Chapter 53 Postgraduate Entrance Examination
Later on, I found it really exciting to learn!
Even I find it fucking weird.
Finally, the day of registration arrived. Lin Yan and I huddled in front of the computer, clicking the mouse like we were defusing a bomb.
After filling out the last step and confirming the submission, we both breathed a sigh of relief. The air was filled with an indescribable sense of solemnity, as if we had really done something great.
Shit, there are less than three months left before I go to the execution ground... no, the examination hall.
The real sprint is coming!
After Lin Yan's admission to graduate school was finalized, he completely switched to the "full-time househusband" mode.
The house is tidy like a model room, I am fed on time at mealtimes, fruits are cut into pieces and arranged on a plate, and he almost massages my shoulders and back and says, "Thank you for your hard work, uncle."
Damn, this kind of treatment, sometimes when I look up and see his busy back in the kitchen, I feel like I'm supporting a snail girl——
This "girl" is tall and has long legs. After taking off her apron, she can fuck me so hard that I can't get out of bed.
The school was collecting graduation information that day, and a huge crowd of people lined up to take that stupid ID photo.
When it was my turn, I looked at my face in the camera, which was a little swollen and had dark circles under my eyes due to staying up late to memorize, and my heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Damn, college life... is it really almost over?
The photo was printed out on the spot, and the staff also handed me my high school admission photo for comparison.
I held two thin pieces of paper. On the left was myself when I first entered high school, with a clear and silly look in my eyes and a little baby fat on my face; on the right was the guy now, who was haggard but had a calm look in his eyes and a slightly tougher face.
The changes are really big.
The last three months have been a miserable life!
Real test questions and simulations bombarded me one after another, and the book of wrong questions was as thick as a brick.
The most fucking torturous thing is politics!
You can't just look at that thing, you have to memorize it!
As soon as the library closed, I found a corner in the empty and gloomy corridor of the teaching building, holding Xiao Si, Xiao Ba and my little stool like a wandering soul, wrapped in a thick coat, and muttered to the wall like a lunatic.
I get home later and later, and the street lights stretch my shadow very long, making me look lonely and stubborn.
Sometimes I get so tired from reciting that my brain becomes numb, and when a cold wind blows, I can’t help but think:
In a person's life, which fork in the road is the most crucial? Is it the college entrance examination? Choosing a major? Or... that little incident where I ran into Lin Yan?
After thinking for a long time, I came to a conclusion: fuck the nodes!
Life is sometimes like opening a blind box, full of stupid opportunities and coincidences.
Running into Lin Yan was probably the result of a goblin like me stepping on dog shit for eight lifetimes.
Even my bad temper seems to have been stewed and changed by this pressure-cooker-like life...
From the initial stage of preparation when I was extremely anxious and could easily ignite, to now when faced with a mountain of wrong questions, I can sigh, curse "fuck", and then calmly open the analysis.
Is this fucking evolution?
One night, Lin Yan hugged me, resting his chin on the top of my head, and suddenly asked, "Ruirui, I noticed that apart from occasionally breaking down and crying, you seem to... rarely complain about the hardship of the postgraduate entrance examination?"
I leaned in his arms, my eyelids drooping with fatigue, and said in a muffled voice:
"Complain? No time. No need."
I paused, organizing my words, which had been ravaged by the political science questions. "I usually don't think about the results; it's too abstract. I just think about whether I've finished today's paper and whether I've grasped this knowledge point. As for whether it's hard or not... well, happiness, this thing, is something that comes from comparison."
I felt his arms tighten around me.
"The library is packed with people. How many people are carrying mountains of books and seas of questions all by themselves? Where's I? I have you. There are people who pick me up and drop me off, people who provide food and drink, and people who serve as human pillows and stress relievers..."
I laughed at myself, "Even the pain seems to have been cut in half. That sounds rather love-brained, doesn't it? But I have to admit, compared to most people, my journey to the postgraduate entrance exam is already bubbling with happiness."
In the darkness, Lin Yan didn't speak for a long time, his breath spraying on the top of my head.
After a long while, he hummed softly and hugged me tighter, as if he wanted to rub me into his bones.
I could feel his chest vibrating slightly, as if he was laughing, but also seemed to be feeling a little...emotional?
Later he told me that when he looked at me at that moment, he felt that his wife seemed to have been reborn, and she glowed with maturity and composure.
He said that if he had just met me now, he probably wouldn’t dare to pursue me because he was afraid that he would not be able to catch up.
I scoffed, "Bullshit! That's because our magnetic fields are naturally compatible. Try someone else? I'll still be a volatile goblin!"
But to be honest, when I was tired of studying and reviewing the past, I also thought about it.
How fucking lucky am I? The person I like also likes me, and we're so compatible.
This probability is lower than winning the lottery, right?
Maybe I'm just getting older (although I'm only in my early twenties), so I have more ideas.
Looking back now, this hard year of postgraduate entrance examination turned out to be the most fulfilling time in my life.
Why? Because I truly feel like I’m “working hard.” I’m not just busying myself for nothing. I’m pushing forward for myself and for the idiot next to me.
Others might take the postgraduate entrance exam for a diploma or a job, but for me, it's more like a... well, a belated rite of passage? A transformation to polish myself into a more presentable person.
Why can it be so pure?
Probably because that bastard Lin Yan had already covered for me early on.
Failed the exam? No problem, I've got him. Failed academically? No problem, I've got him. This confidence is priceless.
This year I had a very simple birthday.
Lin Yan cooked a few of my favorite dishes, bought a small cake, and blew out the candles as a token of his appreciation.
After eating, this guy covered my eyes mysteriously and dragged me into the game room.
"What the hell is this?" I muttered.
My hands loosened and I opened my eyes.
Wow! The corkboard that used to hold game posters is now covered in photos! So densely packed, it looks like a giant puzzle.
I took a closer look and my nose instantly felt sore.
There was a photo of me in the corner of the library, with my head almost buried in the books, with only my back with a furry head showing - it was obviously taken by Lin Yan.
There was a silhouette of me in the corridor of the teaching building, wrapped up like a dumpling, reciting my lessons in front of the wall with my teeth bared, the background being the pitch-black night outside the window.
There are also many landscape photos: the newly sprouted willow branches on campus in early spring, the thick green shade outside the library window in midsummer, the path covered with golden fallen leaves in late autumn, the roof covered with the first light snow in winter... and even the various silly sleeping positions of Snowball, the silly cat at home!
"You..." My throat tightened and I couldn't speak.
Lin Yan hugged me from behind, rubbing his chin against my temples, and said softly: "Don't you always say that you missed four seasons because of the exam? I thought... to take a look for you, take a picture, and let you see it too. Look at the road we walked, look at the scenery you missed, and..."
He paused, his voice softer, "Look at our little home."
I couldn't hold back my tears anymore, and they started to fall like a floodgate. I turned around, buried my face in his arms, and cried like an idiot.
What goblin warrior, what grumpy old man, all of them are fucked at this moment.
This bastard... is always like this. With his silent tenderness, he pokes my heart and makes it sore and soft.
Damn it, I’m going to try my best to get into this graduate school!
If for no other reason than to be able to see more and better scenery with this bastard who has recorded my four seasons.
In that last month, I completely turned into a test-taking machine!
There is nothing left in my mind except formulas, words, and political questions.
The interaction with Lin Yan degenerated to just a perfunctory goodnight kiss before bed, and then they fell asleep like two salted fish with all their strength drained away.
Finally! The postgraduate entrance exam day has arrived!
After checking the examination venue, Lin Yan, the "logistics minister", booked a hotel near the examination site early on. He also prepared documents, stationery, chocolates, thermos cups... more completely than an old woman.
I said I disliked his nagging, but I felt at ease in my heart.
I felt so fucking complicated in the days before the exam.
I was so nervous that my palms were sweating, but at the same time, I felt a sense of excitement that "I am finally free."
I couldn't concentrate on reading at all, my mind was like a running scroll.
I wanted to have sex with Lin Yan to relieve my stress, but I found that even that little bit of energy was squeezed out by the nervousness - damn, the postgraduate entrance examination is really a torture on earth!
In this state of mind, I gritted my teeth and entered the examination room.
After two days, the performance was pretty normal.
The bell for the last exam rang. I walked out of the exam room and the cool winter air filled my lungs. The expected ecstasy and sense of liberation did not come flooding back.
Instead... it's a huge, empty tiredness, and a bit... confused?
Lin Yan and I walked side by side on the way back to the hotel, neither of us speaking a word. After two days of bustling activity, the exam center gradually quieted down, leaving only the sound of our footsteps.
My mind was in a mess. The questions I had just done flashed through my mind for a while, and then it went blank again.
Then, an extremely inappropriate, yet extremely strong thought suddenly sprang out like a weed, instantly occupying all the high ground—
I want to have sex with Lin Yan right now! Right now! Immediately!
How shameful! This thought actually beat out all my longings for games, delicious food, and catching up on sleep, and topped the wish list!
Chen Rui, when the hell did you become so horny? !
But I knew in my heart that this was more than just "wanting to have sex."
I wanted to hug my lover tightly in the most primitive and intimate way, to confirm his existence and to confirm that all this was really over.
Those "exercises" that were meant to vent emotions during the postgraduate entrance exam period are completely different from the pure impulse of longing for intimate communication now!
But the thought was so damn strong, so strong that it might even show on my face.
Lin Yan is such a smart bastard! He glanced at me sideways, and the corner of his mouth curled up in that kind of arc that seemed to show both understanding and asking for a beating.
"Baby," he deliberately dragged out his tone and asked in a pretentious manner, "You're done with the exams. Do you want to relax? Or... how about... we go to the game city?"
Me: “…” What the hell, go to the game city! I just want to go back to the hotel and “play games”!
"What are you going there for?" I said angrily.
"Play games! Release stress!" He blinked and looked like "I'm super considerate."
"It's not that I don't want to..." I felt uncomfortable holding it in, my eyes wandering, "It's just..."
"Hmm?" He raised an eyebrow, almost unable to suppress his smirk.
"You fucking knew it a long time ago!" I was so angry that I yelled out!
Lin Yan finally couldn't help himself, laughed softly, and put his arm around my shoulders: "Let's go! Go home! I'll satisfy you!"
The next three days were simply unbearable to look back on!
The big bed in the hotel took more abuse than it should have at this price!
I’m embarrassed to count how many boxes of condoms I’ve used!
There was even one time when I was so delirious that I cried and begged him to… (Damn it, don’t broadcast this part!)
It's the feeling of rubbing the other person tightly and fiercely into your body.
Complete possession, complete delivery.
Extremely tired, yet extremely satisfied.
Maybe the exam drained all my energy and vitality, because towards the end, I actually... fell asleep?!
It is said that when Lin Yan was helping me clean up, I was still mumbling something about "transformation of the main contradiction"... I was so embarrassed!
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