The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 822 - 821: The College Entrance Exam Results Are Out!

Chapter 822: Chapter 821: The College Entrance Exam Results Are Out!

At Kunpeng High School during this time of the year, the atmosphere was always different from usual.

Three years of effort all culminated in this day.

Not only were the students tense, but graduating class teachers and school leaders also suffered from insomnia and anxiety.

Kunpeng High School is a key school in Wucheng, with a historically stable position at the forefront in terms of university enrollment rates, and it has been the cradle for gifted students.

Particularly with Lu Xi’s cohort.

Lu Xi was the top science student in Wu Province, admitted by Jinjing University. His impressive college entrance examination score of 732 was still displayed in Kunpeng School’s hall of honor, an unbroken record to date.

The exam questions in Wu Province were notoriously difficult; scoring above 700 was an indicator of an exceptional student.

As a result, Lu Xi had always been the face of Kunpeng High School.

This year, Principal Zhang, Teacher Su, and others placed high hopes on Lu Mian at the start, believing she was sure to break Lu Xi’s record, but then everyone saw Lu Mian’s expression and dared not mention it again.

Early that day, before the time had come to release the results, Teacher Su was already sitting steadily in the principal’s office.

"Aside from Lu Mian, Sui Yuan is also a good student, having made great progress in the second half of the twelfth grade, even achieving the top rank in the grade," boasted Teacher Su with pride.

Teacher Su was Sui Yuan’s sponsor and naturally paid more attention to his grades.

Principal Zhang continuously agreed and shifted his focus from Lu Mian to Sui Yuan and other students, stroking his chin as he said, "Director Han is also taking this year’s college entrance examination results very seriously; he mentioned he’d come over later."

Teacher Su’s eyes darkened for a moment, seeming to hint at something deeper.

The only results Han Jin cared about must be Lu Mian’s...

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The physics group’s office.

As the homeroom teacher of a graduating class, Wan Lin had been pacing back and forth nervously since his arrival at the office, unable to sit still.

Ding Cai was preparing a lesson and looked up to offer words of comfort upon noticing his behavior.

"Your class has always been steady in performance; maybe this time they will all pass the first-tier university threshold. Don’t be too anxious."

Wan Lin stopped pacing and shot Ding Cai a resentful look, "I don’t believe you’re not worried about Lu Mian’s results."

"..." Ding Cai suddenly found his teaching plan dull and put his pen down.

"I am indeed worried about her... I heard she didn’t do well; I’ve been too nervous to contact her lately," he confessed.

"It doesn’t make much of a difference, though; she’s only in her first year of high school and still has chances ahead," Wan Lin comforted Ding Cai in return.

"My main concern is that she takes it too hard..."

The two wore matching expressions of anxiety as they finally made it to the time the results were issued.

Wan Lin’s phone suddenly vibrated sharply.

He jolted at the buzz, saw it was a call from Principal Zhang, and hurriedly answered.

Principal Zhang wanted Wan Lin to come to the office to review this session’s college entrance examination results together.

Eager, Wan Lin quickly agreed and beckoned Ding Cai to come along before he left.

The principal’s office.

When Wan Lin and Ding Cai arrived, the office was already filled with teachers standing about. They were all homeroom teachers of twelfth-graders; almost anyone who cared about students’ scores had come.

The teachers themselves couldn’t access the students’ scores and had to rely on the principal for information.

Fortunately, the principal’s office was spacious enough that it didn’t feel too crowded even with more than a dozen teachers gathered.

Principal Zhang sat in front of the computer, refreshing the results system over and over.

Han Jin and Teacher Su were seated on the sofa, their demeanor tense.

Wan Lin’s phone vibrated a few more times, and he saw that it was a call from Jiang Yingyue’s mother, his spirits immediately lifted.

At a time like this, a call from a parent generally meant good news.

The other teachers turned their gaze towards Wan Lin.

Wan Lin answered the phone, "Hello, Jiang’s mom."

"Hello, Teacher Wan, are you in the office right now? Yingyue and I looked at her scores and wanted to talk to you about which schools to apply for."

"How many points did Yingyue score? I’m in the principal’s office right now, would you mind waiting for a while?"

There was a pause on Jiang’s mom’s end, then she replied cheerfully, "Then Yingyue and I will come to the principal’s office to find you."

In the end, Wan Lin never found out how much Jiang Yingyue scored, but the other teachers all knew that Jiang Yingyue had always been the top student in her grade. It was a matter of course that she did well.

Wan Lin elbowed Ding Cai, "Don’t you think you should give Lu Mian a call to ask?"

"Is, is that appropriate?" Ding Cai said nervously, "I’ll send a text message first to feel it out."

Han Jin and Teacher Su both looked at Ding Cai at the same time.

Under pressure, Ding Cai sent Lu Mian a text message.

[Lu Mian, have you woken up?]

About a minute later, Lu Mian finally replied.

[Just now, I was helping out in the kitchen, what’s up, Teacher Ding?]

MM Ji Restaurant was opening a new branch recently, and Yu Ren often had to fly over to Jinjing to check on it. Lu Mian and Sui Yuan, when they had time, would come over to help at MM Ji, although most of the time, they were just playing around.

Ding Cai asked cautiously, [Do you have any plans for today?]

Lu Mian replied, [No.]

Ding Cai: ...

Jiang Yingyue and her mother arrived quickly, and as they knocked on the office door and entered, their faces were flushed with excitement, which could be felt even from three meters away. Jiang Yingyue was the student representative for the senior year, and both the teachers and the principal recognized her and her mother. Their arrival didn’t seem out of place.

Wan Lin hurried over to greet them.

Jiang Yingyue and her mother greeted everyone present.

Wan Lin hurriedly asked, "So, how did it go, how many points did you score?"

This time, Jiang Yingyue was finally willing to share. She snuggled up to her mother and said, timid yet eager, "I scored 717, five points more than my self-estimated score."

"717?" Wan Lin was immediately proud.

The other teachers all sighed in admiration.

"That’s an impressive score!"

"This year’s paper is recognized as the toughest one in years, a score of 717 is top-notch indeed."

"With that score, there’s no problem becoming the top scholar, right?"

Jiang Yingyue checked the scores early; the provincial rankings hadn’t been released yet, only the individual scores were available.

Wan Lin thought it was quite good and gave a few words of encouragement.

"It’s all thanks to the teachers and the school," said Jiang’s mom politely, then she quickly changed the subject, "Teacher Wan, how did that Sui Yuan from your class do?"

The student who had taken the first-place spot from her daughter was naturally etched in Jiang’s mother’s memory.

"I don’t know yet, I’ll ask her," Wan Lin said.

Teacher Su was also curious about Sui Yuan’s score. After Wan Lin called her, Sui Yuan said she was busy helping in the restaurant and hadn’t had time to check yet. So, Wan Lin just asked for her ID number and other information to look it up for her.

Taking the opportunity, Teacher Su said, "Sui Yuan is on good terms with Mianmian, ask her if she knows Mianmian’s number, we can help Mianmian check as well."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yingyue laughed with a bit of malice.

"Yeah, many of our senior year students want to know Teacher Lu’s score," she said with a sarcastic tone, emphasizing the words "Teacher Lu."

Lu Mian had grandiosely taught a lesson to the senior students and was touted as a candidate for the provincial top scholar. From the bottom of her heart, Jiang Yingyue could not accept this.

Moreover, since Sui Yuan was on good terms with Lu Mian, she had a visceral contempt for both of them.

She was keenly aware that Sui Yuan had been plagued by troubles lately and her exam performance must have been affected. And Lu Mian, she’d even resorted to metaphysics during the exams.

In her mind, these two were destined to be her defeated opponents!