dkrc Chapter 14: The Precocious Baby-Faced Girl
Chapter 14: The Precocious Baby-Faced Girl
On the same day, July 27, the college entrance examination scores for this year were released in Qingjiang City, hundreds of miles away from Suzhou. As is customary, the scores were written in regular script on bright red paper and posted on both sides of the main gate of Qingjiang High School. At this time, the school gate was crowded with parents and this year's candidates.
Yu Wei didn't have time to check who this year's top scorer was. He searched for his own name in that score range based on his estimated score, and soon he saw his name: [Yu Wei, 572].
Yu Weixin immediately felt relieved; his admission to the customs college was now secure.
Then he looked for Huang Xiaochuan's name on the list. It was very simple; he could find it by looking up from his name, provided that Huang Xiaochuan's estimated score was accurate.
He soon saw Huang Xiaochuan's name [Huang Xiaochuan 599].
Yu Wei couldn't help but open his mouth wide and laugh, thinking to himself that Huang Xiaochuan was now in a good position, and the two of them could hang out in the same city again.
After confirming his name and score again, Yu Wei was about to leave when he heard someone calling him.
"Yu Wei, Yu Wei."
A girl in the crowd was calling out Yu Wei's name.
Yu Wei looked in the direction of the sound and saw Qin Yu waving to him from the crowd.
The two squeezed through the crowd and found shade under a tree to escape the scorching sun. Qin Yu wiped the sweat from her face and neck with a handkerchief and asked Yu Wei, "Where's Huang Xiaochuan? Why didn't he come?"
"He went to his maternal grandmother's house in Suzhou and hasn't come back yet. He asked me to come and keep an eye on things for him before he left," Yu Wei told Qin Yu about Huang Xiaochuan's whereabouts.
"Oh!" Qin Yu felt somewhat disappointed.
After her aunt's encouragement, Qin Yu had to admit that sometimes girls need to take the initiative for happiness.
Qin Yu couldn't help but ask again, "So, when is he likely to be back?"
Yu Wei spread his hands helplessly and said, "I don't know either. He didn't say either. I haven't heard from him since he went to Suzhou. I'll ask him when he calls me later."
Qin Yu forced a smile and said, "Alright!"
"Qin Yu, how many points did you get?" Yu Wei suddenly realized that he hadn't asked Qin Yu about her college entrance exam score yet.
"667." Qin Yu told Yu Wei her score.
Yu Wei gasped, surprised, "Wow? That's high? Did you apply to Yanbei or Qingmu?"
It is said that this year's college entrance examination paper was difficult, and the top scorer only scored 672 points. Therefore, Qin Yu's score should be able to rank in the top 20 in the province, and she can apply to Yanbei or Qingmu. That's why Yu Wei asked this question.
Qin Yu shook her head: "Neither. The north is too dry, and the capillaries in my nose are fragile and prone to bleeding, so I'm not considering Yanbei Qingmu. My first choice is Shanghai University."
"Congratulations in advance! With your score, you'll definitely be accepted into Shanghai University." Yu Wei sincerely congratulated you.
"Thank you, you're the same way."
Yu Wei waved his hand sheepishly, "I applied to a junior college, I can't compare to you."
Qin Yu laughed and said, "Don't be modest. Your associate degree is no worse than a bachelor's degree, okay? You even graduated earlier than us. By the time you start earning a salary, we'll still be in school. Even after we start working, our salary increases will be a step behind yours."
Yu Wei scratched his head and asked in confusion, "How do you know all this?"
Salary grading standards for graduates of colleges and universities are things most people wouldn't know, but Qin Yu seemed to know a lot about them, rattling off a set of information on her own, which made Yu Wei a little suspicious. After all, Yu Wei knew about these things too, since his father was the head of the Organization Department, and this was one of his job duties.
When Qin Yu heard Yu Wei ask about it, she casually replied, "I heard it from someone else."
To avoid dwelling on the topic any longer, Qin Yu smiled and said, "That's great. Now that you're both in Shanghai, I can ask you for help if I need anything."
"No problem, just let me know if you need anything." Yu Wei said this because Qin Yu was Jiang Tian's cousin, and also his good friend Huang Xiaochuan's classmate and class monitor. It was only proper to be polite.
Qin Yu said with some worry, "I just don't know if our school starts at the same time, otherwise we could go to Shanghai together."
Yu Wei indeed didn't know the start date of the semester, since the admission notice hadn't arrived yet. However, according to past practice, the start date of the semester varies from university to university, with some starting early and some late, and each university makes its own arrangements. So he could only shake his head helplessly.
"That's hard to say. As far as I know, the start dates of different universities can differ by more than a month."
Qin Yu sighed softly: "I hope we don't encounter such a situation."
"Qin Yu!" A girl's voice called from not far away.
The two followed the sound and saw Ren Yangyang running across the street.
Upon reaching the two, Ren Yangyang fanned herself with a handkerchief while staring at Yu Wei, deliberately asking, "Qin Yu, who is this person?"
Ren Yangyang actually knew Yu Wei, the only school heartthrob at Qingjiang High School who could rival Huang Xiaochuan. All the girls at Qingjiang High School knew these two.
"This is Yu Wei, he's in the same grade as us, Huang Xiaochuan's good friend and neighbor," Qin Yu introduced Yu Wei to Ren Yangyang. "Ren Yangyang is my classmate and Huang Xiaochuan's classmate."
Ren Yangyang stared intently at Yu Wei with her big, blinking eyes. Yu Wei's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom again. This habit of his was really something else; he would do this whenever he met a girl he didn't know well.
"I was wondering why you looked so familiar. I didn't recognize you without your school uniform. You're from Class 5, right?" Ren Yangyang asked.
Looking at the slightly chubby, youthful-looking girl in front of him, Yu Wei was speechless again, and nodded with a blush.
Ren Yangyang suddenly found the handsome boy in front of her quite interesting; he even got shy.
However, given Qin Yu's presence and the fact that she was meeting her for the first time, she didn't tease Yu Wei. Instead, she asked, "What are you two talking about?"
Qin Yu replied, "What else can we talk about? Just asking about scores."
When the score was mentioned, Ren Yangyang pulled Qin Yu aside and said, "Qin Yu, you're amazing! I saw your score, 667, which is 12 points higher than you predicted!"
Qin Yu's reaction was indifferent: "It's alright, you're doing great too! Now your first choice is secure."
Ren Yangyang then pouted and said, "It's all your fault for doing so well on the exam. Otherwise, it would have been so much better if we had both gone to the same school."
Yu Wei felt something was off about what he heard, and after a while he realized what it was.
He was speechless at the baby-faced beauty in front of him. Is this how girls talk to each other? What kind of logic is that?
Ren Yangyang suddenly said dejectedly, "Shanghai is just too big. I've looked at the map. East China Normal University is in the PT area, and your Shanghai University is in the YP Wujiaochang area. They're so far apart! I want to visit you, but I don't even know how to get there. You know what? I can't tell which way is which when I go out."
Suddenly, Ren Yangyang thought of something: "Hey, if Huang Xiaochuan went to Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, wouldn't he be very close to you?"
"Oh no, oh no, they say proximity to the water makes it easier to get the moon, looks like I have no chance." Ren Yangyang teased Qin Yu on purpose.
These words made Qin Yu blush deeply. She stomped her foot and scolded, "Ren Yangyang, don't talk nonsense."
Yu Wei misunderstood, thinking that both girls liked Huang Xiaochuan.
However, what he couldn't understand was how the two of them could like the same person at the same time and still maintain such a good relationship? Women are such a strange species.
Ren Yangyang then turned her attention to Yu Wei: "Yu Wei, right? What score did you get? Which school did you apply to?"
Yu Wei panicked for a moment. What was going on? Why were you asking me? Did we know each other that well?
In fact, Yu Wei was planning to say goodbye to his two female classmates before heading home.
He blushed and replied, "It's alright, I just enrolled in a junior college."
Ren Yangyang's curiosity was piqued, and she asked again, "How many points did you get?"
"572".
"No way? Are you crazy or is your family crazy? Your score is just a little bit short of the cutoff for top universities, how come you only applied to a junior college?" Ren Yangyang was a little confused.
Yu Wei was a little annoyed. This girl was quite pretty, so why did she say such unpleasant things?
It's no wonder Ren Yangyang was so surprised, since neither she nor her family knew this was a shortcut.
Instead, they think that the person who did this must be out of their mind, having worked so hard to get such a high score and then choosing a junior college.
Fortunately, Qin Yu learned from her cousin Jiang Tian that Yu Wei had applied to a customs college, which would lead to a government job with a secure future.
She quickly tugged at Ren Yangyang's skirt and whispered to her classmate and best friend, "Don't talk nonsense. The junior college Yu Wei applied to isn't an ordinary junior college."
Then he whispered the reason to Ren Yangyang in his ear.
Ren Yangyang's eyes widened in surprise upon hearing this, and she covered her mouth, exclaiming, "You can't believe it?"
She stared at Yu Wei for a while before asking, "So, does that mean we'll all be studying in the same city from now on? We should keep in touch!"
What Yu Wei was really thinking was, "It just so happens that we study in the same city, and we're not even that close."
Yu Wei had finished his main tasks this morning, and he wanted to quickly find a public phone to tell Lao Yu the good news, and also have Lao Yu tell his father, Lao Huang, about Huang Xiaochuan's score.
So he said goodbye to Qin Yu: "Well, I have to go now, you two chat! I'll tell Huang Xiaochuan to call you when he calls me or comes back. Does he know your number?"
"Thank you so much. He has a phone number; I left my home phone number in his yearbook."
"That's all right then, goodbye!" After saying goodbye, Yu Wei turned and left.
After Yu Wei had walked away, Qin Yu scolded Ren Yangyang, "You talked nonsense without knowing the situation. Look, you've driven people away!"
Ren Yangyang didn't care. Instead, she stared at Yu Wei's back with shining eyes: "He's so handsome! And he's studying in the same city as me. I'll have to find a way to win him over."
As he spoke, he made a gesturing grabbing motion in the air towards Yu Wei's retreating figure.
Qin Yu knew that her best friend was nothing like her innocent appearance; she had a precocious soul inside a youthful-looking body, so she was already immune to her words.