Shift! The Side-Character Heroine

When Wang Zongchao asked Zhao Youyue how she managed to get good results for English, she could not simply say that she relied on her “Yu Shengfan’s card,” so she decided to go along with the premise that she played lots of foreign language games. She preferred to play them in their original languages, so she had no other choice but to master the English language...

This was the actual reason why Yu Shengfan was good with languages from several countries. But in reality, it sounds cooler when Zhao Youyue says it out herself.

Of course, when Wang Zongchao was asking her this in the chat group, the other top students were hanging on to every word she said, hoping to take a leave out of her book, but then she had blurted out that it was because she liked to play foreign games...

“So, not just English, but you’re good at other languages as well?” asked Wang Zongchao.

“You could say that, and I would spend two hours gaming a day because I really enjoy them,” Zhao Youyue answered honestly.

“Two hours? How do you have so much leisure time?” Wang Zongchao was incredulous.

“I have some spare time during the night... I only need to finish my homework earlier.” Zhao Youyue replied without giving it too much thought.

“Aren’t you suppose to self-study at night?” Wang Zongchao was amazed. Each question only gives rise to more questions! This isn’t a simple girl!

“Erm... I’m actually a commuting student, so I don’t have to attend night self-study classes. After I’m done with homework, I could play to my heart’s content” Zhao Youyue retained her cool and answered him casually.

After she replied, the group remained silent for a while. Shortly after, everyone was sending pictures of worshiping her like some sort of God...

Everyone had thought that Zhao Youyue was the hardworking type of elite scholar, especially based on her performance in Mathematics. If elite scholars never work hard enough, their results would inevitably deteriorate. An elite scholar such as Wang Zongchao was without a doubt a natural genius and made sure to pair it up with superhuman effort. Only with that, he has been able to secure his ranking in this school.

As it turns out, Zhao Youyue was not a hardworking elite scholar!

She was indeed a genius; she could spend two hours a day playing games and still maintain such results! Even Wang Zongchao would not manage that!

Guo Peisheng could not help himself but speak up, “Wow, Zhao Youyue you’re awesome! I envy you could take it easy and still get such amazing results. We had to take competition classes every night, why didn’t you join us? You’re such a genius...”

Zhao Youyue was struck dumb for a moment. No one had ever praised her for being smart, not even her old mama. She was well aware of her navet and candour, but this was actually the first time anyone has ever praised her of being smart!

“I’m not really good at doing questions in competitions... They were too difficult for me! Actually, I’m not that smart either; I worked hard for the results I’ve obtained!” Zhao Youyue defended for herself.

If she was a genius elite scholar, she would not need the help of “Xu Jing’s card”, she would still have gotten into the top ten position in school without having to study so diligently. As for the first place, it would not be easy for her, because there was a hardworking genius in her school. That combination would be unbeatable, no matter what.

When Zhao Youyue said that she was the hardworking type, this rendered the other top students speechless. They were surprised to find that among the top students, there was a student who had the time to play computer games every day and still claim to be hardworking in her studies...

Zhao Youyue was telling the truth, because she always made sure to pay attention in class, and she would do her homework attentively, while also making sure that she gets the critical points in every day’s class. This was all the effort that Zhao Youyue poured into her studying, which reaped great rewards in return.

In the eyes of other top students, they were all jealous of Zhao Youyue because she still managed to get into the top ten position while playing games every day, for two hours!

“Ahem... Well, let’s officially welcome Zhao Youyue into our study group, since we have a half day off tomorrow, why don’t we have lunch together to celebrate this event? What do you say, brother Chao?” Guo Peisheng suggested, it appeared that Wang Zongchao was the de facto leader of this group.

Wang Zongchao was just a first-year high school student, but he was already the vice president of the student council club. If he manages to maintain his grades, it would not be a problem for him becoming the president of the student council in his second-year. Since all third-year high school students would be focusing on their final exams, it was natural for the president to give up his or her position to the vice president, it was a tradition in this school.

Of course, Wang Zongchao himself would not hesitate to take up that role, because he enjoyed the feeling of ruling over other students. His idol was the founder of the country, and his favorite book was “Dynasty Biography.”

“Certainly, I’m glad to have Zhao Youyue in our group, she has earned her rights to join us, are you free to join us for lunch tomorrow, Zhao Youyue?” Wang Zongchao asked.

Zhao Youyue was aware of her surroundings, so she definitely would not turn down such an invitation. She was well-informed of who was in charge of this top students group. Obviously, it was Wang Zongchao, and Guo Peisheng, both of them were also the student council members.

Honestly, these top students gaze Zhao Youyue the creeps, they spoke as if they stood on a pedestal, gazing down at the masses over the tips of their noses. Zhao Youyue was once a “normal” person in their eyes.

They even liked to brag about the privileges they had given by their homeroom teacher, and all of these privileges were greater than Zhao Youyue’s. As long as they could maintain the first place in class, or the top twenty in the whole grade, they could do anything they wanted. Unfortunately, to maintain their grades, they had to sacrifice many other things such as hobbies.

Now, Zhao Youyue had become the top third person in this group. She had once surpassed Wang Zongchao, and she could secure her rank among the top ten in this test, and she was the only person who had a perfect score in English test in her whole school! It was not easy to attain a perfect score in English, what a freak she was!

She had scored perfectly because of her composition; her writing was perfect, her grammar was perfect, even her vocabulary was perfect! It would make no sense if the marker does not give her a perfect score! The English reading comprehension was a multiple choice question, unlike the Chinese test which required a little bit of luck, and as long as her composition has a perfect score, she would definitely get full marks for her English test!

Obviously, Zhao Youyue had surpassed Wang Zongchao regarding languages, which was the reason why she had gained acknowledgment from these top students.

“Sure, I’m free tomorrow... But pardon me for asking, I believe that my classmate, Chen Haoran did better than me in this test, why isn’t he in this group?” Zhao Youyue probed.

“He is only strong in science subjects, and if it wasn’t for the science subjects being so tough for this test, he wouldn’t have been able to even squeeze into the top ten. Even though he is good in science, he still wouldn’t be able to surpass brother Chao, this group doesn’t need him as long as we have brother Chao.” Guo Peisheng said arrogantly.

Zhao Youyue suddenly realized that no one in her class had ever earned the rights to joining this top students’ study group...

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Tonicquill: Do high schools nowadays have politics and elitist factions? Oh, for the life of me