After Gu Ling’s speech ended, her energy was almost completely spent. She forced herself to hold on, walked out of the school, found a random corner, and leaned against it to rest.
Sweat soaked Gu Ling’s hair, and beads of sweat slid down the strands, falling heavily to the ground.
She hadn’t expected that receiving all this knowledge would consume so much physical energy. Fortunately, Chi Yan’s body had excellent physical fitness. If it had been an ordinary person’s body, she probably would have passed out before finishing the reception.
Gu Ling exchanged three bottles of stamina potion in the System Mall, and only then did she recover.
Gu Ling caught her breath and said, “System, didn’t I already upgrade you to max level? Why am I still so exhausted?”
System: “Host, too much knowledge was transmitted this time. Even I’m having a hard time handling it.”
Gu Ling’s lips curved up slightly. Worthy of the female lead she had chosen—just a single biology Secret Identity had worn the System out this much.
Gu Ling propped one leg against the wall and tucked the stray hairs at her temples behind her ears, saying, “Looks like I didn’t choose wrong.”
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Watching Gu Ling walk out of the Duowen Hall, Principal Su went on stage and said a few brief words. Just as he was about to announce the end, Chi Yan raised her hand.
“Teacher, give me a chance to go on stage.”
Chi Yan’s voice was clear and resonant. Almost everyone present heard it clearly, and all eyes converged on the source of the voice.
Faced with such a large crowd, Principal Su couldn’t refuse either, so he said, “Then let’s have this student come up and say a few words.”
Chi Yan walked onto the stage with ease, bent slightly to take the microphone, and said, “Hello, everyone. I’m Chi Yan.”
The moment those words came out, the restlessness in the room was instantly suppressed. Everyone held their breath, completely failing to notice anything wrong with her name.
Chi Yan listed out, one by one, all the problematic points in Gu Ling’s earlier speech.
Only then did everyone suddenly snap back to their senses. This person was here to pick a fight, wasn’t she?
One of the boys wearing glasses raised his hand and stood up, saying, “Even though you share the same name as Chi Yan, that’s not a reason for you to question her.”
To the boy’s challenge, Chi Yan merely curved her lips slightly and asked unhurriedly, “It seems this classmate understood. Then could you come up and explain it?”
The boy pressed his lips together and slowly sat back down, saying stubbornly, “I didn’t understand, but that’s my own problem.”
Chi Yan: “I’m not questioning Chi Yan. I just want to clear up everyone’s confusion.”
Dean Zhang stepped forward to help Chi Yan maintain order. “Everyone quiet down. Listen carefully to this student until she finishes.”
Chi Yan and Dean Zhang exchanged a glance, and she thanked him with her eyes.
Chi Yan answered all the questions she had just raised.
In just ten short minutes, Chi Yan made everyone’s gaze shift from doubt to admiration.
“Is everyone named Chi Yan this impressive?”
“I was a bit lost at first, but after she explained it, I actually understood everything.”
Dean Zhang pulled out the exam paper Chi Yan had done that morning from the inner layer of his notebook and, facing Chi Yan’s resolute figure, read it over and over again.
Principal Su unconsciously began nodding below the stage. “Dean Zhang, seize the opportunity. This is another good seedling.”
Dean Zhang teased, “Didn’t you think yesterday that she couldn’t compare to Chi Yan?”
Principal Su hurriedly denied it. “Hey, I never said that. But Chi Yan isn’t someone ordinary people can surpass. She’s at most a seedling for biology.”
After saying that, Principal Su clapped his hands and went up on stage again. “I hope everyone can learn from this Chi… classmate in the future.”