Chapter Forty-Four: What to Do on the Gaokao

  When the college entrance examination really arrives, all the troubles will be thrown far away.

  For countless students, this is their first real encounter with fate, the first real encounter with major events, and the first real face-to-face encounter with the world.

  This is a complex world far beyond Tarot cards and star signs blood types.

  No one will wait on a fixed track for guessing, facing the exam that may determine their life, countless people are tense and pale.

  But there are still some people who come to the campus with rosy faces, kind smiles and lively muscles, as if they were on a spring outing.

  Life's starting line has been unfair since the tadpole era, and after two mutations it became a toad, so don't fantasize about having skin like a frog; if you're reincarnated in a lab, don't fantasize about days without torture; when looking up at swans, make sure they've eaten their fill.

  Chen Yi walked into the campus with a carefree stride, Chen Congyu and Fang Manyi saw him off as he disappeared into the depths of the green trees. Only then did they return to the car, their hearts heavy with worry. At this moment, everyone was wishing for the well-being of their children, while also thinking about what could be done if the worst happened, who could bring back hope.

  Today's Jiangning Middle School is much quieter than usual, despite being observed by students from other schools.

  Chen Yi's gaze was also observing in the crowd, and as he followed the flow of people to the A area of the teaching building, a figure finally appeared in his line of sight.

  He Tao!

  This young man with a distinctive 3-7 split head is the nephew of He Fuhan, the mayor of Jiangning. He settled in Jiangning two years ago and has always been low-key at school, only playing around in a small circle, and few people pay attention to him. However, according to Chen Yi's impression, He Tao's grades are not good, and he is always struggling on the line of 400-500 points.

  If it's true what Luo Xiaoshan said, He Tao would probably have to make some preparations, but whether he would use this trick as He Fuhan is uncertain. After all, people like Liang Yu had already done their work and didn't need to take the field themselves, and Chen Yi's grades from a few months ago wouldn't affect the final school choice anyway.

  Chen Yi quickened his pace by two steps and fell in behind He Tao, carefully observing his movements.

  Suddenly, He Tao's hand pressed against his ear, revealing a look of attentive listening.

  Chen Yi's eyes widened as he brushed past him, shouting loudly "Wait for me" and then pretending to hurry forward in a flurry.

  He Tao was like a frightened old rabbit, first jumping aside and then looking around for someone.

  Nowhere else can be found.

  Chen Yi had already turned into the building, and at the same time, he secretly decided: Indeed, it is a high-tech era for all people, and He Tao probably couldn't resist the temptation either. It's understandable to think about it. Although he is He Fuhan's nephew, if it were entirely based on relationships, there wouldn't be many choices of schools and majors that he could attend.

  If his goal is ambitious, then striving for 600 points or even higher scores will have a chance to gain the upper hand in the college entrance examination.

  If it were you, without a magic scroll, what would you decide?

  Chen Yi couldn't help but get lost in thought and walked all the way to the entrance of the examination hall before being awakened by the invigilating teacher.

  "Oh, I'll just go to the restroom first," he said, quickly turning around and heading to a less crowded area, where he pulled out a third-level intelligence scroll from his pen bag and ripped it open with a pop.

  There were two scrolls tied under the lining of his knees and waist, which would not be discovered unless they were touched closely. Of course, such a hidden corner is useless for secretly storing small notes.

  When the effect of Intelligence Scroll appeared, Chen Yi drank another 1.25 liters of Energy Recovery Scroll - it turned out that no matter how expensive the water was, drinking too much would make people nauseous, and no matter how rare something was, suddenly getting a lot of it would always be unexpected, just like a whole car of shark fins would go bad, a whole house of beauties would go crazy, and a whole package of ginseng would go sour.

  The proctor teacher looked at Chen Yi with a suspicious gaze and used the round and long tool to scan him back and forth for a long time before saying, "Go in."

  Chen Yi smiled slightly and found his seat according to the number on the admission ticket. He then looked around and actually saw some familiar faces.

  Wang Dong and Han Jie, one on the left and one on the right, neatly sandwiched themselves in between, with another familiar schoolmate sitting at the front right of the classroom.

  Jiangning is divided into test points according to the district, Jiangning Middle School has a large number of people, and it is also the school's own test point, so they are all assigned to the newer A area with better environment and equipment. As for the students who are not lucky enough to be near the school, they can only struggle in the old building.

  Chen Yi smiled and greeted Han Jie, without saying much, and put the cup filled with energy recovery potion on the table.

  Wang Gang looked at him with a slanted eye and furrowed brow, but didn't say anything. If it were in the past, he might have intentionally stirred up trouble to disrupt Chen Yi's mood. But having learned from the simulated exam, he consciously put himself in a lower position, instead worrying that Chen Yi would disrupt his own mood.

  Chen Yi didn't even give him a second glance.

  The confidence of a strong person lies in constantly improving oneself, rather than defeating opponents one by one. Doing so will only exhaust oneself.

  "The exam started 5 minutes later, and everyone put away things unrelated to the exam." The invigilators were three teachers, with the chief examiner standing on the podium, and the other two standing on either side of the classroom and at the back. With a monitoring density of 1:10, theoretically, students had no chance of cheating.

  However, advanced devices such as headphones are not included.

  The test papers were quickly distributed to each person's seat. The chief examiner shouted again: "What is being given to you now is Test Paper One, and everyone has 90 minutes to answer the questions. After finishing, please return Test Paper One, and then we will distribute Test Paper Two to everyone, which contains essay questions..."

  Chen Yi glanced at his watch and saw that it had been 10 minutes since he used the Level 3 Intelligence Scroll, so he completely ignored the examiner's nonsense and started answering questions directly.

  He wants to finish 90 minutes' questions in 20 minutes.

  Past accumulation is not to be underestimated, the Intelligence Scroll has a nearly 20% bonus effect, which has an extremely great promoting effect for students with average grades. As long as this period of time is used well, then using other scrolls will just be adding icing on the cake.

  Even if he didn't use the other scrolls, Chen Yi was confident that he could get into Jiangning University. It's just that in order to choose his major, he needed to keep his grades at the level of the mock exams, which was quite difficult.

  The sound of rustling pens attracted attention. The mass educator, like a pack of jackals, had never liked solitary behavior and the chief examiner's tone was dissatisfied: "This student, first fill in your admission ticket and other materials, then answer the questions, otherwise when it's time to hand in...".

  Wasting precious scroll time filling out identity information, Chen Yi rolled his eyes and didn't even lift his head.

  The examiner took a deep breath and turned to another row. Out of sight, out of mind. He couldn't possibly withhold the students' exam papers because of this.

  Han Jie glanced at Chen Yi, but apart from wishing him good luck, she couldn't help much. The exam time was neither too loose nor too tight, it was precisely calculated, with no room for waste.

  Everyone is working hard and concentrating on solving the problem.

  However, another incident affecting the examination venue occurred 20 minutes later.

  Chen Yi, who had just finished the first test paper, hastily filled in his name and other information, and then lay down on the paper, making a soft snoring sound.

  There was no doubt that he had really fallen asleep.

  A 40-year-old examiner suddenly remembered a term his daughter often used: going crazy!

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