Shen Ci finished speaking and walked away without looking back.
Chen Kang watched the empty doorway for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
The news that both she and Shen Ci scored perfect scores and became the top scorers of the province was relayed to Meng Chuyue through a phone call from Principal Xie.
Principal Xie didn’t know that Meng Chuyue was acquainted with Shen Ci and even specially mentioned, "Shen Ci is the male student who went to get the admission ticket with you that day. Ah, I’m so happy, but I’m also ashamed, both of you aren’t really considered students of our school."
Meng Chuyue was too impressive, Principal Xie didn’t treat her as a student, instead, he made a self-deprecating joke.
Meng Chuyue chuckled, "Principal Xie is being modest. Shen Ci had always had good academic performance."
"Has his academic performance always been good?"
Principal Xie knew that Shen Ci was once a student at his school, but Shen Ci’s enrollment for the college entrance exam was rushed; he didn’t have time to investigate or discuss with other teachers. He only did a favor for a friend by helping Shen Ci fill out his college preferences and prepared his admission ticket.
"Yes, he was supposed to be the top scorer for the college entrance exam the year before last. Ah, it’s such a pity. If he had taken the college entrance exam smoothly back then, I would have been the unique top scorer this year."
Principal Xie laughed, "Haha, I guess this year’s third place is crying at home right now?"
Oh my, I had forgotten about that.
She chuckled, "...What do I need to do?"
"For now, you don’t need to do anything. Once the admission notices are sent, we will visit your homes to give out the prize money. There might be reporters coming for interviews. Of course, you can refuse and come to school to receive the prize money."
Principal Xie also knew that Meng Chuyue was now alone, and he knew that visiting her home for an interview would not be ideal.
Meng Chuyue said without hesitation, "I’ll go to the school to collect it."
Principal Xie turned and tried to call Shen Ci, but no one answered. After thinking it over, he called the former senior year’s politics teacher to find out about Shen Ci’s situation.
After hearing about Shen Ci’s situation, he fell silent: Why are these two genius students living such hard lives?
But this further proved their mettle.
With the college entrance exam scores out, it signaled that tutorial classes could start.
The next morning, Meng Chuyue handed Tong Wen and Xia Ping six hundred recruitment advertisements printed from her spatial printer, "Here are six hundred flyers, you two go to the market and distribute a hundred each for the next three days. Once you finish, I’ll give each of you thirty yuan for your efforts. The wages for the fruit shop remain as they are."
Tong Wen and Xia Ping initially thought they were advertisements for a fruit promotion and were startled to see they were for tutorial classes.
After reading the contents, they were dumbfounded.
Tong Wen, "Chuyue, it says here that the tutor for the class is this year’s top provincial college entrance examination scorer. Does it mean you?"
Xia Ping, "Right, Chuyue, did you really score so well?"
Meng Chuyue nodded gently, "Yes, go distribute the flyers. We’ll talk about the rest when you get back."
Meng Chuyue thought that after distributing the flyers, they wouldn’t care about the top scorer anymore; they would only care about the tutoring promise of "No improvement, no fee."
Sure enough, in a little over an hour, Tong Wen and Xia Ping came running back, too anxious to even drink water, and went straight to Meng Chuyue’s side.
Tong Wen, "Yueyue, are you that confident? To promise ’no improvement, no fee,’ has anyone ever done that before?"
Xia Ping, "Yeah, Yueyue, aren’t you afraid of working for nothing, not to mention the complaints you may receive in the end?"
Their concerns were genuine, but so was the excitement in their hearts. They truly hoped Meng Chuyue really had an excellent tutoring ability.
Meng Chuyue confidently said, "Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. Also, don’t forget, once you’re in class, you have to listen to me."