They exchanged exam venues. Aheng and Dayi were assigned to the same school, while Yanxi and Chen Juan were assigned to different schools.
Fortunately, none of them are far from home.
On the 7th, 8th, and 9th, for three days, Mr. Wen sent a car, with his mother accompanying him, to take the two children to take the exam.
Did you bring your admission ticket and ID card? Did you bring your 2B pencils and eraser? Did you both bring everything?
Wen's mother was very nervous, nagging the whole way in the car.
Yan Xi said coquettishly, "Auntie, I brought it. Ah Heng and I both brought it. We brought everything. You don't need to worry."
Wen's mother continued to worry unnecessarily—Aren't you two thirsty? Aren't you hot? And this weather, in July, how can it be so hot!
If it's not hot in July, when will it get hot...?
The boy's exam venue was nearby, so he got off the bus first.
Yan hope wasn't nervous at first, but after being talked to by Wen's mother the whole way, she trembled slightly when she got out of the car.
Turn around, wave, smile, and say goodbye.
Ah Heng opened the car window, holding a bottle in her hand. She pried it open and said, "Yan hope, open your mouth."
Yan hope said "Ah?"
Ah Heng quickly stuffed a green, transparent object into his mouth.
Yan hope was startled and shut her mouth, but her mouth kept secreting saliva. The cool and spicy minty smell made her mind clearer instantly.
It's a mint.
"Do your best on the exam."
She smiled slightly, her eyes and brows gentle and serene.
Then, I pressed the button, and the glass window slowly closed.
"Yan hope, if possible, I would like to go to the same university as you."
The voice was very soft, like a murmur, yet clear, right beside his ear.
Yan hope, if possible.
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On the 9th, the day the exams ended, everyone went crazy. Some were hugging and eating, while others were crying their eyes out. They kept repeating the same few sentences over and over.
"It's not easy being a kid, sob sob sob. Once I get to college, I'll definitely get a girlfriend every day and no one will dare say I'm dating too early!"
"It's been so tough for me, sob sob sob. By the way, XX, for math question 3, is the answer C?"
Even Xin Dayi, who usually doesn't give Mary a friendly look, was hugging and spinning around with her.
Yan hope \(^o^)/～——“Aheng, Aheng, shall we hug you and spin you around a few times?”
Aheng = =——"Let's get this straight, are you going to carry me around and spin me, or am I going to carry you around and spin you?"
Do you think you can hug me with your small frame? And it's even more impossible for me to hug you.
So, on a sweltering day, the two of them went to Lu's Noodle Shop, ate two bowls of beef noodles with gusto, sweating profusely, and that was their celebration.
Then, they all huddled in the air-conditioned room to wait for their results.
To start living a decadent life again.
Yan hope sighed, "So boring, so boring."
Ah Heng was mopping the floor when she poked at someone lying sprawled out on the floor pretending to be a corpse—"Lie over to the side."
Yan hope said "Oh," turned over, and continued to sigh.
Ah Heng squinted at the calendar—"Weren't the results supposed to come out tomorrow?"
Yan hope nodded and yawned—"To be precise, it's midnight tonight."
Ah Heng frowned – “But, Grandpa will probably call the college entrance exam office in advance to ask about the results, right?”
The phone rang as soon as he finished speaking.
Yan Xi and A Heng looked at each other.
"Hey, go ahead."
"you go."
"Aheng, you are so beautiful."
"You're also very handsome."
"You are more beautiful than anyone else in the world."
"You're the most handsome man in the universe."
"you go."
"you go."
"..."
"..."
"...Aheng, I'm scared."
"Me too."
"Then let's not answer it."
"Um."
The bell rang for a long time before finally stopping.
Ah Heng remained silent for a long time before asking him, "What are you afraid of?"
Yan looked up at the ceiling and began, "I'm afraid of so many things. I'm afraid of misreading the answer sheet or filling it out incorrectly. I'm afraid my handwriting is too beautiful for the examiner to appreciate. I'm afraid of working hard for so long and getting nothing in return. I'm afraid everyone else will leave while I'm stuck in the same place..."
Ah Heng looked at him, her head slightly lowered—"You know, I won't deliberately write anything wrong or score less on this exam for anyone's sake."
"That's fucking cruel." Yan hope buried his head in the cushion and chuckled softly—"If that's the case, then what are you afraid of?"
Ah Heng looked at the calendar she had torn off, which was gradually thinning and becoming tattered, and chuckled softly—"I don't know either."
I'm afraid that when I do well on a test, you won't; I'm afraid that when I do very well, you'll only do averagely; I'm afraid that when I deliberately do poorly on a test, you'll unexpectedly perform very well; I'm afraid that when I really do poorly on a test, you'll actually do very well.
With so many possible combinations, which one do you want to hear?
Which one allows us to find a new opportunity for life more quickly, where we all become pawns in the game of life, and even so-called kinship fades away?
When you like someone, even a casual question from them can feel heavy in your heart. It seems like there's an opportunity for ambiguity. If you answer, you can reveal your feelings, press them for an answer, and put all the burdens on them as revenge for the time you spent secretly loving them.
If she didn't say it, I wouldn't know. If she did say, "I'm afraid I won't be able to be with you in the future,"...
if……
If she doesn't really like him a lot.
I suppose you'll be able to say it then.
Chapter 58
Chapter 58
Yan hope remembered something and smiled—at worst, he would just confirm his status as the son of a high-ranking official.
Even if I don't get into a school I like, I still have a good grandfather to support me.
Ah Heng pondered – This is fine too.
Her tone was calm, but it startled Yan Xi. Given Aheng's usual pedantry and stubbornness, she seemed ashamed of being a spoiled brat who relied on her family's wealth, but unexpectedly, this girl would say such a thing today.
The boy's eyes were shimmering, but he remained silent.
However, some things in my heart have settled down.
Half a minute later, the phone rang again. Ah Heng answered the phone, and no one knew what the other person said. Her eyes were heavy and unfocused, her lips were tightly pursed, and her expression remained unchanged.
"What's wrong?" he asked after she hung up the phone.
Ah Heng gazed out the window for a long while before a smile appeared on her lips—"Yan hope, Grandpa said that although you didn't do as well as me, you still did extremely well."
Grandpa doesn't praise people easily, so this "extreme" is quite impressive.
Thus, fate created the best possible conditions for us.
Yan hope didn't react for a while, then looked at A Heng and was stunned—"Then what are you being so dramatic about!"
He rushed forward, hugged her, and laughed, his lips forming a heart shape—"Aheng, Aheng, we're going to university together."
He said "together," and her eyes looked even more gentle and beautiful.
"Yanxi, you're not going to back out?" she asked him.
The boy laughed, all the worries of the past few days pouring out. He leaned back, fell to the floor, closed his eyes, and lazily asked her, "What are you regretting?"
Ah Heng thought about it and realized she was being foolish for asking such a nonsensical question—"It's nothing."
He was probably so happy that he was overthinking things.
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Aheng, Yanxi, Dayi, and Chenjuan all scored well above the first-tier admission cutoff. With good choices in their applications, they should have no problem getting into a good key university. Aheng, in particular, achieved first place in Xilin University's entrance exam for the first time, and his future looks bright.
After receiving the application form and returning to the Wen family home to seek advice from the elders, a heated discussion immediately broke out.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wen pointed happily to the bright gold logo of Beijing University on the application form—"This one is good."
He held this belief: his grandson was from Q University and his granddaughter from B University, the two most prestigious universities in the country. Even if his ancestral graves were dug up, he would still be able to stand tall and proud.
Wen's mother pointed subtly and casually to the famous F University—"Actually, this one will do too."
Getting into Peking University would mean the chance of becoming the top student is uncertain, but getting into F University, although a slightly less prestigious school, would almost guarantee her the top spot. Last year, not becoming the mother of a top student made her quite sad.
"Q University, Q University is better. I'm familiar with the environment. If Aheng goes there, someone will take care of her." Siwan glanced at Yanxi, knowing that although Yanxi's grades were unlikely to get him into Q University, his grandfather still had a few recommendation slots every year, so what was there to be afraid of?
His approach is called "taking a roundabout way to achieve his goal."