Chapter 164: Should the college entrance examination change its questions?

This reporter could almost rival an actor, standing there eavesdropping for a while before pretending nothing was amiss and leaving the hospital ward to make a phone call in the deserted garden.

The news editor was still groggy and sleepy, and through suppressed anger and yawns, said, “Xiaoli, why are you calling in the dead of night? Do you want your salary docked?”

The intern reporter Xiaoli let out a cold laugh, “Editor, I think you might need to give me a raise and make me a full-fledged reporter. I’ve got big news that will shock all of China.”

Upon hearing this, the editor wondered if it was Xiaoli, not him, who was half-asleep!

Xiaoli said, “Experts in Haicheng found the manuscript of ‘Records of the Mountain Moon’ today, and it even includes the unpublished chapters 37 and 38. When we break the news tomorrow, it will definitely be the front-page headline!”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The editor asked, “Are you serious?”

Of course!

The editor sat up with a “swoosh” from the bed, his nose twitching with sensitivity, and roared, “What are you waiting for tomorrow? Waiting for someone else to steal our front-page headline? With such big news, you write that press release now! Send it out tonight! Get it done, and I’ll not only make you a full-timer, I’ll triple your bonus for this month!”

Upon hearing these words, Xiaoli immediately hopped on his little electric scooter and rushed back to his tiny rented room, turned on the old computer, and started tapping away at the keyboard. After finishing the news article, Xiaoli looked at the stack of instant noodle tubs next to him and let out a satisfied sigh.

After tonight, he would leave behind his life of eating instant noodles meal after meal as a corporate drone—he was going to become a full-timer!

At midnight, Bai Chuwei was idly flipping through medical books, muttering to herself, “Where is the secret to making Spicy Soup?”

Bai Chuwei thought the Spicy Soup was rather inhumane, so after reading about it once thousands of years ago, she had tossed it aside, but now she felt a sudden urge to pick it up again.

“Dingdong—” The shrill sound of a message notification on her phone echoed piercingly in the quiet third-floor attic.

Bai Chuwei picked up her phone, glanced at Xue Qiu lying upside down on the desk, fast asleep and snoring, and looked at him with disdain.

This sound didn’t wake him up?

Bai Chuwei picked up her phone and saw it was a Weibo notification.

[Haicheng Daily: According to reliable sources from our reporters, experts have acquired the original manuscript of ‘Records of the Mountain Moon’ today, which includes the content of the unpublished chapters 37 and 38.]

The students ready for bed were confused: “???”

What’s going on?

No sooner was the Weibo post published than the numbers of shares, comments, and likes skyrocketed, and it quickly trended, with an “explosive” tag added behind it.

[I Love Eating Watermelons: Is the official media also spreading fake news? They just start making stuff up without even a photo?]

[The Most Beautiful Moon Princess: Holy shit! Tell me this is true? I really want to know what happened after Moon Princess went to the banquet!]

[If I Don’t Get into Imperial University, I’ll Change My Name: ??? Holy shit—If this is true, are they going to change the exam questions for the national entrance exam? Don’t scare me, editor?]

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The entire Weibo platform exploded, with countless people seeking confirmation.

‘Records of the Mountain Moon’ was already listed as a must-read for everyone, almost everyone who had attended middle school had read it, and most importantly, this book was mandatory reading for the ‘classic text interpretation’ section of the middle and high school exams!

This meant, if the report was true, the newly discovered chapters could change the topics for the national examinations.

That night, while Bai Chuwei studied Spicy Soup in leisure, countless students were plunged into fear…