The summer breeze blows the bamboo leaves all over the mountain, and the sunlight penetrates the woods like needles and threads.
Gu Jianian walked the same path that Chi Yan took her to walk last year.
That journey was already engraved in her mind, so the process this time went very smoothly.
While sitting on the bus, Gu Jianian originally wanted to send a message to Chi Yan, but after thinking about it, he finally held back.
If she told him in advance, he would probably ask her angrily, "Have you checked the weather forecast? Have you brought enough money? Why don't you wait for him at Yunmo and run around alone?"
Gu Jianian smiled happily when he thought of this.
Although the journey was three hours, Gu Jianian had no time to think about anything else - the reason was that she had accidentally reported her college entrance examination scores to her homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhou, on WeChat.
Lao Zhou called immediately.
It took less than two seconds for her to send the message.
"Total score is 689? What are the scores in each subject?"
Gu Jianian reported his scores for each subject honestly.
Old Zhou was overjoyed and kept saying "OK". Gu Jianian could even imagine the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
"You got full marks in math. Logically speaking, this year's liberal arts and math exams are more difficult than previous years. You did really well! Gao Haihan also did very well this time. She is sure to get into Beilin University, but her total score is seven points lower than yours."
Old Zhou spoke faster and faster: "Six hundred and eighty-nine. Among the high schools in Beilin that have known their scores, only one student from Lin High School scored one point higher than you, and his score was six hundred and nine. The other top students in preparation all scored more than six hundred and seventy. Jianian, you are likely to be the runner-up in the liberal arts department of Beilin this time! Our No. 9 High School hasn't had a top three student in a long time."
Gu Jianian was a little confused by his speaking speed.
The head teacher was still nagging: "Ask your parents to keep their phones on for the next two days. There will definitely be calls from the admissions offices of Zhuda and Peking University. They will discuss the choice of major then..."
The middle-aged head teacher's voice broke with excitement, and the decibel level gradually rose.
So much so that the uncles and aunts sitting next to Gu Jianian all heard words like "Beilin liberal arts runner-up", "Beilin University", and "Zhu University".
An old lady sitting in front of Gu Jianian was startled awake from her semi-sleep state, turned her head 180 degrees and cast a horrified look at her—
So after finishing the call with Lao Zhou, Gu Jianian spent the remaining two and a half hours awkwardly accepting enthusiastic questioning and observation from his fellow villagers.
"I didn't expect that our town could produce such a person. Little girl, which village are you from?"
"Why are you studying at Beilin? The second place in the college entrance examination means second place, right?"
"Oh my, how did he get the second place in the city? Is his brain enlightened?"
From birth to now, Gu Jianian has never experienced such excessive attention from her elders. At this moment, she seemed to have become the child of other people's families.
Suddenly I feel that it wasn’t easy for those top students around me when I was a child.
She was in a mess and in a hurry all the way, and finally arrived at the Zhushan Bus Station.
After a year's absence, Zhushan is still that bustling metropolis.
However, compared with Beilin’s drastic urban construction, it has more of the gentle Jiangnan atmosphere, and the vegetation on both sides of the road is more lush.