Top Student at Their Peak
Chapter 93 - 73: Final Rankings

Chapter 93: Chapter 73: Final Rankings

August in Star City is really hot.

In fact, in cities where the nights are particularly lively, summer temperatures are often unbearably hot.

Like Star City, Jiang City, Shuangqing, and Xilin, they’re all the same.

What makes summers in Star City particularly unbearable is the humid heat.

Just a few minutes out of an air-conditioned room, and you’ll immediately feel like you’ve been covered with something sticky all over, feeling unclean. Even in the evening, after the sun goes down, it’s the same when you go out for a stroll.

So, Qiao Yu always thought the best way to handle summer in Star City is to stay cooped up in an air-conditioned room and go nowhere.

Unfortunately, not only did he have military training, but he also couldn’t resist his mom pushing him out every day.

Mainly because women tend to fall into anxiety more easily than men.

Qiao Yu couldn’t understand why Qiao Xi always managed to find those so-called certified doctors’ special reminders during summer on various apps: Never stay in an air-conditioned room for too long, avoid air-conditioning sickness by starting to go out for exercises.

Then he’d be dragged out by Qiao Xi and Keke, those two women.

If it were just a walk around the neighborhood, that’d be fine, but those two always have new ideas.

A certain street has been turned into a night market, said to be very lively, so they had to check it out; a certain bubble tea shop launched a new product that they had to try; a certain brand was having a big sale, and not checking it out for some suitable items would be a big loss...

You could only say that in the era of big data, it’s really amazing. Qiao Yu never swiped such news, but these two women’s information was incredibly quick.

They’d receive a push message if a women’s clothing store opened in some corner of Star City.

Especially after Keke’s tutoring class ended in mid-August, Qiao Yu felt like going out every evening seemed to become a task he must complete. Military training during the day and going out in the evening felt overwhelming.

The only thing that made him a bit happy was the impulsive, unintended action he took when he returned to Star City from Xiao Zhou—putting Yu Yongjun and Yu Wei together to create a group chat.

For the first few days, the group remained absolutely silent, with no one talking.

Until one day, Yu Yongjun sent a screenshot of a question in the group and asked, "Do you guys know how to solve this?"

He also tagged both of them casually.

Qiao Yu looked at it and directly replied, "Nope."

Yu Wei simply sent an ellipsis.

Yu Yongjun completely ignored Qiao Yu’s "Nope" and then said in the group, "If you’re not good, practice more!"

Clearly, Yu Wei couldn’t stand a challenge and immediately retorted, "@dayu Who are you calling not good?"

"Haha, why are you so sensitive? Maybe I’m talking about a certain gold medalist in the group? That... the gold medalist isn’t you, right?"

Qiao Yu happily watched the two argue, just about to continue enjoying the show, but unfortunately, Yu Wei gave up without a fight and quieted down.

Annoying...

Nothing fun to watch anymore.

But what he didn’t expect was that half an hour later, Chu Buzhi directly sent three pictures. Qiao Yu opened them to take a look, and sure enough, it was the solution process to the question dayu sent earlier.

It was written in great detail, without any mistakes.

But the matter didn’t end there, Chu Buzhi also sent a question, tagged the two, and then left a message: "Does the self-proclaimed not-bad person dare to practice too?"

Qiao Yu opened the question again, then quickly replied, just like before, "Nope!"

Yu Yongjun playfully responded, saying: "Wow, this question is so hard, it scared the hell out of me!"

Yu Wei didn’t respond, just sent a disdainful emoji.

The group went quiet again, but five minutes later, Qiao Yu received a private message from dayu on WeChat: "Boss, help me, take a look, this question is really hard! Help me, I can’t really be looked down upon by that guy! That would be too humiliating!"

This was something Qiao Yu was quite familiar with, so he immediately replied, "Consultation fee is a hundred bucks! In ten minutes, you’ll be the coolest guy in the group."

Yu Yongjun sent a shocked emoji and said, "No way, boss, are you serious?"

Qiao Yu confidently replied, "Nonsense! Do I look like someone who jokes about money? Come to Star City Railway First Middle School and ask around, from students to teachers, who doesn’t know I’m the most money-minded Qiao Yu."

"Darn, don’t charge money, how about calling you dad instead?"

"Can’t do the former, but the latter is okay."

The opposite side kept calm for a minute, sent a pitiful emoji, and followed with a message, "Dad, can it be a bit cheaper? I don’t have much pocket money either!"

Such totally shameless behavior surprised Qiao Yu, he thought it over and replied, "Fine, send me 50 right away, and I’ll give you a summer half-price VIP consultation experience card."

Soon enough, dayu sent a fifty-dollar red envelope.

Qiao Yu opened the group chat, reviewed the question Yu Wei sent, then took out pen and paper, and quickly began solving it. It took about ten minutes before he snapped a photo and sent it to Yu Yongjun.

"Thanks, Dad. Dad, you’ve worked hard!"

He ignored this shameless comment and returned to the group chat, expecting Yu Yongjun to send it to the group soon. Unexpectedly, it took seven or eight minutes before the images started appearing in the group chat suddenly.

They weren’t the images he previously sent over; the handwriting was completely different, and the paper had the letterhead of Little Fatty’s school, Shuangqing Bashan Middle School, suggesting that Little Fatty took the time to rewrite it again.

As expected, anyone who does well in math tends to be meticulous, leaving no flaws even when trying to show off.

After posting the answer, dayu naturally tagged Chu Buzhi again with a line.