C31 Ye Yu, You Are Hiding too Deeply.

Zhu Liang had fled, leaving only English teacher Wu Xianchun and the senior students of the first class encircling Ye Yu. Among them sat Ouyang Yu, slumped in his seat, his face ashen, looking utterly bewildered.

"Ye Yu, I apologize. As your teacher, I failed to stand by you firmly. That was my mistake," Teacher Wu admitted, breaking the silence with a deep bow in Ye Yu's direction.

"There's no need for that, Teacher Wu," Ye Yu responded, stepping forward to lift Wu Xianchun upright. "This was Zhu Liang and Ouyang Yu's scheme. Besides, you've already defended me before. It's I who should be thanking you."

A smile spread across Wu Xianchun's face as he heard this. Looking earnestly at Ye Yu, he said, "Having a student like you is truly my honor."

"Ye Yu, I just knew you weren't cheating!" Han Xue exclaimed, her face flushed with excitement. Her eyes sparkled as she clung to Ye Yu's arm.

"Thank you, Han Xue. You've always believed in me," Ye Yu said, his gaze warm as he looked at her.

Han Xue blushed even deeper, lowering her head and murmuring a shy "Mhm," her snow-white neck tinting pink.

The other students, their faces red with shame, murmured their apologies. "We're sorry, Student Ye Yu. We misunderstood you before. Please accept our apologies."

Ye Yu surveyed his classmates, their heads hung low in remorse. After a brief silence, he smiled. "It's okay. We're all classmates, and we're all still learning. I hope in the future, you'll trust your own judgment in such situations."

Relieved by Ye Yu's forgiveness, the students looked at him with newfound respect.

"I'll go get your exam paper!" one student shouted, dashing from the room. The sound of footsteps echoed as the student hurried back, test paper in hand, and announced, "Ye Yu, I've got your paper!"

Teacher Wu accepted the paper with a smile. "Let me have a look. I'll regrade it and see what score Student Ye Yu truly earned."

"87 points," Ye Yu declared after a quick glance at his paper. "That's my actual score."

The room fell silent, the students and Wu Xianchun astonished. "I haven't regraded it yet. How do you know your score?" Wu Xianchun inquired.

Turning to Han Xue, Ye Yu asked softly, "Remember what I told you?"

Han Xue, slightly unsure, replied, "You said you could get a perfect score anytime?"

Ye Yu nodded. "Full marks aren't really the point; it's whether I choose to aim for them."

With everyone watching in amazement, Ye Yu began to recite, "For the third multiple-choice question, 'It's so nice to...' choose A. For the seventh question... the cloze test, 'For many, finding...' and for the reading comprehension, 'A month before...'"

Ye Yu's words, precise and fluent, left Wu Xianchun and the students in awe.

As the realization dawned on them, they were struck silent once more. Was Ye Yu pointing out the errors on his test paper? They reviewed the paper, checking the answers against his words, and gasped in collective astonishment.

"Ye Yu got it all right!"

"Down to the last detail! He actually recited the entire exam paper!"

"No, what we should be saying is that the questions were just too simple for Ye Yu. It's no surprise he could predict his score beforehand!"

"That's the truly frightening part! He scores exactly what he sets out to score!"

"And have you noticed? Ye Yu's spoken English is incredibly advanced!" Wu Xianchun exclaimed, his voice tinged with awe as he regarded Ye Yu with a hint of envy.

"You didn't deceive me after all." Han Xue's eyes sparkled as she gazed at Ye Yu. "You really do have the power to control your test scores!"

"You've kept your abilities too well hidden. Your English grades were so poor before, and it was all an act! That's just going too far!" Wu Xianchun playfully scolded Ye Yu.

Ye Yu cleared his throat awkwardly. Inwardly, he couldn't help but marvel at how formidable the Master of Language talent truly was!