Chapter 341: The Top Scorer of the Independent Enrollment Exam and the Top Scorer of the College Entrance Examination Opposing Each Other
Zi Yi originally planned to report to the Archaeology Department. However, when she walked into the auditorium, she had been called by a Director who had been waiting for her in advance.
“Little Zi, come with me.”
Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling looked at each other and Dou Xiangling said, “Go ahead, I’ll head over to the School of Fine Arts.”
Thus, Zi Yi followed the Director.
While they walked, the Director said, “Student Zi, your speech is placed fifth, and before you are all the Directors who will be giving their speeches. After they’re done, you’ll go up. Have you prepared your speech draft?
Zi Yi responded with a yes. In actual fact, she did not even have a speech draft prepared.
However, she still asked, “I thought previously it was planned that the person who would be giving the speech first would be the top scorer for the entrance examination?”
The Director smiled and answered, “We had a meeting about this and felt that it’s better for you to have your speech first. Moreover, isn’t it the same in who goes first and who goes later?”
What the Director did not say was, Zi Yi had a beautiful appearance and was also smart. The school planned to focus their attention on her and so, what they wanted to do was to make her famous in one shot.
Zi Yi followed the Director to the podium below, where many of the other school leaders were seated. When everyone looked at Zi Yi, all of them had smiles on their faces.
After Zi Yi greeted them one by one, she sat down on a seat reserved for her.
Yang Wenhao who was sitting beside her, while holding onto his speech draft felt uncomfortable deep down when he saw Zi Yi sitting next to a Director. They were both freshmen who were about to make their speech later on stage, but why was their treatment so different?
He then deliberately asked his school’s Director, “Director Wang, who is she?”
“She’s Student Zi Yi, the top scorer of the independent enrollment examination.” Director Wang looked towards her and sighed. “She’s really amazing. Ever since the founding of the university, she is the only one who has scored full marks in the independent enrollment exams.”
Yang Wenhao felt even more uncomfortable deep down, but he did not reveal it. As the top scorer of the national college entrance examination, Yang Wenhao felt that he was not any worse than Zi Yi. Due to his competitive nature, he decided to give a good speech later on to leave a deep impression on the various leaders.
At 9:30 a.m, the opening ceremony officially kicked off.
The directors first went up to give a speech.
After a few directors finished their speeches, the host stepped up on stage and said, “Next will be our freshmen representatives giving a speech. Student Zi Yi, the top scorer of M.Uni’s independent enrollment examination, please take the stage.”
The moment the host mentioned her name, quite a huge commotion happened inside the auditorium.
“To think the first one who is going on the stage is her. I thought it would be the top scorer of the college entrance examination.”
“Isn’t this unfair? Clearly, there were only a few people who took the independent enrollment examination, so why would it be her who goes on the stage first?”
“The independent enrollment examination isn’t as hard as the college entrance examination. On what basis is she the one who makes the speech first?”
“Could it be that it’s just because she has a pretty face?”
In the midst of the commotion, Zi Yi walked up onto the stage.
When she stood in the middle behind the podium, the commotion abruptly stopped.
Zi Yi wore a simple short-sleeved mint green sweater and ankle length pants, while half of her long hair was tied up into a bun.
Her young and beautiful appearance had basically dazzled everyone’s eyes.
Zi Yi started her speech.
She did not have a drafted speech in her hand, nor did she follow the usual pattern of giving all sorts of thanks and making vows.
Yang Wenhao who was standing below was even more irritated.
“This trying to gain notoriety by making shocking statements? How could she make such a speech!”
Director Wang who was standing beside him heard what he said. “I think that Student Zi’s speech is pretty good?”
Yang Wenhao could no longer maintain his expression when he heard what Director Wang said and his expression sank.
He looked at his well-prepared speech draft and clenched his fists, which had nearly crumpled it.
He was not only the one who felt unhappy deep down. Zi Xuan, who was seated among the students, also felt extremely terrible.
She could feel that her head was buzzing.
“How is that possible! How could she be the top scorer of the independent enrollment examination? She’s clearly an idiot who only knows how to eat, play and fool around. She is incapable of doing anything!”
Zi Xuan felt that she was dreaming. Clearly that Zi Yi had always embarrassed her and after every exam, other people would point fingers and say: “Look, they’re clearly sisters, and she is on the ranking board whereas Zi Yi is an idiot who’s at the bottom of the rankings as usual.”
Due to this, she always wished that they were not blood-related as she could not accept such embarrassment.
However, today and right now, the person she had always been embarrassed of, had become the student representative.
Something must have gone wrong!
While Zi Xuan could not accept that the person standing on the stage was Zi Yi, Hua Xiaoli walked over from another class and tried to act cute to the male student seated beside Zi Xuan. “Student, can you change places with me? I want to sit with my friend.”
In fact, that male student did not wish to stand up and move about at this moment. However, the female student who tried to act cute made him have goosebumps all over and he could not take it. Therefore, he ended up standing up and walking away.
Hua Xiaoli felt proud of herself and felt that she was very attractive. She indulged herself for a moment, before she sat down and looked at Zi Xuan, who appeared to have been defeated. She gave her a push and asked, “Zi Xuan, now that you’ve seen Zi Yi, do you finally believe it’s her?”
Zi Xuan lowered her face and did not answer her.
Hua Xiaoli controlled her lips from curling up and said, “I know it’s hard to accept this fact. I felt the same way when I saw her that day. Say, when she was studying in high school, she skipped classes nearly every day and messed around with other people. She would always be at the bottom of the ranking, so how did she suddenly become the top scorer? Not to mention, she even became the student representative.
I think Yang Wenhao must be feeling extremely unhappy right now. He was clearly the top scorer of the college entrance examination and yet, he was not the first student representative to speak on stage.
You’re her younger sister and you should understand her the best. Say, how did she suddenly become so smart?”
Upon hearing what Hua Xiaoli said, Zi Xuan suddenly looked towards her and said firmly, “It’s impossible that she suddenly became so smart!”
Hua Xiaoli hastily nodded in agreement. “Yes, that’s what I thought too. Didn’t Auntie say she had become the woman of an underworld boss in the capital? Perhaps the triad boss has such capabilities to get her in. Since he can get her in, isn’t it easy to make her give a speech on stage?”
When she heard what Hua Xiaoli said, Zi Xuan was inexplicably annoyed. “It’s impossible.”
Hua Xiaoli laughed in her heart and said, “Then do you think she’s someone who can get in with her abilities?”
Zi Xuan furrowed her brows. “That’s impossible too.”
Hua Xiaoli looked at Zi Xuan and asked, “Then how do you think she managed to get in?”
Zi Xuan opened her mouth and just as she was about to speak, Zi Yi who was on the stage suddenly said, “I know there are many people seated down below who are unresigned that I can stand here. There are also many who doubt my results. In that case, I’ll give you an opportunity. Those who are unresigned can come and compete with me.”
When she mentioned that, she even added, “Regardless of what major it is also fine… This is the end of my speech.”
She turned around and headed down the stage.
However, her words were like a bomb that detonated in the auditorium.
“Isn’t she too arrogant!?”
“As someone from the Math Major, if I ask to compete with her, does she even have the relevant knowledge?”
“As someone from the Physics Major, would she dare to take up my challenge?”
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