Chapter 51 requires

As soon as Zhou Chong returned to his seat, he stuffed the recommendation form in his hand into the desk drawer.

It seems they didn't want to fill it out in front of Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan understood his intention, smiled and poked his arm, then looked down at his desk and pouted, "Is that a recommendation form from Tsinghua University?"

Zhou Chong froze, turned around, and softly hummed in agreement.

"Why are you hiding it? Show it to me." Jiang Wan nudged his arm, gesturing for him to take out the recommendation form.

Zhou Chong pursed his lips, but still took out the recommendation form as instructed and handed it to Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan took the registration form and carefully read it from beginning to end.

In her previous life, she filled out a recommendation form from Peking University. She hadn't looked at the recommendation form from Tsinghua University carefully, but upon closer inspection, they were pretty much the same.

Seeing the last column for additional items, she pointed to the instructions and asked, "Hey, Zhou Chong, I remember you won first prize in the National Physics Competition when you were in your second year of high school, right? Would it be an advantage to include that?"

Zhou Chong glanced at it indifferently, "Maybe."

"Speaking of which, you won first prize back then, why didn't you go to the national training team?" Jiang Wan returned the recommendation form to Zhou Chong. "If you had gone, you could have been admitted without taking the entrance exam, and you wouldn't need to go through the independent enrollment process now."

Zhou Chong lowered his eyes and stuffed the recommendation form back into the desk drawer. "I don't want to go."

"Why don't you want to go?" Jiang Wan blurted out.

Zhou Chong looked up at Jiang Wan, paused, and said, "I don't want to continue down the path of competition."

Thinking about Zhou Chong's future career plans, Jiang Wan suddenly realized, "Oh, right, you like studying economics."

Zhou Chong understood her implied meaning but didn't offer any further explanation.

“However, if you get a guaranteed admission, our class can get one more spot through the independent admission program.” Jiang Wan muttered to herself, “But that has nothing to do with me. I’m ranked seventh overall, so I won’t even get a chance.”

Moreover, if Zhou Chong had been admitted to university early on, she wouldn't be able to sit next to him now and continue spending the last part of her senior year of high school together.

Thinking about it this way, she felt that her connection with Zhou Chong was quite deep, and it couldn't be severed.

Despite having so many chances to miss each other, they still managed to come together in the end.

Of course, it's a bit early to say this now, but that doesn't stop Jiang Wan from thinking about it.

However, when she saw Jiang Shengming return with the recommendation form, she thought of Shi Leyao.

Shi Leyao did very well in this mock exam, better than in her previous exams, and ranked fourth in the grade overall.

I was just a little bit away from getting a recommendation from Kyoto University.

That was her dream school, but it still fell a little short.

Jiang Wan couldn't help but feel sorry for her, but the difference in scores and rankings was an undeniable fact.

Just like herself, she still couldn't complain about anything.

Although Jiang Wan had a calm attitude towards this, she knew that Shi Leyao had done her best for it.

Moreover, Jiang Shengming really needed this recommendation opportunity.

Jiang Wan was lost in thought when she suddenly heard Zhou Chong beside her speak softly: "You can get into Tsinghua University even without participating in the independent admissions process."

Jiang Wan paused for a moment, then turned around and smiled at Zhou Chong, "Yes, of course."

Zhou Chong took a deep breath and looked into Jiang Wan's eyes. "I will stay with you and continue to help you review."

"Sure." Jiang Wan nodded with a smile, and without thinking much, pushed the science test paper on the table over. "I don't quite know how to do this question, can you teach me?"

"good."

Zhou Chong lowered his head to look at the test paper, then took out a draft paper and began to explain the questions to Jiang Wan while drawing diagrams.

Jiang Wan understood it after one listen, took back the test paper, and continued to correct it herself.

Zhou Chong turned his head and looked at her profile as she focused on her work, remembering what Lao Fan had said to him in the office earlier.

"Zhou Chong, take the recommendation form back first, and think about it again, okay?" Old Fan shoved the recommendation form into his hand. "Go back and discuss it with your parents tonight, don't make a hasty decision on your own."

Cheng Rui and Jiang Shengming were still waiting nearby, and he couldn't continue the standoff with Lao Fan, so he could only take back the recommendation form first.

Before leaving, he confirmed with Lao Fan one last time, "After discussing it with the parents, we can choose to give up, right?"

Looking at his nonchalant expression, Lao Fan was furious.

"You should at least go back and give me another day and night to think about it. Just fill out the form and hand it in before the end of evening self-study tomorrow. Don't rush to make a decision; this is a big deal concerning your future."

Zhou Chong didn't say anything more, nodded, and turned to leave with Jiang Shengming and Cheng Rui.

Before leaving the office, he heard Lao Fan sigh deeply behind him, "These young people nowadays, one after another, are so willful."

Zhou Chong smiled silently.

This might be a major event concerning the future for others, but for him, it wasn't.

He has already participated in the independent admissions process once and has already been admitted to Tsinghua University once.

Although I haven't fully mastered the high school knowledge from my previous life after returning here, I've reviewed most of it.

This mock exam is the best test.

Aside from a few details that I'm still a bit unfamiliar with, I've basically mastered the core test points.

Keep it up, getting into Tsinghua University is only a matter of time.

Therefore, he doesn't need to spend extra time and energy taking the independent admission exam.

Moreover, Jiang Wan, who stayed at school to prepare for the college entrance examination, needed him even more.

He had studied her performance in the mock exam. The main problem was in the combined science subjects, while her performance in Chinese, math, and English was very stable.

He noticed this when he helped her with her studies a while ago.

Jiang Wan is very smart and has a strong comprehension ability. She can understand physics problems very quickly, but she doesn't fully grasp some variations of the same concepts and is not very proficient in applying some chemistry and biology knowledge points, sometimes she can't remember them.

But these problems are not serious. As long as he continues to help her review and consolidate her knowledge, she will catch up soon.

She needs him.

Perhaps, he thought she needed him.

"Okay, I've finished correcting it." Jiang Wan straightened up and handed the paper back to Zhou Chong. "Take a look, is it correct?"

Zhou Chong checked it over and said, "Hmm, no problem."

Jiang Wan smiled contentedly and put the test paper away. "By the way, before I went to Lao Fan's office, didn't you have something to say to me? Then you went again after I came back, and I haven't had a chance to ask you yet. What did you want to say to me?"

Zhou Chong was slightly taken aback.

When Jiang Wan was called to Lao Fan's office earlier, he kept thinking about how best to comfort her.

I thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with a good solution.

Now, he finally has the answer.

What she needs is not comfort, but a firm choice and trust.

“I want to say,” Zhou Chong said with a slight smile, “no matter what happens, don’t forget our promise.”

Jiang Wan looked into his eyes, a smile blooming on her lips, "Of course I won't forget, we'll go to Tsinghua University together."