The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress

Chapter 218: 081 That is the limit of the test paper, not the limit of Bai Lian! (Second update)_3

This was when he saw Ji Mulan’s friend circle.

“Switch to the liberal arts stream?” Bai Shaoqi, who had been silent all along, said with a sly smile.

Song Min was also very silent.

Bai Qiming thought of the incident when Bai Lian was kicked out of the top class and frowned.

His granduncle was chuckling as he tried to smooth things over, “Oh? Does she play better than Shaoqi?”

The butler chuckled awkwardly.

How could they even compare?

“Alright,” Bai Shaoqi turned to go upstairs, “don’t compare me with just anyone.”

“Of course, Miss, you’ve already passed the first round of interviews with Dean Jian, how can anyone compare with that.” Knowing he’d said too much, the butler hastily changed the subject.

Nobody present was interested in Bai Lian’s current life.

Behind them, Bai Qiming watched Bai Shaoqi’s departing back with increasing satisfaction and said to Song Min, “Aren’t you two having a joint exam in the next few days? Last year Shaoqi’s older brother was Beicheng’s top scholar, this year it’s all up to you.”

Thursday.

Science in the morning.

Bai Lian stared at the large science exam paper before her, first skipping over chemistry and biology to finish physics.

Physics was as difficult as math.

But she completed it quite swiftly.

Only after finishing physics did she leisurely start to look for biology questions. She was best at genetics, and having spent the entire day practicing, she even managed to solve some particularly tricky ones.

After finishing all the questions she knew how to do,

Only chemistry remained.

She fell silent for a moment, then looked at the first question—

[Poly(carbonate bisphenol A) with excellent optical properties is prepared by the following reaction…]

Bai Lian:

What is this, goodbye.

It was still early, and she couldn’t hand in her paper this much ahead of time.

She decisively set the science exam paper aside and took out some draft paper to begin writing down the chemical equations she had reviewed the night before. Jiang Fulai had said there was no need to rush through practice questions for chemistry.

First, memorize all the equations.

She wrote down all the chemical elements, then wrote everything from the reaction between sodium chloride and sodium hydroxide to the passivation phenomenon.

Only after finishing writing, when it was time to hand in the paper, did she go up and submit her answer sheet.

In the afternoon, after the English exam was over,

Nobody from class 15 had left, they were all in the classroom, waiting for Lu Lingxi to come back and take them out for hotpot.

Meanwhile,

In the principal’s office.

When Lu Lingxi arrived, the principal was meeting with someone from the board of education.

“Ms. Lu, your timing is perfect,” the principal said with a headache as he saw Lu Lingxi and immediately got up, “please tell Director Pan, how is Ning Xiao expected to score in this exam?”

Director Pan also looked at Lu Lingxi with hope.

After pondering for a moment, for she had asked Ning Xiao, she said, “He didn’t finish the last question in math, it’s probably only about 122 points, and he’s average in the other subjects.”

Director Pan was the head of the office of the Ministry of Education in charge of education in Xiangcheng. He had also received reports about Beicheng’s big move.

It would be the final joint exam.

Hearing that Ning Xiao scored only 122 in math, he was quite worried, “That’s a big gap, it’s doubtful he’ll make it into the top twenty of Beicheng.”

There was no way around it, the disparity in educational resources did exist.

It was harder for them to get a spot at Jiangjing University’s app than it was to reach heaven, even though Beicheng High School got ten spots without having to do anything.

“What about Chen Zhu?” Director Pan remembered him.

The principal shook his head, “No good, he scored lower than Ning Xiao in this monthly exam.”

For a while, the atmosphere in the office turned silent once again.

The principal picked up his teacup and took a sip, the cold tea sliding down his throat calming him, “It seems we can only withdraw from the joint exam.”

Lu Lingxi looked out the window, “We just do our best.”

She said goodbye and left the office.

For a moment, Director Pan’s energy deflated, and he stood up, “I should also…”

“Wait,” the principal suddenly thought of something, “there’s actually another person.”

“Who?”

“Student Bai Lian, in the last two monthly exams, she was first in both math and physics, full marks,” the principal said as he put down his teacup with a “clack”.

“150?” Director Pan’s eyes lit up.

“But Student Bai Lian…” the principal paused, “her chemistry isn’t very good.”

Director Pan’s mood suddenly sank, his hesitation palpable, “…how much did she score in chemistry?”

“Zero,” the principal said somberly.

“Ah, that…” Director Pan’s heart felt as if it had been swept away by the chill of an autumn breeze, “then that’s no use, can she even score higher than those students at Beicheng High School in math and physics?”

“You have a point,” the principal sighed.

The two fell into silence again.

Of course.

They both thought the monthly exam questions from Xiangcheng were much easier than the ten schools’ joint exam.

It wasn’t very special for Bai Lian to score full marks in math and physics alone, after all, Ning Xiao and Chen Zhu had also achieved full marks before.

But when it came to the ten schools’ joint exam, the gap between Ning Xiao, Chen Zhu, and the students from Beicheng High School became quite clear.

Naturally, they didn’t know the ten schools’ joint exam questions were indeed very difficult, but could they be harder than the Jiangjing Preparatory Camp’s app?

Bai Lian got 150 in math, 110 in physics for the monthly exam…

That was only the limit of the paper, not the limit of her, Bai someone!