Among them, the taller man couldn’t stand Lin Wanqing’s persistent pestering and gestured with a helpless expression for her to continue.
The female teacher beside him merely curled her lips: wasting time.
Lin Wanqing spoke in a calm voice, “You arrange my enrollment, and I’ll take this year’s college entrance exam.”
“Heh heh!” The two of them laughed again. Sure enough, they shouldn’t have expected Lin Wanqing to actually say anything useful about being a “top scorer.”
“Don’t believe me?” Lin Wanqing raised an eyebrow. “If you don’t believe me, take out the papers from your last exam, and I’ll do them. Let’s see how I compare to your grade’s top student! If I score higher than your top student, then you have to find a way to arrange my enrollment.”
After all that fuss, it turned out she just wanted to go to school?
Hu Baojun furrowed his brow. “Our No. 1 Middle School has entrance exams for new students every year. If you really want to attend our school, you don’t need to waste time with us here. The premise is that you can actually pass the exam—everything is judged by grades.”
“Alright, we’ve wasted enough time. I think it’s not her who has a problem in the head—it’s the two of us! We must have fried our brains staying up late last night,” Zhao Yumei muttered a curse. Of course, she wasn’t cursing Lin Wanqing, but rather mocking the two of them for actually believing what Lin Wanqing said.
“Doing a set of papers won’t take too long. I want to take this year’s college entrance exam, and your school’s new student enrollment period has long passed, hasn’t it?” Lin Wanqing continued. “Why not give me a chance to try?”
What Lin Wanqing valued was that No. 1 Middle School had excellent teacher and student resources, and the college entrance exam materials they compiled every year were bound to be the most accurate.
“Fine!” Hu Baojun seemed to think of something—he really had never encountered such a stubborn person. “Come back with me.”
They had new copies of the last diagnostic test papers. He gestured for Zhao Yumei to go back first. “Don’t wait for me.”
Zhao Yumei opened her mouth to persuade him once more not to bother with Lin Wanqing, but seeing that they had already entered the school, she said nothing further.
Hu Baojun led Lin Wanqing directly into the office.
“Our students’ exam time is quite long. I won’t set strict requirements for you—you can hand in your paper whenever you finish.”
As he spoke, Hu Baojun took out a complete set of exam papers. Lin Wanqing took them, walked over to find an empty seat, sat down, and immediately began—
Completing this set of papers would take at least half a day, and Hu Baojun had already prepared himself to eat at the school cafeteria for lunch.
Watching her serious demeanor, his heart couldn’t help but calm down.
By the time Lin Wanqing handed in her papers, Hu Baojun felt he had been a bit crazy today, actually wasting time on something like this.
With all this free time, he might as well have been explaining problems to his students.
But then he looked at Lin Wanqing—she had finished all six papers in just two hours.
“You didn’t just fill in random answers, did you?”
The first paper Hu Baojun checked was the math exam he taught. The first page was all correct, and his heart hadn’t stirred much at that point. But when the second page was also all correct, Hu Baojun immediately couldn’t sit still.
He knew this exam was quite difficult—even the best math student in their senior year hadn’t scored full marks.
And Lin Wanqing did it so effortlessly?
“You… what’s going on? Why do you suddenly want to take this year’s college entrance exam? Which high school were you at before? From your accent, it doesn’t sound like you’re from the south.”
Hu Baojun fired off several questions in a row. After all, with such a promising student, the school wouldn’t have let her go so easily—unless she had committed an unforgivable mistake.
“I’m from the capital.”
Lin Wanqing spoke cautiously. “I want to retake the college entrance exam this year. If I register on my own, I don’t know what the key review points are for this year’s exam.”
“Oh, oh.” While talking, Hu Baojun had already finished checking her English paper—also full marks.
Then came Chinese and the other subjects… It turned out Lin Wanqing hadn’t been bragging recklessly. Her scores were indeed better than the top student’s.
When Hu Baojun looked at Lin Wanqing again, his gaze had become exceptionally “fervent.”
“The college entrance exam is only a few days away. Can you really review in time?”
“Yes.” Lin Wanqing nodded lightly without hesitation. “I need the exam preparation materials now.”
“No problem!”
Hu Baojun guaranteed in one breath that he had everything she needed. “Bring your identification to the school as soon as possible, and I’ll arrange your enrollment.”
“Alright.” Lin Wanqing could prepare everything by today when she got back.
“Wait here.” Hu Baojun quickly gathered a portion of the materials for her to take back. “Review well these few days. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can come ask me. I’ll give you my home address—no, never mind that. You give me your address, and I’ll come find you!”
Such a golden gem needed to be “guarded” well.
Lest someone else snatch her away.
“It’ll be convenient for me to come find you at school anyway.” Lin Wanqing noticed the stark contrast in his attitude from before and after.
She was a bit unaccustomed to it.
“Fine, whatever you say goes.”
When she left the school, Hu Baojun even personally escorted her to the main gate and stood there watching Lin Wanqing walk away.
The gatekeeper was speechless. “…”
…
Lin Wanqing hadn’t had time to eat lunch, so instead of taking the bus, she casually found a steamed bun shop and ordered two buns along with a bowl of wonton soup.
“Just a moment, it’ll be right up!”
Lin Wanqing’s stomach growled loudly at the fragrant smell wafting through the shop. Having finished her practice test today, she felt even more confident about the upcoming college entrance exam.
Back in her day, she had clinched the provincial top score, with prestigious universities across the country vying for her.
In the end, Lin Wanqing had chosen her preferred field of pharmaceutical research.
Her goal for the college entrance exam was Southern Medical University, where she would also pursue pharmaceutical research.
Suddenly, Lin Wanqing vaguely sensed a gaze following her?
When she turned her head to look in that direction, there was nothing there.
“…” Sticking to the principle of not wasting food, Lin Wanqing ate until she was stuffed.
Riding the bus now would likely upset her stomach, so Lin Wanqing decided to walk back instead, treating it as a leisurely stroll to aid digestion.
The streets were empty at noon, and Lin Wanqing’s mind was entirely occupied with her upcoming review sessions. She didn’t notice the man quietly sneaking up behind her. “…”
By the time she realized something was wrong, Lin Wanqing’s mouth and nose were forcefully covered. She instantly couldn’t breathe and was about to fight back when she caught a very familiar scent.
This smell—
Lin Wanqing’s first thought was knockout drugs.
And this type of knockout drug was potent—strong enough to knock out an ox.
Lin Wanqing didn’t even have time to struggle. As her consciousness faded in the final moment, she thought to herself, this is bad!
“Heh heh, got her!”
Wang Xiangdong was overjoyed and quickly hoisted her onto his shoulder.
Thinking about what was about to happen next, Wang Xiangdong felt a stirring of excitement below his waist.
If he’d known this method worked so well, he should have done it sooner!
But before he could take two steps, Wang Xiangdong was directly blocked.
A military off-road vehicle stopped right in front of him, and Wang Xiangdong recognized the license plate.