Chapter 8 Where Does the College Entrance Examination Begin?
Qiu Ling sat down at the table with Lu Yanhe and his group.
"You look to be in your early twenties, not much older than us. Why are you already going on blind dates?" Lu Yanhe asked curiously.
Qiu Ling said, "Who said I'm only in my early twenties? I'm already twenty-six this year."
"Wow, he looks ten years older than you," Li Zhibai said exaggeratedly.
Qiu Ling: "..."
Qiu Ling asked, "Do any of you three have girlfriends?"
The three of them watched her silently.
“That’s true. If any of you three didn’t have such big mouths, you would have already found girlfriends,” Qiu Ling said.
Lu Yanhe: "I'm still in high school. I don't date in high school."
Yan Liang: "I'm still in high school, and I don't date in high school."
Li Zhibai: "...Although I went to university, I didn't find a girlfriend because I didn't want to."
Qiu Ling: "It's alright. With your mouths, you won't be able to find anyone to talk to later."
"Don't look down on us," Li Zhibai said. "We're idol artists."
"Yeah, pretty but useless paper dolls," Qiu Ling concluded.
"..."
Qiu Ling paused for a moment, "However, no matter what, thank you three for helping me get revenge today."
"It's an act of bravery," Lu Yanhe said calmly. "We have to live up to your praise."
“That’s right. For well-rounded young people like us who excel in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, this kind of small favor is nothing to brag about.” Li Zhibai nodded proudly.
Qiu Ling: "You're so talkative, should I give you another banner for your act of bravery?"
Yan Liang nodded, "It's not impossible."
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Qiu Ling had never interacted with people from the entertainment industry in real life before; this was her first time.
Strictly speaking, Fengzhi wasn't a particularly popular group. Three years have passed, and although they are still active in the entertainment industry, they are not top-tier celebrities. If it weren't for their loyal fans, the group might have disbanded before three years were up.
Qiu Ling used to be a fan of celebrities and followed the entertainment industry. She knew that in recent years, boy groups in the Chinese entertainment industry have been thriving, with several very popular boy groups emerging every year, and fresh blood constantly being added to the mix.
For the members of the Fengzhi group, they were young; the audition at that time was aimed at teenagers aged fifteen or sixteen.
Now, the group has just disbanded, and the members, who have just come of age, are already facing the danger of becoming outdated.
However, getting to know these three teenagers washed away Qiu Ling's previous stereotypes about talent show contestants in the entertainment industry.
Those stereotypes come from negative words used to describe them online.
But these three teenagers in front of us are just ordinary young people, only a little better looking than the average person, but they are just as courageous and righteous as we are.
Especially that Lu Yanhe.
When I searched for him online, I learned a lot about his past, that his parents died and he grew up in the countryside, that he participated in the talent show to make money, and that he was the only member of the Fengzhi group who debuted based on sympathy.
Online comments about him mostly describe him as taciturn, insecure, and lacking presence.
But in reality, he was no different from Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
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In the afternoon, Lu Yanhe came to school to attend classes.
The moment he stepped into the high school gate, it felt like a series of slaps from another dimension.
—After the college entrance exam, he tore up all his books and shouted that it was all over.
Now, he sighed in frustration; he knew he had to go through it all again.
Senior year of high school.
He has a year left until the college entrance examination next June.
What level will he achieve this time?
Lu Yanhe didn't know.
However, given his ability to get into a 985 university, if he spends another year, even if Yuming and Zhenhua don't get in, he should be able to get into a C9 level university, right?
As for the art exams, going to the film academy? He hadn't considered it.
There's no need. Zhou Ping'an has already given up on him, so why would he help him with his art exams?
Just stick to the college entrance exam route.
When Lu Yanhe appeared in the classroom, the students all showed expressions of surprise and delight.
When he took out his book and started reading, his surprise turned into astonishment.
After all, this person wasn't particularly fond of reading before.
Lu Yanhe wasn't very familiar with his classmates, which was related to his status as an artist.
Although he's not famous, and in fact, very few people recognize him anymore, he's always been a member of the Fengzhi group, and he has to go out with the group to participate in group activities from time to time. Moreover, he doesn't stay at school often, so people are unfamiliar with him.
Lu Yanhe didn't care.
He no longer has the means to enjoy high school life normally, so he doesn't expect to experience the same friendships he had with his classmates in his senior year of high school.
I have classes in the afternoon: two math periods plus geography and politics.
Fortunately, although the time and space have changed, the knowledge points are still largely the same.
If it weren't for the sarcastic remarks he received from the teacher during the last geography class, he felt that the afternoon would have been quite pleasant.
Actually, the teacher wasn't targeting him personally. What the teacher was saying was, "You're not Lu Yanhe. Even if he doesn't get good grades, he can still become a star. If you don't study hard and get into a good university, how will you support yourselves in the future?"
Although it wasn't directed at him, those words made him uncomfortable.
What does it mean that "even if he doesn't do well in school, he can still become a star"?
Speechless.
Lu Yanhe silently closed his textbook.
Fortunately, although it is a parallel universe and Tsinghua and Peking Universities no longer exist, there are similar institutions like Zhenhua and Yuming.
Everything was the same as his original timeline, except that from the modern era onwards, many things that Lu Yanhe was familiar with had been given a different name.
The college entrance examination system here still follows the arts and sciences division system. The six subjects he needs to take are Chinese, mathematics, English, politics, geography, and history.
This was something the original owner chose when he was in his second year of high school.
This is pretty ridiculous, because he originally studied science.
In the evening, he went to the school cafeteria for dinner.
The students at the school were equally surprised when they saw him.
Before this, Lu Yanhe never ate in the school cafeteria; after class, a car would pick him up and take him away.
Lu Yanhe put on his headphones and listened to past years' college entrance examination English listening comprehension questions to judge their difficulty level.
After dinner, he returned to the classroom to continue familiarizing himself with the college entrance examination environment.
Chinese and English are relatively easy to learn, as they rely entirely on a solid foundation and accumulation of knowledge, and cannot be mastered quickly. Fortunately, he has a decent foundation.
He's not bad at math either, but he always fails to get full marks on the last three big questions, always missing the last sub-question.
Of the subjects, politics, history, and geography, politics is the easiest, as its question scope and answer scope are basically fixed. Only history and geography have questions that are wildly unpredictable, with a large number of questions that are beyond the syllabus almost every year.
Lu Yanhe spent nearly four hours going through all the past few years' college entrance examination questions and figuring out the difficulty of the exams for different subjects.
He was convinced.
Did the two timelines use the same set of examiners?
The questions are all so similar.
Lu Yanhe thought for a moment and sent Yan Liang a book list: Place your order, these are the key books for the college entrance examination.
Yan Liang: ? Why do I need to read so many books? I'm taking the art exam; I only need a passing score on the college entrance exam.
Lu Yanhe said: But I'm not taking the art exam, I need these books.
Yan Liang: Then buy it yourself.
Lu Yanhe: I'm short of money.
Yan Liang: You said you want to start over, does that mean you'll begin by becoming shameless?
Lu Yanhe: It started with believing that my dear teammates and classmates would definitely share with me the key books for college entrance examination review.
(End of this chapter)
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