The humanities subject also required retesting.
However, after Gao Fei displayed his strength, Huang Zhicheng waived the humanities test, and the head of the humanities group no longer suspected Gao Fei of cheating.
He was now seen as the future top scholar by all the teachers.
The head of the humanities group could only hope that in the next weekly mock exam, Gao Fei would achieve the same results as in the diagnostic test.
Suspicion dispelled, innocence proven.
Normally, high school classes ended at ten in the evening, but by the time Gao Fei left the school with his backpack, it was already half-past eleven.
Without the youthful energy of the students, the entire school instantly became incredibly quiet.
Only the patrolling security guards and the teachers leaving the school on their motorcycles remained.
"Hey, Xiao Fei, were you kept back by the teachers again for a lecture?"
The security guard at the gate, seeing Gao Fei as the last student to leave, immediately asked with a tease.
"How could that be! Just you wait and see, Old Yang, tomorrow Brother Fei will definitely be famous throughout the entire First High School!"
"Famous throughout the First High School? What, did you go fertilize the disciplinary director's vegetable patch again?"
"Get lost, why bring that up!"
Gao Fei, who had been brimming with enthusiasm moments before, was instantly doused with cold water.
This was because last month, the disciplinary director had criticized the original host at a school-wide assembly.
The original host, angered, had directly gone to the disciplinary director's vegetable garden and generously fertilized the vegetable beds.
And the process of the original host fertilizing had been captured entirely by surveillance cameras.
The very next day, he was thoroughly berated by the disciplinary director.
As Gao Fei walked out of the school, only a sparse number of vehicles drove by on the road outside the gate.
The surrounding convenience stores and late-night food stalls had long since closed.
Just as he was preparing to walk home, a beam of light cut through the darkness.
"Xiao Fei!"
A middle-aged woman rode her electric bike slowly towards him.
She had her hair tied up, wore a twenty-something yuan white t-shirt and a pair of faded jeans, looking very plain.
There were a few wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her hands bore calluses from hard work, and her complexion was slightly haggard.
But upon seeing Gao Fei emerge from the school gate, her haggardness quickly turned into a smile.
She stopped her electric bike and took out a steaming plastic bag from underneath, containing two warm steamed buns.
"You didn't come home this afternoon, you must not have eaten. I just passed a bun shop and bought you two meat buns, eat them while they're hot!"
She didn't ask Gao Fei why he stayed at school so late.
What she cared about was whether Gao Fei had eaten anything that afternoon.
Looking at the middle-aged woman before him and the meat buns in her hand.
Gao Fei couldn't help but sniff, his brow slightly moved.
Before his rebirth, his mother had passed away from illness before he could properly repay her when he achieved success in his career.
When he was in high school, his mother would always prepare a late-night snack at home waiting for him to finish school.
At this moment, the original host's mother reminded him of his previous life's mother.
Gao Fei took a deep breath, took the buns, and took a big bite, saying with a mouth full of food, "Thanks, Mom!"
"You brat, I'm your mom, what's there to thank!"
Yang Lan chided him with a smile, then sat on the back of the electric bike herself, "Let's go, home."
"Okay!"
Gao Fei finished the buns in a few large bites, took a sip of the water his mother handed him, and smoothly took over the role of driver.
Just as mother and son were preparing to leave, their homeroom teacher, Li Xiaoxiao, rode her electric bike out of the school gate.
Yang Lan had interacted with the homeroom teacher quite a bit over the past three years.
Seeing Li Xiaoxiao heading straight for them, she whispered, "Xiao Fei, did you make any mistakes at school again?"
"No, Teacher Li should be here to congratulate you!"
"Congratulate me?"
Before Yang Lan could react, Li Xiaoxiao had already arrived.
She looked at Yang Lan, who was waiting, ready to scold, and said with a smile, "Sister Lan, I have good news for you. Gao Fei ranked first in the entire grade in this diagnostic test.
And he didn't cheat, nor did he use any cheat sheets. He earned first place in the grade through his own efforts."
First in the grade!
Yang Lan was so surprised she couldn't utter a sound.
Li Xiaoxiao continued, "Sister Lan, I didn't expect Gao Fei to have been hiding his strength for three years. He's actually a 'score-controlling' scholar.
If he can maintain this performance in the mock exams and improve a bit more, he will be the top scholar in liberal arts for our entire Yun Province after the college entrance examination."
Top scholar in liberal arts!
Yang Lan, who had never associated her son with being a top scholar, was once again stunned by Li Xiaoxiao's words.
Seeing his mother's shocked expression, Gao Fei was quite pleased with Li Xiaoxiao's assist.
The night passed without incident.
However, the next day, Gao Fei found an extra hundred yuan in his pocket.
He didn't need to guess to know it was a reward from his mother for ranking first in the grade.
Early in the morning, Gao Fei, full of joy, rushed to school early.
Upon entering the school, he headed straight for the school's bulletin board.
Before he could get close, he saw the top students of the third-year grade already gathered there, waiting.
Just as Gao Fei was anticipating the expressions of these top students as they saw their scores surpassed and him becoming the first in the grade, Huang Zhicheng arrived with a group of teachers, empty-handed.
Looking at the students who had been waiting for the results, Huang Zhicheng clapped his hands to signal for quiet, then cleared his throat and said, "Dear students, after deliberation by the faculty committee, the results of the diagnostic test will not be announced at this time."
Before he finished speaking, Gao Fei, who had been waiting all morning and wanted to show off, became instantly displeased.
"Director Huang, what do you mean, why aren't the results being announced?"
As soon as he spoke, the other students looked at him with a hint of mockery, preparing to hear the director's scolding.
But to their astonishment, Director Huang not only didn't scold Gao Fei but patiently explained, "Little Gao, you need to understand the teachers' good intentions.
Because the faculty committee fears that announcing the results might affect some students psychologically and thus impact the college entrance examination in a month.
Therefore, the results of the diagnostic test will not be announced for now."
Hearing the explanation immediately sparked speculation among the students.
Some of the good students suddenly froze, muttering to themselves, "Could I have fallen out of the top ten in the grade!"
Students at the bottom of the grade excitedly muttered, "I must have already moved out of the top twenty. Passing the junior college entrance exam is possible!"
Seeing that the non-announcement of the results was starting to affect the students' morale, Huang Zhicheng quickly intervened.
"Dear students, your scores are still among the best. As for not announcing the results, it's because there's a score-controlling student among you.
So don't worry about your own scores. The universities you aspire to are still open to you!"
Huang Zhicheng soothed them while signaling the teachers of each class to come forward and guide the students.
Gao Fei, standing outside the crowd, didn't continue to chime in or stir up trouble.
He knew in his heart that if his scores were announced, more than half of the top students would probably break down in tears.
To suddenly jump from second to last in the entire grade to first in the grade a month before the college entrance examination was difficult for any teacher to accept.
Not to mention these students who were mentally immature due to the immense pressure of the college entrance examination.
"Damn it, if only I had been reborn a month earlier, at least they would have had time to adjust!"
Gao Fei sighed helplessly.
Hu Xu, who was watching from the sidelines, asked curiously, "Old Gao, Director Huang said there's a score-controlling freak in our grade, who do you think it is?"
"Who knows!"
Gao Fei replied listlessly, not wanting to joke at all.
Just as the students were about to disperse, Director Huang, along with Li Xiaoxiao and the homeroom teacher of Class One, walked towards them.
"Little Gao, you don't seem very happy!"
"Do you think I can be happy?"
Gao Fei rolled his eyes, while Hu Xu beside him held his breath.
"Look at your narrow-mindedness, a man should be more magnanimous!"
Seeing Director Huang joking with Gao Fei, Hu Xu was suddenly dumbfounded. Before, they would meet like they were going to fight, but now they were so polite.
While he was in a daze, Huang Zhicheng suddenly patted Gao Fei on the shoulder and said with a smile and coaxing, "After the college entrance examination, when the results are announced, we'll still have a graduation party, right? I'll personally announce it to you at the party then.
And at that time, there won't only be teachers and students from the entire school, but also some university teachers who come to poach students based on their scores.
That's a grand occasion, you understand!"