Chapter 22 : The First Day of the Exam, Nailed It
Chapter 22: The First Day of the Exam, Nailed It
Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the classroom.
A group of examinees were buzzing with discussions, staring at Chen Fan with astonishment as he stood at the entrance.
It was not only because he entered the classroom just as the bell rang, but also because of Chen Fan's appearance.
His head was wrapped in gauze, and one of his hands was heavily bandaged.
His clothes were also stained with blood.
He looked quite frightening.
"Quiet!"
"Everyone, quiet!"
The invigilator rapped on the desk forcefully.
After everyone had quieted down, he finally looked towards Chen Fan.
"What happened to you?"
Chen Fan had no choice but to make up a lie.
"Report, I fell down on my way to school."
The invigilator frowned.
"In your condition... can you still take the exam?"
Chen Fan raised his right hand and moved it around.
"No problem."
The two invigilators exchanged a glance and eventually nodded.
"Come in."
"Thank you, teachers."
Chen Fan walked into the classroom and took his seat.
He looked up towards a particular spot.
There, Huang Hu was gaping at him in disbelief.
In fact, Huang Hu had been startled ever since Chen Fan suddenly appeared.
He never expected Chen Fan to make it back at the last minute.
Seeing Chen Fan look at him, Huang Hu's expression changed slightly, becoming somewhat unnatural.
However, Chen Fan's gaze at him was remarkably calm.
No anger, no hysteria.
He just gave a casual glance, then withdrew his gaze.
As if he was merely looking at the air and disregarding Huang Hu.
This scene made Huang Hu rather displeased.
"Hmph, what's with the act!"
"This time, you got lucky, but I want to see how you'll do on the exam."
Chen Fan had no time to bother with Huang Hu, as his clothes were still covered in blood stains.
He simply took off his school jacket and stuffed it into the desk compartment.
Then, he took a deep breath and adjusted his state of mind.
The bell rang.
The invigilator on the stage began reading the examination rules.
After that, the two invigilators together unsealed the sealed file bags containing the test papers.
The classroom was silent, and each student's expression varied.
Some were confident, while others looked anxious.
The two invigilators carried the papers and walked down from the stage, beginning to distribute the test papers.
As soon as Chen Fan received the test paper, he quickly scanned through it.
First, he looked at the final essay question.
When he saw that the essay topic was still the same as before, to discuss different perspectives and solutions to problems in life based on the understanding of four symbolic shapes, Chen Fan's previously worried heart finally settled down.
It hadn't changed.
Everything was exactly the same as the test paper from his previous life.
The bell rang.
One of the invigilators reminded them, "Begin answering the questions."
A group of examinees immediately picked up their pens and began answering rapidly.
Chen Fan took a deep breath, wiped the blood stains from his palms to avoid smearing the answer sheet.
He picked up his pen and carefully wrote down his school, class, exam number, and name on the answer sheet.
Then, he began answering the questions.
Chen Fan answered at a rapid pace. Except for a few reading comprehension questions without standard answers, which he was unsure about, he hardly hesitated on the others.
Questions like idiom errors, poetry filling, punctuation usage, and identifying incorrect sentences, these types of questions with standard answers posed no difficulty for Chen Fan.
Especially for those questions where he still remembered the answers, he merely glanced at the question before swiftly writing down the answers he had memorized countless times.
Finally, it was the essay question.
Chen Fan rubbed his slightly aching palms and began transcribing the essay he had prepared in advance onto the test paper.
While other examinees were still struggling to come up with a premise and approach for the essay, Chen Fan's thoughts were flowing like a raging river.
He didn't need to ponder, he just transcribed the essay he had prepared.
Chen Fan was the first examinee to finish writing.
Although he was confident he could score high marks, Chen Fan did not slack off in the slightest.
He carefully checked through the paper again from the beginning.
It wasn't until the bell signaling the end of the exam rang that Chen Fan finally put down his pen and let out a breath of relief.
The first subject, Chinese language, nailed it.
Huang Hu did not look at Chen Fan and quickly rushed out.
Chen Fan couldn't be bothered to deal with that guy, he stood up, stretched his arms, and walked out of the exam hall with his dirty clothes.
Outside in the corridor, Guo Shuai had been waiting here all along.
"How did it go?"
"Not bad."
Though Chen Fan said this casually, he was actually very confident that if nothing unexpected happened, he could score at least 130 points in Chinese.
"What about you?"
Guo Shuai was full of confidence.
"Don't worry, I answered all the questions thoroughly, no problems at all."
Hearing this, Chen Fan didn't bother asking further.
"Let's go."
"Hey, are you okay with those injuries? Do you need to go to the hospital?"
Chen Fan moved his left hand around.
"It's better than I expected, it doesn't hurt anymore. Looks like that beautiful lady doctor's skills are impressive."
After hearing this, Guo Shuai finally let out a slight sigh of relief.
"Are you going home for lunch?"
Chen Fan shook his head.
"Going back would take too much time, I'll just eat something simple outside and wait for the math exam in the afternoon."
At the same time, he felt relieved that he had told his mother earlier that he wouldn't be coming back for lunch.
Otherwise, showing up with these injuries would terrify his mother.
"Then I won't go back either. Let's go! We'll eat together."
The two of them went downstairs towards the school gate.
Guo Shuai suddenly asked, "Are you sure it was Huang Hu's doing?"
"Yeah."
"Damn, I remember that guy was in the same exam hall as you, right?"
Chen Fan let out a cold laugh.
"He ran off after the exam, looks like he's afraid I'll beat him up."
Guo Shuai turned his head to look at him.
"What are you thinking? Want to get back at him?"
Chen Fan shook his head.
"The exams come first. We'll talk after the exams are done."
Guo Shuai cracked his knuckles, making a crunching sound.
"Alright, I'll follow your lead."
As they were talking, Guo Shuai suddenly stopped in his tracks and nudged Chen Fan with his elbow.
"Look, who's that?"
Chen Fan looked up and saw that outside the school gate, Su Ruochu, in a white dress, was standing there, looking around as if searching for someone.
"Let's go!"
Chen Fan quickly pulled Guo Shuai into the crowd and sneakily headed in another direction.
"Why are you avoiding her? Aren't you going to greet the school beauty?"
Guo Shuai looked puzzled.
"I don't want her to worry!"
"Come on! As if she'd really worry about you, she hasn't even agreed to be your girlfriend."
"Enough talk, let's hurry, I'm starving. You're treating me today."
"What? Why should I treat you?"
"I'm injured..."
"Fair enough!"
At the school gate, Lin Wanxiu opened the car door.
"Ruochu, let's go, what are you still looking at?"
"Coming!"
Su Ruochu reluctantly glanced into the school grounds once more. Still no sign of that familiar figure.
In the end, she could only turn around and get into the car with some disappointment.
During noon, Chen Fan and Guo Shuai had a simple meal at a small restaurant.
Since the exam didn't start until 3 PM, Chen Fan and Guo Shuai sneakily went to an internet cafe after eating.
Each of them found a computer, with Guo Shuai still playing Red Alert.
Chen Fan, on the other hand, opened his domain website to take a look.
The website had been online for three or four days, but the page views were only one or two hundred.
However, there were around fifty registered users.
The retention rate was quite good.
It showed that Chen Fan's website design was beautiful and practical, having a significant effect.
But Chen Fan was not satisfied with these numbers.
In his previous life, Wanwang acquired Yiyu.com in September, leaving about two more months.
He had to find a way to increase the website's traffic in the next two months.
Otherwise, the acquisition would never happen.
As he was thinking about these things, he casually typed in Yiyu.com and clicked search.
The next second, Chen Fan froze in shock.
Damn!
Yiyu.com... had already gone online.