Chapter 56

In the last few days before the college entrance exam, Jiang Ping appeared no different from the other candidates. He led a complete shut-in life, only going out for a morning run, and basically never left the house, focusing entirely on reviewing his lessons. Even a reborn person isn't omnipotent; Jiang Ping wanted to achieve good results to make his parents happy, and hard work was naturally indispensable.

During these few days, Jiang Ping spent up to twelve hours each day reviewing his lessons, and it was all genuine, with no cheating or slacking off.

Jiang Ping's performance also made the Jiang Jianhua couple very happy. They felt relieved that their son had indeed grown up and knew how to strive for his future.

What the Jiang Jianhua couple didn't know was that Jiang Ping wasn't as obedient as they saw. On the day before the exam, Jiang Ping took the opportunity when no one was home and rode his bicycle out.

This time, Jiang Ping wasn't going to Huahua Alley to work, but he crossed half the city to reach the other side. He searched in the newly opened telecommunications city and finally found a pager company's sales point in an inconspicuous corner.

Pagers became popular in the 1980s and reached their peak in the early 1990s. At that time, many people had a small black box attached to their waist, and in public places, the "beep beep" sound of pagers could often be heard. For a while, pagers became a fashion trend, and this small device even became a symbol of success.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. When mobile phones entered the market, pagers began to decline. By 2002, pagers could only barely survive in the market, and in the entire city of Suzhou, only two paging stations were still in operation, and their situations were not good.

It was fortunate that Jiang Ping came to the largest telecommunications city in Suzhou, where he could find a pager sales point. If he had gone to other places, it would have been difficult to buy this outdated communication tool.

Because the paging stations' business was getting worse, the two staff members at the sales point were very polite to Jiang Ping, this potential customer. They not only let him choose a number for free but also offered three months of free use if he paid for a year's service in one go. The regulations requiring ID registration, which were in place a few years ago, had long been abolished. The staff only had Jiang Ping fill out a form symbolically, completing the identity registration. In short, as long as Jiang Ping was willing to pay, everything else was not a problem.

Actually, the free number selection and the additional three months of free use were not very attractive to Jiang Ping. What satisfied him was not having to show his ID, which was the most important thing.

Jiang Ping casually thought of a name, fabricated some personal information, quickly filled out the form, paid the money, and took the pager. Although the price of the pager plus a year's service fee cost him over 600 yuan, he thought it was worth it to give Zhou Xiang a lesson he would never forget and make him pay for his previous actions.

After buying the pager, Jiang Ping found a copy shop nearby and spent 50 yuan to have the owner photocopy half a Chinese textbook. Moreover, Jiang Ping required 80% micro-reduction photocopying. This way, a normal-sized Chinese textbook was reduced to less than the size of a palm, and the text was smaller than half a sesame seed, barely legible.

The use of such small slips of paper was self-evident. When the copy shop owner saw that Jiang Ping was photocopying a senior high school Chinese textbook, he looked at him with a meaningful gaze.

However, Jiang Ping, with his experience from his previous life, didn't care about others' gazes. He calmly organized the small slips of paper, carefully folded them, and put them away before leaving the copy shop with the Chinese textbook.

Of course, Jiang Ping didn't photocopy the Chinese textbook for his own use. His Chinese scores had always been good, and with the experience from his previous life, he was confident about the college entrance exam. In such a situation, it would be crazy for Jiang Ping to cheat in the Chinese exam.

In fact, whether buying the pager or photocopying the Chinese textbook, both were part of Jiang Ping's plan. After preparing these two items, Zhou Xiang was one step closer to his nightmare.

After preparing these two items, Jiang Ping called the paging station on his way to have them call his number. The paging station, with its poor business, proved to be highly efficient, and Jiang Ping's new number was already activated, which made him very satisfied.

The next day was the big day of the college entrance exam. That night, Jiang Ping didn't review too late. After practicing breathing exercises, he checked all the items he needed for