Chapter 50 Heart in Turmoil [VIP]
Chapter Summary: Her name and Gu Linzhao's name were placed right next to each other.
The weekend after the sports meet was a long break. Cheng Zhaozhao suggested going to the movies, and Fu Xianyin, who was determined to give herself a few days off and also needed to return her dress, agreed.
On her way out, Fu Xianyin was worried that Chen Huimei might suddenly attack, but something happened that stopped her. Not only did Chen Huimei not call to urge Fu Xianyin about her grades, she didn't even ask what she had done during her long break.
Fu Xianyin recalled Chen Huimei's state during the phone call before the monthly exam. She was initially a little worried, but then she thought that Chen Huimei probably didn't even know that she was on a long break, so she put the matter out of her mind.
When Fu Xianyin returned to school on Monday, she belatedly realized that she still hadn't resolved the issue of the confession wall.
But unexpectedly, the entire Class 15 was very friendly towards Fu Xianyin.
Needless to say, Lin Anxu, who was already a good friend of the students, was one of them. During breaks, when some students from other classes were peeking in through the door with ill intentions, Lin Anxu yelled back at them from the podium:
"What are you looking at?"
Some boys who usually had no contact with Fu Xianyin were also shooing people away at the door:
"Are you all so bored you've got nothing better to do?"
"Get lost if you have nothing to do, and don't loiter around our classroom."
Boys usually speak in a simpler way; they mainly win by their imposing manner.
Cheng Zhaozhao and Chen Nianke's insults were even more targeted: "Instead of wasting time on this, why don't you look at your own monthly exam scores and see how many hundreds of points you're behind the top student in our class?"
"You actually believe such nonsense? You must be out of your mind. No wonder you only got those few points on the test."
Gu Linzhao directly called Sister Gao to kick people out.
The head of the grade had a commanding presence; Sister Gao swept her gaze around the doorway with a cold expression, and no one dared to come and watch the commotion.
The English and Chemistry papers were handed out in the first two classes.
Fu Xianyin scored 142 in English and 76 in Chemistry.
Both of these were given out during class. Fu Xianyin's English score was consistently between 140 and 145, with a difference of two points or two points. Yu Daiqin wouldn't be too critical of her, but she would always say, as usual, "Try to get 145 next time."
Hu Weiming acknowledged the progress made in chemistry.
Although it was one point lower than the last monthly exam, the difficulty of this chemistry exam was on a completely different level. Apart from the abnormal Gu Linzhao, most of the students who could score over 80 scored over 70, and those who could score over 70 scored over 60.
Fu Xianyin's ability to maintain a score of over 70 is already an improvement.
Hu Weiming is a teacher who is fair in rewarding and punishing students.
Fu Xianyin had assumed that the misunderstandings Hu Weiming had harbored about her because of Wu Jiacheng wouldn't be easily resolved. However, when handing back her chemistry exam paper, Hu Weiming wasn't overly critical. He said:
"Not bad, the score isn't high, but there's been progress. However, it's still not enough. With your total score, you need to get at least 80 points in chemistry."
"Try to get an 80 on the midterm exam and show me."
With the chemistry score released, Fu Xianyin wasn't too worried about the scores in the other subjects.
Only the last knife still hung over her head.
Grade ranking.
Last time, she was just one point behind Gu Linzhao, so to be honest, Fu Xianyin's position as the top student in the grade is not very secure.
The test papers were placed on the table by Sister Gao. Holding the report card, she said with a smile, "This time, the first and second place in the grade still come from our class."
Fu Xianyin held her breath in nervousness.
Until she heard Sister Gao say:
"Congratulations to Fu Xianyin for ranking first in the grade with 699 points."
"Holy crap, how much? Am I deaf?"
"699, is this really a score a human could achieve?"
Lin Anxu shouted excitedly from the side of the podium, "Sister, you're so awesome!" He only shut up after Sister Gao tapped him on the head with a test paper.
699.
Fu Xianyin never expected to score so high.
Just one point away from 700.
Even though she was in Linlan, without chemistry as her weakest subject, she only scored in the 700s twice in all the mock exams combined.
If she continues to maintain these results.
Does that mean she might score over 700 points on the college entrance exam?
This was something Fu Xianyin had never even considered.
She bit her lower lip, and her smile widened.
Sister Gao continued reading:
"Similarly, congratulations to our second-place finisher in the grade, Gu Linzhao, with 696 points."
Her overall level and Gu Linzhao's are actually about the same, and luck plays a big part in determining who is first and second in the grade.
Fortunately, she was lucky both times.
After Gao Jie read out the scores of the top ten students in the class, she asked Lin Anxu to post the report card on the bulletin board.
She then announced another, even more impactful piece of information:
"As usual, we'll be changing seats during evening self-study tonight. But this time it's a little different; the choice is yours."
These words immediately caused an uproar in the class:
"Give us the choice? Do we get to choose how we sit?"
"Holy crap, are good days really coming? Am I dreaming because I did so badly on the test?"
"Quiet." Sister Gao tapped the podium, and the audience quickly returned to silence.
She said, "This is the first time you've chosen your own seats, so for now, we'll decide the order based on your class ranking in this monthly exam. After the seating is changed, I'll consider using a scoring system to determine the order for the next seating change, but that's not finalized yet. We'll discuss it later."
"Alright, that's enough about the seat-switching for now. Class representative, please distribute the test papers. We'll go over the test papers in this class."
From the end of math class until before evening self-study, the whole class was discussing the issue of choosing seats independently:
"Hey, you're ranked a bit higher than me. Which seat do you want? I'll sit next to you."
"Let's go to the last row, so the teacher can't see us if we're sleeping."
"Brother, you really don't study at all."
Hahahaha.
The overall performance of their class was not very balanced. Fu Xianyin and Gu Linzhao were in the same tier, with little difference in scores, competing for first and second place with scores close to 700.
The difference between second and third place is quite large. Yin Zexuan's scores are usually around 640, but this time he scored 637, which puts him in third place in his class.
Their class has the most students scoring between 550 and 620, and the competition for scores above 600 is much fiercer than in Linlan.
Chen Nianke scored 603, which is a score that would consistently place her in the top ten of her class in Linlan. However, at Beichuan No. 1 Middle School, even with a relatively difficult exam, she would only rank 13th.
Cheng Zhaozhao scored 568 this time, ranking 27th in her class. Looking at her report card, she sighed, "I want to sit next to Yinyin, but I feel like I can't get a seat next to her."
Lin Anxu said with a grin, "Then sit with me?"
Cheng Zhaozhao rolled her eyes at him: "Get lost, you're ranked lower than me."
Chen Nianke has more options than Cheng Zhaozhao.
She asked, "Yinyin, where do you plan to sit?"
Fu Xianyin pointed to the long row in the middle and said, "I'll either sit in the third or fourth row in the middle, or I'll sit in the last row."
Cheng Zhaozhao asked curiously, "Why? Why?"
Fu Xianyin said, "The last row is convenient for me to finish my homework or do other problems in class, while the middle row is convenient for listening to the lecture. I don't like sitting too close to the front; it puts too much pressure on me."
Cheng Zhaozhao exclaimed, "You're actually afraid to sit in the front? I thought top students were fearless."
Fu Xianyin said, "After all, I don't always do my homework."
The group chatted and laughed, and it was almost time for evening self-study.
Fu Xianyin tidied up the table, took out her notebook, and looked at it casually.
Next to her, Yin Zexuan sat down and asked her, "Have you decided which seat you want to sit in?"
Fu Xianyin said the same thing to Yin Zexuan.
After a while, Yin Zexuan asked her softly, "Would you mind sitting next to me again?"
Fu Xianyin paused for a moment, then quickly replied, "Ah, of course I don't mind."
The past few weeks sitting next to Yin Zexuan have actually been quite nice.
They encouraged each other. Yin Zexuan could study chemistry with her, and when she had free time, she would explain the math and physics he didn't understand, which also helped her to review the knowledge points.
Objectively speaking, being deskmates with Yin Zexuan did not harm her studies, and Fu Xianyin felt quite comfortable getting along with Yin Zexuan.
But subjectively...
Fu Xianyin glanced at the front door.
After Sister Gao finished explaining that everyone could choose their own seats, Fu Xianyin was initially happy, since she was number one and had the most choice, so she could sit wherever she wanted.
But soon, Gu Linzhao's words from last week, "Sit next to you," kept replaying in her mind like a loop.
He didn't say another word to her all day, that he wanted to sit next to her.
Should we continue being deskmates or not?
Fu Xianyin suddenly felt a bit flustered and annoyed.
When Yin Zexuan asked her just now, she didn't seem to care on the surface, but the feeling she had at that moment was something Fu Xianyin herself couldn't ignore.
She felt guilty.
But what is there to feel guilty about?
It was Gu Linzhao himself who said he wanted to sit next to her.
It was also because Gu Linzhao didn't take the initiative to talk to her today.
Like Cheng Zhaozhao, Chen Nianke, and Yin Zexuan.
Everyone came to talk to her today, asking her where she wanted to sit and saying they wanted to sit next to her.
It's been so long, it's normal to forget, isn't it?
Even if we assume we haven't forgotten...
"Fu Xianyin".
Sister Gao's voice rang out from the podium, and Fu Xianyin suddenly came to her senses, realizing that evening self-study had already started sometime earlier.
Fu Xianyin looked up and saw Sister Gao waving at her.
She got up and went over, and Sister Gao pushed a blank seating chart in front of her.
Sister Gao asked her, "Have you decided where you want to sit?"
Fu Xianyin said, "I've thought it through."
She wanted to write, but realized she hadn't even brought a pen when she came up. So she borrowed one from Lin Anxu next to the podium and wrote her name in the fourth row of the middle section, on the left.
After finishing writing, Fu Xianyin returned the pen to Lin Anxu and went back to her seat.
be terribly upset.
When she was writing her name earlier, Fu Xianyin was consoling herself in a self-deprecating way, thinking that since the choice wasn't in her hands, she would write Gu Linzhao's name first and then Gu Linzhao's name later, and he would be the one to struggle with the decision.
But as she watched Gu Linzhao walk onto the podium, Fu Xianyin felt a surge of urge to do the same.
She took out the test paper and her notebook of incorrect answers, but her attention remained focused on the podium.
Gu Linzhao took a pen with him and went up quickly, seemingly without even having time to think. He quickly wrote his name and then walked back down just as quickly.
If it's this fast, does it mean he kept his promise and will sit at the same table as her?
Given Gu Linzhao's personality, he might have already decided where to sit and just go up and write his name.
The order in which she went first and he went last minute had relieved Fu Xianyin just minutes before, but now it had become something that kept her in suspense.
Fu Xianyin gripped the pen irritably.
Gu Linzhao quickly wrote his name and went back. Sister Gao then called Yin Zexuan upstairs.
Fu Xianyin's attention was focused on the stage. She glanced at Gu Linzhao going up and down, and heard Sister Gao call out Yin Zexuan's name.
Yin Zexuan wrote very quickly as well.
He returned to his seat and leaned closer to Fu Xianyin, as if he wanted to say something to her.
What can I say?
Are they going to be deskmates again later? Or did Gu Linzhao take her seat first?
But Yin Zexuan simply leaned forward slightly, then picked up his pen again and began to organize the wrong questions.
Fu Xianyin felt a breath stuck in her throat, neither going up nor down, it just choked her.
Forget it, why think about this? There are only about forty people in their class. They can choose their seats in one evening self-study session at most. She will know the answer to everything after this evening self-study session.
Fu Xianyin forced herself to focus on the question.
Ten minutes before the end of the first evening self-study session, Sister Gao turned on the multimedia system and displayed the new seating chart on the whiteboard.
Given Fu Xianyin's level of concentration, she should have only noticed this when Sister Gao spoke.
But now, she looked up the moment the whiteboard lit up.
Then she saw that, right in the center of the whiteboard, her name and Gu Linzhao's name were placed side by side.
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