Chapter 11: Top Student Persona?
There were also people who couldn't bear to be outdone, staring at Su Yuqing.
"This kind of exam should be right up Miss Su's alley, right?" Xia Chuwie looked at Su Yuqing, "After all, you're known as a study genius."
Everyone also remembered Su Yuqing's study genius facade and then the spectacle of her crashing and burning.
Laughter rose in waves.
Unfazed, Su Yuqing responded, "Yes, I am indeed a study genius, much better than you, it took you three tries at the college entrance exam just to get into a music college."
"Pfft, hahaha..." Xi Yanhong couldn't resist laughing at the excitement.
"You two are about the same."
"Hmm, you're a bit better, your college degree was bought with money." Su Yuqing turned to Xi Yanhong again.
The blunt truth was flung out without hesitation like a knife.
Xi Yanhong's face darkened instantly, "Su Yuqing! You've got nerve!"
"Alright, quiet down." Director Lin saw that everyone had almost settled down and turned on the megaphone.
"The exam is about to start, hurry up and take your seats."
Hearing this, everyone reluctantly chose a seat at random.
Su Yuqing sat in the front row on the left, particularly conspicuous, and people quietly moved away from her.
Fearing they might be accused of copying her work.
"..." Who cares.
Not far from her, Su Chengxi glanced deeply at the back of Su Yuqing, sensing that Su Yuqing seemed to have changed.
Picking fights left and right, seemingly indifferent to offending others.
Meanwhile, Su Yuqing was speechless inside, "System, can you take it easy?"
If I offend everyone, will that be good for me?
"Host, don't worry, I know my measures. You must speak the truth more to save your own life; otherwise, you're done for."
"..."
Director Lin picked up the megaphone again, "Alright, now let's welcome the proctor!"
There's a proctor too?
Everyone's corners of the mouth twitched.
The door opened, and an old man wearing a Tang suit, with white hair and a spirited demeanor, walked in carrying a stack of papers.
"!!"
Elder Lin? The chief judge of the network ——!
He Suyan paused, glanced at Director Lin smiling cunningly behind the camera, and realized that they had really gone all out for this show.
Okay, now that Elder Lin has appeared, who dares to make a peep?
"Hello, everyone. The test papers were set by me and a few other old fellows together, absolutely fair and just, open and transparent!" Elder Lin looked at everyone, smiling kindly.
"Hehe, we trust you, sir," Xi Yanhong immediately sat up straight, smiling ingratiatingly.
The others weren't much better either.
"I hope everyone will achieve good results."
He distributed the papers, Director Lin had the staff hand out pens.
[Damn, Elder Lin's got his eye on the show! Director Lin actually invited Elder Lin over!]
[Goodness gracious, with Elder Lin presiding, my legs are already shaking, silent prayers for the brothers and sisters taking the test.]
[It's over, my brother's academic score is a complete mess, with Elder Lin there, it might be even more disastrous.]
[Are you sure you're not a fake fan?]
[Right now, I want to see Su Yuqing's reaction, hahaha! Her roasting people earlier was just too funny.]
[Not at all, she shamelessly admitted her study genius persona, even though it's been debunked.]
[Lying Spirit!]
[Hope the Lying Spirit doesn't drag down God He and Gu Zhan, they're in the same group!]
[Plus one...]
It was quite a coincidence that the camera suddenly cut to Su Yuqing; she was writing furiously, with no sign of impatience or conflict in her eyes, only tranquility, sheer tranquility.
The audience was taken aback for a moment, and the comments surged like a storm.
[Scoff, putting on an act!]
[Hilarious, she doesn't think that writing more will get her more points, does she?]
[Hey, it's not like Su Yuqing would mock anyone just because she doesn't know something, right? Besides, she's still in high school.]
[To the one above, she set up her own scholarly persona, who else to blame?]
[Right, isn't Su Yuqing about to take the college entrance exam soon?]
[We're in the same cohort, just half a month left.]
[Your little sister is about to take the college entrance exam and she's still watching live streams? Better roll off to study.]
[Just five minutes for God He!]
When Su Yuqing got the test paper, she was somewhat speechless—the quantity of questions was immense: twenty multiple choice questions, ten fill-in-the-blank questions, ten true or false questions, and most outrageous of all... fifteen essay questions.
She glanced over them roughly, noting the topics were extremely broad, mishmashed, with big leaps.
She didn't believe for a second it wasn't intentional.
Everyone else's faces turned various shades of green. Su Chengxi had been confident, her academic grades were decent, and she had scored high enough for a university, but these questions...
Made her head spin.
At that moment, Gu Zhan was thankful he had injured his left hand.
After writing a few multiple choice questions, he looked up in Su Yuqing's direction, curious about her expression.
"No looking around, or it will be considered cheating!" Director Lin's devilish voice rang out.
"..."
Just as Su Chengxi was about to look up, she stopped herself and quickly focused on her test.
The two-hour exam left everyone feeling as if they were mourning the dead, utterly disheartened.
As soon as time was up, Elder Lin unceremoniously collected everyone's test papers, "We'll post the test papers on the official Weibo after the performance."
"..."
Director Lin, "Surprised, aren't you? If you want to stay in the entertainment industry, you gotta have some skills, right? A bit of knowledge in literature, law, math, and science, isn't that so? Otherwise, no matter how popular you are, staying would be a disgrace!"
You're definitely implying something about us, damn it.
"By the way, the person with the highest score on the test will get a surprise~"
He enjoyed the sight of everybody's contorted expressions, "Now, we have seven hours until the performance, and three hours until the first rehearsal..."
"I'm off to practice!" Xie Shiyun suddenly stood up.
If nothing went wrong, the papers would surely be lost, big time! He couldn't afford another mistake on stage.
Lu Minglan and Cheng Xingye quickly followed him out.
The others also dispersed one after another. Gu Zhan, looking dejected, walked over to Su Yuqing and He Suyan, "How did you two do?"
"Not too bad," He Suyan said.
"Great!" Su Yuqing said as she started speaking, causing Gu Zhan's heart to seize up.
"Are you sure?" He looked at her skeptically.
"Yeah, sure."
"..."
Back at the rehearsal room, Gu Zhan viciously threw himself into practice. Luckily, he didn't fall much afterwards.
Plus, he wasn't just practicing for himself, he was also dragging Su Yuqing into it. He wouldn't allow any mistakes on stage.
He harbored the same thoughts as Xie Shiyun.
Three hours went by in a blink, and when the follow-along PD came to get them for rehearsal, several groups had already gone through it.
But the results were not ideal.
The three of them appeared backstage at the assembled venue, where Director Lin's expression was unpleasant, clearly having just scolded someone.
"Ready? The dress rehearsal starts right away!" he tugged at his collar, visibly agitated.
"Ready to start," He Suyan glanced at him.
Director Lin's mouth twitched slightly, but he dropped the stern face, "Band, get ready to start the dress rehearsal."
The dress rehearsal was conducted separately, so no one knew how the others were doing.
Twenty minutes later, after the rehearsal and a brief discussion with the team, the trio left the venue.
"How was your rehearsal?" Xie Shiyun waited at the venue entrance, somewhat irritated.
This group, aside from Su Yuqing, were the ones he feared the most.
Su Yuqing chuckled lightly, "Very good, you had trouble with the rehearsal?"
"..."