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Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart-Chapter 683 - 682: This is an Insoluble Problem
Chapter 683: Chapter 682: This is an Insoluble Problem
After all, as the top scorer, the villagers did not slap Lin Nianhe just because she was low-key showing off.
Everyone was happy because they all did exceptionally well—better than they had expected.
Accountant Zhao took out his treasured brush and inkstone, and used the brightest red paper in the village to write the score list, which was then posted at the entrance of the village school.
Lin Nianhe: 399 points;
Su Yuncheng: 368 points;
Wang Shumei: 312 points + 72 points;
Wen Lan: 308 points;
Sun Guanghui: 296 points;
Miao Hongqi: 263 points;
Wang Dong: 252 points;
Wang Xue: 247 points;
Zhang Jianguo: 235 points;
Sie Yufei: 199 points;
Wang Xixi: 177 points;
Yu Xiangqin: 162 points;
Zhao Cuihua: 159 points;
...
The brilliantly red list was strikingly eye-catching.
Second Uncle Li measured the dimensions, planning to make a wooden frame and fit it with glass to prevent it from being damaged by wind and snow.
The Ten Miles Team’s headquarters was crowded with people, and Li Dahe made a call to the battalion, looking for Sun Yafei.
After a lengthy wait, Sun Yafei’s voice came through Li Dahe’s ear, tinged with a sobbing tone.
"What’s wrong? Were you scolded?" Li Dahe spoke with a sense of urgency.
"No... Uncle Team Leader..." Sun Yafei stuttered, "I...I didn’t do well on the test..."
Everyone subconsciously looked at Lin Nianhe, as if asking whether Sun Yafei’s "didn’t do well" was the same as hers.
Sun Yafei’s "didn’t do well" was indeed poor.
Although the battalion also encouraged participation in the college entrance exam, they didn’t have the various privileges and dedicated teachers that Lan County had, who came over and over again to teach. They could only rely on themselves for review and had to study late into the night after work.
After being tired from a day’s labor, it was hard to focus on reading—how much can you really review?
Sun Yafei collapsed on the eve of the exam and had a fever of 39.6 degrees Celsius during the test, only scoring in the double digits.
Listening to Sun Yafei’s choking, Li Dahe felt sorry for her and wanted to say something but couldn’t bring himself to speak.
Wang Hong snatched the phone and said, "Alright, what’s there to cry about, just keep studying, you can retake it next year!"
"Aunt Wang, I...I..."
"Don’t be scared, just wait, I will find someone to handle your medical withdrawal, at least to bring you back here, and we can talk once you’re back!"
Wang Hong made the final decision, consoled Sun Yafei and then turned to Li Dahe, signaling: hurry up and handle it.
Li Dahe pondered for a moment, picked up his hat: "Alright, you guys go give your families the good news, I’m going to find Wong Xiaokou."
Outside, snow had started to fall again at some point.
Uncle Team Leader walked into the snowstorm.
He walked slowly, his back slightly bent.
Lin Nianhe looked at him through the frosty glass and suddenly thought of Comrade Old Lin.
She took the lead, quick to act and snatched away the phone, dialing directly to her father’s office.
The phone was picked up after just one ring: "Hello, this is Lin Binghui."
This time, Lin Nianhe didn’t play around and announced directly: "Dad! I scored 399 points!"
"Ah...ah? Ah!"
Mr. Lin was shocked.
These past few days, he had been inquiring about the college entrance exam news, but the tests were graded locally, and the news had not yet reached Beijing.
"Daughter, you didn’t read it wrong? The full score is only 400 points!"
Comrade Old Lin rarely doubted his daughter.
"I didn’t read it wrong, our Ten Miles Team Leader went to copy the results himself!" Lin Nianhe said proudly with a hint of mischief, "What a pity, they deducted one point, I guess my essay was not good enough."
Mr. Lin: "Daughter, it’s fine to say that to Dad, but don’t say it outside."
He was afraid she would get beaten for it.
Lin Nianhe giggled and said, "Dad, Brother Yuncheng scored 368 points!"
Comrade Old Lin grunted, "Passable."
points less than his own daughter, this won’t do.
He found another piece of evidence that Su Yuncheng wasn’t good enough for his girl.
"And what about Sie Yufei? How much did he score?"
Lin Nianhe looked towards the desperately waving Sie Yufei beside her and said subtly, "A little less than me."
"How much less?"
"Less by..."
Lin Nianhe covered the mouthpiece and said to Sie Yufei, "Do you want me to tell my dad to pass the message to Uncle Sie, or will you say it yourself?"
Sie Yufei struggled internally.
After a long while, he clenched his teeth and said, "Let Uncle Lin do it then!"
Lin Nianhe let go of the handset and told Comrade Old Lin, "Not more, not less, exactly two hundred points less."
Mr. Lin: "You... tell Sie Yufei, if he can avoid coming back, he’d better not."
Lin Nianhe: "Alright then."
There were many others waiting to use the phone, so Lin Nianhe didn’t waste any more words, hurriedly spoke a few phrases with Mr. Lin, and hanged up to give up her spot.
Wen Lan emerged victorious with her fists and grabbed the receiver second.
"Mom! Your daughter’s done well! I scored 308 points!"
"Mom, I’ve got my results..."
One report of good news after another, the best rewards following hard struggles.
Lin Nianhe squeezed through the crowd and upon stepping outside, saw Niuwa with teary eyes looking at her.
"Don’t cry, your tears will freeze."
Lin Nianhe squatted down and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Sister Hehe, are you leaving?" Niuwa clutched her fingers and asked softly.
Looking into his clear eyes, Lin Nianhe did not hide it from him: "Yeah, I’ll be leaving soon."
"Then, will you come back later?" Niuwa instinctively tightened his grip on her fingers.
"I will," Lin Nianhe nodded earnestly, "Maybe not during the winter break, but I’ll definitely come back during the summer break."
That was probably the best promise one could make when a farewell was approaching.
Niuwa breathed a sigh of relief, hugged Lin Nianhe’s neck, and buried his face in her embrace.
"Sister Hehe, I’m going to miss you."
Lin Nianhe patted his back, whispering, "I’ll be waiting for you at Peking University."
"Mm!"
"I’ll also score as high!"
"I also want to go to Peking University!"
"I will come to find you."
Listening to his sob-laden words uttered one by one, Lin Nianhe’s eyes welled up too.
Upon her arrival, she had been cautious at every step, calculating human relationships and trying to fathom the kindness and malice in people’s hearts.
Unbeknownst to her, this place had become her harbor.
But she couldn’t dock in the harbor forever, she had many things to do.
Two and a half years, gone in the blink of an eye.
They were about to go their separate ways, each on their own path.
...
After being scolded in turn by all members of the Sie family, Sie Yufei was briefly disheartened for three minutes before getting back on his feet again.
Lin Nianhe had given him a task—to call newspapers all over and inquire about the admission scores of various schools.
He could handle this task well, being the darling of national newspapers, there wasn’t any news he couldn’t find out.
However, it cost him more than thirty photo albums as bargaining chips.
Sie Yufei’s voice was hoarse after a day of talking, having drunk two pots of water, and he finally lived up to expectations by completing the information collection task.
That same evening, Lin Nianhe gathered all Ten Miles Team examinees to hold an admission application meeting.
She didn’t forget to copy the compiled list of schools’ admission scores and sent it to Wong Xiao, as a reference for Lan County’s prospective college students.
"The most ideal situation is, of course, to be the one admitted with the lowest score in the whole school, but the problem is that you can’t gamble on this, it’s the ’just in case’ that scares you."
When it came to applying for universities, Lin Nianhe was unusually cautious, analyzing one by one with everybody more seriously than during the college entrance exams on which school they should apply for.
"Xiao He, I want to study filmmaking! Which school has this major?"
"Fourth Sie, even though you can’t solve difficult problems, you really know how to pose difficult questions for me."
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