Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Academic Genius Is Too Level-Headed: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

After the class’ top student, Victor Holloway, spoke, the others erupted in thunderous applause. When they stopped clapping, they turned to look at me as though I were already doomed.Everyone knew Victor was coming for me. Some people in the back row muttered under their breaths, “Is Ferdinand about to get wrecked? Would he actually agree to that?”“No way. Who walks into a trap they can see coming?”“Honestly, I kind of feel bad for him. With his grades, if he had gone for a less competitive major, he would have fit right in as an average performer.”“But he just had to come to the mathematics major. When surrounded by geniuses, he’s the dumbest one. That’s just asking for it.”“Right? Among regular people, he’d actually stand out. But next to us? He’s a nobody.”Our university was ranked among the top-tier institutions in the country. The Department of Mathematics served as its flagship program, populated by the university’s most elite students. Most of them scored doz

Bianca looked Victor in the eye and said deliberately, “I don’t think he’s a nobody at all.“He’s brave, and I like a guy who steps up.“Doing the right thing matters more than being smart!”Then, she brought up something from freshman year.During summer break, the class organized a trip to the beach.When they noticed a small boy was drowning, all my classmates just stood by and watched.I was the only one who dove in without hesitation and saved the boy.She said she thought I was incredibly cool and fell in love with me right then.When she was little, she had also nearly drowned, but someone had saved her.She knew how terrifying drowning was, and she knew just how heroic it was to save a life.Then, it dawned on me. That was why she had feelings for me.I was never one to act on impulse. I always thought things through, played it safe, and steered clear of risk. However, when I saw that little boy drowning, I jumped in to save him without a second thought for my own

“He also aced every single one of the exams. He broke a hundred-year record!”When Tristan said that, the whole class was too stunned to speak.After they came back to their senses, chaos erupted.Victor was the first to stand up. His face was bright red as he shouted, “Impossible!“He came in last every single time! Why is he suddenly ranked number one in the whole program?“He aced every single exam? Mr. Sterling, he definitely cheated!”Owen chimed in desperately, saying, “Yeah, he must’ve cheated! He must’ve gotten the exam papers ahead of time!”The classmates were all talking at once.“Ferdinand’s scores this time are ridiculous.”“From last place to the top? That’s a huge jump!”“Of course, he cheated!”“Right? Even a genius can’t improve that fast.”“If you’re going to cheat, at least be smart about it. You can’t just cheat your way to a perfect score! You’d have to miss a few on purpose!”Tristan frowned and said, “The exam papers were sealed by the administration

Victor’s face turned red from embarrassment, then pale.“What bet?”He started playing dumb. I laughed. “Before the exam, you said that if I got first place, you’d drop out, call me a ‘true genius,’ and do a dance.“What’s the matter? Have you forgotten about it already?Owen caught on too and quickly waved his hands. “I never said that! It was a joke! Anyone who took it seriously is an idiot!”The entire class was looking at them with disgust.They had been right there laughing with Victor when he went after me.The tables had turned, and Victor and Owen were the ones getting laughed at.“Are you refusing to settle the bet?”“Weren’t you all acting so tough before?”“You called him dumb, and now he’s a genius. Bet that stings, huh?”“A bet is a bet. You guys aren’t being fair.”Victor said through gritted teeth, “I’m not dropping out. I worked really hard to get in here. Why should I drop out? Besides, that bet isn’t legally binding!”I shrugged.“You’re right. I can

On the day the satellite project team was formed, Victor resumed his usual annoying behavior.The project team had over two hundred people.They came from mathematics, physics, computer science, aerospace, and many other fields.There were senior professors as well as doctoral and master’s students.Undergraduates like Victor and me were the smallest group.If we had not been outstanding enough, we would not have qualified to join.There were also five foreign expert teams from the partner universities abroad.At the first meeting, they discussed the satellite orbit design. Victor volunteered, saying, “Allow me to do the orbit calculations. I’ve done extensive research in astrophysics and published papers on it.”The project leader, Professor Wayne Lawrence, nodded. “Alright, Victor will handle the preliminary orbit calculations.”Victor shot me a smug look, obviously thinking I could crush exams but had no clue how to do real research.I said nothing.Three days later, he