Good Evening

Two days later.

Xiaoxiao's competition had begun.

The National Championship of the Junior Spell Principles Competition had two sets of questions, one per day. Yesterday's set had five fill-in-the-blank questions and two problems requiring written solutions. The exam lasted two hours and was worth a hundred points.

Today was the second set.

This one had six problems requiring written solutions. It also lasted two hours and was worth a hundred and twenty points.

The top twenty students in the National Championship could choose to attend training in the Jade Capital. After training, another exam would select the top six for the world competition. By then, it would mainly be a contest between students from Yi Nation and Blue Nation. Competitors from other countries were hardly in the running.

A small nation's education really couldn't compare with a great power's.

Chen Shu brought Ning Qing outside the exam venue to see the young girl in. It wasn't time to enter yet.

The Jade Capital had grown colder again over the past two days. He looked at the girl, still dressed for autumn, and reached out to feel her clothes. Sure enough, they were thin. He frowned. "Aren't you cold in something this light? The Jade Capital's much colder than Bai City."

"I'm not cold."

"No." Chen Shu said, "When you get back, find a thick coat at your sister's place. It's getting colder every day. Don't catch a cold."

"Okay..."

"It's almost time. Get ready to go in and check that you've got everything," the female teacher said. She looked around. "Ning Ji, where did your father go?"

"He already left."

"..."

The teacher felt helpless too. What kind of parents did that?

The girl, though, looked used to it. She stood beside her sister and brother-in-law, her arm linked through