Chapter 85

Not long after, Tao Qing returned with a dejected look, lay down on the bed, and started to sulk.

Wang Deliang returned to the dormitory after smoking two cigarettes in the bathroom. When he got back, Tao Qing had already returned, but Old Five was still on the phone.

Old Five finally finished his call.

He put the phone back with an incredulous look, tidied up the long phone cord, and said to Wang Deliang, "I can't believe it myself."

Wang Deliang asked, "What happened?"

Old Five said, "Just now, the girl who called me, I don't even know her. She's my high school classmate's college roommate. She saw me in my classmate's high school graduation photo and got my dormitory phone number from my classmate, saying she wants to be friends with me. Isn't that amazing? I didn't even realize I was so popular with girls!"

Wang Deliang, who knew what was going on, still teased Old Five as usual: "Be careful, she might be a super ugly girl. The guys around real beauties are too busy to have time to chat with someone they've never met."

Old Five said with a dreamy look, "That's not necessarily true. What if we have a connection and she comes to meet me from far away!"

While Wu Qiang was fantasizing about the girl on the phone, Bian Xuedao was leaning on the sofa, gathering information, and repeatedly imagining the possible situations he might encounter the next day.

The person who claimed to be surnamed Xu and sent Tao Qing downstairs was Zhou Ling. After talking to the aunt, Zhou Ling left the dormitory building and went home.

The woman chatting with Wu Qiang on the phone was Zhou Ling's fellow townsman, Zhu Dan.

Zhu Dan often came to visit Zhou Ling, and this time it was just a coincidence.

After knowing there was someone to rely on, Bian Xuedao originally wanted Zhu Dan to play Zhou Ling's role, but Yu Jin said, "No, Zhou Ling still looks like a student, but Zhu Dan works in a nightclub and looks like a socialite."

Moreover, Zhu Dan was undoubtedly a professional at chatting with guys on the phone.

The night passed without incident, each with their own thoughts.

June 21st, the day of the English Level 4 exam.

The exam started at 9 a.m.

The boys in Wang Deliang's dormitory were scattered across different exam rooms, and the most anxious one left at 7:30 a.m.

At 8:10 a.m., Tao Qing couldn't stay any longer and was about to leave with his exam bag.

Wang Deliang saw Tao Qing about to leave and quickly called out to him, "Old Tao, wait for me. Our exam rooms are close, let's go together."

After saying that, Wang Deliang hurriedly started to get dressed.

Tao Qing was a bit impatient, but since Wang Deliang usually had a good personality and they had no conflicts, he didn't want to make things worse, so he waited at the door.

After getting dressed, Wang Deliang started to pack his exam supplies, flipping left and right, and suddenly shouted, "Damn, where's my admission card? I remember putting it in my English book!"

Wang Deliang started searching inside and outside his bag, from the head to the foot of the bed, and in his pockets. After searching for a while, Wang Deliang looked up and asked his roommates, "Does anyone remember where I put my admission card?"

Everyone shook their heads and comforted him, "Don't worry, it's still early. It can't be lost in the dormitory. You just forgot where you put it."

Wang Deliang started searching under the bed.

Finally, Wang Deliang found his admission card under the bed.

"Thank goodness I found it, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to take the exam. You guys should also check your stuff, don't want to find out you forgot something at the exam room and have to come back," Wang Deliang muttered while dusting off the admission card.

The roommates who hadn't left yet thought it was a good idea and started checking their exam supplies.

Tao Qing opened his exam bag. He remembered clearly that he had put everything in this bag.

He searched it once, then again, and was stunned: where's the admission card?

Tao Qing hurriedly walked from the door to the table, emptied his exam bag, and searched item by item, but still couldn't find the admission card.

Tao Qing was dumbfounded, muttering, "Where's the admission card? I remember putting it in the bag, where did it go?"

The roommates saw this and wondered, "Wang Deliang just found his admission card, how did Tao Qing also forget where he put his?"

Tao Qing started searching through his drawers and cabinets for the admission card.

By the time Tao Qing found his admission card, the exam room had already started letting people in.

Two invigilators were checking the admission cards at the door, verifying the exam room numbers, and only letting those with the correct room number in.

Du Hai was among the first to enter the exam room, without any issues.

He quickly found Tao Qing's seat and sat down. Taking advantage of the distraction, he took out his beeper, a mini dictionary, strong insulating tape, and a small pair of scissors from his pocket, and attached the beeper under his chair and the dictionary to the bottom of the desk.

Du Hai fixed both items, and the two invigilators were still checking admission cards at the door.

Everything was set, and Du Hai left the exam room boldly. The corridor was noisy, and people were still moving around to find their seats, so no one noticed Du Hai.

Tao Qing finally found his admission card in a book at the head of the bed. He was a bit puzzled, wondering how the admission card ended up in the book, but everyone said, "You must have forgotten where you put it."

There were only a few minutes left before the exam started, so everyone rushed out to their respective exam rooms.

When Tao Qing sat down, the first bell had already rung.

His heart was beating so fast, and he couldn't calm down.

In fact, this was a problem Tao Qing had all along. No matter how well he studied, he would tremble in the exam room, which was why he had to repeat his senior year three times. Being a person who was afraid of exams, and having run all the way to get there, Tao Qing sat in his chair, pale and sweating, with his legs trembling uncontsciously.

The invigilator came over to check the admission card, glanced at Tao Qing's photo, and found it amusing to see him so nervous, thinking, "So nervous for a Level 4 exam, how did you get through the college entrance exam?"

At the same time, Bian Xuedao was also sitting in the English Level 4 exam room.

Last year, Bian Xuedao took the Level 4 exam and scored 59 points, which, according to the popular saying among students, was a borderline pass, just a matter of bad luck.

This year, Bian Xuedao didn't want to take the exam again. He didn't care about the certificate at all. However, Shan Rao knew that Bian Xuedao hadn't passed the Level 4 exam and repeatedly told him about the importance of the certificate for a college student, especially for job hunting after graduation, and even pulled his ear to make him sign up.

Sitting in the exam room, Bian Xuedao inexplicably remembered a joke he had heard in his previous life: Although Yao Ming lived in the United States for nine years and could speak fluent English, when he returned to China to study at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the English Level 4 and 6 exams became a challenge for graduation. In the Level 4 exam room, a large hand suddenly patted you, and a deep voice said, "Hey, classmate, let me copy, and I'll introduce you to Kobe..."

Exams are always boring.

Bian Xuedao had too many things on his mind in the past few months, and his exam state was very average.

Tao Qing, however, was in an unprecedentedly good state. During the exam, he started to fantasize about passing the Level 4 exam on his first try, and how his dormitory mates would admire him, and maybe Xu Shangxiu would also recognize him as a talent.

The invigilator walked back and forth, seemingly casually but focusing on a few students, none of whom included Tao Qing.

Except for the occasional sound of car horns, the exam room was very quiet. The invigilator moved silently like a cat hunting at night, appearing and disappearing without a trace.

An hour into the exam, the invigilator reminded everyone to manage their time, and the exam room returned to silence.

10:50 a.m.

With 30 minutes left until the end of the exam, the invigilator reminded everyone of the time again. The students looked up at the clock on the wall and continued to focus on their exams.

Suddenly, a series of urgent "beep beep beep" sounds rang out in the exam room.

In the quiet exam room, the sound was so loud and sharp that it even penetrated the walls and echoed in the corridor.