Chapter Thirteen

  Politics is a difficult subject to get high scores in these days, and the requirements for students' understanding and quantity are no less than those of physics and chemistry.

  "It's still a case of thousands of troops and horses crossing a single-log bridge, it's still about scarce resources and allocation methods!" Chen Haotian sighed after class.

  "Classmate, you will definitely get into college." The young political teacher who had been beaten down couldn't help but interject.

  "Oh, teacher, I originally intended to take the English Language and Literature major, but thinking that many returnees will come and compete with me for a spot, I'm really torn about which major to choose."

  "...foreign language category pre-oral test...you still have a chance to choose."

  "But teacher, I'm sure I can pass the oral test, so actually I still need to think carefully first."

  “...you can also go to study English teaching, it's not bad to be a teacher.” The politics teacher irresponsibly suggested and immediately walked away. The oral test will definitely pass, the English is definitely good, but entangled in majoring... damn it, this group of rubbish students just came to crush others' confidence.

  "That's right! With a master's degree, I can teach students English or teach foreigners Chinese. Hmm, both are good options..." Chen Hui's thinking direction is also biased and has no direction.

  "Didn't you say you were going to minor in finance or law?" Zuo Zhixuan came over and poked him.

  "That's the guy who prepares meals for us. If I don't get into graduate school, this minor will also be a plus when looking for a job."

  "I think you're quite eloquent, you can consider applying for the law department."

  "The Continental and Anglo-American legal systems are different!" At least she had taken the judicial examination, um, did she pass it? The Certified Public Accountant exam was abandoned due to her daughter being too young. No, now it seems that neither the judicial examination nor the CPA exam has appeared yet? "The mainland uses the Continental system, so you don't need a lawyer with a particularly sharp tongue, don't be misled by Hong Kong movies, the legal systems of the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan are all different."

  "...", deeply stimulated, Zuo Zhixuan also left in a huff.

  However, Dong Xuemin followed him up.

  She and Zuo Zhixuan?

  Chen Huaixuan gazed at Dong Xuemin's cautious expression and body language with a mixture of hesitation and skepticism. If the girl's grades didn't improve significantly, she probably wouldn't be able to get into the same school as her crush. Apart from that, Chen thought that emotions during student years were pure and primitive, only influenced by appearance and academic performance, with physical attraction being the more dominant factor. Unfortunately, this wasn't Hong Kong twenty years ago; students who needed to take the college entrance exams didn't have the right or time for romance.

  "Hey, do you think Dong Xue Min likes Zuo Zhi Xuan?" asked Shan Ming Ming quietly while pulling Shan Ming Ming to the garage.

  "It's none of her business what we do."

  "But I think Zuo Zhixuan is not handsome at all, compared to Brad Pitt he is far from it."

  Brad Pitt? That restless old man? Oh no, he's young and handsome now. "Why don't you mention Tom Cruise?"

  "He's too short." Mingming classmates are very observant.

  "...Okay, you work hard and earn money, once you have a net worth of billions, I mean billions of US dollars, then you can date Brad Pitt."

  "Hmmph!"

  Interrupted by a phone call, Mingming had already forgotten the previous gossip. But that doesn't mean he won't think of it later.

  Two people rode their bikes away from school separately.

  It didn't take long for most of the class to find out about Dong Xue Min's emotional entanglement, and almost everyone said it was a one-sided love. Especially after the final exam results came out, Dong Xue Min's parents were summoned by the head teacher.

  All this has nothing to do with Chen Huaisheng's half-cent relationship. Moreover, Zuo Zhixuan is second in the overall score this time - she is third this time, Chi Xiaoli is still far ahead of the liberal arts champion - Dong Xuemin fell to 28th, unless a miracle occurs, it is impossible to take the exam at all. Tsinghua University, so the girl is obviously the loser. Hmm, but they are international classes, with an average score more than 20 points higher than ordinary classes, so that girl can completely take the exam in Beijing's second-rate and third-rate universities, continuing her pursuit journey.

  Winter vacation.

  Chen Huaixuan wrapped herself tightly, every morning going to the city library's reading room, and at night switching to the self-study classroom to continue, enjoying the warm temperature and quiet atmosphere of this place. She didn't run into Zuo Zhixuan again, but instead met Zhang Ying who came over to borrow books, exchanging a brief greeting before continuing with their own things. There was only one more semester left until the college entrance exams, and everyone was actually feeling somewhat anxious.

  In the second semester of high school, the mid-term exam was cancelled, and there were only three mock exams. The teachers of each subject did not have the enthusiasm to organize their own exams, so the class atmosphere was almost always tense.

  Then there were all sorts of whispers. So-and-so got a Beijing hukou and went to take the college entrance exam in that province, where the admission score line was a whole hundred points lower; so-and-so didn't take the college entrance exam and instead went to study abroad in Germany, where they ended up getting a PhD; some university's early admissions results had so-and-so racking their brains... Dong Xue-min's "secret crush" on Zuo Zhi-xuan was long since drowned out by these rather depressing pieces of news, and aside from occasionally thinking about it to mock it, was completely forgotten.

  The day before the first mock exam, the highest temperature was 29 degrees Celsius, a good weather that was hot but not particularly hot. After cleaning up the table hole, everyone was temporarily rushed to the edge of the lawn for "rest".

  It's not yet the time for cicadas to start singing, but the caterpillars falling from the camphor tree make the girls shriek; the air is filled with the strong fragrance of jasmine flowers, and the tiny insects among the blossoms make one not have the slightest idea of picking them. Everything in sight is a lush green, and the vibrant scene looks very pleasant to behold, as long as you ignore the occasional bird droppings.

  "How was your Chinese exam this morning?"

  "The essay topics are a bit too conventional and may not conform to the current thinking of college entrance examination questions."

  "It's estimated that in the next two mock exams, the composition will be a bit strange."

  "Uh-huh."

  She and Zuo Zhixuan really had nothing to say. However, the two of them were close in score, and they were discussing the exam itself, so two more classmates who ranked among the top ten joined the discussion.

  "Chen Haotian, do you think politics will come up with very biased questions?"

  "The big question shouldn't be particularly biased. Anyway, I think that the important things are always important, and the unimportant things are always unimportant. The key points will always be the key points. Very biased questions depend on your usual accumulation and luck, but I believe that even if it seems very biased, you can still use the theory of key points to explain it, at least to guarantee a basic score." Chen Hui usually doesn't discuss test questions with classmates beforehand, but if he encounters an interesting topic, he generally won't hide or evade.

  "Alright! That makes sense! Hmm, what major are you planning to take?"

  English language and literature bar.

  "Haha, I heard you're still struggling."

  "Hmm, until I've finished filling out the application form, it's hard to say whether or not I'll change my mind at the last minute."

  The second exam has started.

  On the third day after finishing the exam in the afternoon, her father was waiting for her outside.

  "Baby, come with me to S city this afternoon. Let's go see my teacher."

  Chen Huaisheng didn't ask much, and obediently packed up his things to set off. Lunch was still bought on the way to the train station, a few meat-filled buns. Fortunately, she had brought a glass tea cup with her, which she filled with boiling water at the station, otherwise they would have choked to death eating on the train.