The man had a handsome face and looked at Chen Jiayi with a surprised expression.

"Chen Jiayi?"

Chen Jiayi smiled, never expecting that Song Dazhuang was Song Zhiyan.

"Long time no see, I didn't expect you to be the principal now."

Song Zhiyan was unusually at a loss for words, and he awkwardly asked Chen Jiayi and the others to sit down.

Chen Qiming looked at the two of them in surprise.

"You two know each other?"

Chen Jiayi nodded. "Song Zhiyan used to come to our Chenjia Village to do compulsory education."

At that time, she had not yet married Ding Haowen; she was still the daughter of the Chen family.

Chen Qiming felt an indescribable mix of emotions.

It turns out he always gets so close to his daughter...

His eyes welled up with tears. "You guys chat, I'm going to the restroom."

Chen Jiayi stared at Chen Qiming's departing figure, sensing that he was deeply saddened.

She pursed her lips, unsure how to comfort Chen Qiming.

Song Zhiyan stared at Chen Qiming for a moment, then stared at Chen Jiayi for a moment.

"Don't tell me that you are actually the richest man's real daughter."

Song Zhiyan had a slight guess in his mind; he knew that the Chen couple had been searching for their biological daughter.

Chen Qiming went to the mountains to search, while Lan Meixuan searched in the big cities.

The two of them divided the work, earning money while searching for their daughter.

Song Zhiyan still remembered hearing about Chen Jiayi a while ago; she was selling vegetables at a stall to earn money to pay for her husband's tuition.

Chen Jiayi nodded decisively, "That's right, just as you think."

Song Zhiyan was truly shocked.

Unexpectedly, the child from the mountainous area he once taught turned out to be the daughter of the richest man.

The two chatted for a while, catching up on old times, with Song Zhiyan speaking in a serious and earnest tone.

"Private schools are not allowed to exist nowadays, and I generally won't accept people I don't know. If someone I know recommends me, I need to take an entrance exam. You should already know that!"

"Although I was your teacher before, I will not go easy on you just because I was your teacher. If your grades are not up to standard, I will still refuse to let you into my school."

Chen Jiayi said she understood.

The college entrance examination has been abolished, but worker-peasant-soldier universities still exist.

Private schools are not allowed to exist, and even if there are a few private tutors, they are illegal.

Song Zhiyan was taking a risk in accepting students, as he first had to screen out those who did not take the entrance exam seriously.

Chen Jiayi sat quietly on the wooden table, holding a pen in her hand, and carefully looked at the test paper and wrote the exam.

Song Zhiyan did not proctor Chen Jiayi's exam. To avoid suspicion, he took the initiative to find another teacher to proctor Chen Jiayi's exam.

Chen Jiayi was initially a little nervous, but she gradually got into the zone after starting the test.

Before she knew it, Chen Jiayi had finished the exam paper.

She submitted her exam paper to the proctor, who reviewed it and gave her a score.

Looking at her score of 60, Chen Jiayi felt a little uneasy.

"Teacher, did you pass?"

Song Zhiyan happened to walk in. He took the test paper and saw that he only got 60 points.

He paused for a moment, then checked the exam paper again.

The teacher Chen Jiayi asked smiled sheepishly.

"Comrade, our passing score is 65. Sorry..."

Chen Jiayi forced a smile, but she was very disappointed inside.

Anyone who has studied on their own knows the difference between having a teacher and not having one.

Chen Jiayi is not a genius; she tries to learn on her own and often gets stuck.

If someone teaches her, she can save a lot of time.

After the college entrance examination was reinstated in 1977, I could still take the exam.

Now that she hasn't even passed an entrance exam, Chen Jiayi is starting to doubt herself.

Can she really do it?

Chen Jiayi pursed her lips: "Sorry to bother you."

She got up, picked up her things, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment!"

Song Zhiyan quickly stopped her and pointed to a 5-point question on the test paper.

"Teacher Li, you corrected this question incorrectly. The answer is correct, why did you mark it with an X?"

Teacher Li quickly looked down and realized that he had indeed typed it wrong.

He smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, it was my oversight!"

He added those five points in frustration.

"I'm sorry, with these 5 points, you'll just pass and can enroll."

Chen Jiayi stared blankly at Song Zhiyan, then at her father who was waiting at the door.

She smiled brightly and asked again in disbelief.

"Really?"

Song Zhiyan nodded. "Yes, even teachers often get this question wrong. Your answer is correct."

Chen Jiayi's eyes were bright and clear, filled with joy and excitement.

Chen Qiming couldn't help but smile, eagerly anticipating Chen Jiayi's future performance.

...

State-run restaurant.

Shen Jialiang sat there listlessly, feeling somewhat impatient.

Didn't his mom say the family would eat together? It's already one o'clock, why haven't they arrived yet?

He has to do an experiment this afternoon.

Shen Jialiang sat quietly, planning to leave if he didn't arrive soon.

A girl was dressed in fashionable clothes, had curly hair, and wore beautiful makeup.

As soon as she went upstairs, she immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Shen Jialiang glanced at them, and seeing that it wasn't family, he looked away.

When a woman sees her target, she gives a sweet smile.

She walked slowly to Shen Jialiang and sat down opposite him.

Shen Jialiang frowned. "You're in the wrong seat. This is a room I reserved with my family."

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