Chapter 98 The Exam, the Exam, I finally passed! "An'an,..."
"An'an, you're finally out! How's it going? When are you going to open a clinic?" Mingming was standing at the door waiting for Sang Zhitao. When she saw her come out, she hurried forward to greet her.
Sang Zhitao opened her mouth, then shook her head regretfully.
Mingming's almond-shaped eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Sang Zhitao: "How is that possible? Didn't you already get an excellent grade in the mock exam?"
Sang Zhitao choked for a moment, unsure how to answer her.
Seeing her expression, Mingming looked understanding and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, if you didn't pass, you didn't pass. There's another exam in three months anyway."
After hearing this, Sang Zhitao could only sigh deeply and nod helplessly.
Seeing that she was still a little unhappy, Mingming quickly took her hand and shook it, saying, "Okay, okay, let's go to the food court and have something delicious."
Sang Zhitao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Mingming happily pulled Sang Zhitao outside until they reached the bubble wall of the floating island. The two smiled at each other, opened their arms, and jumped down.
Just as their bodies touched the bubble wall, phantom images of bubbles appeared around them, then solidified, and the two of them floated in mid-air again, surrounded by their own bubbles.
The two of them unanimously chose to join the mode, turning into an even larger bubble and flying directly to the distant food city.
The food court is also located on a floating island. Compared to other islands, the food island has a more lively atmosphere, with shops of different shapes and colors, as if it is dressed in a colorful coat.
"The roasted mushrooms in the red mushroom house are absolutely delicious, you have to try them!" Mingming said with a smile, pointing to a mushroom house building not far away.
"I remember seeing online that the bell cakes from Bell House are also delicious," Sang Zhitao recalled with a smile, reminiscing about the description in her book.
Mingming raised a finger and shook her head, then smiled mysteriously: "No, no, no, bell cake is definitely not as delicious as roasted mushrooms."
After entering the food court bubble, the two headed straight for the red mushroom house.
"Wow, so many people." Sang Zhitao exclaimed in amazement as she looked at the extremely long queue.
"You wait in line first, I'll go buy a few servings of bell cakes," Mingming said after peeking around on tiptoe.
Seeing this, Sang Zhitao nodded and agreed to her arrangement.
Without wasting any time, he turned around and walked out.
Just as Sang Zhitao was about to get her turn, Mingming returned carrying a bunch of delicious food.
"Let's just buy ten portions." She stood on tiptoe and peeked into the shop, then called out to Sang Zhitao.
Sang Zhitao nodded repeatedly, and when it was her turn, she hurriedly gave instructions to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper smiled and agreed, then took out several boxes from the table and took the roasted mushrooms from the stove, packed them up, and handed them to her.
After a quick stroll around, carrying loads full of food, the two jumped out of the food court and back into their own bubble.
"What are you planning to do next?" Mingming asked curiously after taking a bite of the mushroom and letting out a satisfied sigh.
Sang Zhitao replied without hesitation, "Of course I'll study hard and wait for the next exam."
Seeing this, Mingming nodded: "Okay, I've passed my exam and I'll probably be moving to District 3. Remember to come visit me then."
Sang Zhitao nodded repeatedly. She was not surprised by Mingming's decision. After all, according to the rules of this bubble world, once they reach adulthood, choose a development direction, and successfully obtain a license, they will choose an area as their future place of development. Generally, once chosen, it will become their permanent residence.
However, this selection is not random; rather, the government increases the number of personnel based on the shortage in each region.
The reason Mingming was so eager to urge her to take the exam together was that he hoped they could move to Zone 3 together, where there were two suitable spots available for them.
Unfortunately, Sang Zhitao failed the exam.
Thinking of this, Sang Zhitao felt somewhat worried.
In the original book, after An passed the exam, she moved to District 3 with Mingming. However, because it was a pink bubble, business was very poor and she was even boycotted. It wasn't until she saved the elderly people in the neighborhood several times that she slowly won everyone's respect and became a successful bubble doctor.
However, her failure means that she is very likely unable to go to District 3, which means that the plot will be changed again.
"I must pass next time!!" She took a deep breath, raised the mushroom in her hand, and shouted loudly.
"Go for it!!" Mingming also raised a mushroom and shouted in support.
The two ate for more than two hours before parting ways.
After giving Mingming the gift she had prepared, Sang Zhitao watched her friend's bubble fly towards the direction of Zone 3.
After silently adjusting her bubble to non-transparent mode, Sang Zhitao turned on her computer and began learning about medical knowledge online.
The technology here is similar to that on Earth, but because of the small population, the internet is not very developed, although basic search engines and encyclopedias are available.
They also use an app called Bubble to make friends, and this app keeps reminding Sang Zhitao that someone is looking for her.
She opened the chat window and looked at the latest messages. A person with the nickname "Green Ball" had sent her more than a dozen messages.
"An'an, I heard you didn't pass the exam?"
"An'an, I told you you weren't good enough. You should just stay in the exile zone."
"You colorful bubbles are all disabled, you know? Go apply for subsidies, normal careers are not suitable for you."
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Seeing the messages filled with suppression of the original owner, Sang Zhitao immediately realized who the other party was.
Green Ball, her elementary, middle, and high school classmate, is an extreme colorist who believes that all colored bubbles are third-rate cripples who should receive meager subsidies and die in the marginal area.
They even gave the peripheral areas a nickname: "exile zones".
Moreover, the subsequent ostracism of the original owner An'an in the three districts was also due to his instigation and spreading of rumors behind the scenes.
Later, when his bubble got into trouble and no one could help him, he had to ask the original owner for help. Only then did he put aside his extreme thoughts and begin to reflect on whether he had been too narrow-minded.
"None of your business. Even if I fail this time, I'm still better than you, you're always second best!" Sang Zhitao retorted.
Green Ball seemed to have been waiting for Sang Zhitao's reply, and as soon as it received her message, it replied immediately.
"No matter what, I got through this time. But you, no matter how great you were in school, you're still the same as an adult. A cripple is a cripple."
Sang Zhitao was speechless, but she knew that she couldn't persuade such an extremist with words.
She curled her lips into a smile and simply set up an auto-reply: "But you couldn't beat me in exams when you were in school."
Seeing that every message from Green Ball ended with this sentence, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but want to cover her mouth and chuckle.
Seeing Green Ball's increasingly agitated tone and visibly angry expression, she laughed even harder.
After immediately muting the green ball notification, Sang Zhitao ignored him and opened a webpage to start learning about bubble medicine.
Looking at the knowledge points on the screen, Sang Zhitao felt a headache coming on.
"To learn in three months what others have achieved in three years... I must have been really delusional..." She studied until evening before rubbing her head and sighing.
The thought that she might have to stay here for three or four years, or even longer, before she could become a bubble doctor and get involved in the story made her vision go black.
"I'm just an ordinary working person..." Sang Zhitao took a bite of the mushroom she hadn't finished eating, and tears were welling up in her eyes.
However difficult or unbelievable it may seem, she has no choice but to study relentlessly.
With this intense study method, similar to that of a high school senior on Earth, Sang Zhitao finally passed the exam three months later.
"My God, it's finally over!" Sang Zhitao had lost more than ten pounds since she arrived, her hair was very messy, and due to lack of sleep, she looked haggard and tired. In addition, her crazy behavior after the exam startled everyone around her.
"This...you've learned so much, if you still can't pass, you'll really be out of the loop."
"This is what it means to study really hard..."
Ignoring the comments of those around her, Sang Zhitao flew directly to Zone 3 with her bubble.
Perhaps Lady Luck truly smiled upon Sang Zhitao this time. No other Bubble Doctor was assigned to District 3 during these three months, and the location of the story didn't change due to the exams as she had expected.
"An'an!! You're finally here!" Mingming ran straight to her and joined her bubble.
The two hugged and spun around several times.
"Let's go, let's choose a place first." Mingming said, and led Sang Zhitao towards Bubble's residence.
Because the entire bubble world is in the air, it is divided into one hundred areas as required, with each area having about one million people. Every ten thousand people are divided into a street, and each street is assigned a bubble doctor.
Sang Zhitao lives in Street 46 of District 3, which is not far from Mingming's Street 43.
Because all the bubble people carry their bubbles with them when they travel, just like Earthlings carry their houses when they travel, they are required to attach special markings to their bubbles.
This mark is drawn using a special drug so that it will not have any effect when other bubbles are introduced.
Sang Zhitao first went to the management office of Street 46 to draw a picture for her bubble.
Then turn to the area of 46th Street.
For ease of management, all street areas are decorated with giant patterns that resemble colorful clouds scattered in the air.
The patterns, when connected, not only indicate the area to which each street belongs, but also, when viewed from above, make the three districts look like a sea of flowers composed of individual blossoms.
“I heard that the street layouts in other areas are quite unique,” Mingming explained with a smile. “But I still prefer District 3; it feels like living in a sea of flowers.”
“So, we chose Zone 3,” Sang Zhitao agreed with a smile.
"Alright, we're here." Mingming pointed to an empty space. "I already picked out a spot for you."
The bubbles fly around too easily. To prevent them from getting lost or even fighting over locations, the authorities have mandated that once a location is selected, it must be reported and registered. They cannot just dock anywhere else, although temporary docking is fine.
Therefore, once their friends get together, they will definitely intervene in the process, so that it will not count as a stay.
"Not bad~" Sang Zhitao looked around. This was the place the original owner of the book had chosen.
"Alright, let's go apply for the doctor's badge first, then have a good feast." Mingming clapped her hands and made the arrangements.
Sang Zhitao did not refute, but nodded in agreement repeatedly.
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