Chapter 50 Transferring Schools to Revitalize the Cultivation World (50% complete)
Gong Yu crossed her arms indifferently: "Are you the top scorer in the college entrance examination?"
Su Xiaoyao: "Our province's top science student."
Gong Yu: "You're going to your dream university, Peking University?"
Su Xiaoyao said, "I'm going."
Gong Yu: "What did you do after graduation?"
Su Xiaoyao: "This..."
Gong Yu: "Is there anything I can't say?"
"No." Su Xiaoyao suppressed the urge to avoid eye contact and tried her best to appear calm.
Under the questioning gaze of her friends, she feigned a relaxed demeanor and said, "My university life went smoothly. I participated in many physics competitions and achieved some success. After leaving school, I suddenly had the idea to try opening a restaurant. You know what? I have a knack for business; I made quite a bit of money. Two years later, I had a new dream, so I started working hard again with two friends I met later, and the results were pretty good. Recently, I took an exam at a school to prepare for further studies. Getting this diploma will be very helpful for my career."
Su Xiaoyao used appropriate wording to obscure her own experiences.
She didn't tell a single lie, but she also didn't say many truths.
She wasn't going to tell me about Gong Yu's journey to another world.
Because she was afraid that Gong Yu would ask her why she had traveled through time and why she had no intention of returning after traveling through time.
Fortunately, Gong Yu didn't press the matter. She just lamented, "Su Xiaoyao! You're such a disappointment!"
Su Xiaoyao was most afraid of her losing her temper, so she timidly shrank her neck.
"Then what's the point of you coming back! People are reborn because they're frustrated and unfulfilled. Why did you give up your bright future and come back to retake the college entrance exam? Did you come back to help the poor? Is my future going badly? Did I get cancer or did Su Xiaogua ruin yourself?"
"Pah, pah, pah, don't say such unlucky things. You two are doing very well." Su Xiaoyao quickly explained, "Su Xiaogua went to Tsinghua University to avoid being second best and to avoid me. She became the new King of Papers after me. She lived and died in the exams at Tsinghua. You got into the Archaeology Department of Peking University and also realized your dream. In your sophomore year, you were so excited when you restored cultural relics for the first time that you hugged me and cried. You two are healthy and doing very well."
Gong Yu nodded thoughtfully, then belatedly asked, "Wait, how can I prove what you're saying is true? You wouldn't be teaming up with Su Xiaogua to prank me, would you?"
Su Xiaoyao blinked: "How could I possibly be in cahoots with him? Let me think, what can prove that I came back from the future... I remember now, you told me later that last summer when I was away participating in a competition, your damn gambling dad came looking for you and your aunt, intending to cause trouble at school to blackmail you. It was Su Xiaogua who protected you, and that's when you started to like him... Hmm!"
Gong Yu suddenly covered her mouth, her cheeks flushed red: "How could I possibly tell you this!"
Su Xiaoyao pointed to the sealed mouth, and only then did she let go.
Su Xiaoyao smiled slyly: "You told me this after you got drunk during your first summer vacation. To be honest, I never realized before that you actually liked that guy and were having a crush on him."
"I believe it, I believe it, I believe it, okay?" Gong Yu thought to himself, "Damn it," and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that no one was around.
"So what do you plan to do now?" she asked.
Su Xiaoyao's smile faded a little: "It would be good to do it all over again. Maybe I can even achieve a new high in the college entrance exam."
"Give me a break. You haven't studied for seven years, do you even remember how to do the problems?"
"Of course! Don't underestimate a former top scorer in the college entrance examination!" Su Xiaoyao said proudly, hands on her hips.
"Look how smug you are." Gong Yu actually had many more questions she wanted to ask, but she swallowed them back.
She could tell that Su Xiaoyao was acting strangely that morning, and that what would happen in the future was probably not as simple as she had described.
She believed that Su Xiaoyao never lied to her, but this guy was very good at wielding the power of words.
After a brief moment of hesitation, she decided not to ask anymore. After all, no matter what happened, these were still her friends, weren't they?
This will not change.
Su Xiaoyao understood that her friend still had doubts, but out of trust, she didn't ask any more questions, which made her feel much more relaxed.
“There’s not much good food left in the cafeteria at this time. You don’t look well today, so you should rest a bit. I’ll go downstairs to the convenience store and buy a couple of loaves of bread. We’ll just have something to eat for lunch,” Gong Yu said.
Su Xiaoyao nodded; she did need to process this.
Gong Yu cleared her throat: "I'm going to buy some oranges. You stay here and don't move."
"You little rascal, Gong Xiaoyu, trying to take advantage of me, huh?" Su Xiaoyao pretended to pinch the soft flesh on her waist.
Gong Yu laughed and ran away.
She was the only one left in the classroom.
Su Xiaoyao sat down and calmed herself down for a while, then pulled out a test paper and decided to do some practice questions to clear her head.
These questions seemed both familiar and unfamiliar. She sighed, knowing she would have to work hard from now on.
Although I've decided not to take the exam, there's no reason why someone who was a top scorer in the college entrance exam in their past life can always end up worse off in this one.
I had only done two problems when a furtive figure appeared at the classroom door.
"Su Xiaogua, what are you doing?" Su Xiaoyao called out to the man.
Su Xiaogua peeked in, carrying a plastic bag.
He looked around the classroom to make sure Gong Yu wasn't there before he awkwardly came in.
"What kind of expression is that?" Su Xiaoyao said with disdain.
"I came downstairs and realized you hadn't come to eat, so I came back," Su Xiaogua said honestly.
Su Xiaoyao wasn't nervous: "What did you hear?"
“I heard Xiaoyu say… she said…” Su Xiaogua’s face turned red, and she stammered for a long time before she could finish the sentence.
"She said she likes you." Su Xiaoyao finished the sentence for him.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop!" Su Xiaogua explained in a panic. "You two are usually the most enthusiastic about eating, but today you were late and didn't eat, so I was a little worried. I asked Chen Zi to get food for the three of us. I was going to come back and ask you what happened, whether Xiaoyu's dad was causing trouble again, but I accidentally overheard you say you were the top scorer in the college entrance exam. I came in, but I didn't leave..."
Su Xiaoyao looked at the food he was carrying.
Su Xiaogua placed three boxed meals on the table: "Chen Zi packed three boxed meals, each with one meat dish and one vegetable dish, costing eight yuan, plus one yuan for packaging. He ate them in the cafeteria himself."
Su Xiaoyao calmly took a boxed lunch, unpacked the disposable chopsticks, and began to eat.
Su Xiaogua was so anxious that she scratched her head and said, "Don't leave me hanging! I'll tell you later if what you said is true or false. Did you and Xiaoyu team up to prank me?"
Su Xiaoyao glanced at him: "You folded ninety-nine origami cranes and nine hundred and ninety-nine stars for Xiaoyu and put them in a glass bottle with the words 'Bright Future' on it. You planned to give them to her after the college entrance exam, but you were too cowardly to give them to her. You told me this when you finally got first place after getting rid of me in your freshman year and you were drunk and howling like the world was ending."
"I was wrong, Sister Xiaoyao! I shouldn't have questioned you!" Su Xiaogua's ears and neck turned red.
"Tsk, what a promising young man." Su Xiaoyao chuckled.
Su Xiaogua said in a serious tone: "A person should be able to bend and yield." He didn't even mention the word "stretch."
"How are you going to pass the college entrance exam with your idiom skills?" she said to Gong Yu.
"You said I'd at least get into Tsinghua University, right?" Su Xiaogua smiled ingratiatingly. "Sister Xiaoyao, do you still remember the college entrance exam questions?"
Su Xiaoyao: "..."
Su Xiaogua could tell the result from her reaction. He hissed and continued to ask, "What about the sports lottery?"
Su Xiaoyao: "You two are a match made in heaven."
Su Xiaogua pouted: "Thank you for your kind words, but I'm telling you, you must tell me if anything happens in the future, otherwise I won't be able to cover for you if you get captured and used for experiments one day."
"It's not that serious, I have a powerful protector." Su Xiaoyao poked at her rice. "It's not that I don't trust you, but you can't keep anything to yourself. You're always worrying about this and that. I'm afraid it will affect your performance in the college entrance exam. If I let you lose even your perennial second place, I'll be in big trouble. I'll have to go to the dean's mother and beg for forgiveness."
“My heart is very strong, okay?” Su Xiaogua retorted.
"Heh, you haven't given away a box of origami cranes and stars in two years, and you dare to say you have a strong heart in front of me?" Su Xiaoyao sneered.
"This is a special case!" Su Xiaogua retorted loudly.
"What's the special situation?" Gong Yu returned with the bread.
"It's nothing!" Su Xiaogua stood up straight in a flash.
Su Xiaoyao smiled faintly, and slowly said to his anxious stare, "It's nothing. I told him that he could only get rid of the title of 'perennial runner-up' if he didn't take the same university as me. He said that being second every time is a special case."
"Once or twice is an exception, but you're always second in line. Shouldn't you reflect on that?" Gong Yu was speechless.
“Yes, yes, Xiaoyu, you’re right about everything.” Su Xiaogua nodded repeatedly.
Su Xiaoyao rolled her eyes.
She said that this guy couldn't keep anything to himself.
Gong Yu understood immediately and winked at Su Xiaoyao.
Su Xiaoyao decided to play dumb and let the two people who knew the truth keep arguing. Anyway, they were both very sensible and neither of them would bring this up before the college entrance examination.
"Come on, stop eating bread, Xiao Gua brought us some food," she called out.
Gong Yu decisively gave up the dry bread.
After many years, the three of them sat down to eat together again, and Su Xiaoyao couldn't help but smile.
Occasionally, the thought of whether this was an illusion would cross her mind, but everything around her was so real that she couldn't question the authenticity of her friends.
What she was certain of was that Gong Yu in this world was Gong Yu, and Su Xiaogua was Su Xiaogua. She knew her former friends too well and couldn't believe that an illusion could fabricate people so realistically.
That's good. Xiao Tingyuan and Jiang Yun will definitely pass the Tianyan Academy's assessment. It doesn't seem like a big deal that the three-person team is disbanding now.
It's a pity there wasn't a proper farewell; she didn't even get to say goodbye.
In her subsequent campus life, Su Xiaoyao seemed to have completely let go of the past and thrown herself into a new life starting all over again.
She studied day and night, and with her solid foundation and sharp mind, she quickly grasped the review schedule.
The peaceful life continued for two weeks.
When Su Xiaoyao entered the classroom, several classmates were chatting together.
Such a scene was rare on the eve of the college entrance examination, so she curiously went over to observe.
"Good morning, Xiao Yao." One of the girls happily put her arm around her shoulder, "Just like every day, I get a whiff of the academic genius's aura."
"Share any gossip you have," Su Xiaoyao said.
The girl said, "Big news! A transfer student is coming to our class today."
"Huh?" Su Xiaoyao frowned. "Transferring schools before the college entrance exam, and to the honors class no less, are you sure?"
"Really, I overheard it when I went to the office," the girl said confidently. "I'm going to deliver the homework right away, so I'll find out more."
Su Xiaoyao patted her shoulder: "Okay, the English class representative will investigate and report again."
The girl nodded solemnly, clutching the collected homework as if going into battle.
After Su Xiaoyao returned to her seat, she shared the news with Gong Yu and the two people at the table in front of her.
"Could it be that students from other provinces come to our school to take the college entrance exam under someone else's name? Who would be so foolish as to come to our province specifically to take the exam? The test is incredibly difficult. The scores required for undergraduate programs in other provinces are only enough for junior colleges here." Su Xiaogua frowned as her first reaction upon hearing this.
Gong Yu asked curiously, "Could it be that our world is a novel, and you and I are just ordinary NPCs, and now the male and female leads are going to start dating? No, the college entrance exam is coming up soon, there's not enough time for a campus romance novel to develop feelings."
The person in front of me was speechless: "I think you could write novels on the side while you're doing archaeology."
He thought he would find common ground, but to his surprise, the other two people had the same expression as Gong Yu.
He exclaimed in surprise, "No way, you guys believe in the NPC theory too?"
"I don't believe it," Su Xiaoyao said decisively.
The student in front of me praised, "The academic genius is still the most rational."
She continued, "Looking at the whole school, there isn't a single student with the qualities of a male lead or the potential of a female lead, so I don't believe it."
The student in front of me stared wide-eyed.
Is that why you don't believe it? Then haven't you overlooked your own situation?
Gong Yu pondered, "Could it be that some ordinary female classmate saved a stunningly handsome guy while passing through an alley on a rainy night? And the handsome guy transferred schools to repay the favor?"
Su Xiaoyao was inspired: "Or maybe a male classmate wearing glasses with the bottom of a beer bottle actually has amazing good looks behind his glasses. He wears patched shirts and jeans that are washed until they are faded. A rich girl sees his face after he takes off his glasses and falls in love at first sight, so she decides to transfer schools to pursue him."
Su Xiaogua continued, "I know that. She chased him until she was heartbroken, and then the guy in the white shirt went through a 'wife-chasing-the-crematorium' scenario."
"Hello, hello, hello." The perennial third-place student realized he couldn't connect with their channel, decided to protect his own brain circuits, and silently turned around to pick up his book to memorize.
"Breaking news! There are four transfer students!" The English class representative returned with some exciting news.
"Oh, an ensemble piece." Su Xiaoyao chuckled.
The otherwise dull and monotonous college entrance exam preparation period was given a little ripple. After some lighthearted banter, a student in the last row shouted that the homeroom teacher was coming, and the students immediately returned to their seats and began studying.
Su Xiaoyao also calmed down. What she needed to do now was to catch up with the amount of knowledge she had in her previous life and make up for all the questions she had forgotten.
She thought that what happened next was none of her business until she saw the four transfer students following behind the homeroom teacher.
They changed into new blue and white school uniforms, looking youthful and energetic.
But those faces were all too familiar to Su Xiaoyao.
"Class, please be quiet." The homeroom teacher led the students in.
Overwhelmed with shock, Su Xiaoyao leaned back, the chair scraping against the floor with an unpleasant thud that stood out starkly in the classroom.
Everyone's problems were focused on her, including the transfer students.
Su Xiaoyao's shocked gaze met Helian Yi's amused smile.
Then she saw her old rival smile gently and politely, pointing in her direction and saying, "Teacher, may I sit behind that student?"
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Author's Note: Surprise~
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