No one took his anger to heart. Ma Jianbin and Zhao Man found their teacher and learned about their grades, which put them at ease. "It seems our wish to go to Beijing to find Sister Gu can come true."

Zhao Man nodded, "Yes, it shouldn't be a big problem."

The more they interacted with Gu An'an, the more they admired her. During their exam preparation period, after learning that Gu An'an wanted to apply to a school in Beijing, they agreed to apply to schools in Beijing as well, so that they could meet from time to time.

Now their promise is about to be fulfilled.

"Teacher, are these only the grades of students from our school?"

Remembering the other purpose of her visit, Zhao Man hadn't even had time to be happy before asking the next question.

"Yes, whose scores would you like to know?"

The teachers were very kind to the good students, especially the top students in the arts and sciences at the commune middle school, such as Zhao Man and Ma Jianbin. They were all smiles.

"Our older sister, but she's not from our school."

If anyone else had asked, the teacher would have simply replied that they didn't know anything about students from other schools. But seeing the two people in front of him who were trying to make him look good, the teacher still smiled and said, "Tell me your names, and I'll see if I can find out."

"Gu An'an".

"What's your name?" The teacher thought he had misheard.

"My sister's name is Gu An'an, teacher, what's wrong?"

Seeing the teacher's incredulous expression, the two thought something serious had happened.

"Gu An'an? Is that really her name? I think that's the name of our province's top science student. Wait a minute, I'll go ask Teacher Zhao. He knows more about this."

When the top science student was announced, Ma Jianbin and Zhao Man were only surprised for a moment before they quickly regained their composure and even smiled, feeling proud of themselves.

"Then let's go ask Teacher Zhao right away."

When we found Teacher Zhao, he was answering questions from his students. When they asked about the provincial science champion, he immediately started talking non-stop, "Yes, our provincial science champion this year is named Gu An'an, and he is also the number one in our city."

"Did I hear that right? Your sister is the top science student in the province."

When Teacher Zhao heard that Ma Jianbin and Zhao Man knew the provincial top scorer, she couldn't care less about her own students and quickly inquired about Gu An'an.

Of course, the two didn't reveal everything, only saying that the provincial champion was a great military wife.

"So the reason you two have improved so quickly is because your older sister taught you?"

They both nodded in unison, "Yes, if we didn't understand something during exam preparation, we would have asked Sister Gu. Otherwise, we definitely wouldn't have gotten such scores..."

After praising Gu An'an for quite a while, the two of them finally set off on their way home amidst the envious gazes of everyone.

After the two left the school gate, Fang Wei emerged from the corner and watched them leave together, chatting and laughing, his eyes filled with gloom.

But considering Ma Jianbin's physique, he still didn't dare to confront him directly. However, what he was thinking was unknown to others.

As soon as the two arrived at the door, someone saw their smiling faces and guessed that their results must be good, so they asked directly, "The results are out? How were they?"

"Do you even need to ask? Just look at that expression, you must have done well on the test."

"Oh my! My child also participated in this competition. They said the questions were really difficult, and many kids couldn't answer them and even cried."

Actually, it wasn't just the three of them taking the exam in the family compound, but other families' children either took the exam in the countryside or at their workplace, so they couldn't find out the results so quickly.

"Tell me quickly, how did the exam go?"

The two were quite modest, after all, they hadn't received their admission notices yet. "We did okay on the exam, we should be able to get into a university."

"Wow! Our residential compound is going to have a college graduate!"

"College students! How many years has it been since we've seen college students? No, I have to hurry and call my two naughty kids to say hello to the college students. Maybe they can bring me some good luck and help me get into college someday. Big Dog and Little Dog, stop playing in the snow and come here right now!"

The woman's voice was loud and clear. The children who were playing in the snow not far away paused for a few seconds and walked over to her, their tone quite complaining, "Grandma, we have names, can you please not call us by our nicknames?"

"Stop talking nonsense and come over here to say hello to the soon-to-be college student. If you don't want Grandma to be called a primary school student, that's fine too. Just get Grandma into college and I promise I'll keep my word."

The two kids: ...They're only in first grade, so they're going to be called Big Dog and Little Dog for ten years? God! Someone please save them.

However, no one cares about a child's feelings at times like this.

The two were soon squeezed into the middle. When they finally emerged from the crowd, they looked at each other and gave each other a wry smile.

"These aunties and grandmas are really over the top."

The thought of those people grabbing her hand and touching her, claiming it was to share in the good fortune of being a college student, still makes her skin crawl.

"That's really exaggerated. Let's get out of here quickly, or we'll get surrounded again."

The two chatted and laughed as they walked toward the Xiao family's house. They were eager to share their joy and had no time to waste here.

"Sister An'an, are you home?"

"I'm here."

Gu An'an and the two little ones were playing on the kang (a heated brick bed) when they heard the two children calling out. Before she could move, Aunt Xiao came out to greet them.

"You're back? How were your grades?"

Seeing the smiles on their faces, Xiao's mother guessed that the result must be good, so she asked directly.

"Fourth in the city for science subjects."

"Ranked seventh in the city for liberal arts."

Upon arriving at the Xiao family home, the two acted as if they were at home, no longer hiding their joy from each other as they had when they were outside. After all, happiness should be shared with family.

"What? Fourth and seventh in the whole city?"

Xiao's mother never expected this result, and she couldn't contain her surprise and joy.

“Yes, Auntie, you heard right. We both applied to schools in Beijing. Now we can reunite with Sister An’an in Beijing.”

Seeing Gu An'an inside, Zhao Man couldn't help but run towards her, crying out, "Sister An'an, waaaaah!"

Just a moment ago she was happily sharing her joy, but the moment she hugged Gu An'an, she started sobbing.

"What are you crying for!"

Zhao Man sobbed as she spoke, "I'm so excited! I never expected to do so well on the test. It's all thanks to Sister An'an for tutoring me. She not only taught me math but also how to write essays. If it weren't for you, I'd be lucky to even get into a junior college. How could I have achieved this result? Waaaaah~"

Seeing the two people hugging, Ma Jianbin was actually quite envious. He also wanted to be like Zhao Man, but there was a difference between men and women. If he dared to report it, the jealous Commander Xiao would definitely find a way to torment him, even if he really only regarded Gu An'an as an older sister.