Despite being late every day, Su Rou still managed to rank second in the grade. And this cute little girl clearly didn't seem like someone who studied hard! One could only imagine that if Su Rou were to seriously review, she would surely secure the first place!
"Could she have cheated?" someone whispered.
"She was in the same exam room as Jiang Ling!"
"Really?"
Some people just love to gossip, especially those who perform poorly themselves and can't stand to see others succeed! Although Jiang Ling ranked first, he worked so hard! Unlike some people who are always late and act crazy every day.
"Su Rou, you were in the same exam room as Jiang Ling, right?" a girl asked Su Rou.
Su Rou looked at her for a while, as if in deep thought. After a long while, she slowly asked, "Who's Jiang Ling?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "Are you doing this on purpose?" Not even knowing who Jiang Ling was? "The class monitor! Don't tell me you don't even know the class monitor?"
"Ah." So it was the class monitor. Su Rou nodded. She knew the class monitor but didn't know his name was Jiang Ling. After all, as someone who was always late and only got along well with Xiao Yun and Yu Fei, there were still more than half of the classmates in the class she didn't know. "I don't know. I didn't pay attention." She was fully focused on the exam paper at that time. Who would care who was in the same exam room as her?
"You... Damn it!" The girl rolled her eyes in exasperation and decided not to talk to Su Rou anymore. It was just too tiring to talk to her!
"What did she come for?" Su Rou was even more confused. Did she just come to ask about who Jiang Ling was?
Xiao Yun lazily leaned back on her chair and said, "I bet she thought your score was copied from the class monitor." In fact, it wasn't just a bet; it was a certainty!
Oh, so that was it! Su Rou nodded and ignored it, then lay on her seat and poked her phone boredly.
Jiang Ling was sitting right behind them. Naturally, he heard the conversation between Su Rou and that girl. When he heard Su Rou ask "Who's Jiang Ling?", the corners of his mouth twitched. Was he such a failure as the class monitor that there was still someone who didn't recognize him after a month of school?
Thinking about it, Jiang Ling walked forward.
Su Rou felt a shadow covering her. She looked up and stared at Jiang Ling for a while. "Huh, the class monitor?" She was quite surprised.
Jiang Ling lowered his head slightly and saw the phone on the desk. She was playing Angry Birds... For a moment, Jiang Ling thought Su Rou was so cute and naive. He thought she was looking up English on the phone or checking online problem-solving ideas, but unexpectedly... she was playing a game!
Now Jiang Ling was also quite surprised. How on earth did she manage to get such a high score?
"Hello." Jiang Ling put on a gentle smile. "I just overheard your conversation with her." At this point, Jiang Ling glanced at the girl who had just talked to Su Rou, then continued, "I think I need to introduce myself. My name is Jiang Ling."
This person was so gentle and elegant. Su Rou liked his temperament very much. So she also smiled and said, "My name is Su Rou."
"I know your name." Jiang Ling said. He would never be like Su Rou. As the class monitor, he had memorized all the names of the classmates in the class within three days!
Su Rou understood what he meant. "Class monitor, I didn't forget your name on purpose." She didn't need to remember the names of those she had no interaction with! She didn't say this last part. If she did, she would probably get rolled eyes.
Jiang Ling nodded politely. "I believe you didn't do it on purpose. But now, you should remember my name, right?"
So, did he just come to make her remember his name? "Yes, Jiang - Ling. I remember."
"Thank you." After Jiang Ling said that, he left.
Su Rou watched Jiang Ling's back and felt that he always seemed to have something more to say. Xiao Yun and Yu Fei had been watching their conversation. As soon as Jiang Ling left, Xiao Yun leaned over to Su Rou playfully. "Rourou, the class monitor has ulterior motives!"
Yu Fei also chimed in and joked, "I think so too." How could he come here just to introduce himself to Su Rou? He was probably just another guy who had a crush on Su Rou, but his approach was more gentle and elegant!
Su Rou continued to study the flight path of the birds, trying to figure out how to hit the pigs. She said absent-mindedly, "His family education is really good. He's gentle and elegant. He's nice."
Hearing this, Xiao Yun and Yu Fei looked at each other. Did Rourou mean that she liked the class monitor Jiang Ling?
...
After Jiang Ling introduced himself to Su Rou, he began to get closer to her subtly. Yes! In the eyes of Xiao Yun and Yu Fei, Jiang Ling's actions were clearly trying to get close to her!
During the break, Jiang Ling would occasionally come over with a problem and discuss it with Su Rou. They sat very close, so close that it seemed their relationship was special! This phenomenon actually dispelled the rumor that Su Rou had copied Jiang Ling's exam paper. Look, most of the time, it was actually Su Rou teaching Jiang Ling!
But Xiao Yun and Yu Fei weren't worried about this. They were more worried that Su Rou might be seduced by Jiang Ling! They were so anxious that they even wanted to use force to separate them, but... Damn it! He had a legitimate reason of studying. What reason did they have?
Every time they solved a problem, Jiang Ling's opinion of Su Rou changed a little. He truly admired her. No wonder she was the top student in the grade. Her problem-solving ideas were very clear. Sometimes he deliberately picked very difficult problems to ask her, and she would quickly calculate on the draft paper and get the answer!
"Huh? Do you study Olympiad math?" Su Rou looked at the problem in front of her.
"Yeah, my family forced me to..." Jiang Ling shrugged helplessly.
Su Rou had also studied Olympiad math. In fact, she had skipped a grade in junior high school because she had scored above the passing mark in Olympiad math. "This problem is actually very simple. I've done it before. Come on, let me tell you..."
She had done it? She also studied Olympiad math? No wonder! "Su Rou, do you also study Olympiad math?" The difficulty of Olympiad math was so high that he didn't start learning it until the third year of junior high school.
While explaining on the draft paper, Su Rou nodded. "Yes, I started learning it in primary school... Can you listen carefully?"
"Sure." Jiang Ling chuckled and then "seriously" listened.
Su Rou, I'm really quite curious about you now! The girl who outperformed me in the high school entrance exam turned out to be a straight - A student! Moreover... he was sure that Su Rou could definitely have outperformed him in the last monthly exam!
But... what made her only rank second?