Qi Yao soon received a notice from the department head.

Ask him to go to the office on Friday to be supervised by the department head and Principal Min.

The exam content is the spare paper of last year's freshman final exam.

This set of backup papers has never been made public. The difficulty level is the same as the final paper, but the questions are different.

"Friday..."

Qi Yao murmured, then realized, isn't it tomorrow morning?

He had originally wanted to stay up all night and have a good sleep tomorrow morning, but now it seems that in order to keep a clear mind tomorrow, he has to go to bed early.

So he studied hard until eleven o'clock, took a shower and went to bed.

The next morning.

The three of them all had classes, so they decided to go to the cafeteria to have breakfast together.

Knowing that Qi Yao had an exam today, Huang Haoxuan specially bought him a fried dough stick and two big meat buns.

Qi Yao: ???

Huang Haoxuan chuckled, "When I was taking exams before, my mom would buy me a fried dough stick and two big meat buns, meaning 100 points! You had to eat them all! There's something mysterious about it that you have to believe!"

Qi Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still exchanged the breakfast he bought with Huang Haoxuan. He finished it in a few bites, took a glass of milk and went to take the exam.

At noon, Principal Min and the department head invited Qi Yao to have lunch together.

At around 3:30 in the afternoon, Qi Yao finally finished all the exams.

The teachers gathered together and marked the test papers in front of Principal Min and Qi Yao.

Final result: A+ across the board.

The department head adjusted his glasses and looked at Qi Yao: "Student Qi Yao, congratulations, you have indeed mastered the freshman course content and completed the final exam with flying colors. However, whether you can skip a grade is something we need to discuss further."

Qi Yao didn't understand: "If I have already mastered this part of knowledge, wouldn't it be a waste of time to repeatedly study what I have already mastered?"

The department head glanced at Principal Min with embarrassment: "Principal Min, our school's assessment of students' academic performance is primarily based on credits. Qi Yao's grades are indeed impressive, but this only means that he has earned credits for his grades. He hasn't earned credits for class hours, meaning he hasn't met the required attendance rate for each course. For these credits..."

Principal Min waved his hand and looked at Qi Yao: "Go back first, we will discuss it and give you a reply before next Tuesday."

Qi Yao was helpless: "Okay. Thank you to the principal and the department head for giving me the opportunity to take the exam. I'll go back first."

After Qi Yao left.

Principal Min looked at the department head and earnestly taught him, "You only see his excellent grades on the test paper, but ignore the hard work behind it.

I heard that during the summer between his junior year and freshman year, he took over the freshman textbooks from a senior in the same department and studied them in advance. He also studied very hard during normal times. If you add up all those study times, he's much better than those students who have a high attendance rate but terrible grades...

Qi Yao is a direct doctoral student, and his learning ability and IQ are unquestionable. Our school aims to cultivate talents, and talents all have their own special qualities, which is something we should be tolerant of..."

…

Qi Yao returned to the dormitory, feeling listless.

If he gets A+ in all subjects and still can't skip a grade, he will be really frustrated.

Wang Fei saw that he was listless, so he asked him, "Big Chess Piece, what's wrong with you? Didn't your exam go well today?"

Huang Haoxuan had wanted to ask this for a long time.

But he was also afraid that if things really didn't go well, wouldn't this question be like poking fun at the big chess piece?

He knows too well the feeling of failing an exam and still being chased by others to ask about your grades.

Qi Yao told the story again.

Huang Haoxuan: “…” Okay, he was overthinking it again.

Upon hearing this, Wang Fei immediately revealed a strange smile, like a fox calculating something, but the words he spoke were a genuine concern for his brother: "Big Chess Piece, I see you've been too busy lately, and Senior Sister Yu and the others are also very busy. How about we go to your hot spring hotel this weekend to relax, what do you think?"

Qi Yao agreed immediately: "No problem."

But he remembered Yu Wanqiao's period and wondered if it was over.

So he added: "I'll send a message to ask the senior sister."

Wang Fei and Huang Haoxuan looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Husband: [Senior, is it convenient for you to go to the hot springs this weekend?]

Cycling senior: [That's convenient. Want to go?]

Husband: [Can you ask Senior Sisters Hu and An if they have time?]

Cycling senior: [Let me ask]

Cycling senior: [Yes, but they want to go on Saturday and stay overnight. A standard room would be small for the three of us, so are there any small suites or something like that?]

Husband: [Yes, I'll ask them to arrange it and get back to you later]

Cycling senior: [OK]

Qi Yao immediately looked at Wang Fei and Huang Haoxuan: "They said they want to go there on Saturday morning and stay overnight. How about we get two small suites, one for the boys and one for the girls?"

Looking at Qi Yao asking for their opinions with an innocent look on his face.

Wang Fei and Huang Haoxuan thought about all the sad things in their lives.

They didn't laugh, but nodded in unison: "Okay!"

Qi Yao called the hotel manager to inquire.

Weekends have always been the peak time for hotels, but fortunately Qi Xixing reserved an executive suite for himself, the kind with two bedrooms and a living room. Because Qi Xixing has been busy with the affairs of the Zhenglan Group recently, the suite has been cleaned but has not been open to the public.

Qi Yao: "Sure!"

After arranging these, Qi Yao informed his friends.

Wang Fei and Huang Haoxuan each prepared a backpack and rode a bicycle from Gulou Campus back to Tangquan Town.

They said they would contact Green Bubble tomorrow morning and then they would ride their bikes up the mountain.

Qi Yao was going back to Lan Palace and had agreed to give them a ride, but the two of them were still excited about their bicycles and insisted on riding all the way back, so Qi Yao had no choice but to drive back to Lan Palace first.

In the evening, he had dinner with his grandfather, father and mother, played chess with his grandfather, watched TV with his mother, and chatted with the whole family. After a happy gathering, he also told them about his desire to skip a grade and take the exam.

Qi Zheng knew his grandson was doing so well, getting A+s in all subjects. He immediately called Principal Min to ask what he meant. He asked him how many freshmen had higher scores than his grandson last year, and whether all those who failed to score higher than his grandson had to repeat the grade. Otherwise, how could others who failed to score higher than Qi Yao be promoted to sophomore, while Qi Yao passed and still didn't get promoted?

Principal Min received this call in the middle of the night and had to explain to Qi Zheng with great difficulty that he was not the only one who had the final say in the school and that he had to respect the opinions of all the teachers in the department.

Qi Zheng didn't listen to that at all and just asked, "Are you the principal or are they the principal?

If you can't even make a decision as a principal, what kind of principal are you?

Let the department head be the principal!

I'll call Director Zhao of the Education Bureau and Mayor Zou to ask..."

Principal Min blurted out, "Oh, don't worry, Qi Yao will definitely be able to skip a grade. We've already discussed it, and the department head is writing a written report. Qi Yao must be very outstanding, don't worry! He will come back next Monday and go directly to the sophomore class!"