He was surprised.
The surprise had many facets.
The score was the least of it.
Primarily, why would Shi Yi associate with such a person and even stand up to the principal to protect him as a friend.
Zhang Jianjun analyzed Chen Yuan's performance in more detail and ruled out cheating because his score improvement was very scientific.
It wasn't a comprehensive improvement.
Instead, two subjects out of six had suddenly increased, leading to a total score increase of 111.
This was in line with the laws of progress.
Because when it comes to raising scores, it's best to start with particularly weak subjects and those that are easiest to improve.
Chen Yuan's particularly weak subject was English.
But this time, his English had improved to 132 points, an especially outstanding achievement.
Mathematics 141, and that was from half a month ago; during the second test of the math competition, it was probably already at full score level.