Chapter 286: 279: College Entrance Exam
Chapter 286: 279: College Entrance Exam
Chapter 286: Chapter 279: College Entrance Exam
It was the day of the national college entrance examination.
Ren Li had entrusted Chengcheng to Zhang Xiangcao’s care and had come over to keep Tang Yuxin company during the exam. This test was a big event and held implications for the child’s entire life.
“Sister, why are you here?”
Tang Yuxin still called Ren Li ‘sister’. She had gotten used to it and couldn’t change the habit now.
“Everyone else’s parents are here. Of course I have to be here too, I am your mother.”
Ren Li pronounced the word ‘mother’ with a great deal of satisfaction.
Tang Yuxin felt somewhat helpless. She didn’t want to call Ren Li ‘mother’. After all, Ren Li was about the same age as she had been in her previous life, and it just didn’t feel right.
“Did you bring everything?” Ren Li asked as she looked through Tang Yuxin’s bag, “Are there enough pens and everything? Do I need to buy some more? There’s still more than an hour before the exam. We have time.”
“It’s enough,” Tang Yuxin had brought three pens. It wasn’t as scary as it seemed. This was her second time taking the college entrance exam, and she felt confident. She still remembered the exam questions. She could get a perfect score if she wanted to, but she had not considered doing so.
After all, that would mean cheating. However, when she saw Tang Zhinian’s hopeful look and Ren Li’s smiling face, and when she remembered her little brother and everything Ren Li had talked about, she knew they all wanted to protect their little brother. To do so, she had to do well in the exam. She wanted her father to be able to hold his head high and her little brother to be proud of her.
With that thought, some things seemed to lighten and clear up. It was as if she had reached a state of enlightenment.
When it was close to the time for the examination, she checked whether she had taken everything. Then, with a cup of herbal tea to refresh her mind, she went in and sat down in the examination hall for the second time.
In her previous life, she was nervous, scared about doing poorly and even scared about doing well for fear she couldn’t pay the tuition.
Tang Zhinian knew Ren Li was right, so he didn’t ask any more questions. He quickly looked for a place to eat since they were ahead of most other people. By the time they had finished eating, the place had started to fill up.
Originally, they wanted to find a hotel or something to rest in, but all the rooms were booked. After asking around, they realized there were no vacancies.
Some students lived far from this school, so traveling back and forth was inconvenient. They had thus booked rooms early on.
This was the first time that Tang Zhinian was experiencing the college examination period, so he hadn’t thought of many things ahead of time and felt guilty about it now.
“That’s okay, Dad. We can just sit over there near the examination room.”
Tang Yuxin didn’t really need to revise anymore. She had already done enough revision and just wanted to rest her eyes.
“Alright then,” Since Tang Zhinian had no other options, they went and sat on the steps near the examination room. He took off his coat and laid it on the steps for his daughter to sit on.
“Thank you, Dad.” Tang Yuxin didn’t decline. She sat on Tang Zhinian’s coat, and soon after, she started to feel drowsy. Shortly after, she leaned onto Ren Li’s lap and fell asleep.
She was really tired.
Tang Zhinian was considering whether to wake his daughter and insist she do some more revision. There were so many students here, and every one of them was feverishly studying. Meanwhile, Tang Yuxin was sleeping.
“Don’t wake her,” Ren Li whispered.
“Don’t you understand your own daughter’s character? She has had a plan for every day these past few years. If she can sleep now, it means her revision is solid and she doesn’t need to keep studying.”
Perhaps Tang Zhinian was just over worrying, while Ren Li had a better understanding of Tang Yuxin after their short time together.
Tang Yuxin woke up about half an hour before the examination was scheduled to begin. She rubbed her eyes. She felt rested now. As for studying, she hadn’t even taken out her books and was just waiting for the next exam.
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