High School Belle Fell in Love with Me-Chapter 77 - 76: Li Yang’s Exemplary Character
The operator at the education bureau was shocked to see Li Yang’s score and quickly called their leader.
By coincidence, they dialed Jiang Yaoting’s phone.
After answering the call, Jiang Yaoting replied with a few words, hung up, and looked at Jiang Banxia beside him.
"It’s confirmed; Li Yang indeed scored 707, the highest in the province."
Dou Ying was speechless. Ever since discovering that Li Yang got 707, she felt dizzy.
She had spent a long time with Jiang Banxia and practically witnessed Li Yang and Jiang Banxia’s study sessions firsthand.
All in all, it’s just about a month.
Initially, Jiang Banxia found it unbelievable, then felt complex emotions, but eventually revealed a happy expression.
"Ahhh, let this guy win, I’m going to send him love letters at college... and keep sending until he finds a girlfriend..."
It seemed like a childish rivalry. Dou Ying laughed and said, "Who knows, maybe he wants to give you love letters."
"Hmm?"
She was surprised, did her family not oppose her dating?
At this moment, Jiang Yaoting smiled and said, "It’s no big deal, but Xiaxia, remember one thing: don’t be too reckless in relationships. I’ve met Li Yang and know he’s a handsome guy, but you can’t just decide to date him because he’s handsome and says things you like; that would be irresponsible for your own life."
He left some things unsaid; when he married Jiang Banxia’s mother, it was for her looks and sweet talk.
In the end... Damn!
After all, she did bring him such an excellent daughter, so it wasn’t convenient for him to badmouth her.
Moreover, saying such things would be like denying Jiang Banxia.
"Oh..."
Jiang Banxia still had only a vague outline of emotions, unclear and hazy.
Jiang Yaoting stood up and said, "I’ll call the principal of Jiangcheng First High School. You guys should rest early; I might not come back tonight."
As for what to do? It’s definitely about the top scorer!
Provincial top scorer!
In the neighboring cities, the adjacent county also produced a few provincial science top scorers.
As for Jiangcheng First High School? For so many years, none have entered the top ten provincial humanities or science scores.
With this provincial top scorer title, this year’s student intake in Jiang City will definitely be more than expected.
This is also part of his job, even an unprecedented opportunity.
Previously, he didn’t understand why Jiang Banxia held such resentment towards Liu Dayou, but now he could feel it.
Almost an hour had passed, yet Liu Dayou hadn’t checked the students’ scores, acting more disdainful of Li Yang.
They’ve already finished the college entrance exam; even if Li Yang didn’t perform well daily, as a teacher with over ten years of experience, he should’ve been amicable by now.
There were personal emotions involved this time; how many private feelings were mixed in daily?
He has read reports from Jiangcheng First High School detailing Li Yang’s numerous violations, such as skipping classes, parental indulgence, disrupting lessons, fighting, mingling with social youths outside school...
Could these be true?
The guy is undoubtedly a provincial science top scorer; would he engage in such activities regularly?
Is there any provincial top scorer with such a character in the world?
And yet, there have always been plenty of teachers mixing personal emotions.
...
Back in her room, Jiang Banxia leaned against the pillow while holding her phone and messaged Li Yang.
"How exactly did you do it? 707 points! I can hardly dream of scoring 700; there’s almost no room for error."
The reason why 700 points is challenging is mainly due to this.
Not only must comprehensive science and mathematics be incredibly strong, but other subjects can’t have mistakes either.
Li Yang, on the other hand, found Chinese particularly difficult; if he could be like Jiang Banxia, he could easily score 716.
Jiang Banxia considered her Chinese quite poor; truly outstanding students generally scored above 130 in Chinese.
Back then, she couldn’t even imagine how many points Li Yang could score.
National exam top scorers generally don’t exceed 730; if Li Yang improved his Chinese by over ten points, he could compete for first in the country.
"If you had scored 600, I probably wouldn’t yield easily, because you didn’t tell me about your simulation score of 253, which was taking advantage when I was vulnerable. But now, I really... ahhh... I actually don’t want to lose..."
"Hey, you’ve already won; at least reply back."
"You scored higher than me, aren’t you happy? Don’t go overboard... Am I really that bad?"
...
About twenty minutes later, Li Yang finally replied.
"It’s not that I’m not replying to messages. My mom keeps calling me... and then there’s the admission offices from Qing University and Jing University. Do they not sleep at night?"
Jiang Banxia: "???"
She felt Li Yang was just showing off!
Indeed, even for top schools like Qingbei, they still place great importance on the top student from each province.
Being a top student means leading your peers by a generation, regardless of whether the area has good or bad education.
For someone like Jiang Banxia, there’s no need to be recruited. She has to fill out her college applications very carefully and definitely select the option for adjusting to the assigned major. Otherwise, she might lose her slot.
For many majors at Qingbei, the minimum scores are above 690.
Jiang Banxia asked, "So, which school are you planning to go to?"
"I haven’t decided yet. I said I’d listen to my parents, then I gave them my parents’ address."
"Let me know as soon as you decide, or else if I can’t send you a love letter in time, it’s not my fault!"
"Alright, hurry up and sleep. I can’t stay up any longer."
Li Yang ended the chat.
It’s already 2 AM on a Monday, and he has to get up to make money.
Jiang Banxia sat on her bed, and the surreal feeling grounded her. Suddenly, she burst into laughter.
Just then, there was a hurried knock on the door. "Xiaxia, are you asleep?"
It was Jiang Yaoting.
"Not yet."
"Then I’m coming in."
"Okay."
Jiang Yaoting opened the door, came in, and sat by the bed, saying somewhat awkwardly, "Xiaxia, I have an article to write. You’re pretty close with Li Yang, can you help answer some questions?"
Jiang Yaoting had gone to Jiangcheng First High School to talk to the principal late in the night. They talked for half an hour but didn’t find much useful information about Li Yang.
After all, at school, Li Yang kept a low profile. It was hard to find motivational material for publicity.
The provincial top student status is explosive—it’s the perfect opportunity for Jiang City to promote its education.
They never dreamed of such a jackpot, and after discussing with the principal and educational bureau leaders, he rushed back to get some information from Jiang Banxia.
Originally, he planned to look for Liu Dayou, but the guy’s phone couldn’t be reached.
"Dad, what do you want to ask?"
"It’s about Li Yang’s learning methods. It seems not many people know about it. After thinking it over, you’re the only one I could ask."
Jiang Banxia: "..."
Li Yang was clearly at the bottom of the class just a month before the college entrance exam.
Who knows how he scored so high?
But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense.
A week before the exam, he evolved from bottoming the class to independently getting 253 points on a comprehensive science test, then secluded himself for a week...
Jiang Banxia didn’t dare to boast outside that she taught him; it was too embarrassing.
"Well... he’s very smart. Initially, he didn’t grasp the basics, but once he solved a problem, he could remember all the key points and easily integrate them."
Jiang Yaoting asked, "He does a lot of problems?"
"Yes, a lot. Thousands every day. I studied with him for over ten days, and he was always focused on solving problems. Not only that, but privately, he did even more. He finished three sets of review materials in just over ten days. He used one month to catch up on everything he had fallen behind on."
"Hmm-hmm, go on."
"There’s one more thing: in his fourth mock exam, his comprehensive science was only 180-odd points, but after twenty days of reviewing, he did a set independently and scored 253."
"His focus is extremely high. Sometimes, after studying with me, he’d go back and do more tests, marking every problem he didn’t understand. He only needed an explanation once, and the next time he encountered a similar problem, he wouldn’t make a mistake. Even if it was a variant, he could easily handle it."
"Not only that, he sought out various review materials, which included many questions I had never done myself..."
Jiang Yaoting listened and took notes.
The records were as follows: Li Yang studied diligently and earnestly during high school, achieving excellent grades in the first semester of high school. After changing classes in the second semester and initially not adapting to the elite class’s pace, his grades slid slightly. But then he adopted a conservative strategy and never truly exerted his full potential in regular exams, already having a good estimate of his capabilities privately. He deliberately controlled his comprehensive science score to around 180; in fact, he would purposefully get 73 points wrong. The number 73 was a psychological cue from top student Li Yang to himself, symbolizing showing seventy percent of his ability and reserving thirty.
He also managed his scores in daily tests, aiming for about seventy percent. For instance, during the fourth mock exam in senior year, he scored a total of 490 points, which he controlled perfectly, implying he could easily achieve 700 using the 7:3 conversion ratio.
He didn’t care about these numbers; he preferred focusing his energy on studying rather than external distractions.
He was always a role model in diligent studying, actively engaging with numerous problem types to ensure his comprehension of key points. This was also the foundation of his ability to score full marks in math.
He excelled at solving problems and would seek out vast numbers of review questions to practice each day, regardless of whether he understood them. He’d actively summarize key points to ensure total integration.
Especially in the last month before the college entrance exam, he would do thousands of questions a day, more in that short month than most high school students do in three years.
The above narrative was personally recounted by Li Yang’s study partner, Jiang Banxia, who scored 687 on the college entrance exam. Jiang Banxia was also inspired by Li Yang, breaking her previous score limit, successfully crossing the 680 thresholds, and laying the groundwork for her Qingbei entry...
