Obsessive Tycoon and His Swan Girl
Chapter 305: The Most Advantageous Subject’s Waterloo

Chapter 305: Chapter 305: The Most Advantageous Subject’s Waterloo

"That’s true," Zhang Xi felt she wasn’t wrong.

"As long as your English is stable, the other subjects won’t be too difficult. You come from the top class, you have a solid foundation, what’s there to be afraid of?" Jiang Fanyue comforted her, "There’s definitely a spot for you in the last fifty places."

"But now there’s one more person."

"Is that so?" Jiang Fanyue’s fingers gripping her phone slowly tightened, another one, and it was not her.

Thinking of others having the opportunity to get reduced score admission to prestigious universities through the summer camp while she could only wait at school.

This feeling slowly eroded her confidence and dignity.

She quickly adjusted her attitude, "Don’t worry about that, if you do as usual, you can also make it to the top fifty."

"Okay, I’m going to practice some questions. If there’s anything I don’t understand later, I’ll come to ask you."

"Sure, I’m always here."

The next day was the English test.

Zhang Xi was still full of confidence.

Others envied her, "English has always been your strong suit, Zhang Xi, I’m so envious."

"Yeah, I always get nervous about English. If I don’t do well on it, I won’t even know if I’ll have the confidence for the rest."

Zhang Xi wore a prideful expression; indeed, getting a good start meant the rest didn’t scare her.

How could someone like Xia Enci, who got into the summer camp through sprinting, possibly be her competitor?

Although the summer camp also emphasized sports, sports still had a smaller weighting; even if one scored full marks in sports, it was only 30 points, not a significant impact.

...

At lunchtime, Xiao Meng was somewhat worried, "Starting with an English test is really not that friendly to Enci."

"Worrying is pointless, eat," Jiang Zhe wasn’t concerned at all.

Xia Enci had called earlier, but she didn’t have much concept of scoring and couldn’t clarify how well she did, only mentioning that the questions weren’t hard.

Song Xingyu said, "Anyway, doing your best is all you can do, right? Don’t worry too much."

Xiao Meng asked, "Did she say when the results will be out?"

"That should be soon, I heard. Everyone’s scores are public, with rankings changing with scores on the fly."

Xiao Meng nodded, "Then we wait."

Jiang Zhe continued eating without looking up, thinking Enci shouldn’t have problems as long as she seriously practiced the problems.

A moment later, Jiang Zhe’s WeChat received a video call request.

She saw it was from Xia Enci and opened it.

"Xiaozhe, Xiaozhe, Xiaozhe!" Xia Enci’s face appeared on the screen.

She still had food in her mouth, her cheeks puffing in and out, "Guess how many points I got for English?"

"135?" Seeing her excitement, Jiang Zhe guessed higher.

"140 points! Didn’t you expect that? Huh?"

The summer camp was filled with top students, so the questions were difficult, less commonly seen than the usual ones.

Many top students were left scratching their heads.

Jiang Zhe asked, "Did you get some special help?"

"Aside from the special help you gave me, He Ling also helped me a bit," Xia Enci laughed.

Jiang Zhe thought, no wonder.

She had estimated Xia Enci’s score to be between 130-140 points; since He Ling was involved, it must have been He Ling who helped her improve her listening comprehension.

If the listening improved, then scoring 140 was quite normal.

Xia Enci had never scored so high in English before and was ecstatic.

"Which rank are you?" Xiao Meng also shared her joy.

"Don’t know, but definitely not first. He Ling scored one point higher than me. But this score is already quite something. Last year at this time, I didn’t even have half of this score."

"Congratulations," Song Xingyu said from aside.

"Hehehe, I really didn’t expect to have a day like today!"

He Ling, on the other hand, was indifferent; his grades were always good, it was only injuries that delayed his exams.

He had grown accustomed to having varying numbers of exams.

But seeing Xia Enci so excited, he found himself stirred with a bit of a competitive spirit.

"Does this score make people this happy?" he asked from the side.

"Of course, I’m excited! Doesn’t it feel good to be in the lead? Besides, I’ve worked so hard; if my score didn’t match my effort, I’d cry."

That feeling of being in the lead was something He Ling had experienced.

However, it was previously in sports.

Spurred by Xia Enci’s words, he began to think that it did indeed feel quite nice.

He said, "Alright then, let’s keep competing."

"Sure, my forte is coming up next! Don’t get beaten by me."

...

Zhang Xi finally got her English test score.

points.

An impressively high score.

"Zhang Xi, you really are the English champion! These questions were so tough, yet you managed to score so high!"

"Even with Jiang Fanyue around, you’ve outdone her!"

"Our Zhang Xi’s English never disappoints. Speaking of which, this score should at least put you in the top three, right?"

"Definitely."

Her English score had given her a great start, and Zhang Xi was quite happy.

She looked at her test paper with satisfaction. The question types had been uncommon, presumably set by a university independently, causing many people to slip up.

Her score really allowed her to stand out from the crowd.

"Have the rankings come out?" Zhang Xi asked.

With this score as a foundation, she had no worries.

"They’re out." A student beside her said, "Ah, the first place is He Ling!"

"He came from a school in Beijing, so getting first place is normal."

"Let me see!" Zhang Xi immediately grabbed it and saw He Ling actually had 141 points!

Close behind was Xia Enci with 140 points!

Then came Si Qing, a few students from classes one and two, and another person from an unnamed class whose name she had never heard before.

She ranked tentatively in tenth place!

Her heart cooled instantly. How could she experience a Waterloo in her strongest subject?

He Ling, Si Qing, Xia Enci, other people from the unnamed class! These were people who should not be on this list!

Excluding them, her scores were still somewhat normal.

She stared at the name Xia Enci.

The others might be excusable, as their scores did not differ much from usual, but how could Xia Enci possibly...?

Didn’t she score just over 110 points in the last monthly test?

Zhang Xi couldn’t believe this.

She remembered seeing her and He Ling whispering to each other all afternoon yesterday.

Was there some trickery involved?

If this continued, Xia Enci would be firmly ahead of her.

Zhang Xi’s results were indeed very good, especially in English, but the upcoming summer camp included physical and survival skills assessments, neither of which were her strengths.

If she fell behind in those areas, she could easily slip outside of the top fifty.

No way!

She quickly found Director Han: "Director Han, how could Xia Enci be so amazing in this exam?"

"Xia Enci’s scores have steadily improved every month. With these results, it’s not surprising." Director Han was very pleased.

"But... I suspect she cheated with He Ling!" Zhang Xi initially only had a hunch, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was true.