“Ding ding ding…” The urgent bell rang through the campus of Yian District No. 1 High School. Parents who had been waiting outside the exam halls, some sitting on the grass and others along the roadside, immediately stood up and looked through the school fence into the campus.
Crowds of students were pouring out of the exam halls.
The 2056 Jiangnan City college entrance examination had officially ended.
All that remained for the candidates was to wait one week for their results.
“Haobai.” A slightly balding, refined middle aged man stood at the school gate and called out with a smile to his son who was walking out of the exam hall.
“Dad.” Zhang Haobai walked over with a smile.
“How did it go?” the middle aged man asked with a smile.
Zhang Haobai shook his head helplessly. “It was just average this time, but the math paper was really hard. From multiple choice and fill in the blanks to the big calculation problems, there were many difficult questions. Especially the calculation problems. There were five big calculation questions, I only managed to fully solve two of them. For the other three, I could only complete part of them and write down the steps for partial marks. I should still get some points.”
In math, the big questions were graded step by step.
“Oh?” Zhang Haobai’s father, Zhang Zelong, frowned. “It looks like your math score will be quite low this time.”
“It is fine, Dad. If it was hard, it was hard for everyone, not just me.” Zhang Haobai smiled. “Since the exam was difficult, the cutoff for undergraduates will definitely be lower. Getting into a military academy should not be a problem for me.”
“Oh right.”
Zhang Zelong smiled and said, “Earlier when we were waiting outside, we heard something. That very famous student in your school called Luo Feng actually fainted in the exam hall about an hour before the exam ended.”
“Fainted in the exam hall?” Zhang Haobai widened his eyes. “Dad, you mean Luo Feng?”
“Yes. He was taken away by ambulance. Many people saw it.” Zhang Zelong nodded. “Listen, many parents around us are talking about it with their children.”
“Luo Feng fainted?”
Zhang Haobai looked around and listened carefully. As expected, many parents and students were talking about a candidate who fainted in the exam hall, and he clearly heard the name Luo Feng mentioned many times.
“Haha, that poor kid has come to this day too. Haha.” Zhang Haobai could not help laughing.
“Dad, you do not know. This guy used to cause me trouble all the time at school,” Zhang Haobai said angrily. “He relied on being stronger than me and always suppressed me. He has finally had his day.” Zhang Haobai felt extremely satisfied.
In reality, Luo Feng had never bothered with him. It was Zhang Haobai who always treated Luo Feng as a rival. Luo Feng surpassed him in both academic performance and strength, which made him feel uncomfortable.
“Haha, these young kids have not seen much of the world. Too much psychological pressure and they collapse. Forget about him. Let’s go. Your uncle has already booked a banquet to celebrate your exam being over.” Zhang Zelong laughed.
“Uncle?” Zhang Haobai’s eyes lit up.
The reason the Zhang family was considered wealthy in Yian District was because of his uncle, because his uncle was a martial artist.
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“It is impossible, absolutely impossible!”
As soon as Wei Wen left the exam hall, he became agitated in front of his parents. “How could Ah Feng faint in the exam hall? Impossible. Not to mention anything else, his mental strength is so strong that even the instructors at the Extreme Martial Hall have praised him.”
Wei Wen and Luo Feng were not biological brothers, but they were closer than brothers.
“Ah Wen, how could this be fake? We saw it with our own eyes. Luo Feng’s father and his younger brother in a wheelchair were both rushing to the hospital in panic,” Wei Wen’s father said.
“The hospital? It should be the nearest hospital. Dad, Mom, I am going to see Wei Wen first. I will eat lunch later.”
Without waiting any longer, Wei Wen handed his exam materials to his parents and ran toward the hospital.
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Yian District People’s Hospital.
Luo Feng forced a smile as he accompanied his father and younger brother out of the hospital lobby. Luo Hongguo and Luo Hua were both worried that Luo Feng had been hit too hard mentally.
“Dad, I am fine. Let’s go home and eat.” Luo Feng tried to appear calm. Although he felt some unwillingness inside, he knew that what had happened could not be changed, and all he could do was accept it.
“Ah Feng, Ah Feng.” A voice came from afar.
Luo Feng looked up and saw a figure running toward the hospital entrance. It was his close friend Wei Wen.
Seeing Wei Wen rushing over with his clothes soaked in sweat, Luo Feng felt moved. Then he suddenly asked, “Ah Wen, how difficult were the last three math calculation problems?” He had not managed to do the last three at all. If those questions were very difficult and most people could not solve them either, then his results might still have a chance.
“They were quite difficult,” Wei Wen nodded. “This year’s math paper was very hard. Out of the five calculation problems, only the third one was slightly easier. The other four were all very difficult.”
“That is good.” Luo Feng quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
He still had a small chance…
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On the evening of June 16th after the college entrance exam, at 8 pm, students could check their results by phone or internet, and the undergraduate cutoff score would also be released.
At around 7 pm on June 16th.
Inside Luo Feng’s home, in the shared room of Luo Feng and Luo Hua, only Luo Feng was present. He sat in front of his laptop, repeatedly refreshing the webpage. The results were said to be available at 8 pm, but they usually appeared a bit earlier.
“This time, I probably cannot get into Jiangnan First Military Academy.”
“However, for the math paper, I completed the multiple choice, fill in the blanks, and the first two calculation problems. Although I did not fully complete the second one, I still wrote down many steps. With step scoring, I should still get some marks,” Luo Feng thought.
“If I am lucky, I might get over 120 in math.”
“In literature and science exams, I performed normally. If I am lucky, I should be able to reach the undergraduate cutoff.”
“As long as I reach the undergraduate line, I can go to the Second Military Academy.”
The First Military Academy was better, but required very high scores. Luo Feng had already given up hope on that.
However, the Second Military Academy still had a slight chance based on his estimates.
“Hm?” Luo Feng’s eyes lit up.
The exam results page had finally loaded.
“Please, just let me pass the undergraduate line. As long as I pass, I can enter the Second Military Academy.” Luo Feng felt nervous as he entered his name, ID number, and exam number, then clicked “Search”.
Flash.
The laptop screen flickered and a table appeared.
Candidate: Luo Feng
Gender: Male
ID number: 426123203806083211
Exam number: 5878643567890766
Literature: 216
Science: 223
Math: 118
Total score: 557
Undergraduate cutoff: 561