On a huge LED screen.
The two large characters "喜事" (Happy Event) resemble two burning flames, silently suspended in mid-air.
The once deathly silent venue was now filled with an air so tense it felt like a string was about to snap.
They seemed to relax in an instant.
A very faint exhalation sound spread through the examination room like a tide.
"Great! This is easy!"
A boy in the front row pushed up his glasses.
His tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and the corners of his mouth even involuntarily turned up slightly.
Not only him, but the entire examination hall,
The vast majority of test takers wore expressions of relief, as if they had survived a disaster.
happy event.
This is the most common, least error-prone, and most abundant question in the resource library.
Compared to those mysterious and difficult questions, happy events are practically a freebie.
Write about passing the imperial examination with flying colors, write about family reunions,
Even if all else fails, write something like "a timely rain after a long drought," as long as the writing isn't bad.
You can generally get a solid score.
Zhang Ya also visibly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
She quickly unscrewed the water bottle and took a sip, calming down a little before the questions were announced.
She had practiced this type of question at least ten times.
She could write two pages of ornate, parallel sentences in one go.
Even Li Bowen, who always insists on logic,
At this moment, he also began to quickly list out outlines on the draft paper.
They probably thought of some great "joyful event"—a technological breakthrough that would benefit humanity.
The atmosphere in the entire grand theater changed from the somber mood just now.
The atmosphere became somewhat... joyful because of the "happy event".
Only Lin Que remained still.
He leaned back in his chair, the black ballpoint pen twirling nimbly between his long, slender fingers.
Finally, it was slammed onto the table with a "thud".
He looked at the small print on the screen explaining the "Four Great Joys of Life".
There was no joy in his eyes, but rather a chilling coldness.
"happy event……"
Lin Que pondered these two words in his heart.
It's too simple.
It's so simple it's like a carefully crafted trap.
In this age of entertainment to the death, people love hearing happy news too much.
The short videos are full of beautiful life under filters.
My WeChat Moments are full of meticulously edited travel photos, and the trending topics are all about celebrity weddings and lavish banquets.
Everyone was desperately trying to show their "joy".
It's as if as long as you laugh loud enough, the "sorrow" hidden in the gutter will disappear.
Lin Que's gaze pierced through the throng of people before him.
Their gaze seemed not to be focused on the examination room, but rather drifted to a more distant place.
He remembered the girl who borrowed millions to become more beautiful, as seen in the newspaper clippings that day.
When she signed that loan shark contract,
As she looked in the mirror at her face, now perfect thanks to the medication,
She must have felt that it was the greatest "happy event" in her life, right?
That ecstatic feeling of about to transcend social class and become the center of attention.
This made her oblivious to the abyss behind her, which had already opened its bloody maw wide.
And these candidates in front of me.
These more than three thousand top students came from various high schools in Jiangcheng.
Sitting here right now, for a ticket to a prestigious university.
For that so-called "time of passing the imperial examination".
If you pass the exam, that's a happy thing.
What if I don't pass the exam?
Or rather, if you pass the exam,
But they discovered that this was just the beginning of another round of intense competition, and this so-called "joy" was nothing more than that.
Could it turn into an obsession that drives people crazy?
"The real tragedy often appears disguised as a comedy."
Lin Que tapped his fingers lightly on the table, producing a series of dull sounds.
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