Chapter Fifteen: The College Entrance Examination Is Underway

  Without looking at the person who had fainted and was being taken away, the young man continued walking forward, treading on the brown mud beneath his feet.

  The mountain's unique sweetness filled his nostrils, the cool breeze gently caressed his earlobes, and the soft earth felt like cotton. He stood there, taking a deep breath in, gazing at it all.

  "How is it here?" A faint smile rose on his face, and the man's deep contours were exceptionally clear.

  "Clean and quiet!" Admiring the rare demeanor, knowing it was asking himself, Yan Fei's expression was sincere.

  "What did he become after growing up like this?"

  His heart skipped a beat, Yan Fei's gaze flickered and he looked at him cautiously: "Young Master, our next step..."

  "Not urgent!" The man didn't look at him, a whirlpool surged in his dark pupils, and his thin lips lightly said: "For a qualified hunter, the most enjoyable thing is not finding the prey, but the process of slowly waiting for the prey to come automatically..."

  Shaoyi's mind was in a mess, even though he knew it was taboo during this critical period of the college entrance exam, but he still couldn't help letting his thoughts run wild.

  The situation with his mother was actually like this, and he didn't even know until now.

  Before, Mingming had also been worried and suspicious, but every time when his mother said carelessly that nothing was wrong, he really didn't want to imagine anything, just like a fool who didn't care about anything, only knowing how to escape.

  How could they let that frail and weak mother struggle alone in such hardship, how could they not have discovered that her body was actually so...

  If it weren't for the upcoming college entrance exam, he suddenly had a strong urge to tidy up his room. Would he never have discovered this medical record and known the truth?

  He usually ran to the riverbank and sat on that long bench for an entire afternoon.

  The unique salty and humid breeze of the river surface came rushing towards him, as if to wash away all the dust on his body.

  In the late afternoon, Shao Qi returned to the county town as usual.

  The location of his exam was just in the neighboring school in the county town. In order to allow students to rest well during the college entrance examination and solve their commuting problem, the school specially prepared dormitory accommodation for the examinees.

  Of course, there are also many students who are unwilling to stay in that small and damp place and insist on living in a hotel by themselves.

  So there were very few people in the dormitory, and indeed there was only him in this dormitory.

  He knew his mother was very concerned about this college entrance exam, but when his mother appeared in front of him like that, he still couldn't help being surprised.

  It didn't rain that day, the sun was hanging in the sky as usual, and the strong sunlight made it hard for people to open their eyes. He, like all the other students taking the college entrance exam, was about to walk into the examination hall.

  Lin Xiao's voice was excited and steady, she stood still with a smile on her face: "Shao Qi"!

  This sound suddenly pierced his ears, he turned around, his pupils slightly open, and walked in front of her.

  "How did you get here?"

  "After some thought, I decided to be like other parents and wait for you at the school gate of the examination venue to cheer you on."

  "Mom!" He closed his eyes and swallowed hard.

  "You must do well on the exam, you must work hard!" Lin Yu's smile was beautiful, even though she had become thin and somewhat gaunt, with fine lines and wrinkles etched on her pale face, but this did not affect her beauty.

  Shao Qi didn't say a word and followed the continuous flow of people with her figure getting farther and farther away, just like that she walked into the examination hall.

  Everything and everyone was just as imagined, when the exam took place, the whole school was almost "deserted" with no sound of birds or human.

  There are soldiers patrolling around the school to maintain order and prevent troublemakers from causing trouble.

  From time to time, there would also be students who were caught cheating and expelled from the examination hall, crying and shouting as they were escorted out...

  Everything is going smoothly according to plan.

  June 7th:

  Morning: Chinese Language and Literature

  Afternoon: Mathematics

  June 8th:

  Morning: Chinese (Mathematics and Science) Comprehensive

  Afternoon: English

  Shao Qi will never forget the moment he walked out of the examination room like all other students.

  More than a decade of hard study, bitter struggle and bloody fighting, all gone in just two short days. It's like a magnificent castle built by a wealthy man suddenly hit by an earthquake, everything vanished instantly. The emptiness in my heart is indescribable, yet it's also filled with the joy of new life.

  The sunshine in the sky shines on my body, and suddenly I have a feeling of rebirth after a disaster. The crowd goes wild like prisoners who have finally been released from prison, like unbridled wild horses, every cell in my body is filled with a yearning for freedom.

  Of course, there were also those who failed the exam, with a sorrowful expression, but after all, they were only a minority, and would eventually be drowned out by this overwhelming madness.

  "How was your exam?"

  "What's the question about?"

  "After graduation, we'll have a farewell dinner and then go to KTV, I've already booked the place."

  The murmurs rose and fell like a stir-fry of peas, crackling with a lively sound.

  As soon as Shao Qi walked out of the examination room, a pair of thin and pale hands immediately took over the stationery in his hand.

  "Is it over?" The woman didn't ask him how he was or say anything else, neither encouraging nor comforting words. She seemed to have suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

  "Ah, it's over."

  "Shall we go home?" The woman's voice had a hint of joy, and it wasn't hard to imagine that once they got home, she would do her best to cook a big table of delicious dishes.

  "Good..." Shao Qi's words were about to come out of his mouth.

  "Shao Qi, let's disperse after dinner!" Cheng Mian, as the class leader, called out from afar. As he walked closer, he chuckled and said: "Auntie, I'll borrow your precious son for tonight!"

  Lin Tong smiled and agreed.

  "I'll go inform the others, see you later, remember 6:30 at Lao Tai You hot pot restaurant! Bye Auntie!" With that, Cheng Mian patted Xiao Qi's shoulder and hurried off.

  "Mom, actually I want to eat the meal you cooked."

  Lin Yu paused for a moment.

  "What I've made can be eaten at any time, but this is the last time your classmates will be together! Go ahead and have fun!"

  "Well, I'll take you to the bus station and send you home." He said, gently holding his mother's arm.

  "Hmm." Lin Xiao's heart felt warm as she looked at her son's face, which was somewhat beyond the ordinary for his gender and could be described as beautiful. She thought carefully about it.

  "There's something I think I should tell you!"

  "What's going on?"

  "He's here!" She looked at Shao Qi with a slightly puzzled expression, her pale lips that were almost invisible opening and closing lightly as she said: "Your father..."