Principal Zhang and the others were indeed talking about the city's top scorer.
Because Fengcheng First Middle School had produced the city's top scorer, the City Education Bureau personally delivered the score sheets. The person tasked with this job was a young man who had only recently started working.
The young man enjoyed the element of surprise and loved to build suspense, so he refused to announce the list of scores in advance. Principal Zhang was utterly helpless.
"In previous years, we would have already posted the list by the time they arrived. This year, there's nothing. Everyone must be terribly anxious."
Principal Zhang was truly excited, and also very curious about who it was.
"Mr. Huang, do you know what it feels like to be itching with curiosity?"
Principal Zhang was anxious, but Mr. Huang just beamed. "Principal Zhang, I was just so pleasantly surprised myself! Results this good are a rare sight."
