I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

"Alright, stop scaring yourself. You studied so hard for the last two months, and I've explained the wrong questions on the test papers to you eight hundred times. As long as you don't mess up the answer sheet during the exam, getting into Ningzhong High School shouldn't be a problem."

As he spoke, he took out a sliced ​​half watermelon and two spoons from the refrigerator, walked back, sat cross-legged next to Xu Youwei's chair, and pushed the watermelon in front of her.

"Eat up, it'll cool you down. I think Youyou's been so anxious these past few days she's practically on fire."

Xu Youwei looked at the watermelon with its red flesh and black seeds, emitting a slight chill, swallowed hard, squatted down without hesitation, picked up a spoon, precisely scooped out the sweetest part of the watermelon from the very center, and then swallowed it in one gulp.

"Thank you for your kind words. If that's really the case, I'll have to move as soon as the results are released."

While chewing on watermelon, Xu Youwei mumbled these words indistinctly.

Although her house had been renovated long ago, and Xu Youwei had even lived there for a while, it was only during holidays. The main reason was that the house was originally intended for her to study at Ningzhong High School. It would have been more convenient for her to stay at her old home when she was in junior high school. Now that she was about to enter high school after the high school entrance exam, she could finally move all her daily necessities in.

"There shouldn't be anything there, right?"

"Well, there is a little bit. The main thing is that I plan to move all the things that are at my grandma's house here as well. Qinqin, can you come and help me then?"

"What a coincidence that you and Mumu are both moving your luggage recently?"

"Hmm? They bought a new house too? I've never heard of that before."

"It's not a purchase, it's a rental. We've been renting it next to Ningzhong High School for three years because high school students finish their evening self-study sessions later and the academic pressure is greater. This way, it's more convenient to eat and sleep, and at least we can have an extra 20 or 30 minutes for our afternoon nap. This is quite important."

"I see. But Mu Mu will definitely get into Ningzhong High School, and she might even be in the honors class. Her parents will be very happy."

"Actually, I think Mu Mu has a chance to get into the special admission class."

"A special admissions class? That would require being in the top 100 in the entire city, right?"

“She has a chance with a score of 150, because her physical education score is just average, but the special admissions class only looks at the total score of academic subjects.”

"If Mu Mu really goes, then she'll be in the same class as Qin Qin again. Hmm, that's great."

Just imagining such a scene, Xu Youwei felt that there was no possibility that the two of them would not be together. After all, they had been childhood sweethearts for twelve years. With the help of the photos provided by Lin Mu, they could even go back a little further. From childhood to now, they were like two saplings growing side by side. Although their branches and leaves were not completely intertwined, their roots had long been tightly connected underground.

From this perspective, Mu Mu's online name is indeed quite fitting.

The two of them ate the half watermelon, taking turns scooping it out. The light from the payment screen on the computer flickered faintly, and the sunlight outside the window gradually changed from a glaring white to a warm orange.

After finishing his meal, Chen Junqian put down his spoon and quietly looked at Xu Youwei. The playful, teasing look in his eyes was gone, replaced by a serious and earnest expression.

"Xu Youwei".

He called her name.

Since calling the other person by their full name during the physical test, Chen Junqian has found that doing it occasionally is quite effective. Just like how Japanese romantic comedies often use changes in how they address each other to show changes in the intimacy between characters, those affectionate terms can easily bring the other person back to the past.

In other words, if you don't change how you address someone and call them by their full name, it can feel like they're not listening. If you add the "yo-yo" prefix, it can sound like a child throwing a tantrum.

"what?"

Xu Youwei lowered her head and picked at the edge of the watermelon.

Do you remember when you ranked 687th in the whole school at the beginning of the second semester last year?

Why did you bring up that embarrassing past for no reason?

Xu Youwei bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Chen Junqian ignored her protest and continued reminiscing:

"Because someone secretly cried like a fool on the playground after evening self-study, you stopped thinking about love. Your grades improved to 501st place the next time, and continued to improve. After reaching your original level, you started to improve. Based on your last mock exam score before the high school entrance exam, you are definitely guaranteed to get into Ningzhong High School, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

"What if something unexpected happens?"

"Why do I feel like you've turned into the heroine of some romance novel? You're the kind of person who's so insecure and needs a definite answer from the person in front of her. But if you insist on a definite answer, then I can say right now that Youyou is 100% guaranteed to get into Ningzhong High School, how about that?"

As he spoke, Chen Junqian casually reached out and patted the other person's head.

"...You've messed up my hairstyle."

Well, all I can say is that after racking up the "head pat" achievement for who knows how long, he finally heard this "correct" answer from a certain female protagonist.

However, Xu Youwei only said it verbally, but she did not intend to stop it at all. The feeling of weightlessness that had been lingering in her mind, as if she were about to fall off a cliff, also disappeared miraculously, as if this simple action really had some kind of magic.

"Did you go shopping for swimsuits with Mu Mu before?"

"That happened ten days ago."

"But Mu Mu only told me yesterday that she was going out to play soon. If I want to buy one, I should do it in the next couple of days. However, I didn't tell her that I actually have a swimsuit at home."

Of course she had swimsuits at home, since that was how they had their first intimate encounter, although she didn't think about it afterward and realized she hadn't worn them for very long.

"Will last year's swimsuit still fit this year? Don't you need to buy a new one?"

"I tried it yesterday, and it actually works pretty well. I feel like my puberty is almost over... And I think that set is quite nice, and it's very meaningful, right?"

Seeing Xu Youwei suddenly become excited, Chen Junqian knew that she must be imagining the scene of her appearing in that swimsuit that no one else knew about but could definitely be called a champion skin. Well, an ancient champion is still a champion!

In fact, it's not that ancient.

"I just hope that Youyou won't repeat the scene in front of other people."

"I know, everyone else is here, I definitely wouldn't do something like that."

“Please make a vow, Yoyo.”

"Huh? Is it that formal? Then I swear, I'll definitely be Qinqin and Mumu's wingman!"

Looking at Xu Youwei, who was making a silly joke with a straight face, Chen Junqian glanced again at the achievement that she had inspired in his mind, but which was now flashing again:

My swimsuit got washed away.

So who are you?

There's no one here, so don't come over.

[Condition for achieving this: In a hot spring, bath, or other similar setting, you are forced to hide behind or under any heroine from a romantic comedy due to some awkward situation.]

And who are you?

Please let me perform CPR!

What should I do if I suddenly don't want to go anymore?

P.S.: Thank you for reading and subscribing.

PS2: The temperature difference has been quite large lately, please take care of yourselves.

Chapter 106: I Want to Attend the Special Admission Class with Qianqian (5k)

Today is the day the middle school entrance exam results are released.

Compared to the college entrance examination results release day two days ago, the middle school entrance examination seems to have a much smaller impact. However, for this year's test takers, they would definitely be more willing to sacrifice the fact that China will not be able to get into Tsinghua or Peking University for the next few years in order to increase their middle school entrance examination scores by ten or twenty points.

The specific announcement time was 9:00 AM, but Lin Mu got up even earlier. With Chen Xi's summer vacation officially starting, her short-lived childhood sweetheart-style wake-up service also came to an end once again. The only thing that Mu Mu herself would regret was that she didn't reach the perfect number of 100 times in the end, but was stuck at more than 90 times.

But I should be able to collect them all when we go out to play in a couple of days, right?

But I still need to check my middle school entrance exam scores first, then I'll feel much more at ease playing.

Thinking of this, she turned her gaze back to the computer screen. In the center of the score inquiry page of the Guoning City Education Examination Institute, a small blue loading circle was slowly and mechanically rotating, no matter how many times she refreshed it, which made her a little anxious.

Lin Mu herself was actually in a good mood, but Lin Youfeng, who was sitting next to her, looked visibly nervous. This was not because of his daughter's grades, but because he knew that even if Lin Mu herself didn't say it, her goal had already exceeded the scores of the regular classes and key classes of Ningzhong High School, and she was aiming straight for the score line of the special admission class.

It can only be said that in other families, parents put pressure on their children, but in their family, it is the child himself who has been demanding things of himself since childhood. This is certainly a good thing, but often the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. After all, for most of the past, Lin Mu's grades were only mediocre. Although he achieved a breakthrough in his final year of junior high school, the time was still too short.

Compared to Lin Youfeng, who was also browsing the web on his phone, Lin Mu's mother seemed quite relaxed as she brought over a plate of watermelon.

"Mumu, come on, don't rush. All the candidates in the city are crowding in right now. Let's have a piece of watermelon to cool off. You said you felt great after the exam, so we'll definitely be fine."

After thanking her mother, Lin Mu took the watermelon. With her left hand, she used a toothpick to pick up pieces and put them into her mouth, while her right hand still gripped the mouse tightly. Although she felt that she had performed at an unprecedentedly good level on the day of the exam, thanks to the blessing of the Chinese knot pendant that Chen Junqian had given her, she had perfectly solved the challenging math problem that she would never normally be able to solve.

However, after taking so many exams, Lin Mu knew that feeling good about herself and ranking on the final list were two different things. Moreover, her current goal was to be admitted to the special class, so simply feeling good was not enough. She also had to make a significant improvement over her previous best historical score.

Just as the somewhat anxious wait was in progress, Lin Mu's phone, which was on the table, suddenly rang. The cheerful, personalized ringtone sounded particularly abrupt in the quiet room, startling the family of three.

Lin Mu quickly turned his head and glanced at the name flashing on the screen—

【Qianqian】

She took a deep breath, instinctively reached for her phone, and pressed the answer button.

"Hey, Qianqian, what's wrong?"

Chen Junqian's clear and steady voice immediately came from the other end of the phone, as if it had some kind of magical power, instantly soothing the anxiety in her heart. However, the background noise was a bit noisy, and she could vaguely hear Wang Hongling's deliberately low but excited laughter, as well as the voices of Chen Xi and Gu Linguo.

"Mumu, have you checked your scores yet?"

"Not yet! The webpage is frozen, I can't get in."

Lin Mu glanced at the computer screen, which was still refreshing, and said with a hint of helplessness:

"Where's Qianqian? Have you found out? How did he do on the exam?"

"Yeah, I was lucky just now, I managed to squeeze in."

Chen Junqian chuckled softly, his tone so calm it was as if he were merely discussing what he had for breakfast:

"His academic score was 698."

Upon hearing this score, not only Lin Mu, but even his parents, who had leaned in to listen, gasped in shock, realizing they had contributed to global warming.

The total score for the high school entrance exam varies from place to place. In Guoning this year, it is 790 points, but this includes the 80 points for physics and chemistry experiments and physical fitness tests. The total score for academic subjects is 710 points. If Chen Junqian scored 698 points, it means that he only lost a few negligible points in all subjects. It is an extremely terrifying score, close to a grand slam.

"My ranking is number one."

"Qianqian, you're amazing! Number one in the whole city! You got number one in the whole city again! You're the top scorer!"

Lin Mu jumped up from his chair instantly. The anxiety he had felt earlier was largely dispelled by this sudden good news. He jumped up and down excitedly, momentarily forgetting that he hadn't even checked his grades yet.

"Oh my, Junqian, how does his brain work! He's such a good kid, not only does he always get first place in exams, but he can also keep his composure."

"This is absolutely a sure thing for Ningzhong Special Recruitment Class, they're potential students for Tsinghua and Peking Universities."

The two adults next to them also gave their praise at the same time.

"It's nothing, just consistent performance."

On the other end of the phone, Chen Junqian didn't seem too obsessed with being number one in the city; his tone quickly became serious and focused again.

"Mumu, don't worry about me anymore. Take your time checking. The system will eventually recover. I'll stay here with you on the other end of the phone until you get the results. No matter what the final outcome is, you're already the best person in my heart, okay?"

"Ah."

Lin Mu nodded solemnly, saying that Chen Junqian had firmly stood at the top. The stubbornness and expectation in her heart began to beat again. She held up her phone with one hand, gripped the mouse with the other, and pressed the F5 refresh key on the keyboard again.

This time, miraculously, the frustrating little circle that had been spinning for so long suddenly stopped. The screen flickered, went blank for a moment, and then a blue and white report card popped up!