The road leading to the examination site had long been closed off, and private cars were not allowed to drive in. Huo Xuanxi, feeling uneasy, put his backpack on Tongsu's back. If the girl hadn't firmly refused, he would have ridden his bicycle to take her to the school gate.

Tong Su exclaimed: This is so damn embarrassing!

"I don't want to. I can go by myself. You can wait for me at home. You don't need to come with me. It's so hot outside. There are fans in the classroom, but you don't even have a place to cool off."

"I want to be with you." His voice was calm, his expression was calm, but his tone was firm to the core, and his eyes were like a deep pool of water, reserved yet intense. "I want to be closer to you, and spend time with you."

For two consecutive days of exams, he stayed at the school gate, quietly accompanying her regardless of the scorching heat or blazing sun.

The dignified head of the Huo family and president of the Huo Group wore sunglasses to cover his face, dressed in an inconspicuous shirt, fanned himself with a newspaper in one hand, held a mineral water bottle in the other, and had Tiger Balm and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water in his pocket.

They were no different from the elderly people waiting for their children nearby.

None of the Huo family members were willing to wait with him.

That's so cheap!

The parents standing nearby had no idea that this seemingly unremarkable man was the formidable president of the powerful Huo Group.

They treated him like an ordinary parent and asked curiously, "Who are you waiting for? Your child? You look very young, not like someone who has had a child."

Huo Xuanxi said, "I'm not married yet! I'm waiting for my little girl."

"Is this your sister? Then she must be a very good student. Which high school does she go to? Is she studying humanities or sciences? Where does she plan to go to university? What major does she plan to study?"

Huo Xuanxi took the compliments seriously and said proudly, "Of course she's good at studying! No matter who else is better, she's definitely number one! She can go wherever she wants and study whatever she wants, as long as she's happy!"

"Fine, their family is well-off, so they don't value studying."

Most people found his answer uninteresting and didn't want to talk to him anymore, though some did. The media reporters, seeing that he was tall, had long legs, and was quite handsome, raised their cameras and started snapping away.

"At 9:00 AM on June 7th, accompanied by a crisp bell ringing, the first exam of the 2011 National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao), Chinese Language, began. Anxious parents waited outside the examination hall. Our reporter photographed an ordinary parent holding bottled water and Huoxiang Zhengqi Water (a traditional Chinese medicine for heatstroke), waiting for his younger sister to take the exam."

After the newspaper was printed, the subordinates found the "ordinary parent" increasingly familiar, and nervously delivered it to Fifth Master and Vice President Lin, who were both laughing hysterically.

"Hahaha, just an ordinary parent! This description is great! Give the editor a bonus!"

After leaving the examination hall, Tongsu saw the newspaper and was both amused and exasperated.

But Huo Xuanxi thought the photo made him look quite handsome, so he called someone to get the negatives from the newspaper, developed one, and hung it openly on the wall.

"Aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

Tong Su smiled, her eyes narrowing.

After the exams, it was her birthday. Huo Xuanxi threw her a grand and lavish birthday banquet, inviting only familiar people and no outsiders were allowed to enter.

Professor Tang and his wife, Si Muxia, and King Mu received her sincere blessings. King Mu even went on stage to sing her a birthday song. Tong Su and Si Muxia excitedly hugged each other and screamed.

Huo Xuanxi, feeling jealous, drank alone in silence.