Chapter 12

On the way, Wang Juan asked Song Ci: “Ci, how embarrassed would you be if this wasn’t you?”

Song Ci glanced at her speechlessly. There was no need to be so obvious about gloating. So she raised her voice a little and said, “If it’s not me, then it’s not me. I just need to pass the exam.”

“That’s right. Don’t look down on them. As long as they pass the exam, they are all great.” Aunt Zhou responded from behind.

Wang Juan said, “What if you don’t pass the exam?”

Song Ci still said indifferently: “If I didn’t pass the exam, then I didn’t pass.”

“Aren’t you sad? Not to mention the long preparation time, the exam fee alone costs several dollars.” Wang Juan followed.

“No. Sister-in-law, didn’t you always think that I could pass the exam?” Song Ci asked deliberately in confusion.

“I’m just worried about you.” Wang Juan said with an awkward smile.

“There’s no point in being anxious. The exams are over anyway.” Song Ci said nothing more.

“Song Ci is right. It’s not that easy to get into university. Back then, my Zhou Jian was such a hard-working student.” Aunt Zhou said, looking at Song Zhen in front of her. “I guess it’s Song Zhen. I heard she’s a good student.”

Aunt Zhou’s daughter, Zhou Yuanyuan, was there too. She was holding Song Zhen’s arm and said, “Sister Zhenzhen, I think it’s you too.”

Song Zhen smiled and said, “Song Ci and I think the same thing, as long as we pass the exam.” After saying that, she turned around and looked at the sisters-in-law at the back who were walking and discussing who had scored 395 points. She couldn’t help but frowned. If it wasn’t her, she would definitely be criticized again.

Zhou Yuanyuan didn’t like Song Ci. She always felt that Song Ci was fake and pretentious. She preferred the genuine Song Zhen. So she nodded to herself and said, “It must be you.”

In addition to Song Ci and Song Zhen, there are several other high school students in the family compound who are also taking the college entrance examination this year. Liu Ting is one of them. She is the youngest daughter of Commander Liu and has always been very popular. At this moment, she is being walked forward surrounded by several boys and girls. They were originally having a picnic on the nearby mountain, and when they heard Dalinzi’s cry, they came down the mountain. Zhang Niannian is also among them. She took the college entrance examination last year, but she didn’t pass and didn’t want to take it again. She quickly found a job through connections, for fear that her mother would nag her at home. When she heard that someone scored 395 points, she said with some relief: “I’m lucky that I didn’t take the exam the same year as them. If my mother knew that someone scored 395 and I barely scored 200 points, she would scold me to death.”

Li Qiang, the short boy walking behind them, said proudly, “That’s because your mother still has hope for you. My mother didn’t expect me to pass the exam at all, and she didn’t even bother to say anything to me.”

To Liu Ting’s left is Li Jing, whose father is Li Bo, the head of the Third Regiment. Upon hearing this, he said indignantly, “They love to make trouble. They are already married with children, but they still insist on taking the college entrance examination. It makes them look so proud.”

“You are just jealous. I heard from my mother that they are both not very old. Not to mention Sister Zhenzhen who is only 19, even Sister Songci is only 21 this year, not many years older than us. When I took the college entrance examination last year, I heard that there were many married educated youth who came to take the exam. What’s there wrong with taking the exam?” Zhang Niannian said casually.

“Zhang Niannian, what do you mean? Why should I be jealous? What’s so great about getting into college? Maybe by then you won’t have a job as good as mine.” Li Jing said disapprovingly.

“Okay, okay, Li Jing, Sister Nian Nian just said that, why are you so angry?” Liu Ting patted Li Jing’s hand.

Li Jing pouted and said, “You have good grades, so of course you are not worried. I am just afraid of what my mother will say when I get home.”

Zhang Niannian interrupted again, “Just say it, it’s not like you’ll lose a piece of meat. Besides, your mother is not wrong, you just didn’t study hard enough.”

“Zhang Niannian, are you sick?” Li Jing looked at Zhang Niannian angrily.

“No.” Zhang Niannian said nonchalantly.

“Tingting, look at her!” Li Jing shook Liu Ting’s arm.

“Okay, okay, don’t be angry. This is not the first day you have known Sister Nian Nian. I know you are worried that you will not pass the exam. In fact, I am also very worried.” Liu Ting couldn’t help but said worriedly.

Li Jing was surprised and said, “How could that be? Your grades are much better than ours.”

“Compared to you guys, it’s pretty good…” Liu Ting was interrupted by Lin Zi’s loud voice before she could finish her words.

“Mom, mom, come out quickly. Which Aunt Song scored 395 points?”

“It’s your uncle Li’s aunt!” Dalin’s mother Lin Huizhen came out as she spoke. She was about to scold her naughty boy when she saw everyone coming.

She hurried over to Song Ci and said happily, “Song Ci, you’ve brought honor to our military region. You got 395 points on the test, making you the top scorer in our city. As soon as the results came out, the school called me. I thought that in the past, when someone got the top score, someone would come to their home to announce the good news, so I sent Lin Zi, but who knew the kid wouldn’t understand and ran away.”

“Song Ci? The city’s top scorer? Oh my God, no wonder Song Ci said she did well in the exam.” Wang Juan murmured.

Xiaoshu clapped his hands and said, “Mom, you passed the exam, you passed the exam.”

Aunt Zhou muttered softly, “How come he suddenly got it?”

Zhou Yuanyuan: “…” Why wasn’t Sister Zhenzhen the one who got the high score?

Song Ci smiled broadly and said, “Thank you, Director Lin. I’m grateful for the army’s training. I will continue to study hard and strive to continue to bring honor to the army.”

“Okay, okay.” Lin Huizhen clapped her hands, then looked at Song Zhen and Liu Ting and said, “Song Zhen and Tingting both did well. One scored 345 points, and the other scored 320 points. They have brought honor to our military region.”

Song Zhen breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and a happy smile appeared on her face. This was much higher than she had expected.

Liu Tingting also breathed a sigh of relief. She comforted herself that there was no need to compare herself with two married women.

The rest of the story is that they probably didn’t do very well on the test. It might be okay for others, but Li Jing was the most unwilling to accept it. She claimed that Liu Ting’s grades were better than hers, but inwardly, she felt that her grades were about the same. When she heard that Liu Ting had scored 320, her face immediately darkened, thinking that she had deliberately said she didn’t do well. It wasn’t until someone called her over to see the results that she finally recovered.

Although Song Ci usually didn’t hang out with people, now that everyone heard she was the city’s top scholar, they immediately surrounded her and showered her with compliments. What could she do? Of course, she just smiled and accepted it.

Zhou Yuanyuan stood next to Song Zhen, looking at Song Ci in the crowd and said, “She must be so proud right now. Sister Zhenzhen, do you think she did it on purpose? She did so well in the exam, but on the way here she said she didn’t pass. How hypocritical!”

“Probably not. She said she did well in the exam.” Song Zhen shook her head. Although she didn’t do as well as Song Ci, her performance was a big improvement compared to her previous performance. She had her own pride and wouldn’t allow herself to slander Song Ci out of jealousy.

“Sister Zhenzhen, you are so kind and broad-minded.” Zhou Yuanyuan admired Song Zhen even more after hearing this.