Teacher Sun's statement made everyone's blood boil. Of the 40 plus participants from their city, only 5 of them made it through to the final! This proved that the questions this time were indeed extremely hard.
From their school, Ding Yi, Mo Li and Qiao Qing were the chosen participants. But only 2 of them got through, it was clear to everyone who were the two. The boys around Ding Yi started to cheer.
"Congratulations, Ding Yi! You've done us proud this time!"
"You're definitely going to treat us to dinner tonight!"
"You brat, you were so nervous after the exam but listen to the result now!"
Ding Yi said with a confident smile, "Alright, alright, alright. We're still in class. We should listen to what Teacher Sun has to say." Then he added with a subtle smile, "But order anything you want tonight, the meal's on me!"
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