Soon, the day arrived to check the college entrance exam results. Everyone was nervous except Pei Yanchuan, the one who had actually taken the exam. Su Fengzi even offered two sticks of incense to some god or other, praying that Huzi would get the results he wanted.
"No need to be so nervous," Pei Yanchuan said, watching the four of them constantly refresh their phones. "Checking tomorrow morning would be just the same."
None of the four listened to him. The Bluetooth speaker in the room was playing "Good Luck Comes."
"Aaah, I'm so nervous," Wu You said, bouncing her leg. "I wasn't even this nervous about my own exam."
Ye Chu pressed his lips together, his expression solemn as he refreshed the page on his phone. Suddenly, after a brief freeze, a score report popped up. Every subject's score was marked with an asterisk, and only the ranking field displayed anything: top 10.
The others got their results to load too. "Holy shit! Huzi, you're amazing!"
"Oh my god, aaah! Peking University is definitely in the bag!"
"Have some confidence! Pei Huzi's going to be this year's provincial top scorer!"
Pei Yanchuan looked as though he had expected this all along. "What did I tell you? Peking University was never going to be a problem."
Less than two minutes into their conversation, two texts popped up on Pei Yanchuan's phone. Ye Chu knew the battle between Tsinghua and Peking University to recruit him had begun.
Pei Yanchuan glanced casually at the messages. They mostly said what time the admissions officers would come over tomorrow to discuss his enrollment.
"Should I just let Tsinghua know now?" Pei Yanchuan asked. "Save them a wasted trip."
Ye Chu's eyes curved into a smile. "You don't have to choose Peking University because of