On July 6th, Jiang Xiaoli accompanied Zong Jia to visit the examination venue.

Jiang Xiaoli kept fanning herself with her hand, saying, "It's been so hot these past few days!"

Zong Jiayu looked at the blazing sun and felt a pang of sympathy. "Wait here, I'll go buy you an iced soda."

Jiang Xiaoli grabbed him and said, "Let's check the exam room first, we can talk about the rest later!"

Zong Jia quickly located the exam room and the restroom, then led her out of the exam hall.

After leaving the school, Jiang Xiaoli took Zong Jiayu to the hotel she had booked in advance.

Zong Jiayu smiled and said, "No need to book a hotel, I can drive."

Jiang Xiaoli tapped his head, "Are you out of your mind because of the heat? It's so hot, and you only have a short lunch break. Why are you still running around like this? Do you expect me and Mom to wait outside in the scorching sun while we bring you food?"

Zong Jia compromised, saying, "I'll just eat at the hotel since I've booked one."

She patted him on the shoulder, "Don't try to refuse a worried old mother!"

Zong Jiayu seemed to have thought of something, and after a two-second silence, he said, "Okay."

After showing Zong Jia around the hotel, the two of them went home.

When they got home, Li Guizhi served them two bowls of mung bean soup, saying, "You two should have a couple of sips to cool off in the heat."

Jiang Xiaoli pouted as she touched the bowl, "Why didn't you put it in the refrigerator to chill it?"

Li Guizhi glanced at her and said, "Xiao Zong, you must be careful about your diet these next two days. It's best to avoid anything cold, spicy, or stimulating. If you accidentally get an upset stomach, that would be terrible!"

Fine, in Ms. Li Guizhi's eyes these past two days, everything has to give way to her precious godson's college entrance examination.

On the morning of the 7th, Zong Jia and Li Guizhi ate a perfect breakfast and took a taxi to No. 3 Middle School.

Yes, Ms. Li Guizhi also rejected the idea of ​​him driving himself.

At 11 a.m., Jiang Xiaoli and her mother took a taxi to a hotel near the examination venue, carrying a huge lunchbox filled with nutritious and varied dishes.

When Zong Jia returned to the hotel and saw the dishes, she couldn't help but ask, "Godmother, Little Pear, haven't you eaten yet?"

Li Guizhi greeted him with a smile, "We've already eaten. This is all for you. Just pick what you like to eat."

Jiang Xiaoli said sourly from the side, "I ate fried rice."

Zong Jia immediately set aside half of the food for her, saying, "I definitely can't finish all of this. Little Pear, please help me finish some so as not to waste it."

She shook her head decisively, "I don't want it, you eat it. You can only be a little emperor for three days."

"Hehe." Zong Jia finished his meal quickly.

Li Guizhi glanced at her watch. "Xiao Zong, take a nap. I'll wake you up later."

"Thank you, godmother."

On July 9th, Zong Jia finished his last exam, and Jiang Xiaoli finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Guizhi chuckled and pinched her smiling face. "What, do you think Mom is too good to Xiao Zong?"

She shook her head. "No, but I strongly demand that I receive the same treatment during my college entrance exam!"

"Haha, okay, okay, no problem. I'll definitely treat my little pear like a princess, alright?" Li Guizhi coaxed her with a smile.

"Hehe, that's more like it!" Now she was very satisfied.

The two waited in the shade for Zong Jia to come out of the examination room, and saw that there were many parents around who had come to pick up their children.

Li Guizhi couldn't help but complain, "Xiao Zong's father is really too much. He doesn't care about such an outstanding son at all!"

Jiang Xiaoli shrugged. "It's not like they only have one son."

Just then, Zong Jia was the first to walk out of the examination room. He raised his hand to refuse the reporters who wanted to interview him for firsthand information and went straight to the mother and daughter.

Li Guizhi smiled and handed over a bottle of water, "Finally finished with the exams, now I'm free!"

Jiang Xiaoli snorted from the side, "From now on, I announce that Director Zong is reinstated!"

"Haha," Li Guizhi laughed at her, "Xiaoyu was absolutely right when she said you're like Zhou Bapi!"

Zong Jiayu took a sip of water and said with a smile, "I haven't been to the factory for more than ten days, and I'm really worried about it."

Jiang Xiaoli asked curiously, "How did you do on the exam?"

Zong Jia nodded to her, "The original plan should be fine."

She gave him a big thumbs up and said, "Future Tsinghua University student, shall we go home now?"

Zong Jia and the others went home, packed some things, and drove directly to the branch factory.

Jiang Xiaoli waited for him to come for dinner for a long time but he never came. She called him and found out that he had already run away.

Zong Jiayu laughed on the phone and said, "I'll go back to fill out my college application in a couple of days."

He returned and filled out his only college application, then took Jiang Xiaoli back to the branch factory.

With Zongjia and Xijing nearing their departure, they are both very concerned about whether Dafu can shoulder the responsibility of factory manager.

For several days, Jiang Xiaoli stayed by Dafu's side, observing how he handled various matters.

At first, Dafu was a little nervous and made mistakes because he was being watched, but he got used to the environment the next day.

Until the end of the month, Li Guizhi called the factory to give them good news, saying that Dafu, the acting factory manager, had been doing a very good job.

She put the phone on speakerphone. "Mom, Zong Jiayu is right next to me. You can speak, he can hear you."

Li Guizhi's excited voice rang out, "Xiao Zong is the top science student in our province! 739 points!"

Jiang Xiaoli excitedly gave Zong Jia a high five, "You're awesome!"

He smiled and nodded, "Thank you, godmother, I understand."

Li Guizhi chatted with the two of them for a few more minutes before hanging up the phone.

Jiang Xiaoli seemed to suddenly remember something, "Wait a minute, you took the exam according to the rules for previous graduates, and you took biology and politics as extra subjects, so how come you only got 739 points?"

Zong Jia chuckled and patted her head. "Of course it's converted according to the standard score. Otherwise, how can we get admitted if the total scores are different?"

"Oh, it's still the same." She just doesn't know!

On August 1st, Zong Jiayu officially announced his resignation as factory director at a factory-wide employee meeting. His successor was the former deputy factory director, Fu Yunliang.

On August 6th, Zong Jiayu received an admission letter from the Computer Science Department of Tsinghua University.

Li Guizhi was overjoyed with the admission notice. "Xiao Zong, you refused all the interviews before. This time, let's invite your teachers and I'll throw you a thank-you banquet."

Zong Jiayu thought about it and still refused, "Godmother, you know I'm repeating a year, and I haven't spent much time at school this year, so let's skip the teacher appreciation banquet and just have a get-together as family."

“Beep beep beep—” Zong Jia’s pager went off, and his face suddenly darkened as he looked at the message.

He told Li Guizhi that he was going to the steamed bun shop and then took his things and prepared to leave.

Jiang Xiaoli chased after him to the door and grabbed him, "What happened to Brother Yuan?"

Zong Jia shook his head. "Don't worry, it's not about Da Yuan and the steamed bun shop. My dad went there to look for them."