The next day!
Lingzhou City!
Inside an upscale residential complex!
"Dad, I'm going to school to pick up my admission letter!" a girl said cheerfully!
"Xiao Xi, let Dad drive you there!" the middle-aged man said dotingly!
"Oh, Dad! I'm already eighteen, an adult. Besides, school is so close, I'll be there in no time on foot."
The girl hastily refused, but her mind was on something else!
"All right! Remember to take a parasol. Don't get too much sun!" the middle-aged man reminded her!
"Got it, Dad!"
The girl agreed aloud, but did not take the parasol hanging by the door.
Instead, she opened the door with a grin and went out!
The girl wore her hair in a ponytail, with two pretty butterfly clips pinned in it. They bobbed as she walked, like two real butterflies dancing above her head!
"La la... la la..."
The girl walked along, humming a cheerful tune. It was clear she was in a very good mood today!
Outside, the sky was exceptionally clear. A few white clouds drifted leisurely across the blue expanse, giving people an indescribable sense of ease!
The girl soon arrived at Happiness Residential Complex and made her way to Building Three with practiced ease!
"I wonder if that guy's gotten up yet?"
The girl murmured as she climbed the stairs!
When she reached the door, she straightened the hem of her light-blue dress, then checked her light makeup in her phone before knocking in satisfaction!
The door soon opened!
A middle-aged woman appeared in the doorway. The moment she saw the girl, her smile bloomed like a flower!
"Ruoxi, you're here! Come in and sit down!"
Chu Ruoxi followed her into the living room with a grin!
"Auntie! Where's Jiang Fan?"
Li Guiqin took some fruit out of the refrigerator, then said!
"Xiao Fan went to the Capital. Didn't he tell you?"
"The Capital?"
Chu Ruoxi looked puzzled.
Then Li Guiqin told Chu Ruoxi about Jiang Fan, and only then did she understand that Jiang Fan had developed a material for solar photovoltaic panels.
Then he recalled what had happened yesterday and instantly understood everything!
Learning that Jiang Fan had been admitted to several universities at once, Chu Ruoxi was indescribably happy for him!
Just yesterday, she had been upset that Jiang Fan had scored only 300 on the college entrance exam. She had never expected him to be admitted to several universities today!
When she heard Li Guiqin say that Huaqing University was among them, Chu Ruoxi immediately grew excited.
If Jiang Fan chose Huaqing University, wouldn't that mean they would be schoolmates from now on?
At that thought, Chu Ruoxi giggled aloud!
"Oh, Ruoxi, I heard Xiao Fan say you did quite well on the exam. Which university admitted you?" Li Guiqin asked!
"Auntie, I applied to Huaqing University. I'm going to school today to pick up my admission letter!"
"Huaqing University? Oh my! Ruoxi, you really are impressive. Not only are you pretty, but you're such a good student too. In that case, you and Xiao Fan might even be schoolmates! Hehe..."
The more Li Guiqin looked at Chu Ruoxi, the more she liked her. The girl was cheerful, lively, and adorable, and looked like a little fairy.
She sighed inwardly. If only Ruoxi could be her son's girlfriend!
Li Guiqin and Chu Ruoxi chatted for about half an hour. After asking Li Guiqin for Jiang Fan's contact information, she said goodbye and headed to school to collect her admission letter!
Although the girl felt a little disappointed that she had not seen Jiang Fan, the thought that they might attend the same university immediately cheered her up again!
A breeze brushed her cheeks like a mother's gentle caress, feeling especially comfortable!
The birds in the roadside trees also kept chirping merrily.
Chu Ruoxi could not help holding the hem of her dress and dancing like a princess!
The school was not far from Jiang Fan's home, and she soon arrived at No. 1 High School!
Chu Ruoxi did not go to the gatehouse to look for her admission letter. Instead, she went straight to the principal's office on the third floor.
Admission letters from prestigious universities were all delivered to the principal's office to prevent them from getting lost in the gatehouse!
She reached the door of the principal's office on the third floor and was just about to knock when she heard the principal and her homeroom teacher discussing Jiang Fan inside!
"Teacher Wang, what kind of homeroom teacher are you? Jiang Fan is such an extraordinary genius, and you never noticed?"
Teacher Wang said aggrievedly.
"Principal Ma, you know how demanding teaching the final year of high school is. There's a small test every three days and a major exam every ten days. I can't focus on just one student every day!"
Principal Ma slammed the desk and roared at Teacher Wang!
"Don't give me all those explanations! I refuse to believe that with so many exams, you never noticed Jiang Fan's total score was 300 every single time!"
"He was controlling his scores! Controlling his scores, do you understand?"
"Tell me, among all the high school students in Lingzhou City, who could keep their total score at exactly 300 for nine exams in a row? And his scores in every subject were controlled for nine consecutive exams too: 60 in Chinese, 60 in math, 60 in English, and 120 in the comprehensive exam..."
Controlling his scores?
Hearing the principal's words, Chu Ruoxi was immediately startled. Thinking back to Jiang Fan's past scores, it did seem that he had scored 300 every time.
Had Jiang Fan really been controlling his scores?
If so, just how terrifyingly formidable was he?
Keeping his score at 300 on every exam, not one point more or one point less. That kind of score control was far too exacting.
First, you had to master all the knowledge taught in high school. Which questions to get wrong, which to get right, and how many points each correct answer earned-all of that required precise judgment!
Even a high school teacher would not dare guarantee that he could keep his score in the subject he taught at an exact number!
Yet Jiang Fan had to control every subject to an exact score, and he had done it nine times!
The more Chu Ruoxi thought about it, the more terrifying it became!
As it turned out, Jiang Fan had been a super-invincible academic god all along!
At that thought, Chu Ruoxi could not help laughing. Thinking of those classmates who had mocked Jiang Fan as an idiot, it turned out they were the real idiots!
Inside an office at Dragon Country's National Science and Technology Administration!
Zhou Huaide sat on a stool with his head lowered, being berated by a square-faced middle-aged man!
"Zhou Huaide, ten billion? Ten billion! How can you even ask for that? Do you think Dragon Country's fiscal revenue just blows in on the wind...?"
"The controlled nuclear fusion program is about to be shut down, and you suddenly come asking me for ten billion in funding..."
"Over these ten years, this project has cost the country more than thirty billion! As its chief commander, what results have you produced...?"
"And you want another ten billion? Get the hell out! Shut down controlled nuclear fusion tomorrow..."
Zhou Huaide silently endured his superior's reprimands without arguing, because he truly had produced no results in those ten years!
Only after his superior had vented all his anger did he slowly speak!
"Sir, these are the signatures of Dragon Country's top researchers across various fields. They unanimously believe that the controlled nuclear fusion Jiang Fan has developed this time can be achieved..."