On the first day of the new semester, Yuan Si and Xiao Furen dutifully went to school to pay their fees and register. After the textbooks were handed out, the two of them skipped class in the afternoon to go home and hatch eggs.
Li Xue glanced back at the two empty seats behind her, her row of slightly uneven little teeth biting her lip. She was indignant. Those two hadn't shown up for the last half-month of the previous semester, yet they had somehow tied with her for first place on the exams. She was completely unconvinced. 'They must have cheated,' she thought. 'How else could they have both gotten perfect scores?'
"Li Xue, what are you looking at? Stand up and answer this question." Mr. Hong stood at the lectern, frowning at the inattentive student.
