First Place
This was the first time the system had detected a book with an SS-level reading value. Jiang Zhizhi picked up "A Brief History of Time" and asked in surprise, "What is this?"
"Is it Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time?" Xu Qingbo was very fond of science and physics, so when choosing a book, he subconsciously picked this one up. Of course, he couldn't help but feel a bit superior, wanting to show off his erudition. "It's about time and space in cosmology. This is the children's version, so it's easy to understand. If you don't like it, I'll bring you something else next time."
"No, no, this one. I like reading this!" Jiang Zhizhi clutched the book tightly, as if afraid it would grow legs and run away. She looked straight at Xu Qingbo, "Do you have other similar books? As long as they are of the same type, I want to read them all!"
Xu Qingbo looked at Jiang Zhizhi in surprise. It was the first time he saw a girl liking to read this kind of book. Moreover, Jiang Zhizhi's eyes were so eager, as if they were about to gleam with brilliance. If he hadn't brought the book himself, he would have suspected that there was some treasure hidden in it.
"Okay... okay, if you like, I'll bring you two more tomorrow."
After he finished speaking, Xu Qingbo remembered that the scores of this mock exam had not come out yet. Was he being too unprincipled?
But before he had time to think about it, Jiang Zhizhi on the opposite side nodded excitedly repeatedly, "Okay, okay, thank you so much!"
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and said, "I've taken a day off tomorrow. You can put it in my desk drawer when you bring it tomorrow. I'll come and take a look the day after tomorrow."
"You're taking a leave tomorrow? What are you going to do?" Xu Qingbo asked subconsciously.
"Something happened at home."
The next morning, Jiang Zhizhi went out on time as usual, walked around the village entrance, and took the bus to Nanshi Library.
She had passed by here when she was working in her previous life. At that time, she just thought that this huge building was beautiful and sacred, but so far away from her.
The library doesn't open until nine in the morning, and there are already people waiting at the door. There are many young men and women sitting on the benches and steps on the roadside, reading books. Jiang Zhizhi looked at them, and in a trance she seemed to have returned to her previous life. She couldn't help but envy these people.
She walked around the perimeter of the library and saw a 24-hour reading room in a small corner on the north side. Access required a library card or ID card.
Jiang Zhizhi took Cheng Yuping's ID card and thought about it, but she still didn't go in.
She will wait until the library opens and then get her library card.
She found a small step in the corner and sat down. She took out the book "A Brief History of Time" that Xu Qingbo had given her, stroked it like a treasure, and couldn't help feeling curious.
Why is the reading value of this book SS level? The system said that the reading value is the system's comprehensive assessment of the value that this book can provide to her, that is, the content of this book is very important to her.
She opened the book with a subconscious sense of piety in her heart.
As the book opened, she was suddenly overwhelmed by a series of knowledge she had never known before, including images of the universe, time and space, black holes, particles, antimatter, and the expansion of the universe.
She was shocked by the vastness and mystery of the universe, but she still couldn't understand why this book was so valuable to read. What meaning could this world that was out of her reach have for her?
However, despite her doubts, Jiang Zhizhi still read the entire book carefully.
"Little sister, is this book good?"
Just as she was closing the book, a gentle and kind voice suddenly came from beside her.
Jiang Zhizhi then realized that an old man had been sitting not far from her.
The old man was wearing a clean white shirt and gold-rimmed glasses. His temples were gray, but he was still energetic. He looked kind and benevolent, like a learned university professor.
Jiang Zhizhi was stunned for a moment, looking at the old man who suddenly spoke to her in confusion. Although he didn't look like a bad person, his sudden conversation still made her wary.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person. I'm a teacher at the Nanjing University next door, but I'm retired now." The old man asked kindly, "This is the first time I've seen a child as young as you reading this kind of book. Can you tell me why you're reading this book?"
He looked very sincere, as if he really just wanted to know why Jiang Zhizhi was reading this book.
Jiang Zhizhi said frankly, "This book was lent to me by a classmate. I'd be remiss not to read it."
Jiang Zhizhi's answer surprised the old man. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled softly, "You could say you have a connection with this book. What grade are you in?"
"Sixth grade."
"The elementary school shouldn't be on holiday today, so why aren't you going to school?"
He had a lot of questions. Jiang Zhizhi frowned, but still replied, "I've asked for leave."
"You still have to focus on your studies. In two months, you will be entering junior high school." The old man said earnestly.
Jiang Zhizhi put the books into her schoolbag and looked towards the library door. The sun was already high in the sky and the library door had already been opened.
She politely said to the old man, "Thank you for your concern. I am preparing well for the transition from primary school to junior high school and have not delayed my studies. I also need to go to the library to apply for a library card. I won't bother you anymore."
The old man watched Jiang Zhizhi leave, with a hint of relief and emotion in his eyes.
"Master Zong, why did you come alone? It made it so hard for me to find you." A young man in his twenties ran over from a distance and said anxiously.
Zong Qinghai turned around to look at the young man, the look of relief on his face deepened. He said with a smile, "It's only about ten minutes' walk from my home to here. Why are you so anxious? Are you afraid that an old man like me will get lost? I'm not senile yet."
Xu Honghan quickly went to Zong Qinghai's side and supported him, jokingly saying, "Of course you're not senile. You're a leading figure in our country's physics community. If you were senile, we'd have no hope!"
"What kind of a leader? He's just an old man." Zong Qinghai thought of Jiang Zhizhi who was just engrossed in reading A Brief History of Time, and a smile appeared on his face. "As long as our country has young people like you, there will never be no hope."
Just like Xu Honghan in front of him, he was his last disciple before retirement. Before he was thirty years old, he had already participated in important research projects concerning state secrets. Whenever the old men at the Jinghai Research Institute mentioned this kid, they praised him highly.
Zong Qinghai was very satisfied with his last disciple. Looking at him was like watching the younger generation inheriting the tradition in his hands.
As he and Xu Honghan walked towards the internal entrance of the library, Zong Qinghai couldn't help but look in the direction where Jiang Zhizhi had just left.
That little girl was very much to his liking.
Her clear and stubborn eyes looked very much like his daughter who passed away more than fifty years ago...
Thinking of his daughter's death, Zong Qinghai's cloudy old eyes were filled with memories and he couldn't help feeling sad.
*
Yan Xue, the English class representative, walked into the classroom carrying a stack of papers and stood at the podium. "The English papers have been assigned! Come and get them when your name is called."
"Lin Qingyu, Xu Qingbo, Jiang Zhizhi, Li Rongrong, Liu Zhimin..."
Although Yan Xue did not read out the scores, the names are generally arranged according to the scores.
Lin Qingyu's English is the best in the class, basically ranking first.
Xu Qingbo and Li Rongrong usually take turns in second and third place, but this time, Li Rongrong was ranked fourth.
"Jiang Zhizhi? Where's Jiang Zhizhi?"
"Jiang Zhizhi has asked for leave." Xu Qingbo came to pick up the test papers and took Jiang Zhizhi's test paper back with him.
He took a look and saw that his score was 97.5 and Jiang Zhizhi's was 97.
He was just a little bit away from being overtaken by Jiang Zhizhi.
How could it be possible? Jiang Zhizhi had been immersed in extracurricular reading these days, and was thankful her grades hadn't dropped. How could she possibly have gotten such a high score?
"How much did she get?" Li Rongrong, who was sitting diagonally opposite, came over unwillingly and saw the "97" on Jiang Zhizhi's paper. She felt as if she had eaten a fly for a moment.
After a long pause, she looked at Xu Qingbo and muttered, "Could Jiang Zhizhi be..."
Before she could finish saying the word "cheating", Li Rongrong was suddenly interrupted by a shout from outside the classroom.
"Xu Qingbo, the math teacher wants you to come over."
Xu Qingbo is the math class representative. The math teacher asked him to come over, which means the math test paper must have been handed down.
He put Jiang Zhizhi's test paper on Jiang Zhizhi's desk and hurried out.
Li Rongrong's suspicion is not unreasonable, but even if she cheated, whose could she copy?
Lin Qingyu's seat was far away from her. If he copied from him... He just took a look and saw that the questions they got wrong were completely different.
Xu Qingbo muttered as he went to the math teacher's office. Wang Hao handed him a stack of papers and said, "You did well on the test this time. Keep up the good work next time."
Xu Qingbo took the test paper and was about to say something, but when he saw the test paper on the top, his fair face froze.
Jiang Zhizhi scored 99.5 points.
Walking out of the math teacher's office, Xu Qingbo picked up Jiang Zhizhi's test paper.
Below is his paper, 99 points.
He got half of the fill-in-the-blank questions wrong.
Jiang Zhizhi got almost all the answers right, except for the last big question, where she missed a little process and lost 0.5 points.
In an instant, he felt top-heavy and light-footed, as if he was about to fall headfirst.
Xu Qingbo returned to the classroom and the Chinese test papers were handed out.
Jiang Zhizhi scored 92 points.
Xu Qingbo scored 90 in Chinese. He has always been bad at writing essays, and he lost a lot of points this time.
The total scores were quickly ranked, with Jiang Zhizhi ranking first with a total score of 288.5, Xu Qingbo ranked second with 286.5, and Lin Qingyu ranked third with 282.
"How is this possible? How could Jiang Zhizhi get first place in the exam? Did she cheat?"
"She even took a day off today. It must be because she cheated and she's too guilty to come."
"Just wait, there's going to be something interesting to watch during class. There's no way the teacher won't notice she's cheating."
“…”
A group of people were talking at once.
Lu Xiye walked in sweating all over, holding a basketball. Seeing so many people crowding in front of the score ranking table next to the blackboard, he squeezed over curiously.
"Oh my god, this is amazing! Jiang Zhizhi actually got first place!"
He skipped the middle and looked towards the end.
No. 54, Lu Xiye, total score of 53 in three subjects.
Last one.
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