Xiang Qingde was extremely nervous.
The scores of Xiang Beifei must be terribly bad, or else they wouldn't have provoked so much discussion among the people.
He held onto Xiang Beifei's hand tightly.
At this moment, what his grandson needed the most must be a pair of encouraging and comforting hands!
He wanted to let Xiaofei know that, even if his grades were poor, he would still be by his side.
Xiang Qingde lowered his head, not even daring to look at the scores displayed on the screen.
However, the venue suddenly fell silent, everyone staring at the big screen in disbelief at the score displayed.
Zhuo Jing, who was originally smug and ready to mock Xiang Beifei, froze the moment he saw the score.
Even Yang Hua stood rooted to the spot, frozen like ice, as his mouth hung open in shock!
[Xiang Beifei, Level N, Chinese 142, Mathematics 149, System Integrative 300, Introduction to Defense of Jiuzhou 141, Total Score 732]
The most complicated "System Integrative subject" turned out to be a perfect score of 300!
Everyone had looks of shock on their faces!
They had almost never heard of anyone achieving a perfect score in "System Integrative"!
"This is impossible!"
muttered Zhuo Jing to himself.
Just moments ago, he had been flaunting his score of 631 in front of Xiang Beifei, wanting to show the difference between an S-level genius like himself and someone at the N-level!
However, he now realized that his raw score was more than a hundred points lower than Xiang Beifei's! Even with his S-level talent adding 50 points, he had only 631! That's 101 points less than Xiang Beifei who had no added points!
Completely left in the dust, not even close!
Zhuo Jing found it hard to accept this reality!
His own score of 581 seemed to be mocking him!
"This Xiang Beifei, wasn't he preparing to repeat a year of school? How could he have this score?" Waves of astonishment crashed within Yang Hua's heart!
Just a few minutes earlier, before the scores were released, Xiang Qingde had talked to him about repeating a year, which he had impatiently rejected and even scorned.
In his impression, Xiang Beifei would probably just score around three hundred, not even fit for a vocational college, let alone consider his repeat class.
Yang Hua had righteously told Xiang Qingde that Xiang Beifei had no chance of success, and that it was better to find a job sooner rather than later.
However, the reality had caught him completely off guard!
Xiang Beifei actually scored 732 points!
As the homeroom teacher for the graduating class, he knew too well what such a score meant!
Did these scores call for repetition?
Only a fool would repeat with such scores!
Yang Hua was deeply shocked, his mind occupied with only one question: How exactly did he achieve such a score?
"Didn't Grandpa Xiang agree to let me tutor his coursework? How am I supposed to tutor with such scores?"
Lu Zhiwei opened her mouth wide enough to fit a fist!
Last year, without any added points, she had scored 621 on her college entrance exam and with added points, it was 671. Normally, her learning abilities were quite strong; she was a school tyrant, with only her reasoning ability being poor.
Ordinarily, tutoring an average high school student would be more than manageable for her.
She couldn't possibly tutor with Xiang Beifei's results! He scored higher than her even without any added points – who was supposed to tutor who now?
All done for, her little plans shattered by Xiang Beifei, now she had no leverage!
"This kid, didn't he give up and neglect the mock exams? And yet... these scores... oh my goodness!"
Principal Li Nanxing from a distance was also stunned!
Originally, he thought that given Xiang Beifei's usual performance, getting into college would be quite a struggle, but he saw potential in the boy, so he specially went to encourage him that day.
Thinking that Shang Tianxiong, an N-level Awakener, had to repeat four years, it seemed only right that Xiang Beifei would need to repeat a few years as well.
But today, to everyone's surprise, this kid made a name for himself!
Could it be that my words "Don't underestimate the youth in poverty" really awakened him?
Xiang Qingde was still looking down, holding Xiang Beifei's hand.
But he suddenly felt the atmosphere was a bit too quiet.
Were the results so bad that they shocked everyone to silence?
It makes sense, after all, anyone who scored something like 43 on the comprehensive exam would definitely be shocked.
No, no, I must take good care of my grandson's feelings, and we will weather this together!
"Grandpa, why are you closing your eyes?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Xiang Qingde hurriedly opened his eyes and consoled, "Xiaofei, you... don't be discouraged... No matter how bad the results are, Grandpa is here for you."
Xiang Beifei couldn't help but to feel a mix of amusement and frustration.
Had Grandpa always thought he would perform so poorly?
However, the old him did have truly disastrous grades, typically those of someone who needed to repeat a year.
Xiang Beifei reassured, "Grandpa, don't be nervous, you can look at my results first."
Xiang Qingde looked up at the big screen anxiously. With presbyopia, he squinted to find the results and finally managed to see Xiang Beifei's scores clearly.
The next moment, he was also stunned!
Xiang Qingde felt his breathing quicken in disbelief!
This score was beyond belief!
"That is you, isn't it?"
Xiang Qingde looked at the score, doubtful, still wondering if there could be someone with the same name.
"The candidate number is written right there," Xiang Beifei said.
Xiang Qingde rushed forward to take a closer look at the candidate number and, after triple-checking, his shock turned into excitement!
He thought that after the exam, Xiang Beifei had locked himself in his room for three days because he had done so poorly, grieving alone, and that had him worried sick; today, he even planned to find a place for Xiang Beifei to repeat the year.
But against all expectations, the results turned out !
"It's your score! It really is your score, haha, my grandson has made something of himself!" Xiang Qingde ran back, tears of joy streaming down his face, hugging Xiang Beifei tightly.
It really wasn't easy!
His worry had started the day before the college entrance examination, and it had lasted for almost a week.
Just now, he had even prepared comforting words.
But Xiang Beifei gave him a wonderful surprise!
This grade had dispelled all the gloom that had accumulated in his heart over these days; his grandson really had it in him!
"Amazing! An N-level Awakener scored so high!"
"What you're saying isn't right; educational achievements and system talents aren't correlated."
"But a good system can make one's thinking more agile, and it can even improve intelligence. An N-level Awakener must not be relying on the system but on himself."
"That's true, it's really impressive! This score is surely the top one, right?"
"Definitely, who could have imagined that this year's Luhe High School's top scholar in the college entrance exam would be an N-level Awakener?"
The surrounding people also looked enviously at Xiang Beifei, as parents asked after the high-scoring student's identity, and for a time, Xiang Beifei became the focus of the crowd!
(I've had a cold these past few days, and my head's been all fuzzy, so I wasn't in the right state of mind writing these chapters... Can't take a break during the initial launch period of a new book...)