When the counselor arrived at the classroom, he noticed the students were in exceptionally high spirits. He smiled, offered a few words of encouragement without thinking much of it, and then called Zhou Lian to the department head's office. Her exams today would be proctored by the counselor, the department head, the vice-president, and the professors for each subject, with her papers graded on the spot.
Throughout the morning, Zhou Lian took her exams for general and major-specific courses, all of which were graded on the spot. Her elegant script and masterful answers deeply gratified the professors in attendance. As they looked over her excellent exam papers, they kindly reminded her that her elective exams were in the afternoon and encouraged her to keep up the good work.
