From child prodigy to chief scientist

Hearing these results, most teachers didn't show any particular surprise.

After all, Yucai High School is one of the strongest high schools in the province, with thirty to fifty students admitted to Tsinghua and Yanda Universities every year, and more than one hundred students admitted to C9 universities.

It's no exaggeration to say that only a small minority of the entire senior class at Yucai High School fail to get into a 985 university.

Just then, a teacher, looking at the rankings on the list, suddenly asked with some surprise:

"Director, which class is Xu Xiao in? Why isn't his class listed?"

This situation is indeed a bit puzzling. Since they are students who took the monthly exam, they shouldn't be without a class.

"Oh, you mean Xu Xiao? He's a new student in this year's junior class. He mentioned he wanted to participate in our monthly exam, so I didn't specify his class."

While listening to the director's answer and looking at Xu Xiao's score, the teachers present all wore expressions of surprise.

Logically speaking, Xu Xiao's score of 626 is not low, but it is not outstanding among the senior students of Yucai High School. It is only slightly higher than the grade average.

But what if this score was achieved by a new student in a junior class...?

That would be so shocking it's almost unbelievable.

"What...you mean a new student in a children's class? An eleven or twelve-year-old?"

"That should be about right. I'm not too sure about the specifics, but I heard that Director Wang of the children's class speaks highly of him."

These words immediately silenced many of the teachers present.

This means that nearly half of the senior students at Yucai High School actually scored lower in the monthly exam than a child who is just over ten years old.

They were initially quite satisfied with their class's results, but this sudden setback dealt them a severe blow.

Sun Yifei, the homeroom teacher of Class 1, was in a relatively good mood at this moment.

On the one hand, although Xu Xiao's grades were not low, they were not enough to threaten the top class he was in charge of.

On the other hand, because Xu Xiao often audited their classes, he had already come to regard Xu Xiao as half of his student.

"I can testify about Xu Xiao's case. He's been coming to our class to audit classes almost every day recently. This kid is really smart; sometimes his thinking is beyond our comprehension."

"No wonder I heard from the students in the class a couple of days ago that a kid also took the exam this month. It turns out it was Xu Xiao."

"We've never had such a terrifying kid in previous years' junior classes. Judging by this, he's ready to take the college entrance exam next year."

None of them would have expected that the topic of discussion at this senior high school monthly exam meeting would not be their senior students.

After exchanging a few more words, they concluded the meeting.

At this moment, Xu Xiao, who was in the junior class, had no idea that she had attracted the attention of these senior high school teachers at Yucai High School.

However, he has already received his monthly exam papers for each subject and is currently summarizing them.

Just as predicted, Xu Xiao did indeed do well in math this time, scoring a full 142 points.

The other subjects were relatively unremarkable: 118 in Chinese, 120 in English, and 246 in combined science.

However, achieving a total score of 626 was already much better than he had expected, which was a pleasant surprise for him.

"If I can get this score in the college entrance exam... it's definitely enough for Bincheng University of Technology, and I should also have a good chance of getting into Bingcheng University of Technology."

These universities were things Xu Xiao never dared to dream of before, but now they are within reach.

But people's thoughts are constantly changing. Even though these universities are all good 985 universities, Xu Xiao still has more ambitious goals.

"I shouldn't have lost at least 20 points in this monthly exam, especially my performance on the combined science section was really bad."

If Xu Xiao had been in a slightly better state when answering the science questions, she could have easily gotten a score of over 260.

With just over two hundred days until next year's college entrance examination, Xu Xiao feels that she still has a lot of room for improvement.

On her way back to the dormitory that evening, Xu Xiao began to seriously think about taking the college entrance examination next year.

Based on his progress over this period, he felt that he would have a good chance of getting into top universities in China, such as Tsinghua University and Peking University, next year.

While starting university at age 12 may seem a bit early, staying in high school wouldn't make much sense.

After all, an adult's soul resides in this young body, which means he won't encounter problems like other geniuses who can't adapt to the university environment.

"By the way... if I'm sure I want to take the college entrance exam next year, I should register as soon as possible."

According to Xu Xiao's recollection, one should need to register for the college entrance examination about six months in advance.

Especially for students like him who are not graduating high school seniors, the registration process would likely be even more complicated.

"I'll talk to Director Wang about this tomorrow and see if he can help me find a solution."

It's rare to see someone so young registering for the college entrance exam.

But since Xu Xiao has already achieved such a score, Wang Ze will likely support his idea.

Back in the dormitory, Xu Xiao was about to go to the bathroom to wash up when Yang Dun came running over, clutching his stomach.

"Xu Xiao, I'm in a bit of a hurry, can I go first?"

"Okay, you go ahead."

Judging from Yang Dun's appearance, he's probably about to poop, so Xu Xiao naturally wouldn't fight him for the bathroom.

Sure enough, not long after Yang Dun entered the bathroom, several distinct "plop" sounds were heard outside.

"How about... I'll be the last one to wash up tonight?"

Xu Xiao could imagine the smell in the bathroom and naturally didn't want to be the first to go in and ventilate it.

After a while, Yang Dun came out of the bathroom with a smile on his face.

"Hey guys, I suddenly thought of a really interesting question. Shall we discuss it?"

Hearing Yang Dun say this, the other three in the dormitory looked over with some confusion.

Xu Xiao also had a completely bewildered expression, wondering what Yang Dun was up to.

"Yang Dun, what problem have you thought of?" Ding Mosen asked.

"Why is it that when someone poops, the water splashes up higher than the poop itself?"

After hearing Yang Dun's question, Ding Mosen couldn't help but curl his lip and say:

"Yang Dun, how did you come up with such a disgusting question?"

Lü Yihang also retorted, "Yeah, Newton studied gravity by observing apples falling to the ground, so why are you studying excretion?"

Xu Xiao, however, reacted quickly and immediately grasped the crux of the problem.