Almost every rich second-generation heir in Miracle had poor grades and was at the bottom of the ranks.
They were not ashamed but proud of it.
If they were chided by the students who did better in school, they would pretend to be helpless and say things like — “My family is already so wealthy. Once I make up my mind to study hard, it’ll be over for you guys.”
Isn’t that infuriating?
Although they were uncomfortable, they could not get rid of those heirs.
Lin Rui did not look up at him at all, and it was as if she didn’t hear him.
Li Tao felt a little annoyed to have made a fool of himself.
He grunted twice and then started sleeping with his head on the table.
When Li Yingzhi entered, she immediately saw Li Tao, who was sitting in the last row and sleeping soundly.
She frowned.
Li Yingzhi then glanced at Lin Rui who was next to Li Tao.
Surprise flashed across her eyes.
She initially didn’t want to accept that pair of problematic students into her class.
However, Principal Gao insisted on shoving them over and even claimed that he was most at ease with letting her be in charge of them.
Moreover, Principal Gao also said that he could exclude their results from the ranking of the cohort exams.
Hence, she wouldn’t have to worry about their average score getting pulled down by them.
Li Yingzhi may usually be strict and disdainful towards the two of them who were from wealthy families.
However, her bark was worse than her bite.
If the two of them were not allowed to participate in the ranking, wouldn’t that hurt their self-esteem?
In the end, she told Principal Gao that she would teach them for a year to see how they performed.
Hence, she temporarily accepted Li Tao and Lin Rui.
Li Yingzhi had already expected to see Li Tao snoring and sleeping soundly.
However, she surprisingly took a few more glances at Lin Rui who had cut her hair short and no longer dressed like a hipster.
She entered with the mock test scripts and got the new students to introduce themselves.
After the students introduced themselves, Li Yingzhi spoke in a different tone.
“You are all among the best of your alma mater, but the results of the middle school exams are not a representation of everything. Hence, in order to let the teachers of all subjects know your true competency level, we will put you through a mock test today since it’s the first day of school. You will be taking the mock math test during this period. Luan Ying, Zhao Qi, come here. You two are responsible for handing out the test papers to everyone.”
Luan Ying was a very quiet bespectacled girl.
She was ranked first in Class 10 and sixth in the cohort ranking.
On the other hand, Zhao Qi was a very tall boy, who had already grown to a height of 1.85 meters although he was only in his first year of high school.
He was ranked third in Class 10 as he scored one point less than Lin Xiao. However, he topped the class in math.
After hearing Li Yingzhi’s words, the two of them immediately started handing out the math test papers.
Wailing loudly, Guo Yaoyao lamented, “Oh my God, it’s the first day of school, and we have to sit for a test. I’m going crazy!”
Lin Xiao laughed wryly and remained silent.
However, deep down, she was incredibly frustrated.
‘Does the homeroom teacher Li Yingzhi dislike me?’
‘Why did she let Luan Ying and Zhao Qi hand out the test papers instead of me?’
It was the high school with the best educational standards in Jin City, and most of the students were elites of each of their alma maters.
Hence, the students were rather calm when they heard about the mock test.
Only a few were worried.
Jiang Ling, who was just woken up by her tablemate, was confused as soon as she heard about the test.
Jiang Ling was a member of Miracle. Due to the fact that she had been traveling, she only returned to Jin City in the wee hours of the morning.
Hence, when Lin Rui and the others came in, Jiang Ling was still snoring while taking a nap.
She knew that Lin Rui and Li Tao were in the same class as her and were seated in the row behind her.
When she passed the test scripts to the back, Jiang Ling saw a dashing face.
After seeing the neat, sharp, and suave short hair, followed by the long eyelashes that fluttered, Jiang Ling suddenly felt like she couldn’t hold her pen properly.
“Lin… Lin Rui?”