The college entrance examination results will be announced two weeks later, on July 23.
Cheng Feiyang was not on a business trip, and Xu Lan was not going to a meeting. The two of them got up early and prepared breakfast. Xu Lan cooked a bowl of noodles for Cheng Ran with yesterday's twice-cooked pork and green peppers as the base, and put a golden fried egg on top. Cheng Ran came out and looked at the two of them. They were not dressed casually as usual. Cheng Feiyang even wore a shirt, and Xu Lan wore a new skirt. Although they had always been relaxed and supportive of Cheng Ran, when this moment came, they still felt a little solemn.
Cheng Ran ate the noodles with a fried egg in two or three bites. The green pepper in the noodles was spicy. After eating, Cheng Ran drank a large glass of cold water, and felt full. At nine o'clock, the phone rang at home. Cheng Feiyang, who was sitting with his legs crossed reading a newspaper, turned around. Xu Lan also stopped washing dishes. Cheng Ran went to answer the phone. It was the head teacher Sun Hui who called, "You can check your scores now, right? Have you checked? Check quickly!"
It can be heard that Sun Hui is in the office, and there are some voices in the background. But when I called to check the scores, I found out that Sun Hui made a mistake. The score check started at 10 o'clock, and he was too concerned.
Time slowly passed by and I called, but it was a bit troublesome. I couldn't get through for a long time as the line was always busy. After I finally got through, I was prompted to enter my admission ticket number and ID number.
Cheng Ran entered the numbers one by one. Cheng Feiyang and Xu Lan stood beside him, watching Cheng Ran press the numbers one by one. They then helped check by comparing them with the numbers in their minds.
After everything was entered, the voice revealing the answer came from the speakerphone after a while.
The candidate Cheng Ran scored 131 points in Chinese, 145 points in mathematics, 137 points in English, and 290 points in comprehensive score.
Total score 703!
Cheng Feiyang and Xu Lan didn't care about anything else and rubbed Cheng Ran's head. Xu Lan screamed and hugged him. The scene of the high school entrance examination was still vivid in their minds. That day, they were so surprised to see Cheng Ran grow up overnight. And now, everything has come to fruition.
"Hurry up, report to Teacher Sun!"
Cheng Ran called Sun Hui again, and Sun Hui picked up the phone immediately, "How much?"
After learning the result, Sun Hui could be heard announcing it loudly to everyone in the office on the other end of the phone.
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In addition, Cheng Ran received text messages and phone calls asking questions. For example, Xie Feibai asked on the phone, "I got 498 points. Frankly speaking, I didn't expect this score. I actually passed the second-tier line! My dad was quite happy... By the way, how are you?... What? How much did you say!"
“… I don’t want to chat with you anymore!”
There was also a text message exchange between Yu Xiao and Cheng Ran, "Did you check your scores? I found out, I passed the first-tier university, 525, and I have a good chance of getting into University of Electronic Science and Technology of China!"
Cheng Ran said after a moment that his results were out.
Yu Xiao knew that it was meaningless to ask Cheng Ran what his score was at this time, so he sent a text message asking, "What's your ranking number?"
Cheng Ran only replied with a “1”.
"The whole province!? Holy shit..."
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Almost immediately after the results were announced, the media received a lot of information from the Sichuan Provincial Examination Institute. The news was exposed on the Internet, television and newspapers that day. The results were announced on the day that school began. After lunch at noon, people went to No. 10 Middle School. The crowd flowed into the school gate like a hundred rivers converging. In addition to the routine questions about each other's grades and future, they also talked about things like "I heard that the top scorer in science is from our No. 10 Middle School. The top scorer in liberal arts is from Rongwai!"
Then, when I entered the teaching building, I saw the college entrance examination transcripts that had been urgently sorted and printed out. Cheng Ran was at the top of the list, and Zhu Xu was second with a score of 689.
Newspaper media from Chengdu have also arrived to interview Sichuan Province's top science student, but they were unable to interview the student himself. Only from a few words from his class teacher did the media get information about this student, Cheng Ran.
According to the class teacher, this number one scorer was not always the top scorer. It was said that he looked relaxed and calm on the eve of the college entrance examination. Of course, there are various learning methods that people want to explore. His teacher Sun Hui described the student's learning method from the perspective of a number one scorer's class teacher. The student grew up in a harsh family environment and was threatened with "whip" education. However, because he had a father who was born in a science family, he taught him a lot of interesting knowledge in science and even cultivated the interest of the number one scorer from a practical perspective. At the same time, the most important point is that he has a very good mentality. Not only was he calm before the exam, but facing this result, he also admitted in front of the teacher that he did not expect this. The original words were, "I will not accept interviews. There are many people who are better than me. I am just lucky. I accidentally got the first place. I feel very lucky."
This statement made many people want to vomit blood. Is that it? Don't these people rely on their monster-like brains and abnormal perseverance, and rely on luck to get the first place in the exam? You are kidding!
Students went to school on the day they returned to school to pick up their files and receive their graduation photos taken after the college entrance examination. However, what surprised many people was the appearance of Jiang Hongshao that day.
Jiang Hongshao returned to Chengdu the day before, and Cheng Ran knew this long ago. She had just finished the first semester of her three-term stay in the UK, and she came back just in time to catch the last wave of students leaving No. 10 Middle School. But she missed a lot, such as the graduation photo, the dinner party after the college entrance examination, and although many students returned to school on the homecoming day, some had gone on a trip or did not do well in the exam for various reasons and did not come back.
She reunited with many people and asked them all sorts of questions. Jiang Hongshao even brought a SLR camera to take group photos of her friends. Sun Hui lovingly talked to her about her life abroad and her studies there. Jiang Hongshao smiled and said to him, "Without me, our school can still get a top scorer."
Sun Hui looked at her as if she were his own daughter who had flown far away, and said, "I have to say it's a pity. You and Cheng Ran didn't get to compete in the end."
Jiang Hongshao said, "Don't worry, there will be plenty of time in the future."
Sun Hui opened his mouth at first, then suddenly realized something and laughed out loud, revealing a heartfelt generosity with a far-reaching gaze, "Young man..."
Zhang Yu had already resigned, but today he returned to school as "Teacher Zhang". Many people came to ask him to sign the graduation album. Some people already knew that he had resigned and started a business, and they joked that they would come to work in your company after graduation. They would have to use a back door. They were just teasing Zhang Yu, who always had a serious face, but they didn't expect Zhang Yu to laugh for the first time and said, "If my students want to come to my company in the future, I will applaud and welcome them. You are talented people, and I couldn't ask for more!"
The existing students in Class 3-5 finally took another group photo because of Jiang Hongshao, with Sun Hui standing in the middle. This photo was a little different from the one organized by the school. Although there were fewer people, there was the figure of that beautiful woman next to Cheng Ran.
After the group photo, Zhang Yu came to Cheng Ran and asked, "Are you sure it's SUSTC?"
Cheng Ran nodded. Zhang Yu was silent for a moment and said, "You are indeed better than I was back then."
Not long after, the red list was posted. It was all handwritten with a brush, with names one by one, who went to Tsinghua University, who went to Peking University. These were the people who were actually admitted, and there were not many people, about fifty or so. Many people stopped under the red list to watch, and then the crowd made sounds similar to sighs.
In fact, Yang Xia received a call from Tsinghua University the night before the announcement of the results, saying that she could be admitted, but she could not choose the major. She got the exact news, so when the red list was posted today, she was not surprised to see her admission to Tsinghua University marked on the list.
Her eyes searched upwards expectantly, and she finally discovered the reason for the sighs and surprises of the people around her.
In front of the calligraphy of Zhu Xu being admitted to Peking University Guanghua School of Management, there is Cheng Ran’s name, followed by the admission destination…
Central South University of Science and Technology.
Then there was a buzzing sound coming from all directions.
"Are you kidding me? With Cheng Ran's grades, he can choose any major from Tsinghua University or Peking University. Why would he want to go to Central South University of Science and Technology?!"
"Now, everyone with a lower ranking than him went to Peking University and Tsinghua University, but Cheng Ran chose a school that is even worse than Peking University and Tsinghua University?"
“Is this a mistake in filling out the application form?”
"How is it possible... Peking University and Tsinghua University can lower their admission scores for him. Students like him can be directly promised. With a promise, how could Cheng Ran not apply and still worry about failing the exam? The only reason is that he chose Central South University of Science and Technology!"
"Oh my god, although Central South University of Science and Technology is good, it is still a far cry from the reputation of Tsinghua University and Peking University. If I choose this, my family will probably be mad at me!"
These sounds are dark and overwhelming.
Yang Xia stood there for a moment, and saw Cheng Ran taking a photo and talking to Zhang Yu on the playground. Then she turned around and walked towards Cheng Ran.
What everyone saw was a burst of noise coming from the school campus covered with ginkgo trees after the red list was posted. Then Yang Xia parted the crowd and walked straight towards Cheng Ran. His imposing manner made many people look sideways.
Yang Xia came in front of Cheng Ran in full view of everyone. Her eyes were filled with a mixture of grievance, shock, and unspeakable unwillingness and anger, as if at this moment, she regretted Cheng Ran's whereabouts more than anyone else, and she was more heartbroken about Cheng Ran's fate than anyone else.
Zhang Yu had already moved a few steps to the side when he saw that the situation was not good. Most of the people around him did not dare to breathe. Jiang Hongshao watched from afar with her lips slightly pursed.
Yang Xia heard her own voice trembling slightly, "They made a mistake in your application. Now you have been transferred to Central South University of Science and Technology. Go back and ask your parents if there is any way..."
Cheng Ran shook his head. "No, it's not wrong. I decided to go to South China University of Technology."
Yang Xia looked at him and said, "You were also there when the application was being filled out for Peking University and Tsinghua University that day... Why did you choose South China University of Technology?"
Cheng Ran said, "South China University of Technology is more suitable for me..."
"Is this the reason?" Yang Xia looked at him in disbelief.
"The reasons are complicated and I can't explain them clearly at the moment, but basically it's this..."
Yang Xia stepped forward and slapped Cheng Ran hard in the face.
The sound made the park, which was scorched by the sun, seem quiet.
Then she lowered her hands and cried, "This is your future... Cheng Ran! Why are you pretending to be so noble!? How many people want to get in but can't! But someone like you can get in easily. Do you know how hard I studied in order to pass the exam and not fall behind? Do you know how hard I worked? I woke up with a pain in my cervical spine at night, and sometimes I felt dizzy and vomited?"
Yes, at least from the perspective of universal values, if you can choose Peking University or Tsinghua University but choose a second-rate university, in such a society, you are already one step behind. People who are not as good as you get a higher platform, and you bear a higher risk of opportunity, which means that if you can't work harder than those people, then no matter how outstanding you are now, you are likely to be lost in the crowd.
"You can get in, you can get into Tsinghua University or Peking University, didn't you encourage me in the same way? You told me the story of that senior brother, you said people should work hard to live! You said I have a bright future!... Is this your choice?"
"You bastard!"
Yang Xia's voice tore through the glow of the playground. She shed tears and cried repeatedly, "Cheng Ran, I can't see through you... What should I do, I can't see through you..."
This incident was ultimately an unexpected misfortune and an episode for Cheng Ran.
There are many things worth remembering in No. 10 Middle School, such as the campus that people were reluctant to leave that day, the messages people exchanged with each other, some people said things they couldn't say, and some people kept those words in their hearts forever. For example, Cheng Ran won the first prize in science, and of course, Cheng Ran was slapped by Yang Xia.
Later, Cheng Ran and Jiang Hongshao disappeared from everyone's sight.
In the end, no one knew that the two of them had actually gone up to the rooftop of the teaching building that imitated the Han Building, and looked side by side at the golden-rimmed clouds in the distance.
Jiang Hongshao tilted her head to look at him, "Does it hurt?"
Cheng Ran smiled and said, "Not bad."
Jiang Hongshao smiled, "Do you know how shocking what you did is?"
Cheng Ran looked at her mischievously, "What Yang Xia did is probably what other people want to do, hoping to teach me a lesson... But you don't, is this considered indulgence?"
Jiang Hongshao's eyes were also coated with gold, extremely beautiful, like a god, "What can I do? I'm not that good myself, I ran away to England, one of us is decadent and the other is indulgent, why don't we be together?"
"Are we considered a pair of star-crossed lovers?" Cheng Ran looked at her and said.
Jiang Hongshao looked over with a smile and corrected him, "I'm Brother Jiang, and you're Mr. Cheng. So we're brothers in distress!"
Cheng Ran said seriously, "If this continues, my words of treating you as a brother will not be a good thing..."
Jiang Hongshao rolled her eyes at him. Seeing Cheng Ran's slightly red cheeks, she took a deep breath, as if she had decided something, and smiled, "Actually, I've thought about how to have no regrets in high school. There's something I've always wanted to do."
Cheng Ran turned his head, "What's the matter?"
Jiang Hongshao tilted her head and looked at him with a smile, then walked forward and pressed her lips against his.
This is the rooftop of No. 10 Middle School after four in the afternoon and the scorching sun.
The sky and the earth were covered in golden splendor.
At this moment, on the ground below the rooftop that no one noticed, people were either reluctant to leave, or couldn't forget it, or finally took reluctant steps to end their last work at school and disperse from here to their own future.
When Sun Hui was interviewed by a reporter, another reporter learned that they could not interview Cheng Ran and hoped that the class teacher would provide Cheng Ran's home phone number so that they could further call and communicate with the top scorer's family.
Zhang Ming and Xia Fangweng, who used to be the admissions team leaders of Tsinghua University and Peking University in Sichuan Province, also got the news. Xia Fangweng felt her head hurt again. She thought Cheng Ran's family was weird. Fulong Company was also weird.
Zhang Ming, who had received Cheng Ran's estimated score, half-jokingly said, "Is it too high?" In fact, it was true. Cheng Ran's estimated score was indeed too high, just 1 point higher. After receiving the news that Cheng Ran was transferred to Central South University of Science and Technology, the head of the admissions team, who was responsible for the great success of recruiting students in Sichuan Province but failed to recruit the provincial champion, shook his head and laughed.
"If you have ambition... you should establish virtue and speak out, no matter where you are!"
When people left No. 10 Middle School, they could look back and see a red banner hastily made and hung at the school gate that read "Warmly congratulate our student Cheng Ran for winning the top spot in the 2000 Sichuan Province Science College Entrance Examination with an excellent score of 703!" However, when people thought of Cheng Ran's whereabouts, they felt a little regretful.
Thinking of Jiang Hongshao, "Brother Jiang" who once led the entire school, he has now gone abroad and it is difficult to hear from him since now.
I don't know who sighed softly, "The Condor Heroes have disappeared from the world!"
Someone nearby murmured, "It's not just the Jianghu that has disappeared..."
"It's still our youth..."
Many years later, people can still clearly remember this scene, the stories that happened here, and the rumor that the famous "The Condor Heroes disappeared from the world" at No. 10 Middle School has come to an end.
They will eventually go to the ends of the earth and scatter all over the world, pursue their own bright future, create their own life and career, experience spring, summer, wind and snow, and then see a wider world and a bigger world.
Only then will they understand that the story of the Condor Heroes, who were thought to have disappeared from the world, had just begun in that era.
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