Chapter 72
It was May 1st, the day of the postgraduate entrance exam.
Major colleges and universities have declared class holidays and were going all out to prepare for the postgraduate admissions examination.
Si Chen’s examination venue was at his alma mater, Donglan University.
Back then, he had lost that guaranteed research quota. When Si Chen left school, he was like a lost dog that had been driven out.
Even his original teachers and classmates didn’t make much contact.
Time passed and Si Chen’s mentality has become much calmer.
He was the only candidate from the Jiangchuan District Production Department of the Serpent Staff Group this year and he received the additional benefit of special car transport to the exam venue.
His driver was none other than Song Qingyu.
He was dressed a lot more casually today, but casual just meant a less formal suit and long chain sunglasses studded with diamonds.
Song Qingyu was the direct descendant of a Great Family and this often represented one thing — wealth.
The car he was driving today was the Hurricane, a limited edition convertible sports car that was released last year. This car looked like a light tank. The attractive silver-gray shell was powered with a three-level energy core. Upon start up, orange-red lines would spread through its body. It was definitely not low-key.
Song Qingyu sat in the driver’s seat and nodded, not even looking at Si Chen. “Get in the car.”
Si Chen packed light — just his admission ticket, ID card, drawing tools and a few pens packed in a transparent plastic bag.
This car only had two seats.
As soon as Si Chen sat down in the passenger seat, the seat belt automatically buckled around his waist and across his chest.
The surrounding scenery was soon speeding past.
Song Qingyu asked, “How did your revision go?”
Si Chen: “It went okay.”
He didn’t seem very enthusiastic. He even appeared very unconfident.
Song Qingyu obviously hadn’t seen Si Chen’s university transcript of records.
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Fortunately, the journey wasn’t too long.
Seven or eight minutes later, Donglan University came into view.
Song Qingyu’s car stopped at the gate of the school.
No matter in which era, luxury cars never fail to attract attention.
Si Chen glanced and noticed that many people around him had their phones out. They seem to be recording.
The Hurricane was covered with privacy protection film. People outside couldn’t see the people inside.
Almost at the same time, a Red Shadow stopped next to them.
The Red Shadow is a high-end car under a Machine Core Group subsidiary company. Additionally, only citizens level three or above are allowed to purchase it. It has always been a symbol of wealth.
If it weren’t for the Hurricane coincidentally being at the scene as well, this would have been the spotlight luxury car.
A tall figure with a pissed expression stepped out of the Red Shadow’s passenger seat.
It was Si Chen’s roommate in university, Ji Lingxing.
When Ji Lingxing graduated, he was ranked third overall for their major in terms of GPA, just enough to get him that guaranteed postgraduate quota. It stood to reason that there was no need for him to take the exam again.
Si Chen walked out of the car, face devoid of any expression.
Ji Lingxing’s eyes turned to Si Chen and a smile broke out on his face. “Isn’t this Si Chen?”
Si Chen frowned slightly.
How should he put this? When people see cockroaches, it inevitably causes a physiological reaction.
Ji Lingxing was the one who had tampered with Si Chen’s petri dish, causing him to record wrong data, almost causing him to fail his graduation thesis.
Because the score for his graduation thesis was too low, Si Chen lost his qualifications for graduate school. He was then forced to work for the Serpent Staff Gene Group.
Although he managed to get where he was now, the process hadn’t been pleasant.
Ji Lingxing took a step forward and fell into step beside him. Tone dripping with sarcasm, he said, “Are you here to take the postgraduate entrance exam? What a pity. If it weren’t for those mistakes in your date, you wouldn’t have to take the exam now. I broke through to the Second Step while I was in graduate school. Now, I’m preparing to take the military academy entrance exam. If I’d known, I would have given my spot to you…”
“By the way, can you even afford the tuition?”
Si Chen’s attitude seemed particularly cold and he wouldn’t even look at him.
This made Ji Lingxing very unhappy. “Well, it seems you’ve found yourself a new sponsor. So, I guess you have enough for the tuition fees,”
When Si Chen was in college, he had many suitors.
It has to be said that Ji Lingxing’s ugly personality didn’t match his looks. Pity that not only did he have no sense of propriety and was the type to be a handsy pervert, but was also the type jump around like a rabid dog years long after being rejected.
Ji Lingxing still knew nothing about the gossip about Si Chen and Ji Chuyao, which only meant one thing — his position in the Ji family was indeed quite marginal.
The sports car that was about to reverse away slowly moved back a few meters and stopped next to Si Chen.
The protective barrier was removed.
“Young Master,” Song Qingyu touched the corner of his glasses and said, “I’ll wait for you here at the same place after the exam this afternoon.”
Ji Lingxing knew Song Qingyu. After all, they were in the same Safe Zone. They occasionally come across each other at dinner parties.
During those time, his father would always trail behind Song Qingyu with a obsequitous expression on his face.
Song Qingyu didn’t appear to be joking and Ji Lingxing was stunned.
Ji Lingxing knew that some heirs of the Great Families would choose to work incognito in the family business… But he has never heard of anyone studying incognito!
Moreover, Si Chen’s surname wasn’t even ‘Song’!
But Si Chen had already walked into the school building without even looking back, the view of his back was no different from what it’d been so many years go.
Song Qingyu smiled slightly and drove away, a good Samaritan needing no acknowledgement for his good deed.
There were a total of thirty-six exam rooms in the school; only four were reserved for military academy hopefuls.
These four exam rooms were all in a single building. Because the candidates were all Evolutionaries, the controls in place were extremely strict. Each seat was extremely far apart and signal jammers and energy detectors were installed and running.
Whenever the candidate’s energy fluctuation exceeds the threshold, the detector would go off.
This was because every year, there would be biologically or spiritually transformed Evolutionary candidates who would try to use their parasites to cheat.
Si Chen didn’t have this issue. The Eternal Life Abyss might not even be able to read his test paper.
Si Chen queued up to go through the security check. When the female professor who’d volunteered to man the exam, saw him, she suddenly looked up in surprise. “Si Chen!?”
A little smile appeared on Si Chen’s face. “Professor Zhao.”
She had been his advisor in college.
Zhao Min was very happy. “I didn’t see you on the application list for the Biology Department this year, so I was a little worried… It’s good if you’ll be able to continue your studies. You can work at any age but you only have the next few years to attend graduate school…”
She has been teaching for decades and there weren’t many students who were so talented that she could wake up from her dreams with a smile.
Si Chen had changed his social media account just after graduation and few people could get in touch with him.
Zhao Min looked at the time and asked, “Did you apply to another university?”
Si Chen lowered his head and looked at the little old lady in front of him, his expression softened. “Yes, I signed up for a military academy.”
Zhao Min was momentarily stunned and then patted his arm sadly, “You’ve worked hard. I’m sure you can pass the exam.”
Zhao Min had taught him for the first three years and knew very well what kind of person Si Chen was. His extreme prideful nature didn’t allow for him to tolerate even his own failures and imperfections.
If he came to take the written test, he must be certain of passing.
The higher the degree of educational attainment, the better the family background. This has become the consensus of almost everyone in the current society.
Not to mention he was taking the exam for the military academy. Just cultivating one Evolutionary was enough to bankrupt a well-off family in a Safe Zone.
Some military academy students are simply just lucky enough to have been placed in the right womb. They didn’t have to work hard; they didn’t have to have talent; they just need money from their families.
For those unfortunate people, if they wanted to get to this point, they not only need amazing talent but also astounding luck and a terrible amount of perseverance. To get even a sliver of a chance, they needed to tie their heads to their waistbands.
Even just a year ago, Si Chen had been sickly and half-blind. But he did; he got here.
Zhao Min felt happy but also distressed, so much that she wanted to cry.
Meeting so many acquaintances from the past. Some joyful and some can be ignored.😁
Si Chen go ace those exams! Hahahaha. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
Thanks for the chapter 🌹
Oh, so sweet woman
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Drives up and immediately sees the guy that sabotaged him??!!! I’m amazed he’s so calm
Nice Support Song Qingyu!
Lololol, he must’ve been so shocked
That bastard ex-roommate not only messed with Si Chen’s thesis but also tried to drug him 🤢 what a disgusting animal
I’m so proud of Si Chen rn