There was a total of six subjects in the high school entrance examination, including Chinese, Mathematics, Foreign Language, Physics, Chemistry, and Politics. Two subjects were taken in the morning and one in the afternoon and the exam spanned two days.

Because of the high school entrance examination, with the exception of the examination students, all students were on vacation for two days. It was also crowded and lively. Not only did the traffic police patrol and maintain order at all times, but there were also a lot of small vendors who carry burdens.

Today was also very hot. Mama Jiang took out the small bench that she had prepared and a few fans, giving some to her in-laws first, and then the several children who came with her. The car door was open, and she sat inside. Knowing she was coming to accompany her daughter’s exam, she made pastries and prepared washed apples and tomatoes and slices watermelon.

Huo Ping watched Mama Jiang take out all of her food like a magician and was surprised and slightly embarrassed. Their glittering gold visage drew a lot of eyes. If it was before, he might feel ashamed and want to hide himself. Now, he felt that....these people who stole glances at them didn’t know the importance of gold at all!1

Even Chen Yi and Xu Lihai strangely raised a sense of superiority that everyone was drunk while they were awake..= =

Huo Ping nibbled the last bite of melon and threw the watermelon peel into the garbage bag prepared by Mama Jiang. He wanted to take another, but Jiang Xiaobao took the lead and grabbed the piece he was aiming for. The little fatty took it and ran, chewed a few big mouthfuls, and raised his double chin.

Huo Ping took another piece, and said quietly, “Eat watermelon without spitting seeds, be careful about growing watermelon in your head.”

Jiang Xiaobao froze for a while: “Ha ha ha ha so big, you still believe this? It’s just something adults say to cheat children, so stupid!”

Huo Ping:”........Ha ha!”

If Jiang Nian was here, she may have to say the last sentence, “As a member of the four grand front and back law protectors, we must unite internally and fight resolutely to for our common goal- protecting the genius!”

Huo Ping thought that these two siblings might have problems in their minds; one was too clever and the other was too stupid. Look at how good Jiang Nian’s results were but, unfortunately, Jiang Xiaobao was the crane tail of their whole class2. All of his nutrition must have been turned into meat, which was also a very happy thing.

As for why he came here today— of course, it was not because he wanted to accompany the exam, but to come seek experience in advance. Besides, during the time of the entrance exam preparation, maybe the sick seedling was too obsessed with studying, but she seemed to be weaker than before and had a slight cough in recent days. If she fainted in the examination room, the sick seedling would definitely be famous again.

Then the sick seedling might blame them for their negligence.

The Jiang family came to accompany the exam. Maybe they also had this worry. After all, they were more nervous about Jiang Nian’s body than her score. They were also worried that Jiang Nian had an accident in the exam room.

Fortunately, this kind of worry did not happen. After the two-day high school entrance examination, Jiang Nian came out alive. Although it seemed that she was exhausted, and her thin body seemed to be thinner. Although she smiled, anyone could see her health was not as good as before. It gave the Jiang family plenty of pain. They drove her back home surrounding her on all sides and squeezed out the positions of their four grand front and back law protectors....wait, he didn’t care about that position!

Huo Ping and the rest sent Jiang Nian to the door of her house and turned to go home. Mama Jiang tried to keep them for dinner but Huo Ping refused, and Chen Yi and Xu Lihai also wanted to go home. Mama Jiang didn’t force them and thanked them kindly and expressed how moved she was by their concern for Jiang Nian!

Huo Ping’s face stiffened and looked at Chen Yi and Xu Lihai. They didn’t care about Jiang Nian. They just didn’t want to deal with the sick seedling who was afraid of death!

They waved their hands, turned away, moving with the hurry of someone running away.

Jiang Nian suddenly shouted, “Huo Law Protector, Chen Law Protector, Xu Law Protector, you have performed very well these two days, and I will keep your credit in mind!”

Huo Ping’s foot was almost crooked and almost fell to the ground!

Chen Yi and Xu Lihai ran faster. She wasn’t talking about them, absolutely not!

Jiang Nian couldn’t hold back a smile and was knocked on the head by her mother: “You, you know to tease Huo Ping. Be careful to irritate people one day. If he really ignores you, see what you do!”

Jiang Nian also had some worries: “Yeah, without them, where would I go to find such a good four grand front and back law protector group?”

After all, she still had to go to high school; she’d have to rely on them for the next three years!

Huo Ping returned home where the old man was watering the flowers and plants in the yard. When he saw Huo Ping rushing, the old man was not surprised, and asked with a smile, “Who makes you angry again?”

Huo Ping hummed. It wasn’t as if he didn’t know, he just wanted to watch his jokes again.

Grandfather Huo laughed loudly, “How is it? The girl Niannian finished the exam, is it alright?”

“Very good, more than enough energy!”

Especially the last roar, his soul was about to escape after her last yell.

However, this time Huo Ping was really wrong, because after the entrance examination, Jiang Nian really fell ill. She started a high fever that day and burned directly to thirty-nine degrees?102F} href=#ft3>3, which scared the Jiang family. Fortunately, their experience was sufficient to cope. They quickly gave her antipyretic medicine and fed her water. After taking care of her the whole night, the fever retreated to 38 degrees4, and her situation stabilized.

Jiang Nian was groggy, and her throat was very itchy so that she could hardly speak, and even the spirit to get out of bed was gone. She really became a pitiful sick seedling.

Does fate think that this will defeat her? Of course, impossible!

She thought of her gold loving family and touched the Big Gold on her neck and wrist, and she felt infinite courage in her heart. She couldn’t be beaten by this kind of illness!

....Is it that she only worshipped the God of Wealth, so the other gods became jealous?

Probably. After all, she was so talented and so attractive, maybe it really was jealousy?!

Jiang Nian decided to wait until she recovered to go to the temple to pray, begging them not to be angry; she was very pious to them as well, just one god was shown on the surface and the others....all hidden in the heart, um!

The form was not important, the important thing was the mind.

However, Jiang Nian’s illness was not very good for a while, because she cycled through fevers for a period of time, and the whole house was full of medicinal smell. Fortunately, she gave her mother the medicinal diet. Although her food was stewed with a lot of herbs, the taste was absolutely great. Although she was sick, she made sure her appetite was still very good. Otherwise, if she didn’t even have the power to touch the Big Gold, what fun would there be in her life?

During this period, Huo Ping also came to visit. He looked at her for a long time with his handsome little face, and Jiang Nian was touched. She wanted to comfort him that she was fine, and she could stand strong in a few days. The moment she tried to rise, she heard him say very seriously, “You are really a sick seedling!”

Jiang Nian smiled: “....No, I am not a sick seedling.”

Huo Ping: “Where are you not a sick seedling?”

Jiang Nian looked at him pitifully: “I didn’t get sick, it’s a genius’ trouble. Of course, mortals like you wouldn’t understand it.”

Huo Ping coughed: “......????? “

....Although the brain was not normal, she was still very pitiful.

****

It had been ten days since the entrance exam, and the results would soon come out, but the Jiang family was not expecting anything at all because Jiang Nian was still ill. That is, the exam took too much of her energy and tired her out too much. Before, she wasn’t even able to leave her room. Now it was better, at least she could go downstairs.

They never expected Jiang Nian to stand out or what good results could be achieved. Was it as important as being alive? Letting Jiang Nian go to school was purely out of fear that she would be out of touch with society and for her to experience the happiness of her peers. Her achievements were never in their consideration. Anyway, their family was very rich, and they didn’t need Jiang Nian to go out to work and make money. It was their greatest expectation for her to be happy and healthy every day.

If she would ruin her body just to study, she might as well not go to school.

However, when Jiang Nian checked her entrance examination results on the Internet, she was still taken aback. Her language, mathematics, physics, foreign language, and chemistry were all full score. The test’s maximum score was six hundred fifty, and she took six hundred and forty-nine!

Grandpa Jiang rubbed his eyes: “Son, am I wrong?”

Grandma Jiang covered her chest: “Old man, am I muddle-headed?”

Dad Jiang blinked desperately: “Look, wife, how many points does this say?!”

Mother Jiang was not calm:“ Six hundred and forty-nine! It’s really six hundred and forty-nine!”

Jiang family:“..........................!!

They just went crazy, angry and distressed!

Take a look, was there any way not to get sick after taking such a high score?! How much energy did it take to test so well?!!

They crowded Jiang Nian for a long time before a round head finally squeezed in, the chubby Xiaobao was very excited: “Wow, my sister managed to score so well. Sister is amazing?

Then he no longer spoke. This one comment almost caused him to be killed!

He was grieved, tears streaming down his face, and ran out of the house like escaping. He also met two neighboring grandmothers on the way, they smiled and asked him why he left the house angry and convinced him to stop crying and return to apologize and it would be like nothing happened.

Jiang Xiaobao was really wronged. He didn’t know where he had made a mistake: “My sister’s test results came out, and the family was so angry!”

Angry? She must have failed the exam.

“It doesn’t matter, grades are not the most important thing. You go back to persuade, and parents can’t just focus on learning.”

“Yeah, ah, let alone it’s just a high school entrance examination. Once she’s in high school she can still work harder!”

“Don’t run away, go back and advise your sister.”

Jiang Xiaobao caused such a fuss, probably no one in their neighborhood didn’t know that Jiang Nian had failed in the entrance examination. Even Huo Ping heard about it, and Grandpa Huo naturally heard about it. He didn’t react very much. That girl’s scores were really not important. Her living a few more days was the top priority.

Huo Ping was also worried. The sick seedling was so confident. This time, he was afraid that she would be sad. When he imagined the appearance of her pretending to be strong when she came out of the examination room, he felt irritable.

He wanted to see Jiang Nian, but he didn’t know what to say, so he asked Jiang Xiaobao and asked him if Jiang Nian tested badly. Was she crying at home?

Jiang Xiaobao was embarrassed. He didn’t know if his sister did well. Anyway, his grandfather and his grandmother were wiping tears, and even his mother was sad. His father also sighed, so he also sighed, “Ahh.”

Not wanting to talk, he left with a bowed head.

Huo Ping was even more sure that Jiang Nian had failed the exam, otherwise Jiang Xiaobao wouldn’t have to jump into the sky? Besides, there was no festive atmosphere in the Jiang family. It must have been a failed exam.

Chen Yi said, “If you don’t take the exam well, what’s the big deal? Just for this?”

Xu Lihai was also somewhat uneasy: “That’s right. It’s not easy for Jiang Nian to insist on finishing the exam, and she usually scores well. Just this one hiccup is no big deal. She can go straight to our high school anyway.”

In fact, Jiang Nian’s grades could guarantee her admission, but she only refused because she wanted to take the high school entrance examination.

After all, they had been the four grand front and back law protectors for so long and cultivated a bit of feelings. Although they didn’t admit it, they were very worried about Jiang Nian. They also couldn’t help but come to strange conclusions. They didn’t blame Jiang Nian for not doing well on the exam, but was it because she didn’t do well that she got sick again?

Just when they were at a loss, the third years also returned to the school to attend the graduation ceremony. Jiang Nian, who had been lying at home for half a month, was still lying at home. Probably destiny wanted her to be a legendary genius. It was just a pity that other students couldn’t get a look at her genius.

Therefore, Jiang Nian naturally didn’t see it. But, when Huo Ping, Chen Yi, and Xu Lihai saw the banner “Warmly congratulate our school’s Jiang Nian, who won the top prize in our provincial entrance examination with 649 points!”, they couldn’t believe it and thought they hallucinated.

........The first? Not only the school first? But the province first?

“Jiang Nian was the provincial champion in the entrance exam!”

Then they worried for what? What did Jiang Xiaobao’s miserable-about-to-die expression mean! Why was the Jiang family angry?

So, a group of people rushed to knock the little fatty’s head. He escaped the palms and put out his hands to protect himself: “My sister said, we four grand front and back law protectors can’t have infighting

Huo Ping: “Hehe.”

You remember now that you are one of the four protectors?

Jiang Xiaobao: “....Ahhh, I’m going to tell the teacher that you’re bullying me!”

Aren’t you the one doing the bullying?

Huo Ping said with his arms crossed, “You say that the sick seedling did so well, why are you still a sighing so sadly. You didn’t tell us before, but kept quiet and guided us to believe she tested badly....are you deliberate?”

Jiang Xiaobao touched his hair that he felt must be balding in the future and looked at the culprits in front of him: “I didn’t mean it. Because my sister tested too well, our family is so sad!”

What kind of reason is that?

“Who are you cheating?”

Jiang Xiaobao said, “No, although my sister did well in the exam, but you also know that she fell ill after the exam and she was exhausted after studying. The doctor said she should not be too tired, otherwise......So, we’re so worried at home.”

Huo Ping frowned, so it seemed reasonable.

With Jiang Nian’s disease, Grandpa Wang also said that he should recuperate, not only to pay attention to rest, but also not to be bothered.

Huo Ping and several others went to the Jiang family together after school at night. Before, they were afraid that the Jiang family was in trouble and it was difficult to disturb them. Now that they know that they were wrong, they can go.

****

Wu Wenwen was a reporter from the local station of City B. This time, the champion of the entrance examination was actually from City B. Such a high score would not be able to find a second one. Naturally, she was sent to interview her. After taking sick leave, Jiang Nian’s class teacher and teachers of various subjects were very happy and sorry whenever they mentioned Jiang Nian. A very clever little girl was sickly and frail. She hadn’t spent much time in the school before she was sick at home. She fell ill this time, and her family dared not let her go out at home, and there was no way to attend the graduation ceremony.

Wu Wenwen asked for the Jiang’s address, and was ready to pass by. Before she left, she thought she shouldn’t waste a visit to school and interviewed several classmates. One of them, she learned, was Jiang Nian’s tablemate. It was said that they usually had more contact.

“Why are you crying? Did you do badly on the exam?”

Xiao Tong wiped a tear: “Woo, woo, I didn’t do well. Obviously, I spend more time than Jiang Nian at school, and my body is better than her, I am more energetic than her, but I still didn’t do well on the exam. I’m too stupid woo woo.”

Wu Wenwen:“....Don’t cry, you can continue to work hard in the future. How many points did you get?”

Xiao Tong cried even more desperately: “I only got 640 woo!”

Wu Wenwen: “........um?!”

Did she hear it wrong? The total score was only 650. 640 was considered not testing well?

Even the photographer shook his hand.

Xiao Tong was crying sadly, but she was very sensible. She said, “Actually, I admire Jiang Nian very much. She was so sick and weak that she fell sick two out of every three days. She has very little time in school, but she has done well in every exam, and her academic performance has not fallen. I think she must have put in more effort than our ordinary people to achieve such good results. I will work harder in the future and strive not to get such poor results again in the future!”

She shook her fist and swore seriously.

....Was this how middle schoolers thought these days? She really was too ignorant.

Wu Wenwen froze for a long while before squeezing out two words: “....Come on!”5

She went to interview several students from Jiang Nian’s class and asked them their impressions and evaluations of Jiang Nian and got a wave of stimulation each time. Shaking her head, she went to Jiang Nian.

So when Huo Ping arrived, Jiang Nian had already been interviewed in her study room, and Mama Jiang led Huo Ping and the rest with tea fruit as they went upstairs: “The reporters have been here for a while, and it is almost over now.”

“Thank you, Auntie.”

“For what ah? Niannian is very ill and can’t go out; you staying with her makes me too happy

When Mother Jiang finished speaking, they stood at the door and watched Jiang Nian sitting at the desk for an interview.

Wu Wenwen was a gentle girl, and she felt pitiful when she saw Jiang Nian. The little girl was very beautiful, just because she was ill, she looked much thinner than her peers. But she was cheerful and optimistic, and her performance was also very decent. Wu Wenwen could not help but be frustrated with fate.

After she asked her questions, the interview was almost over. She finally asked softly, “Is it difficult to be sick like this?”

Jiang Nian nodded. Of course, it was very uncomfortable.

“It’s okay, this small illness can’t hurt me.”

“Do you think fate is unfair to you? Because you are sick, you can’t go to and from school normally, it’s not convenient to go out, many things can’t be tried and experienced. And, after listening to your mother, you get sick after every exam, though maybe not as much as now. Will it ever make you a bit regretful? ”

“No.”

Wu Wenwen was a little surprised, and of course he also felt Jiang Nian’s open-mindedness.

Jiang Nian: “Fate is not unfair, but jealous of me. After all, my brain is so smart.”

Wu Wenwen was dumbfounded, and the microphone she held was crooked: “....Are you saying heaven is jealous of your talent?”6

Jiang Nian nodded very seriously: “Yes, that’s almost what it means.”

Wu Wenwen: “........”

Photographer: “........”

Mama Jiang who was standing at the door closed her eyes, she was still distressed a moment ago, but now she didn’t even want to look in. The fruit plate in her hand was almost unstable. Didn’t this girl know to be humble? Huo Ping and Chen Yi turned their heads and rolled their eyes. Probably because they were used to it, they were not as shocked as the reporter and photographer. Although they were accustomed to Jiang Nian’s ramblings, they did not know she could frame her strange thoughts so....valiantly?

Jiang Nian thought for a while and added, “It may also be that fate loves me too much and doesn’t want me to eat the hardships of learning and only wants me to eat, drink, shop, buy, and be a simple and happy rich second generation! Unfortunately, I am destined to let it down.”

Poof!

Wu Wenwen: “......?????”

Photographer: “........????”

Mama Jiang: “........!!!!!

Huo Ping & Chen Yi & Xu Lihai almost nearly choked: “......Cough cough cough!”

............Wu Wenwen was dumbfounded. She clearly wanted to take the warm route, how did a funny wind blow in? Was this year’s high school entrance examination champion so humorous?

Of course, it was also very distressing. The body is tortured, but still strong, optimistic, and very open-minded and will entertain herself. What a strong little girl.

Today’s interview will definitely move many people.

1. Not sure why he seems to change his opinion between the start and end of the paragraph but..?^

2. last place?^

3. > 102F?^

4. 100F?^

5. Kind of a mix of ‘do your best’ and ‘you can do it’?^

6. She uses a Chinese idiom that basically means this