A god-level beauty system? But I'm already a god-level beauty!

In the classroom of Class 7, Grade 7, the air was so thick it felt like a layer of ice about to crack.

The morning light slanted in through the window and shone directly on the podium.

Class teacher Li Fan stood in the light, her glasses reflecting a pure white light, making it impossible for anyone to see the emotions in her eyes.

She held the exam paper tightly in her hand, the edges of the pages slightly creased, but she didn't let go.

The entire class of over forty students sat below, barely daring to breathe.

Even Tang Tao, who usually loves to whisper to others, kept his mouth tightly shut.

Everyone was on tenterhooks – it was the first monthly exam in junior high, and everyone wanted to get off to a good start.

Seeing Li Fan's expressionless face, everyone's hearts sank.

In the back row of the classroom, by the window, Shen Ye leaned back in his chair, twirling a pen in his hand, his chin slightly raised, his gaze fixed on the edge of the blackboard above the podium.

He didn't get nervous—there was absolutely no need.

Out of the corner of the boy's eye, he saw Mu Jingyan sitting upright, her hands folded on the table, looking straight ahead.

Her face was expressionless, but Shen Ye noticed the confident curve of her lips.

Li Fan glanced around.

Each small face was tense, some lowered, some raised, as if awaiting judgment.

His gaze swept from the first row to the last, lingering for a moment longer in the direction of Shen Ye and Mu Jingyan.

She was actually about to break down.

In all her years of vocational education, this was the first time she had led such an outstanding class.

Li Fan could hardly believe it when he saw the results.

Is this the kind of class a new teacher like me, who's only been with the job for a few years, is capable of leading?!

She didn't come to her senses until the moment before she stepped into the classroom.

No...no.

You can't laugh yet.

I must hold back...

Wait 30 seconds.

Let's announce it in thirty seconds...

Li Fan forced back the twitching at the corners of his mouth, his face turning bright red.

This reaction made the students below, who were good at reading the room, even more panicked—how badly did we do on the test that we made the teacher's face turn red with anger!

"Students."

Li Fan finally spoke, his voice solemn and dignified.

The room fell silent instantly, as if a pause button had been pressed, with over forty pairs of eyes fixed on her face.

Even the occasional bird calls drifting from the branches outside the window seemed particularly jarring.

She cleared her throat and lightly tapped her finger on the test paper: "I won't keep you all in suspense any longer, I'll just announce our class's monthly exam results directly."

Her voice was several octaves higher than before, as if she were carrying a little bee: "Our class has thirteen students in the top one hundred of the whole school. Four students are in the top fifty. Two students are in the top ten."

Li Fan finally couldn't hold back anymore, and his mouth stretched into a venomous grin.

"And—these two students in the top ten are also the first and second ranked students in the entire school, respectively!"

"Whoa—!"

The students' gasps of surprise were deafening.

"Holy crap, who's this awesome?!"

"Judging from the teacher's expression just now, I thought I did poorly on the test!"

"I'm not pretending anymore, I'm actually number one in the grade!"

"Are you worthy?!"

......

Mu Jingyan paused in her combing of her hair.

She had just brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear when her hand froze in mid-air. Her gaze fell on the empty space next to the podium, her brows slowly furrowing, her fair face filled with surprise.

She's definitely in first place, so what about second place...?

How come she didn't notice there was such a talent in the class?

Mu Jingyan's gaze unconsciously drifted towards Shen Ye—could it be him?

No, it's impossible.

The girl quickly rejected the idea.

Shen Ye's habit of slacking off in class and secretly looking at his phone is not far from being second in the grade, but it has nothing to do with it.

Could it be Huanhuan?

A glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in Mu Jingyan's heart.

Mu Jinghuan's grades were far behind hers, but that was in comparison to someone like her who consistently held the top spot year after year.

Among ordinary people, Mu Jinghuan would definitely stand out.

If my sister can make it into the top ten...

No, even if it's just the first fifty, at least Mom can give me some breathing room and nag me less.

"I hope it's Huanhuan," she murmured unconsciously.

"Hey, class monitor, come and hand out the math test papers." Li Fan pushed the stack of papers on the podium toward the class monitor.

Before the class monitor could even reach out, people in the front row had already pounced on it, with seven or eight hands reaching for the stack of test papers at the same time.

Who wouldn't want priority access to information?

Liu Gaoyuan took the lead and snatched more than a dozen exam papers from the pack of wolves.

"Are you going to give a speech about your failure?" Mu Jingyan propped her chin on one hand and turned to look at Shen Ye.

"Hehe." Shen Ye remained calm.

Mu Jingyan, opening champagne at the halfway point is a big no-no.

"Holy crap—!"

Liu Gaoyuan's shouts echoed throughout the classroom.

He rushed to the back row like a madman and slammed the test paper onto Shen Ye's desk.

"You're fucking cheating! Perfect score! Perfect score—!"

Liu Gaoyuan held the entire exam paper horizontally, almost shoving it into Shen Ye's face.

Mu Jingyan at the next table was stunned.

The girl's eyes locked onto Shen Ye's test paper, and she grabbed it without thinking.

"What are you doing... Oh, take it, take it." Liu Gaoyuan turned around to curse when he saw the test paper being snatched, but he quieted down when he saw that it was Mu Jingyan.

"Keep it down, keep it down. Don't you know my capabilities?"

Shen Ye spread his hands and pressed them downwards.

So what if you got a perfect score on a math test? What's so surprising?

He glanced at Mu Jingyan smugly: "How about it, are you convinced now?"

"..."

Mu Jingyan fell silent.

She carefully reviewed Shen Ye's exam paper and found no mistakes or omissions. In some cases, his solutions were even more ingenious than her own.

"Mu, here's your test paper."

The silence was broken by another girl with curly hair.

It's Li Jing, the math class representative.

"Mu, you got a perfect score!"

Li Jing smiled, her eyes crinkling, her tone filled with undisguised admiration, her eyes practically sparkling.

"Thanks."

The news of a perfect score was like a lifeline.

Mu Jingyan immediately stood up and took the math test paper from Li Jing's hand.

"Phew—" She let out a deep sigh of relief.

The girl's gaze towards Shen Ye was somewhat different now.

"I underestimated you." Mu Jingyan pursed her lips and handed Shen Ye's math test paper back to him.

It seems highly likely that this mysterious second-place finisher in the grade is Shen Ye.

Mu Jingyan couldn't understand how he managed to slack off every day.

Could it be that they secretly engaged in infighting after returning home?

That's too sinister.

Shen Ye took the test paper, folded it, and stuffed it into the desk drawer: "You're not bad either."

This is a genuine compliment.

It's truly impressive that Mu Jingyan was able to get a perfect score on her own.

"However," Mu Jingyan turned her head to look at him, "I am still the winner."

Shen Ye raised an eyebrow.

This guy seems determined to face the consequences.

Just then—

"Oh, right."

Teammate Li Fan provided a timely and crucial assist.

"A classmate asked me who came in first and second place."

The homeroom teacher cleared his throat, his gaze sweeping across the classroom and settling steadily on Shen Ye and Mu Jingyan.

"The first place is Shen Ye, with a total score of 749 points. Out of a total score of 760, he only lost 11 points."

"The second place goes to Mu Jingyan, with a total score of 735 points."

Let's all congratulate them!