"Wow, holy crap! Our top student in the grade is actually Song Weidong!" "Song Weidong? Who’s Song Weidong?" "You don’t know Song Weidong? He’s the legendary school bully at our school." "How is that possible? Isn’t it said that this school bully’s grades have always been at the bottom? Could it be that he got in through the back door?" Su Xiaoxiao was also shocked when she heard this and glanced at Song Weidong, seeing that his expression was still indifferent. She couldn’t help but recall the wall full of certificates. If she hadn’t seen those certificates, she might have been as shocked as everyone else right now. She’s even more certain now; Song Weidong’s poor previous grades were all on purpose. So why is he suddenly not pretending anymore? As she was thinking about this, she heard Zhao Yanyan’s surprised voice: "Song, I knew you couldn’t have such poor grades. You’re so smart; as long as you study seriously, your grades can’t be bad." Seeing her excited look, someone who didn’t know might think she was the one who ranked first in the grade. Song Weidong glanced at her, his face still showing no extra expression, just replied with a faint "hmm." Beside them, Zhang Dongmei snorted lightly at Su Xiaoxiao: "Song, you smart person better stay away from Su Xiaoxiao. You don’t want to catch her idiot virus." She can now definitely confirm that Zhang Dongmei is deliberately trying to make her feel bad. "Dongmei, don’t say that. IQ is something you’re born with. Su has already tried very hard, but sometimes just effort isn’t enough." Zhao Yanyan seemed to be defending her but was actually openly and secretly mocking her for being dumb. Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t be bothered to deal with their sarcasm and squeezed into the crowd by herself. Seeing her leave, Zhao Yanyan blushed and wanted to get closer to Song Weidong to talk. But before she could speak, Song Weidong actually followed Su Xiaoxiao, shielding her as they squeezed through the crowd together. Su Xiaoxiao was confident she did well on the exam, but she didn’t know exactly how she ranked. Although she was also a top student in the modern-day, she hadn’t touched high school knowledge in a long time. This time she was cramming last minute just to get her diploma. She tried hard to squeeze forward, but there were too many people, and her petite frame was no match for them. Soon, she was nearly squeezed out again. Just then, a strong arm helped her push through the crowded people. Su Xiaoxiao looked up and saw Song Weidong’s sharply defined jawline. As he loosely protected Su Xiaoxiao with his arm, he lifted his eyes to look at the notice board. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁 His deep eyes quickly scanned past the first row and captured that familiar name. "Eighth place in the grade." A moment later, he spoke softly. Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes widened in disbelief. Not only did she pass the exam, but she also scored this well? Just then, a delighted female voice came from beside her: "I’m twenty-sixth." Su Xiaoxiao turned her head to meet Zhao Yanyan’s excited gaze. Noticing her look, Zhao Yanyan lifted her chin: "Su Xiaoxiao, I ranked twenty-sixth in the grade. What did you get?" Before Su Xiaoxiao could answer, Zhang Dongmei snorted derisively and said sarcastically, "How many ranks? She probably didn’t even make the passing line, right?" After saying that, she started laughing. Zhao Yanyan spoke with a fake smile, "Dongmei, don’t say that. Maybe Su had an extraordinary performance this time." Watching the two echo each other’s words, they were sure she hadn’t done well. Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes unceremoniously, pulled Song Weidong aside, and moved a few steps away: "Stay away; stupidity is contagious." Zhang Dongmei immediately got angry hearing this: "Who are you calling an idiot?" Su Xiaoxiao curled her lips and looked at her. Zhang Dongmei was nearly enraged by her look. She had always been the one making fun of Su Xiaoxiao, but this time she was mocked by this brat. "I’m the idiot? You, who can’t even pass the graduation exam, have the nerve to call me that?" Zhang Dongmei put her hands on her hips, glaring at her. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted. "Wow, our class’s Su Xiaoxiao actually ranked eighth in the grade? Am I seeing things?" "Oh my god, it’s true, I saw it too. Could it be someone with the same name?" "From Class 2 of Grade 3, it’s really Su Xiaoxiao, who’s been at the bottom all this while." "How is this possible? Everyone said she was about to be expelled!" Listening to the chatter around her, Zhao Yanyan, who was just feeling proud, had a change of color, hurriedly pushing through the crowd. As she glanced over, she really saw Su Xiaoxiao’s name. Su Xiaoxiao is just a poor student. Even when she attended school regularly, she was at the bottom, let alone having been away from school for so long. How could she have scored so well? She wasn’t surprised by Song Weidong doing well. After all, she’d noticed before that Song Weidong’s math papers had the correct steps, only the answers were wrong, as if intentionally written wrong. She bit her lip, looking at Su Xiaoxiao: "Su, did you cheat? Otherwise, how could someone with your grades rank eighth in the grade?" Zhao Yanyan thought she had performed well but only barely ranked twenty-sixth. How could Su Xiaoxiao, a poor student, be so much better than her? Faced with Zhao Yanyan’s suspicion, Su Xiaoxiao was speechless: "I used to have bad grades because I wasn’t focused on studying. Now that I tried hard, of course, I did well." Zhao Yanyan didn’t believe a word of it. She had worked so hard for her current grades, how could someone like Su Xiaoxiao, a lifelong poor student, suddenly improve so dramatically with just two days of cramming? Zhang Dongmei, beside her, looked equally incredulous. With Su Xiaoxiao’s terrible grades, she only got into high school through connections. How could she suddenly score so well? To go from last place to eighth in the grade after two days of effort is such nonsense! Both of them exchanged a glance, seeing a shared sense of unwillingness and suspicion in each other’s eyes. No way. They absolutely couldn’t let Su Xiaoxiao get away with this; they were going to report her to the teachers. Just from an exchange of glances, they understood each other’s thoughts. Zhang Dongmei snorted coldly, "Let’s go, Yanyan. Let’s stay away from this hypocrite, who cheated just to get a diploma, shameless." The innocent would stay innocent, while the guilty remained guilty. Su Xiaoxiao didn’t want to explain to these two unimportant people why she suddenly scored so well. All she wanted was to hurry home and good news with her family. As she prepared to leave with her backpack, Song Weidong called after her: "Su, wait, I have something to say to you." Su Xiaoxiao turned back in surprise to look at him, wondering why Song Weidong’s expression now seemed a bit nervous.