Chapter 2

Li Mu already had a high school experience and deeply understood that at the beginning of the 21st century, teachers had an extremely strong authoritarian and power-driven attitude towards students. The media was not well-developed at the time, and public supervision of teachers was insufficient. Not to mention a teacher who spoke with a sharp tongue, even physical punishment and disguised physical punishment were very common from elementary school to high school.

Li Mu's college entrance exam was held at the city's No. 5 High School, which had the worst reputation in the city.

The students here were the worst in the city, and the quality of the teaching staff was the lowest. Most of the teachers graduated from a teacher's college in the city. Li Mu knew all too well what kind of people graduated from that college. As long as a local student passed the admission line, the teacher's college would open its doors to them, but even so, it still failed to recruit enough students every year.

Given the kind of teachers from such a school, Li Mu was not surprised by their words. However, after being reborn, his actual mental age was already over thirty. How could he accept such treatment?

At this moment, the male teacher looked at the time and said in a seemingly well-intentioned tone, "The exam allows a half-hour delay. If you go home to change your clothes now, you should still make it in time."

Upon hearing this, Li Mu frowned and asked, "What about the listening section?"

The male teacher shrugged and spread his hands, looking helpless, "I can't do anything about that. In your current state, I can't possibly let you into the exam room."

The other candidates in the exam room were shocked. This male teacher was truly despicable, making things difficult for a student during such an important exam, which was like playing with someone's future.

However, Li Mu just sneered, completely disregarding the teacher. He lifted his chin, combed his wet bangs to one side, revealing a clear but somewhat pale face, and pointed to the wound on his left forehead, saying in a defiant tone, "Let me tell you, I was just hit by a car on my way to the exam. I'm feeling very dizzy right now. If you don't let me in within ten seconds, I might collapse at any moment. If I lie down here today, even three years of your salary won't be enough to cover it. Do you believe me?"

Upon hearing this, not only were the three invigilators surprised, but all the students in the exam room looked at Li Mu as if he were an alien.

On one hand, the media and the internet were not well-developed at the time, so people were not familiar with the concept of "faking an accident." On the other hand, who the hell had ever seen a student talk to a teacher like that? It was too outrageous, too bold!

However, the more unconventional the action, the more unexpected the effect. If Li Mu had taken the usual route, crying and begging, the other party might have become even more arrogant. But by threatening to extort the teacher if he didn't let him in, the male teacher, who was only in his late twenties, almost immediately cowered.

After all, Li Mu's forehead was genuinely injured, with blood on his face and clothes. No one would doubt that he had been hit by a car. If the teacher didn't make things difficult for Li Mu, and Li Mu collapsed inside the exam room, it would have nothing to do with him. But if he didn't let Li Mu in and Li Mu collapsed at the door, the teacher would be in deep trouble, even if he jumped into the Yellow River to wash himself clean.

Dozens of pairs of eyes were watching. If you didn't let someone in to sit down and they collapsed, you would be held responsible, even if it wasn't your fault.

After cowering, the male teacher hurriedly waved his hands, his face unfriendly but his tone completely defeated, "Alright, alright, come in and sit down quickly!"

The exam room burst into laughter.

It wasn't your student, so even if they laughed, you couldn't do anything about it, especially since the law doesn't punish the masses.

The male teacher's face was very grim. After being checked by the female teacher, Li Mu walked into the exam room under the admiring gazes of all the students, came to the only empty seat, and confirmed that the number and name on the desk were indeed his before sitting down.

"Hey, buddy, you're amazing!" The fat guy sitting behind Li Mu poked him with a pen, his admiration evident.

Li Mu smiled at him but didn't say anything. His mind was full of thoughts about the upcoming English exam.

The fat guy's voice was not low, and his words were just heard by the male teacher with a dark complexion. He immediately became angry and threatened the fat guy, "No talking during the exam, or it will be considered cheating!"

"Shit!" Inspired by Li Mu's example, the fat guy was also eager to try, and besides, he wasn't exactly a model student. He immediately retorted, "Have you even handed out the test papers? You haven't even handed out the papers, and you're already accusing me of cheating. That's slander! Be careful, I'll complain to the education committee!"

"You..." The male teacher almost spewed blood. Damn it, today was really a bad day. Being publicly threatened and mocked by two students, but he had no response. Without handing out the test papers, accusing someone of cheating was indeed a bit unreasonable.

The female teacher, who had a higher level of professionalism, immediately mediated, "Alright, Xiao Wang, hurry up and hand out the test papers. We're already one minute late."

The male teacher nodded reluctantly and began to organize the test papers with the other two teachers.

At this moment, Li Mu, who was drenched, began to receive tissues from all directions in the exam room. Some were torn from test papers and crumpled in pockets, clearly from boys, while others were small packs of tissues.

Li Mu thanked everyone, finally drying his face and arms. As for the water on his body, the tissues were not enough to handle it, so he let it be.

While waiting for the test papers, Li Mu looked at his admission card. The photo showed a young version of himself with a hint of black fuzz on his upper lip.

He reached out and touched the uneven desk, feeling the texture clearly. There were many carvings left by others, several rows of words, but they were upside down to him.

He realized the desk had been flipped over, so he couldn't reach the desk hole from his side. This was a major rule to prevent cheating during exams in student days.

Li Mu felt a myriad of emotions. This was really a college entrance exam room! The old double desks, the narrow long benches, the feeling of leaning forward and hurting the waist, and sitting and hurting the buttocks, which he hadn't experienced for over a decade, suddenly returned, but it felt so familiar.

In his previous life, as a science student, Li Mu was good at math, physics, and biology. Influenced by his literature-loving father, his Chinese was also quite good, but his English always lagged behind.

Under normal circumstances, he could score around 100 out of 150 on the English test if he performed well. Even with his English being a weak subject, he could always score over 560 in mock exams. If not for the car accident, he would have definitely been admitted to a first-tier university.

If his English had been just 10 to 15 points higher, he would have been admitted to a first-tier university within the province without any risk. If he had scored over 120 in English, he could have been admitted to a key university.

After getting into a second-tier university, Li Mu chose the computer science major. After starting to learn programming in college, he realized the importance of English. All computer languages were written in English, and in the early 21st century, many foreign software programs did not have Chinese versions, making it almost impossible to use them without good English.

From then on, Li Mu began to intensively study English. He not only passed the English Level 6 exam during his college years but also continued to study English after graduation.

Fifteen years had passed since his last college entrance exam. The Chinese texts, poems, and classical Chinese he learned in high school were mostly forgotten, and the complex mathematical formulas were completely forgotten. He couldn't remember anything from the science comprehensive test. If he had to retake the exam from the beginning, he would be grateful to score 150 points in total for the three subjects.

Fortunately, fate was very kind to him. The timing of his rebirth, though tragic, was perfectly suitable for his life path.

English was the last subject of the college entrance exam, and the Chinese, math, and science comprehensive tests were already over!

Li Mu quickly calculated in his mind, subtracting the 49 points he scored in English from his total score at the time. That meant he scored 486 points in the other three subjects.

With 486 points already secured, he just needed to score a passing grade in English to have a wide range of choices among first-tier universities nationwide.

At this moment, the English test papers were handed out, and the female invigilator reminded everyone that the listening section would start in three minutes.

Li Mu put aside his wandering thoughts and quickly scanned through the entire English test paper.

He had long forgotten what he had scored in English at the time, but after a quick scan, he immediately felt confident.

He couldn't say for sure about other things, but after scanning the entire test paper, there wasn't a single word he didn't recognize. Being able to do this, he could basically outperform 90% of the college entrance exam candidates.

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