PDLP Chapter 28 You really got a perfect score!
Chapter 28 You really got a perfect score!
But he didn't hand in his paper early. There are rules for the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) that prohibit submitting papers too early. Besides, he was in a good mood today and decided to give this so-called hellish national exam a break.
So he neatly folded the test paper, crossed his arms on the table, and tilted his head to the side.
In this examination room, where the fate of countless people was decided and the atmosphere was so tense it was almost explosive, he fell asleep.
When the proctor came over to patrol and saw this scene, his eyes widened in surprise.
Sleeping on the exam paper set by Ge Jun? Is this just giving up on treatment?
The teacher approached and his gaze fell upon the answer sheet, which was densely covered with writing without a single correction. Every step of the solution was so clear it was almost unbelievable.
The proctor gasped and silently retreated, even his footsteps becoming much softer.
The exam ended at 5 p.m.
Lin Yu was woken up by the ringing of the bell. He rubbed his eyes, rolled up his sleeves, and left.
As soon as they stepped out of the exam hall, the entire corridor transformed into a scene of utter despair. Countless girls wept uncontrollably, and the boys' faces turned deathly pale.
"I got stuck on the second big question!"
"I couldn't figure out the equation for conic sections even after working through a whole page of scratch paper!"
"Uncle Ge is inhuman! He's cutting off our escape route!"
The cries of agony rose and fell.
Lin Yu put one hand in his pocket and walked down the stairs against the flow of people.
Xia Zijin was waiting for him at the top of the stairs.
"Perfect score?"
Xia Zijin asked.
"Um."
Lin Yu casually replied, "The questions were alright. At least there were no logical inconsistencies."
"That's good."
Xia Zijing adjusted her glasses. "I proved the last big question using the Lagrange Mean Value Theorem. I don't know if the examiner will be able to understand it."
If the students next to them overheard this conversation between two academic geniuses, they would probably be so angry that they would jump off a building on the spot.
June 8th.
The second day of the college entrance examination.
Science and English.
For Lin Yu, these two subjects weren't even a warm-up. The physics questions in the science exam seemed like early childhood illustrations to him, while the chemistry and biology questions were simply basic common sense he could recall from his memory bank.
During the English exam, he had already finished the reading and cloze tests before the listening section was even over.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
The final bell rang throughout the city as students handed in their papers.
The two-day ordeal has finally come to an end.
Outside the school gate, countless parents held flowers and eagerly awaited their arrival.
Like birds breaking free of their cages, the students rushed out of the school gates, shouting wildly, some even tearing their study materials into pieces and throwing them into the air.
Lin Yu and Xia Zijin walked out of the gate side by side.
There was no tearing up of books, no wild celebration. The two were as calm as if they had just gone downstairs to the supermarket to buy a bottle of water.
Xia Zijing stopped walking when she reached a secluded, tree-lined path.
She turned around and looked at Lin Yu.
Then, under Lin Yu's slightly puzzled gaze, Xia Zijing raised her hand and took off the pair of thick, unfashionable black-rimmed glasses that covered most of her face.
The world seemed to fall silent for a second at that moment.
Without the black-rimmed glasses obscuring her face, her fair, delicate, and flawless features were fully revealed. The distinctive beauty mark at the corner of her eye shone with a cool and stunning beauty in the sunlight.
She was no longer that dull and aloof test-taking machine, but a true heiress of a billionaire, with an ethereal beauty that made it impossible to look away.
"Has your vision recovered?"
Lin Yu looked at her, but did not show excessive surprise.
"I'm not nearsighted at all."
Xia Zijing casually tossed the pair of non-prescription glasses into the nearby trash can. "They're too conspicuous, making it inconvenient to do my homework. I don't need to pretend anymore."
She raised her head, stretched in the afterglow of the setting sun, and her old school uniform, a size too big, stretched with the movement, vaguely outlining her excellent figure.
"Lin Yu."
Xia Zijing turned to look at him, her unobstructed eyes sparkling with a bright light.
"Um?"
See you at Tsinghua or Peking University.
Lin Yu smiled. He unzipped his school uniform, which was always open, took it off, and draped it over his shoulders, leaving him only wearing the plain black T-shirt underneath.
See you at Tsinghua or Peking University.
Fast forward time.
June 23rd.
The day for checking college entrance exam scores.
The entire education sector in Jiangcheng, and even the education sectors across the province and the country, are anxiously awaiting the release of this year's results.
Because this year's math exam was extremely difficult, it is widely predicted that the cutoff score for first-tier universities will drop significantly.
The score checking system opened promptly at noon.
The principal's office at Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School.
The principal, Wang the Bald, and the heads of all the teaching and research groups held their breath and gathered around the computer.
With trembling hands, Wang the Bald entered Lin Yu's examination admission ticket number and the last six digits of his ID card.
Click to search.
The webpage spun for ten seconds and then froze for a moment.
Then, the page refreshes.
A simple table popped up.
Name: Lin Yu.
Chinese: 150 points.
Mathematics: 150 points.
English: 150 points.
Comprehensive (Science): 300 points.
Total score: 750 points.
Provincial ranking: 1.
The principal stared intently at the screen, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets. He clutched his hair with both hands, making a hissing sound like he was suffocating.
"Perfect...perfect score..."
Baldy Wang plopped down on the ground, trembling all over. "Perfect score! Not a single point deducted for the Chinese composition! Not a single point deducted for the combined science!"
750 points!
The first and only perfect score in the history of the National College Entrance Examination!
Without any bonus points or special consideration for ethnic minorities, he achieved the theoretically highest score solely through his written answers!
"boom!"
The entire principal's office was in an uproar.
The head of the science group was so excited that he dropped his teacup, and the head of the Chinese group burst into tears when he saw the score of 150.
"Quick! Call Lin Yu!"
The principal realized what was happening and scrambled toward the landline phone on his desk.
But before he could pick up the microphone, the office door was slammed open by the security guard.
"Principal! Something terrible has happened! No...it's great!"
The security guard, sweating profusely and rambling incoherently, exclaimed, "The admissions directors from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with several suitcases of cash and signed contracts, have blocked our school's gate! The provincial TV station and CCTV's broadcast vans are parked right at the entrance!"
The principal gasped, feeling as if he were about to have a heart attack.
Meanwhile, in the upscale villa district in the center of Jiangcheng City.
Lin Yu sat on the large sofa, holding a can of iced cola. The television was broadcasting news about this year's college entrance examination.
The phone vibrated wildly on the table, its memory instantly overflowing with missed calls and text messages.
The entire internet is in an uproar.
"750 points! A legend is born!"
The hashtag instantly topped the trending search lists on various platforms.
Online, students who had just lamented the difficulty of math fell into an eerie silence upon seeing this score report, followed by a collective act of worship.
"Is this a human? Is this a carbon-based life form?"
"Uncle Ge got a perfect score on his test? What does that mean? It means the test was only out of 150 points, and his potential is immeasurable!"
"I heard this guy got 748 on the mock exam, but he deliberately omitted a line to save face for the provincial grading team. Why didn't he show them any respect this time?"
Lin Yu ignored the frantically flashing messages.
He simply took a quiet sip of his cola.
Ding dong.
A WeChat message popped up.
Sender: Xia Zijin (The static profile picture has been removed and replaced with a side profile photo in sunlight).
"My results are out too. 712 points, second in the province. You really scored 750, you monster!"
Lin Yu put down his cola, picked up his phone, and tapped lightly on the screen with his fingertips.