ACultivator'sCampusLife

Chapter 88 The College Entrance Examination (2)

When the test paper was handed out, Lu Yao quickly browsed through it.

The multiple-choice questions in the first part were basically the types of questions he usually practiced answering. Although none of them were the ones he had encountered before, in general, they were all the same. They were all about similar knowledge points.

The reading comprehension was about Zhang Xiaofeng's prose, the Immortal Insomnia. The ancient Shinese reading was about Faults of Qin Dynasty, a piece of classic work of the famous Western Han scholar, Jia Yi.

Whether it was normal reading or ancient Shinese reading, Lu Yao did not have any problems when solving the questions. This was because he had already read them more than a dozen times. At this time, he had already deeply engraved the two articles in his mind.

Only this year's composition was out of everyone's expectations. It was a named composition, not a topic composition that had been tested for two consecutive years.

The title was: Don't Fear that the Floating Clouds May Blur Your Eyes.

This question was derived from Wang Anshi's poem, Ascending Feilai Peak. Wang Anshi was a renowned poet in the Song Dynasty. The original verse of the poem should be: The pagoda on Feilai Peak towers, up to the sky; Here, they say, at cockcrow one can best watch the sun rise. I have no fear that floating clouds may blur my eyes, for on the topmost storey of the building am I.

Wang Anshi wrote this poem in Emperor Song Renzong's second year of reign. At that time, he retired from being the governor of Yin County in Zhejiang Province and he was about to return home to Jiangxi Province. He passed Hangzhou and wrote this famous poem, which was created when he first entered officialdom.

At that time, Wang Anshi was just thirty years old. He was in the prime of his life and full of ambition. He used the opportunity of ascending the Feilai Peak to express his feelings and ambitions. The poem could also be regarded as a prelude to his new reform.

When Wang Anshi wrote this poem, his mental state was about the same as Lu Yao's, and therefore Lu Yao could empathize with him.

After the college entrance examination, he would leave Shuangta City and head to Xijing to study. In Li Jiang's opinion, the environment in Xijing was more suitable for Lu Yao to cultivate. Therefore, Lu Yao was also full of ambition, looking forward to going to Xijing to make a great achievement.

So the named composition was a piece of cake for him.

Only half of the time had passed, and Lu Yao had already finished the test.

However, in order to make his Godfather, who was waiting outside the door, feel more at ease, Lu Yao did not choose to hand in the paper right away. Instead, he waited until the exam was about to end. When people handed in the papers one after another, Lu Yao handed in the exam paper and left the exam hall.

Perhaps because Shinese in the morning was quite simple for everyone, the examinees who left the exam hall all had joyous smiles on their faces. At the same time, the family members who had been eagerly waiting outside the exam hall were also full of joy.

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It was mathematics in the afternoon.

Just like in the morning, fifteen minutes before the exam, two invigilators walked into the classroom with the folders and then repeated the exam process that had been done in the morning.

They announced the discipline in the exam hall, checked if the exam admission tickets and the candidates' photos were consistent, unsealed the folders which contained the test papers in public, and began to distribute the test papers and remind the students of how to write the important information correctly.

At 15:00 sharp, the broadcaster announced the exam began.

Immediately, the rustling sound of writing could be heard in the entire exam hall.

However, during the mathematics exam in the afternoon, the reactions of the examinees were clearly different from those they had when they took the Shinese test in the morning.

It had only been about 20 minutes since the start of the exam. Most of the examinees in the exam hall began to become anxious. They flipped the exam papers back and forth continuously, searching for questions that they were confident of answering. Those questions could help them score points. They began to answer. However, some of the questions were too hard. The examinees couldn't figure them out, so they could only try to write down the formula required in the calculations.

However, as time passed, the sound of the examinees flipping the test papers became louder and louder.

Lu Yao browsed the test paper and said to himself, "This year's mathematics exam paper is a bit abnormal. I guess many people are going to fail this subject."

Although Lu Yao thought this way, there were not many questions that could really stump him. Although he took some time to solve some of the questions, and the overall answering time was more than twice as much as usual, it was enough for Lu Yao to finish all the questions before the end of the exam and check them.

It was still half an hour until the end of the exam. At this time, there were already many examinees in the exam hall who could not sit still.

The supervising teacher warned some boys in the exam hall because they made unusual sounds.

Among them, there was a boy behind Lu Yao who looked gentle and weak. Lu Yao did not know him at all.

Maybe because this boy was really bold, or because he really didn't know how to finish the test, when he saw that the invigilator wasn't paying attention, he directly turned his body to the side and prepared to snatch away Lu Yao's answer card.

This guy looked thin and weak, but Lu Yao didn't expect that he had a lot of strength. In addition, Lu Yao was a little unprepared, and the boy almost got his way.

Lu Yao pressed the boy's wrist on the table. With a slight twist, the boy loosened the answer card in his hand.

However, they made some noise, and the two invigilators rushed over.

"What are you doing? If you don't want to take the exam, get out!" One of the teachers with bloodshot eyes shouted at the two.

"Teacher, he turned around to snatch my test paper. I didn't give it to him, and he attacked me. Look, my arm is swollen from the pinch!" Seeing that the matter was exposed, the examinee behind Lu Yao directly came to complain. He inverted right and wrong, accusing Lu Yao of copying his test paper.

"You, get out of here!" After listening to the words of the boy, the other teacher who had been ashen-faced since the start of the exam pointed at Lu Yao and cursed.

"Teacher, I didn't cheat. It was him who wanted to copy my test paper. If you don't believe me, you can see the surveillance camera. Everything will be clear." When Lu Yao heard the boy's words, he quickly thought of a way to save himself. When he saw the camera in the corner of the classroom, he had a plan in his heart. At this time, the invigilator was angry, so he said calmly.

Although Zhiyang Secondary School was only a middle school, it was one of Xinlu Province's top ten secondary schools. Every year, the education departments of each level would support the school financially. The construction of the school was quite good, and the modernization level was very high. It was much more modernized than most of Shuangta City's high schools.

This was also an important reason why it was set as the place for students to take the examination.

"Both of you go out first and stand at the door. You are not allowed to go anywhere, and your test papers are temporarily sealed. I will find the leaders of your school to discuss this matter!" The invigilator with an ashen face became even angrier at this time.

At this point, Lu Yao was also very helpless. Fortunately, he had already finished his test paper, so he could only follow the teacher's instructions and walk towards the door.

The boy who tried to cheat followed behind Lu Yao and walked towards the door.

For some unknown reason, when he passed by Lu Yao at the door, the frail-looking boy smiled strangely at Lu Yao.

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Soon, Headmaster Hu from Shuangta No.1 Middle School, Director Han from Zhiyang Secondary School, and some of the school's logistics leaders came to the exam hall.

"What happened?" Headmaster Hu asked in surprise when he saw that it was Lu Yao who had been chased out.

"The two of them tried to cheat, but because of the angle of their seats, we weren't able to clearly see who started it. However, from what I see, it should be that student who tried to cheat. Look, he even made this boy's arm swollen!" It was still the teacher with an ashen face who was speaking.

"How could such a thing happen?" Director Han of the teaching office felt that it was too inconceivable. He said, "I haven't seen such an arrogant candidate in so many years. He must be punished!"

"Lu Yao, what happened?" Headmaster Hu did not believe that this would be the case at all. Lu Yao won third place in the city with his true strength. He wouldn't try to cheat.

However, regardless of whether Headmaster Hu believed it or not, it was inappropriate for him to directly defend Lu Yao in front of others. Otherwise, things might be even more difficult to deal with. If it affected Lu Yao's next exams, then Headmaster Hu's plan to let Lin Jiayi, Dong Xiao, and Lu Yao be the best students in the history of the school would be ruined. If that was the case, even if he retired, he would not feel relieved.

"Headmaster, I request to check the exam hall's surveillance video!" Lu Yao spoke out his previous thoughts.

"This is also a good idea. Director Han, teachers, what do you think?" When Headmaster Hu heard Lu Yao's words, he was instantly enlightened. He smiled and asked everyone around him.

"This is a good idea!"

"I think this method is feasible!"

"Then let's do it this way. Director Qin, contact the monitoring center immediately. We will go over now and watch this exam hall's surveillance video..." As Zhiyang Secondary School's leader, Director Han also felt that this was the best way at the moment. He said this to Director Qin and the others from the logistics department.

The group followed Headmaster Hu and Director Han to the monitoring center next to the Headmaster's office in the Zhiyang Secondary School.

What Lu Yao found strange was that even though his suggestion was accepted, the weak boy wasn't nervous at all, and somehow he had a dignified and calm appearance.

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"Why didn't you report such a big thing to the school in advance? How dare you..."

In the office of Zhiyang Secondary School's monitoring center, Director Han, the teaching director, was furious at this time. He pointed at Director Qin and the staff member of the logistics department and cursed.

"Director Han, I didn't know about this either. Everything was fine when I came to check yesterday!" Director Qin explained to the furious Director Han while asking the staff, "Zhang, what is going on? Wasn't there no problem yesterday?"

"Director Qin, I don't know either. Tang Feng was supposed to be on duty today, but in the morning, he called me and said that his mother was sick. He needed to go home, so he asked me to take over the shift. I thought that everything was normal, so I agreed to it." The staff member who was addressed as Zhang by Director Qin was scared. He explained hesitantly, "When I came here, I also found this problem, but I thought that Tang Feng had reported it to the school, so I didn't care about it. I didn't expect..."

"Call Tang Feng and call him over. It's extremely urgent. If he doesn't come, he will be fired. Moreover, I have to pursue his responsibility..." Director Han suppressed his temper a little and told Zhang.

"The phone you called has been turned off. Please..."

"The phone you called has been turned off. Please..."

It was the same even after two calls. Zhang did not know what to do. He held his phone and looked at Director Han. Then he looked at Director Qin.

"Go find him, go to his house and find him. I must find out the truth about this matter..."