Chapter 47 (2/2)
“I’ve completed the test. Can I submit it now, Teacher?” Cheng Nuo repeated himself patiently.
“Do you… not want to check your answers?” the invigilator asked with astonishment.
“It’s fine. I’m confident in my answers,” Cheng Nuo replied, putting his hands in his pockets.
“May I leave now?”
“Oh, sure. You can go.”
Their conversation had caught the attention of many students.
“He’s already finished his test? How’s that possible!?”
The students were in disbelief, until the invigilator nodded and allowed Cheng Nuo to leave the exam venue. Only then could they be certain that this student had indeed finished the entire test!
He had only taken 50 minutes!
That was very discouraging.
Someone had already finished checking his answers when everybody else hadn’t even completed half of the problems.
The students in the classroom were starting to have self-doubts.
The one who was the most astonished was the guy wearing glasses.
His eyeballs were almost popping out due to shock when Cheng Nuo walked out of the classroom after submitting his test.
Before Cheng Nuo handed in his answer sheet, the student could clearly see from across the aisle that Cheng Nuo had indeed filled in all the blanks on the test.
That meant that Cheng Nuo had never tried to show off. He was a true genius.
30 minutes later, the student had yet to recover from his shock. His brain was fully occupied by the image of Cheng Nuo leaving the exam hall confidently.
“When… can I be as smart as him?”
…
After Cheng Nuo had walked out of the classroom, he strolled around the campus and realized that everyone was in their classrooms at the moment.
While students in grades 10 and 11 were having lessons, those in grade 12 were still struggling with the math test.
Bored, Cheng Nuo decided to go home after collecting some revision materials from Old Man Tang’s office.
All of the classrooms in their block had been cleared to be used as exam venues. Hence, all revision materials had been shifted to the respective subject teachers’ offices beforehand.
Cheng Nuo opened the door of the math office. To his surprise, Old Man Tang was there.
“Mr. Tang, I thought you were an invigilator at the First High School,” Cheng Nuo said out of curiosity.
According to the original arrangement, Old Man Tang should be invigilating the math exam at the First High School of Qing Cheng today.
“Cheng Nuo, why are you…?”
Old Man Tang was surprised too when he saw Cheng Nuo.
He looked down at his watch and checked his phone again to be sure about the time.
It was 4:15 PM. The math test hadn’t ended yet!
“Did you… skip the exam?” Old Man Tang asked, puzzled.
Cheng Nuo smiled. “What are you thinking, Mr. Tang? Of course I attended the exam! I’ve already finished my test.”
“You’ve finished your test?” Old Man Tang asked. But he understood what Cheng Nuo meant at once. He had forgotten that one was allowed to hand in their answers before the time was up.
Cheng Nuo nodded and grinned. “Yeah. The problems were very easy, so I came out after I finished the test.
“Oh, Mr. Tang, thank you so much for giving me Uncle Ge’s problems yesterday! The last problem on today’s test was the exact same problem on one of the past tests. Exactly the same wording!” Cheng Nuo continued.