"Grandma, you’re right," Mu Xiaoxiao hugged Old Lady Mu’s arm, her tone coquettish, "Luckily you’re not senile, otherwise, our family would be done for!"
Senile?
Old Lady Mu squinted her eyes, she was clearer-headed in her sleep than some people when fully awake.
Qing City.
After returning, Lin Guixiang had jumped straight into work mode.
Lin Wu had also started the new school term.
The classroom’s bulletin board featured a countdown to the college entrance exams, and a nameless pressure had enveloped the class, with everyone burying themselves in their studies, so much so that hardly anyone spoke even during the breaks.
During the lunch break, Miao Yajing yawned while brushing up on test questions.
Seeing her like this, Lin Wu spoke indifferently, "Desk mate, if you’re that tired, you should take a rest. Remember to balance work and rest."
"It’s fine, I’m not tired." As soon as she finished speaking, she yawned again.
Lin Wu: "..."
"I didn’t sleep well last night, I’ll take a nap first," Lin Wu said while taking a U-shaped pillow out from her desk. frёewebnoѵēl.com
"You sleep, I’ll brush up on a few more questions." Miao Yajing’s dream university was Capital University, and although her grades in several mock exams were good, she feared making mistakes in the actual entrance exam.
Just as Lin Wu was about to sleep, someone poked her back with a finger. She glanced back slightly, looking at Qiao Ran, "Speak."
A single word yet filled with a boss-like aura.
Qiao Ran smiled cheerily, "Sister Lin, which university do you want to apply to?"
Originally, just like Qian Liang, Qiao Ran called Lin Wu ’The Great Beauty Lin’, but ever since he discovered that Lin Wu’s ID showed she was three months younger than him, he started calling her ’Sister Lin’ like Xue Jinghao did.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Capital University," Lin Wu answered.
Qiao Ran nodded, "Alright, I got it."
"I’m going to sleep if there’s nothing else." Lin Wu continued.
"Nothing else, Sister Lin, you go ahead and sleep."
Lin Wu turned back around and continued with her nap.
Qiao Ran squinted his eyes, lost in thought.
Qian Liang looked at Qiao Ran, "Master Qiao, don’t tell me you’re also thinking of applying to Capital University!"
"Why not?" Qiao Ran retorted.
Qian Liang burst out laughing, "Master Qiao, you might as well stop dreaming! Capital University? I reckon you’d struggle to get into Qingcheng University."
The difference between the two universities was like heaven and earth despite only a one-word difference in their names.
Capital University is a top 985 university, while Qingcheng University barely passes for an ordinary second-tier college, just a private community college.
Although Qingzhong School is the best high school in Qing City, Qiao Ran didn’t get in through his own efforts; his father, a man very much concerned with face, stubbornly donated three school buildings just for Qiao Ran to attend Qingzhong.
"Qian Liang, let me tell you, don’t you underestimate me!" Qiao Ran pounded his chest, "I’m going to get into Capital University just to show you."
He was determined to get into the same university as Lin Wu.
Qian Liang just covered his stomach with laughter.
Teacher Sun and Teacher Huang were inspecting discipline in each classroom. When they reached class 10, Teacher Huang whispered, "Teacher Sun, did you hear? In this mock exam, class 10’s Lin Wu ranked first in our grade again. It seems like Ma Xiuping is really turning her luck around."
Ma Xiuping was a recently employed teacher who initially had no chance of promotion. However, she just happened to be lucky and got a student like Lin Wu.
If Lin Wu became the top scholar of Qing City.
Then, as her homeroom teacher, she would ascend to the skies, getting the outstanding teacher award and securing a promotion would not be a problem...
Thinking of this, Teacher Huang was immensely envious.
Continuing, Teacher Huang spoke, "Teacher Sun, why did you give up on such a good student as Lin Wu back then?"
During the draw for dividing the classes, Sun Xianghong had been the first to pick Lin Wu.
So, Lin Wu should have been Sun Xianghong’s student.
But against everyone’s expectations, Sun Xianghong chose to give her up.
Otherwise, Ma Xiuping wouldn’t have had this stroke of good fortune.
Although at first, everyone suspected that Lin Wu had plagiarized to pass the entrance exam for Qingzhong, Lin Wu had consistently ranked first each time, causing everyone to gradually dismiss the idea.
Hearing this, Sun Xianghong’s gaze landed on Lin Wu’s seat, filled with scorn, "Xiao Huang, have you ever seen any promising student who has the time to sleep when it’s close to college entrance exams?"
In this world, there aren’t any naturally brainy top students; almost all top students made it through grinding practice.
The idea that Lin Wu could get into a regular community college would be as likely as the sun rising from the west, let alone her absurd dream of becoming the city’s top scholar?
Daydreaming.
It was ridiculous that Teacher Huang could utter such an unrealistic idea without thinking.
No sooner had she finished speaking than Teacher Huang looked in Lin Wu’s direction.
As expected.
She was lying on the desk, asleep.
It was somewhat hot in Qing City in March, and Qian Liang, sitting in the back, was fanning her with a fan.
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