Chapter 60 Reexamination
The short-lived revelry came to an end, and the reality of the task was cruelly placed before us - the re-examination.
The mock re-examination facing Lin Yan’s infuriatingly handsome face is a double test of spirit and will!
He had a stern face and asked questions seriously, pretending to be a stern examiner. But I was always caught off guard by the smile in his eyes, or the raised eyebrow that pretended to be serious but made me look more sexy, and I burst into laughter.
"Mr. Chen Rui, please explain the practical application prospects of the 'XX Effect'."
"Pfft...hahahaha...Lin Yan, stop pretending, the corner of your mouth is twitching..."
After several attempts, Lin Yan finally "couldn't stand it anymore" and put down the blank A4 paper that served as "examiner's notes". He narrowed his eyes and looked at me with a dangerous yet charming smile: "Student Chen Rui, it seems that your attitude towards the re-examination is extremely improper? Smile again..."
He deliberately dragged out his tone, his eyes sweeping over me, "...we'll have an extra practice tonight. I want to see how many times you can break down laughing?"
I:"!!!"
This threat hit the target accurately!
For the sake of my poor waist, I immediately sat up straight with a serious expression as if I was attending a state funeral. I bit my lower lip hard and forced down the laughter that was rising in my throat, which turned into internal injuries. I stumbled but finally managed to recite the answer in full.
Lin Yan, that bastard! He really knows how to manipulate me!
In the blink of an eye, the second semester of the senior year began with great fanfare, accompanied by the chill and busyness of early spring.
The campus was filled with a cacophony of nostalgia, yearning, and a down-to-earth spirit. But this nostalgia wasn't heartbreaking, more like a hurried glance back before rushing off to the future.
Everyone is running wildly in his own track.
Some people put on ill-fitting suits and run around to recruitment fairs and interviews, vying for a desired offer.
Some people, like me, plunged into the ocean of re-examination materials and tutors' papers, paddling hard for the last fight.
Some people also struggle to get up from the quagmire of failure in the postgraduate entrance examination, shake off the dust, or regroup and prepare for the second time, or turn around and join the army of civil service examination candidates, or explore a way out in a new field.
In the hustle and bustle of graduation season, there are not too many farewells with tears in each other's arms, but more of an eagerness for the future and a hurry to hurry on.
Xiaoyou's battle for the civil service exam has come to an end. She passed the exam as she wished and got the enviable iron rice bowl.
On the phone, her voice was joyful, yet also tinged with a hint of fateful irony: "Brother Rui! You said this happened... If it weren't for that nemesis of Lao Si, I would never have taken the exam to come here! But now, I have a stable job here, and Lao Si got transferred to my place after taking the postgraduate entrance exam! Well, it's another fucking marriage brought together by a thread - brought to the same place! Who wrote this script?!"
The screenwriter Fate always likes to write some black humor that makes people laugh and cry.
Lin Yan and I walked side by side on the small path in the campus, listening to Xiaoyou's funny complaints on the phone, and smiled at each other.
After confirming the retest, contacting my advisor in advance became a top priority. Although Lin Yan and I both majored in the same major, our paths to postgraduate study, the entrance exam, and even our specific research directions were slightly different.
The two of us stayed in the hotel, studying each mentor's resume, project direction and...most importantly - reputation on the computer screen.
"How about this? I heard there are many projects and sufficient funding." I pointed to a professor who seemed to have achieved great results.
Lin Yan slid his mouse and clicked on a hidden forum post, which read: [Caution! Lab 007 is the norm, and the instructor is a PUA master!]
I immediately retracted my finger: "Next, next!"
In the end, we locked in an associate professor with a pretty good reputation.
The few comments on the forum all mentioned "good temper," "no push," and "respect for students' time." Yeah, that's him! I don't want graduate students to die of exhaustion in the lab.
The day before the re-examination, Lin Yan and I went to the school we applied to in advance to check it out.
Walking in the unfamiliar campus, looking at the teaching buildings of different styles and the students walking hurriedly, a wonderful sense of belonging mixed with uneasiness about the future arises spontaneously.
"In the future... I may have to study and live here." I looked around and sighed softly.
Coming to a completely unfamiliar city, far away from everything familiar, it would be a lie to say that I wasn't nervous.
Lin Yan naturally took my hand, his fingertips were warm and dry, dispelling the uneasiness.
He turned his head to look at me, with a smile on his face: "Maybe we'll settle down here in the future."
Settle down? My heart skipped a beat, and my face felt slightly hot.
Although my future with Lin Yan seemed to have already unfolded before our eyes, hearing the word "settlement," so concrete and full of life, still made me feel like I was walking on clouds, a sense of unreality and dreaminess. I pursed my lips, said nothing, and simply squeezed his hand a little tighter.
On the day of the re-examination, thanks to Lin Yan's previous devilish special training of "do it once you smile", I performed extremely stably.
Facing a row of serious examiners, I had clear ideas and expressed myself fluently. Even my usually halting English was spoken quite well.
The examiner, the associate professor we contacted, had no expression on his face, but his eyes were calm. He nodded slightly several times when I answered, and his attitude seemed okay.
My nerves, which had been tense for several hours, finally relaxed. When I returned to the hotel, I was instantly overwhelmed by a huge feeling of fatigue.
I fell into bed almost as soon as I touched the bed and slept until the lights came on, only to be woken up by hunger.
The room was lit with soft warm light. Lin Yan was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at something on a tablet in his hand.
Seeing that I woke up, he put down the tablet and pointed to the bedside table: "Are you hungry? I ordered a midnight snack, it's still hot."
It was a famous clay pot porridge place nearby, and the aroma was so fragrant that I was so hungry that I immediately pounced on it and devoured it.
Lin Yan sat next to me, watching me eat quietly, his eyes as gentle as melted spring water.
"Ruirui," he suddenly spoke in a low, pleasant voice, "I'm really... so happy to see you make it this far today and perform so well."
I swallowed a mouthful of delicious shrimp and crab porridge, with food still in my mouth, and mumbled incoherently: "Who are you looking down on... After all, I also studied hard for ten years..." Although the process is a bit difficult to describe in words.
Lin Yan chuckled softly, picked up a tissue and wiped away the porridge stains on the corner of my mouth. "Then... tell me about your high school life? You must have some stories from those ten years of hard study, right?"
"High school?" I put down my spoon and wiped my mouth. "Oh, what's there to talk about? It's all about studying. Ours was a key class, and when I got in, I realized most of the students were teachers' children or people with connections. I guess the school shoved me in because my mom is a teacher. Those people..."
I curled my lips. "Everyone is so arrogant, especially those who are good at studying. They compare themselves to each other all day long. The air is filled with the smell of gunpowder over scores and rankings."
"Aren't you a good student?" Lin Yan asked curiously.
"Me?" I laughed at myself. "I was at the bottom of the class when I entered and was crushed to death. It was only in the later period that I could barely struggle to the middle. But the college entrance examination was weird. I did better than several 'academic masters'." Thinking of the ugly faces of those guys who usually looked down on others after checking their results, I felt a little secretly happy.
"It shows that you have worked hard and have made great progress." Lin Yan affirmed.
"Of course I was," I recalled. "All I did all day was practice problems. But you know me, I'm a bit... uh, careless. My high school books were so thick and piled high on my desk, like a mountain. Many times, people would walk by and they'd all fall to the ground with a clatter, leaving a huge mess. Eventually, I just gave up and let them fall, and I didn't even bother to pick them up. You didn't see how people looked at me, like I was avoiding the plague."
I shrugged, pretending to be relaxed.
Lin Yan's brows knitted slightly, his eyes revealing obvious distress: "Then... do you have friends in high school?"
"There are a few dining companions."
I tried to recall, "But it was just eating together. I'm used to being alone, and I was busy doing homework during breaks, so I didn't really have any in-depth conversations with many people."
Seeing the deep pity in Lin Yan's eyes, I quickly explained, "Actually, it's like this where we are. We're in a key high school in a small county. Everyone is so full of energy, pinning all their hopes of changing their fate on this exam. The atmosphere is very tense, and there's not much romance."
Lin Yan sighed softly and held my hand: "At least... you passed the exam."
"Yeah," I sighed, "My grades were like a roller coaster back then. Who could have imagined that they would soar so high in the final burst?" I looked at him, a smile and relief in my eyes. "Thank goodness I did well in the exam, which is why I met you."
Lin Yan smiled and said, "Ruirui, thank goodness you're my roommate."
"Come on!" I ruthlessly exposed him. "When you first met me, I had greasy hair that hadn't been washed for three days, wore wrinkled pajamas, and was in the dorm playing games all day long! It's hard for a normal person to have any 'good feelings' towards such a slovenly roommate, right?"
"I've never disliked you." Lin Yan leaned closer, his eyes becoming dangerous. "You had your own reasons for being like that, and you've changed for the better now."
I agreed: "That's true, but when I think about how we were the most familiar strangers in the dormitory before, I feel very emotional!" After saying that, I smiled shamelessly.
Hearing the "alienation" in my tone, Lin Yan became more excited and said, "I will prove to you now how much I like you..."
Before he could finish his words, warm lips covered his, carrying the meaning of punishment and declaration.
I was breathless from the kiss and finally pushed him away a little, panting: "So, I'm telling you about my tragic high school history to pave the way for your 'plot' tonight?" I glared at him.
Lin Yan chuckled softly, his eyes burning with naked hints: "Ruirui, do you like this kind of play? How about... you play the teacher tonight and I'll be the student? I must be a 'diligent and studious' good student..." His hands had already begun to become dishonest.
"Lin Yan! That's enough!" I slapped his hand away in shame and anger, "That's not what I meant!" Is there nothing else in this guy's mind except pornographic garbage?!
The two rolled around in a ball, laughing and joking, and finally fell asleep in each other's arms, exhausted, until noon the next day.
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