The boy’s words provoked another round of laughter from the crowd, most of them mocking Su Yang.
Su Yang’s reputation was spread mostly among the large families and influential powers; not many in the school knew of it. Though the students in the class knew Su Yang could fight and had so other skills, they were unaware of the true extent of his abilities.
Moreover, Su Yang often skipped school, and when he did show up, he uttered such bold statents, naturally displeasing many.
In everyone’s view, Su Yang was only relying on his family background, which many looked down upon. They believed that family background was simply a matter of good fortune and being born into a good family; what mattered most was one’s own capabilities.
The Gaokao, such an exam, was a test of one’s own abilities. Your family’s background may be prominent enough to get you a direct invitation to study at one of the three top universities. But can they get you a perfect score? Can they make you the top Gaokao scorer?
So, deep down, people were jealous of Su Yang, which then turned into such mockery.
Su Yang remained calm. He naturally wouldn’t use the sa approach on these diligent students, whom he typically dealt with differently from the children of wealthy families. These good students didn’t have many ill intentions; they only disliked seeing soone reaping benefits without working for them. This ti, Su Yang was determined to teach them a lesson and make them understand that one should never underestimate others!
"I won’t attend foreign universities, but I might as well try out the dostic ones!" Su Yang said with a light smile, looking at Zhao Qiupeng, "Old Zhao, tell , if I beco the Gaokao top scorer of our province, don’t you think the dostic universities would let choose whichever one I want?"
The crowd burst into laughter, everyone laughing so hard they bent over, as if they had heard so ridiculously funny joke.
"Big bro, are you running a fever?" Zhao Qiupeng touched Su Yang’s forehead, "You’re not hot, though. What’s going on with you?"
"What fever? I’m talking seriously here!" Su Yang said.
Zhao Qiupeng touched Su Yang’s forehead again, as if to confirm whether Su Yang really had a fever.
At that mont, the bespectacled boy spoke directly, "If you beco the Gaokao top scorer, not to ntion dostic universities, you could choose from international ones. But do you really think you could be the top scorer? Don’t end up scoring zero on every subject, that would be truly embarrassing!"
"Hey, what you’re saying. Scoring zero on every subject would still make him the last-place top scorer of the Gaokao!" another boy chid in imdiately.
"Ha ha ha, the last-place top scorer, that’s brilliant, absolutely brilliant!"
"Su Yang, let give you so advice. Just go to those three universities; they have already invited you anyway. You don’t need to take the Gaokao, it’s aningless!"
"Yeah, you should confidently attend one of those three universities, considering you have such a background. Others can’t even get in if they wanted to; don’t bother with pointless struggles!"
The crowd laughed and comforted him, but in fact, they all held a definitively negative attitude toward Su Yang taking the Gaokao.
After all, a person who had served three years in the military and hadn’t set foot in a classroom during that ti was now clamoring about participating in the Gaokao and becoming the top scorer, which was simply unbelievable to anyone!
"It seems like everyone is quite concerned about , so I can’t let you all down," Su Yang said with a light smile, "I will try my best in this exam and aim for the top scorer. Then I’ll treat everyone to a al!"
"Ha ha ha, if you beco the Gaokao top scorer, then we should treat you instead!" the bespectacled boy laughed, and the rest joined in.
"Fair enough, we’ll see then!" Su Yang replied with a smile.
Zhao Qiupeng looked at Su Yang, dumbfounded, and after a long while, he finally stamred, "Su Yang, have you really lost your mind? What are you thinking, making such a bet with these people?"
"Is there a problem?" Su Yang asked in return.
"Of course, there is!" Zhao Qiupeng said anxiously, "Even I am better than you academically, let alone being the top scorer. Big bro, aren’t you just setting yourself up for embarrassnt?"
"Nothing in the world is difficult for those who set their mind to it." Su Yang patted Zhao Qiupeng on the shoulder, "I’m back to study seriously now, trust , I will do well. Co on, find so textbooks, I’ll review the content first."
"Co on, with only a few days left, what’s the point of reading textbooks?" Zhao Qiupeng said, "Even if you morized all the textbooks now, it would be pointless. The Gaokao is conquered by grinding through mountains of practice questions. Look at all these questions I’ve done, ten years worth of mock exams and three years of Gaokao ones, do you know how long it took ?"
"Oh, is that so?" Su Yang smiled, "Then it seems I’ll need to read more of these kinds of books. By the way, where can I find them?"
Zhao Qiupeng said, "The school library has them all. We usually practice with these kinds of exercise books. Those who are quick at doing questions can do more, but the library has so many books that even the top students at our school can’t get through one percent of them."
"I see. In that case, I’ll take a stroll through the library!" Su Yang said with a smile as he stood up and left straight away.
Zhao Qiupeng watched him leave, dumbfounded and speechless, truly at a loss as to what Su Yang was up to. Dropping such a pile of bold statents and just walking off—they were bound to make him look foolish!
"Hey, Su Yang isn’t really going to take the Gaokao, is he?" a student in front couldn’t help but ask.
"I think it’s likely; I heard he even got his admission ticket."
"What’s he thinking? With invitations from the three big universities, he could just go directly. Why bother with the Gaokao?"
"For the show of it, to make it seem like he got in on his own rit, to avoid being looked down upon when he gets there. After all, those universities are in the Capital City, and his background won’t be much use there!"
"But with his academic performance, how much could he even score if he entered the exam room? If the results co back and he scores zero, wouldn’t that be even more embarrassing?"
"Who knows, maybe he’s pulled so strings, and even the scores could be changed."
"Geez, if that’s true, it’s totally outrageous..."
The crowd discussed amongst themselves, with Zhao Qiupeng looking embarrassed yet not knowing how to argue back. Su Yang’s sudden determination to take the exams was so unexpected that no one could explain his behavior.
Yet, with the bold claims Su Yang had made in class, it was likely that the news would soon spread throughout the school and even across all the high schools in Nanluo City. Given Su Yang’s reputation, the issue would certainly cause a huge stir.
If Su Yang didn’t perform well, wouldn’t he lose face completely? Was Su Yang really about to tarnish his reputation this ti?
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