Chapter 90: The Gaokao is Underway

  Ji Xin'an had always viewed Zou Ze and Yu Yao through the lens of her past life experiences. Although she had gradually drifted apart from Zou Ze in her previous life, and had a distant relationship with Yu Yao, she still knew what school and major they had attended together, as well as what they had done after graduation. So how could Ji Xin'an have thought that this life's Zou Ze would give up his music and his dreams for her?

  It seems that being able to predict the future is a good thing, but the problem arises when they use future events to judge people now. Why doesn't she think about how Shilin was also with them in college at first, but now she's still in high school? She herself didn't even attend high school, and yet now she's the top of her class for the whole year. How can they be exactly the same as their past lives?

  When it was time to fill out the volunteer form, Ji Xin'an didn't even ask Zou Ze what school he wanted to apply to because of her "self-righteousness", thinking that everything would go according to the previous life's development. Moreover, even if she wanted to know, Zou Ze would definitely use various excuses to brush her off.

  "Alright, are you done?" Zou Ze walked over with his own form, just in time to see Ji Xin'an finish writing the last character.

  "Finished, are you going to submit it? It's just right to take mine together." Ji Xin'an wrote quickly, because after getting the application form, he didn't look at the first and second forms in front, but directly flipped over to the zero form to fill in the schools he wanted to apply for.

  "Come on, bring it over." Zhōu Zé came over and wanted to take Jì Xīn'ān's application form, copy from it. Although he already knew which school Jì Xīn'ān finally chose, the last volunteer can report multiple times. "Why haven't you written any of these forms?"

  "Anyway, I didn't plan to attend a local ordinary university. If I couldn't get into the military academy, I would directly enlist and take the exam in the army camp." Ji Xin'an replied nonchalantly.

  "You're possessed." Zou Ze shook his head and walked out, but then thought that he wasn't any different himself.

  "Zou Ze, take mine too." Yu Yao blocked Zou Ze's path, blocking Ji Xin'an's line of sight, and handed an empty form to Zou Ze's hand, also playfully winking.

  Zou Ze took it over with a bad temper, of course he understood what Yu Yao meant, but now in this situation, he couldn't refuse. This expression fell into Yu Yao's eyes and she smiled happily. She had never let Zou Ze lose face before.

  Ji Xin'an watched the two of them interact, feeling a bit strange, not knowing when their relationship had become so good, but she wasn't nosy enough to pry into such small matters. So she missed her last chance to learn the truth before the admission notice arrived.

  "Zou Ze, the college entrance examination application is something you need to fill out yourself, it's not just a matter of writing your name on it. You guys can't even understand this?" When the class teacher received the three forms handed over by Zou Ze, she felt that she was really being stimulated. Could it be that these good students who study well every day don't even know such basic things?

  "We all filled it in. On the back, though." Zou Ze said with a smile, zero was on the back. The reporter had fewer people, so generally, people wouldn't notice, and their fronts were all blank, at first glance, people would think it was an empty form.

  "How can this be, you several have such good grades, how can you go to a military school, and not even fill out an application?" The class advisor turned it over and took a look, suddenly becoming anxious. How could a Tsinghua University candidate end up at a military school?

  "What's wrong with the military academy? Our parents are all soldiers. What's not good about it?" Zou Ze showed a very dissatisfied expression, but only he himself knew how nervous he was. He had told Zou Weiguo before that he would rather die than take the military academy exam.

  "I didn't mean it that way, with the three of you getting into Tsinghua or Peking University is no problem. It's just that even if you don't get in, there are plenty of other good schools to choose from, why do you have to go to a military academy?" The class teacher looked at several people who had only filled out zero forms with a puzzled expression, with a somewhat unsuccessful and desperate attitude, and was about to point out the ones who had achieved good grades.

  "The college entrance examination should be based on our own will, of course, we have to follow our decision, this decision is also made after careful consideration, so it won't change, teacher, you don't need to persuade us anymore." Zou Ze said firmly, with the same determination in his heart.

  "Have your parents all agreed?" In desperation, he could only hope that their families would disagree, and perhaps they could work together to change the children's minds.

  "I and Yu Yao are both from military families, taking the path of being a soldier was already decided long ago, not to mention that our families agreed with it, but Ji Xin An had this ideal since childhood. As for Tsinghua or Peking University, although they're good, they're not where we want to go." Zou Ze wasn't afraid of him asking Zou Wei Guo, but Yu Yao was, not because he hoped Yu Yao could join the army together with him, but since he promised her, at least he should help her a bit. If it really got to the point where her parents found out ahead of time, given Yu Yao's mom's temper and Yu Yao's stubbornness, there might be a family war before the college entrance exams.

  "But you can't just leave it blank." The class teacher looked at the blank form in front of her, and her eyes went dark. If this was a military school, because of such a small matter they wouldn't be admitted, then there would be no more hope.

  "If I really can't get into a military academy because of my poor performance, then I won't go to college and will join the army directly." Zou Ze repeated Jin Xinan's words, making their class teacher's face turn pale with anger.

  "Hey, you've really made up your minds, this is a life-changing decision after all." She also knew that such questions were unnecessary, but she still had some lingering doubts.

  Zou Ze nodded, "Thank you for your concern, but we've really made up our minds. I'll go back and study now."

  When Zou Ze left, the class teacher's face completely fell. He had thought that he was lucky to be able to lead this group of students, with so many excellent grades, and maybe one or two would get into Tsinghua or Peking University. But unexpectedly, three of the top students all applied for military academies, without even filling out a form. And as Zou Ze said, their families were military families, so it was impossible for them to oppose their children taking the military academy exams. So this matter was basically settled.

  It's hard not to feel a little discouraged, now the only one she can count on is Yao Wenhao. He had clearly stated that he wanted to take the Tsinghua University exam before, but what she didn't know was that something even more surprising was yet to come.

  When Jing Xin'an got the admission ticket, she was still excited in her heart. Although it's not impossible for her to get the top score in the province now, but in her previous life, she didn't even attend high school. No matter what, not having experienced the college entrance examination personally is still a bit regrettable.

  This summer, she relived her student life and was about to take the Gaokao that she had never taken before. Her heart was filled with emotions that couldn't be described as just satisfaction. On the hottest day in July, Ji Xin'an's Gaokao finally arrived.

  "Alright, I'll go with your dad to see you off." An Chuhong chased after her to the door, looking at Ji Xin'an with concern. Ji Xin'an was going to take the college entrance exam, but she seemed even more nervous than Ji Xin'an herself.

  "Mom, it's okay if my dad just drives me there. You can just wait at home." Ji Xin'an smiled and refused An Chuhong, looking at her tense expression made her a bit amused, didn't expect her mom who usually doesn't care about her studies to be so nervous about her college entrance exam.

  "I'll go and won't come back, your dad has been waiting outside the door for you to finish the exam." Thinking of changing shoes to go out together.

  "Mom, I'm going to take the exam. Even if you go with me, you can't get in and can only wait outside, so it's no use for you to come along. Besides, when I'm inside taking the test, I'll always be worried about you waiting outside, and that will affect my performance." Ji Xin'an had all the necessary items for the exam packed into her backpack, which was slung casually over her shoulder.

  "Then according to you, the large crowd of parents gathered in front of the examination hall, their children all did not do well?" An Chuhong said reluctantly. The two of them had taken time off just to accompany Ji Xin'an through an important step in her life, but Ji Xin'an was adamant that they not accompany her. It wasn't until later that she finally agreed to let Ji Liang drive her to the examination hall.

  "I bet they didn't score as well as I did." Ji Xin'an smiled, with a sly glint in his eyes.

  An Chu Hong was speechless for a moment, indeed if she really made this bet, she would have definitely lost.

  "Mom, you two finally have a holiday, so enjoy it and relax at home, watch TV, eat some fruit, I'll cook dinner and when I come back, we can all have a delicious meal together." Ji Xin'an gently pushed An Chuhong back onto the sofa.

  "You're like that, your strong point is being self-reliant, but your weak point is also being too self-reliant. We can't even get you to let us care about you a little bit." An Chuhong said with a sigh as she sat on the sofa.

  "Let her go if she wants to, you can't help much even if you accompany her to the door. Besides, it's such a big sun, aren't you afraid of getting dark?" Ji Liang, who was waiting with the car key to send Ji Xin'an to the examination room, heard her complaint and persuaded her together with Ji Xin'an.

  "Be careful then, Ji Liang you see her to the gate and watch her go in before coming back." Whether it was due to Ji Liang's words or not, she finally gave up on having the same thoughts as other people's parents.

  "Mom, just wait at home, I'll definitely bring back the university admission letter." Ji Xin'an smiled and went out of the house with her dad. She didn't feel annoyed by her mom's concern, but instead felt very comforted.

  Ji Liang's car was newly bought this year. At first, when Ji Xin An wanted to buy a car for him, he strongly disagreed. The reason was that except for the leaders in the whole unit, no one else had a private car, and as an ordinary employee, driving a car to work every day was too special.

  However, later on their wedding anniversary, Ji Xian'an brought it up again and Ji Liang reluctantly agreed. The car is not driven to work, only when they go out to play or have something important to do, like today, will it be taken out.

  The car stopped before reaching the school gate because the road was blocked, and cars couldn't get through. Jing Xin'an finally witnessed the grand scene of the college entrance examination.

  Police cars were already on high alert from a distance away from the examination venue. Even if they didn't block the road, it was impossible to drive in because the roads from the intersection to the school entrance had been packed with examinees and their parents.

  I only watched the news on TV before, and never came to the scene. What's the point of coming here if not for the thrill? But now that I'm experiencing it in person, I truly feel the madness of the college entrance exam.

  Ji Xin'an bid farewell to her father and walked into the examination room. Zou Ze and Yu Yao were not in the same examination room as her, let alone others, even those from the same class rarely sat together, so almost no one in the examination room knew each other.

  But when she walked into the examination room, it had an unexpected effect on her.

  "Look at that, it's Ji Xin'an, our class' top scorer in the middle school entrance exam." A girl with a face full of freckles was gossiping complacently, looking as if she were the top scorer herself.

  "What's the big deal, it was just the middle school exam, that was so many years ago. Now we're talking about college entrance exams, who knows if they're even better than us now." Another fashionably dressed girl looked at Ji Xin'an with disdain, possibly due to jealousy, her envious expression couldn't be hidden.

  "You didn't know that, did you? In the three years of high school, she never let the first place fall, and plus her high school is one of the best in the city, doesn't that mean she's always been the top student?" The freckled girl said admiringly, remembering that when she learned about Ji Xin'an's story at that time, she went back to dream for many days, dreaming that she became a beautiful and excellent girl like her.

  "Really, is she that amazing?" She herself was also a good student in her own school, but not as stable as this, and the thought of jealousy no longer arose.

  "It's true, when I first went to their school, my middle school classmates told me and I couldn't believe my eyes. I didn't expect a girl who studied so well to be so beautiful and have such a good temperament. I heard she's also very good in other aspects, not like those bookworms who only know how to read books." The freckled girl almost had stars shining out of her eyes.

  That fashionable girl carefully examined Ji Xin'an again, and even if she was picky about herself, she had to admit her beauty. Her clothes were well-matched, simple yet unique, and perfectly suited her temperament. Such a Ji Xin'an would stand out in the crowd and catch people's attention at a glance.

  She had always thought that her way of learning was superior, looking good and dressing fashionably, but now compared to Ji Xin'an, she felt like Cinderella standing in front of the real princess.

  Although their voices were not loud, the classroom was just that big, and of course they reached Ji Xin'an's ears. At first, she could still pretend to have heard nothing, but now that the two girls were staring at her, she couldn't pretend to know nothing anymore.

  Then turned around and looked at the two of them, smiled and nodded, which was a greeting.

  The two did not expect that Mei Li, excellent and should be high above Ji Xin'an would be so easy-going, so they increased their good feelings towards her a lot.