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Chapter 115: Take the college entrance examination in advance

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Bai Luochuan brought too many things. In addition to the things for other people in the camp, Mi Yang packed a separate set of things and took them over and piled them in the room. Mi Yang could not stay here for a few days and felt that he would not be able to use all the things by the time he left, but Bai Luochuan insisted, so he had to stay.

Mi Yang said: "Then leave it here, maybe I will come back during the summer vacation."

Bai Luochuan was sorting out his reference books and notes. In addition to the one he brought yesterday, he brought some more today. He heard him ask, "Are you coming here during the summer vacation?"

Mi Yang said: "It's hard to say. Professor Zhang asked me the other day. He said that if he brought a team here again, he would call me to see what happened."

Bai Luochuan asked again: "Do you want to come?"

Mi Yang looked up at him, his eyes sparkling.

Bai Luochuan smiled and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? If you want to come, just come. I'll take care of my business first, and then come and take a look."

Mi Yang nodded, feeling much happier, and asked him, "Is it the one you told me about last time, that your cousin in the capital took you to do business?"

Bai Luochuan nodded and said, "Yes, I was going to take you to Beijing first. I have some news about the person you were looking for last time. My cousin found the person who took over the bookstore before. But you can come to Xinjiang first. My cousin is helping us with the arrangements there. I will accompany you to look for him slowly after we go to university."

Mi Yang nodded in response and reached out to pull his sleeve. Bai Luochuan said, "Don't move. I'm going to point this out for you."

Mi Yang said: "Don't scratch it, tell me when you call me in the evening."

Bai Luochuan lowered his head and wrote as he said, "I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly."

Mi Yang moved closer. There were no outsiders in the room with the two of them. He looked up at the closed door, then leaned over and kissed Bai Luochuan on the cheek: "Young Master is so nice to me now."

Bai Luochuan asked: "Was I not nice to you before?"

Mi Yang smiled and shook his head, then kissed him again: “It’s getting better and better, I like you the most.”

The person I love the most still has to go, and in the afternoon the Bai family's car came to pick me up. Probably because they were afraid that Bai Luochuan would change his mind at the last minute, three cars came and looked like they were going to escort him all the way to the airport. Bai Luochuan waited until the last minute, put on his bag and went out, waved to Mi Yang at the entrance of the camp, got in the car and left.

Bai Luochuan glanced through the car window and saw the child at the entrance of the camp wearing a hat and scarf, wrapped up like a silkworm. He watched the car drive away and then slowly moved back.

The corners of Bai Luochuan's lips raised slightly, then quickly subsided and returned to his usual state.

Mi Yang stayed here and continued to work with Professor Zhang. The senior brothers were willing to take him. Mi Yang had a good memory and could remember everything that was said once. He was also willing to think about it. Professor Zhang was very happy to see him. Once when they were having a meal and chatting, he asked Mi Yang a few questions. When he heard that his first choice was to take the exam, he smiled and said repeatedly: "Great, this is really great! Mi Yang, if you want to come, just prepare for the exam boldly. If you fail next year, you can wait until the year after. The teacher will reserve a place for you in advance. I will take you whenever you come, haha!"

Mi Yang rubbed the tip of his nose and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I actually plan to take the exam this year."

Professor Zhang was surprised and asked, "This year? The exam is in advance? Oh, I didn't know about your situation. Did it delay your review?"

Mi Yang shook his head and smiled: "It's okay, my classmate sent me a reference book and marked the key points. I can read it myself in the evening."

Chen Baiwei also reminded him, "It was the boy who came two days ago. He was tall and good-looking, and very strong. He was the one who carried the box... Do you remember him?"

Professor Zhang suddenly realized: "Yes, there is a classmate."

Mi Yang smiled and said, "He is just like me. He took the exam in advance and we are studying together. He came here because his family has a project here, so he just happened to bring me something. Mr. Zhang, if you are lucky, you will be able to see me in September. You said so yourself, you must take me with you."

Professor Zhang said: "Bring it, definitely bring it!"

Mi Yang arrived five days later than expected. If he hadn't heard that he had an exam, Professor Zhang would not have let him go. The twenty-day "exchange study" was very successful. When Mi Yang came back, he didn't change much except that he was a little thinner. There was a hopeful and bright light in his eyes. His belief was much stronger than before, and he soon threw himself into the busy study again.

Thanks to Bai Luochuan who sent him a reference material, Mi Yang's test scores were still not up to standard after he came back, so Wei Xian gave them some questions and focused on tutoring them on their weaknesses in the subjects.

In May, Mi Yang and Bai Luochuan took the spring exam together.

Cheng Qing didn't care about the pharmacy and specially set aside two days to accompany him. Before sending Mi Yang to the examination room, he checked with him again: "Yangyang, take another look, did you bring your ID card and admission ticket? Where are the pens? Do you have enough pens?"

Mi Yang took it out to show her. Both certificates were complete, and he had prepared two extra 2B pencils and black pens. He also brought other tools that were allowed, such as triangles, and even an extra watch, just for checking time.

Cheng Qing's face turned pale but he still managed to smile: "Very good, as long as you have everything, you can go in and write slowly. Don't be nervous if you don't have enough time, just write as much as you can. If you finish early, just sit down and check it more. Don't hand it in early, understand?"

Mi Yang nodded and smiled, "I see, Mom, it's time, I'm going in."

Cheng Qing nodded. She had just sent Mi Yang in when she saw the black RV parked next to her open its door. A tall and handsome boy got out. He nodded and smiled when he saw her: "Aunt Cheng, my mother is here too. Please get in the car and rest for a while and keep her company. She has been talking for a long time just now and seems to be more nervous than me."

Cheng Qing smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead, Yang Yang just went in."

Bai Luochuan nodded and strode towards the gate of the examination center. Mi Yang was standing not far away from the gate waiting. Sure enough, after seeing Bai Luochuan, the two of them walked into the teaching building shoulder to shoulder.

Cheng Qing watched them walk away, and only turned back to get in the car when he could no longer see them. Luo Jiangjing was sitting there, also watching through the glass, her eyes a little red. She saw Cheng Qing and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Hey, you said to me, I don't know why, I feel like they have suddenly grown up, how come they have grown up so big in the blink of an eye, and I can't help much, so I worry about them for nothing."

Cheng Qing sat beside her and smiled, "To be honest, when I sent Yangyang off just now, I was so nervous that my palms were sweating, just like when I took the college entrance examination 20 years ago. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye! The college entrance examination is just a stop. The road of life is long, so let's keep going."

Luo Jiangjing smiled and nodded and said yes. After a while, he couldn't help but look up and look out through the car window at the teaching building.

Cheng Qing was also watching. She didn't have high expectations. She was more worried about Mi Yang's grades than about his self-esteem if he didn't do well in the exam. But she changed her mind and thought that after all, he had skipped a grade in elementary school, so taking one more year to take the exam wouldn't delay anything. She was an optimist, so she comforted herself for a while and then relaxed.

After taking an exam in the morning, the two of them came back in good condition.

The afternoon exam was at three o'clock, giving them plenty of time to rest. Luo Jiangjing must have booked a hotel nearby and sent the two children there. Cheng Qing was worried about the food in the hotel, so she borrowed someone's kitchen and cooked a meal for the two children herself.

The two of them ate with relish. Bai Luochuan even ate two bowls of rice before stopping. He ate more than when he was at home.

Originally, they had booked two rooms for them to rest separately, but Bai Luochuan took the book and said, "Mom, Aunt Cheng, Mi Yang and I will share a room. We are going to read for a while and then take a nap."

Luo Jiangjing said: "Okay, then mom will call you later."

Bai Luochuan wanted to say that he could set an alarm, but before he could open his mouth, Mi Yang beside him nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble Aunt Luo."

After receiving this task, Luo Jiangjing went to the next room and sat with Cheng Qing. The two of them had no intention of taking a nap. Luo Jiangjing even flipped through two pages of the company's documents and didn't remember anything. He just looked up at the time from time to time, for fear of delaying the children.

Bai Luochuan and Mi Yang were sleeping on a small bed. Mi Yang flipped through the book, and Bai Luochuan smiled and said, "You really read it. You've almost torn this book apart. Is there anything you don't know?"

Mi Yang also laughed, put the book next to the pillow and sighed softly: "I'm just a little nervous."

Bai Luochuan said: "It's okay. If you don't do well in the exam, I will buy you in. When Brother Bai makes money, donate a building to the school... Oh, Jingcheng University probably won't be able to get one building, so we need to add a gymnasium."

Mi Yang was amused by him and his nervousness eased a little.

Bai Luochuan raised the corners of his lips, closed his eyes, grabbed his hand and held it in his palm, and whispered: "Go to bed quickly, there is another game in the afternoon."

The person next to him fell asleep quickly, and just as if driven by the emotions, Mi Yang's body slowly relaxed and he fell asleep.

In the afternoon, their small alarm clock rang first. Just as they got up and washed their faces, there were two knocks on the door.

Bai Luochuan opened the door and Luo Jiangjing and Cheng Qing were standing outside, waiting for them.

Cheng Qing took some mint cream and put it on his fingers, rubbed their temples twice, and said with a smile: "It's refreshing, you have to work hard in the afternoon."

Bai Luochuan smiled and said, "I know, thank you Aunt Cheng."

Luo Jiangjing also gave Mi Yang a new watch and said to him, "I just found out from talking to your mother at noon that your watch had been soaked in water before. What if something goes wrong? I asked someone to buy a watch the same as Luochuan's. Xiaoguai, be obedient and take this."

Mi Yang was stunned for a moment, and quickly refused: "Aunt Luo, no, that was a year ago, it has been repaired, and I am using it very well..."

Luo Jiangjing refused to listen to him and insisted that he take it, so Bai Luochuan came over to change Mi Yang's clothes. While putting them on him, he said, "Just listen to them." He blinked and smiled, "Also understand the anxious feelings of the parents outside the college entrance examination room."

Mi Yang looked up at Cheng Qing and saw that Cheng Qing also smiled helplessly and nodded to let him take it. He could only politely say, "Thank you, Aunt Luo."

Luo Jiangjing patted his head and said with a smile: "Good luck on the exam."

The two mothers accompanied them throughout the two days of the college entrance examination. It rained on the second day, and Luo Jiangjing's RV drove closer to the school gate, but she was still worried, so she and Cheng Qing went downstairs with umbrellas to wait before the time came.

The weather was not hot this month. The drizzle made a slight sound when it fell on the umbrella. Soon the examination bell in the teaching building rang, and after a while students began to come out one after another.

Many candidates had brought umbrellas in advance, and the parents waiting around surrounded them. Although the examination room was not large and the number of people was not large, the number of parents was doubled, and the school gate was crowded with people. Seeing a parent who was holding his daughter and crying, Luo Jiangjing's eyes were also a little hot, but when he looked up to find his own child, he saw the two squeezed under an umbrella and arguing in a low voice while walking.

"Why don't you hold an umbrella yourself? This one is too small."

"I'm too lazy to open it, just hold it open!"

"My schoolbag is all wet..."

"The schoolbag is more important than me?!"

Luo Jiangjing's little sadness was immediately washed away, and she burst out laughing. Cheng Qing also laughed beside her, shaking her head and saying to her, "Sister Luo, you said yesterday that they have grown up, but I think they are exactly the same as when they were little, they haven't changed at all!"

Luo Jiangjing laughed: "Luo Chuan is still the same, bullying Xiaoguai all day long."

Cheng Qing said: "Mi Yang also has a temper, not everyone can bully him, he is used to taking care of him, haha."

Luo Jiangjing felt a headache: "I taught him to take care of his brother since he was a child, but he didn't listen to me at all."

Cheng Qing said indifferently: "It's the same. Anyway, they take care of each other, so we don't have to worry about it."

The two of them walked over and picked up the two boys, Luo Jiangjing handed his umbrella to Bai Luochuan first, poked his forehead and said with a smile: "You are bullying your brother again. How many times have I told you that you are the older brother and you should take care of Xiaoguai, did you hear me? Look at how Xiaoguai takes care of Michelle, learn from him."

Bai Luochuan said indifferently: "A good brother? I know. I hug him to sleep at night and tell him stories!"

Luo Jiangjing: "...Are you going to piss me off to death?"

Bai Luochuan put his arm around her shoulders and walked forward, holding the umbrella towards her, coaxing her, "How is that possible? I feel sorry for you the most. Our Ms. Luo is very generous and will definitely live to be a hundred years old. She also has a secret to keep her youthful appearance. She will still be the most beautiful old lady at the age of a hundred."

Cheng Qing took Mi Yang's schoolbag and said to him with a smile: "No matter how you do in the exam, relax for two days. Mom will ask for leave for your class tomorrow, Friday. You can have a good rest for two days in the weekend and don't worry about anything."

Mi Yang smiled and nodded: "Okay, thank you, Mom."

It would take about a month for the results to come out, so the two of them breathed a sigh of relief during this time and continued to go back to school while waiting for the results.

The head teachers of Class 1 and Class 2 were also paying attention to these two top students. They were their favorites. They waited for them to come back and estimated their scores. Because the liberal arts and science subjects were separated, Bai Luochuan and Mi Yang had compared their scores once before, but they only compared the scores of Chinese, mathematics and English. The rest were estimated by themselves.

This time, the head teacher estimated their scores and they were pretty good, with no problems, especially Bai Luochuan. Old Dai specially asked their teaching group teacher to calculate it, and Bai Luochuan's performance was considered exceptional. Old Dai was happy, but he didn't show it too much. He just nodded and said, "Not bad, go back and continue to review, there is still a month left. Before the results are released, you will be a student in our Class 1 of Senior 2, and study with everyone else."

Bai Luochuan nodded and stood up to leave. When he stood up, he suddenly found a schedule on Lao Dai's computer. He was stunned for a moment and said, "Teacher, you are going out to eat tonight?"

Old Dai also saw it, pulled down the list, coughed, and said uncomfortably: "Why do you care about me? Go back to study. I will randomly check your recitation of the text in class later."

Bai Luochuan: “…”

Squad leader Bai estimated a good score, and Old Dai was so happy that he asked him to recite "A Journey to Mount Bao'en" twice in class.

After class, Bai Luochuan vaguely felt that something was wrong. The itinerary on Old Dai had the time and hotel name written on it, but most importantly, there was also a wavy line and a heart drawn on it.

On the other side, after Mi Yang finished estimating his scores, his homeroom teacher, Mr. Wen, praised him lovingly and sent him back to the classroom.

Teacher Wen has lost a lot of weight recently, and she looks slim and gentle in a dress. She walked around the class and poured some water into the pot of green ivy on the podium before leaving.

The atmosphere in the class was filled with a strange sense of resentment.

Mi Yang looked at his deskmate. The usually sunny and lively boy was staring at the green ivy on the podium without saying a word. The hairs on Mi Yang's arms stood up. He rubbed his arms and asked carefully, "What's going on? Why are you all... not right?"

My deskmate said coldly, "It's not us who are wrong, it's all the world's fault."

Mi Yang: “…”

Mi Yang asked patiently: "What exactly is wrong with this world?"

The resentment in my deskmate's eyes almost condensed: "League Secretary, you went out for exchange study and were busy with exams. You didn't know that Teacher Dai from the next class betrayed us."

Mi Yang: “Ah?”

My deskmate had already put herself in the shoes of the heroine in a Qiong Yao drama, and said sadly, "Mr. Dai went on a blind date, twice in one week!"