Chapter 538 - Chapter 538: 216 paratroopers first to drop, detonating _3

Chapter 538: 216 paratroopers first to drop, detonating _3

[Name: Liang Wuyu

Total Score: 736

City Ranking: 1

National Ranking: 2]

“It’s actually not him,” Xu En said, looking at those incredible scores. The exam questions this year were so difficult, and yet a score of 736 wasn’t enough to be the top scorer: “Where did this dark horse come from…”

“Our principal is also looking into it,” Xu Zhiyue murmured, “How monstrously well did this person do to not come first with 736 points?”

Ji Mulan was happy for Xu Zhiyue, being third in the nation was something she had found difficult to come by in the past.

If the nation’s top scorer were to appear in the Xu family, what kind of sensation would that cause?

**

Chief Chen was invited to Ji Heng’s house for dinner today.

He had just gone fishing with Ji Heng yesterday and was now leisurely sitting beside the stone table in the courtyard.

Ji Heng was the one cooking, and the neighbor next door came over to help. As a guest, Chief Chen was chased out of the kitchen.

By Chief Chen’s side.

Tang Ming, biting on a leaf, sat on a stone next to him, one leg slightly bent.

His expression wasn’t great, and Chief Chen, subconsciously thinking he hadn’t done well on the exams, didn’t bring up their scores.

Not until Tang Ming spoke to Pu Xiaohan: “Yang Lin really got 691?”

Banyan leaves gently fell onto his leg, which he flicked away with his hand.

“Yeah,” Pu Xiaohan said sympathetically, “How did you only get 691?”

Tang Ming felt as if his heart had turned to ash, already anticipating what Jiang Fulai’s expression would be when he arrived: “I did too poorly in Chinese; don’t you think your Chinese exam was too freakish?”

Chief Chen sat beside the two.

He took a drag from his cigarette and started to feel something was off halfway through listening.

Chief Chen took part in the betting pool for this year’s Jiangjing college entrance exam. Although he had been out of touch with the college entrance exam for a long time and wasn’t too concerned about it, he had heard that the exam was difficult this year.

“You scored 691 on the college entrance exam?” He remembered Bai Lian’s total score of 450, and upon hearing Tang Ming’s 691, he reflexively asked.

Tang Ming, seeing Jiang Fulai’s cool and distinguished figure appear at the entrance of the yard from the corner of his eye, grimaced: “Uncle Chen, can’t you stop poking at my wound?”

691 points on the college entrance exam, a wound?

Chief Chen’s mind was a mess.

Jiang Fulai came bearing wine, his slender fingers holding the neck of the bottle, placing the pottery jar of wine casually on the stone table. His hair partly obscured his brow, casting faint shadows on his face.

Tang Ming hurriedly got up from the ground, “Teacher Jiang…”

Jiang Fulai, dressed in a simple casual outfit, swept a cold gaze over Tang Ming with his faint eyes. His features were sharp and fierce, and without uttering a word, he walked past him with an air of “Do I know you?” as if he already knew about Tang Ming scoring the same as Yang Lin.

Tang Ming: “…”

Finally, Chief Chen came to his senses, “Xiaotang, you, you scored 691 on this year’s college entrance exam?”

“Yeah.” Tang Ming was despondent.

Chief Chen asked without thinking, “With such a high score, why do you look like that?”

“Ah,” Tang Ming looked up, his tone numb, “Bai Lian 750, the academic god 718. And me, with the same mere 691 as Yang Lin, who hardly studied at all, I’ll probably have to sleep with my eyes open tonight.”

Bai Lian, 750 for the college entrance exam? Ning Xiao, 718? Two 691s?

Chief Chen slowly looked up, confirming Tang Ming wasn’t joking: “…”

After a long while, he turned to look at Tang Ming, who sat with a gloomy face, then raised his eyes to see Ning Xiao coming out carrying a pile of fruit; he glanced at Pu Xiaohan taking photos with a camera, and finally, let his gaze fall in the direction of Bai Lian’s room.

The sunlight filtered through the gaps in the banyan leaves, spilling into Chief Chen’s eyes. Dazed, he suddenly realized—

Who among Jiang Fulai’s acquaintances isn’t complex?

**

Bai Lian’s room door was open.

Jiang He was playing chess beside her.

Her guqin was placed by the window, and at the moment, she was sitting on the piano stool with the composition from Dean Jian by her side. Her left hand pressed the strings of the guqin, while her right hand lazily picked up the ringing phone.

The caller was the principal of Xiangcheng No.1 High School, “Congratulations, Bai student!”

“Thank you.” Bai Lian casually plucked the strings, her voice as cool as ever, her tone indifferent and lazy.

Even though the principal had anticipated Bai Lian would be calm, he hadn’t expected her to be this composed.

“The Education Bureau and local media reporters want to interview you,” the principal paused for several seconds before continuing to inquire, “Is it convenient for you right now?”

“No, thank you.” Bai Lian refused.

The principal wasn’t surprised by her response, “Okay, we’ve prepared some scholarships for you. When will it be convenient for you to come and collect them? There will be a celebration ceremony at the school gate tomorrow. But I suggest you don’t come for a while; the school’s phones have been overwhelmed with calls from reporters…”

Bai Lian listened carefully until the principal finished speaking, then hung up the phone.

A shadow loomed overhead; Bai Lian put down her phone and looked up at the approaching Jiang Fulai.

His typically aloof gaze fell on her, his casual jacket zipped up to the collar, “National exam top scorer, to the grasslands or to Jiangjing first?”

Bai Lian came back to her senses; her eyes drifted past him to the banyan tree swaying in the wind outside the window, “The grasslands.”

She weighed the principal’s words; Xiangcheng was recently flooded with reporters and nosy folks. Thinking of the numerous messages on her phone from various universities, she paused, “Maybe we should leave earlier?”

**

Jiangjing Affiliated High School.

The principal and the grade director were holding the score sheets.

They were looking at Liang Wuyu and Xu Zhiyue’s rankings, exchanging glances.

“I originally thought that with Liang Wuyu, these two people, this year’s candidates were at a disadvantage,” the principal of the affiliated school lifted his head, putting down the score sheet, “Now it seems that it’s rather Liang Wuyu and the others who are unfortunate to encounter this student. Where is this student from again?”

The grade director checked his phone, “Xiangcheng, and there’s also another named Ning Xiao…”

“Xiangcheng?” The principal squinted, taking a while to recall where Xiangcheng was, “This year’s college entrance exam, Jiangjing University will also be lively, won’t it…”

Jiangjing University.

Bai Lian’s score had been locked, and it took the admissions office quite some time to locate her results. Currently, in the principal’s office: “Principal, this is the profile of Bai Lian from Xiangcheng No.1 High School.”

“A perfect score?” The principal of Jiangjing University took the score sheet and scanned it up and down, unable to hold back his surprise, “No, we already thought Liang Wuyu was rare in recent years. Where exactly does she come from?”

The admissions office was also puzzled.

After the principal had his say, he slapped the table decisively, “Together with the admissions office, I will go to Xiangcheng. I just knew this year’s college entrance exam seemed unusually difficult. We must retain her. Have you checked which major she likes?”

The admissions staff hurried to keep up, “Don’t worry, everything is arranged. The car is downstairs. Whatever major she likes is fine; we’ve arranged a PhD advisor for every major…”

“Xiangcheng…” The principal of Jiang University strode out of the office, muttering these two words softly.

He knew this year’s college entrance exams might not be simple, but he hadn’t expected them to be this spectacular.

It was like gods battling; when had the college entrance exam been this lively?

A perfect score.

The last time it was during Jiang Xijue’s cohort, a prodigy’s college entrance exam!

Concealing scores was meant to prevent media and businesses from overly sensationalizing the exam and causing inconvenience to the students.

However, this year’s college entrance exam saw a dark horse from Xiangcheng emerging from nowhere, overpowering the geniuses of Jiangjing Affiliated High School with a perfect score to take the top spot, like a drop of water in a frying pan—

“Xiangcheng No.1 High School’s dark horse” still exploded across major media outlets by noon!