lu Huai outwardly agreed compliantly.

But in his heart, he thought otherwise—he was definitely going to underperform in the next exam!

Because he did not want to leave class ten at all! What’s in class one?! Class ten has Bai Xue!

Class one has Zhen Yu... he’s even less willing to go there! Otherwise, that guy would definitely use his head as a ball again!

Totally knocked silly, don’t you think?!

Flunk it! At the end of the term, he was definitely going to flunk it!