??Chapter 78: Chapter 75: College Entrance Examination
Chapter 78: Chapter 75: College Entrance Examination
“Jiang Yan? It really is you!”
Unlike the malicious teasing he used to hear from him, this voice carried a rare surprise and familiarity, and the person even delivered a punch as a greeting, cursing, “Why didn’t you co to find
when you ca back? I called your grandma’s house several tis before, and every ti they said you weren’t there. I found it odd. How co the rural middle school you attend has such strict rules that they don’t give you even a single break in a month? So you’ve moved to the city? Where did you go?”
Yin Shen?
How could he have forgotten this friend? In his previous life, they kept in touch all along, and whenever there was a chance, they would et up. During the most difficult phase of Jiang Yan’s college, it was Yin Shen who lent him tuition fees.
It could be said that he was the only good friend from his student days he had retained.
But after being reborn and arriving in Jianghai Town, he actually… forgot about him.
Jiang Yan touched his nose guiltily, laughed, and said, “I haven’t been back for a few months, and I did think about looking for you, but I was worried it would disrupt your studies!”
“Is that really so?”
Yin Shen was sowhat skeptical.
Jiang Yan laughed heartily, “Would I lie to you for anything? Now that we’ve t, co on, let’s have lunch together, my treat.”
With that, he walked forward, draping his arm over Yin Shen’s shoulder, the two of them heading out like close brothers.
From a distance, one could still hear their conversation—
“Which school did you transfer to?”
“Experintal Middle School.”
“And which examination room will you be in?”
“The eighth.”
“I’m in the eighteenth.”
Luo Xiang walked by from the other side, squinting at the figure walking away, thinking to himself what a coincidence it was that Jiang Yan ended up in this area.
Wait—
What did he say his examination room number was?
The eighth?
Isn’t the eighth examination room for the science students?
…..
July 7th, the first day of college entrance examination.
Song Xiwen got up early to cook breakfast. The porridge was sticky, and the tea eggs that had been boiled the night before were brought out. Zhou Youming had also bought fritters, pan-fried buns, and stead dumplings from outside.
It was quite a feast indeed.
Xie Yanhai nodded to himself as he looked at all this, his earlier misgivings about Song Xiwen having finally softened sowhat.
Before eating, he checked Song Jia Wen’s items for the exam like admission ticket again, and only after being reassured did he sit down at the table.
On the way to the examination site, there were noticeably more traffic police, and since cars were not yet common, the journey went smoothly without any traffic congestion.
Zhou Youming drove straight to the front gate of Experintal Middle School, Xie Yanhai and Xie Lin were to wait at the entrance to the examination site, so he stayed in the car.
But he had arranged a place for the three to rest at noon in advance.
He took out two room cards from his pocket and handed them to Xie Yanhai, “Uncle, I had a colleague book two rooms at the Yuelai Hotel opposite. Jiajia can sleep there for a bit after the morning exam. Make sure to sleep, or you won’t have enough energy for the afternoon session.”
The last sentence was addressed to Song Jia Wen.
Xie Yanhai accepted the cards, praising him, “Youming, you’ve really thought things through.”
Zhou Youming, feeling sowhat abashed, said, “It’s nothing, uncle. Ever since Jiajia ca here, Xiaoxi and I haven’t been much help. Now that it’s the college entrance exam, we just wanted her to be more relaxed.”
Since it wasn’t suitable to park for a long ti at the school entrance, Zhou Youming quickly warned them a few more tis and then hurriedly drove off.
With forty-five minutes to go before the exam, nearly both sides of the entrance to the first school were filled with candidates waiting to go in, as well as their parents accompanying them for the exam.
Song Jiawen and the three with Xie Yanhai found a corner on the very edge, yet even standing in the corner, she remained the most eye-catching one.
The girl wore a simple white T-shirt on the top, light blue pants on the bottom, and blue and white striped sneakers on her feet. Although nothing she wore was expensive, even the cheapest street stall clothes looked dignified on her.
Candidates and parents around her glanced at her from ti to ti; her appearance and temperant were indeed uncommon.
Xie Yanhai stood beside her, with one leg shaking uncontrollably, which left Xie Lin extrely speechless.
He couldn’t help but say, “Dad, can you stand properly? My sister wasn’t nervous at all, but now, look at you shaking your leg, great, she’s started to get nervous.”
“Ah? Really?”
Xie Yanhai was shocked, quickly stood at attention, and said to Song Jiawen, “You stick to your own pace, don’t worry about your uncle.”
“Pfft!”
Song Jiawen couldn’t help but laugh out loud, “Don’t worry Uncle, Xiaolin is just teasing you. I’m perfectly fine, not nervous at all.”
Xie Yanhai felt he had never been this nervous during his own college entrance exam; the more he tried to calm down, the faster his heart raced uncontrollably.
Only when the PA system notified candidates to enter the venue, and he and Xie Lin watched Song Jiawen go in, did they finally let out a sigh of relief and then wiped the sweat off his forehead harshly.
anwhile, Jiang Yan had already calmly and collectedly settled himself in the examination room of the Experintal Middle School.
His seat was in the middle of the first row, the spot a teacher would see first upon entering the room.
His conspicuous position, combined with his height, made him stand out even more.
Of course, another reason was that one of the proctors knew him.
This was considered rare luck, getting a teacher from his own school through the random selection process at the Experintal Middle School.
However, regrettably, Jiang Yan had forgotten the teacher. So, despite the curious glances sent his way, he remained cool and composed, head bowed.
When the exam began, Jiang Yan was engrossed and focused on the test paper.
Not until the end of the first Chinese language exam did he hand in his test paper, pack his stationery and admission ticket, and rise to leave.
From beginning to end, he didn’t lift his head to look at the proctor.
He headed straight to the school entrance to wait for Yu Hang, as their examination rooms were in different buildings; it was more convenient to et at the school entrance rather than sowhere in between.
However, ten minutes passed without any sign of Yu Hang.
Jiang Yan frowned, sensing sothing was not right.
Just as he was about to turn back to look for him, taking just a couple of steps, he saw Yu Hang limping out, drenched from the inside.
Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes and, upon his approach, inquired about the bruise at the corner of Yu Hang’s mouth, “Who did this?”
Yu Hang wiped his face before answering, handing over his stationery bag first, “Check it for , make sure the admission ticket is intact.”
Jiang Yan opened it and checked everything; although several pens and the ruler were broken, the docunts were all in good condition.
Yu Hang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a cold laugh, “Good, I’ll rember that bunch of bastards. Wait until after the exam, then I’ll take my ti to deal with them.”
Jiang Yan looked up at a group of people slowly approaching and Yu Hang held him back, “Brother Yan, let’s wait until after the exam!”
Jiang Yan stared at the buzz cut he had fought before and smiled, “Alright, I’ll listen to you, we’ll wait until after the exam.”
Liao Chenyu, under Jiang Yan’s intimidating gaze, shivered inexplicably and, watching the two walk away, regretted impulsively having people surround Yu Hang in the restroom earlier.
Yet, when he rembered the humiliation he had suffered at the entrance of the first school before, he wished he could beat up Jiang Yan right then and there.
But he knew it was the ti of the entrance exam and didn’t want to cause too much trouble.
Alright then, the day after tomorrow, after the exam, we’ll settle the whole score.
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