The national competition adopts a single-competition system: Chinese in the morning of July 1st and physics in the afternoon; mathematics in the morning of July 2nd and chemistry in the afternoon.

The examination venue is the teaching building of this middle school, which is to the west of the dormitory building. To the west of the teaching building is the school-run factory, separated by a fence.

The examination hall was just the three-story building in the middle. The top 10 students from each subject and each province, plus the top 10 from the capital, made a total of 240 students in each subject. There were four classrooms on each floor, with 30 students in each classroom, so two floors were enough.

The seating arrangement sheet for the examination room has been handed over to the teacher in charge, so we don’t have to find our seats ourselves like in the previous two competitions.

Students from Huaixian No. 1 Middle School who participated in the Chinese language competition were Zhou Xiang, Ping Zhengping, Zhang Ning and Zuo Heng.

Ran Qiming showed the table arrangement sheet to four people and asked them to remember their examination room and table number. After entering the examination room, their names would be posted on the upper right corner of the table.

Zhou wanted to see his seat at 8-2-3, the second column and third row of examination room eight on the second floor.

After checking the seats, I waited with everyone not far from the examination room and was only allowed to enter the examination room half an hour before the exam.

Ma Shasha was held back by Wang Lizhu and Wang Liyan. Wang Lizhu earnestly advised, "Cousin, you need to think carefully. What right do you have to question them? If your plan is exposed, will Grandpa be furious? Will the police take you away? Have you considered this?"

Idiot, you actually want to question Zhou Xiang. How? Ask Zhou Xiang why he wasn't bullied? Ask Zhou Xiang why he's still alive and kicking?

Gao Xun has been missing for a night. The teacher in charge has called the police. The school has also blocked all exits. He has been interrogated in the school-run factory and will be interrogated after the students finish their competition.

If it wasn't for the reputation of Grandpa and Dad and Uncle, she wouldn't have stopped them!

Ma Shasha quieted down. Yes! How could she question him? Gao Xun was missing. What did that have to do with Zhou Xiang? They didn't even know each other.

Zhou Xiang saw that although there was no big commotion in the school, there was still a certain different atmosphere!

However, none of this had anything to do with her. She was just taking a walk after dinner.

It was time to enter the examination room. Zhou Xiang went up to the second floor without looking back, found examination room 8, then 2-3, confirmed his name, and sat down.

She didn’t know any of the students who came in one after another, except for one, Shi Le.

Zhang Hong also said that she won first place, so it seems that her academic performance must be very good.

But, his expression didn't look good.

Shi Le paused beside Zhou Xiang and then walked to the back.

There were five rows of desks in the examination room, with six rows in each row, and Shi Le was in the last row of her row.

Five teachers were invigilating the exam. The test papers were handed out and the bell rang. Zhou Xiang opened the test paper and scanned through all the questions. Hmm! The question setter was amazing. They were within the syllabus and still quite difficult!

The title of the composition is "Dream". There are many kinds of dreams, but I don't know what the person who set the topic is looking for.

However, now it is 88 years, and the country is thriving. What we want is definitely not just a dream, but a dream of dreams.

This is easy, just fool people! She is the best at it.

The test paper was folded into four folds and had eight pages. Zhou wanted to answer the questions at his usual speed. He wrote more than a thousand words in the composition before he stopped fooling around. The last paragraph summarized the prospects of the country in the next 20 years.

Hmm! That’s great, it will definitely work.

After checking it once, I raised my hand to hand in the paper, and when I left the examination room, I saw Ran Qiming and the rest of the people looking around.

Zhou Hua saw his sister coming out and waved happily. Zhou Xiang walked over to him and asked, "Why are you waiting here?"

"I'm worried about you, so I might as well wait here and feel at ease."

"Really? Aren't you the ones who are nervous? When did I need anyone to worry about me?"

Zhou Hua rubbed his sister's head and just smiled without saying anything.

Zhou wanted to sit down directly on a protruding rock on the side of the road and wait together!

Bored, he found five equally sized pebbles nearby and called out to Xiao Chunmei, "Xiao Chunmei, come and play pebbles!"

"good!"

Xiao Chunmei agreed without hesitation, as standing there waiting was too impatient. When Li Li saw this, she squatted down and joined in the fun. When they started playing with the pebbles, her nervousness immediately disappeared.

When the bell rang to signal the end of the exam, the three of them looked at the dirt on their fingers and burst out laughing.

Waving to Zhang Ning and Zuo Heng who came out, Zhou Xiang called everyone to the cafeteria, "Let's go to the cafeteria to wash up and then eat directly to avoid the crowds."

The seven people left, leaving Ran Qiming alone waiting for Ping Zhengping.

There were not many people in the cafeteria, so Ji Bin and Zhou Hua quickly took seats. Zhou wanted them to go wash their hands first.

Zhang Ning and Zuo Heng went back to get their lunch boxes.

After the lunch boxes were brought back, Ran Qiming and Ping Zhengping also came. Seeing that Zuo Heng had also brought the lunch boxes for them, their hearts, which had been abandoned just now, warmed up again.

Only Zhou Xiang and Ping Zhengping attended the afternoon physics class. Except for Ran Qiming, no one else went to wait foolishly.

Zhou Xiang still handed in his paper early, said hello to Ran Qiming outside the examination room, and returned to the dormitory.

When she met Ding Hong on the road, she glared at her with red eyes. Zhou wanted to pretend not to see it. She didn't know her, right?

After returning to the dormitory, she was in a good mood and explained two math problems to Li Li and Xiao Chunmei. She summarized the question types based on the two exams.

The other two girls heard but didn't understand because Zhou Xiang spoke in a low voice in Huaixian dialect.

Sure enough, there were these two types of questions in the math league the next day. After leaving the examination room, Li Li hugged Zhou Xiang and jumped for joy.

Zhou Xiang pushed her away and warned her softly, "Don't talk nonsense, or you might be taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives."

Li Li nodded. She understood, so she just jumped and didn't say anything.

Xiao Chunmei took them directly back to the dormitory and looked for the draft paper. Zhou wanted to tell her that she had put it away.

Xiao Chunmei was relieved, but she remembered that every time she finished explaining a question, she would collect the draft paper. It seemed that this was to prevent being criticized.

Only Zhou wanted to take the chemistry exam, so Ran Qiming still went to stand guard outside the examination room.

After two days of exams, when everyone thought they could relax, the police arrived.

Each person was questioned individually. Zhou Xiang looked confused and shook her head, saying she didn't know anyone.

She didn't dare say that she had never heard of the name. Who knew if the girl would reveal that she had looked for her?

No one is suspected except Zhou Xiang, who is suspected due to the timing, and there are also passers-by who testify.

Finally, treat it as missing.

There is no one alive and no body found. What can the police do?

After the ban was lifted, it was already the afternoon of the 4th.

The award ceremony was on the morning of the 7th. Zhou Xiang decided to go back on the 5th to participate in the high school entrance examination and then go sightseeing after returning.

"Pack your things, I'll take you to the blind lady. You can come or not to receive the award, Teacher Ran is here anyway!

I have to go back to take the high school entrance exam. I'll be back on the 10th and take you guys out for some fun. Beijing is so big that it takes a whole day to visit each major attraction. So, don't rush back. Help me take care of my mom and my older brother. When I come back, I'll treat you guys to some fun!

Ji Bin was the happiest and he didn't want to rush back, but he didn't have enough money. Since Zhou wanted to treat him, he had to have a good time.