Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu went to the canteen to have lunch after the school session ended.

Song Fang, Wang Yu, and a few other students ordered a few cups of milk tea and sat around a table on the second floor.

Other than a few bowls of beef ball noodles, there were several notebooks on the table filled with all sorts of equations and formulas. While slurping on their noodles, they read the notebooks with great diligence and effort.

Meanwhile, Fu Zhi was sitting at a table not far away from them. She was holding her phone and checking her WeChat and QQ messenger. She had left the top button of her collar open, and one could see her fair skin underneath her clothes.

Wang Yu really admired Fu Zhi for her calmness. Unlike him, she was still able to stay level-headed even though she was facing a great crisis right now. Wang Yu took a glance at Song Fang. He then took a deep breath to calm himself down and make himself look less smug before saying, "I've been memorizing these three chapters of Physics formulas the entire morning, and they have been ingrained deeply in my brain, so do you want to go through them again, Brother Fang? It can also help us familiarize ourselves with the formulas better."

Song Fang nearly fainted when he heard what Wang Yu had said. Even though he had been a student for 9 years, memorizing the first two verses of Song for the Goose, the famous Tang poem, was his limit. These Physics formulas were like alien language to him, and there was no way he could memorize them.

Just as he was about to run away with his milk tea, Fu Zhi, who seemed to be able to read his mind, turned him around and forced him to sit beside her. Then, she said in a flat voice, "Try and recite some of the formulas for me. I want to see how terrible you are so that I can create a study plan for you today."

Song Fang was speechless.

At the same time, Wang Yu opened his mouth and chimed in, "The formula I memorized is pretty simple. It only took me 10 minutes or so to get it into my head. Anyway, I will recite the first half of the sentence, and you'll finish it."

Song Fang swallowed a big gulp of saliva, but before he nodded, Wang Yu shouted, "The odd number changes, while the even number remains constant!"

Fu Zhi's hand came to a sudden stop.

'The odd number changes while the even number remains constant?!'

Facing the question that had troubled mankind for the longest time, Song Fang was stunned for a moment. After a short moment of confusion, he looked at Fu Zhi with teary eyes, his body began to shake, and he said proudly, "Daddy! I know how to answer this!"

He grabbed Wang Yu's hand and shouted at the top of his lungs, "The odd number changes, while the even number remains constant, so the sign depends on the quadrant!"

Wang Yu had not expected Song Fang to know the answer at all. He froze for a short moment, and then his eyes glowed brightly as he replied, "The moon is shining on my bed brightly!"

Song Fang said, "We're three, as my shadow has shown up!"

As if he had found his long-lost brother, Wang Yu wrapped his arm around Song Fang's neck tightly and added, "Trimming a candle by the west window!"

"Just like the spring water in a river flowing east!" Song Fang replied confidently, his voice loud and firm.

Wang Yu jumped on the bench and shouted, "Brother! I've never seen someone as strong as you! I, Wang Yu, declare you are the strongest!"

"You're not bad either, brother!" Song Fang said, bobbing his head up and down. "It's just that I rarely show myself because I don't want to get too much attention. I think that after this time, everybody will start to know my great name!"

He paused for a moment before adding, "If you don't mind, we can form a study group. Together, I'm sure we will be able to conquer everything in the world!"

Wang Yu then replied, "Let's do it!"

Meanwhile, after Su Xing put her book in her bag, she turned to Fu Zhi and finally asked the question that had been troubling her for a long time. "Zhizhi, are you sure our classmates are not bad at studying because something is wrong with their heads?"

Fu Zhi did not know what to say.

She looked at her milk tea, and this was the first time she felt that the milk tea in front of her was tasteless.

—

The lunch ended with Song Fang and Wang Yu forming a group.

Fu Zhi and Su Xing went back to their class, while Song Fang and his gang went to Class 3 to borrow the notebook from them.

When they arrived at their classroom, half of the students had gathered around Yun Xiaoxiao's desk.

"I heard that this game was initiated by Xiang Yusheng from Class 1. He bet 100,000 yuan on Class 1, and many year-one and year-two students have joined as well."

"Who did they bet on?" a girl said as she put her nail polish into the drawer. "Our class?"

"Lin Juan, are you out of your mind? Although Lu Yubai will not take the examination this time, the difference between us and them is as clear as the sky. How is there any possibility that they would take our side?"

"Yeah. The betting odds are 5:15 now. It's just really bad!"

Su Xing went forward and took a look. Then, she said, "It's not too bad. Look, at least we still got a 5."

Yun Xiaoxiao let out a sigh. "That's Lu Yubai. He put 100,000 yuan on us. Oh yeah, Lu Yumo has chipped in one yuan as well."

"One yuan? Lu Yumo? Why is he so stingy?"

Yun Xiaoxiao did not know what to say either.

"But… But…" She tried to find an excuse for Lu Yumo, but to no avail. In the end, she just let out a sigh and said, "Yeah, he's stingy."

The students of Class 21 were even more pumped up under the circumstances. They all felt that they had to prove to everyone that they were not a bunch of good-for-nothings.

With that thought in mind, they put their phones away and took their books out to start revising.

Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu looked at each other.

Ye Jiu tapped on Yun Xiaoxiao's desk and asked, "Xiang Yusheng is the banker? I thought his family's company had gone bankrupt already? He still has so much money left?"

Yun Xiaoxiao thought for a while before replying, "Yeah, I guess so. I heard that he will not stop raising his bet until he wins."

The moment she finished speaking, Ye Jiu and Fu Zhi turned around and left Class 21.

Yun Xiaoxiao poked Su Xing and asked, "Where are they going?"

Su Xing replied, "I guess they are reporting to Director Liu? I don't know. Fu Zhi doesn't like people to gamble the most."

*

In the meantime, Class 1 was a mess.

Ye Jiu and Fu Zhi, who disliked gambling the most, threw a bank card on Xiang Yusheng's table respectively.

"There is one million in the card," Ye Jiu said as he sipped on his milk tea. "It's all the money I've got, and I'm going to bet on Class 21."

Fu Zhi had just invested her money in the movie, so she did not have as much money as Ye Jiu. "I will bet 500,000 yuan on Class 21 too. Make sure you jot it down."

Upon looking at the two bank cards on Xiang Yusheng's desk, everyone in Class 1 fell silent, as this was something that they had not expected at all.

The boy sitting in the center to help Xiang Yusheng record everything had never seen so much money in his life. His hands were shaking profusely as he asked, "Both of you are going to bet on Class 21? Are you guys really not going to consider Class 1?"

They did not know why, but the boy's cheeks were getting redder and redder with every passing second. He was wiggling his body as he told Ye Jiu, "Ye, Ye Jiu, I'm pretty strong. Can you pick me?"

Ye Jiu was dumbfounded. He looked at him as if he was looking at an alien.

'You're strong? So?'

The commotion that they were making had drawn the other students' attention. For a moment, everybody lifted their heads from the books in front of them and looked at Xiang Yusheng and his gang.

"Do you have any idea what you're talking about?" A student behind Xiang Yusheng jumped up and smacked the boy's head. "They can spend their money however they want. It has nothing to do with you."

He paused for a moment, looked at Fu Zhi, and added sarcastically, "Fu Zhi is the goddess and the best student in our school. Who knows, she might have the magic touch and turn the tide to bring Class 21 victory!"

At the same time, Xiang Yusheng took the two bank cards and put them in his pocket. "A bet that has been placed is not refundable. Although this is just a small game, we won't return your money to you if you lose."

Ye Jiu said, "Don't worry. We know the rules. As for you, you just need to make sure you get the money ready when the time comes."

After saying that, he pulled Fu Zhi's hand, and both of them walked away.

Class 1 fell silent for a moment, and then everyone gasped in unison.

One and a half million? They could not believe that they had really bet one and a half million on Class 21 winning.

Xiang Yusheng harrumphed. "Hmph! Just you wait! I'm sure they will cry in front of us when they lose!"

Then, he turned around and told his classmate triumphantly, "You guys can start thinking about what you want to eat after the final examination. I'm going to treat all of you to a meal!"

Everyone in Class 1 cheered happily when they heard what Xiang Yusheng had said. Those who had still not joined the game hastily placed bets on Class 1 as well and told Xiang Yusheng, "This is great! We're going to win big this time!"

The news of Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu placing bets on Class 21 soon spread across the school.

"Who? Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu bet 15 million yuan on Class 21? Are they nuts?"

"Well, they are rich and they have the right to use their money as they wish."

—

It was not long before the students of Class 21 heard the news.

If they lost the bet, Fu Zhi would have to leave No.1 High School. This was the worst-case scenario, but things were slightly different now that 1.5 million had come into play.

"Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu must be doing this for us. They did not want us to feel too bad about ourselves, so they used their money to root for us," Yun Xiaoxiao said.

Everyone felt that she was right. They then picked up their pace and worked even harder, as they felt that they should not let Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu down.

When Zhou Zihuai walked to the front of the class to start his lecture on electromagnetism, he asked, "Where are Song Fang and Wang Yu? Didn't they go to borrow the language notes from Class 3? It has been 20 minutes, so why are they not back yet?"

Fu Zhi and Zhou Zihuai were the students with the best academic performance in Class 21. However, the former did not like taking notes, while the latter only took notes occasionally.

Su Xing and Yun Xiaoxiao looked at each other and shook their heads.

Just as all of them were wondering where Song Fang was, a loud thud erupted and Song Fang barged into the classroom.

Yun Xiaoxiao's eyes glowed, and she hastily went up to him. "How is it going, Brother Fang? Did you get the notes from them?"

Song Fang did not say anything in return. He kept his head low, and his eyes were red around the rims. Just as a bad hunch formed in Yun Xiaoxiao's heart, Wang Yu chimed in, "It was no good. They refused to lend the notes to us!"

"What? Did you not tell them that Ms. Zhang told us to borrow the notes from them? Are they going to use the notes? Did you guys tell them that we'll just borrow them for ten minutes while they're in another class and return them afterward?"

Wang Yu shook his head. "Yes, that's what we told them, but they said no! Not only Class 3, but the other classes also refused to lend their notes to us. Other than Class 19 and Class 20, whose notes are basically unreadable, the rest of the classes just slammed their doors in our faces!"

Everyone in Class 21 was stunned.

How was that possible?

"Why did they refuse to lend the notes to us?" Yun Xiaoxiao asked, disbelief accentuating her voice.

"Maybe someone is threatening them?" Su Xing added.

"I'm sure that must be it. It must be Class 1 that warned them and told them that they must not help us, or they would not share the exercise books that they got from He Ming and Bai Ji with them!"

"Everything else aside, whenever the boys in Class 3 were bullied by students from other schools, it was Brother Fang who stepped forward and helped them. How could they forget all of this and betray us just because of some exercise books?"

"Does Class 1 really want us dead so much?"

The rest of the students did not know what they should do either.

The questions set by Bai Ji and He Ming were some of the hardest and trickiest, so their exercise books were very precious to students like them. If they could get their hands on their exercise books, they would be able to score very well in the examination. Therefore, the students of Class 21 could understand why the rest of the classes would choose to side with Class 1.

"I will ask my friends from other schools and see if they can help us or not," Song Fang said, his voice hoarse.

"I will go back and organize my notes again, but it's going to take a lot of time, and we don't have much time left…" Yun Xiaoxiao said as she pulled her books out of her drawer. She had been holding back tears ever since she'd gotten the news, and after she saw the pile of books in front of her, she could not hold herself back anymore and dissolved into tears.

"They are so mean! How could Class 1 do something like this to us?" Yun Xiaoxiao cried.

"We just want to borrow some notes. What's wrong with that? They already have the best resources and learning materials, so why must they do this to us?"

Su Xing approached Yun Xiaoxiao and wrapped her arm around her shoulder. "My parents have some friends in the capital. Maybe I can ask them for help, so stop crying."

At the same time, when Fu Zhi heard their conversation, she pulled her earphone off and said plainly, "They're just some exercise books."

Yun Xiaoxiao could not hear Fu Zhi well since she was crying very loudly. She turned her head over to look at Fu Zhi and asked, "What?"

"Bai Ji is going to set the questions for the college entrance examination, so he supposedly can't give any tutorial classes right now. I will call Chen Xin and He Ming and ask them to give you guys a tutorial class."

Yun Xiaoxiao was stunned. She thought her ears had failed her again, so she asked, "Can you repeat what you just said, Sister Zhi?"

Everyone turned to look at Fu Zhi. Well, although they had full faith in Fu Zhi, they found it hard to believe what she had just said.

Initially, Fu Zhi wanted to give them a lecture herself, but it seemed to her that they liked Bai Ji and He Ming more.

Therefore, she walked out of her classroom with her phone in her hand and made a call through WeChat.