Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 19 Silent until the moment of truth, then a resounding success.

The moment Zhou Ziyang received the exam paper, his memories of taking exams in his previous life instantly connected.

This was the third city-wide joint exam for senior high school students, and it was touted as the one with the closest difficulty to the college entrance examination. However, in reality, this exam was still a bit more difficult than the college entrance examination, causing countless top students from various schools to fail.

After the exam, the teacher was quite pleased with himself when going over the test paper, mocking, "Look, look, you got it wrong again, didn't you?"

"You think you know it all, that you're familiar with it all? The exam is designed to test your carelessness."

"And this problem, I've explained it eight hundred times, but if I change the solution slightly, you guys still can't solve it, right?"

Memories of my past life are vivid in my mind.

Every time Zhou Ziyang encountered a difficult problem, he could recall the problem-solving strategies taught by his teacher in his previous life.

The Chinese language test was not difficult. The multiple-choice questions at the beginning mainly tested the pronunciation of uncommon characters and the explanation of idioms.

These are all easy to answer if you have a good memory.

As for the two classical poetry analysis questions that follow, the first one is from outside the curriculum, and the second one is from inside the curriculum.

The test included questions that the teacher had covered a few days ago.

What is the meaning of the line, "Picking through every cold branch, yet refusing to perch, lonely on the cold sandbar"?
This question is worth three points.

First, we must interpret it literally: it means that the crow picked up one cold branch after another, but refused to use them to build a nest to roost in, preferring to endure the loneliness of the cold sandbar.

Secondly, it relates to the poet's situation at the time, saying that this was the umpteenth time the poet Su Shi had been demoted, and that the reason for his demotion was that he was unwilling to collude with the court factions and preferred to be demoted alone to a harsh and cold place.

That's how you get two points.

The third part uses metaphor, with the poet comparing himself to a crow unwilling to perch on a cold branch, expressing his lofty aspirations.

You need to answer all three points correctly to get full marks.

The remaining tasks are two modern Chinese reading comprehension exercises and one essay.

In modern Chinese reading comprehension, there are actually no standard answers, making it very difficult to get full marks.

Even if Zhou Ziyang had a standard answer, he couldn't possibly reveal it all.

He's not the kind of person who likes to show off. Besides, he just has a good memory, he's not some kind of prodigy. He's fine as long as he stays in the province. If he goes to a higher place, he's bound to run into some other problems.

He was reborn, so he should know that doing anything perfectly is not necessarily a good thing.

He would be content as long as he had more money than he could spend in his life, took good care of his mother, and found a few close female friends.

There was no title for the composition; instead, students were given an excerpt from Zhu Ziqing's "The Back View" and were asked to elaborate on it themselves.

It's actually quite obvious.

Without a second thought, Zhou Ziyang wrote down the title "My Father".

Actually, there's nothing too profound about Chinese language; it's just about rote memorization and remembering a few formulas for answering reading comprehension questions.

Neat handwriting and legible characters are definitely a plus.

Coincidentally, Zhou Ziyang often had to write articles for his superiors for work, and his penmanship was not comparable to that of professional calligraphers.

However, looking at the entire school, I estimate that there are very few people whose calligraphy is better than Zhou Ziyang's.

Essays should have a beginning, an end, and a middle.

Most students like to start their essays with a string of flowery words, and then describe a scene of a gloomy, drizzling day, with their father or mother picking them up at the school gate with an umbrella.

When he got home, he found that his shoulder was wet.

However, besides this style of writing, there is another style, which is more direct and straightforward, and more likely to attract readers' interest.

For example, Zhou Ziyang started by saying:
My father passed away when I was very young.

These few short sentences instantly capture the reader's interest, making them unable to resist continuing to read.

As long as Zhou Ziyang's writing isn't completely nonsensical, and his handwriting is neat and without any scribbling, the basic score for this essay won't be too low.

As for the ending, you'll need to think about it a little:
"The grass on the grave turns green and then yellow, yellow and then green again. Just like my longing, year after year, it can never be broken."

"Later, I went to elementary school and then high school, but I haven't called him 'Dad' for ten years."

“I’m thinking of waiting until the day I have a son and a grandson.”

"I went back to that overgrown land and lay down."

"Maybe at that time, if I call out 'Dad' again, he will hear me."

The entire text contains no flowery language, only a deep longing for the father.

The Chinese exam lasted two and a half hours, and Zhou Ziyang finished writing in one and a half hours. After checking it again, he found that there were no major mistakes.

On a test with a score of 160, Zhou Ziyang could score at least 145.

that's enough.

So Zhou Ziyang raised his hand, and the proctor asked if there was anything wrong.

Zhou Ziyang answered and handed in his paper.

The proctor then gestured for Zhou Ziyang to leave.

Zhou Ziyang was the first to leave the examination room. His classmates only glanced at him and thought to themselves that Zhou Ziyang was really audacious.

The homeroom teacher said it several times.

Early submission is not allowed!
Early submission is not allowed!
He wouldn't listen at all!

To be honest, the proctor frowned slightly when he learned that Zhou Ziyang was going to hand in his paper.

I wondered what this student's name was and why they handed in their paper early. Couldn't they have checked it again?
He must be a bad student.

Just as she approached Zhou Ziyang's desk to look at his name, she was taken aback when she saw his neat and tidy handwriting.

Your handwriting is so good!
Then I looked at the questions in the answer key.

Hey, why aren't these students from our class?

Upon seeing the essay, the proctor felt a pang of pain in his heart and felt even more guilty for his earlier criticism of Zhou Ziyang!
So that's how tough it was for him.

In every exam that followed, Zhou Ziyang handed in his paper early. Just as he had predicted, each time he received the exam paper, he would automatically connect to his memories from his past life.

For Zhou Ziyang, this exam was no different from an open-book exam.

Zhou Ziyang deliberately wrote two math problems incorrectly.

As for English, Zhou Ziyang chose to submit a perfect score.

Because Xia Wei was the top student in English in the whole school, she never scored below 110 out of 120 on the test, and sometimes she even got a perfect score.

Zhou Ziyang wanted to outdo her.

The Jiangsu Province College Entrance Examination mainly tests five subjects: Chinese, Mathematics, English, and two minor subjects.

It took two days.

But in reality, right after the first day of exams, during evening self-study, the teachers had already started going over the test papers. Zhou Ziyang's math teacher was an impatient person; otherwise, he wouldn't have said in public that humanities students were inferior to science students.

Actually, the math teacher had already flipped through all the test papers when the exam ended in the afternoon.

As for my feelings, I can only say that I'm very disappointed!
Extremely disappointed!

"We explain this problem every day! We do it every day! How come we still can't solve it!"

"Someone actually handed in their paper early?"

Is handing in your paper early something to be proud of?

"Zhou Ziyang, don't pretend nothing's wrong! I'm talking about you! Just you wait, your homeroom teacher is going to talk to you soon!"

Zhou Ziyang's score has not been released yet.

However, the teacher already knew that he had handed in his paper early.

I've told you so many times, you may not know how.

Even if you don't write anything, you can sleep soundly in your seat without any problem.

But you can't hand in your paper early!
The students didn't do well on the exams overall, so the teachers weren't in a good mood.

Zhou Ziyang has now truly become the one who sticks his neck out.

"And this problem, proving triangles are similar, I've explained it eight hundred times! How do you do this one? Does anyone know how? Please explain!"

The math teacher drew a cube on the blackboard and made four points A, B, C, and D. Three points on the square on the ground form a triangle. Prove that the triangles above are similar.

There was silence in the classroom.

Spatial geometry tests students' spatial imagination; you either know it or you don't.

The math teacher watched as one student after another shrugged off, feeling utterly disappointed and frustrated.

I've said it eight hundred times!
"Xia Wei, did you finish it?" the math teacher asked, calling on the top student in the class.

Xia Wei lowered her head in shame.

The math teacher sighed, "Well, it's not your fault. Spatial geometry tests spatial imagination, and boys' imaginations are just better than girls'."

"Only two students in our science class could do it, and your class?"

"Not a single one!"

The math teacher spoke with a resounding voice, as if it were something to be very proud of.

He has always looked down on liberal arts students.

Just at this time.

Zhou Ziyang spoke from his position: "Let P be the midpoint of AE."

After Zhou Ziyang finished speaking, the students couldn't help but focus their attention on him.

The math teacher couldn't help but look at Zhou Ziyang, only to see Zhou Ziyang looking at him with an indifferent expression.

"You go on."

Following Zhou Ziyang's instructions, the math teacher identified the midpoint p between A and E.

Connect PH, both of which are midpoints, so the midline between them is completely parallel to the baseline.

In other words, the triangle formed by the midline is similar to the triangle formed by the base.

From this, we can deduce another line that is parallel to the bottom edge, which serves as proof.

Therefore, it can be proven that the triangle is similar to the base triangle.

Zhou Ziyang was speaking from below the stage, while the math teacher was writing on the stage with chalk.

At first, everyone was a little confused and wondered why Zhou Ziyang could solve this problem.
Wasn't he the first to hand in his paper?

But as the math teacher wrote the solution steps one by one on the blackboard...

Everyone suddenly realized.

"Oh yes!"

"You know you were right now!?"

The math teacher was still angry and looked at the students in the class with disappointment after finishing writing.

"Besides Zhou Ziyang, who else has solved this problem?"

The classroom was completely silent.

The math teacher snorted and then asked Zhou Ziyang, "Zhou Ziyang, how did you solve this problem?"

"I'm smart."

"laugh!"

The students couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle.

Zhou Ziyang had just solved a difficult problem, so the math teacher couldn't possibly continue to be sarcastic towards him. However, the math teacher felt a little strange thinking about Zhou Ziyang handing in his paper early.

"Next question, Zhou Ziyang, what's your answer?"

"Oh, from negative one to one."

"?"

Solving a difficult problem correctly could be due to good luck, or it could be because you've seen similar problems before.

But were both difficult problems solved?

The math teacher found it strange.

"Next question?"

"0."

It was right again!?

No one in their science class got this question right.

The math teacher's expression changed faster than flipping through a book. He quickly greeted Zhou Ziyang with a smile and said, "Come up and explain your solution steps."

Zhou Ziyang didn't stand on ceremony.

Because of this exam, Zhou Ziyang is destined to make a name for himself.

Rather than letting classmates suspect whether you have plagiarized or cheated.

It's better to announce your findings before the results are released.

　I graduated high school ten years ago, so the questions might be a bit easy; please bear with me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)