Gaokao Scores

"I... I... what happened to me?"

Yi'an District, People's Hospital.

Luo Feng slowly woke up on the hospital bed, murmuring weakly.

Gong Xinlan had been watching over her eldest son. Seeing him wake up, she immediately rushed forward and asked with tears in her eyes,

"Xiaofeng, how are you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

"Mom..." Luo Feng blinked. When he saw Gong Xinlan, he tilted his head slightly and spotted his father Luo Hongguo, his second younger brother Luo Hua, and his third younger brother Luo Xia standing beside the bed.

"Am I in the hospital?"

He held his head and tried to sit up. For some reason, after waking from his coma, his mind felt much clearer. He could even hear all kinds of sounds outside the ward with perfect clarity.

His hearing seemed to have improved considerably...

"Eldest Brother, you fainted in the examination hall."

Luo Xia said.

"Fainted..." Luo Feng frowned.

Gong Xinlan and Luo Hongguo watched him worriedly, clearly wanting to say something but holding back.

Luo Feng glanced at them and forced out a smile. "Dad, Mom, don't worry. I'm fine. Besides, this time, I may have actually gained something from this misfortune."

Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan were stunned. How had this turned into a blessing in disguise?

Luo Feng explained, "Dad, Mom, you know I've had these headaches ever since I was little. I fainted twice before, and both times, my Physical Quality improved by a huge amount."

After a pause, he continued,

"This time is the same. I can feel that my physique has improved a lot. Before, my Punch Force was just a little lacking, but now, I should be able to take the Quasi-Warrior assessment!"

Looking at his parents and brothers, he smiled. "If I pass smoothly, I'll become a Warrior before long. Then my third younger brother and I can join the Limit Martial Arts Dojo together!"

Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan were both delighted, and even Luo Hua revealed a happy smile!

In this era, Warriors held an exceptionally high status. Becoming a Warrior was definitely better than attending any Military Academy.

That was also why Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan had not strongly opposed Luo Xia when he said he would not attend university.

Before long, Luo Feng left the hospital with his family.

"Afeng! Afeng!"

A familiar shout suddenly came from afar. It was Luo Feng's good brother, Wei Wen, who had heard that he had collapsed during the exam and rushed over as soon as he finished his own test!

"Afeng, are you alright?"

Wei Wen ran up to them, slightly out of breath, and asked concernedly.

Moved, Luo Feng shook his head. "I'm fine. You know this headache of mine is an old problem. I just didn't expect it to flare up in the Gaokao examination hall."

Wei Wen patted Luo Feng's shoulder and comforted him. "Even if you didn't do well this time, you can always try again next year! We're still young!"

Luo Feng smiled, then suddenly asked, "By the way, Awen, how difficult did you think the last three calculation problems on the math paper were?"

The reason he had not asked his third younger brother Luo Xia, but Wei Wen instead, was because he knew that no matter how difficult this year's math paper was, it would not be a problem for his younger brother. Asking him would offer no useful reference.

Wei Wen said, "I thought this year's math paper was extremely difficult. Of the five calculation problems, the third one seemed slightly easier, but the other four were all very hard."

Luo Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully...

He had only failed to solve the final three calculation problems. If most people could not solve them either, or got the answers wrong, then he still had a sliver of hope.

After the Gaokao ended, scores could be checked through phone calls, the internet, and other methods at eight o'clock on the evening of June 16. The Undergraduate line would also be released immediately that day.

That evening, after dinner, Luo Xia's family sat in the living room. Only eldest brother Luo Feng was absent, having returned to his room alone.

"Is Eldest Brother alright?"

Luo Hua asked worriedly.

Luo Xia said, "Eldest Brother has a pretty strong mental fortitude. I don't think such a small setback could defeat him."

Their father, Luo Hongguo, nodded and said to the Two Brothers, "The results can be checked now, right? Let's check your eldest brother's first, then Xia's."

Luo Hua nodded and began working on the laptop. He had both Luo Feng's and Luo Xia's admission ticket numbers, so he entered them directly on the results website.

Before long, Luo Feng's scores and the Undergraduate line appeared on the screen.

"Dad, Mom..."

Luo Hua looked at the scores on the screen, his expression hesitant. After a pause, he turned the screen toward the two elders.

Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan leaned closer and looked at the screen, where they saw Luo Feng's scores.

Arts Subjects: 216

Science Subjects: 223

Mathematics: 118

Total Score: 557

A score of 557 looked quite high, but this year's Undergraduate line was 561. Luo Feng had missed it by exactly four points.

"This..."

Gong Xinlan could not help glancing at her husband.

Luo Hongguo did not know what to say either.

Just four points short!

After a pause, he said to Luo Hua, "Check your third younger brother's results."

Luo Hua nodded and began operating the computer. The next second, his eyes widened abruptly as he stared at Luo Xia, who was sitting beside him, with a stunned expression.

"How was it?"

Gong Xinlan asked anxiously.

Luo Hua swallowed, turning the screen toward his parents as he said, "Third Brother... Third Brother got 745 points!"

Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan looked toward the screen—

Arts Subjects: 245

Science Subjects: 250

Mathematics: 250

Total Score: 745

"Wonderful! That's wonderful!"

Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan were both happy and excited, but after laughing for a while, they could not help feeling heartbroken over their eldest son's misfortune.

Gong Xinlan could not help saying, "Sigh, if Xiaofeng hadn't gotten that headache, he should have been able to pass the Undergraduate line too..."

Tap, tap, tap...

At that moment, footsteps sounded from the stairs. Luo Feng came downstairs with a smile on his face and said to Luo Xia, "Xia, amazing! 745 points! That should be enough to make you the Gaokao top scholar, right?"

Luo Xia smiled. "I thought I could get a perfect score of 750!"

"745 is already incredibly high! It's far too hard to get full marks in Arts Subjects! I'm guessing you lost five points on the essay!"

Luo Feng could not help rolling his eyes. He did not seem overly saddened by his own results at all. Instead, he was thrilled and delighted by his younger brother's score!

Seeing that his eldest son truly seemed fine, Luo Hongguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked Luo Xia,

"Xia, isn't it a bit of a waste for you not to attend university with such a high score?"

Luo Xia smiled. "What's there to regret? The period from sixteen to thirty is precisely when a Warrior's strength improves the fastest. It would be the real waste if I went to university at this time."

Hearing that, Luo Hongguo said nothing more. He chuckled and said, "If your Grandparents knew that our Luo Family had actually produced a Gaokao top scholar, they would definitely be overjoyed!"

At five o'clock the next morning, Luo Xia and Luo Feng got up early and headed toward the Limit Martial Arts Dojo.

Because of the incident where Luo Feng had fainted, he was going to the dojo to test his Physical Quality.

Luo Xia also felt that it was time to update his records. Otherwise, if he suddenly jumped to the Advanced Warrior level later, people might haul him off for research.