Rebirth begins with studying hard

Chapter 12 In-Class Quiz

Shocked, astonished, stunned.

A variety of emotions were present.

But what they all had in common was that they all had only one thought in their minds:

She's here to study?!

Although some people who knew her were surprised by how much her appearance had changed.

But compared to her studies, the change in her appearance was insignificant.

"Wasn't she supposed to be... a delinquent girl involved in organized crime?"

"That's right... I saw her leading a fight last week."

"Then how do you study?"

"I don't know..."

Zhong Muqing noticed that there seemed to be many strange eyes looking at her from all around. She frowned and raised her head.

Seeing that she seemed somewhat displeased, and fearing being noticed, the crowd immediately withdrew their shocked gazes and put on a serious studying posture.

Only after Zhong Muqing immersed herself in her studies did she dare to steal glances at him from time to time.

Then, I marveled inwardly:

They're actually studying!

On the other side, Ding Yiming, who had been secretly watching the two, thought for a while and then poked Song Qian:

"That looks like Zhong Muqing from Class 9."

"Why does it seem like... Lu Jie and she have a pretty good relationship?"

Victoria Song pursed her lips and didn't reply.

So, Lu Jie's decision wasn't because she signed up for evening self-study?

On the contrary... it has something to do with that Zhong Muqing?

She felt inexplicably annoyed.

In the following days, whenever Zhong Muqing came to the evening self-study classroom, she would become the focus of everyone's attention.

It took almost ten days for everyone to gradually accept that she was really there to learn.

Then, some people became curious about Lu Jie, who was sitting next to Zhong Muqing.

They seem to have a good relationship?

However, most of those who come to evening self-study sessions are willing to learn.

After everyone was curious for a while but didn't see the two do anything particularly special, they stopped paying attention.

Except for a very small number of people.

......

The school bell rang, and the homeroom teacher, Chen Li, walked into the classroom.

"The biology teacher has something to do. He asked me to give everyone a test paper so we can go over it in the next class."

After handing out the sample curls to the first student in each group, she continued:

"There are still more than ten days until the midterm exams. I'll use this time to thoroughly check which knowledge points I don't understand."

"Don't cheat. It's meaningless to get a high score now if you don't know the answers in the college entrance exam."

Looking at the exam papers being passed around in the front row, Lu Jie felt a strange sense of nervousness.

It seems to be his first exam after studying diligently?

Although it's just a pop quiz, it will still be graded.

After a moment of tension, he felt a sense of anticipation.

He only scored 78 points on the biology exam last month.

During this period, he focused on studying biology, and he could answer most of the questions on tests and exercises.

I wonder how many points I'll get this time?

After quickly glancing at the test paper and seeing that there were no particularly unfamiliar or completely incomprehensible questions, his anticipation turned into excitement.

After all the test papers were handed out, Chen Li glanced at the time and said, "The time is two 90-minute class periods. Let's begin."

The classroom fell silent instantly, and even the less attentive students obediently started working on their problems in front of their homeroom teacher.

Chen Li stared at the podium for a while, and when she saw that someone seemed to be having some kind of ulterior motive, she coughed, put her hands behind her back, and began to pace around.

I walked and looked around.

Although she wasn't the biology teacher, she could still tell a thing or two from whether the students knew how to do it or not.

If someone works diligently on questions at a steady pace, they are likely doing well in their studies.

If you're scratching your head and struggling to solve problems, or if you're working on them at inconsistent speeds, you probably don't know how.

She walked slowly, her gaze first sweeping over the exam papers of the students in the front row.

Li Feng also solves problems very quickly; he's already working on the non-multiple-choice questions.

His strokes are powerful and his breathing is even, clearly showing that he has a clear plan in mind.

Shu Panpan wrote slowly, but her handwriting was beautiful and she did it very carefully.

She knew that biology required memorization and that careful people were more likely to get high scores.

If I remember correctly, Shu Panpan was the top student in biology in the last monthly exam.

Based on her performance in this quiz, she guessed that Shu Panpan's score might be better.

As Chen Li walked and observed, she made judgments in her mind based on the different students' performance.

When she reached Lu Jie's side, she unconsciously slowed her pace.

To be honest, Lu Jie's performance during this period has been better than she expected.

We haven't heard any more reports from the teachers about Lu Jie sleeping in class.

When Lu Jie occasionally patrols the classroom, he sometimes looks down and does his own thing, but most of the time he listens attentively to the lecture.

Lu Jie did not sit with the girl named Song Qian from the next class during evening self-study, at least not when she was on duty or occasionally went to the evening self-study classroom.

But every time he sat with another girl, whom she knew, her name was Zhong Muqing, she was a sports student and had a bad reputation.

He was always studying diligently, and when he occasionally talked to the girl sitting next to him, it seemed to be about studying as well.

Therefore, she did not interfere with Lu Jie, nor did she talk to him again.

Whether Lu Jie actually studied during this period or had ulterior motives will be revealed in the midterm exam.

Although it's rare for a prodigal son to turn over a new leaf, she didn't have that expectation for Lu Jie.

But as long as the grades improve, that's a good thing.

But if his grades don't improve, then she will definitely have a serious talk with him and his parents.

After stopping, she looked at Lu Jie's test paper.

Seeing that he had also completed the non-multiple-choice questions and was progressing faster than Shu Panpan and even faster than Li Feng, she frowned.

How did you write so fast? Did you just scribble something randomly?

After looking at it for a while, she felt it didn't quite look like it.

Although Lu Jie wrote quickly, his pace was steady, and his writing was quite composed.

This shouldn't be the behavior of someone who writes randomly or doesn't know how to write.

But writing this fast is probably problematic.

However, since she wasn't his biology teacher, she couldn't really judge whether his answers were right or wrong.

After thinking for a while, she walked back to Shu Panpan's side and compared the answers Lu Jie had written with those of Shu Panpan.

Then, she couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise.

Lu Jie's writing was exactly the same as Shu Panpan's.

Although these are only a few non-multiple-choice questions, they do not represent the entire content or the final score.

However, compared to Lu Jie's previous achievements, this should be considered a significant improvement.

Could it be cheating?

Although she didn't see Lu Jie cheating, she still felt something was off.

As she walked back to the podium, her gaze fell once again on Lu Jie's seat.

After observing Lu Jie quietly for a while and not seeing any cheating, she turned her attention elsewhere.

However, they continued to pay close attention to Lu Jie, repeatedly checking whether he showed any signs of cheating.

She only stopped paying attention after Lu Jie finished his work ahead of schedule and put down his pen.

The bell rang to signal the end of the second period.

"Okay, stop writing. Hand in your papers from back to front."

After Chen Li collected all the test papers and left the classroom, Sun Bo excitedly turned around:

"I actually finished it all!"

"Many cities!"

"Oh my god, I'm actually excited about my first exam!"

Lu Jie smiled.

That's why they say top students really love learning; people can truly get positive feedback from exams.

Because Shu Panpan has excellent biology grades, consistently ranking in the top two of the class, Sun Bo has been focusing on biology exercises during evening self-study sessions these days in order to have common topics with her.

So he wasn't surprised by Sun Bo's reaction: "How many points do you think he could get?"

Sun Bo said confidently, "Getting 90 points is a bit difficult, but 85 or above should be achievable. What about you?"

Lu Jie nodded in agreement: "Pretty much."

Sun Bo remained immersed in excitement: "Biology doesn't seem difficult; I learned it quite smoothly."

"I'm going to ask Shu Panpan for chemistry advice tonight!"

Lu Jie gave a thumbs up: "Keep it up, and get it done soon."