Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 146: Chapter 135: Scholar God’s Head-Patting Kill

”This time, congratulations to the two students from our class who respectively secured the first and second places in the grade.” Xiu Xian looked at the report card and then at Luo Qianqian and her deskmate, and continued speaking to the expressionless Xu Tianyi: ”Especially to Student Xu Tianyi who got first place, apart from Chinese, mathematics and English were both full marks.” He glanced at Luo Qianqian: ”Luo Qianqian’s mathematics had no solutions written, one point deducted for each question, a total of five points deducted.”

Luo Qianqian blinked, even if she had written them, she couldn’t have surpassed Xu Tianyi, the great god.

”Congratulations to you both, Xu Tianyi and Luo Qianqian, keep it up.” After saying that, he turned to announce the results to the other students.

”The Scholar God truly lives up to his name,” Luo Qianqian said with a smile as she pulled on Xu Tianyi’s sleeve, looking at his face, which showed no emotions.

”Just call me by my name,” Xu Tianyi said, gently shaking his head as he looked at Luo Qianqian’s beaming face: ”I’ve already learned all this before, you are very impressive.”

Luo Qianqian blinked, already learned? Was he earlier than her? She had learned it in her past life, hadn’t she? She said, ”Clinging to the Scholar God’s thigh, I hope the Scholar God won’t despise my foolishness.” Good looking, great grades, and a stand-offish character, wouldn’t getting to know such a person now be like nurturing a future boyfriend? Luo Qianqian chuckled to herself inwardly.

”You’re not stupid,” Xu Tianyi said as he opened a thick book on his desk, not looking at either the teacher at the podium or Luo Qianqian.

Luo Qianqian didn’t disturb Xu Tianyi and sat quietly with her chin in her hands, thinking about how to gradually make Xu Tianyi a part of her own family.

”Luo Qianqian, can you explain this problem to me?” Shen Yan, who rarely interacted with her, pulled Luo Qianqian to her seat as soon as class ended, her face flushed as she pointed to a math problem in her book.

”This one? Just set up an equation,” Luo Qianqian blinked in surprise, two variables, a system of linear equations—wasn’t it very simple?

”What’s an equation...” Shen Yan’s eyes drifted slightly.

”...What have you been thinking about during school?” Luo Qianqian gazed unblinkingly at Shen Yan.

”In primary school, as long as you didn’t cause trouble, no one bothered you, so except for English, which my family strictly monitored, no one cared about the rest,” Shen Yan said, shaking her head and sounding somewhat embarrassed.

”So, what made you change your mind now?” Luo Qianqian was curious about the thoughts of the girl in front of her, not studying for so long and then suddenly having an epiphany?

”I think you’re so cool, you know everything.” Shen Yan looked at Luo Qianqian with admiration: ”Do you know? Since Class Nine and Class Ten were established at First Middle School, no one has ever ranked at the top of the grade in such classes, but you and Xu Tianyi did.”

Luo Qianqian blinked and looked towards Xu Tianyi, but saw he was not at his seat. She frowned and said, ”First tell me what you understand.”

”I know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide,” Shen Yan said rather proudly.

”How did you get into First Middle School?” Luo Qianqian looked at the girl who appeared to take it for granted with puzzlement.

”We just had to pay the sponsorship fee. In our class, originally, only you were an exception, now there’s Xu Tianyi too,” Shen Yan said as she sat beside her, with an air of wonder: ”I originally thought you were admitted to First Middle School based on your status as a competition student, but it seems that’s not the case.”

”Does this kind of problem work for you?” Luo Qianqian took a pen and wrote on a piece of paper nearby 1+2+3+4+5+...+100=?, then watched Shen Yan begin to calculate 3+3+4+...+100, 6+4+5+...+100, feeling exhausted.

”Maybe you should go buy a couple of mental arithmetic workbooks first?” Luo Qianqian suggested, looking at Shen Yan: ”How long will it take you to calculate it this way?”

”Well, you wrote too many numbers. If you had written ten, wouldn’t that be faster?” Shen Yan didn’t stop her hands, but she muttered nonetheless.

”I’ll tell you the answer, it’s 5050,” Luo Qianqian said, looking at Shen Yan with a face of resignation.

Shen Yan looked at her in awe: ”Wow, how did you know that?” Then she thought for a moment: ”That’s right, you wouldn’t have asked the question if you didn’t know the answer.”

”With the way you’re calculating, wouldn’t you be at it until noon? If this were an exam, it would be good if you could finish one question,” Luo Qianqian said, picking up the pen to write (1+100)×50.

”What’s going on, why has it become multiplication?” Shen Yan screamed from the side, drawing the attention of those nearby.

”How many numbers are there in this problem?” Luo Qianqian unfolded the paper to show Shen Yan.

”A hundred of them,” Shen Yan didn’t understand what Luo Qianqian was talking about.

”What’s the relationship between 1+100 and 2+99?” Luo Qianqian continued to guide.

”1+100 equals 101, 2+99 also equals 101. They’re equal,” Shen Yan continued to say.

”Then what about 3+98, 4+97, 5+96, and so on? What about the last 50+51?” Luo Qianqian asked softly, looking at Shen Yan.

”They’re all equal,” Shen Yan said loudly.

”Hmm, so with a hundred numbers, and all of them are being added from first to last, how many pairs of such numbers are there?” Luo Qianqian looked towards Xu Tianyi’s seat. He hadn’t come back yet, and she was somewhat surprised, as class was about to start.

”A hundred divided by two is fifty, ah, the multiplication comes out.” Shen Yan stared at the multiplication on the paper, already stunned: ”Qianqian, you’re really amazing.”

”That’s why I told you to go buy a mental arithmetic book, to practice more, and to look for patterns.” Luo Qianqian spread her hands: ”To prevent being swindled in future business dealings, not even understanding one’s own profits.” After saying this, Luo Qianqian patted Shen Yan’s shoulder and walked out of the classroom, only to see two familiar figures.

Gu Yanzhi? What’s he doing with Xu Tianyi?

Luo Qianqian sneaked up behind the two men, but they had already finished talking and just happened to run into Luo Qianqian, who was sneaking over. Luo Qianqian tried to act calm but couldn’t hide her embarrassment.

”Qianqian, going to the library at noon?” Gu Yanzhi looked at Luo Qianqian and chuckled, ”Congratulations on getting second place.”

Luo Qianqian spread her hands: ”With this Scholar God here, I can only be the eternal second place.” Saying this, she looked at Xu Tianyi, but saw the seriousness on his face and couldn’t help feeling nervous, ”What’s wrong? Feeling unwell? Do you need to take a leave?

”It’s nothing,” he said, though his face said otherwise.

Luo Qianqian quickly said goodbye to Gu Yanzhi: ”We’re going ahead, bye.” Then she pushed Xu Tianyi into the classroom.

”Drink some hot water?” Luo Qianqian took out the full thermos of hot water that Luo Shufan had filled that morning; it was still steaming, and poured a cup for Xu Tianyi: ”Is it a stomachache?”

”Luo Qianqian, you’re so eager to dote over this guy, does this Xu Tianyi have some kind of background?” Sun Xuan, seeing Luo Qianqian’s anxious behavior, teased as she moved closer to Xu Tianyi.

Luo Qianqian’s face turned cold: ”In this class, aside from me, who doesn’t have some background? Otherwise, how could they afford such high sponsorship fees?” After saying that, she took out a tissue for Xu Tianyi: ”Tianyi brother is my family, none of your damn business.”

Not only was Sun Xuan stunned by that remark, but even Xu Tianyi, who was holding the thermos lid, was taken aback.

”Still calling him ’Tianyi brother’? Have you no shame?” Sun Xuan looked at Luo Qianqian’s demeanor and snorted coldly, but her concern went towards Xu Tianyi: ”Student Xu, what happened to you?”

”Hot.” Xu Tianyi looked at Luo Qianqian’s upset face and handed her the thermos lid. Luo Qianqian instinctively approached, stuck out her tongue, licked it, then drank all of it.

”I’ll open the cap, and it will cool down in a bit,” Luo Qianqian said, unscrewing the inner cap, causing a wisp of steam to rise.

”Drinking water that someone else has drunk, you really have no shame,” Sun Xuan complained as they both ignored her.

”Tianyi brother isn’t someone else,” Luo Qianqian looked at Sun Xuan, whose eyes almost clung to Xu Tianyi’s face, and sneered: ”You wish you could have that.”

Xu Tianyi’s hand rubbed the top of Luo Qianqian’s head, and she froze. Xu Tianyi said: ”Don’t get ruffled; I’m smoothing your fur.”

Luo Qianqian sat stunned in her seat, and Sun Xuan was dumbfounded too.

”Do you have a fever?” Luo Qianqian touched Xu Tianyi’s forehead, which wasn’t hot at all.

”Behave, Qianqian sister, you need to be a lady,” he said coldly, glancing at Sun Xuan: ”Miss, the class bell has rung, shouldn’t you return to your seat?”

What the hell is ’Qianqian sister’... Luo Qianqian’s insides crumbled. Blame her, all her fault, why did she say such a thing as ’Tianyi brother’, her entire face was so upset it collapsed.