Huang Wenbai was increasingly satisfied watching Su Xiaotian study so diligently.
He even signaled for everyone not to disturb Su Xiaotian, allowing her to continue reading.
"Look at Su Xiaotian, students who study hard are the most charming!"
While most students agreed with Huang Wenbai's high praise, a few felt unconvinced.
Did Su Xiaotian's good grades give her the right to be so unrestrained?
In today's situation, if it were a student who didn't study well, would Teacher Huang still offer such high praise?
Almost everyone thought it was impossible!
But this was preferential treatment for good students, something almost everyone could understand.
A girl sitting behind Du Yonghe, seeing Du Yonghe chattering with Su Xiaotian and hearing Teacher Huang praise a student who didn't follow the rules, instantly felt unhappy.
She also shifted her gaze to Su Xiaotian.
No one noticed the unfriendly look she cast at Su Xiaotian.
Only she knew what she was truly feeling inside.
Why Su Xiaotian?
A country bumpkin from the northwest, why did she receive so much attention?
Was it solely because of her good grades?
Achieving good grades once didn't guarantee continued success.
Moreover, one couldn't even be sure if Su Xiaotian's grades were genuine.
Perhaps someone had intentionally leaked the exam questions to her?
After all, many people had said this exam was incredibly difficult.
How could a normal person achieve near-perfect scores on such challenging questions?
The more Song Lingling thought about it, the more she felt Su Xiaotian's grades were questionable.
It was possible she had indeed received the questions beforehand.
Hmph, she could cheat once, but could she keep cheating?
Song Lingling clenched her fists.
She recalled hearing that the gifted class would have a small test the second week after its establishment.
That would be the perfect opportunity to bring Su Xiaotian down from her pedestal.
She, Song Lingling, swore that at that time, she would expose this country girl named Su Xiaotian, letting everyone know she lacked real talent!
And she, Song Lingling, would become the one in the spotlight!
Su Xiaotian was unaware of the immense hostility some girls harbored towards her.
Of course, even if she knew, Su Xiaotian wouldn't particularly care.
Being envied proved her excellence!
She never worried about being envied for her superiority!
After Teacher Huang finished his speech, class officially began.
The first subject was mathematics. The math teacher was also a very young teacher, a young man in his early twenties.
But it had to be admitted that this teacher's lecturing skills were indeed excellent.
The subsequent teachers were no less impressive; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say each was more skilled than the last.
This clearly indicated that each teacher had been meticulously selected and was outstanding in all aspects.
In addition to teaching textbook knowledge, these teachers could also expand on numerous related topics.
This demonstrated how much importance the Seventh Middle School placed on this gifted class!
However, the emphasis had its advantages and disadvantages.
It had to be said that the academic rigor of the gifted class was indeed very high.
Su Xiao Ba and Su Xiao Jiu, who had previously attended county middle school with a more relaxed approach, now felt the pressure here.
They listened to the lectures with insatiable hunger, desperately absorbing the knowledge imparted by the teachers, fearing they might miss even a single point.
At times, the two brothers wished they had an extra head to help them think.
At this moment, the brothers were grateful to have come to the capital.
Back in the county town, they could never have imagined that teaching could be like this.
If they hadn't come to the capital, they would never have known that beyond the mountains lay such a vibrant life.
There were no dullards among the Su family children. Although Su Xiao Ba and Su Xiao Jiu initially found the high-intensity lectures a bit overwhelming, within a week, they were able to keep pace with the teachers.
Conversely, many of the local students in the class struggled to adapt.
Of course, this was also partly due to Su Xiao Ba and Su Xiao Jiu receiving extra tutoring after class.
Even if they didn't fully grasp some concepts in class, they could ask Su Xiaotian for help at home.
Sometimes Chi Ge would also come over to provide them with after-class guidance. Chi Ge possessed a vast knowledge base and was excellent at applying concepts.
During these times, seeing Su Xiaotian's relaxed demeanor, the two brothers felt a pang of envy.
This was the difference between people.
They were all Su family children, so why such a huge disparity?
Su Xiao Liu and Su Xiao Qi didn't face the same pressure as Xiao Ba and Xiao Jiu.
They were in their second year of high school. This class was newly formed, and while the overall quality of students was good, and their test scores were also decent, fortunately, there wasn't a prodigious student like Su Xiaotian setting an impossibly high bar, which lessened the pressure for everyone.
"Xiao Ba, Xiao Jiu, why do you look so dejected? Is the academic pressure too much?" Grandma Su asked, her heart aching at her grandsons' expressions.
Su Xiao Liu laughed and said, "Grandma, you're overthinking it. They're not stressed about studying; they think Xiaotian is under pressure!"
Grandma Su, who had been feeling sympathetic towards her grandsons, immediately changed her expression.
These two rascals, they thought it was about something else? It turned out they were jealous of their sister?
Didn't they consider if they could even come to the capital to study without Xiaotian?
"If you two dare to treat your sister poorly, I'll skin you alive!" Grandma Su said with a cold snort.
Su Xiao Ba quickly replied, "Grandma, you're overthinking it, how could we?"
"Exactly, Grandma. We just feel that Xiaotian is too smart, making us seem useless!"
Grandma Su gave them a disdainful look and said, "You were useless to begin with!"
The two brothers were hit again!
But thankfully, they were used to being put down after so many years.
It was fine to be useless.
At least they were in the same class as Xiaotian and could protect her.
That boy named Du Yonghe was always trying to stick close to Xiaotian.
How old were they? Didn't he know about the importance of maintaining distance between boys and girls?
Du Yonghe was aware of the importance of maintaining distance between boys and girls. However, in his eyes, there were only students who studied well and students who didn't; there was no distinction between boys and girls.
Therefore, he didn't notice the hostility from the Su brothers. Instead, whenever he had time, he would seek out Su Xiaotian for help with his studies.
Su Xiaotian found this somewhat bothersome. While her classes weren't stressful, her recent reading of foreign language books was putting her under a lot of pressure.
Sometimes, she wanted to concentrate on her reading, but Du Yonghe persistently bothered her, leaving her helpless.
In reality, because Su Xiaotian gave everyone the impression that she was diligently studying every day.
The other classmates believed that Su Xiaotian's good grades were a result of this.
They emulated her, diligently reading and doing practice problems every day.
Only Song Lingling would unconsciously cast her gaze towards Su Xiaotian, wishing she could find fault with her.
She had even found Zhou Rui Shu.