62: This year's top students are so handsome!

After entering grade 12, there would be a monthly commendation after each major monthly exam, aimed at encouraging students to strive forward.

Those participating in the commendation included not only the first-place winners in each individual subject but also the top three in overall scores.

So what was Lin You doing here?

Just a Regular Class contestant, could it be... but no one came out to explain. The teachers from the Academic Affairs Office saw that everyone had arrived and began organizing them to head towards the sports field not far from the office building.

On campus, all the students gathered at the sports field. As the first commendation ceremony for grade 12, grades 10 and 11 also participated this time, as the joint exam covered the entire Ancheng area.

On the way, Du Zhaoyu smiled and looked at Lin You, "Are you nervous?"

It was a lie to say he wasn't nervous. Lin You used to be an unnoticed underachiever. Although his personality wasn't introverted, he was only active in small circles and had no experience appearing in front of thousands of students at school.

Fortunately, Lin You had witnessed such grade 12 monthly joint exam commendation ceremonies when he was in grade 10 and 11, but back then he was in the audience... These commendation ceremonies were not large-scale; only the first-place winner needed to speak, while others served as a backdrop, each holding a small certificate of commendation.

Even the roll call was a unified roll call, not a grand affair.

But for Lin You, it was also a groundbreaking first.

Lin You made a gesture to Du Zhaoyu that a Korean man would make when about to break down, "Just a little bit, but if you cheer me on, I won't be nervous at all."

Du Zhaoyu's ears immediately turned red. She glanced around cautiously, then leaned close to Lin You's ear and whispered in a voice only Lin You could hear, "There are too many people here."

What?

Lin You was stunned. He subconsciously lowered his head to look at Du Zhaoyu's legs. On October 8th, Ancheng still had temperatures above 30 degrees Celsius. Du Zhaoyu was wearing the Ancheng No. 7 Middle School summer uniform: a pure white polo shirt with the Ancheng No. 7 Middle School logo on top, and a navy blue knee-length pleated skirt on the bottom, with a pair of white canvas shoes, revealing a section of fair, smooth, slender calves in between.

Heaven be my witness, Lin You had absolutely no intention of "looking at her legs" just now. He just... wanted Du Zhaoyu to encourage him verbally.

He originally wanted to righteously clarify the "misunderstanding," but when the words reached his lips, a mysterious force "tampered" with them.

"Then let's look when no one's around."

In a group of over a dozen people, the quiet exchange between two people was not particularly conspicuous. However, Lin You was talking to Du Zhaoyu, and Du Zhaoyu had been in the small circle of Top Students for over two years, enjoying immense popularity. Their intimate behavior was noticed by others, and the male teacher leading the team's eye twitched slightly.

The male teacher leading the team was named Wang Xiaotian, in his twenties. He looked down at the documents in his hand. Du Zhaoyu's total score was 689. As an administrative teacher from the Academic Affairs Office in charge of grade 12 academic affairs, he was perfectly clear about the significance of Du Zhaoyu's score.

And most importantly, Du Zhaoyu's previous baseline test was "only" 688. This joint exam was a notch more difficult than the previous in-school baseline test, yet Du Zhaoyu's score still improved by 1 point.

What did this mean? It meant that Du Zhaoyu, this top Top Student, still had room to exert herself in grade 12; she was a talent aiming for the top scholar!

Previously, if a boy dared to "harass" Du Zhaoyu on campus, the Academic Affairs Office would definitely show him what "the iron fist of education" was!

However, his gaze shifted to Lin You's information... Lin You, grade 12 class 7, total score 631.

As a teacher from the Academic Affairs Office, he was perfectly clear that between 631 and 689 was a chasm, the difference between a true disciple and a realm prodigy... However, Wang Xiaotian also had Lin You's previous scores: 447 at the end of last semester, 550 at the beginning of this semester, and now 631.

Such scores were not something an ordinary person could achieve; at least Wang Xiaotian had not seen it in his 7 years of work, only able to exclaim, "terrifying as such."

He could only clear his throat twice, avoiding their direction, and said, "Everyone pay attention, we're almost at the main stage. Check your attire, and get your spirits up!"

Turning a corner, the sight of thousands of people in the sports field came into view. A dozen or so commended students stood below the main stage, almost face-to-face with the students across the track.

At 8 o'clock sharp, the flag-raising ceremony began. The national anthem played, and the school's honor guard solemnly raised the national flag. Lin You experienced the flag-raising ceremony from a different perspective than before, his heart stirring with a surge of emotion, a feeling of "a true man should be like this."

After the flag-raising ceremony, the gaze of over four thousand teachers and students shifted from the flag-raising platform to the main stage. The teachers from the Academic Affairs Office began to take over the scene. The director of the Academic Affairs Office, a middle-aged male teacher, walked onto the stage and began to call out the names of the grade 12 students being commended.

"grade 12 class 1, Du Zhaoyu, Science Experimental Class, total score 689, first place, Mathematics 150, first place in a single subject."

..."Senior Year Class 3, Qian Manzhi, English 147, first place in a single subject."

..."grade 12 class 7, Lin You, Mathematics 150, first place in a single subject, and awarded this month's model student!"

After Lin You's name was read, there was a commotion below the stage.

In the high school division of Ancheng No. 7 Middle School, the class settings for each grade were exactly the same: class 1 and class 2 were two Science Experimental Classes; class 3 to class 6 were four science key classes; class 7 to class 15 were nine science Regular Classes; class 16 was a liberal arts key class; and class 17 to class 20 were four liberal arts Regular Classes.

Everyone was very clear about the distribution of a total of twenty classes, so... when could a Regular Class like class 7 also get on the awards stage, and even be a damn model student???

After going on stage in the order of their names, all the commended students lined up on the stage. Lin You and Du Zhaoyu stood at opposite ends.

Lin You was a bit nervous. Although he had the system, the system hadn't broadened his horizons; he was still an 18-year-old boy who would be excited by a sudden "meteoric rise."

He saw the commotion below the stage and couldn't help but feel a secret satisfaction.

Who says Regular Class students can't get on the awards stage to be commended?

Out of the school's emphasis on grade 12, the commendation certificates were all personally awarded by the principal. Of course, who awarded it wasn't important to Lin You; what was important was that little certificate.

Everyone else only had one certificate, but only Lin You and Du Zhaoyu had two.

Not many people in the audience recognized Lin You, but the grade 12 class 7 team was already boiling over.

"Holy crap, Lin You is awesome (voice breaking)!!!"

"Brother You, I want to have your monkeys!"

In the grade 12 class 1 team, many people also knew Lin You. After all, Lin You was "face-riding," a mere Regular Class "minnow" running to the Experimental Class to flirt with the prettiest girl in the Experimental Class... They thought further than everyone else present: could it be... Du Zhaoyu was really going to be won over by this kid?

In the grade 12 class 5 team, Wang Xinxin was full of shock. It wasn't strange for Du Zhaoyu to get first place, as she had always been in the top five of her grade and had gotten first place before. But... Lin You got 150 in math, first place in a single subject, and was a damn model student???

The model student was usually chosen from the top three students, and most likely awarded to the first-place winner.

And Lin You was not among the first, second, or third. What did this mean?

It meant that Lin You's score this time had a value that directly rivaled the top three in both science and liberal arts.

"Wow, this year's model student is so handsome! A Top Student and so handsome? Is this reasonable?"

"Class 7? A model student from a Regular Class? This handsome guy is so strong, why is he still in a Regular Class??"

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