C14 The Great Xia Mingwei

"Haha, Teacher Lee, it is not a problem to give you the quota, but if you want to waste this quota, the school will not allow it," the dean said with a smile.

"Waste?" Lee Chunxue had a funny expression on her face. She looked at the dean and said angrily.

"What should I call it a waste? Zhang Xiaomao is from a poor family and he meets the requirements for a scholarship!"

"Aiya, I know he fulfills the conditions, but there are too many poor students in the school. Why should I give it to Zhang Xiaomao? Moreover, his grades are not very good and his teacher is at the bottom of the class, so giving him a spot is a waste." The teacher, Ren Qiang, said.

"Zhang Xiaomao's talent in mathematics is very high," Lee Chunxue said. Zhang Xiaomao's previous grades were indeed quite poor, so she could only find excuses for Zhang Xiaomao in terms of math.

"Genius? Hehe, Teacher Lee, don't tell me you think that Zhang Xiaomao is talented in mathematics because he challenged Xia Mingwei?" The dean mocked.

"It's just a child's trick to get famous. Who is Xia Mingwei? Is he, Zhang Xiaomao, worthy of challenging Xia Mingwei?"

"Director Wang, do you think this is a good way to comment on a student?" Lee Chunxue's face darkened.

"Haha, I'm just telling the truth," The dean laughed. He looked down on Zhang Xiaomao's suicidal behavior.

"What is going on?" At this moment, the principal of Dragon Spring Middle School arrived. When he saw that neither of them was in a good mood, he asked.

Lee Chunxue immediately explained the situation to the principal. When the principal heard this, he frowned.

"It would be a waste to give the quota to Zhang Xiaomao, but since Teacher Lee insists, the school has no choice but to give her some face. How about this, as long as Lee Xiaomao can enter the top 50 in this exam, the quota will be given to him."

"Principal." Lee Chunxue was getting anxious. She had told Zhang Xiaomao that the top three were just to provoke Zhang Xiaomao. In fact, she also felt that something was not right. Even if Zhang Xiaomao had talent in math, it was too late for him to be discovered. The other students had already been preparing for this semester, but Zhang Xiaomao only had three days. How could he compare with those students?

"All right, that's about it. We'll have a meeting after the exam," the principal said.

Lee Chunxue saw the situation and sighed. She looked in the direction of the school building and prayed to herself, Zhang Xiaomao, I hope you don't disappoint me this time!

As the bell rang, signaling the end of the exam, Zhang Xiaomao was the first to walk out of the classroom. He had already finished the exam, but it meant a lot to him, so he had to hold on until the end.

At this moment, in the school's conference room, the principal had convened a meeting of all the math teachers. The goal was to quickly select the five people who would represent the Dragon Spring.

"Director Wang, get someone to bring over the papers that are ranked in the top 100 of each exam. The higher-ups have suddenly notified us that we will have to hand in the quota, so it is impossible for us to review all of them today." The principal instructed the dean.

As soon as the principal said this, everyone understood. It was normal for the five participants to be selected and then handed over, and the rest of the papers to be graded. Everyone knew that the only people who could take part in the competition were the ones who were in the top few places.

"Wait a minute!" Just as the dean was about to leave, Lee Chunxue suddenly spoke up. She gritted her teeth and spoke.

"Director, please bring Zhang Xiaomao's test paper."

"Zhang Xiaomao? What are you looking at his test papers for? What a waste of time!" The one who spoke was a math teacher from Class 1. He was very angry with Zhang Xiaomao for overestimating himself and challenging Xia Mingwei.

"Yes, time is of the essence. There is no need for us to look at Zhang Xiaomao's exam paper. He is just a poor student. It would be good enough if he could pass."

"Miss Lee, I know you care about your students. However, the national maths competition is not a child's play. Zhang Xiaomao will probably never have anything to do with this competition in his lifetime."

"Director, you can take his test papers with you. At worst, I can review a few more." Lee Chunxue said with a straight face.

"Teacher Lee, it is very difficult for me to deal with you like this." The dean waved his hand.

"Principal." Lee Chunxue looked at the principal for help.

The principal thought about it for a while and realized that Lee Chunxue's identity was not simple at all. Others might not know about it, but he knew it very well. Therefore, he took special care of her in school. He smiled and said, "Since Teacher Lee insists, then find Zhang Xiaomao's exam paper. However, Teacher Lee needs to review more of the exams."

"Okay!" The head teacher spoke. Although the other math teachers looked dissatisfied, they did not say anything else since the principal had spoken. However, the sneers in their eyes were very clear. They had made up their minds that when the final result came out, they would compare Zhang Xiaomao and Xia Mingwei's papers and mock Lee Chunxue.

The papers were brought up to the table and everyone began to review them. Zhang Xiaomao's papers were distributed to Lee Chunxue, but Lee Chunxue's heart was filled with nervousness. She was not sure how Zhang Xiaomao's answers would turn out, so she placed Zhang Xiaomao's papers at the backmost.

As time passed, a few math teachers also finished their evaluations. Lee Chunxue was the only one left.

"Principal, this is Xia Mingwei's exam paper. Take a look at it, 99 points. Xia Mingwei got one point deducted for the last Olympiad Math, but this is also very shocking. Out of the last five questions, only Xia Mingwei can do all of them. It's already good enough that the other students can do one of them." said the math teacher from Class 1.

"As expected of a genius, of all the tests I've marked, no more than five have passed. The highest was only 70 points."

"Yeah, it's a competition. Of course it's hard. This Li Yuyang, he's usually in the top twenty in the school, but this time he's only got seventy-one."

"Organize it and get the ranking out," the principal ordered.

Everyone was sorting out the rankings. Although Lee Chunxue had not finished, it did not affect the overall situation anymore.

"The headmaster has come out. The first place is Xia Mingwei, 99 points, the second place is Wang Chunhua, 80 points, the third place is Li Xiao, 75 points, the fourth place is Li Yuyang, 71 points, I won't say anything about the rest, the results are about the same." The dean said.

After everyone heard this, they were all surprised. A satisfied smile appeared on the mathematics teacher's face.

"This Xia Mingwei is really amazing. He actually pulled the second place down by 19 points!"

"This result is considered the best in the entire Dragon Spring City."

"Congratulations, Teacher Zhang. You are about to have a mathematical genius."

"In this national competition, Xia Mingwei will definitely win a good ranking. At that time, Dragon Spring Middle School's reputation will spread far and wide." They were all very happy. Xia Mingwei's results had really surprised them. Even they themselves could not guarantee that they would get more than 80 points, but Xia Mingwei had actually scored 99 points. He was simply a genius.

"Cough, cough, by the way, Teacher Lee, I wonder if Zhang Xiaomao's results are out yet? Did he pass the exam?" Suddenly, the math teacher from Class One asked Lee Chunxue.