The Glamorous Comeback of the Ousted Heiress

“She’s first?”

“First? How did she test so well?” a teacher gradually came to terms with the result.

“She surpassed Song Min?”

“…Is there really someone in Beicheng who can outperform Song Min?”

Last year’s high school examination was already the talk of the town.

In both Beicheng and Jiangjing, people were betting on the top three spots, and for the past couple of years, every senior student in Beicheng lived in the shadow of Song Min.

Even among geniuses, there are barriers.

Today, none of the teachers present in Xiangcheng thought anyone could score higher than Song Min.

The principal, who had been holding his breath since seeing the scores, finally let out a long sigh of relief.

The last time Bai Lian ranked 97th, everyone was shocked.

Despite the shock, everyone could accept it back then because there were three or four students in the school who made it into the top hundred in the province, and Ning Xiao was ranked 31st.

At this term’s finals, Ning Xiao’s performance was already shocking enough; nobody expected the ultimate trump card to be Bai Lian. At this moment, not to mention the homeroom teachers who maintained a stable mood in their classes—

Even the usually composed and calm Lu Lingxi was stunned by this turn of events.

“Is she a monster or what? Who jumps from 450 points straight to 692 in one semester?” Some homeroom teachers began to lose their composure.

After all, when Bai Lian first came to the school, she had transferred from humanities to science, with zero in biology and zero in chemistry.

“She definitely hid her abilities at the start,” one teacher analyzed, “Otherwise, with her physics being so good, how could her biology and chemistry scores possibly be zero?”

With this reasoning, the other teachers found it easier to accept.

After all, watching someone go from zero to passing in chemistry in one semester was quite distressing for them.

Did Bai Lian not study chemistry much before this?

There were believers before, but now hardly anyone believes it.

After some discussion among the teachers, they relaxed and were finally able to face the results head-on.

“Is she a genius on the same level as Song Min?” Song Min’s reputation as a genius was known by everyone at all the major high schools over the past three years.

“I don’t know,” someone suddenly looked towards Lu Lingxi, “Can Bai Lian maintain her lead? I wonder how much Song Min scored this time.”

Scoring first place once doesn’t prove much; it’s consistent dominance like Song Min’s, who has been at the top for years, that shows stability. Song Min’s name has already become an adjective.

The fate is yet undecided; the college entrance exam determines the final outcome.

“Whether she can maintain it or not, congratulations in advance, principal. I think we’ve got the top three spots in the college entrance exam locked down.”

Many factors come into play in the college entrance exam. This test might have played to Bai Lian’s strengths. With one term left, although Bai Lian scored first this time, most people still hold Song Min in awe.

For other students to take first place from Song Min even once is quite a feat.

“Don’t be so timid,” the homeroom teacher of Class Eight pulled out his personal savings and slapped them on the table, “I bet Bai Lian will take the Beicheng top scholar title. Who wants to bet with me?”

“I’ll bet on Bai Lian too.” The principal was actually daring in his own right, though he had no cash at hand.

So he turned to Lu Lingxi to borrow money.

“But the teaching resources in Beicheng are so much better than ours; nobody knows if Song Min just made a mistake this time,” some teachers hesitated, placing their bets on Song Min, “Teacher Lu, lend me some money.”

The only person in the room who controlled the financial power, Lu Lingxi: “…”

**

Beicheng High School.

The homeroom teacher of the international class also found it hard to believe the news.

He looked at the two names on the list—

Bai Lian, Ning Xiao.

Indeed, from the moment it was known that Song Min wasn’t first, the school was abuzz.

“692 points, one more than Song Min,” the homeroom teacher turned to the principal, “with a perfect score in mathematics, and there’s another student named Ning Xiao, who scored 279 in science, five points higher than Song Min.”

“What exactly happened with Song Min this time?” the principal frowned.

After pondering for a moment, the homeroom teacher, who hadn’t yet seen the two students’ papers, said, “Recently Bai Shaoqi has been practicing the piano a lot. He might have neglected his studies because of that. I discussed it with him this morning; he didn’t perform well in the science subjects or mathematics. It’s good that there was a mistake this time; otherwise, without any pressure, he would stay in the same place.”

“Just what place is this Xiangcheng High School?” The principal, learning that both students came from the same school, also from Xiangcheng High School, said, “Such talented students, and they aren’t from our school?”

A region on the fringes long since forgotten by the people of Beicheng.

He lowered his head to carefully observe Bai Lian and Ning Xiao’s scores.