Qi Xueer and two other girls were arguing so fiercely that they woke up people in several nearby rooms, including Xia Qingqing and Ding Miao.

Hearing their argument, Ding Miao felt somewhat fortunate that she hadn't compromised yesterday; otherwise, she might have been the one arguing with Qi Xue'er today.

With exams just around the corner, Xia Qingqing and the other two had no time to deal with their argument.

The three of them left the guesthouse in tacit agreement and headed towards the state-run restaurant.

When I arrived at the state-run restaurant, I ran into Song Ze who was coming out of it.

Song Ze's eyes lit up when he saw Xia Qingqing. He dashed over to her and presented her with the breakfast like a precious treasure.

"Qingqing, I bought you breakfast and was just about to bring it to you."

Song Ze's considerate behavior left Liang Shuang stunned; it really was a case of one thing subduing another.

She couldn't help but wink at Xia Qingqing and said, "People with partners are so lucky. Unlike us, we have to buy our own breakfast."

Xia Qingqing took the breakfast that Song Ze handed her and waved it at the two of them: "I'm so envious. If you're so envious, you should find a partner too."

The two went to the window to buy breakfast, and Xia Qingqing pulled Song Ze aside to chat: "Aze, did you sleep well last night?"

She was a little worried that Song Ze was too nervous and couldn't sleep.

"Are you alright? Did you sleep well? Is the guesthouse cold?" Song Ze asked with concern.

He didn't sleep very well last night, and he wasn't worried about whether he could get into university, since he didn't need to worry about his future regardless of whether he went to university or not.

But Qingqing is a really good student, and he is worried that if Qingqing gets into university but he doesn't, she will look down on him.

Yesterday, Song Ze wanted to go to the guesthouse to find Xia Qingqing, but Xia Qingqing refused.

Now that she has already teamed up with Liang Shuang and Ding Miao, it's not appropriate to always have Song Ze follow along, as it would make everyone feel uncomfortable.

Xia Qingqing chatted with Song Ze while eating steamed buns. Just as she finished her buns, Liang Shuang and the other person came out after buying breakfast.

The group headed towards the exam location.

......

The first exam in the morning was Chinese. The exam went smoothly, and the questions were only considered easy for Xia Qingqing.

However, she was not careless and put a lot of effort into the essay, checking the test paper twice after finishing it.

Xia Qingqing was the first to walk out of the examination room, and when she came out, she saw many relatives of the candidates waiting outside.

Xia Heping and Zhang Hongyan originally wanted to accompany her to the exam, but it was too much trouble, so she declined.

She waited outside the examination room for a while. Song Ze and Liang Shuang came out, but Ding Miao was nowhere to be seen.

Xia Qingqing asked Song Ze to go to the state-run restaurant to order food first, while she and Liang Shuang continued to wait for Ding Miao.

It wasn't until almost everyone at the school had left that they saw Ding Miao helping Qi Xue'er out.

Qi Xue'er leaned against Ding Miao, looking fragile, sobbing and wiping away tears.

"What's wrong?" Xia Qingqing raised an eyebrow and asked in confusion.

Ding Miao said with a hint of helplessness, "My sister-in-law has a cold and fever. I need to take her to the hospital now. Qingqing, could you go eat and bring me two meals?"

“Okay, then you guys go ahead,” Xia Qingqing readily agreed.

They must have caught a cold while sleeping last night. The blankets in that room weren't very big to begin with, so it's easy for three people to catch a cold when they're all huddled together.

Qi Xue'er felt dizzy and couldn't stop crying. She really regretted it. Why did she pity those two girls yesterday? If she had slept alone, none of this would have happened.

During the exam, her mind was foggy, like a lump of mush. She managed to finish the essay, but she didn't even know what she had written.

Xia Qingqing pulled Liang Shuang toward the state-run restaurant, shaking her head and sighing, "Sigh, it's just bad luck that she got sick at this time. I told her yesterday not to skimp on money at such an important time, but she just couldn't understand."

Although Qi Xueer and Liang Shuang were both educated youth in Shihe Brigade, Qi Xueer had already married Ding Caijun when Liang Shuang went to the countryside, so the two of them were not actually familiar with each other.

At noon, Ding Miao accompanied Qi Xue'er to the hospital. The doctor gave her an injection, which barely brought down her fever. In the afternoon, Qi Xue'er insisted on taking the exam despite being sick, as she was unwilling to give up like that.

In the afternoon, liberal arts students will take history and geography exams, while science students will take physics and chemistry exams.

After receiving the test paper, Xia Qingqing glanced through it and found that the questions were still not very difficult; they were all ones she had reviewed.

She was working so fast, her pen was constantly scribbling away without pausing to think, that even the proctor couldn't help but stop and take a second look when he walked up to her.

That night, the two girls ultimately did not stay with Qi Xue'er.

The three of them had such a fierce argument in the morning that neither of them agreed to move out. When they came back in the evening and heard that Qi Xue'er had a cold and fever, they quickly packed their things and left, afraid of getting infected if they stayed with her for even a second longer.

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The two-day exam ended quickly.

"Finally finished the exams, I'm free!" Xia Qingqing exhaled a deep breath and said happily.

"Qingqing," Song Ze looked at Xia Qingqing with some hesitation, his expression slightly disappointed.

"You don't seem very happy. Did you not do well on the exam?"

Faced with Xia Qingqing's question, Song Ze nodded somewhat awkwardly: "I didn't know how to answer many of the questions during the exam."

He found the exam questions these past two days quite difficult, and he couldn't answer many of them. He felt that he was probably destined to miss out on university.

Xia Qingqing's heart skipped a beat, and she asked somewhat seriously, "Have you finished all the questions?"

"Yes, it's all done," Song Ze nodded quickly.

Before the exam, Xia Qingqing repeatedly told him that no matter whether he knew the answer or not, he must not leave any questions blank, so he tried his best to fill in all the questions, regardless of whether he knew the answer or not.

Xia Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief; as long as all the questions were filled in, everything would be fine.

She reached out and pinched Song Ze's fair cheek, saying, "Anyway, the exam is over. Worrying now won't change the outcome, so don't think about the exam anymore."

During this period of tutoring, Song Ze's overall level has improved significantly. He can now score around 220 to 250 on a 400-point test, depending on his performance.

The cutoff scores for the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination were not high. A score of around 200 was enough to get into university, and even if you didn't get in, you could still go to a junior college or vocational school.

It wasn't until after the exam that Xia Qingqing realized she had taken the college entrance exam a little too seriously; the questions were surprisingly easy.

To be confident, she's definitely going to Peking University this time.

Song Ze stared intently at Xia Qingqing and asked in a low voice, "If I don't get into university, will Qingqing look down on me?"

"Are you stupid? You're so beautiful, how could I bear to dislike you?" Xia Qingqing gave Song Ze a sweet smile.