In Qing City, among the dozen or so provinces, there are over six hundred thousand candidates in total, and becoming the provincial top scholar is no easy feat.
Teacher Seo laughed and said, "You heard right, you heard right! It is the provincial top scholar!"
"Do you know who the provincial top scholar is?" Teacher Zhao immediately asked.
Upon hearing this, everyone perked up their ears to listen to Teacher Seo’s reply.
Including Sun Xianghong.
She was particularly excited now, her heart beating very fast.
What if the provincial top scholar was from their class?
After all, the ninth class she was in charge of was the best class of the entire senior year three, and their class’s Seo Huaizhi had his test scores hidden.
Sun Xianghong became more and more excited the more she thought about it.
Teacher Seo shook his head, "I am not very clear on that! However, the principal is already on his way here with reporters, we’ll know the answer very soon."
"I bet the provincial top scholar is definitely Seo Huaizhi from ninth class!"
"I also think it’s Seo Huaizhi."
Someone looked towards Sun Xianghong, "Teacher Sun, didn’t Seo Huaizhi score 735 points in the mock exams? And I remember his results were also hidden!"
Sun Xianghong felt as if she was floating on cotton, elusive and buoyant.
She hadn’t expected God to bring her such a surprise.
Even though Zhang Xianxian had disappointed her.
But the students from her class would not let her down.
"Yes, there is such a thing," Sun Xianghong nodded.
Teacher Zhao continued, "I remember last year’s provincial top scholar scored 740 points. Seo Huaizhi’s score, with just a little more effort, could indeed reach the top scholar status."
"Teacher Sun, congratulations to you."
Wei Ting was Ma Xiuping’s close friend, and she didn’t like Sun Xianghong much. Hearing the discussions of the crowd, she couldn’t help but say, "It might not definitely be Seo Huaizhi; it could also be Lin Wu from tenth class. After all, Seo Huaizhi is not the only one whose exam results were hidden."
Sun Xianghong looked at Wei Ting and said with a smile, "Teacher Wei, you should say this to Teacher Ma. Ask her if she believes it herself?"
Could Lin Wu be the provincial top scholar?
What a dream!
As she finished speaking, Sun Xianghong continued, "With Lin Wu’s grades, scoring 500 points would already be a blessing from her ancestors, and you’re here fantasizing about the provincial top scholar?"
Teacher Huang immediately said, "Teacher Sun is right, Teacher Wei, one must have self-awareness."
Wei Ting wanted to say more, but Ma Xiuping held her hand and whispered, "Tingting, facts speak louder than words."
What’s the use of winning the argument?
The best way is to silence them with facts.
Wei Ting nodded and stopped speaking.
"Comrade journalists, this is our teachers’ office, where the teachers of the provincial top scholar should be at the moment. In a while, I will take you to the top scholar’s classroom," the principal said.
Hearing the principal’s voice and footsteps, Sun Xianghong immediately turned her head to look and silently rehearsed the interview script in her mind.
Fortunately, she was prepared.
Otherwise, being interviewed on the spot, she really wouldn’t know how to answer the journalists’ questions.
"Principal." Sun Xianghong looked towards the principal.
The principal nodded, then smiled at the journalists, "Comrade journalists, this is Teacher Ma, the teacher of the provincial top scholar Lin Wu. Though Teacher Ma is new to our school, she teaches very diligently. In this exam, even the lowest score in her class was above the first-tier admission line, 557 points."
Ma Xiuping froze in place.
Even though Lin Wu’s score had been hidden, she had fantasized about Lin Wu obtaining the provincial top scholar, but when that day actually arrived, she somewhat couldn’t believe it.
This was her first year teaching.
To have produced a top scholar in her very first year.
What did that mean?
Everyone else present was also stupified.
No one had expected Lin Wu to actually become the provincial top scholar.
Especially Sun Xianghong.
All her strength seemed to be drained from her body in an instant.
She felt numb all over.
She even thought she might be hallucinating.
The provincial, the provincial top scholar is who?
Lin Wu?
How is that possible!
What makes Lin Wu qualified to be the provincial top scholar?
She must have heard wrong. Sun Xianghong rallied her spirit, looked up at the principal, and asked, "Principal, who did you say the provincial top scholar is?"
"Of course, it’s Lin Wu from tenth class," the principal, being in charge of a school that produced a provincial top scholar, which proved his effective management and would make his career progression smoother, considered this a shining moment in his career, hence he was in a particularly good mood, "Not only is Lin Wu the provincial top scholar, she is also a once-in-twenty-years perfect score top scholar! Teacher Ma, what are you still stunned for? Come on and accept the interview!"
Ma Xiuping stepped forward immediately.
Standing in front of the cameras from the city television station, it would be a lie to say she wasn’t nervous.
But Ma Xiuping still tried to calm herself down and smilingly said, "Hello, I am Lin Wu’s homeroom teacher, Ma Xiuping."
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