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Chapter 287: Chapter 287: That Lu Sheng, She Scored Full Marks in All Subjects
Fu Mansion.
In the room, Fu Chen stared at his phone, seeing the ridicule in the group chat from his classmates. He was fuming with anger.
He almost smashed his twenty-thousand-yuan phone to pieces.
The message that said, [You little fan girls only know how to mindlessly hype up Lu Youming every day, I think Fu Chen could totally have done it] was indeed sent by Fu Chen anonymously just before.
Fu Chen has been disliking the way people in his class glorify Lu Youming for a long time now.
In Fu Chen’s eyes, Lu Youming is neither taller nor more handsome than he is, and the Lu Family is not as wealthy as his own Fu Family.
Always with that indifferent, haughty look on his face, as cold as ice, not even speaking a word to others, it’s a wonder what he’s being so arrogant about.
Just because he’s a slightly better student, having gotten first place a few times, all these girls are ready to lift him to the skies.
What era are we in? What’s the use of being good at studies? Having money is the real deal. And who in Class A is as rich as his family?
Besides, he should at least rank within the top five in math in his class.
But does he deserve to be mocked like this just because he said he could have done it?
Fu Chen gritted his teeth in irritation.
If Fu Chen had to rank the people he hated most in his class right now, Lu Youming and Lu Sheng would undoubtedly be tied for first place.
This pair of siblings, both equally arrogant and disdainful, both look down on him, and are both... outstanding.
Damn that excellence!
Whether it’s their looks, intelligence, or talent.
Lu Youming only started at Shengjing High halfway through the first semester of his senior year due to health reasons.
Before he arrived, Fu Chen had always been the most handsome guy in Class A, with many girls secretly crushing on him.
The moment Lu Youming arrived, he nearly drew all of the attention in the class. Even though he sat at the very back of the classroom and hardly spoke, when he would simply look up to take a sip of water, some girls would excitedly and secretly scream.
And before Lu Youming came, Fu Chen had the best math scores in the class, regularly getting 140+, and had always been touted as a math genius.
However, from the moment Lu Youming entered Shengjing, he had never scored anything but a perfect score in math, he was the real math genius.
With a perfect scorer for first place, who still pays attention to the former number one?
Lu Youming was bearable, but to Fu Chen’s disbelief, Lu Sheng arrived in the senior year.
It was acceptable that Lu Youming had received elite education since he was young, but why should a country bumpkin who had studied in the countryside since childhood easily outperform him in exams?
Fu Chen had already thought it through.
This talent recruitment exam was his opportunity to turn the tables and reclaim his dignity.
The main goal, of course, was to become the top student of this exam, securing the special recruitment spot at Beijing University and make everyone look at him with new eyes.
The second was to make Lu Sheng pay for her previous contempt towards him, and by the way, step on Lu Youming who had always been above him.
Killing three birds with one stone.
Thinking of this made Fu Chen feel that he could bear the mockery in the class group chat.
After all, when the exam results come out, the ones who will be slapped in the face will be them.
So Fu Chen left the group chat and dialed a contact named [Director Liu of the Admissions Office].
After the call connected, Fu Chen’s tone immediately became much friendlier: "Hey, Director Liu."
"Ah, Young Master Fu," a middle-aged man’s voice came from the other end of the phone, laced with a hint of flattery.
"Director Liu, our class teacher said that Shengjing has already sent the exam papers for this talent recruitment to your admissions office," Fu Chen said.
"Thanks to the answers you prepared meticulously for me, I did very well on this exam."
"Once the marking is done, there shouldn’t be any problem with me being ranked first in our school, right?"
"Of course, there won’t be any problem."
Director Liu replied, "The set of answers I prepared for you is detailed, all subjects’ answers are unique from the marking scheme’s answers. Just write them down, and your total score will be near perfect."
"That’s good, thank you for your efforts, Director Liu," Fu Chen said on the phone, "And about that matter I entrusted you with, about that Lu Sheng’s paper..."
Before Fu Chen could finish, Director Liu immediately replied: "Young Master Fu, rest assured, I will definitely take care of the matter you entrusted to me. As for the price we agreed upon..."
"Half an hour from now, I’ll transfer half to your account. Once I secure the special admission spot, I’ll give you the other half."
"Alright, alright," the voice on the phone couldn’t suppress its happiness, "Then Young Master Fu, just wait for the good news."
Fu Chen was indeed waiting for good news.
That night, he even had a dream.
He dreamt that he overwhelmed Lu Youming and Lu Sheng in the exam, becoming the top student of the entire school, and posts about him exploded on the campus forum.
However, while Fu Chen was still basking in his wonderful dream, a sudden phone call roused him.
He answered the phone irritably, "Hello?"
"It’s me... Young Master Fu."
As soon as he heard Director Liu’s voice, Fu Chen thought he was bringing good tidings, and his tone immediately softened, even feeling a bit excited.
"Director Liu, have all our school’s papers been graded? Is my first place secure now?"
"Uh, Young Master Fu, the papers from Shengjing have indeed been graded, but..."
"But what?" Hearing Director Liu hesitate, Fu Chen frowned, "What’s the problem?"
Director Liu hesitated: "Well... the papers have been graded, but you’re not the top scorer."
Upon hearing this, Fu Chen abruptly sat up in bed.
"What are you talking about? Didn’t you say that if I wrote according to the answers you gave me, I could get nearly perfect scores?"
"Yes, your total score for the four subjects is 739 points, which is indeed close to perfect."
"But, someone in your class actually got a perfect score, which is 750 points."
"—How is that possible?! Who are you talking about?"
Fu Chen’s eyes widened, his first thought was Lu Youming, but then he remembered what Lu Youming had said in the group chat yesterday. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"No, Lu Youming didn’t complete the last big question, he couldn’t possibly get a perfect score."
"It’s not Lu Youming; it’s that Lu Sheng you asked me to ’look after’," Director Liu said on the phone, "That Lu Sheng got full marks in Chinese, Math, English, and Science."
Fu Chen gasped in shock, disbelieving.
"...No way, how is that possible??"
"I don’t need to mention other subjects, but didn’t you say the math was brutally difficult, and it’s impossible for anyone to score 140?"
"Even if that Lu Sheng is smart, it’s not possible to get everything correct in all subjects, right?"
"I too have never seen such a talented student before..." Director Liu took a deep breath, "After seeing the scores, I immediately reviewed all her papers, especially math."
"The answers to the exam couldn’t possibly have leaked from anywhere other than me. And Lu Sheng’s answers in every subject are different from the standard answers; it’s clear she worked them out on her own."
Hearing this, Fu Chen really felt like everything was screwed up.
He spent two million on the answers, and yet they still scored lower than Lu Sheng’s own work??
How is that reasonable??
Is this Lu Sheng even human??
Seeing that Fu Chen was silent, Director Liu tentatively asked, "So Young Master Fu, what do you think we should do next?"
Fu Chen took a deep breath, "Of course we proceed as we originally agreed."
"But if we do that, when the results are announced tomorrow, Young Master Fu, you won’t be the top student of your school."
"What does it matter if I’m temporarily the second-ranked?"
Fu Chen clenched his fist and let out a cold laugh, "Anyway, with the kind of thing she has done, her result is invalid, and in the end, the top student will still be me!"
