A Young Woman's Heart

"By the way, perfect timing! Can you take a look and see if my solution to this problem is correct?"

"Let me see..." Mo Xueyao took the draft paper he handed her, and seeing that he didn't do anything next, she was immediately speechless. "You should at least let me see the question too."

"Oh right, here you go!"

"Mmm...mmm...mmm, no problem."

"Right! Just as I thought, hahaha, I really am a genius, I can even figure it out myself!" Liu Xiaowei laughed exaggeratedly, but there was no sense of hearty laughter at all. Instead, he laughed like a villain in a TV series, making people's hair stand on end.

"Uh... is this question difficult?"

"Cough, cough... cough cough..." Liu Xiaowei choked on his saliva and coughed violently, pounding his chest repeatedly.

"Pfft, don't listen to Xiaoyao. She's just too good to feel the difficulty."

"Tch...Can't Yin Yin make it?"

"It's possible to make it, but it's not that easy."

"Damn it... Keep going!" Liu Xiaowei's eyes hardened again. "It's the last month, I'm going to push!"

"Don't be enthusiastic for only three minutes and then not want to work hard tomorrow."

"Am I that kind of person? Huh? Don't talk to me! I'm not going home until I've finished every single question on this test today!"

"Go for it!" The three girls gave each other a thumbs up in unison.

Of course, this encouragement also carries a hint of teasing.

……

(two)

Thursday afternoon was a two-period Chinese class.

Ye Wen stood on the podium, but didn't rush to start the class: "The results of our unified exam with all the key high schools and regular high schools in the city came out a few days ago. I specially printed out a copy for everyone. You can find your scores for each subject, total score, school ranking, and city ranking in it. Scores are only accurate when they are compared with rankings. All of you must give this printed score sheet to your parents."

As they were talking, Li Wanyan and Mr. Xue had already taken the score sheets from Ye Wen and started distributing them to the two large groups.

"Besides the score sheet, there's also a list of the university tiers students can get into each score range in the city's overall ranking each year. Each score range has a list of representative schools. Refer to the university brochure we distributed earlier. If you've lost it, you can come here to get another copy." Ye Wen paused, her expression unusually serious. "The last document is the application form. Please note that this is the official form. After discussing with your parents, fill in the names of four universities, corresponding to the four tiers. Each university can have a maximum of six majors. To be on the safe side, I suggest filling in all six majors; don't leave any blanks. This application form should be submitted to me tomorrow, or at the latest this week. Please note, it's absolutely necessary! Parental signature! Understand?"

"I know now!"

The students' drawn-out syllables made my heart leap into my throat.

The formal application period for college entrance exams has begun, which means that the college entrance exam is one step closer.

Filling out college applications is also a life choice.

In this era where college applications must be filled out in advance, this is a nerve-wracking and unsettling task for most people.

Because it requires not only skill, but also luck.

Of the four schools, the first one is the most important, because it is the place that many people most want to go to.

The last school is also very important because it's a safety school. So, people usually choose one that they almost certainly can't fail to get into, but compared to their usual grades, this school is definitely the worst choice...

"Shanghai Ginkgo Women's University!" Hua Yinyin wrote these words on her first choice without hesitation.

"Hey? Yinyin, you're already writing?"

"W-what's wrong? Isn't Lele going too?"

"Hmm... I still need to ask my family for their opinions."

"Damn it, you can't leave me alone, Yaoyao!"

"I'll ask when I go to dinner," Mo Xueyao said, glancing at her sideways.

"Alright, let's go over the content of this test paper. Let's skip the beginning and start with the classical Chinese section. Many of our students didn't get many points on the classical Chinese section this time. It was indeed more difficult than usual, but that's the level of difficulty for the college entrance exam, or even more difficult..."

……

(three)

At 4:45 p.m., the sun was still high in the sky, and the sky was bright, showing little sign of darkening.

This is the time when first- and second-year high school students get out of school, and it's also the time when third-year high school students have dinner.

If you see groups of two or three students walking out of the school gate without backpacks, then without a doubt, they are definitely senior high school students.

Some of them go home to eat, while others grab a bite at a roadside shop. Of course, they can also buy some food from the snack stalls at the school gate—if they're not too hungry.

Mo Xueyao and Li Wanyan are the type who go home to eat together.

Lu Chengyuan and Lü Bolun were also with them.

He would occasionally go out to eat with his girlfriend, and he had become quite familiar with his father-in-law.

"Lu Bolun, Lu Bolun, what do Cheng Yuan's parents think of you now?"

"What do you mean, how do you see me?" Lu Bolun was somewhat puzzled.

"So, I've already considered you my son-in-law?"

"Cough...more or less?"

"Wow, are Cheng Yuan's parents so open-minded?"

Lu Chengyuan took Lu Bolun's hand: "My parents said that people my age used to get married a long time ago, so it's not surprising that I have a boyfriend now. As long as it doesn't interfere with my studies, it's fine. Then we can go to the same university and get married in college."

"So have you thought it through?" Mo Xueyao asked curiously. She mainly wanted to get some reference points. Although Lu Chengyuan and Lü Bolun's grades were far inferior to hers, it was still possible to use their first choice as her third or fourth choice.

"The School of Foreign Languages, I guess... from Zhejiang."

"Hmm, do you think you'll get in?"

"If I perform perfectly... there shouldn't be any problem?"

"Don't worry, it will definitely work." Lu Bolun was quite confident.

"And you?" Lu Chengyuan asked quite naturally.

Li Wanyan naturally took Mo Xueyao's arm and looked at her.

"Ah... I guess I might choose Xingda University?"

"Just as I expected."

Mo Xueyao didn't ask Lu Chengyuan why she felt it was so natural. After all, Hua Yinyin always wanted to go, and it wasn't surprising that she, as one of her best friends, would also apply to that university.

……

(four)

"Mom! Dad! I'm home!" Mo Xueyao, who wasn't carrying her schoolbag, rushed into the fruit shop. Seeing that her mother wasn't there, she slammed the stack of documents on the table where her father was arranging flowers. "Dad! It's time to fill out the official college application!"

"Oh? This is a big deal. Have you thought it through?"

"Um……"

"With your grades, you should have no problem getting into Zhejiang University, right?"

"Uh...maybe?" Mo Xueyao fidgeted with the hem of her clothes, unsure of how to begin. She glanced at Li Wanyan, who had walked over beside her, and cleared her throat again: "Ahem, I'm thinking of putting Shanghai Ginkgo Women's University as my first choice. What do you think, Dad?"

"Xingda? I remember seeing it before, it was a book, right?"

"right……"

"But there's still a difference between the two books."

“Ah… I think…” Mo Xueyao squeezed out each word carefully, “Well, what’s the point of me getting into Zhejiang University? There will definitely be people there who are more talented than me, and the sense of frustration would be too strong. So it’s better to go to Xingda University. Besides, Xingda University isn’t bad either. I could be a leader there. And Shanghai isn’t far from Hangzhou…”

“A women’s university…” The father patted his pocket, took out a cigarette from a brand-new cigarette pack, and put it in his mouth. “Haha, this is your life. It’s good that you have choices. Otherwise, you’d be too indecisive, right?”

"Ahem, what about Mom?"

"I'll handle it!" her father declared confidently. Mo Xueyao quickly grabbed a brand-new lighter from the nearby shelf and lit it for him with great eagerness. "I don't have any ideas about the last three choices, Dad, you fill them out for me, uh, Wanyan—"

"Same as Yao Yao."

"Okay, I'll check it carefully for you. No rush, it shouldn't be due tomorrow, right?"

"You can hand it in on Saturday."

"Alright! Leave it to me." The father took a comfortable drag of his cigarette and exchanged a smile with Mo Xueyao.

……

Chapter 285 Pan Jiexiang's Birthday

(One)

The evening self-study session, which ended at nine o'clock, left Mo Xueyao feeling refreshed.

Although it takes time to get home, it's still much more pleasant than rushing to shower or wash up after school at 11 pm during the training camp.

At the beginning of this semester, Mingming felt that evening self-study sessions were getting later and later, but recently, she always felt that it was still early when evening self-study ended, and even the night sky was not very dark.

The chirping of crickets was even more noisy than the cicadas during the day, and every now and then a few wild cats would let out a shrill cry, as if they were fighting.

Li Wanyan stopped her bicycle at the intersection and turned it to the other side.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"This way."

"You've taken a longer route."

"There are many shops here." Several cars passed through the intersection, and Li Wanyan also stepped on the pedals again, riding slowly towards the opposite side.

"Do you want to buy anything?" Mo Xueyao followed suit, raising her voice slightly in the wind.

"Ah."

"Oh, that's strange. You want to buy stationery? Grandma Jin's convenience store has all kinds of stationery. There's no need to go elsewhere to buy it, right? You can also buy it at the school gate if necessary."

"It's not stationery."

"What is that?" Mo Xueyao asked, even more curious.

However, Li Wanyan did not explain, so she did not press the matter further.

She's not like Hua Yinyin or Wang Jiale, with so many gossip questions on her mind.