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023 Results Released

Early the next morning. Foreign language exam hall.

Tan Mo finished the questions, walked out of the exam hall, and immediately started scrolling through online comments.

Most people were commenting that this Foreign test was really difficult.

She found it a bit strange—she could understand every single word. Even the reading comprehension passage about the research institute that everyone was calling the hardest, she had answered without any trouble.

Comparing this with her past grade reports, Tan Mo had a bold guess.

In the past, for some reason, she had been constantly hiding her true abilities.

"Hiding my strength, actually being a big shot? Oh man, could I really be someone impressive? A genius hacker? A world-class assassin? A top-tier secret agent?" Tan Mo thought to herself, caught up in the delusion.

No, that couldn't be right. She got winded after just a few steps—she definitely didn't have the physical abilities of an assassin or agent. At best, she might be some kind of hacker of unknown skill level.

To find the answer to this question... she stared at the SP monitoring device on her wrist, already forming a theory.

If she could find out where her abilities came from, maybe she could learn what she used to do.

The comprehensive exam in the afternoon also ended quickly.

Tan Mo sat in the living room, waiting for dinner to be served.

"How do you feel?" Tan Rou came over with some cookies.

Tan Mo counted on her fingers. "Physics should be fine. Biology and history I'd memorized. The last few chemistry questions I really couldn't answer. Geography was okay. I didn't have time to finish the last politics question."

At the final critical moment, her slacker nature had finally revealed itself.

The earlier three subjects she'd handed in so decisively, but this last comprehensive exam was truly difficult to manage.

Was this what they called an "exam assassin"?

Tan Rou simply took a small cookie and stuffed it into her mouth. "No use regretting it now. Just get through the rest of the summer break."

"Okay."

Cheng Ye Middle School. After the final subject concluded, several teachers immediately began grading the papers.

The results would be announced at 10 o'clock the next morning.

At 9:10 AM, Tan Mo sat in the study, waiting for a game to finish downloading.

It was a 3D online game called *Endless* that Ye Ka had recommended to her—currently the most popular online game, still thriving after a decade.

"Boss, since you're just starting this game, how about picking an easier class? Like a healer, or a long-range Taoist priest or something?" Ye Ka's voice came through her earbuds.

She looked over the information for each class on the character creation screen, eventually settling her gaze on the Recluse, who wielded a staff as a weapon.

Wearing a bamboo hat with a light veil hanging down, draped in a long robe—profound and inscrutable. Just based on looks alone, he was very cool.

Then she checked the skills: multiple instances of hard crowd control, high multiplier damage, high operational difficulty. Aside from low HP and thin skin, it had no weaknesses.

"Is the Recluse fun to play?" she asked.

Ye Ka tried to persuade her, "Boss... how about you pick a different character? Don't start with this difficult one right away."

The Recluse was universally recognized as the most difficult class in all of *Endless*, also known as "the class that makes newbies quit." For Tan Mo to choose this character right off the bat was truly "the fearless naivety of a newborn calf."

"Is it very hard?" Tan Mo blinked.

"Very hard."

Ye Ka was about to advise her to play something else when he saw that Tan Mo had already locked in the character, entered a name, and started customizing the appearance.

Character name: Night Still.

He said helplessly, "Uh... Boss, I'll take you through the newbie quests first. Later, I'll give you some equipment, and we'll go tackle some dungeons."

Whatever his boss wanted, it was fine. Games were about having fun, after all.

Downstairs.

Xu Piao brewed some black tea and brought it to Old Mr. Tan.

"I wonder how Mo Mo did on the exam this time. But as long as she did her best, that's fine." She presented the tea to the old gentleman respectfully.

She had looked online and knew that this year's Cheng Ye entrance exam included quite a few difficult problems. Tan Mo had crammed for a mere fifteen days—at best, she'd grasped some basics. Crossing the passing threshold would be very difficult.

Just as she was thinking this, she heard the old gentleman's phone ring.

It was 10 o'clock.

"I wonder how much our little girl scored?" Xu Piao said with a beaming smile as she opened her phone to check the results.

There weren't many newly admitted students for Cheng Ye's senior year—only twenty.

Tan Mo's name wasn't in the top ten. Xu Piao breathed a sigh of relief. But as she scrolled down further, her expression shifted slightly.

Eleventh place: Tan Mo.

"What is it, daughter-in-law?" Old Mr. Tan sipped his tea, glancing at Xu Piao's expression, feeling pleased inside.

It seemed Mo Mo's hard work these past days hadn't disappointed him.

"Mo Mo passed the exam—that's wonderful news!" Xu Piao quickly adjusted her expression, putting on a face of joy.

Even if eleventh place wasn't some outstanding,head-and-shoulders-above-the-rest achievement.

"Mm. Wang, go inform the Second Miss." The old gentleman cradled his teacup, the smile at the corners of his mouth impossible to hide.

His granddaughter had really done him proud.

At that moment, Tan Mo had already received a message from Yuan Xing.

ELEVEN: Congratulations on getting in. Eleventh place.

ELEVEN: Want to celebrate together tonight?

MO: Okay.

After replying to the message, Tan Mo's attention returned to the game...

**Lunchtime.**

"Mo Mo, you did very well on this exam. Eleventh place, you've been admitted." Xu Piao couldn't help but praise her at the dinner table. "And you only studied for a few days to achieve such a result."

Tan Qi lowered her head, a hint of resentment in her eyes. But it was only eleventh place—what was there to be proud of? She herself was tenth in the school.

But she had grown wiser these past few days; this look went unnoticed by anyone.

"It's all because Sister taught me well." Tan Mo leaned against Tan Rou's shoulder, nuzzling against her affectionately.

Tan Rou lowered her head slightly, a little shy.

Chong Huan, sitting on Tan Mo's other side, swept a jealous glare across Tan Mo's face, staring so intently that Tan Mo's expression paled slightly.

People in love sure have strong possessive streaks.

Old Mr. Tan observed the changing expressions of the three young people and laughed heartily.

Ever since Mo Mo returned, Xiao Rou's disposition had also brightened. Everything was moving in a positive direction.

Seizing the moment when Old Mr. Tan was in high spirits, Tan Mo made her request. "Grandpa, I made plans to go out with a friend tonight."

"Alright, go ahead. Just don't come back too late." Old Mr. Tan immediately gave his approval.

Tan Mo obediently nodded.

With permission granted, at 4 PM, Yuan Xing was already waiting at the Tan family gate on his motorcycle.

Chong Huan stared at the helmeted figure, still somewhat suspicious.

But the lighting that day had been too dim to see clearly, and now the helmet obscured the face.

Sitting on the back of the motorcycle, Tan Mo watched the scenery whizzing by, excitement sparkling in her eyes.

"Congratulations on successfully getting into Cheng Ye. Any plans for the future?" Yuan Xing inquired.

"Mm, not really sure."

Tan Mo shook her head. She didn't have a plan yet.

"How about trying for a foreign university?" he suggested.

"Uh, abroad?"

Was he suggesting she go abroad to gild her resume?

"Mm. Once you get an acceptance letter from a university, you only need to deal with the weekly Thursday exams, and you can save a lot of free time. As long as you pass the weekly exams and get into a top-tier university, the teachers won't care about absences or leaving early. It's the same attitude as at Hongtu," Yuan Xing explained.

"You're a Hongtu student?" Tan Mo inferred.

He nodded. "Mm, graduated a few years ago."

"Wouldn't have guessed."

Graduated a few years ago—that would make Yuan Xing nearly twenty-five now. But just looking at his face, he seemed no different from a newly-enrolled university student, young to an almost excessive degree.

"But what made you think of suggesting I apply abroad?"

As long as she got a university acceptance letter, she'd have more free time to investigate her own matters.

She hoped to regain her memory as soon as possible.

"Probably... because I'm a bit rebellious? As long as you get your diploma, whether it's domestic or foreign doesn't matter. Running farther away means no one bothers you."

Yuan Xing told a little white lie. The real reason he made this suggestion was because he had received a message from her brother.

That person was five years older than him, and even Yuan Xing found his personality somewhat intimidating.

But when it came to planning ahead, that guy was practically a master strategist—every move calculated, never missing the mark.

The university in the Independent State that he had proposed? He himself had once received an invitation from them. But back then, he was in a hurry to get any old degree to placate his family, so he hadn't accepted.

As long as one entered the Independent State and achieved something there, they could gain sufficient protection.

He wasn't clear on what Tan Mo's identity was before he met her, but as things stood now, she needed enough means to keep herself safe.