The Six School Joint Exam, exam day!
The sky outside gradually brightened, the heavens like a gigantic screen slowly having its brightness turned up.
On ordinary exam days, Song He was always in a desperate rush, studying and drilling problems like his life depended on it. He even walked around while frantically reading review materials, keeping up his preparations until the final moment before entering the exam hall.
But today, he was completely different. He simply stood quietly on the balcony, breathing in the fresh morning air and watching the students in the opposite Dormitory Building yawn as they got up, then stand on their balconies to brush their teeth and wash their faces.
It was the first time he had seen such a sight after being in high school for so long.
There were still many things at this high school he had never seen, such as young couples kissing in the grove, the happy evening when the whole school watched a movie after the final exams, vacation homework sold by the pound by teachers after winter and summer break, paying respects at the Martyrs' Cemetery during Qingming Festival, sports meets, flea markets, anniversary celebrations, the College Entrance Examination Rally...
He probably would never get to see them in this lifetime.
Choosing the path of a genius meant he was destined to lose many of the simple pleasures enjoyed by ordinary people.
Ah, life. Lonely as snow.
The bed frame creaked behind him. Song He turned around and saw his roommate, Yuan Guang, waking up groggily.
"We have an exam today!" Yuan Guang let out a tragic sigh, looking as if he were about to be dragged to the execution ground and shot.
He turned toward Song He on the balcony and said in surprise, "You're actually spacing out?