The midterm exams passed amidst two days of intensive tutoring sessions for Yao Na'er.
City A No. 1 High School operated with remarkable efficiency, especially when it came to grading papers. By the second day after the exams, easily gradable subjects like math, English, and physics from the first day were already finished. If not for the essay portion, the Chinese results would have been out as well.
On the third day after the exams, Xiao Ye and Huang Li were honorably invited by the Chinese teacher for a "cup of tea"—one had scored seventy-nine, the other seventy-seven.
Chapter 56