Chapter 217: The Many Facets of Life
"Can we check now?" Lin Tian widened his eyes, instantly energized.
If there was anything still worth looking forward to, it was undoubtedly the exam results.
A high enough score would allow him to enter Kanyue City Medical University, making that bitch Li Li regret.
This was the goal Lin Tian set for himself for the year.
As for other matters, they didn’t matter as much.
Only this matter was of great importance.
"We should be able to check now, right? I heard people say so, but I’m not exactly sure!"
Bai Shishi opened the lunch box: "Let’s check later, shall we? Let’s eat first."
Lin Tian sat by the hospital bed, eating while taking out his phone to search for information about the exam results.
Searching for the exam results on Baidu, all that appeared were today’s exam scores available for checking, and the top students from each province emerged.
Various eye-catching titles marked in red font.
"It looks like we can check the scores now!" Lin Tian muttered to his phone.
"Can we check now?" Bai Shishi asked while picking up food.
"Yeah!" Lin Tian nodded: "The news said we can check the scores today!"
"Then hurry and check, see if you can get into Kanyue City Medical University!" Bai Shishi faintly recalled a matter: "I remember there was a bet between us?"
"I’d love to check, but I forgot my admission ticket number!" Lin Tian said awkwardly.
"Huh?" Bai Shishi’s mouth opened wide enough to fit an egg: "Where’s your admission ticket?"
"In Kanyue City!" Lin Tian said helplessly: "Miss Bai, hurry and eat, then ask the hospital if I can be discharged?"
"Alright!" Bai Shishi immediately sped up her eating.
After all, the exam was a major life event.
After eating, Bai Shishi went to handle the discharge procedures, and they both booked a flight back to Kanyue City online, taking a cab to the airport in the afternoon to return to Kanyue City.
Because only with the admission ticket and its number could the scores be checked.
Meanwhile, in Kanyue City.
The news that exam scores could be checked spread like a spark falling into dry grass, instantly igniting.
Many parents and students quickly turned on their computers to check the exam scores for the first time.
It could be said some were rejoicing while others were worrying. Students with high scores made their parents so happy that they immediately informed relatives and colleagues, eager to share the joy with the whole world.
Students with low scores shrank their heads, not daring to speak, while parents scratched their heads, thinking about their children’s future paths.
When asked by friends and colleagues, they were embarrassed to say the exact score and could only deflect with a vague "not ideal."
The myriad of life situations was fully revealed at this moment.
This was the case for families, and as for the schools participating in the exam, they had already exploded.
Kanyue City Third Middle School.
In the principal’s office, Mr. Fu sat in front of his desk, watching the live broadcast of the top students from various provinces and cities.
Mr. Fu lit a cigarette, thinking that this year’s top student would definitely be from Third Middle School again.
Regardless of faculty strength or educational level, Third Middle School could be said to be the highest in Kanyue City.
So, like in previous years, Mr. Fu sat in the office waiting for his assistant to bring good news.
Then he would call the security room at the gate, asking the guards to let in the eager journalists waiting for an interview.
Finally, Mr. Fu would sit in the office, boasting to a group of journalists about how, under his strict management, Third Middle School produced countless elite students.
Creating myth after myth in the exam.
This was what Mr. Fu imagined in his mind, and why he could sit quietly in his office smoking.
Because he had thought of every step ahead.
Knock knock!
A knock on the door sounded.
Mr. Fu’s lips curved slightly upwards; the exciting moment had finally arrived.
"Come in!" Mr. Fu flicked ash into the ashtray, his lips involuntarily curving up.
The moment of joy was about to arrive!!!
The office door was pushed open, and the assistant walked in with his head down, holding an A4 paper in his hand, full of densely packed names and scores.
Mr. Fu’s expectant eyes landed on the assistant: "Who’s the top student from our school this year? Is it from the key class?"
"Mr. Fu, this is the ranking of the top 50 exam results in Kanyue City this year!" The assistant spoke without directly answering Mr. Fu’s question, continuing on his own.
"Didn’t you hear my question?" Mr. Fu, initially full of joy, got a bit angry because of the assistant’s irrelevant response.
"Principal, you’d better look yourself!" the assistant said as he quickly approached the desk and placed the paper on it.
Mr. Fu was so angry he wanted to curse at the assistant, but he held back, since today was supposed to be a joyful day, not a day for anger.
But it was better not to look—upon looking, Mr. Fu’s eyes almost popped out.
His right hand trembled violently, dropping the cigarette from between his fingers, as he picked up the paper from the desk with both hands, staring at it for a long time.
"Are... are you sure you didn’t make a mistake?" Mr. Fu asked, his eyes locked onto the ranking on the A4 paper, incredulous.
"There’s absolutely no mistake!" The assistant answered softly with his head down, afraid of becoming the outlet for Mr. Fu’s anger.
"Bang!"
Mr. Fu slammed his right hand hard on the desk, his previously smiling old face turning incredibly grim.
His heartbeat accelerated, filled with uncontrollable anger, feeling his blood pressure suddenly spike.
"If I’d known it would be like this, why did I expel him back then!"
Mr. Fu deeply regretted, wishing for a remedy for regret or a time machine.
To reverse the decision to expel Lin Tian back then.
Because at the top of that A4 paper were the two words, Lin Tian, with the exam score of 740 points following.
And there was a small line at the top of the A4 paper, Kanyue City’s exam ranking.
Which meant Lin Tian’s exam result ranked first in the entire Kanyue City.
With a full score of 750 points, Lin Tian scored 740, a result remarkable even throughout the Celestial Dragon Continent.
In other words, Mr. Fu had expelled the top exam student in the entire city, sending him out the school gate.
No wonder Mr. Fu deeply regretted and felt so much remorse!
Lighting another cigarette, Mr. Fu took a few deep puffs, finally easing much of the vexation in his heart.
"Principal, there are a lot of journalists outside!" the assistant whispered a reminder.
"The top student isn’t from our Third Middle School, so why are there still so many journalists?"
Mr. Fu was puzzled. If the city’s top student came from Third, he could understand why so many journalists were waiting.
But now that the city’s top student was from Kanyue City First Middle School, why were the journalists not at First but still here?
"Passing by, I heard the journalists saying... saying..." The assistant hesitated, afraid to speak further.
"Saying what?" Fu Dahai gestured for the assistant to go on: "Whatever they said, just say it!"
The assistant pouted: "They said they want to interview Mr. Fu about why he expelled the top student, Lin Tian!"