"What are you talking about!" Ouyang Fei frowned and glanced at Chen Peng, then said to Shen Qian, "I reckon there must be some problem somewhere, or the invitation was delayed."
Gu Zifang patted Shen Qian's shoulder reassuringly, "You'll definitely get an invitation."
Shen Qian, who was deep in thought, came back to his senses, glanced at the two of them, and smiled, "No need to comfort me, I don't really care about this. If it's not there, it's not there."
Shen Qian keenly sensed that, apart from Gu Zifang and Ouyang Fei, everyone else's attitude had become somewhat subtle.
"I'm going back now."
Too lazy to explain anything, Shen Qian glanced at the time and left the restaurant first.
"Shen Qian must have underperformed, but he was too proud to admit it..."
"Why treat us like outsiders? Just say it directly."
"Forget it, it's not his fault. He's practically the face of Jingcheng now, so he's probably under a lot of pressure."
After Shen Qian left, the remaining people couldn't help but discuss it for a few moments.
"Then you should put even less pressure on him. It's okay to fail one subject; there are still two more to go. There's always a chance to make up for it!"
Ouyang Fei glared at the group.
"I hope his mindset hasn't really been affected. Tomorrow's test is about willpower, and I'm still a little worried..."
Gu Zifang sighed and said.
...
June 15th, the whole country was sunny.
After finishing lunch, Shen Qian, dressed in formal attire, hung up the phone call from Chai Haotian and walked out of the room.
Chai Haotian didn't ask many questions on the phone, just offered a simple greeting and advised Shen Qian to keep a calm mind and not to put too much pressure on himself.
Although the other party did not mention it, Shen Qian guessed that the other party probably already knew something about what happened yesterday, otherwise why would they make this call?
Moreover, some sarcastic posts appeared on the local forum in Jingcheng last night, bringing up the fact that "Qianxing Society's invitation did not sink before".
Gu Zifang knocked on Shen Qian's door late at night, wanting to talk to him, but Shen Qian refused, saying it was "inappropriate for a lone man and woman to be alone." Gu Zifang was so angry that she slammed the door and left.
Shen Qian knew that the other person didn't mean it that way, but he really didn't need comforting.
The excessive rumors only made Shen Qian calmer, ultimately because he had confidence.
As I said before...
What's his will always come to him.
Fifth Brother didn't come today; instead, he obediently took the bus to the Provincial Gymnasium.
When they arrived at the provincial gymnasium, a long line had already formed at the entrance. Chen Qian walked to the line where the students from Jingcheng were gathered and silently joined the queue.
Today, few people in Jingcheng's queue greeted him; instead, quite a few people gave him strange looks.
As for people from other schools, they occasionally pointed at Chen Qian and whispered these things.
This situation was exactly what Shen Qian had expected.
He was happy to have some free time, so he simply closed his eyes to rest until Ouyang Fei found him.
"Why did you come here?" Shen Qian asked curiously.
“You forgot I took the exam before you.” Ouyang Fei’s face was slightly pale. He smiled at Chen Qian. “After the exam, I met up with Zifang and the others, and then I rushed over.”
Shen Qian looked around and asked, "Isn't Gu Zifang here?"
"I heard you turned her away last night?"
Ouyang Fei yawned wearily and laughed, "She's still angry with you, but she's worried you might get hurt if you don't know the situation, so she sent me to find you."
"Is this test of willpower difficult?" Shen Qian looked Ouyang Fei up and down. "You seem quite listless."
"It's normal to find it difficult. Fortunately, although I was exhausted, I performed quite well."
Ouyang Fei glanced at the time on his bracelet and his expression turned serious.
"Time is of the essence, so I won't waste any more words. Shenqian, you must remember what I'm about to tell you!"
Shen Qian felt somewhat helpless. He didn't really need any "intelligence," but he couldn't refuse Ouyang Fei and Gu Zifang's enthusiasm, so he nodded immediately.
"After the exam, I confirmed through some channels that similar questions had appeared in the willpower test in previous years."
"Simply put, you will be pulled into a completely enclosed space of consciousness and assigned a random test question. As long as you can get a high score by breaking free from the influence of the test question with your strong will."
"There are ten hourglasses on site to keep track of time. Based on our analysis, the faster you get rid of them, the higher your score will be. It's very likely that one hourglass represents ten points."
"Then there are the exam questions, which is the most important thing I want to tell you."
"The exam questions are recorded on cards that resemble playing cards, and each question is different depending on the suit and rank..."
"I just went to see Zifang and the others. Those of us who took the test summarized that, relatively speaking, the closer the number is to the middle, the easier it is. As for the suit, we can't tell yet, but it seems that spades are the most difficult."
"Gu Zifang almost got trapped in the Ace of Spades and couldn't get out."
"But you have a choice!"
"In other words, as long as the hourglass hasn't run out of time, you can change the exam questions at any time, but it's best not to change too many to avoid wasting time. It's fine to draw a question between 5 and 9 o'clock."
Ouyang Fei revealed all of everyone's experience and speculations to Shen Qian in one go.
It must be said that Ouyang Fei's information was quite useful. If the scoring was based on time and the questions were indeed divided into easy and difficult ones, then naturally the easier the question, the more advantageous it would be.
However, even before sinking, one wouldn't believe everything.
After all, he was aiming for a perfect score.
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