Chapter 47 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack
Tian Zhengyang: "Being nervous isn't too bad. At worst, it's the college entrance exam. Although I can't say I'm guaranteed to get into those top universities, I can still get a good score." He's quite open-minded about this.
However, he certainly hopes to be admitted to university through the guaranteed admission program if possible, and he just hopes that this exam will be easier.
This situation also occurred in other schools. "Yunrui, let's make a bet and see who gets a higher score."
"boring."
"Are you too scared to compete? I'm sure I can beat you in this exam."
Yunrui: "Be careful not to get slapped in the face, don't set such a high flag."
"Who got slapped in the face? I've asked around among the previous students. It's challenging, but not too difficult. What, are you scared?" The sounds of playful banter rang out on campus, full of youthful exuberance.
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Soon, next Saturday will arrive. Since University A is not in S Province, Lin Wei specially arrived in City A two days in advance, accompanied by Fang Yihuai, who applied to University A with her this time.
The two looked like students from out of town taking the exam. Since there was only one decent hotel nearby, Huang Taiqing and Tian Zhengyang warmly approached them and greeted them, "Hello, are you also taking the A University entrance exam?" It didn't matter if they weren't; they just chatted. It's true, when you're out in the world, everyone acts pretty cocky.
Lin Wei and Fang Yihuai exchanged a glance, then looked at them and said, "Yes, you too?" Are there really this many people taking the exam this time? It's quite easy to distinguish between students and adults; they've already seen quite a few students along the way.
Upon hearing this, Huang Taiqing immediately became excited, "I've finally found a team! They all see me as a competitor and refuse to talk to me."
"It's like talking to me will make me do badly on the exam." While complaining, she couldn't help but ask Lin Wei and Fang Yihuai, "How are your grades usually? Let me tell you, I'm always in the top ten in school, and he's in the top fifteen." Here, "he" refers to Tian Zhengyang.
Looking at the person with a hint of pride, Lin Wei thought of her own first-place ranking and decided not to say anything that might discourage him. So she asked, "Not bad?" Although she was first in her grade in the first year of high school, she hadn't taken any tests on the knowledge from the three years of high school. Although she didn't know how well she would do, she figured it wouldn't be too bad.
Fang Yihuai didn't interrupt her and cooperated perfectly, saying, "My grades are about the same as hers."
Huang Taiqing: "..." Isn't this the same as saying nothing at all? But he didn't care about this matter. After all, who among those who could participate in the entrance examination for guaranteed admission wasn't a good student? So he quickly started talking about other things in a carefree manner.
Among them is the admission rate of previous students who were recommended for admission. "The admission rate of previous students is generally around 70%, which is already considered a fairly high probability. Most of them can get in, but it would be a bit embarrassing if they couldn't get in and had to go back to school."
Lin Wei nodded in agreement, "Yes, I think so too." It's not that she can't take the college entrance exam, but the time span is too long, so being recommended for admission is a faster option.
When she heard Huang Taiqing sighing and envying those who were admitted without taking the exam, she said strangely, "Haven't you heard? This time, everyone, regardless of who they are, has to take the entrance exam, so you don't need to be envious." Everyone is pretty miserable, traveling thousands of miles just for an exam.
This was the first time Huang Taiqing had heard of this. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he couldn't help but admire her good information. "I've never heard of this before."
"By the way, what majors are you planning to apply for at University A?" He wanted to apply for mathematics at University A, while Tian Zhengyang wanted to apply for computer science.
Lin Wei replied, "I want to apply for clinical medicine."
Fang Yihuai: "I'm a math major." Since they were in the same major, Huang Taiqing quickly started chatting with him again, and they didn't part ways until they went upstairs.
Lin Wei said, watching their retreating figures, "They seem to be senior high school students."
Fang Yihuai: "Some schools have a fixed number of guaranteed admission spots every year, and those are probably the students from those schools. But it seems like we took the exam together with them." This is interesting. Usually, the entrance exams for each department are separate, but this time it seems like a big mix? Although the description is a bit strange, that's really the case.
However, it didn't seem to make any difference to them, because they didn't seem to have any subjects they were weak in.
Saturday arrived quickly. In the morning, there was a regular theoretical exam, the same for everyone. In the afternoon, there were some additional questions, which varied depending on the major. However, the additional questions were the same for some majors, such as clinical medicine, mathematics, and computer science, where the additional questions were all math questions.
In the morning, before Huang Taiqing and the others entered the examination room, they were still comforting Lin Wei and the others not to be nervous. However, after they went in and saw the exam paper, they broke out in a cold sweat.
"What the hell is this?" He stared at the exam paper, wide-eyed. Although he had studied history and politics, that was before his second year of high school, and he had almost forgotten all of that knowledge. He had never heard of this being tested in college entrance exams.
If that's all, then why are the other questions getting harder and harder? Is this what the senior students were saying about, that the difficulty level is the same as the joint entrance exam?
In the same exam room, no one else fared much better, especially the guy who had boasted to his classmates. Before the scores even came out, he was already getting a painful slap in the face. "Ugh, is this school crazy? If they don't want to recruit, they can just apply to another school. This is pure torture!" He was on the verge of tears.
Silence and stillness filled the classroom; no one picked up a pen.
On the monitor, several admissions officers watched this scene with concern, saying, "Could it be that they can't even answer a single question?" If none of these people who were recommended for admission get accepted, it's easy to imagine that the schools would have objections.
Even those traveling with them couldn't help but wonder if their challenge was too difficult. But just then, someone finally moved, and it was two people at once.
After writing her name, Lin Wei immediately started working on the questions. She had just estimated the overall difficulty of the test, but it seemed manageable.
Some were purely rote memorization questions, while others were definitely a bit more difficult than regular exams, but for someone who had participated in competitions, they were no challenge at all, so she quickly started writing down the answers.
Those who were just being criticized for making the test too difficult immediately saw this as a lifeline: "Who said this test was difficult? Someone has started working on it, hasn't she? And look at her speed, it's super fast, which means my test is actually pretty good."
Fang Yihuai also started doing the questions, which greatly boosted his confidence. "If someone can do it, it means it's still within the scope of the exam. Otherwise, how could they do it? If others can't do it, it means they're not good enough."
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel disgusted with these students who had been so well-regarded in previous years. How could they be inferior to a first-year high school student? It was obvious that they were the two gold medalists from the national competition.
After the exam, almost everyone walked out of the exam room looking dejected and gloomy.
"It's over, it's really over this time. How am I going to face my teachers and classmates?" Before they came, they were envious of them for being able to get into university without taking the entrance exam.
It would be too embarrassing to go back and take the college entrance exam now.
Huang Taiqing and Tian Zhengyang walked out supporting each other, the former almost in tears. Seeking comfort, he approached Lin Wei and Fang Yihuai, asking, "How did you do on the exam? It was really tough this time, wasn't it?" It wasn't his question.
Seeing his pale face, Lin Wei couldn't bring herself to say "It's alright," so she could only nod. "Yeah, it was pretty difficult." She was afraid that if she said it, he would faint.
Hearing this, Huang Taiqing's expression softened.
After the two left, Lin Wei, who had just said it was quite difficult, turned around and looked at Fang Yihuai, asking in confusion, "Was it difficult?" Was it really difficult this time?
Fang Yihuai: "I don't think it's difficult."
Lin Wei: "I think so too."
These words were overheard by someone who came out of the exam room and scoffed, "Some people really know how to talk big, but I wonder how many points they can actually get." No names were mentioned, but it was clear they were being referred to.
Lin Wei and Fang Yihuai exchanged a glance and sighed, "These days, nobody believes you if you tell the truth."
"I thought you were going to argue with them," Fang Yihuai said, looking at her. Last time, she had directly argued with people from the United States.
Lin Wei: "They didn't name names, so why should I take it personally?" This time is different from the last time at the national competition. One insulted the country, while the other was just a simple mockery. The former is unbearable, but the latter, if you see an ant hitting someone, would you care about the force of its hit? No.
It's so light that people don't even notice it.
Fang Yihuai probably understood what she meant, which is why he said she was arrogant earlier. And this arrogance, hidden beneath that bright and cheerful smile, was at least quite deceptive.
Soon, another training session was held in the afternoon. If the morning's test questions were already considered abnormal, then the afternoon's questions were abnormal on top of abnormal.
"If I'm not mistaken, these are competition questions, right?" Tian Zhengyang couldn't stay calm when he saw these questions, and his face broke down in a rage.
What was University A thinking, making people who haven't received any competition training do competition problems? Could it be that they really wanted to stump all of them and prevent them from getting in through the guaranteed admission program? There are even speculations that University A is about to go bankrupt.
After writing for a long time, he only managed to write the character "解" (jie), let alone anyone else. Meanwhile, the person who had just echoed Huang Taiqing that morning wrote more fluently than anyone else.
Tian Zhengyang: "..."
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If he still didn't realize they were trying to comfort him at this point, he'd be a fool. And these two people he just randomly bumped into were actually super geniuses, even able to solve competition problems.
While others hadn't even finished a single question, Lin Wei had already handed in her paper and left the exam room. But no one felt nervous, because everyone knew that people like her were a minority.
However, when the second person, Fang Yihuai, handed in his paper, they couldn't hold back anymore. Were these questions really that easy? People who were always called top students and pampered by their teachers at their own school experienced the vicissitudes of the world.
Wow, the world is so big once you leave school!
At this moment, Lin Wei ran into Professor Liang Yanghua and Professor Dou Xiuyun on the way out of the examination room.
"Are you also here to take the entrance exam for University A?"
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