Studying Makes M e Rich - Chapter 2

Students who can attend Yude School must come from wealthy families. If they lack money, they must be the top students who are specially recruited by the school every year.

Unfortunately, Zhou Xiu does not belong to either of these categories. Although she ranked top in her county high school, her grades are not good enough when she came to the big city and attended a well-known private high school with excellent faculty.

When Mrs Xi transferred Zhou Xiu to Yude, she did not think too much about it. However, this unintentional move made Zhou Xiu's life difficult in school.

After finishing her meal, Zhou Xiu eagerly took out a test paper in the classroom and asked the study system, "【Can I still earn rewards for completing questions? 】"

She needed money badly!

Mrs Xi had flown overseas for a conference last night and would not be back for at least a week. Zhou Xiu didn't want to call her and ask for living expenses.

Zhou Xiu still remembered the dream where Xi Mu was furious and humiliated her to the point of being completely devastated.

Subconsciously, Zhou Xiu didn't want to deal with her.

The study system was silent. This was the first time it had encountered such a poor student. Even their poorest students had life support from the empire.

After five minutes, Zhou Xiu sighed and spread out the test paper in front of her.

"【Forget it...】"

As soon as her sigh fell, her mind was filled with a cacophony of voices.

"【Ding--Mr. Wang's math test (32A) with an accuracy rate of 80% can earn a 5RMB reward. 】"

"【For achieving the achievement of actively answering questions in all courses continuously for a week, a reward of 30RMB can be earned. 】"

"【For previewing all subjects and all content in advance, a reward of 500RMB can be earned. 】"

Zhou Xiu was confused for a few seconds, but after hearing the content clearly, she eagerly pulled out her test paper and wrote with lightning speed.

Writing tests could earn money!

Completing homework could put food on the table!

Zhou Xiu may not be good at making money, but writing tests was something she could do.

In order to earn that 5RMB, Zhou Xiu displayed a patience she had never shown before, treating it as the most important exam in her life.

Although 5RMB was a small amount, it was very important to Zhou Xiu. For poor people, every penny had its significance.

Xi's villa was located far from the city center, requiring two bus and subway transfers, and the five yuan she had was just enough to cover transportation expenses. Zhou Xiu suspected that the system had intentionally set this task for five yuan, neither too much nor too little.

If she failed to earn this reward, she would have to walk back to Xi's house tonight.

Time flew by as Zhou Xiu immersed herself in the sea of questions, but suddenly she heard a commotion next door and furrowed her brows.

It was Class 25.

During noon, Xi Shaoyuan had not returned to the dormitory but had been invited by the next-door class to play a game of ball. He had already taken off his coat and was wiping his sweat with a napkin.

A drop of sweat trickled down his chin, rolled over his Adam's apple, and slid down his collar, making it look both clean and sexy, causing people to suddenly feel parched.

The girls, who had even skipped their beauty sleep, rushed over as cheerleaders, and shouted themselves hoarse during the match.

But now, seeing Xi Shaoyuan bow his head to wipe away his sweat, the girls didn't want to leave.

How could such a handsome boy exist!

"Yuan Ge, hand in your math test paper," said the class representative girl, holding the test paper and pretending to be nonchalant.

The people around them burst into laughter. "Are you intentionally reminding him of his homework now, Class Rep? Especially when there are so many beautiful girls outside?"

They strongly suspected that the class representative was swearing allegiance.

"Teacher Wang said that if you don't hand in your homework again, he won't let you be the Math representative anymore," the class representative emphasized.

"Class Rep, if you like this math representative so much, why don't you help Yuan Ge write it?" the boys teased, causing more laughter.

The class rep pretended to be angry and handed the test paper to Xi Shao. "Xi Shao—"

Suddenly, the tall boy stood up, his chest exactly at the height of class rep’s eyes, and the girl's cheeks immediately turned red.

She was so stunned that she couldn't even speak.

The boy saw through the girl's subtle thoughts, which were as plain as a clean sheet of paper.

Xi Shaoyuan lazily picked up the test paper, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the trash can, crushing the girl's heart.

"Awesome!"

"Hahaha..."

"Yuan Ge is still my Yuan Ge."

Next door, Class 24 burst into laughter again, disturbing Zhou Xiu.

Zhou Xiu furrowed her brows. She had written everything she could write, but this test paper was completely different from the one she had written before. She began to doubt whether she had ever learned math.

She still had three major questions left untouched, and she knew that her score would not even reach an 80% accuracy rate.

“【Young lady, are you giving up? 】”

Zhou Xiu kept her head down and continued writing, her desk covered with draft papers.

Suddenly, a group of boys wearing sportswear and girls in ultra-short skirts came back into the empty classroom. One of them was Zhou Xiu's desk mate, Hua Xu.

Hua Xu was wearing a specially customized silver cheerleading ultra-short skirt, with well-applied makeup, and she looked striking.

Hua Xu was surprised to see her bookish desk mate still there. "Didn't you go home for lunch?" she asked.

The boys and girls had just finished playing basketball and cheerleading practice, and they gathered a few tables together and set them up as a dining table. Hua Xu had ordered takeout from a Michelin-starred restaurant, and as soon as it arrived, the boys and girls started to eat.

The smell of food filled the air. There were fragrant black pepper cowboy bones, delicious seafood stewed noodles, mushroom cream soup, and each person had an exquisite dessert next to their plate, either mocha mousse or mango pudding.

The atmosphere was very relaxed and enjoyable, but these exquisite dishes were completely out of place in the classroom.

Zhou Xiu wondered what her old school would have done if they saw this. But the teacher in charge of Class 24 would probably just pass by as if it were the norm.

The boys started trash talking. "The guy in the next seat is pretty good," one of them said.

"If he hadn't saved the game, we would have lost to those turtles from No. 4 Middle School. We won't play with those losers from No. 4 Middle School again," another said.

"After today, I love Xi Shaoyuan even more," a girl sighed.

As they ate, one of the boys joked to Hua Xu's desk mate, who had been quiet all along, "Hey, isn't this... the 'Project Hope'? Are you that hardworking?"

Only then did someone notice the transfer student in the class who had been silent all along- Hua Xu's desk mate.

She was like a wallflower in the corner, completely unnoticed. While everyone gathered to eat, she was still burying her head in her exam paper.

Silent and quiet.

Hua Xu glanced at the boy, "Do you know how to speak properly?"

The boy knew he had gone too far with his joke and fell silent.

Hua Xu handed a cup of fruit drink to Zhou Xiu, "New desk mate, do you want some?"

Zhou Xiu hesitated for a moment, looked at it, and the thick dark red liquid looked like wine, "I don't drink alcohol."

Hua Xu burst out laughing, "It's sweet, it’s just blueberry juice."

Zhou Xiu was feeling thirsty. She looked at Hua Xu's face, which was smiling without any malice, not the mocking and ridiculing expression she had seen in her dreams. She took the juice from her hands.

Zhou Xiu drank the juice in one gulp and quickly became familiar with the students in Class 24.

"Xu Jie, your desk mate is so obedient, she received the juice with both hands like a primary school student receiving an award certificate," the boys looked at her and spoke.

The couldn’t see her clearly when she arrived that morning. In addition, the new student was quiet and spoke very little. Now they saw her up close, and she wasn't bad looking, although her skin was a bit dark. Her eyes under her bangs were particularly bright and calm, making people feel comfortable.

"Don't bully my desk mate, I'll be counting on her for homework from now on," Hua Xu said.

"Xu Jie, is copying homework really that fun? I want to sign up too."

"New student, I heard you have good grades; can I copy your homework in the future?"

"New student, we'll be counting on you for homework from now on!"

Zhou Xiu was stunned and didn't know how it had evolved into this. She witnessed first-hand how the rumour that "Zhou Xiu has good grades" was born.

Zhou Xiu shook her head and corrected them, "My grades are just average."

No one believed her. "New student, you're too modest."

The boys and girls joked and laughed, and Hua Xu handed Zhou Xiu some food a few times. Zhou Xiu ate a little and then buried her head in the test paper.

Zhou Xiu knew that these classmates were just saying hello and talking to her to please Hua Xu. Hua Xu was treating her this way only because she had lent her homework to copy.

It was precisely because of this that Zhou Xiu quickly immersed herself in the math test paper, with no distractions.

Zhou Xiu looked at the clock in the center of the classroom, it was already two o'clock.

Teacher Wang's math test paper was indeed very difficult. However, homework was not an exam in everyday life, and students were allowed to consult textbooks, look up information, ask classmates... even ask the teacher for help.

She closed her book, picked up the test paper, and walked towards the math department office.

Zhou Xiu knocked on the door of the office.

...

After Zhou Xiu left, the boys and girls in Class 24 suddenly froze.

"She seems to have taken the test paper to the office. Is she going to ask questions?"

"One day, our class will actually have a top student."

Classes 24 and 25 were brother/sister classes, with most of the students in both classes having had been classmates since middle school. There was a world of difference in treatment between the two classes, separated only by a wall.

Class 25 was called the Winner class because the students were either rich or talented, smart, and driven. They shared the same teaching resources as the Rocket class.

However, Class 24 was a gathering place for the rich second generation who wasted their time, commonly known as the "backward class".

Hua Xu wiped her mouth and said, "I told you my desk mate is a top student. She answered Mr. Wang's math problems correctly."

The boys responded with a casual "oh", not paying much attention.

The girls happily started talking about Xi Shaoyuan.

"It's almost Xi Shaoyuan's birthday, what should I give him?"

"He's not even 17 yet, but he's already so tall. I heard that boys would continue to grow in the future. He's getting more handsome every year, and my looks can't match his anymore."

As Hua Xu listened, she almost laughed.

If Xi Shaoyuan had a girlfriend, wouldn't he become the public enemy of all the girls in the school?

 

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