Chapter 568: Chapter 568 Basic Test
Nian Shutong and Fu Yunhe confirmed their relationship on the first night, but not much changed.
That evening, it was still Fu Yunhe who cooked, while Nian Shutong, like a hands-off manager, left as soon as she finished eating.
There were several rooms within the house, and the two still occupied separate rooms, only this time Fu Yunhe walked Nian Shutong to her bedroom door with all righteousness.
Nian Shutong eyed the distance between their bedrooms, which was less than five meters, and he still insisted on walking her.
"Fu Yunhe, I’m finding you to be more and more childish," she commented.
"It’s not childishness. Walking one’s girlfriend home is the proper thing for a gentleman to do," he replied.
Nian Shutong laughed heartily, looking at Fu Yunhe and asking, "Where do you learn all these weird things?"
"I believe we get our knowledge from the same sources," he said.
Nian Shutong, nodding in agreement, responded, "Probably, good night."
With a "clang," the door shut.
If Fu Yunhe hadn’t reacted quickly, his nose would surely have been marked by the door.
Touching his own nose, Fu Yunhe returned to his room filled with utter contentment.
The next morning, Nian Shutong was cultivating in her room, with the tiger sculpture lying on her legs, right up until Fu Yunhe knocked on her door.
"Shutong?"
Shutong?
After putting away the tiger sculpture, Nian Shutong felt that she needed to get used to Fu Yunhe calling her name from behind the door.
"I’m up, wait a moment," she said.
Her reply made Fu Yunhe take a step back and say, "No rush."
With a creak, the door opened, and Nian Shutong walked out, giving Fu Yunhe a sidelong glance and asking, "If you’re not in a hurry, why did you knock on the door?"
"I forgot to tell you yesterday that I have to go for my basic test at nine o’clock."
"That’s today, huh? What will they be testing?"
"Talent testing, level testing, there’ll be all sorts," he answered.
Nian Shutong, already heading downstairs, said to Fu Yunhe who was following, "Let’s go early and see your future classmates."
"The thought of you going to school amuses me," she said.
Her words resonated with Fu Yunhe, who also felt a bit awkward but knew he still had to go.
The two quickly finished the breakfast Fu Yunhe had made—steamed buns with millet porridge, accompanied by two side dishes, a plate of spinach salad, and a cold bean sprout salad.
Just as they left the house after eating, they sensed someone on the wall to their left. By the time they looked, they only managed to catch a glimpse of a white top of a head.
"Probably attracted by your steamed buns," she speculated.
Fu Yunhe felt that was likely the case, though there wouldn’t be many more chances, considering the house would be empty once he started school.
With that thought, Fu Yunhe asked, "When will you be going back?"
"I’ll head back when you start school. There’s quite a bit to do. I want to get a ranking in every item for this year’s contribution points," she replied.
"I’ll be earning contribution points too, and as husband and wife, I can transfer them all to you," he said.
Fu Yunhe had planned this from the start. He knew Nian Shutong wanted to build a large Transfer Station, which would require a lot of contribution points and money. He was already saving money, but still had no contribution points.
However, once he joined the military academy, he would earn contribution points very quickly.
"Can we really do that?"
Nian Shutong truly didn’t know such maneuvers were possible, but it didn’t strike her as incorrect—she always shared anything good with Fu Yunhe anyway.
"Yes, you can think of it that way, marriage can allow us to share everything."
The two of them chatted as they walked out of the residential complex, heading toward the academy.
The distance wasn’t too far, about a twenty-minute walk, primarily because the complex itself was huge.
When the two arrived at the school, they had thought they were early, but once they entered, they realized they were among the last to arrive.
At this moment, several tens of thousands of students were participating in the basic test, yet only two thousand would be admitted, bringing the actual acceptance rate down to a probability of one in forty or even one in fifty.
Fu Yunhe followed his identity token number and queued according to the order printed on it.
There were a total of one hundred monitoring points in the whole basic test, and Fu Yunhe was at number thirty-three, following the queue and moving forward.
Nian Shutong stood a little ahead, wanting to see exactly how the testing was done, but another parent standing with her, probably out of nervousness, started talking to her.
"Hey, is your child also here to test? What’s their number? My son is also here this year; I didn’t expect there to be even more people. It’s getting harder to compete each year."
"I’m so anxious, why hasn’t it been our turn yet?"
The woman beside her continued talking, while Nian Shutong wished she had a mirror to look at herself.
My child? Where?
Do I look like a mother to a twenty-year-old... child?
The word "mother" crossed Nian Shutong’s mind, making her shiver.
"Ah, it’s my child’s turn, it’s my child’s turn."
Nian Shutong didn’t say a word but was suddenly grabbed by the wrist by the person beside her, feeling the strength of the grip, she knew this mother was truly nervous.
For the first time, Nian Shutong decided to do a kind deed and didn’t shake off the woman’s arm.
"They’re testing, they’re testing. They have to pass."
In reality, all those who were there had already passed a preliminary selection, but everyone would be evaluated on all their conditions and screened again.
Another reason was that the academy’s testing equipment was more precise.
Nian Shutong finally got a clear view of the testing equipment, a pillar about two meters high, wrapped on the outside, with a sphere inside the pillar.
At the moment, the woman’s son beside her had a slightly reddened face, as if exerting himself, because Nian Shutong saw the sphere inside the pillar being slowly pushed upward.
With each bit of height the sphere gained, the woman got more excited.
"Good, good, hold steady, stay strong."
The woman had already let go of Nian Shutong, clenching her hands into hollow fists, tightly closing and then relaxing them out of nervousness, her body tense, more agitated than those being tested.
"Ranking 1678, provisionally qualified."
"1678, 1678, there’s still a chance, there’s still a chance."
The woman began muttering to herself as she ran up to her son to fuss over him.
Nian Shutong now understood that after the test, they would be given a preliminary ranking. The first round of basic testing would admit five thousand people, and the subsequent exams would eliminate another three thousand, leaving the final two thousand to enroll.
She was not the slightest bit worried about Fu Yunhe; a cucumber painted green to look fresh was simply cheating these youngsters.
The thought amused Nian Shutong, prompting a slight chuckle.
"My God! First place!"
"Who is it?"
"Who else could it be? It’s the Wu Family’s Wu Shan, taking the top spot straight away."
"Amazing!"
Roughly ten testing points apart, a fierce flurry of discussions erupted among the crowd.