Chapter 43

"Why didn't you ask how many points Wang Lika got?" You Gui suddenly said.

Xiao Fei looked at the intense sarcasm on his face and thought to himself that even though he had been reborn, no miracle had happened to Wang Lika.

Xiao Fei asked, "How many points did he get?"

"498! It's even lower than mine. Now his bragging is completely shattered, hahaha! I'm dying of laughter." You Gui laughed wildly, laughing so hard that he was bent over, gnashing his teeth, a typical reaction of feeling superior when seeing someone worse off than himself.

Yan Zhang pulled You Gui aside, "Shh! Keep it down, Wang Lika is still upstairs. Be careful he doesn't hear you."

Yan Zhang then looked at Xiao Fei and, with great surprise, lowered his voice to ask, "Why don't you even have a normal reaction? Don't you think it's surprising that Wang Lika got such a low score?"

"What's so surprising about it?" Xiao Fei countered.

For him, this was just a replay of history.

"He initially estimated 580 points, and everyone saw him as the biggest dark horse for this year's college entrance exam at Heyang No. 1 High School! He even boasted that he would only go to Peking University! In the end, he only got 498 points, how embarrassing!" You Gui sneered.

Xiao Fei had never seen this cruel side of You Gui before and was momentarily taken aback.

He thought, perhaps You Gui had always harbored some deep-seated suppression in his heart?

"Ah, Wang Lika has already suffered enough. We should give him more comfort and sympathy. He is also a person who values his face. After losing so much face this time, he might even have thoughts of suicide. Let's not kick him when he's down," Yan Zhang sighed.

"You're right. Later, I'll invite him to have a meal and comfort him. We can all go together," Xiao Fei thought that what Wang Lika needed most right now was the warmth of friendship.

"Alright, no problem. Let's go drink together. When we're drunk, we won't think about anything," You Gui said.

Xiao Fei went to the classroom to get the college entrance exam score notification from the homeroom teacher, Li Tangqiu.

Yan Zhang and You Gui waited downstairs.

The college entrance exam score notification was just a narrow strip of paper with scores for each subject and the total score. This was the most authoritative proof of the exam scores, and it was almost never wrong.

As Xiao Fei went upstairs, he happened to run into Tian Yongzhi.

Tian Yongzhi looked gloomy and had a sullen expression.

Seeing Xiao Fei, he said, "Xiao Fei, just as you said, I really did become the top scorer in the liberal arts in X City, with a total score of 823."

"Ah! Tian Yongzhi, congratulations then." Xiao Fei hurriedly congratulated him.

Tian Yongzhi waved his hand dejectedly, "What's there to congratulate?"

"What happened? Did something unexpected occur?" Xiao Fei blinked and asked.

Xiao Fei knew exactly what had happened, but he had to pretend to be clueless.

Tian Yongzhi said, "I originally applied to Peking University as my first choice, but do you know what? Our homeroom teacher, to be on the safe side, changed my choice to Wuhan University!"

Tian Yongzhi stomped his foot, extremely frustrated, "How can Wuhan University compare to Peking University?! Ah, ah, ah! I'm about to be driven mad! When the last exam was over, you reminded me to stick to my position and tell the homeroom teacher not to change my choice. I was so foolish, why didn't I listen to you! I'm so regretful."

Tian Yongzhi vented his inner troubles.

Xiao Fei, hearing this, broke out in a sweat. When he had just been reborn in this era, everything was so unreal, and he had made a prediction to Tian Yongzhi on a whim.

Now, thinking about it, he really shouldn't have.

If someone with ulterior motives noticed his abnormality, would it lead to some unforeseen danger?

Thinking of this, he felt a bit scared.

He resolved to never be so talkative again.

After saying goodbye to Tian Yongzhi, Xiao Fei went upstairs and entered his classroom. At this moment, there were still many people in the classroom, all gathered at the front.

He heard Wang Lika's agitated voice shouting loudly, "Teacher Li, this must be a mistake. I couldn't have gotten such a low score! You have to believe me!"

Xiao Fei frowned. He didn't expect that Wang Lika would still be纠缠不休 (lingering and not letting go).

Li Tangqiu's voice sounded, "Wang Lika, my suggestion is simple. I will help you apply for a recheck of your exam papers at the Education Bureau. We'll go tomorrow! We need to act quickly; this can't be delayed. By the way, also tell your family. If they have any connections, they can also help."

"Teacher Li, seeing this score notification, I feel like dying. How could they be so careless and make such a big mistake? Don't they know how much damage this will do to me?" Wang Lika's voice was tinged with sobs.

"Alright, alright, don't be too anxious. Go home and calm down first. Come to school tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to the county Education Bureau first, then we'll go to the provincial level! Wang Lika, you have to believe this: if there was a mistake, I believe that once we find it, it will be corrected quickly, and it won't have a significant impact on you!" Li Tangqiu patiently comforted Wang Lika.

From this, it was clear that Li Tangqiu also believed that there was a possibility that Wang Lika's score was incorrect.

Otherwise, how could the estimated score be so far off from the actual score?

This scene was almost a replay of history.

Next, Li Tangqiu would take Wang Lika to the provincial level to check the scores. The results were brutal. Wang Lika's original exam papers were brought out, and each question was checked one by one. Then, Li Tangqiu discovered that Wang Lika's total original score was only around 300 points.

Even after seeing his own papers, Wang Lika still insisted that these were not his papers, that his papers must have been switched, and that someone was out to get him.

At that moment, Wang Lika's mental state was almost abnormal.

Li Tangqiu was furious.

Only then did he realize that he had been fooled by Wang Lika, and his joy had been in vain.

Wang Lika's tragedy was purely of his own making.

From the moment he finished estimating his score, his family had been celebrating, showing movies in the village for five consecutive nights, and inviting relatives and friends to dinner, causing a huge stir.

Now, with the scores out, how could he save face?

Originally, he wanted to save face, but now his face was completely ruined. No wonder Wang Lika was insisting that his score was wrong!

Truly, he was suffering for the sake of saving face!

Most of the classmates watching were gloating. They didn't believe that such a serious national event, the college entrance exam, which was organized with great care and attention every year, could make such a low-level mistake: turning a super high score into a low score at the bottom.

The possibility of this was extremely small, almost non-existent.

People who were not involved understood this clearly. The score notification Wang Lika received was definitely his real score, and this score was not far off from his usual performance!

Li Tangqiu patiently comforted Wang Lika for a while and then let him go home.

The crowd parted, and Wang Lika walked out with his head down.

Xiao Fei called out to him, "Wang Lika, let's have lunch together."

Wang Lika looked at him, his eyes vacant and expressionless, shook his head, and said hoarsely, "No, I'm going home."

As he said this, he quickly left, and someone let out a soft, mocking laugh, which was particularly grating.