102: What score would you give it?

Amidst the routine life of filming, Lu Qingyu's exam results were about to be released.

Su Jixing was already prepared. The National College Entrance Exam results were a matter of national attention, and when they were released, there would surely be many hot search topics. Given Lu Qingyu's popularity, he would certainly be the focus of many people's attention.

What Su Jixing needed to do was ensure the backend team promptly deleted malicious comments. After all, Lu Qingyu was now a second-tier celebrity; his rapid development had invited jealousy, and there were many haters now.

Filming for "destined lover" went very smoothly this week. Because they had rushed the work earlier, they had already filmed two extra episodes. The actors had been pulling all-nighters, and the director himself was feeling a bit carried away, so he gave everyone the afternoon off.

In previous years, the results were released at 3:00 PM. Since morning, the hot search topics on Weibo regarding the National College Entrance Exam had been non-stop.

After lunch, with two hours left until the results were released, Su Jixing couldn't sit still. Inside Black Pearl Entertainment, Chen Ting kept coming to Su Jixing's office whenever he had nothing to do.

He had already come four times since noon.

Chen Ting still had a meeting to attend, but as he passed by, he leaned against the door and asked, "Can you check yet?"

Lu Qingyu was wearing headphones and fiddling with the computer, so he didn't hear. Su Jixing replied, "No, the time hasn't come yet."

Chen Ting was also a bit anxious. "Are these results always released this slowly? Can't you check early?"

Su Jixing said, "It's good enough that it's not delayed."

Chen Ting: —

Other trainees and artists in the company saw Chen Ting frequently visiting Su Jixing's office today and asked out of curiosity.

"What's up with the boss today? Did Brother Su land some big project?"

When Wang Yichen heard the person next to him ask, the look in his eyes as he glanced toward Su Jixing's office was filled with envy and jealousy.

"It's because Black Pearl's golden boy is about to get his results, and the boss is going over to show his concern."

Song He asked, "You mean Lu Qingyu? Isn't that a bit exaggerated? Did the boss act like this when you took the National College Entrance Exam last year?"

Speaking of this, Wang Yichen felt even more unbalanced. When he took the National College Entrance Exam last year, apart from his own Agent asking about it once, nobody cared at all.

After the results came out, it was his Agent who took the initiative to report it to Chen Ting.

But look at Lu Qingyu. His Agent is super concerned, cooking for him personally during the exam period, and Chen Ting goes over to check on the situation four or five times a day. The difference is just too huge.

Wang Yichen said with a lazy tone, filled with jealousy, "How can we compare to him? He's the golden boy, after all."

Song He couldn't help but feel jealous at this moment too. Lu Qingyu had been at the company for less than half a year, yet he had the best Agent, the best endorsements, and incredible film and television resources. Even the boss treated him the best. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Qingyu's family background had already been exposed, they would absolutely believe that Lu Qingyu was Chen Ting's biological son.

"Why is the difference between people so huge?"

"It's just the National College Entrance Exam results. Isn't he not very good at studying? Can he even score two hundred points?"

Wang Yichen said, "Two hundred points might be a stretch. Didn't you see it online? He only attended high school for one year."

Song He asked, "Then why did he insist on signing up for the National College Entrance Exam? Isn't he afraid of being mocked if he gets a low score?"

Wang Yichen crossed his arms. "Maybe that's the effect he wants—to be cared about by so many people."

Everyone was being sour behind his back, but it was limited to behind his back. After all, they didn't have Lu Qingyu's level of popularity. Many of them not only didn't make money for the company, but they also had to rely on the company for their monthly salaries.

Chen Ting ordered a cake to celebrate Lu Qingyu's first National College Entrance Exam. Chen Ting's intention was that Lu Qingyu had at least participated in the exam once, and regardless of the results, he wanted to encourage his courage. However, the cake had three tiers, and it was too high-profile when it arrived. When the delivery arrived, everyone saw it, which instead made everyone mock him a bit.

"Celebrating in advance without even knowing how he did?"

"It doesn't matter what score he gets. In the boss's eyes, this is a stage of life, and it must have a sense of ritual."

"Did the boss give you a sense of ritual during this stage of your life?"

"Uh, he did, but it was a ritual shared with four other people who were having birthdays at the time."

At 2:59, Lu Qingyu had already opened the website to check the results.

His admission ticket number and ID number were already entered, just waiting for 3:00 to hit to check.

Chen Ting rushed to get the cake. Su Jixing had never felt time pass as slowly as it did now!

Actually, Lu Qingyu was also curious about how many points he had scored. A little over seven hundred?

As soon as it hit 3:00, Lu Qingyu clicked the query button. Because many people were checking at the same time, the page lagged for a while.

Su Jixing was standing behind Lu Qingyu, his heart about to jump out of his chest.

He had prepared himself mentally; as long as it was over 150, it would be fine and not embarrassing. After all, everyone knew he hadn't attended the second and third years of high school.

150 points should be normal, right?

As soon as the rotating loading icon on the screen stopped, Lu Qingyu's score appeared.

The moment the page refreshed, Su Jixing suddenly pushed Lu Qingyu aside, and Lu Qingyu slid to the side.

Lu Qingyu: —

"Damn!!!"

Su Jixing was stunned. Chinese 146, Math 147, English 144, Science Comprehensive 279, Total Score 716!

"Damn, damn, damn!"

Su Jixing's hand, which had been resting on the computer, pulled back as if it had been scalded.

"You, you, you, did you log into the wrong place?"

Lu Qingyu: —

Su Jixing's look of suspicion was quite intense. Lu Qingyu exited the page, then, right in front of Su Jixing, entered his exam number, ID number, and name, and clicked login.

The page didn't change. It really was 716 points!

Su Jixing let out a yell. He was so excited he couldn't speak. 716 points—this was fucking too high.

Did Lu Qingyu score this?

"Did, did you cheat?"

Lu Qingyu: "!!! Wouldn't I have been kicked out by the teachers?"

Su Jixing: —

Lu Qingyu: "It's about the same as what I estimated. The score for Chinese is higher than I thought; I thought it would only be 140."

Su Jixing was stunned: "Didn't you only attend high school for one year?"

Lu Qingyu: "Didn't I buy the textbooks myself and read through the books for the second and third years of high school?"

Su Jixing remembered the textbooks at Lu Qingyu's home; he had even asked him if he had read them.

Su Jixing: "Didn't you only read them once?"

Lu Qingyu looked confused: "How many times are you supposed to read them?"

Inside, Su Jixing didn't know how many times he had said "what the fuck" to himself; the sense of shock was so overwhelming it had completely stunned him.

"Do you have a photographic memory?"

Lu Qingyu: "No way, I'm not a genius."

"I have to read things twice."

Su Jixing: — Damn, is there any difference?

"Then when I asked you how you did before, you didn't tell me."

Lu Qingyu looked at Su Jixing with a feeling of "you're being unreasonable": "Didn't I tell you? It was okay."

Su Jixing: — Damn!

Who the fuck knew that's what you meant.