Chapter 85: Chapter 84 Lu Mian: Not Asking for Much, Just Enough to Get By

On Ding Cai’s end, due to the monthly exam, he was so busy that he didn’t even have time to look at the physics competition scores. Of course, he also had no expectations in his heart.

It wasn’t until the grade director mentioned it that he learned from other teachers—

Lu Mian scored a hundred percent in the competition.

Physics competition!

A hundred percent!

Not only was it the first in the school, but she was also the top scorer in the national physics competition’s preliminary round.

The only one.

Like a pair of worn-out socks being scolded by the grade director, he immediately straightened his back amidst the envious and shocked gazes of other teachers and laughed heartily without stopping.

The grade director shook hands with him, and the homeroom teachers from each class wanted to poach him.

He walked out of the office with his chin held high, proud and noble.

However, when he reached the classroom door, he suddenly remembered—the monthly exam results! Lu Mian’s monthly exam results!

With a heart experiencing both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, Ding Cai stood darkly at the back door of the classroom for a long time, his emotions going on a roller coaster. Only when a student cried out, “Old Ding is at the back,” did the class eerily quiet down.

He had no choice but to walk in with the report cards, his demeanor cold and somber.

Class 25’s monthly exam results were poor, and without teachers saying it, everyone knew it well; they were silent and dared not speak.

While Ding Cai had the class representative distribute the exam papers, he announced the results.

Every student was anxious until they heard the total scores of Fat Hao, Shouhao, and Lu Mian; each breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as it wasn’t them at the bottom.

Class president Bai Fangfei stood up with her hand raised and looked at Lu Mian in the corner with disdain.

“Teacher, our class is at the bottom because some people are dragging us down. Some only scored a total of 60 points. Such people, what right do they have to continue to stay in our school!”

The class buzzed with whispers.

Turning his head from the front row, Fat Hao said, “Mian bro, she’s talking about you!”

“Really?” Lu Mian looked up from her novel, blinking her clear eyes. She remembered Bai Fangfei, the kid who inexplicably harbored hostility toward her.

Last time in the restroom, it seemed to be her leading the charge telling her not to come out and scare people.

Hmm, forgotten, not worth caring about.

The ballpoint pen spun a flourish on the back of her hand as she smiled indulgently, “Let her say what she wishes—she can’t make the decisions. Heh…”

Fat Hao: That expression is damn powerful! So confrontational!

“But Mian bro, didn’t you say your scores were good enough? 60 points is too low…” His total score was over 200 points, although in physics, only with the help of Mian bro had he avoided getting just 1.2 points…

At the podium, Ding Cai clapped his hands to quiet everyone down but didn’t respond to Bai Fangfei’s words.

Instead, he changed the subject, saying, “Although student Lu Mian did not perform well in the monthly exam, she scored full marks in the physics competition, taking first place. She has brought honor to Class 25!”

The class buzzed again. They may not understand the concept of a physics competition, but they knew to praise it as awesome.

Bai Fangfei, who didn’t participate in the competition, was indifferent and stood up again to voice her doubt: “Teacher, are you sure Lu Mian didn’t cheat? Such a score is just too unreasonable!”

Yes, it was quite unreasonable.

A person who scores 60 in the monthly exam and 100 in a competition, what kind of maneuver was that?

Ding Cai was also troubled. Full marks in the physics competition, but 60 in the monthly physics exam, and zero in other subjects… If he remembered correctly, the physics competition and the monthly physics exam were held at the same time; did Lu Mian seamlessly transition between the two exams?

Even more crucially, she scored only 60 on the monthly exam; could it be just to fulfill their agreement…

However, as Lu Mian’s homeroom teacher, he still needed to clarify this issue seriously.

“Cheating is impossible! Because…”