Chapter Thirty-Two: Top Ten of the Year

  "Second in class, tenth in grade, Su Lin!"

  It was really unbelievable, Lin Qingxue almost didn't dare to believe her own eyes, and carefully looked at the specific scores behind Su Lin's name: "Chinese 125, math 146, English 138, science comprehensive 287, total score 696."

  With a score of nearly 700 points, he suddenly broke into the top ten in his grade. This is Su Lin's final result for this mock exam. As for Su Lin's scores in each subject, it was within Lin Qingxue's expectations that his English score would increase by so much. After all, on the day of the test, Lin Qingxue had already tried to probe Su Lin's English answers in the office, and they were almost all correct.

  However, in other subjects, especially mathematics and science, she was almost at the top level, only a few points lower than Qin Yanran, the first in class. Even Li Yan, the vice class leader who had been second in class 3 (2) for many years, did not score as high as Su Lin.

  "Could it be that Su Lin really worked hard in secret for Qin Yanran? And this time, thoroughly burst out his strength? However, this is also too impossible, right? The total score suddenly increased by over 200 points."

  Without rushing to announce the results, Lin Qingxue looked down at Su Lin below and saw that he was now relaxed and carefree, smiling as he looked at her, seemingly already confident in his heart, knowing the results beforehand.

  "In the world of love, nothing is impossible."

  For some reason, Lin Qingxue suddenly remembered this sentence. Looking at Qin Yanran sitting in the second row again, she had always been her favorite female classmate in the class, intelligent, clever, good grades and also the class president, beautiful but never had an early love phenomenon. It can be said that no matter which teacher's hands were placed on her, she was very spoiled. But now, when looking at Qin Yanran again, Lin Qingxue's heart didn't feel this way anymore.

  "It's great that there is someone who can strive hard for herself and change completely, Qin Yanran is truly happy."

  Lin Qingxue's eyes flashed with a hint of desolation, revealing the emptiness in her heart. It seemed that from childhood to adulthood, she had chased after many boys, but almost all of them were the type who would say something and then give up easily, without any one of them persisting and making efforts for her sake.

  In Lin Qingxue's opinion, what women want is actually very simple. They don't care how much money you have or how handsome you are, as long as you're passable and have a true heart, that's the most important thing. It sounds easy to say, but where can you easily find a man who will truly be sincere with you?

  "Huh? Why is Teacher Lin looking at me like that today?"

  Qin Yanran, who was sitting in her seat, also seemed to have felt Lin Qingxue's strange gaze. Women are sensitive creatures, and from Lin Qingxue's eyes, Qin Yanran saw a hint of envy and a bit of loss.

  Found by Qin Yanran, Lin Qingshu was a bit embarrassed and quickly lowered her head to continue looking at the score sheet, then began to announce the results of this mock exam.

  "This mock exam was more difficult, but our class's overall score is still good. Two of the top ten students in the grade are from our class this time, and it can be said that for the first time, another student from our class has entered the top ten in the grade besides Qin Yanran."

  Lin Qingxue regained her composure and once again assumed the demeanor of a class teacher, announcing in a slightly delighted tone.

  "What? Two people from our class made it into the top ten in grade? Didn't Qin Yanran used to be the only one?"

  "That must be Vice Class Monitor Li Yan, he has always been second in class."

  "Yes, who else could it be? He's usually in the teens, his best score was only 13th place. I didn't expect him to suddenly make it into the top ten this time, it's really amazing."

  ……

  Lin Qingxue's words were like a heavy bombshell. Because all along, the ten classes of Grade 3 had been very evenly matched, with almost every class having one top student, and the top ten students in the grade were distributed fairly evenly among the classes. It was extremely difficult for any class to take an extra spot.

  But this last mock exam, Class 3 (2) actually took two places. Between classes, there is also a fierce competition going on in private, and now that the results are out, the students of Class 2 can hold their heads high.

  Of course, in the eyes of these classmates in Class 3 (2), although Lin Qingxue has not yet said who the second person to enter the top ten in the grade is. But without a doubt, apart from Li Yan, who has always been second in class, who else could it be?

  Now the happiest and most excited person is naturally Li Yan. This time's exam has indeed increased in difficulty, but he did it with ease, and many of the difficult questions he had done similar ones before, so he also felt that his performance on this exam would improve greatly.

  As expected, Lin Qingxue announced the news and Li Yan naturally took his seat, enjoying the envious glances from his classmates.

  "What's so great about it? Isn't it just being in the top ten of the grade? You're so arrogant, but our class monitor has always been first in the grade and never says anything."

  Li Hao glanced at Li Yan with a sour look, full of envy. In fact, he was also dying of envy in his heart, not to mention being among the top ten in grade, even if he could just make some progress and get into the top two hundred in grade, he would be grinning from ear to ear.

  "Don't worry! Haohzi, even if he gets into the top ten in his grade, I'll still make him call you 'big brother' for a while."

  Su Lin was all smiles, patted Li Hao's shoulder and said.

  Although Su Lin didn't dare to confirm that her grades could squeeze into the top ten in grade, it was absolutely no problem to enter the top fifty. After all, Su Lin still had some subjective questions such as composition that she answered by herself, and others were copied from Qin Yanran, who ranked first, so at least she would be among the top fifty in grade.

  "Okay, now let's take a look at the scores and rankings of the top ten students in our class! There are still quite a few students who have made progress this time."

  Lin Qingxue picked up the transcript and began to read from the top, "Qin Yanran, 723 points, first in class, first in grade. Su Lin, 693 points, second in class, tenth in grade. Li Yan, 689 points, third in class, eleventh in grade..."

  In order, from first place to tenth place, after Lin Qingxue finished reading, she found that the whole class was silent.

  The second name is Su Lin?

  The tenth place in our grade is Su Lin? Not Li Yan?

  How is this possible? I must have misheard it, and Lin Laoshi must have reported it incorrectly.

  Almost everyone thought so, especially Li Yan. When Lin Qingxue reported the second place was not his, he was stunned. After listening carefully, it turned out to be Su Lin, which was even more unbelievable. In this class, except for Qin Yueran, no one could score higher than him. Not to mention Su Lin, who was always at the bottom of the grade with a ranking of 600 or 700.

  "This can't be! Teacher Lin, you must have made a mistake. I...I'm not second place, am I? Even if it's not me, how could it possibly be Su Lin, the worst student in class?"

  Li Yan was so angry that he almost lost his mind and stood up on the spot to question Lin Qingxue.

  But such behavior made Lin Qingxue very disgusted. Li Yan, who was usually a pretty excellent and well-cultivated classmate, why would he behave like this today?

  "That's right. Li Yan, classmate, it's time for class now, please sit down."

  Lin Qingxue furrowed her brow, "This time your progress is quite big, entering the 11th place in the grade. However, the one with the greatest progress is still Su Lin."

  "Impossible! Teacher Lin, how could someone like him possibly rank tenth in the grade? He must have cheated, Su Lin definitely cheated. Teacher Lin, Su Lin definitely cheated."

  Li Yan was so determined that Su Lin cheated, at this time, Li Hao suddenly stood up and refuted on behalf of Su Lin: "Li Yan, don't think you're the only one who's great. You can be second in class, why can't Su Lin? Maybe our Su Lin is studying hard every night to pursue our class leader, Linzi has worked hard this time."

  Li Hao had long wanted to find an opportunity to severely counterattack Li Yan, and now was a rare good chance. Incidentally, Li Hao also playfully brought up the matter of Su Lin wanting to pursue Qin Yueran.

  Wow! This is in front of all the classmates, and even the head teacher Lin Qingxue is present. Qin Yanran heard Li Hao's words, and although she was originally calm, her heart couldn't help but fluctuate slightly.

  "Could it be that Su Lin has been quietly working hard for me all along? That's why she was really able to get tenth place in the grade this time?"

  "It's really like this, Su Lin actually really worked hard learning because of Qin Yanran."

  Upon hearing Li Hao's words, Lin Qingxue also confirmed her own thoughts in her heart. At this moment, she looked at Su Lin with a complex gaze. As Su Lin's class teacher for three years, she thought she had understood Su Lin quite well, but now she couldn't see through him no matter what.

  Being able to persist in hard learning and finally soar to the top, ranking tenth in the grade, is no less difficult than King Goujian of Yue's sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall.

  "Sulin, what kind of person are you?"

  Now Su Lin, in front of Lin Qingxue, is like an unsolvable puzzle, making her curious and bewildered. Recalling last night's events, the heroic rescue and romantic encounter under the night sky, Lin Qingxue's heart skips a beat. Isn't this exactly what she has been waiting for?

  Unfortunately, Su Lin's efforts and struggles were for Qin Yan, not for herself. Thinking of this, the faint joy that had risen in Lin Qingxue was immediately replaced by a sense of loss.

  "Alright, Haozi. Stop causing trouble. It's class time now. Some people have no respect for their elders and don't take the teacher seriously. Don't learn from them. Let Teacher Lin grade our test papers first. Anyway, after class, certain people will be calling us two brothers."

  Su Lin didn't expect that he actually ranked among the top ten in his grade, it seems that those subjective questions were answered well too. Facing the gaze of his classmates, some were envious and others were skeptical. But in the end, Su Lin also let out a sigh of relief, the results were finally out, at least proving that he wasn't bragging, what was put out there wasn't just empty talk.

  It wasn't Su Lin who didn't know how to end the situation. It was Li Yan and Tang Zhongwang, who had made a bet with him. Oh, right, most importantly, there was also Qin Yanyan, the beautiful school flower who got first place in the exam. Qin Yanyan had said it herself in front of so many people that if Su Lin really could get into the top 50 of their grade, she would let him be her boyfriend.

  Su Lin looked towards Qin Yanran's seat and found that Qin Yanran was also looking at herself, not dodging or evading. Her bright eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, and she smiled lightly at Su Lin, nodding her head.