"Let them say whatever they want. We shouldn't mind them. Our class unity is not going to fall apart with a few random words." Qiao Qing smiled gently, as if these rumors couldn't hurt her.

"Speaking of which, it is almost time for International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), and Key Colors Competition China (KCC). Other than IOI, I reckon you can easily snatch the win for the other competitions!"

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"That's right, Qing Qing! This will be the perfect opportunity to prove those nay-sayers wrong. You have to participate in them!"

"Thankfully you're in our class. You always bring glory to our class like you do to your family. Shame are those who are just here to draw the whole quality down!"

"She's right! Qing Qing, sometimes I get worked up thinking about it! How can your family treat you so unfairly when you are so perfect and angelic?" A girl said angrily, "While doting on the person who can't even do anything right? Are they blind?"

"Well, there's one thing that she has always done right, which is to lower our class' overall standard."

Mo Li held her chin and scribbled on her notebook as if not hearing them. The group continued to openly and subtly mock her.

When the bell rang, the class teacher walked in with a solemn expression.

"Teacher, why the long face?"

"That's right. Miss, did something happen to you?" The class teacher glanced unintentionally at Mo Li. Honestly, no one expected for Mo Li to return after her meeting with the school director. Before the class teacher came to class, the director and principal had called her aside. They told her to stay away from Mo Li if she didn't want to get into trouble.

"Cough, it's nothing! Listen up, class, I have something important to announce, the Pearl River IMO is going to be held soon and our class will have to choose three students to participate." At this point, the class teacher took a glance at Qiao Qing.

To be frank, the class teacher didn't put much stock in Qiao Qing at first. After all, unlike the other students in her class, Qiao Qing was just an adopted daughter, there would be no benefit for the teacher to put extra care on Qiao Qing. But as time passed by, her impression of Qiao Qing gradually ameliorated.

This girl was really talented. She was the hand behind most of the promotional posters found around school. Her paintings were as beautiful as her face; other than that, her literary compositions were often selected as model essays, impressive and creative as they were! Then the class teacher found out that Qiao Qing was a good student in every subjects so she tried to find out more about Qiao Qing.

She was surprised to find out Qiao Qing was the adopted daughter of the Mo Family and could be considered Mo Li's sister.

Back then, the Mo family thought that the sisters should attend school together so that they would have someone to watch over each other's back. It was why the school gave special permission for Qiao Qing, who was one year younger than the rest of the term, to attend the class with Mo Li.

However, how perfect Qiao Qing was equaled to how trashy Mo Li was! The girl was a waste of space! Mo Li scored the worst in every subject and sometimes even refused outright to answer her exam papers. This affected the class teacher's yearly review so she hated Mo Li deeply.

"Miss, we should appoint Qiao Qing, Ding Yi and Mo Li to attend the competition!" A girl suggested maliciously.

"That's right, with Mo Li, we'll win the first prize and the school will award our class with the certificate and the winning banner."

"But if that's the case, we shan't recommend..." A girl began but she didn't dare to refer to Mo Li by her name. "As they say, a bad seed can spoil the whole crop. If someone is there to prevent Qiao Qing from getting first place, then it'll be counterproductive."

"Guys, please don't be like this!" Qiao Qing knew who her classmates were talking about, this was the perfect chance to show her generosity and kindness. "Mo Li has been studying very hard recently. Her mathematics is not bad to begin with. When she was grounded, big brother Yun has hired her a tutor... So if Miss is willing to give her a chance..."

"Qing Qing, you're too kind, but your kindness is just going to get wasted."

"A few tutoring sessions are not going to magically change her brain. Why send someone who would only embarrass us?"

"Well, that might not true. Maybe the Mo Family can buy her the first prize outright." The last statement got roaring laughs from the whole class. Seeing that her goal had been accomplish, Qiao Qing lowered her head shyly and stopped talking.

Mo Li looked at Qiao Qing and was impressed by this female lead's cleverness.

Even after everything Qiao Qing had said, the class teacher shook her head. "Qiao Qing, you and Ding Yi should prepare for the competition. Tonight we will have a mock test and the whole class will have to participate in it." That earned a unified groan from the whole class. They weren't expecting an extra exam, one that would most likely require them to stay after school.

Even Mo Li couldn't help but frown. She had something important to do after all. This whole IMO debacle was nothing but a waste of her time.

Seeing the frown on Mo Li's face, the class teacher smiled coldly.

Qiao Qing had put in many good words for her, but it did not seem the like human waste had done any studying during her break from school after all!

After the result of the mock exam was out, the class teacher swore to print them out and post them on the class bulletin board. That would put Mo Li in her place!