"Xu Lin, are you nervous about the college entrance exam results coming out at ten tomorrow morning?"
On the evening of June 23rd, Yu Xinyan sent a message.
Apparently, the province had already announced the time for the release of the exam results.
Xu Lin thought, no wonder the class group suddenly had so much information.
"Yanyan, do you think I'll be nervous?"
Yu Xinyan: "I don't think so! Hehe.jpg"
Truth be told, Yu Xinyan had known Xu Lin for six years now, and in her mind, Xu Lin had always been quite calm. No matter what happened, Yu Xinyan always thought Xu Lin was particularly impressive.
Xu Lin: "That's right."
Before long, that bloke Lei Haolong had also sent a message.
"Xu Lin, I'm so nervous, damn it!"
Lei Haolong: "The exam results come out tomorrow. I estimated my score before, and it's probably between 560 and 580. Getting into a good first-tier university shouldn't be a problem."
Xu Lin sent over an emoji signifying 'awesome'.
Lei Haolong: "Xu Lin, what about you?"
Xu Lin: "I think second-tier should be no problem."
Lei Haolong: "Xu Lin, it's okay, you can go for graduate studies!"
Damn.
Xu Lin suspected this guy was intentionally looking for comfort from him.
But Xu Lin wasn't buying it: "Not a big deal, my girlfriend will definitely be at a priority university."
Lei Haolong: "All of them? Xu Lin, how many girlfriends do you want?"
Xu Lin said: "I want to date several girlfriends!"
"Xu Lin, you heartless scoundrel!"
Lei Haolong was not pleased.
Damn it!
So envious!
The girlfriend-less Lei Haolong looked around aimlessly, desperately wanting a girlfriend.
"Xu Lin, I also want to date when I go to university."
Xu Lin ignored him.
Lei Haolong: ?
Xu Lin: ?
Lei Haolong: "Damn! Xu Lin, I really want a girlfriend."
Xu Lin: "Are you an idiot? Why would you ask me to find a girlfriend?"
"Xu Lin, teach me!"
"Even calling me 'Dad' won't help."
"Dad!"
Lei Haolong even sent several 'Dad' words over.
Xu Lin no longer bothered with him.
Xu Lin switched to his secondary account.
Only to see Shifang had sent a message: "Bro, I'll recommend a few writers who need your help, they are some of my more skilled peers."
Xu Lin replied: "In a couple of days! My exam results are out tomorrow, still need to deal with some things."
"Bro, you just graduated from high school?"
Shifang was shocked.
Xu Lin: "Yeah."
"Bro, you're amazing!"
Shifang conveyed the message to the small group.
"Wow, awesome, did the head honcho just graduate high school?"
"Incredible, new generation replacing the old!"
"Such absolute talent, can't compare, I thought it was some big shot! Didn't expect it to be a young genius!"
The fact that Xu Lin had just graduated from high school stunned everyone, unable to stay calm.
Xu Lin wasn't aware of this.
Today, all the provinces had gradually announced the exam result timing, and the related online buzz was very high. And among this, it's unknown how many high school graduates and their parents were nervous, how many couldn't sleep tonight?
Of course, Xu Lin wasn't among them.
For Xu Lin, getting into a second-tier university was good enough, his requirements really weren't high.
At around ten at night, Xu Lin's mom unexpectedly sent a message.
Mom: "Results tomorrow?"
Xu Lin: "Yes."
Mom: "Can you get into a second-tier?"
Xu Lin: "Guaranteed!"
Mom: "Then go for a law major, pass the bar exam during university, join my law firm once you graduate, I'll pave the path for you."
Mom: "You've followed after your dad, that rascal. I went to a key university, why don't you study well?"
Mom: "That rascal can't be reached lately, is he dead?"
Seeing this, Xu Lin knew all the following messages would be his mom ranting about his dad, so he simply threw the phone on the bed and continued gaming.
Many of his peers and their parents couldn't sleep tonight.
Xu Lin couldn't sleep either.
But he was gaming.
Xu Lin got hooked, played until five in the morning before falling asleep.
Was woken up around ten by the phone.
Yanyan's call, Lei Haolong's call, and his mom's call.
Plenty of messages too, combined a total of fifty-three from those three.
Yu Xinyan: "Xu Lin, did you check the results yet? My raw score is 706!"
Yu Xinyan: "Xu Lin, how many points did you get?"
Really impressive!
706 points!
Xu Lin was stunned.
He hadn't dared to dream of such a high score.
Four consecutive messages from Lei Haolong.
"Xu Lin! I'm so amazing! I scored 599! First-tier cut-off is 530, I surpassed it by 69 points!"
"My highest score ever in high school! Unbeatable!"
"Xu Lin, I might get into a key university!"
"Xu Lin, how many did you get?"
Next up was his mom.
"How many?"
"Why aren't you answering the phone? Are you still asleep?"
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Xu Lin rubbed his eyes, got rid of the sleep crust, and climbed out of bed.
First searched online for the system to check scores, then Xu Lin clicked in.
Enter admission ticket number?
What's my admission ticket number again?
Xu Lin rummaged through everything, finally found his admission ticket.
If mom were here, she'd surely be infuriated because Xu Lin had searched for several minutes just to find his admission ticket.
Entered the admission ticket information.
The network was a bit laggy.
Xu Lin waited for a while, finally it loaded.
"Hmm, let me see... Whoa! Did I really score this well?"
Candidate: Xu Lin.
Chinese: 121.
Math: 109.
English: 123.
Science composite: 199.
Bonus points: None.
Total score: 552.
"What's the first-tier cut-off again?"
Xu Lin searched, provincial science first-tier cut-off was 530.
"I actually made it to first-tier!"
Xu Lin was in a good mood, even felt proud, because in his three years of high school, countless exams, according to Fei, he only surpassed the first-tier cut-off three times.
Yet this most crucial exam, the college entrance exam, he surpassed the first-tier cut-off by 22 points, clearly Xu Lin had performed beyond expectations.
Especially his English, Xu Lin usually just passed, but this time he got 123, Xu Lin figured he must have correctly guessed many multiple-choice questions.
"Other subjects also improved slightly, hence I surpassed the first-tier cut-off."
"But!"
"Even though I can apply to first-tier universities, it's only going to be in underdeveloped areas. To study in Jiangdu, I can only apply to second-tier universities or first-tier programs in second-tier universities. But this gives me more choices in Jiangdu."
"Still, a good second-tier isn't bad, as long as it's in Jiangdu."
Xu Lin prioritized the city, besides Jiangdu, he wouldn't go anywhere else.
At this moment, Xu Lin was genuinely happy.
Exceeding expectations, for him, the college entrance exam had been perfectly wrapped up.
After all, it was the best score he'd ever achieved.
Then Xu Lin sent messages to the three: his mom, Yanyan, and Haolong.
First, a screenshot of the exam scores.
Next, a unified message: "Surpassed first-tier by 22 points."
"Xu Lin, awesome! Congrats! You can also read first-tier now!"
Lei Haolong: "This is your best ever, right!"
Xu Lin: "Solid!"
Mom curiously asked: "Is this a first-tier score?"
Xu Lin: "Probably second-tier. First-tier would mean studying in remote areas. I want to study in Jiangdu, might go for a second-tier."
Mom: "Hmm, score's low, city is more important. Big cities work too."
Yu Xinyan was probably the happiest.
Upon seeing Xu Lin's reply, Yu Xinyan rushed out of her room.
"Mom and dad, Xu Lin also made first-tier!"
"Look, he scored 552 in the college entrance exam, surpassed first-tier cut-off by 22!"
Yu Xinyan's smile was radiant, picturesque as a flower, truly happy for that young man.
Yu Jianhua and his wife were puzzled; their daughter wasn't this excited about her own score, yet she was so concerned about Xu Lin's.
So the couple was really stumped.
What's said about raising daughters is fearing they meet someone undesirable.
Isn't Xu Lin precisely the kind of person they feared? And there she was, so invested in him.