Chapter 77 I did it myself

They conducted a grand assessment, but then secretly provided the answers.

Yao Fanghua held the answer key and sneered. What a clever way to win people over! Everyone must have gone from initial resentment and discontent to being incredibly grateful. Yao Fanghua had no doubt that everyone already had a copy of the answer key.

Besides winning people over, Shen Jiao's other, and perhaps most important, goal was to get her ranked last in the exam. Everyone else got high scores, even perfect scores, except for her. Yao Fanghua thought to herself that it would be best if she ranked last, as that would best suit Shen Jiao's wishes.

Yao Fanghua carefully memorized the answers, then took out a match and burned them.

The quality control technicians have been working as usual these past two days, occasionally chatting about the exam. They all pretended not to know anything about the answers and remained silent. Their conversations were filled with worry.

The third day was the weekend, and Yao Fanghua set off for Peking University early in the morning. In this freezing weather, riding fast was a nightmare, and riding slowly was also a nightmare. No wonder Wu Peng kept talking about cars.

Just then, a car drove past her. Through the half-open window, Shen Jiao turned her head and smiled slightly at Yao Fanghua.

Shen Jiao was triumphant, having finally gotten revenge for Yao Fanghua's ambush in Shenzhen when she got into a car and drove off.

Yao Fanghua cursed, "What an idiot! Opening half a window in this freezing weather? Are you crazy? It's summer, isn't it?"

As expected of the best university in Beijing, it's huge. Since entering the campus, Yao Fanghua had already asked two people for directions. When they passed a lake, the surface of which was frozen, Yao Fanghua glanced at it and suddenly stopped the car.

There's a bridge in sight, its shape is very familiar. Looking further behind the bridge, there's a small hill in the distance. The hill is low, but its shape is very familiar. If you zoom in on the hill... isn't that the one in that picture?!

The majestic mountains in the picture are actually magnified!

I really wish I could bulge my eyes closer so I could see things clearly.

Yao Fanghua looked at it repeatedly, comparing it with her memory, and her heart pounded harder with each comparison. Wu Peng's grandfather was supposedly a university professor.

Li Lian and Guo Xiaojuan rode up side by side on their bicycles. "Director Yao, why aren't you moving? Is your bike broken?"

Yao Fanghua: "The road was icy and slippery just now, so I got off and pushed it around for a while."

Li Lian: "Let's ride slower, the road surface is really frozen hard."

The three of them headed towards the teaching building together.

When she received the exam paper, Yao Fanghua was still somewhat absent-minded.

The proctor was actually a staff member of Peking University; Shen Jiao really put on a good show.

The answers are indeed true. They're mostly correct, except for two questions. It's unclear whether the answers were intentionally wrong, or if Shen Jiao simply couldn't find the correct answers in the book.

Now that she had confirmed Shen Jiao's scheme, Yao Fanghua picked up her pen, got up, and left.

Seeing Yao Fanghua hand in her paper, Zhang Hua couldn't sit still any longer. He immediately followed Yao Fanghua and handed in his paper as well, giving her a meaningful smile.

Immediately afterwards, everyone handed in their papers. Except for Zhang Daqu.

Zhang Daqu frowned, looking at one question, unable to answer it; looking at the next, still unable to answer it; after five or six questions, he breathed a sigh of relief, finally finding one he knew how to answer. He concentrated intently on the question, and when he heard a noise and looked up, he was dumbfounded to find everyone handing in their papers.

Has everyone finished? Has his skill level really gotten that bad? Although he's not on par with Director Yao, he should be above the others, right? Or has everyone improved without us even realizing it? Zhang Daqu's brows furrowed tightly.

Li Lian and Guo Xiaojuan discussed that they should take a stroll around Peking University before going back, and the others did the same. Since they were already there, they decided to treat it as a sightseeing trip.

Yao Fanghua distanced herself from the others and rode slowly along the lake. Her mind was preoccupied with where Wu Peng was and how to contact him to tell him to come back immediately. Yao Fanghua thought, "If only we had the wireless communication device Jiang Wei mentioned—the kind that can be carried around and receive calls, or even something like a telegraph machine to receive messages." She had to admit, this industry might actually be quite promising.

Wu Peng said it would take them eight or nine days to drive back to Shenzhen, and it's only been three days now. Once he arrives, he'll have to buy a train ticket to return, which will take several more days, causing too much delay.

Wu Peng was also keeping track of the time. He figured Yao Fanghua should have finished her exams by now, and he'd go to Factory Director Yu's office that afternoon to ask for leave. If all went smoothly, he could get on the bus tomorrow. He needed to drive fast, hoping to get to Shenzhen with Hua Hua at the same time and give her a surprise. He and Yang Liu took turns driving, wishing they could drive day and night. Yang Liu was terrified. Looking at Wu Peng and his own dark circles, he trembled with fear, afraid that either of them would get confused and drive the car into a ditch. Every night, Yang Liu would beg Wu Peng to go to sleep. He had so much youth, so much money, and two girls waiting for him to come back—he didn't want to die!

"You're really something!" Wu Peng was also tired and had no choice but to slow down the process.

Wu Peng has only been on his journey for a little over two days. Waiting for him would be too much of a waste of time, and who knows if someone else has already beaten him to it? What if someone else gets there first in just a few days? This kind of thing can't wait; if you wait, you'll regret it for the rest of your life! Wu Peng is right; they are husband and wife, what's his is hers. Yao Fanghua decided to do it herself.

Yao Fanghua rode her bicycle around the lake and calmly circled the hillside.

There is a statue on the hillside, and a stone tablet stands next to it.

Yao Fanghua examined the stone tablet from beginning to end, then looked at the bridge and the hill, and realized that Old Master Wu had buried the items in someone else's cenotaph. How clever! It's fortunate it was just a cenotaph.

After finding a suitable location for the hill, Yao Fanghua wandered around the outer wall of the hill, exited the school gate, and then circled around the outer wall again.

In the afternoon, as planned, she went to Director Yu's house to ask for leave. She clutched her chest and half-jokingly told him that she had chest pain, dizziness, and no energy.

Yu Jun frowned, surprisingly sharing the same thought as his wife beside him. Little Yao was really angry; he hoped she wouldn't do anything rash.

Mrs. Yu comforted her, "Little Yao, your health is the most important thing."

Yao Fanghua nodded, thanked Madam Yu, and said, "Factory Director, the washing machine production is on track, so it doesn't matter whether I'm here or not. Once I recover, I can better dedicate myself to my work."

Madam Yu nudged Yu Jun, saying, "He's sick, it's just a matter of asking for leave, what's there to hesitate about?"

Yu Jun glared at his wife. He said to Yao Fanghua, "There are plenty of good hospitals in Beijing. It would be better to rest at home for a few days. Why do you have to go to Shenzhen?" He was worried about Yao going to Shenzhen. It wasn't that he didn't want to give her leave; he was afraid that she would be fooled by that old man, Ma Xintao.

Yao Fanghua seemed a little embarrassed and said, "My boyfriend is over there. We only see each other twice a year. I'll go see him and clear my head. The doctor said that I have emotional distress and that going out for a walk might help. If it doesn't, I'll go somewhere else for a walk. He said that my illness can't be cured by just taking medicine."

Look at how badly they've bullied people! Mrs. Yu, bursting with a sense of justice, shoved Yu Jun hard. "What's wrong with the young couple getting together? Are they holding grudges? This illness can be serious or minor. There are so many people who suffer from depression, and some even die from it."

Yu Jun glared at his wife, thinking, "She talks too much and just makes things worse."

Production is indeed going smoothly now. Yao Fanghua has really been wronged. Shen Jiao's matter is too disgusting. Even if you just randomly brought in someone else, even if they didn't know anything, I guess Yao wouldn't have to go through this.

Yu Jun sighed, "Isn't a month too long?"

"The doctor said that it should take at least a month, but it depends on the recovery. It would be best to rest for a few more months."

Yu Jun: ...