95: God Agent

Arriving near the examination center, candidates were lining up to enter. Su Jixing noticed many reporters waiting nearby; some were live-streaming the exam site, while others were there specifically for Lu Qingyu.

Su Jixing handed the items to Lu Qingyu and got out of the car with him. Lu Qingyu felt that Su Jixing seemed even more nervous than he was.

The surrounding reporters had already seen Lu Qingyu get out of the car and immediately swarmed him, bombarding him with all sorts of questions.

Su Jixing finally managed to walk Lu Qingyu to the front. There were police officers maintaining order near the exam site. Once Lu Qingyu entered the cordoned-off area, the reporters could no longer follow.

Someone on the scene was specifically live-streaming Lu Qingyu. Upon seeing him, they immediately said to the waiting netizens:

"Look everyone, Lu Qingyu has arrived. He's wearing a white jacket and gray cargo pants. He looks very casual."

This live-streaming influencer was named Luo Sha. He had announced yesterday that he would be streaming Lu Qingyu, and today his traffic was skyrocketing. Usually, his viewers didn't exceed twenty thousand, but now there were over five hundred thousand people watching.

Brother Luo Sha worked very hard to hold his phone high to capture Lu Qingyu's side.

"Can you see him, everyone? Lu Qingyu is lining up for the security check."

[I see him! It's our little brother. He's so handsome even without makeup.]

[I hope little brother knows all the answers today, and even his guesses are correct.]

[I'm worried about whether little brother rested well yesterday. The pressure on him this time must be huge.]

Lu Qingyu was about to undergo the inspection to enter. The weather was very hot today. Before heading in, Lu Qingyu turned back to say to Su Jixing:

"Brother Su, you don't need to wait for me here. Go find a place to rest."

Su Jixing shook his head. At a time like this, he couldn't settle down anywhere; he'd feel more at ease waiting right here at the exam center. "Don't worry about me. Just focus on your exam."

After saying this, Su Jixing remembered that Lu Qingyu might not be able to score very high. Fearing Lu Qingyu would feel pressured, he added:

"Don't be nervous once you go in. Answer what you know, and guess what you don't. If you get sleepy, just take a nap."

Luo Sha was quite close to Su Jixing, so everything Su Jixing said was picked up by the microphone.

Netizens burst out laughing upon hearing this. What kind of god-tier Agent was this?

[I'm dying of laughter. What did Brother Su say? 'If you get sleepy, take a nap.']

[As expected of a gold-medal Agent, his mindset is truly great.]

[I wish my mom would have said that to me when I was taking exams.]

[Su Jixing is like a father figure; the kids in his care must be very happy.]

[It must be so joyful to have an Agent like that.]

Lu Qingyu waved his hand. "I got it, Brother Su. You should head back now."

After entering the exam room and waiting another fifteen minutes, the test began. Once the paper was handed out, Lu Qingyu skimmed through the questions. They seemed okay—nothing particularly difficult.

Lu Qingyu began to write seriously. Basically, after reading a question once, the answer would appear in his mind.

When the time came when one was allowed to submit the paper early, Lu Qingyu had already finished long ago. He immediately handed in his paper and left.

Everyone was waiting to interview the first person to leave the exam room because every year, the first one to hand in their paper was either a top student or a total slacker.

This was a matter of luck, and the reporters didn't know who they would end up interviewing, but they never expected it to be a celebrity.

The reporter near the entrance didn't recognize Lu Qingyu and thought he was just an ordinary student. Seeing Lu Qingyu come out, they immediately went up to interview him.

"Hello, student. How did you feel about today's exam questions?"

Lu Qingyu thought for a moment and answered very seriously, "They were okay."

In terms of difficulty, they weren't much different from the practice papers he had done before.

Reporter: "I heard that the last big question every year is the most difficult. What did you think of that question?"

Lu Qingyu recalled the answer he wrote, making sure he hadn't missed any knowledge points. "It was okay."

The steps were just a bit complex, but it wasn't particularly hard to solve.

The reporter got a bit of a headache hearing Lu Qingyu use those same three words again. It was as if he hadn't said anything at all. Wanting Lu Qingyu to say more, the reporter asked another question.

"Then, was it difficult for you personally?"

Under everyone's anticipation, Lu Qingyu uttered the same three words again.

"It was okay."

The difficulty level really wasn't that high.

The reporter was speechless. Three questions asked, and Lu Qingyu had brushed them all off with 'It was okay.' Unable to get much more out of him, they moved on to interview the next person.

By the time Su Jixing squeezed to the front, the interview was already over.

Su Jixing quickly shielded Lu Qingyu as they walked out of the crowd, then took him to get something to eat.

The people who had come specifically to interview Lu Qingyu missed their chance, but they saw that he had been interviewed by the reporter at the very front. So, they immediately went to that person's homepage to clip the video and repost it.

The buzz of the National College Entrance Exam combined with Lu Qingyu's popularity meant that by the time Su Jixing got Lu Qingyu into the car, the hot search topics were already appearing.

Su Jixing had just driven home and was preparing to eat when the topic hit number one on the hot search topics.

However, everyone's thought wasn't that he was "okay," but rather that he was "not okay."

[What kind of attitude is this from Lu Qingyu? Is he in a bad mood because he didn't do well?]

[Does he have some kind of misunderstanding about the words 'it was okay'?]

[I scored 530 on my third mock exam and even I wouldn't dare say it was 'okay.']

[Don't blame him. If he doesn't say it was 'okay,' is he supposed to admit he failed miserably?]

[It's just one exam. Our little brother is young; he has plenty of opportunities.]

[Oh, so only you guys can do well, right? You're so amazing, every single one of you can get into Tsinghua University.]

Arguments broke out online again. After eating, Lu Qingyu went to rest. Su Jixing didn't want to disturb him, so he went to the study to work. Upon opening his phone, he saw Lu Qingyu trending on the hot search topics.

He looked at the content and was speechless. How could he have been waiting right by the entrance and still let Lu Qingyu get interviewed, only to be mocked on the hot search topics?

Su Jixing was a bit angry. Forget it, he needed to stay calm right now and not affect Lu Qingyu's mood. Fortunately, Lu Qingyu didn't look at these things.

Lu Qingyu, who was currently scrolling through his phone: "This outfit doesn't look good on camera."

The second day of exams went smoothly. Su Jixing didn't ask Lu Qingyu how he did, thinking only that the kid had worked too hard. He arranged a bunch of delicious food for Lu Qingyu and let him eat whatever he wanted.

With the two-day National College Entrance Exam over, the good and bad reviews online were no longer that important.

Su Jixing didn't do any marketing; he was afraid that a backlash would harm Lu Qingyu. At most, he had people delete negative comments and lower the trending heat.

After the exams, Lu Qingyu returned to his normal work, going to film during the day. This week's evening was the final episode of the variety show "Best Partners." Lou Qingran had sent Lu Qingyu a WeChat message in advance. A senior she knew on the show had heard that for the sake of traffic, the program was planning to stir up trouble. She heard this episode would be different from the previous ones and could be described as 'hell-level' difficulty.

Although she didn't know the specifics, she wanted Lu Qingyu to be mentally prepared.