103: Top Scholar

Chen Ting pushed the cake in at this moment, but the atmosphere in the room was a bit strange.

Upon opening the door, Lu Qingyu was sitting there quite calmly, but Su Jixing's state was off; he looked somewhat frantic.

Chen Ting thought Lu Qingyu's exam score was poor and that Su Jixing was a bit shaken, so he offered some thoughtful comfort:

"Treat the first exam as testing the waters. Qingyu hasn't attended high school for many days, so it's normal for his score to be low. If it doesn't work out, we'll find him a private tutor starting tomorrow for a year of remedial classes. He'll definitely get a high score next year."

Su Jixing also knew that Chen Ting had misunderstood.

Chen Ting continued, "Don't be sad. It's not like we absolutely must take exams. Education is great to have, but you can't force it if it's not meant to be. At least we experienced one of life's major milestones. Let me celebrate with you."

Lu Qingyu looked at Chen Ting with a grin; the boss had a pretty good mindset.

Su Jixing was speechless for a second. He remembered the last general meeting when Chen Ting didn't seem to say that to the dozen or so trainees still in high school.

Su Jixing recalled Chen Ting telling a trainee who was about to take the National College Entrance Exam:

"Although the score threshold for art exams isn't high, you must not be careless with your studies. As an artist, if you can't even get into university, how can you set an example for your fans? What are you letting fans learn from you? To follow your lead and enter the entertainment industry because you couldn't get into college? Is there no threshold for the entertainment industry anymore?"

Back then, Chen Ting was very persistent about getting into university. Why had his standards vanished now?

Chen Ting didn't feel his double standards at all. He asked while unpacking the cake, "So, how many points did our little brother get?"

Su Jixing took a deep breath before answering: "716."

Chen Ting: "116? Hmm~ If he just guessed on the multiple-choice questions and then wrote an essay, it would be around that much."

Su Jixing: --- "It's not 116, it's 7, 716!"

Su Jixing held up seven fingers. Chen Ting's hand, which was unpacking the cake, shook; he still suspected he had misheard.

"How much? How much did you say?"

Chen Ting's voice cracked. Su Jixing walked to his desk and turned the computer screen around to show him the page.

Chen Ting immediately leaned in. When he saw "716" written under the total score, another howl echoed through the office.

Colleagues near Su Jixing's office shuddered again. Just how many points did Lu Qingyu get to make the boss so agitated?

Chen Ting was also stunned. Damn, he had never seen a living person score so many points in his life.

"Holy crap, little brother, you, you..."

Chen Ting looked at Lu Qingyu, not knowing what to say. Since he didn't read much usually, when he wanted to express how amazing it was, he could only spit out the words "fucking awesome."

Lu Qingyu let out a chuckle. He stood up, walked to the cake, and cut a slice.

"Thanks for the cake, Brother Chen. It's quite delicious."

Chen Ting's eyes sparkled as he looked at Lu Qingyu. A top student—their little brother was definitely a top student.

Su Jixing now deeply regretted assuming Lu Qingyu wouldn't score high based on his own imagination, causing him to miss an opportunity to plan ahead and slap everyone in the face.

But now was fine too. He downloaded the screenshot of Lu Qingyu's results and personally logged into the studio's account to start editing the content.

Lu Qingyu's fans were very busy today. The haters online were watching Lu Qingyu's results even more closely than they were. Even before the results were out, they were already impatiently starting to spread hate and rumors.

[Lu Qingyu's total score is 85. It's hilarious that Lu Qingyu's fans are following an illiterate.]

[Only 85 points for so many subjects? How stupid can he be? Even blindly guessing on multiple-choice questions wouldn't result in such a low score.]

[Lu Qingyu's fans brag about how amazing he is every day. Talk about a slap in the face.]

[Haters, get lost! Lu Qingyu's studio hasn't even posted the results yet. How would you know?]

[Do you dare say where you heard that? Do you know that spreading rumors is illegal?]

[What does his score have to do with you? If you're so great, can you get a perfect score? Did you get into Tsinghua or Peking University? If you've got the guts, show your own scores.]

[I'll show them! Look closely, my total score is 402, enough to beat five Lu Qingyus.]

[Don't talk about the National College Entrance Exam papers being hard; I easily got a 509.]

[My total score is 621, so what's Lu Qingyu's?]

[Total score 632. If Lu Qingyu's is higher than mine, I'll livestream myself eating shit.]

Lu Qingyu's fans were about to be moved to tears of anger. These people were truly going too far. The president of the Fan Club was a 26-year-old girl named Liu Min.

From Sunday morning, Liu Min sat in front of her computer, crackling away as she battled the haters.

Now, the comment section of Lu Qingyu's studio was full of people showing off their scores; these people were just there to be disgusting.

Liu Min's face was red with anger. She had the studio's contact information and was genuinely curious about Lu Qingyu's score. So, she sent a message to Su Jixing to ask how he did, wanting to prepare herself so she could organize the Fan Club to either delete comments or stay silent.

"Brother Su, the little brother's results should be out, right? Is it convenient to tell me his score?"

Just as she sent the message, Su Jixing had finished editing the content and posted it with the screenshot.

Su Jixing saw Liu Min's message and replied: "Just posted."

Liu Min immediately opened the page.

The latest post from Lu Qingyu Studio:

"Thank you all for your concern. The exam went smoothly, and the results are very satisfying."

Liu Min's heart sank when she saw the words. It sounded like he did well—could he have scored over two hundred?

She clicked on the screenshot, and Liu Min was stunned!

"Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap! 716!"

"Aaaaaahhhhh!!!"

Liu Min was going crazy, pacing frantically around the room. Lu Qingyu got a 716. Damn, that's fucking high.

The little brother she was a fan of was actually a fucking genius student.

In an instant, the studio's comment section was flooded with "Holy crap."

The people who were hating on Lu Qingyu were also stunned when they saw the score. Was this possible? 716! Is today April Fool's Day?

Subsequently, another Weibo hot search topic surged up: #City D National College Entrance Exam Top Scorer Lu Qingyu#

Everyone was bewildered when they clicked on it.

[Wh-which Lu Qingyu is this? Is it the Lu Qingyu I know?]

[Aaaah, it's our little brother!]

[To the one who posted his score, don't forget the livestream of you eating shit.]

[You have the nerve to show off a 623? Are you trying to see the gap between yourself and a god?]

For a moment, the haters went silent, and Lu Qingyu's fans became "unrestrained."

Lu Qingyu, the first in the entertainment industry to score over seven hundred and the first National College Entrance Exam Top Scorer—this news caused a massive uproar online.

It was one thing for him to be a star, but he was also good-looking. It was one thing to be good-looking, but he actually scored 716!

When everyone found out that Lu Qingyu hadn't even attended the second and third years of high school, they wanted to jump off buildings!

Experts and scholars: This is a slap in the face to compulsory education.

Netizens: Damn, this is clearly a slap in the face to me.

Nuwa was biased when she created humans; why did she mold his brain to be so smart?