The contestants responded, “Ready.”

The host waved his hand. “Okay, now we will enter the second half!”

After 10 questions, many people had changed their views on Rong Xuan.

At first, they all thought that Rong Xuan only had her looks and that she had to come on the show for the sake of popularity. She’s good-looking and coupled with her inability to speak, it’s hard to say how many people would eat this up. Especially elderly people, they would likely treat her as the nation’s daughter in no time.

But now, they didn’t feel this way anymore.

People shouldn’t judge others by their appearance. They didn’t expect that someone so beautiful was not a vase, but rather a highly intelligent top student.

Several boys put away their contempt and began to seriously look at her as their opponent.

The difficulty of the questions in the second half has indeed increased by not a little.

Question 11: How does the change in sound of the Rubens tube affect the height of the flames?

A. The higher the pitch, the higher the flame, B. The louder the volume, the higher the flame, or C. The faster the rhythm, the higher the flame?

Rong Xuan eyes were lowered as she listened carefully to the question. As soon as the host’s voice stopped, she immediately pressed the buzzer and successfully grabbed the question. She pursed her lips and quickly wrote the answer on the board.

‘B. Sound is a longitudinal wave, and as it travels, it compresses the air. The louder the volume, the more compressed the air is. More natural gas is squeezed out so the flame gets higher.’

The live stream once again exploded because of Rong Xuan’s performance.

【Awesome!】

【Kneeling down to the top student. What the hell is Rubens?】

【Hahahaha, this is the first time I’ve heard of it too, I may have read fake books.】

【Upstairs, +1. I’m also reading fake books, hahahahaha.】

【The top student is becoming more courageous. Although I don’t understand, I feel like it’s awesome.】

【I don’t understand, but if I feel it’ll be awesome until the end.】

The host glanced at the answer and slowly smiled, “Congratulations to Student Rong Xuan for getting another five points. There are now eleven questions in total and Student Rong Xuan alone answered five of them correctly. Other students, you can do it.”

A few of the boys looked at each other a few times, feeling a little helpless.

Of course it wasn’t like they couldn’t compete with Rong Xuan in hand speed, but in the first half just now, there was a boy who didn’t even listen to the question and directly pressed the buzzer. He might be thinking of taking the plunge first and then solving the question after. In fact, this idea wasn’t wrong. After grabbing the question, he could think about it slowly.

But then the boy got three points deducted because he couldn’t answer the question.

Learning from other’s mistake, a group of people didn’t dare act hastily. If their score becomes a negative number, it wouldn’t be good.

Question 12……

As soon as the host’s voice stopped, Ning Chun quickly pressed the buzzer.

She also didn’t listen to the question carefully, focusing on the buzzer. After grabbing the question, she smiled gracefully and asked, “Can you please read the question again?”

This request wasn’t too much, so the host slowed down and repeated the question once more.

Ning Chun gave the correct answer.

Question 13: Which of the following three items can withstand the greatest pressure?

A. Tire, B. Basketball, or C. Empty cola bottle?

Rong Xuan snatched this question.

Her hand speed was very fast and her pen was flying. ‘Letter C. It’s because the inner tubes of tires and the material of basketballs are both butyl rubber, while the material of cola bottles are relatively complex material, which is polymer.’

Once again, the Internet exploded.

【She’s so fierce, who can stand up to her?】

【No one can.】

【So it’s now actually a competition between two top students?】

【Hhhhh, there really doesn’t seem to be anyone else. There are only 20 questions in total and the two of them took up half of it.】

【So dope, so dope.】

【The average person can’t really compete.】

After the first and second half of the quiz, Rong Xuan answered a total of 7 questions correctly, with a total score of 35 points, and was far ahead everyone else.

Ranking second was Ning Chun, who answered 5 questions correctly, with a total score of 25 points.

The third was a boy who answered 3 questions correctly and 1 question incorrectly, with a total score of 12.

The remaining scores were pretty average.

Because Rong Xuan got first place, she was the first to choose a room.

She picked the single one.

Ning Chun chose a double room and stayed with Li You. The third ranked boy also chose a single room.

The other four boys moved into the remaining rooms.

That was the end of the afternoon’s recording and they would continue another segment in the evening.

The response on the live streaming platform was very enthusiastic so the program team simply posted all the content of the live broadcast on Weibo.

Because it was live and there was no post-production, none of the guests could be introduced thoroughly. Many new viewers did not know what the level of the eight people was. Thus before posting the live broadcast on Weibo, the program team had time to edit the guests’ profiles.

The eight high school students participating in the reality show were all top students from the top 100 key high schools in the country.

Rong Xuan, 2^nd year, Ganghuang High School.

Ning Chun, 2^nd year, Kainan High School.

Zhang Guowei, 3^rd year, Second Affiliated High School of XX University.

……

Li You, 2^nd year, Kainan High School.

It was posted on Weibo for just twenty minutes but there were already thousands of comments below.

【Dang, Ganghuang High School is a key school that I have always dreamed of going to. Little Sister Rong Xuan must have made a reservation at Beijing University, right?】

【I’m also in second year of high school this year and I’m bad at studies. I don’t know why, but seeing Little Sister Rong Xuan’s performance, I suddenly felt an urge to ​​study hard.】

【Little Sister Rong Xuan’s way of answering questions is so lit, wuuwuuwuuwuu.】

【Giving my Little Sister Rong Xuan a shout-out! How can you be so great?!】

Many of the comments below were very harmonious and praise Rong Xuan, but at the same time, there were also some unscrupulous comments mixed in.

【Hehehe, what great? She’s just a mute who can’t speak. She’s useless!】

【I think Ning Chun is the amazing one. She looks very pure and beautiful, and is also a top student. The most important thing is, she! can! talk! In an overall evaluation, Ning Chun is better.】

【That’s right, a mute like Rong Xuan is actually a disabled person! I don’t know what you guys are bragging about her for.】

【Yeah, to put it bluntly, she’s indeed a disabled person.】

【I stand for being pure. I’m so much better than Rong Xuan in this category!】

———

While the online discussion was in full swing, Rong Xuan was already resting in her room.

The program team said that they would start recording the next segment after dinner.

There’s still half an hour before that, so it was free time.

While Rong Xuan was lying down, a staff of the program came over to inform her that they had posted the video they had just recorded on Weibo and that she could check it out if she wanted.

After notifying her, the staff member smiled and said to Rong Xuan, “You’re outstanding, Student Rong Xuan, don’t bother about other people’s opinion. You’re really great. Jiayou.”

Rong Xuan was rather suprised after hearing this.

The staff member was a young woman in her early twenties with eyes full of kindness. She gave Rong Xuan a cheering gesture and left.

In this world, there were evil people who were annoying, but there were also good people who show kindness to others.

And on the whole, there were more good people than evil people.

Therefore, although the world was occasionally dirty, it was still full of beauty and hope.

Rong Xuan silently thanked her.

When Rong Xuan was the only one left in the room, she turned on the computer that came with the room and logged into Weibo.

As soon as she logged in, found the official account, and head on the comment section, she saw various messages.

She also saw the antis comments, but she didn’t mind them.

There were all kinds of people online, especially trolls.

She had already anticipated that this would happen before participating in the show. Because she had been mentally prepared for it, she looked very calm when she saw these comments attacking her.

If she cared about this, she wouldn’t have chosen to participate in this reality show in the first place.

When Rong Xuan was about to log out of Weibo, she saw that someone had replied to one of the anti’s.

【Ning Chun: Rong Xuan is an excellent opponent. Acknowledging it isn’t a difficult a task. Thanks.】

Rong Xuan was a little surprised when she saw it.

There was a v next to Ning Chun’s account and she’s certified as the gold medal winner of the XX National Mathematics Olympiad.

It should be Ning Chun herself who’s commented.

After Ning Chun replied, Li You followed closely.

【Li You: Today I made soy sauce^[1]be a bystander and only managed to answer one question correctly. I was also present, so I have a more intuitive feeling about Rong Xuan’s performance. She’s really calm, collected, confident and excellent.】

Rong Xuan didn’t expect that both of them would speak for her.

Both defended her and the tone of the comments below suddenly changed.

There were obviously fewer people attacking her.

Rong Xuan was originally about to exit Weibo, but at this time, she stopped and pondered deeply while staring at Ning Chun’s name.

The description of the female protagonist in the novel was actually very one-sided. Many scenes in the plot were used to describe how the female protagonist works hard to open up the male protagonist’s heart and how she firmly occupied the position of the male protagonist’s girlfriend, preventing other girls from stealing him. Rong Xuan’s original impression of the female protagonist was either that of a love brain^[2]mindset that is fixated in romance, or a ‘crazy’ love brain, the kind whose IQ dropped when she met the male protagonist.

But at this moment, Ning Chun’s image became fuller. A person who could become a female protagonist does indeed have some shining points.

———

After dinner, when the second segment was about to begin, Rong Xuan walked up to Ning Chun and Li You and said mouthed thank you to both of them.

Li You was impressed by Rong Xuan’s appearance. Hearing this, she waved her hand and said enthusiastically, “No need. Those people online talks too much. It’s only right that I help speak up for you.”

Rong Xuan pursed her lips and smiled at Li You.

As for Ning Chun, she glanced at Rong Xuan and said in a flat tone, “I just choose to be honest. I hope the comments online will not affect your future performance.”

Ning Chun turned around and walked to the other side, leaving behind a sentence, “I’ll go all out for the next one, let’s have a fun competition.”

Li You raised her hand and echoed loudly from the side, “Let’s enjoy ourselves!”

———

In the afternoon, they answered physics questions, and in the evening there was a special session of math questions.

The recording content on the first day was all about answering questions.

How else could the show be called more of a feast among top students rather than a reality program?

Though it’s not really appropriate to call it so. To be precise, it should be a battle between top students.

Top students naturally have their own pride and before everyone came to participate in this reality show, they naturally had the intention of showing off their own style to the fullest. However, today’s limelight was obviously stolen by Rong Xuan.

Naturally, a few of the boys weren’t convinced and wanted to get even in the evening.

Rong Xuan was so good at physics but she couldn’t be that good at math, right?

Li You approached Rong Xuan and asked softly, “Hey, Rong Xuan, how are you in math?”

Rong Xuan tilted her head, wondering what Li You’s intention was in asking this question.

Li You explained in a low voice, “Ning Chun is best at mathematics. She won the gold medal in the national mathematics competition.”

Li You and Ning Chun were in the same class for two years. They were plastic classmates and neither one was convinced by the other.

If there’s going to be one person to steal the show in a special math segment, then she hoped it would be Rong Xuan and not Ning Chun.

If Ning Chun takes the spotlight, wouldn’t she always be lower than Ning Chun in their class from now on?

This was something Li You absolutely didn’t want to see. So she couldn’t help but come to Rong Xuan to gauge the situation.

Rong Xuan thought for a moment, then honestly wrote on a piece of paper, ‘I’m not bad at math.’

Li You was a little disappointed after seeing this.

She’s only ‘not bad’ at math?

Ning Chun was very good.

However, she still made a fist gesture towards Rong Xuan to encourage her. “Jiayou, Rong Xuan!”

Rong Xuan lowered her head and wrote seriously on the paper, ‘You too.’

Mathematics has the widest application and Rong Xuan spent the most time and effort on it.

Arguably, of all the subjects, the one she was best at was mathematics.

She actually had no intention of going toe-to-toe with the female protagonist. They’re all high school students and doing so was obviously too childish.

But since Ning Chun just said that she wanted to have fun competing, then she would also give her best to the special math segment later.