Chapter 102 You Can’t Achieve Me Now

When Lu Jingyao saw Xia Yue, she almost didn't recognize her.

Xia Yue originally had a big round face, "as white as a silver basin", just like Xue Baochai in Dream of the Red Chamber.

But at this moment, Xia Yue's cheeks became thin, her chin was pointed, and her face became a strange oval shape.

"Xia Yue, what are you doing...ah."

Lu Jingyao couldn't help but sigh halfway through her question.

After she came back from Beijing during the holiday, she heard about Xia Yue fainting in the examination room. However, because of some unpleasant experiences during the purchase of reference books, Lu Jingyao did not take the initiative to comfort her former best friend.

Lu Jingyao has actually come to terms with it over the past six months and believes that it is better to gradually cut off contact with some people.

But just a few days ago, Xia Yue's third sister-in-law went to find Lu Jingyao and told her about Xia Yue's situation, hoping that Lu Jingyao would go and counsel her sister-in-law.

Xia Yue's third sister-in-law and Lu Jingyao are from neighboring villages, and the two families have some connections. It was because of this relationship that the two became very good friends.

But Lu Jingyao did not come over immediately this time, which made the Xia family feel that Lu Jingyao had become a college student and was "too arrogant to recognize people."

Xia Yue saw Lu Jingyao sighing, and felt even more lonely. She said solemnly, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself. I told my dad not to call you over. Sorry for the trouble."

Lu Jingyao was speechless and surprised. Although Xia Yue's tone was calm, the resentment and resistance in it made her feel sad and uncomfortable.

After a long silence, Lu Jingyao asked, "Are you going to give up? Just one or two setbacks have made you lose the confidence to be brave?"

"No, I didn't." Xia Yue's numb eyes relaxed a little: "I just want to rest for a few days. I've been too tired in the past two years. Let me rest for a while."

"But I see you are not tired, you are scared."

Lu Jingyao looked at the lifeless Xia Yue and couldn't help but tell the truth, but she remembered what Liu Muhan had said to her.

[Don't say things that people don't like to hear. There are few people in this world who are worthy of your heart and soul. ]

So, Lu Jingyao changed her approach and said something that Xia Yue liked to hear.

"Xia Yue, you should be able to get 360 points this time, right?"

"Of course there is! But what's the point of getting 360 points?"

"In the entire Qingshui County, there are not many people who can score 360 ​​points. I only scored over 360 points last year."

Xia Yue rolled her eyes and said, "This year's total score is 60 points higher than last year. It's different."

Lu Jingyao immediately said, "But this year's math is difficult! You didn't do well on the test, so how many students in the County No. 2 Middle School did well?"

Xia Yue shook her head and stopped arguing with Lu Jingyao, but her dead heart unconsciously became lively again.

[Yeah! If I can't do it, others can? Apart from Jiang Xiaoyan and the others, I, Xia Yue, am still the strongest.]

Lu Jingyao noticed that Xia Yue was relaxed, so he took out a few books from his bag and placed them in front of her.

"I didn't come here right away these few days because I was waiting for the self-study books that my classmates mailed to me."

"Cheer up! If you are lucky enough to be admitted to your third choice this year, then go to school. If not, take the exam again next year."

Xia Yue looked at the self-study series of books on the table, saw the words "Solid Geometry" on the cover, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"Why didn't you send it earlier?"

If she had gotten these reference books earlier, perhaps she would not have done so badly in the math test, and the subsequent chain reactions would not have been caused.

Lu Jingyao was embarrassed. These books were sent to her by Liu Muhan. She copied a copy for her brother Lu Zixue these days and gave the original to Xia Yue.

But why did he end up being blamed?

However, looking at Xia Yue's sad and crying face, Lu Jingyao couldn't say anything like "we will break up from now on".

In fact, she still hoped that Xia Yue could cheer up and give self-reliance to the many girls in Qingshui County who were discriminated against.

"Xia Yue, Xia Yue!"

Suddenly, someone ran in anxiously from outside the door, shouting Xia Yue's name loudly.

Xia Yue wiped her tears and answered out the window: "I heard it. Is there anything wrong, Hu Qi?"

The person outside said anxiously, "Your school's college entrance examination results have been posted. Zhang Mazi from Dongcun has already gone there. Go and take a look!"

“.”

Xia Yue did not agree. She was stunned for a while before looking at Lu Jingyao.

Lu Jingyao asked in a low voice: "Do you want to go and take a look? If you don't want to go, I'll go and take a look for you."

Xia Yue's eyes gradually brightened.

"Go! Go now!"

. . . . . . . .

The bulletin board of the County No. 2 Middle School is covered with this year's college entrance examination results statistics.

After hearing the news, students from the second year of high school and repeater classes all rushed over anxiously, looking for their own name among the densely packed names.

On the bulletin board on the far left, there were two large red papers with the names of more than a dozen people, as well as the total scores and scores for each subject written on them with a brush. They were completely different from the rest of the "tiny regular script".

No one is dissatisfied with this differential treatment, because everyone understands that only candidates whose names are written on the big red paper have the possibility of being admitted to colleges and universities.

The rest of the people were just running along, and they came to see the results just to feel at ease.

Xia Laoshi and the fourth son of the Xia family took Lu Jingyao and Xia Yue on their bicycles and hurried all the way. When they arrived at the No. 2 Middle School in the county, the bulletin board was already crowded with people, and even many first-year high school students came to join in the fun.

Lu Jingyao was surprised from a distance and said, "There are so many people on the red paper this year. Did so many people pass the line?"

Xia Yue, who had a calm expression, couldn't help but feel excited.

Every year, along with the college entrance examination results, there are also admission scores for undergraduate, junior college, and technical secondary schools. In previous years, the number of people who made it to the red paper never exceeded ten, or even only a few.

And there are so many this year, so... do I still have hope?

After the exam, Xia Yue estimated that her score would be around 370-380 points, which is actually not low.

If this year's undergraduate admission line drops because the mathematics is extremely difficult, will she have a chance for her third choice?

Xia Laoshi and the fourth child of the Xia family had already squeezed through, but a group of students who were not on the list were filled with resentment and could not stand these two irrelevant people cutting in line.

"What are you doing? What are you crowding for? Xia Yue is here."

The quarrel that had just started quickly died down after someone saw Xia Yue.

The crowd consciously made way for a space and looked at Lu Jingyao and Xia Yue in unison.

At the same time, the humming sound of flies continued to reach their ears.

"Look, it's Lu Jingyao."

"Is that Lu Jingyao? She is really pretty. No wonder Li Ye was so crazy to take the exam to go to Beijing!"

"Just forget it! Will Li Ye still care about Lu Jingyao now?"

"Hey, you don't understand. Donkeys are paired with donkeys, horses are paired with horses. Li Ye and Lu Jingyao can barely be considered a good match."

"What the hell is this about being well-matched? If you don't know anything, stop talking nonsense."

Lu Jingyao walked into the crowd with an unchanged expression. After a year of sharpening her horizons, she no longer took the gossip to heart.

The mediocre person is just worrying about himself, what can he do to me?

But when Lu Jingyao walked into the crowd and saw the name clearly on the big red paper, she was suddenly struck by lightning and her face turned pale.

"611 points? 611 points?"

Lu Jingyao felt that her head was filled with a buzzing sound.

She couldn't help but blinking continuously and stared at the name at the top of the big red paper again.

[Li Ye: 611 points; Chinese: 97; Mathematics: 120]

After Li Ye's series of scores in various subjects, four big words were marked in brackets: (No. 1 in the province)

Although Lu Jingyao had been shocked by Li Ye's actions many times in the past six months, all the previous shocks combined were not as severe as this time.

[How could he have been so transformed? ]

Lu Jingyao believed that she knew Li Ye's academic level better than Li Ye himself.

But how come it is number one in the province now?

If you have that ability, what were you doing last year? You clung to me last year, but where did that energy of sticking with me through thick and thin go?

Lu Jingyao would never believe that Li Ye could jump from being ranked outside the top 100 in the county to being number one in the province in just one year.

But the big black regular script on the red paper clearly wrote Li Ye's name, but it looked like a mocking totem, mocking and ridiculing Lu Jingyao.

Lu Jingyao was extremely shocked, and Xia Yue next to her was not much better.

She looked at the series of names on the big red paper and asked the classmate next to her dryly, "What is the undergraduate admission score this year?"

"Undergraduate admission score is 400, junior college admission score is 360"

Xia Yue closed her eyes, swaying,

If the fourth son of the Xia family hadn't supported her, she might have fainted on the spot again.

Lu Jingyao quickly held Xia Yue's arm and whispered, "What's wrong, Xia Yue?"

Xia Yue smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Nothing, I didn't eat breakfast and I don't have the energy."

Of course Lu Jingyao didn't believe this. She turned to look at the big red paper, and then found the reason why Xia Yue collapsed.

Below Li Ye's high score of 611, there were seven people standing in a row who scored over 400 points, and by a large margin.

In other words, these seven people can all be admitted to undergraduate studies, unless the school they applied to is too popular.

Lu Jingyao knew some of them.

[Wen Leyu: 588 points]

[Human: 481 points]

[Jiang Xiaoyan: 479 points]

[Yan Jinbu: 478 points]

[Li Dayong: 476 points]

[Han Xia: 473 points]

[Fu Yingjie: 469 points]

Among these people, Xia Yue is not there.

Xia Yue ranked tenth after Zhuang Hongxing.

【Xia Yue: 367 points.】

To be honest, this score is not bad, and it has exceeded the college admission line of Dongshan Province this year. If it fell to other candidates, they would probably jump for joy, and their families would hold a banquet to comfort their ancestors.

But when it happened to Xia Yue, it was too depressing.

She estimated that she could score 370-380, but it turned out to be a few points lower. The undergraduate admission score was as high as 400. The gap was too big. It can be said that she had no self-awareness.

But Lu Jingyao had no idea what Xia Yue was thinking at the moment.

Before the college entrance examination, Xia Yue made a bet with Li Ye's group of eight. She wanted to let Li Ye know who was the number one in the county's No. 2 Middle School.

But now looking at the name and grades on the red paper, Xia Yue's confidence and self-reliance were strangely transformed into grievance.

Why did you lose your mind?

Look at the math scores of Hu Man, Han Xia and others, each of them scored over 80 points, but what about yourself?

21 points.

Even if I can get 55 points, I can go to college as my third choice this year.

Everything is because of Lu Jingyao.

[Why did I go against Li Ye at that time? Why? ]

[Why did I scold him Huang Shiren? Because of Lu Jingyao? ]

[Lu Jingyao is none of my business. She has already left Beijing. What about me? ]

[If I had established a good relationship with Li Ye at that time, if I had joined the small group of eight people like Han Xia and others, even if I had only done well in mathematics.]

"Move aside, move aside, move aside, damn, move aside, why are you pushing so hard?"

A bear-like body pushed through the crowd violently, and brought the two girls to the front of the big red paper, completely ignoring the angry looks of the people around him.

"Hehehe, hahahahahahahahahaha, I scored 476 points, 476 wow. I, Li Dayong, also have this day, hahahahahahahahahaha."

If an ugly bear is disgusting to people around it, then a bear that jumps around, stamps its feet, beats its chest, and laughs will be even more speechless.

Li Dayong brought Hu Man and Han Xia to see the results. After just one glance, he expressed his inner joy as if no one was around.

476 points. With this score, unless God is displeased with me, getting into university is a foregone conclusion.

Hu Man and Han Xia were also very happy. Although they had estimated the scores many times in advance, estimates are just estimates. Until the results are announced, they are all false guesses.

"Hey, Li Dayong, where is your brother Li Ye? Why didn't he come today?"

"My elder brother Li Ye? He is like a mysterious dragon that can only be seen from head to tail. How can ordinary people know his whereabouts?"

Li Dayong's smiling face suddenly turned cold, he stared at the man and asked, "What do you want from my brother?"

The man was frightened by Li Dayong's glare and said awkwardly, "Nothing, I just want to ask him for advice and learn from his experience."

"Yes, yes, your scores on the test today were outrageous. The top eight students scored 70 or 80 points higher than the ninth. How did you do that?"

"That's right, you didn't even score as high as me last year! How come you scored so high this year?"

“Hahahaha~~”

Li Dayong laughed wildly for three seconds, his big eyes swept over the crowd around him sarcastically, and when he saw Lu Jingyao, he paused obviously.

Then, he said with a smile: "Let me tell you! One day I dreamed of Old Huai, and then I could understand a book after reading it once, and I could do a question after doing it once. Hehehehe, do you believe it?"

I don't believe you at all!

Looking at your smirk, only a fool would believe you.

Lu Jingyao couldn't help but said seriously: "Li Dayong, you don't have to share your learning experience with others. That is your freedom and right.

But you can’t use such superstitious lies to fool your classmates, as this will mislead them badly.”

The surroundings became quiet, and everyone was looking at Li Dayong and Hu Man and Han Xia beside him. It was as if the sheep had found their leader and had the courage to confront the ferocious wolf.

Li Dayong was about to yell at him, but Hu Man stood in front of him.

"Have you ever heard of this saying: You ignored me in the past, but you can't afford me now?"

"In fact, from the day you forced us to leave the repeat class, it was destined that you would be jealous, envious, and resentful today.

But you have to bear all of this by yourself."

After Hu Man finished saying these words, she turned her gaze to Lu Jingyao and kept looking at her.

Lu Jingyao also felt something and realized that Hu Man's words were meant for her.

[I can’t reach him. From the beginning, wasn’t I trying to reach Li Ye’s level? ]

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