Thinking this, Jiang Mianmian’s look towards Zhong Yuan turned into one of admiration for a pure natural born top student.
"Jiang Mianmian, did you hear what I just said?"
Seeing her stare at him without speaking, Zhong Yuan repeated his words, "I want to challenge you, at this term’s final exam, let’s see which one of us can rank first."
"Oh, sure." Jiang Mianmian wasn’t afraid of Zhong Yuan’s challenge.
Although her intelligence value wasn’t as high as Zhong Yuan’s, it wasn’t much lower, and she did have the system as a cheat.
Thinking this, Jiang Mianmian suddenly felt a bit embarrassed, as if she were bullying a child.
But what she didn’t know was that not only did Zhong Yuan have near-genius intelligence, but he also studied incredibly hard on a regular basis.
"Great, then Jiang Mianmian, let’s both work hard and make progress together," Zhong Yuan said happily, seeing Jiang Mianmian accepting his challenge.
Although he had issued a challenge to Jiang Mianmian upon meeting her, he actually didn’t dislike her.
On the contrary, he kind of liked his little desk mate, feeling like finally, in his dull life, he had encountered a worthy opponent.
"Yeah, okay." Jiang Mianmian also smiled amiably in response.
After Teacher Qiu finished calling the roll, he took out the textbook and began the class.
With an increase in intelligence value, Jiang Mianmian was now capable of multitasking; she could listen to the teacher while also listening to masterclasses in the system to deepen her understanding of the lecture topics.
By the end of the class, Jiang Mianmian had learned more deeply and broadly than her classmates.
In fact, she had already self-studied the curriculum for the first term of junior high and could have completely skipped the lectures.
But since it was the first day of term, it wouldn’t have been polite to dive into the system and study on her own.
When the class ended, Zhong Yuan was busy reviewing the class’s key points when suddenly, a little girl came in, stood at the doorway, and called out loudly, "Zhong Yuan, come out for a minute."
Zhong Yuan looked up, saw who the girl was, and then went out.
During the break, Jiang Mianmian laid her head on the desk, but really, she was entering a space to study foreign languages.
Outside the classroom, Zhong Yuan looked at the girl and asked hesitantly, "Tian Weiwei, what do you want?"
Tian Weiwei was another top student from primary school, also Zhong Yuan’s classmate and neighbor, who had grown up competing with him for the top rank.
"Zhong Yuan, I heard that the girl who tied for first place with us in the entrance exam, Jiang Mianmian, is in your class, so I just wanted to come and see. Wow, I didn’t expect you two to be desk mates," said Tian Weiwei as she tip-toed to peer through the window at Jiang Mianmian.
"Yeah, I didn’t expect us to end up sharing a desk either. By the way, Tian Weiwei, I’ve already laid down a challenge to her. We’ll see who can rank first in our grade by the end of this term," Zhong Yuan shared the news enthusiastically with his good friend.
"Oh my gosh, you nerd, you challenged her on the first day? Didn’t you scare her?" Tian Weiwei asked in surprise.
After all, the other was just a nine-year-old girl.
"No, she’s really something. It’s not that easy to scare her. She already accepted my challenge. This term, I definitely need to work even harder. I can’t let her surpass me," Zhong Yuan said, clenching his fists and speaking with high spirits.