Zhu Ming smiled brightly and said, "Little brother, I haven't heard your score yet?"
Ye Chen nodded, "Yeah, maybe they haven't graded my paper yet."
Zhu Ming chuckled, "How many points do you think you can get?"
Ye Chen replied, "A perfect score shouldn't be a problem."
...Ye Chen's tone was flat, but everyone around stared at him in unison.
Even the Conference Room echoed with a low snicker.
One hundred points?
This kid is really full of hot air.
Zhu Ming heard Ye Chen's answer, and his eyes grew even more mocking.
"Hehe, little brother, you're just joking to liven things up, right?"
"Hmm, you're right."
Zhu Ming: "..."
He realized that Ye Chen must be envying his talent, so he deliberately set him up, and a dark cloud appeared on his face.
At that moment, Madam finally put down her pen.
"Ye Chen..."
Immediately, everyone's gaze fell on Madam.
They all wanted to know how many points this high‑schooler, who had fooled them and bragged wildly, could actually score.
Ruolan looked at Ye Chen, her voice faltered, and her eyes looked oddly strange.
She slowly announced Ye Chen's score.
"Ye Chen, one hundred points."
...The Conference Room fell into dead silence.
Everyone was stunned!
One hundred points?
For a moment, those prodigies all gaped in disbelief, mouths hanging open.
The hush lingered for a few seconds before an angry voice shattered it.
"Impossible, that's absolutely impossible."
The speaker was Zhu Ming.
Madam frowned, "Why is it impossible?"
"I..."
Zhu Ming clenched his teeth; facing the imposing aura of the superior Madam made him feel insecure.
However, he couldn't bear losing such a high‑pay job, so he gritted his teeth and said, "The test paper this time was very difficult, even incorporating some University‑level concepts. This kid just entered his Senior Year of High School; with questions this hard, even we couldn't get them all right. How could a high‑schooler possibly answer everything correctly?"
Madam wasn't in a hurry and turned her gaze toward Ye Chen.
"Ye Chen, do you have anything to say?"
Under everyone's stare, Ye Chen's face remained calm, and he lightly said, "No, what you said is all correct."
Zhu Ming: "..."
A hint of a smile flashed in Madam's eyes.
She understood that Ye Chen's words were actually just a perfunctory dismissal.
Compared with a rigorous rebuttal, Ye Chen's approach was far harder to refute.
She knew the difficulty of this recruitment test better than anyone.
These questions were crafted by high‑pay teachers from top High Schools that she specifically hired.
Moreover, Ye Chen couldn't have cheated on this test.
After all, even if Zhu Ming only scored seventy, Ye Chen could never have copied a perfect hundred.
"You..."
Today, Ye Chen's most frequent reply to him was, "What you said is all correct."
At first, Zhu Ming felt quite comfortable.
But after hearing it repeatedly, he finally understood Ye Chen's meaning.
He simply didn't want to engage with him at all, just kept placating him!
Zhu Ming was so angry his face flushed red, his fists clenched tightly.
He even felt an impulse to rush forward and beat Ye Chen up.
"Me?"
Ye Chen wore a look of grievance.
"Big brother, what else can I do? I already told you, what you said is all correct."
"..."
Zhu Ming: "..."
Ruolan interrupted their conversation.
"Alright, today's recruitment ends here. I have already chosen the final candidate."
"Ye Chen, congratulations."
"Thank you."
Ye Chen smiled and nodded.
The Butler then said to the others, "Alright, everyone, follow me."
A look of resentment appeared on the others' faces.
They could never have imagined losing to a High School student.
The Butler continued, "I'm sorry for keeping you all waiting so long. Madam has already given everyone a red envelope."
Zhu Ming was fuming.
If it weren't for Ye Chen, this job would have been his.
At the doorway, Zhu Ming turned back and snarled at Ye Chen, "Kid, don't let me run into you again."
Ye Chen chuckled lightly, "Big brother, your memory is that bad? I'm heading to Huaqing, you're at Tian Da, our cities are far apart, meeting will probably be difficult..."
Zhu Ming: …"
He no longer wanted to bother with Ye Chen.
Why am I so lowly, to provoke this guy… The crowd left, leaving only Ruolan and Ye Chen in the Conference Room.
Ruolan smiled and took out a contract, "Mr. Ye, please look over this contract. If there are no issues, sign it and you'll be officially on board."
"Hmm."
Ye Chen glanced at it a few times, then picked up the pen and signed his name.
He had just set the pen down when a voice came from the doorway.
"Mom, I still don't understand a few math problems, so I won't eat."
At the doorway, a girl in pajamas walked in.
Her pajamas were very loose, adorned with a cute teddy bear.
Her face was sculpted flawlessly, radiating youthful vitality.
"Why aren't you eating again? Isn't it because you didn't get first place in the Whole School? I've asked about your grades; getting into Peking University won't be a problem."
"No, I've decided, I'm aiming for Huaqing."
"By the way, Mom found a tutor for you."
"Mom, I've told you countless times I don't need a tutor, and you don't have to worry about me."
At that moment, the girl noticed a boy standing behind Ruolan.
Seeing Ye Chen, the girl was stunned.
Ye Chen was equally bewildered—how could it be her?
"Is that you?" Su Xiaonuan stared at Ye Chen blankly, completely dumbfounded.
"Do you know each other?" Ruolan saw her daughter's expression and immediately sensed something was off.
Ye Chen felt a bit embarrassed.
Su Xiaonuan said, "He's the guy who stole my Whole School first place."
Ye Chen was speechless; he never expected his part‑time job to bring him to Su Xiaonuan's house.
"Hello, Student Su." Ye Chen greeted helplessly.
"You're the home tutor Mom hired for me?" Su Xiaonuan asked blankly.
Ye Chen nodded, "Hmm!"
Su Xiaonuan looked at her mother and gave her a big hug, "Mom, you're the best."
Ruolan was speechless.
"Weren't you just telling me not to worry?"
"Your mood changed so quickly."
And the way she looked at Ye Chen seemed off.
It was clearly a lovestruck girl's gaze at a boy she liked.
"Did I do something wrong?"
...Ye Chen was dragged by Su Xiaonuan into the study.
Su Xiaonuan beamed at Ye Chen, "I didn't expect you'd come to apply for tutoring."
Ye Chen forced a wry smile, "Circumstances forced me, I have to sell myself."
"No, I'm selling my art, not myself." Ye Chen quickly corrected himself.
Su Xiaonuan let out a giggle.
What a perfect match—found without effort, all without trouble.
She was thinking how to get close to Ye Chen, but he came right to her door.
This time, see how you'll escape my Five‑Finger Mountain.