Chapter 180 - Already Finished The Exam
"I just can"t stand your grandfather. Even though s.h.i.+ Jin is awful, he remains protective of her. Is s.h.i.+ Jin an idiot or something? You were the top humanities scholar in the city and scored over 680 points. If you just helped her a little, it would be such a boon. I am sure she would have no problem getting placement in a university. How could she reject our kind intentions!"
"Perhaps she still doesn"t like me."
"What gives her the right? I was just worried that if she could not make it into university, your grandfather would keep spending money to get her a spot."
s.h.i.+ Xuexin thought about s.h.i.+ Jin"s poor att.i.tude towards her and felt it was fine.
The worse s.h.i.+ Jin became, the less she would have the chance of outs.h.i.+ning s.h.i.+ Xuexin.
***
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After Wen Yongwei got back to school, she started preparing for her exams. However, s.h.i.+ Jin got into an argument with her teacher after resuming her studies.
The moment word got out, it was impossible to suppress it.
Everyone kept talking about how s.h.i.+ Jin intended on skipping a grade and getting into the third grade.
Wen Yongwei was from the First High School and it had been in direct compet.i.tion with Second High School for years. Each year, they would come in neck in neck as the top and second high schools in the city.
Even the students were privately compet.i.tive towards each other.
To begin with, Second High School had more students making it into elite universities last year, so First High School was determined to outdo it. So how could they pa.s.s up on the opportunity to mock them now that the chance was presented to them?
"First High School has all-rounded straight-A students like Wen Yongwei, but Second High School only has strange students. No wonder even their school is called second and not the first!"
"How could someone who keeps scoring zero even think about skipping a grade and getting promoted to third grade? Does she even want to take the college entrance exam? She is clearly taking the back door. Has she even paid her way into getting a placement at a university?"
"Second High School is so unfair. What is the princ.i.p.al doing?"
"He must have made the test easy for s.h.i.+ Jin. If s.h.i.+ Jin manages to pa.s.s the test and gets promoted to the third grade, I will lodge a complaint about this!"
"First High School probably feels threatened by Wen Yongwei from Second High School, so they are allowing s.h.i.+ Jin to get promoted!"
The test paper was brought over to s.h.i.+ Jin amid the furor.
Princ.i.p.al Lu came over with the third year English teacher, Miss Ji.
Miss Ji was very young and had just come home from studying abroad, so she was very modern. She had big wavy hair and was gorgeous.
She was all praise for s.h.i.+ Jin, unlike s.h.i.+ Dawei. The moment she saw s.h.i.+ Jin, she was impressed by her. She swiftly said, "Just take the exam. You can join my cla.s.s once you pa.s.s."
She taught a third grade A cla.s.s and it couldn"t compare to s.h.i.+ Jin"s current B grade cla.s.s.
s.h.i.+ Jin smiled and took the test paper.
All the test papers were sealed and the exam hall was under surveillance.
Every year, some students from Second High School would apply to skip a grade, so the school was very systematic about it.
After s.h.i.+ Jin took a seat, she reached her hand out for the paper and started to write on it.
Yao Jiahong waited outside. Although he found it risky for s.h.i.+ Jin to skip a grade, he did not object.
After working with s.h.i.+ Jin for some time, he was accustomed to trusting every word she said, even if they sometimes sounded unbelievable.
He did not want to ever see the look of disappointment in s.h.i.+ Jin"s eyes or feel guilty about not trusting her.
The first paper was English and it was scheduled for two hours, but s.h.i.+ Jin completed it in just one hour.
Miss Ji looked at s.h.i.+ Jin as though this genius was already in her cla.s.s.
Princ.i.p.al Lu was startled. "Are you done already?"
"Uh huh." s.h.i.+ Jin nodded. "Why don"t I go ahead and do the rest of the subjects earlier?"
There were a total of four papers. These consisted of English, Chinese, Math, and Science.
The papers were expected to be taken over two days.
Princ.i.p.al Lu discussed it with the other teachers and decided to let s.h.i.+ Jin take them today since it was just her taking the test and no other students were involved.
s.h.i.+ Jin proceeded to finish the rest of the papers.
Yao Jiahong waited until 12:00 pm, but s.h.i.+ Jin did not show up, so he stood up and looked in the direction of the exam hall anxiously.
Since the paper was two hours long, she ought to be out by now. Had something happened to s.h.i.+ Jin?
He quickly thought about how to handle the situation with a worried look on his face. He was determined to keep s.h.i.+ Jin out of trouble.
The moment s.h.i.+ Jin walked out, Yao Jiahong stood up immediately and looked at her happily before he started looking worried.
"s.h.i.+ Jin, are you hungry? What would you like for lunch? Let"s go have something nice!"
"Do you have to look so nervous?" s.h.i.+ Jin looked at him quizzically.
"Am I?" Yao Jiahong did not feel he was nervous. He was simply trying to take good care of s.h.i.+ Jin. Also, if she failed to do well, she could still try again, so not all was lost.
s.h.i.+ Jin stretched lazily before she said, "Let"s go. What do you feel like eating? It"s on me."
Yao Jiahong nodded. "Yes, we should give ourselves a treat. I have booked a hotel room for you so that you can rest after lunch. That way, you will be ready for your Math paper in the afternoon. Oh yes. Gu Qinghua sent us some exam tips. Although it might be a little too late, you should have a look at them tonight. It beats going in for the exam completely unprepared."
"I have already finished everything."
"What?"
"I said I have already finished all four papers. The teachers are probably marking them as we speak."
s.h.i.+ Jin went forward as she spoke. "I will pick up my things from cla.s.s in the afternoon."
Although she had only spent a few days in cla.s.s, there was a lot of studying material at her desk, so she had to go back for them.
Yao Jiahong was briefly stunned before he quickly followed behind her.
***
Miss Ji pulled out s.h.i.+ Jin"s English paper.
She inexplicably trusted s.h.i.+ Jin"s ability and had a feeling that s.h.i.+ Jin would definitely do well.
After quickly going over s.h.i.+ Jin"s exam paper, she saw that all the answers were neatly written in English calligraphy and promptly left a good impression on her.
She sighed as she quickly went through the answers and marked them with a red pen rapidly.
"Princ.i.p.al Lu, you promised that if s.h.i.+ Jin meets the requirements, s.h.i.+ Jin can join my cla.s.s!"
Princ.i.p.al Lu smiled genially. "Of course, no problem at all!"
***
s.h.i.+ Jin came back to her desk to pack up before lunch break was over.
She deliberately picked lunchtime so as not to disturb the students" studies. However, the moment she showed up, the students who were chatting in small groups, or doing homework swiftly raised their heads and looked at her.
The students from the other cla.s.ses came over to watch. Some people even climbed into the cla.s.s through the window.