On the day when the first mock exam results came out, the sun was particularly glaring.
In the office, the head teacher, Old Chen, pushed his glasses and stared at the two students in front of him in disbelief - Ye Qingliu and Duan Shuce.
"Are you sure you want to give up your admission qualification?" Old Chen's voice rose a degree, and his fingers tapped on the table, making a dull sound.
Ye Qingliu stood by the window, the sunlight shining through the glass onto him, outlining his slender figure.
His expression was calm, his gray-blue eyes like a frozen lake. "Sure."
Duan Shuce lazily leaned against his desk, twirling a pen between his fingers, a nonchalant smile on his lips: "Teacher, we want to take the test ourselves."
The veins on Old Chen's forehead twitched. "Ye Qingliu, you were recommended by Tsinghua University's Physics Department; Duan Shuce, by Peking University's Mathematics Department. Do you know how many people fight tooth and nail to get these spots?"
Ye Qingliu didn't say anything, but just lowered his eyelashes slightly, his gaze falling on the cherry tree outside the window - there was a sparrow there, tilting its head to look at him.
Duan Shuce smiled and said, "I know, that's why we have to take the test."
Old Chen took a deep breath and turned to Teacher Li, the head teacher standing beside him: "Teacher Li, please persuade them!"
Teacher Li pushed up his glasses and looked at his two favorite students with a complicated expression: "Why?"
Ye Qingliu was silent for a moment, then said softly, "I want to try."
Duan Shuce continued, "Yes, life would be so regretful if one didn't take the college entrance examination."
The office fell into an eerie silence, with only the chirping of sparrows outside the window as the only sound.
Old Chen rubbed his temples and tried to persuade them from another angle: "Ye Qingliu, your grades have always been stable. Being recommended for admission will allow you to get involved in scientific research projects earlier. Duan Shuce, although you are not from our school, your competition results are good enough to get you directly into Peking University. Why take the risk?"
Ye Qingliu raised his eyes, his gaze calm and firm: "I want to take the exam."
Duan Shuce shrugged: "Teacher, please don't try to persuade me. We have already discussed this."
Old Chen's eyes widened: "You two? Did you discuss this?"
Ye Qingliu: "..."
Duan Shuce: "..."
Teacher Li keenly sensed something and tentatively asked, "Do you know each other?"
Duan Shuce raised his eyebrows: "I know him, he's my girlfriend's younger brother."
Ye Qingliu glanced at him coldly: "..."
Old Chen almost lost his breath: "What a mess!"
Teacher Li held his forehead and said, "So, you are...?"
Ye Qingliu interrupted him: "It's not because of him."
Duan Shuce smiled even brighter: "Yes, it's not because of me."
Old Chen gave up completely and slumped in his chair: "Alright, do whatever you want."
Ye Qingliu nodded slightly, turned around and left the office. Duan Shuce waved to Old Chen and followed him out.
In the corridor, Duan Shuce caught up with Ye Qingliu and put his arm on his shoulder: "Hey, you really don't want to consider recommendation?"
Ye Qingliu shook his hand off expressionlessly: "No."
Duan Shuce didn't get angry either. He put his hands in his pockets and followed him slowly: "Okay, see you at the college entrance examination."
Ye Qingliu paused and looked sideways at him: "You are not in our school."
Duan Shuce laughed carefreely: "So what? See you in the exam hall."
Ye Qingliu ignored him and walked straight to the classroom.
Duan Shuce looked at his back and chuckled softly, "Stubborn as hell."
The news exploded in the teacher's office like a bomb.
The head of the physics department, Mr. Zhang, dropped his thermos cup, splashing hot water everywhere. "What?! Ye Qingliu gave up on the recommendation? Is he crazy?"
Math teacher Wang adjusted his glasses, his eyes wide behind the lenses. "Duan Shuce has given up too? This kid usually seems quite smart, why did he act so foolishly at the crucial moment?"
English teacher Sister Liu sighed: "Children these days are becoming increasingly difficult to understand."
The head teacher, Old Chen, walked in with a gloomy face and slammed a stack of documents on the table. "Investigate! Find out if someone has misled them!"
Teacher Li raised her hand weakly. "Well... I just asked, and they said they just wanted to experience the Gaokao."
The office fell into silence again.
"Experience the college entrance exam?" Teacher Zhang's voice rose. "Ye Qingliu is the head of the Ye family! He has nothing, so what's the point of him experiencing the college entrance exam?"
Teacher Wang frowned. "Duan Shuce's family isn't ordinary, is it? His father is the chairman of Duan Real Estate, and his mother is an international dancer. What does he need?"
Sister Liu shook her head: "How can we ordinary people understand the thoughts of a rich young master?"
Lao Chen rubbed his temples and said, "No, I have to talk to them again."
Teacher Li hesitated for a moment: "Director, Ye Qingliu said..."
"say what?"
"He said, 'The college entrance examination is fair.'"
The office fell silent again.
Teacher Zhang muttered, "Fairness? He's a guy who's received an elite education and won countless gold medals in competitions, and he's talking to us about fairness?"
Teacher Wang smiled wryly: "Duan Shuce is even more outrageous. He said, 'Life is incomplete without taking the college entrance examination.'"
Sister Liu sighed: "These kids are really..."
Old Chen was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "Forget it, let them be."
In the office, the teachers looked at each other and finally could only shake their heads.
——They really don’t understand the world of rich young masters.
———————Time dividing line
"Pah—"
The monitor dropped the thermos cup in his hand, and the boiling hot tea splashed all over the floor. The entire Senior 3 (1) class fell silent instantly, and everyone stared at the classroom door with wide eyes.
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