Chapter 71

  On the evening of August 10th, Yu Cai returned to her small house in the county town. She still had some things to pack and would take the opportunity to pick up her admission notice.

  Yu Zhen and his sister had a happy meal at school due to their senior year supplementary classes. Yu Cai showed off the small gifts he brought for Yu Zhen one by one, then they washed up and went to sleep.

  The next morning, after having breakfast with Yu Xuan, Yu Cai slowly made her way to school with a small bag slung over her shoulder. It was just the right time for third-year high school students to be heading to class, and the campus was bustling with activity. In the display windows along the road, there were even full-body photos of Yu Cai, accompanied by detailed introductions and descriptions of her achievements in this year's college entrance exams. Yu Cai gazed at them for a moment, feeling moved, before heading towards the office building.

  Most of the teachers in the office were from the third year of high school, as well as the head teacher of last year's third year class. They had to issue admission notices, and when they saw Yu Cai, they all got a little excited, with some praising her, others joking around, and still others greeting her warmly.

  Teacher Wang was the happiest one, because Yu Cai had always been hovering around tenth place before, but this time he unexpectedly broke into the top three and easily got the admission letter from Xiamen University.

  "It's true that the teaching quality in the provincial capital is much better than our small town. Yu Cai went to the provincial capital for less than a year and her grades have improved so much."

  Yu Cai felt embarrassed to say that she had known the Gaokao questions in advance, especially the math ones, which were so difficult, yet she scored 103, while He Qi only scored 101. She humbly said, "That's because our school laid a good foundation for me earlier, and the school I attended in the provincial city wasn't even as good as ours."

  Mr. Wang was even more delighted, "The big places won't admit it if they don't recognize it, your younger cousin did well this time, and if not for the slight weakness in English, he could have gotten into a top school."

  Yu Cai was very depressed, she taught English to the students who took the exam and they all did well, especially in math where they unexpectedly scored higher than He Qi by two points. Okay, she really is a failure among failures!

  After receiving the notice, Yu Zai followed familiar teachers to chat for a while before slowly walking out of the office and calling Qi Shi.

  Qí Shì's results were a dark horse, barely reaching the admission score line, and was admitted to a good key university in Yunnan. As expected, he entered the archaeology department. This was within Yú Cǎi's expectations, as long as Qí Shì persisted, Qí Shū Fán had no power to change it.

  Yu Cai asked a few questions, seemingly unintentionally asking if Qi Shu was at home. After getting a negative answer, she said a few more things before mentioning that she would be going to his house in the afternoon to pick up some stuff, as Yu Cai had left many clothes and books at Qi's place.

  At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Cai arrived at Qi's house. Unexpectedly, He Qi was also there. Seeing her, he first criticized her for being ungrateful and left without a word. Then, he mocked her for having gone to Tibet, saying it was like going to Africa, and that she had gotten darker all over, with coarser skin on her face.

  He himself was not doing well either, and soon after Yu Cai left, he took Ji Shi with him to explore the Xinjiang region, also getting darker and thinner from sun exposure. He just returned two days ago to prepare for the new semester.

  He Zhi ultimately missed the opportunity to study law with the people's government, but fortunately got into a well-known university in Beijing to study law. He's mother didn't know what was going on and began to secretly regret not having sent He Zhi to the provincial capital to study as she had wished earlier.

  Yu Cai was about to leave after collecting the good things, but Yu Xiang immediately became unhappy. "Yu Cai, you're not being considerate enough! We haven't seen each other for so long, and now that we've just met, you want to leave? No way, let's go eat together!"

  Yu Cai had no choice but to agree. He Qi called Mo Fei and Xia Yunyun, and they agreed to meet at xx restaurant for dinner at 5 o'clock.

  Yu Cai was shocked, how come no one made an appointment to have fun, as a result, he was despised by He Qi, saying who would still be willing to eat such childish things now, Yu Cai vomited blood uncontrollably.

  The three of them exchanged their summer vacation travel experiences for a while, and then slowly walked to the restaurant together. He Qí might have wanted to prove that they were all adults now, so he ordered a few bottles of white wine.

  Yu Cai saw that it was wine and didn't object, but He Qi kept saying Yu Cai wasn't making sense, wanting her to drink with him. Yu Cai had no choice, and also thought a little wine wouldn't matter, so she drank up very quickly.

  Xia Yunyun had just drunk for a while and her small face was red with dew, staring at Qi Shi's silly smile.

  Yu Cai saw Qi Shi's face change from unnatural to gloomy, and hurriedly supported Xia Yunyun to the bathroom to wash her face.

  Xia Yunyun washed her face and was poured a large cup of tea by Yu Cai, feeling more refreshed but also increasingly agitated, she pulled everyone to go sing songs.

  He couldn't help but join in the fun and agreed, and several people rushed towards the KTV room.

  Xia Yunyin first asked Jiexi to accompany her in singing, but after being rejected by Jiexi, she had no choice but to pull He Qi along.

  Yu Cai saw Mo Fei's poor mood and knew it was because he didn't get in, so she handed him a cup of wine and clinked her own cup against his.

  Perhaps with a lazy smile, he drained his glass in one gulp.

  Yu Cai also finished drinking and asked, "What's your plan?"

  "What's the plan, review for another year"

  Yu Cai really wanted to say, "Don't bother reviewing anymore, you still won't get in next year," but thinking about it, he wouldn't be able to bear not trying one more time, so he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

  "It seems like your class didn't do well this year, I heard that Gu Yuèyuè and Qiǎo Jiā also didn't get in?"

  Mo Fei nodded, "And then there's Lu Quan, who originally said he was going to go to Tsinghua University, but didn't dare to apply".

  "What about Yang Junze and Fei Yuangfan?"

  "They all went to the provincial capital, second-class."

  Yu Cai nodded, Mo Fei sighed, "As long as you can get in, it's good, don't care about what school, and also avoid another year of tiredness".

  Yu Cai looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Regretting it now?"

  "Yes, I regret it, I really regret it!"

  Yu Cai also felt a bit uncomfortable, patted his shoulder, "It's okay, after eighteen years, we'll be fine again!"

  Mo Fei smiled and said, "When you go to Xiamen, that great place, don't forget about us."

  "Don't worry, I've said that Jiao Jia can only accompany you for one or two years at most, but I can definitely accompany you for at least ten years, and I will absolutely not lie."

  Perhaps in the morning she raised her wine glass, Yu Cai smiled and drank it all in one gulp.

  He Qi walked over after finishing his song, "Why do you two always like to avoid people and whisper to each other?"

  Yu Cai and Mo Fei spoke at the same time, "Adults are talking, children go to one side," after finishing, they looked at each other and smiled together.

  He Qi was extremely dissatisfied and glared at the two of them fiercely. Yu Zaiyang raised his wine cup, "Alright, I'll punish myself with a drink to make amends, will that do?"

  He Qi watched her drink it down, then pulled her up to stand, "Come on, sing with me".

  Yu Cai Chao made a face and followed him with a smile.

  He was pulled by He Qia to sing a few songs, Yu Cai's enthusiasm was high, and he handed the microphone to Qi Shi, "A Shi, you come over and sing too, let's just sing 'Three Heroes'".

  What a wonderful automatic disregard for melancholy words, turned into a poem "Brother".

  Singing halfway through, Yu Cai felt overwhelmed and handed the microphone to He Qi, "You guys sing, I'm sleepy, I'll take a nap first".

  "Hey Yucai, what's wrong with you? You're singing halfway and then say you want to sleep?"

  Yu Cai was so frustrated that he couldn't care about anything else, and with stumbling steps, he leaned towards the sofa. Fortunately, Ji Shi was busy supporting him, or else he would have fallen to the ground directly.

  Just fell onto the sofa, Yu Cai immediately fell into a deep sleep. He Qi tried to shake her awake but couldn't, and had no choice but to give up.