Drama Queen Reborn as a Top Student!-Chapter 921 - 435: Unresolved Feelings (3)

Shen You’an’s attitude seemed somewhat indifferent.

He sneered after speaking: "Didn’t Yuan Tingfang say it already? Our two families have a marriage contract set by our ancestors, and it can be considered a match between a talented man and a beautiful woman, a perfect social status match. We should congratulate them."

Liu Runxi thought of something and suddenly turned his head to look at Shen You’an, his gaze filled with complex emotions.

Does Shen You’an know about her lineage?

If she knows, then the one truly engaged to Gu Bichen should be her.

So was her sarcastic tone just now full of unspoken grievance?

At that moment, Liu Runxi’s heart was in turmoil.

Shen You’an noticed Liu Runxi’s mesmerized gaze on her and frowned.

"What are you thinking about?"

Liu Runxi snapped back to reality, quickly lowered his head to hide his emotions.

"Nothing much, you’re right, it’s Bichen’s own choice. As friends, we don’t have the right to interfere too much."

They parted at the subway entrance, Liu Runxi watched as Shen You’an’s figure disappeared at the end of the subway passage, then turned towards the car parked by the roadside.

The next day was yet another full day of tests.

Results came out early on the third day.

As expected, Shen You’an was still first place.

However, for Shen You’an to still be first despite her summer full of activities made everyone admire yet feel a bit melancholic.

Is this what a genius is? One summer of tireless effort, yet still no match for Shen You’an.

Second place was Liu Runxi.

Worth mentioning is that Gu Bichen’s performance fell out of the top ten.

But evidently, everyone is more concerned with Gu Bichen’s romantic gossip, reasonably explaining his drop in scores.

Indeed, early love leads to a decline in grades, an age-old truth; rare are those like Shen You’an and Liu Runxi.

However, it’s uncertain; if Shen You’an and Liu Runxi ever date, maybe their grades will drop too.

After the day’s classes ended, Xie Feng said in class: "This weekend, CCTV will have a brain-teasing program for middle school students nationwide, Brainstorm. Considering comprehensively, the school plans to recommend five students from our class for the program."

The whole class stirred; being on a CCTV program, aside from the prestige, also brought fame, and everyone was eager to try.

But to everyone’s disappointment, Xie Feng directly named them.

"Shen You’an, Liu Runxi, Jiang Yumo, Leng Yunyang, Gu Bichen, you five prepare, you’ll be going on the show this weekend."

No one had complaints about the first four, as their scores commanded respect. But why Gu Bichen? Just because he’s the heir of the Gu family?

Well, who can argue with his status as the Gu family’s heir? De Ren Middle School is all their property, it’s just accompanying the Crown Prince in reading.

Gu Bichen knew even if his scores dropped, the privileges his identity brought were far beyond this.

With this in mind, Gu Bichen curled his lips into a smile, a hint of small pride deep in his eyes.

This brain-teaser program’s format is similar to the MT Math Challenge, using a point system; top students from dozens of schools nationwide compete on the same stage for points.

The program records ten episodes in total; the first three are team matches, then individual quick-response matches, discussion matches, and finally the grand finale to determine the Brain King.

But compared to the MAT Math Challenge with its single focus on math questions, Brainstorm’s questions are much broader, ranging from astronomy and geography to humanities and customs, further involving five elements and numerology, poetry and prose, literature and biology — in short, the breadth of topics encompasses encyclopedias.

Naturally, this type of competition adds elements of entertainment, avoiding monotony, and offering more to watch.

This is the new variety show plan launched by CCTV this year, aiming to enhance the knowledge reserve of middle and elementary school students nationwide. At the appointed time, the education bureau will order nationwide students to watch it, with no worries about viewership.

This Saturday will see the first episode’s filming, and after the school reported their names, the program’s staff contacted each student participating to confirm the recording time.

Shen You’an, Liu Runxi, and Jiang Yumo arrived at the TV station’s studio at eight o’clock Saturday morning, the staff spotted her immediately, and in an instant, all eyes in the studio fell on her, with admiration and curiosity.

Shen You’an is already quite famous now, despite being repeatedly criticized, she’s recognized as a celebrity of notable fame.

The staff led her to the makeup room, where men’s and women’s rooms were separate. The clothes didn’t need changing, everyone wore their school’s uniform, but each needed a simple light makeup for the camera, being a variety show, students facing the public need to be glamorous, embodying the essence of youth.

The makeup room staff kept marveling at Shen You’an’s skin quality, barely needing any foundation as her natural complexion was more radiant than makeup would be.

"An’an." A surprised female voice called from behind Shen You’an.

Shen You’an turned around and was pulled into a tight embrace.

"An’an, I knew you’d definitely participate."

Yan Lu said excitedly.

Shen You’an looked at Gao Yuyue walking over, both dressed in Lanya High School’s familiar uniform, clearly representing Lanya High School.

Shen You’an curled her lips, happiness written all over her face.

There’s nothing more joyful than reuniting with old friends.