Chapter 1 Chen Yuan Enters the Examination Hall

Last time, Chen Yuan went to the fourth examination hall, where everyone's attitude was relatively normal, after all, they were only at the level of just over 600 points.

But this time, after arriving at the first examination hall, he suddenly felt that the way these guys treated him was significantly different.

It wasn't hostility, but a kind of 'So, you've finally come...' chuunibyou (adolescent delusions) vibe.

What kind of nonsense is this?

Moreover, he didn't know anyone in this examination hall.

Before Chen Yuan entered, he glanced at the examination hall number posted on the door and found that almost eighty-five percent of the people here were from Class One.

After all, it was a class with an average score of nearly 650, occupying most of the top examination halls in the school, which was naturally reasonable.

Moreover, most of the people who were promoted from the lower classes would transfer to Class One, except for him.

In other words, inside were either people from Class One or new people from Class One...

He almost became classmates with them.

When he walked into the classroom, Chen Yuan saw a boy sitting closest to the door, wearing glasses, of medium height, looking somewhat introverted, but with a very clean temperament.

Sun Bai, 001.

The current Holy Son of No. 11 High School.

"Hi." Just as Chen Yuan walked past him, Sun Bai raised his hand and took the initiative to greet him.

"Hi." Chen Yuan also responded politely.

"Yuan-shen has arrived." After being greeted, Sun Bai relaxed a little and joked in a friendly manner.

"Ah, Bai-shen, you flatter me." Chen Yuan still maintained a modest attitude.

Since Sun Bai had spoken to Chen Yuan, several other boys, including a girl, also approached with great interest.

"Yuan-shen, you went from the twenty-somethingth examination hall to the first examination hall in only one semester. It's really as scary as the Grim Reaper knocking on the door," a boy who liked abstract humor said with a smile.

"No, no." Chen Yuan explained, "It was 31st."

The boy: "..."

I thought you were going to be modest!

"Chen Yuan, why didn't you transfer to our class before?" the girl said with considerable regret. "There are many of your fans in our class."

"Several kids haven't grown up yet, so I wasn't too reassured," Chen Yuan explained earnestly.

"Pfft." Then, the girl was amused and covered her mouth.

"Alright, I'll go to my seat," Chen Yuan said.

"Okay, sure." Sun Bai waved his hand slightly, appearing very gracious.

However, in his heart, he was still very competitive.

He was currently He Hongtao's favorite student, the number one in No. 11 High School, and his motto on the honor wall was – "A time will come to ride the wind and cleave the waves; I'll set my cloudlike sail to cross the sea that raves."

Actually, he was just too lazy to think and didn't want to be too arrogant.

But the motto Chen Yuan left behind was – "Win the next one."

It was as if he was directly pointing at himself...

The atmosphere was a bit tense.

Therefore, he must not lose.

Of course, the chances of losing this time were very small, and he wasn't thinking about defending his glory as number one this time.

He only hoped that his other classmates could hold him back a little, and not let him enter the top ten too easily.

According to the pattern, this time he should improve from 28th to around 7th or 8th place.

His raw score will also go from 660 to 675.

Currently, there are 3 to 4 people in No. 11 High School who have reached the admission line of those two schools for science. There are 0 to 1 people for liberal arts.

According to the difficulty of the last time, if Chen Yuan's raw score reaches 685 this time, plus the 10 points from the previous competition, he can reach the minimum admission line.

Then, that is also the top 5 in science in the whole school.

It shouldn't be that exaggerated, right?

Sun Bai knew that Chen Yuan still had potential, but after all, he had already reached this score range, and going up would definitely have a bottleneck.

As the number one in No. 11 High School, he felt that it would be good if Chen Yuan improved by 10 points this time.

After all, his math and English had performed too well before.

If he really rushed into the top five all of a sudden...

Then perhaps he wouldn't even be able to last until senior year before being defeated.

Before Chen Yuan, Principal He Hongtao's most concerned student had always been himself, but recently, gradually, it seemed that Chen Yuan was the only one in his eyes.

Before, I also performed at the New Year's Eve gala, but he didn't ask me to take a picture together...

The highest level of respect must be earned by my own hands!

I didn't expect Sun Bai to be so friendly...

I was afraid he would misunderstand that my motto was about him.

Chen Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

However, sitting behind him, he saw Sun Bai suddenly clenching his fist, his brow furrowed, and he was still a little scared.

People who suddenly make movements are indeed a little weird.

"Chen Yuan, are you well prepared this time?" the boy in front of him, ranked 27th, turned around and asked curiously.

"Well prepared? Ah, well, I should have reviewed everything comprehensively," Chen Yuan replied.

What, is he asking if I'm well prepared so he can copy from me?

This kind of thing does happen in the back examination halls, but it shouldn't happen in the first examination hall.

However, some people may deceive themselves in order to maintain the ranking of the first examination hall.

Or maybe they've been slacking off in their studies recently, and they're afraid of being kicked out of Class One if they don't do well, so they're thinking of cheating a little to get through this time and then work hard next time.

Of course, the possibility is very low.

"Does being in a relationship affect studying?" Finally, the boy asked weakly.

"Are you in one?" Chen Yuan asked curiously.

"Shhh." The boy put his finger to his lips, then said worriedly, "I feel like it has affected me since we got together, but I'm still studying, so I'm very unsure. I don't know if I'll fall out of the first examination hall this time."

"This is hard to say."

"Your girlfriend is from another school, won't that affect you even more?" the boy continued to ask for advice.

"Anyway, we've been together for a long time..."

"And then your grades have been soaring?"

"You could say that, after all, I was at 504 points before I was with her..."

"Oh, then you're dating the right person!"

Chen Yuan hadn't even finished speaking, but the boy suddenly understood on his own, then cupped his fist in salute and turned around, suddenly feeling relaxed, as if he had an idea and decided to talk about it a lot.

But...

I haven't finished talking!

Do you also have a Super Son (referring to his girlfriend, Xia Xinyu)?

Never mind.

You go ahead and date.

I have to say, if it weren't for a few people talking to him, he really wouldn't be able to adapt to the atmosphere of this first examination hall.

Everyone is basically from the same class, so they are chatting very happily.

Si Wen, you big dummy, hurry up and come.

Zhou Fu, you big dummy... Never mind, I'm afraid the Fu Family Army will flame me; this isn't an area she can get involved in.

While waiting, the Chinese teacher came over with the test papers.

Moreover, they were unsealed very carefully.

As expected of the Xia Hai City Unified Examination.

It is said that even the test papers are sent from No. 2 High School to various schools just one hour before, for fear that some silly school will accidentally leak the questions, affecting the exam experience of the city's candidates.

This exam can be said to be a complete simulation of the gaokao (national college entrance examination).

If the Xia Hai Seven School Joint Examination was a preliminary assessment for students of No. 11 High School, then this city-wide unified examination is a strict spot check of schools in the city.

Come, come, let's fight!

Strictly following the gaokao regulations, the test papers are distributed five minutes in advance, and then no writing or reviewing is allowed.

Chen Yuan, on the other hand, looked directly at his composition, which he could consistently score 50+ on, to see if he could stabilize the basics.

_______ is the most beautiful baggage.

A very ordinary semi-proposition composition.

Back, back, back, packed up the baggage, huh?

How should I write it?

Think about it.

Baggage actually has a designation. Under what circumstances would baggage be used?

When setting out on a road.

And this is definitely comparing life to a journey, and the definition of baggage is very clear – a symbol, or spirit.

This kind of thing can support one's life journey, it's a necessity similar to water and food, or clothes and travel expenses.

An argumentative essay, 100%.

Writing that is too brain-burning.

But entering from an ordinary perspective is difficult to get a high score.

Got it.

Love is the most beautiful baggage.

Then don't write an argumentative essay, write a narrative essay!

Just write about Old Deng... Old Chen's story.

The material is: my father, Old Chen, every time he goes back to his hometown, grandma will stuff a lot of milk, snacks, and local eggs into his car. Dad thinks it's too much and is very impatient, but grandma still forces him to load it up, filling the back row as well. Once, Dad didn't want to bring things, so he claimed he had urgent matters and left early. Grandma didn't have time to stuff things, so she could only hurriedly grab some eggs and helplessly watch the car drive away.

The second year, grandma had already prepared the things, so Dad had to take them with him.

Before leaving, grandma said with a smile, 'Jianye liked to eat this sachima (a Chinese pastry) the most when he was a child, I specially saved it for you.' Then Old Chen, looking at the expiration date on the sachima, his eyes welled up with tears...

The love of parents is baggage, heavy and simple, allowing us to eat our fill and not get frostbite on the long journey...

Okay, that's it.

If you want to get a high score under an ordinary proposition, you need to put in a little thought and make up a little story.

Although this isn't Old Chen's story, it should resonate with some people, especially the expired sachima or egg yolk pie story, which can interpret this simple emotion.

After spending about three minutes conceiving the composition, Chen Yuan turned back and started to read the reading comprehension passages.

And he was seriously warning himself – don't argue with the author.

Think about what Xin Bao (referring to Xia Xinyu) would do!

After reading a few reading comprehension passages, Chen Yuan found that he had indeed become more transparent.

This subject, which has no logic, does indeed have a thought process following Yu-zi's (Xia Xinyu) thinking method.

It's no longer just randomly writing based on luck.

Chinese, got it!

…………

No. 4 High School, the math exam in the afternoon.

After finishing the Chinese exam in the morning, Xia Xinyu had actually let it go.

It was a very satisfactory Chinese exam.

Not easy, but not too difficult.

But this time's math...

So hard!

Xia Xinyu felt it, just like the last time she scored 120 points.

Even harder!

But even though it's so hard, it doesn't seem particularly difficult to do.

Because the knowledge-sharing ability she inexplicably obtained last week allowed her to master Chen Yuan's problem-solving ideas. These types of problems had also been encountered when he was frantically doing difficult problems...

Can do it.

Great, Yuan-bao, I love you!
(End of chapter)