"No way! Chen Ya-wen, you only graduated from elementary school, how did you know?"

"Exactly! How do you know all this so clearly? Tell me quickly!"

"I'm not afraid you'll laugh at me, but this Chen Niannian is my half-sister. I just brought her back from the countryside recently, so I definitely know her well."

A chorus of gasps erupted around them. This Chen Niannian was actually an illegitimate child! This news was too shocking.

Quickly share it with your friends and family in other classes. Before long, the whole school knew that the girl named Chen Niannian from Class 1 of Grade 9 who got first place in the grade had cheated on the exam, and that she was also an illegitimate child from the countryside.

At the entrance of Class 1, Grade 9, Zhang Yao, who had been called out of the classroom by Ouyang Feifei, stormed back into the classroom shortly afterward.

She walked over to Chen Niannian's seat and said sarcastically in a voice that the whole class could hear, "I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you. You're an illegitimate daughter from the countryside, and instead of studying properly, you're learning crooked ways!"

Chen Niannian, who was focused on reading in the classroom, had no idea what was happening until she heard a barrage of insults coming down on her.

For a moment, Chen Niannian was stunned.

What happened? There's so much information here. Seeing Chen Niannian remain silent, Zhang Yao assumed she was guilty and said in an even more disdainful tone, "Chen Niannian, be honest. Everyone likes to do what they're good at. Since you like cheating, then keep cheating! Everything will be clear when the high school entrance exam comes around, and you can go back to your rural hometown and farm!"

"Zhang Yao, what nonsense are you talking about?" Li Mengmeng was the first to react and immediately stood up angrily to refute.

"Zhang Yao, you keep accusing me of cheating on the exam, so show me the evidence! Don't make up stories without solid proof. You're not as good as me, and you can't beat me in the exam, so you're using this excuse to frame me. Now I have serious doubts about your character!"

Chen Niannian looked at Zhang Yao, whose face had turned pale, placed her books flat on the desk with both hands, raised her head and asked Zhang Yao a question, word by word.

"Illegitimate daughter? Who told you I'm an illegitimate daughter? Even if I am, what does that have to do with the exam? Are you trying to say that you're not even as good as an illegitimate daughter from the countryside?"

What a joke! He's lived for decades, and he can't even win an argument with this little girl?

"That's what your own sister said. She said you only graduated from elementary school, how could you possibly get such a score? What else could it be but cheating?"

Zhang Yao retorted unwillingly.

"But that's the truth. You just can't compare to someone who only graduated from elementary school and whose grades are better than yours even if they study on their own." Chen Niannian had just finished speaking when the school bell rang.

The students who were watching with great interest quickly returned to their seats. Zhang Yao's face puffed up with anger, but there was nothing she could do but sit down and start the class.

This was an English class. The English teacher, Li Aimei, walked into the classroom with a stack of test papers and stood on the podium.

"Good morning, teacher!" The students in the class greeted in unison.

“Good morning students”

Teacher Li handed the test papers to the class representative, Zhang Yao, to distribute them. Then she said, "I heard that the top student in the grade this year is from our class, and the top student in English is also from our class. Chen Niannian, please stand up so I can get to know you!"

Chen Niannian stood up gracefully and said to the English teacher, "Hello teacher, my name is Chen Niannian. I'm the student who luckily got first place in this stage."

"Well, the key to learning is to be thorough and solid. You yourself said you were lucky, and I hope you can keep being lucky." The English teacher replied in an unfriendly tone.

Zhang Yao is her star student, having won first place in many competitions. As Zhang Yao's teacher, she has also received a lot of generous prize money. In addition, after hearing today that Chen Niannian achieved such results by cheating, she was even more furious and decided to give Chen Niannian a good talking-to in class and give her some questions to expose her true colors.

All I heard the English teacher say was, "The English questions on this exam were a bit easy. They were all the key points we had covered in class. Most of the questions had been practiced many times, and everyone did quite well overall."

Teacher Li paused for a moment and cleared her throat.

"However, you haven't been tested on questions that go beyond the basics. I recently created a test, but I haven't had a chance to distribute it to you yet. This test consists of questions that you don't usually practice or that are a bit tricky. Try doing them in this class. This is the real test that shows how solid your basic skills are."

Zhang Yao was secretly delighted. "Hmph, let's see how you cheat this time." She picked up the test paper and began working on the questions in a good mood.

After the exam began, the English teacher stared intently at Chen Niannian, who was rumored to be cheating. Having proctored exams for so many years, she knew exactly what the students did.

If Chen Niannian dares to cheat, she will definitely expose her without mercy. She cannot allow such a black sheep to exist in her student body.

Thinking of this, the English teacher stepped down from the stage and walked over to Chen Niannian, standing behind her to watch her answer the questions.

Yes, if you get this question right, you'll get the next one right too. All the questions on this half of the test paper have the correct answers.

This English is written very well, and the words are used very accurately. I don't think this word was taught before. This sentence structure is from high school. How did she know it?

Looking around, I saw Zhang Yao, the English study committee member, was concentrating intently on her work, her whole body tense and not relaxing at all.

Chen Niannian, on the other hand, appeared confident and composed, her writing flowing effortlessly. Even an open-book exam wouldn't guarantee finding all the answers; Chen Niannian truly possessed a deep understanding of the material.

The more Teacher Li looked, the more alarmed she became. She feared she had truly misunderstood this student. This student named Chen Niannian was genuinely talented.

Compared to the English teacher's shock, Chen Niannian was also filled with mixed emotions. She hadn't expected this test paper to be so difficult; these questions required extensive reading and comprehension to answer accurately.

It seems that I still need to work hard and study more in this life. I can't just keep trying to learn the knowledge I accumulated in my previous life. If I want to get into the high school I want, I must study and review a lot.

And so, under the English teacher's complicated gaze, Chen Niannian was the first to hand in her test paper.

Zhang Yao had only completed two-thirds of the questions by the time Chen Niannian handed in her test. Seeing that Chen Niannian had finished, she was still thinking to herself.

She definitely couldn't keep going, she couldn't keep up the act anymore. With the teacher standing behind her, she had no chance to cheat, so she had no choice but to hand in a blank paper and leave early.