Chapter 67

  "Axie, you're working too hard," Yu Cai said, swinging gently on the swing, lecturing her classmate Jiexie with a serious expression.

  Qī shì zhī dī tóu rèn zhēn xiě huà zhe, chōng ěr bù wén.

  Translation:

  Praying with his head bowed and writing seriously, he didn't hear anything.

  Yu Cai humbly said, "I beg of you, Master Fan, don't ignore me."

  Qī shū fán hěn wú nài，"tā gèng bù huì zhǔ wǒ"

  Yu Cai sighed, "Alright, he's willing to come up and get some sun, that's already giving face".

  Everyone nodded in agreement.

  "This time in the province's unified exam, Shi Chengyu did very well, as expected, people from Liu Zhong are really awesome!"

  "Did you score better than me?"

  "I scored over 100 in math, while others scored over 140. They also did better than me in language and literature. And to make matters worse, I was only five points higher than them in the bilingual test! It's absolutely infuriating!"

  "Cheng Yu has been achieving good grades since he was young."

  "The key is that he spent his entire second semester of high school and summer vacation being heartbroken and stunned, and now he actually got such a good score! Okay, it's really true that people are envious to death, Yu Cai really wants to vomit blood to show him."

  Whenever someone tries to comfort Yu who has been hit by the blow, "Yu always did better than you in grades, and this time she didn't even score higher than you".

  "Really?"

  Qishu Fang nodded, and Yu Cai also followed suit, "Girls are not strong enough in the back, if A Shi has been working so hard since high school, neither I nor Xia Yunyun can be his opponent."

  "Now I'm afraid he's not stable enough."

  As the college entrance exam approaches, Yu Cai suddenly remembers that she has an advantage that others can't match - she took this year's college entrance exam. Although most of the questions have been forgotten, some important ones like bilingual composition and classical Chinese in language exams are still remembered. Yu Cai scored over 100 points in math last time, which is a very good score, mainly due to luck. The multiple-choice questions at the beginning were mostly unknown, but she managed to guess correctly, while the big questions at the end were hardly touched, yet she stared at them for almost half an hour, deeply imprinting them in her mind, and repeatedly tormenting her in dreams over the years. As a result, someone has been inserting the information she knows into Zijin's study materials without saying a word, so now...

  "The key is math and English, others just need to take a look, no fundamental problems."

  "Uh, I've been helping you with your English since freshman year of high school, and your foundation is still not good?"

  Yu Cai's face turned red with rage, but she forced a smile and said, "Dear Uncle, are you questioning the results of my teaching?"

  Qishu said with a good attitude, "Xiao Cai, you absolutely misunderstood."

  Yu Cai hummed and said, "Hey, Qi Shu Fan, what if I invite Shi Cheng Yu to help us talk about the answering skills for math multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions? Would he be willing?"

  "Cheng Yu is a very good kid, it's great to interact with him more."

  Yu Cai took a look at Ji Shi, who was still writing diligently. Math really can't be learned in one or two days. Although she remembered the big questions, she couldn't remember half of the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. Okay, for the sake of her beautiful future, she could only thicken her skin.

  Shi Chengyu was very enthusiastic, and on the second Sunday morning, he arrived early with his own organized materials. He spoke eloquently for an entire morning, and Yu Cai benefited greatly from it. Shi's explanations opened up new understanding for him. As a result, Yu Cai shamelessly took Shi's materials to make two copies, and even more shamelessly asked if he could ask for help again in the future. Shi Chengyu agreed readily. Actually, friendship is strange; it accumulates gradually through mutual help and support.

  As soon as June arrived, the school was on holiday. Yu Zai invited Shi Chengyu to give a day's last-minute tutoring, and then returned to the county town with Qi Shizhi.

  Just back and there's a lot to do, a lot of people to see. With the dust settling, the college entrance exam is also approaching.

  On the afternoon of June 6th, Yu Cai, who was accompanying Qi Shi to review his composition, heard the sound of keys turning at the door and looked up to see Qi Shu Fan standing at the door with a tired face, carrying a bag.

  Yu Cai composed himself, stood up and went to get his bag, "How did you come here, on holiday?"

  Qishu smiled and patted her hair, "You're back on leave, Xiao Cai, you've worked hard."

  Yu Cai Nian suppressed the urge to wave his hand, "There's no need to be so hardworking, I also want to review, it just so happens that I can do it with A Shi, and have a companion. Originally, He Qi was going to come too, but I found him annoying, so I didn't let him come over."

  Qishu walked to the edge of the table and saw that it was all supplementary books everywhere, "The exam is tomorrow, don't work too hard."

  Yu Cai entered the kitchen, got a cup of warm water and handed it to him. "Don't worry, we know you've been driving for so long, go take a nap first, we'll keep an eye on things, let's have dinner together tonight."

  Qishu Fan instructed a few more sentences and then went to take a bath and sleep.

  Yu Cai looked at the book in front of her but couldn't concentrate anymore, so she ran into the room and took out a pen and paper to practice writing. Seeing Qi Shi looking at her, she smiled and said, "Your dad's interruption ruined my mood for reading, I might as well practice my handwriting. By the way, you have an exam tomorrow, remember to write carefully, many teachers care about the appearance of the paper".

  She nodded in response, then lowered her head to continue reading. Yu Zai concentrated on drawing characters, although her thoughts had long flown eight thousand miles away, her hands never stopped moving.

  Every time Qi Shu went out of the house at exactly six o'clock, Yu Cai was still drawing characters. Qi Shi had just finished reading and sat beside Yu Cai to watch her draw.

  Yu Cai heard the noise and immediately got up to pour water. Ji Shi picked up her painted red paper, one by one, flipping through them.

  Qishu Fan laughed and said, "As expected, we Xiao Cai are still calm and composed, able to focus on practicing calligraphy at this time."

  "Dear Uncle, I'm afraid you've got the cause and effect relationship wrong. It's because I couldn't calm down that I went to practice calligraphy."

  "Oh, nervous?"

  "There is one thing, the key is that I want to go to Xiamen now, the best university in Xiamen is Xiamen University, and the admission score line is very high."

  "Do your best, if it really doesn't work out, you said before that you're not a stubborn person, won't you just insist on one place?"

  Yu Cai laughed, "That was just an excuse I made for myself to skip class, thanks for remembering".

  "So now there's no need to find excuses for skipping class anymore, just be honest?"

  "Dear Uncle, I have to admit you are indeed as wise and powerful as the legend says."

  Qishu Fan also laughed, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

  "Auntie has already started doing it, it'll be fine in a while. The teacher also instructed not to eat anything strange these few days, best to eat at home."

  "I had forgotten about this, by the way, didn't your mom and others come? I saw many parents came to accompany the exam."

  "They said they were coming, but I refused. They even got angry with me over this. If it weren't for my special high school exam, I'd probably get scolded again. Originally, I thought you wouldn't come back either, who knew you actually came back halfway."

  "Am I disturbing you?"

  "If I say bother, will you disappear immediately?"

  "Absolutely disappeared immediately, the biggest one in Gaokao, can't help it!"

  Yu Cai laughed and said, "Then I'll think of a way to put pressure on you for the next two days."

  "Oppressing nature is possible, but one must remember to be merciful."

  While chatting, dinner was ready. After finishing the meal, Yu Cai asked Ji Shi whether he wanted to go out for a stroll. Ji Shi looked at her and she shrugged, "Everyone thinks that before the college entrance exam, they can't sleep well. It's suggested to exercise more to make the body tired and fall asleep easier. Let's just follow the crowd?"

  Ji Shi nodded, and the few people walked out of the door. Yu Cai again asked Ji Shi to write well, especially to make the words clean and beautiful. After seeing Ji Shi nod in agreement, she didn't speak anymore. Ji Shu saw that Yu Cai didn't want to talk, so he also kept silent. The three of them walked quietly along the lake shore.