Chapter 91 — Wei Zhao's Sensational Scores: Shen Yushu Could Not Help Shivering at the Paper Ruined Beyond Recognition by Gu Mengyao, Thinking It Was Too Cruel, Yet She Giggled Secretly at the Thought of Wei Zhao's Expression When the Scores Were Announced

Wei Zhao had never expected his own paper to fall into Gu Mengyao's hands. He simply assumed Shen Yushu had given him Gu Mengyao's paper as a joke, and thought nothing of it.

"Boss, whose paper are you grading?" Kang Xiaobo turned around and asked casually.

"Uh... Gu Mengyao's..." Wei Zhao said with some embarrassment.

"Huh? No way?" Kang Xiaobo's eyes went wide as he stared at the name on the paper in Wei Zhao's hand, stunned. "For real? How did her paper end up with you? Weren't she and Shen Yushu supposed to swap and grade each other's papers?"

"How should I know? This is the one Shen Yushu handed me," Wei Zhao said with a shrug.

"She must have handed them out wrong by accident," Kang Xiaobo sighed. "Boss, you really are lucky. Gu Mengyao's paper, so many boys in class would give anything for a chance to get close to it, and it landed right in your hands."

Wei Zhao smiled and offered no explanation... There really was no way to explain it. Was he supposed to tell Kang Xiaobo that Shen Yushu had done it on purpose? Then Kang Xiaobo would surely ask why Shen Yushu would do such a thing on purpose, and his awkward, undefined relationship with Gu Mengyao would inevitably be exposed.

Wei Zhao graded Gu Mengyao's paper with great care. Although Gu Mengyao was always fierce toward him, Wei Zhao knew that most of the time she said one thing and meant another. Especially that night when she had invited him through Shen Yushu to join them for dinner, Wei Zhao had seen that at heart Gu Mengyao was actually good, just a little willful like a pampered young lady.

Although Gu Mengyao's grades were good, mistakes on the paper were still unavoidable. As Wei Zhao marked her answers right or wrong, he also collected her mistakes on the back of the paper and wrote out detailed correct solutions, even more thorough than what the teacher was explaining from the podium.

To Wei Zhao's surprise, Gu Mengyao had even solved the final bonus question, using exactly the same method the teacher was teaching from the podium. It seemed the girl really did work hard as a rule.

Wei Zhao, however, knew another solution. He did not know whether the teacher had not noticed it, or simply felt that knowing one basic solution was enough for such a bonus question, but the shorter cut Wei Zhao knew had not been mentioned.

Naturally, none of the students present raised any objection. The bonus question had been set deliberately hard and beyond the syllabus. Those who could solve it at all were few and far between, let alone those who could get it completely right.

Wei Zhao wrote the other solution he knew on the back of the paper as well, then turned it back to the front and tallied the score. One hundred thirty-nine points, a high score indeed.

Quizzes given in class were always harder than the real college entrance exam. That was the custom at these key high schools. Only in this way could the students' overall level be pushed higher, and could they feel more pressure and urgency day to day.

After finishing the final bonus question, Teacher Liu, the homeroom teacher at the podium, told everyone to write the grader's name on the back of the paper and pass them forward from back to front. This was to prevent anyone from grading carelessly or recklessly.

Gu Mengyao gave Wei Zhao a big zero, then spitefully signed her name at the end of the paper. Hmph, even if that jerk Wei Zhao saw it, he would not dare come looking for trouble with her.

When it came time to record the scores, Shen Yushu picked up Wei Zhao's paper, stifled a laugh, and said to Teacher Liu, "Wei Zhao, zero points."

"Hmm?" Teacher Liu froze. Not only did Teacher Liu freeze, but the other students below who had been listening intently to the scores froze too. In years, no one had heard of a zero. Apart from papers voided for cheating, no matter how bad you were, even wild guessing could not earn you a zero.

"Who graded it?" Teacher Liu frowned.

"Gu Mengyao," Shen Yushu said with a giggle.

Teacher Liu nodded. She vaguely knew that behind Wei Zhao seemed to stand Gu Pengzhan, the school board director, and that Gu Mengyao was Gu Pengzhan's daughter. Although the two appeared to have no contact at school, who knew why this Wei Zhao had come here?

And no sooner had he arrived than he had clashed violently with Zhong Yongliang, one of Gu Mengyao's admirers. Teacher Liu had no wish to meddle in such complications. Young masters and princesses like these were the hardest to manage.

So hearing that it was Gu Mengyao who had graded it, Teacher Liu said nothing more.

Shen Yushu's voice was not loud, but the classroom was very quiet now, so everyone heard her. They could not help glancing at Wei Zhao with sympathy. The boys all thought Wei Zhao must have offended Miss Gu somehow to be given a zero. What rotten luck.

The girls, on the other hand, looked disdainful. Wei Zhao was refined and gentle-looking, very much like the handsome boy from an idol drama, so they were rather displeased that Gu Mengyao had given him a zero, yet none of them dared say anything to Gu Mengyao's face.

No one was more astonished than Wei Zhao himself. The instant he heard he had scored zero, his expression turned indescribably strange. Still, he could roughly guess that his paper had most likely been graded by Gu Mengyao, so such a miraculous result was hardly surprising.

Otherwise, even if he had deliberately answered several questions wrong, he could not have ended up with zero. Seeing the mischievous grin all over Shen Yushu's face, Wei Zhao was speechless. Zero was zero. Was it really something to be that happy about?

Kang Xiaobo knew full well that Wei Zhao had graded Gu Mengyao's paper, so when he heard Shen Yushu say that Wei Zhao's paper had been graded by Gu Mengyao, his mouth fell open in an '0' shape, just like the score on Wei Zhao's paper.

There is something going on, there has to be something going on. How could it be such a coincidence? Kang Xiaobo turned around and stared at Wei Zhao with a look that demanded the whole story. Although Gu Mengyao had given Wei Zhao a zero, that only proved the point all the more. If there was nothing between them, why would Gu Mengyao single out Wei Zhao to pick on?

Under Kang Xiaobo's inquiring gaze, Wei Zhao smiled bitterly and spread his hands to show he was innocent.

Yet Kang Xiaobo was puzzled. Wei Zhao's expression spoke of innocence, and although Kang Xiaobo had previously suspected something between Wei Zhao and Gu Mengyao, thinking it over carefully now, it did not seem possible. Wei Zhao had transferred here only a few days ago and had not exchanged a single word with Gu Mengyao. How could there be anything between them?

Could it really be just a coincidence?

Kang Xiaobo shook his head and turned back around. Although Wei Zhao's zero had shocked the whole class, it was only a momentary shock. Next, everyone turned their attention back to their own scores.

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