Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 208 Try
Lin Ziyang only realized that the fireworks weren't something Wu Fangyi wanted to play with, but rather something Wu Fangyi wanted to buy for Shen Qingqing, when Wu Fangyi brought out the fifth type of sparkler and asked if she wanted to play with it.

After realizing what had happened, Lin Ziyang was utterly helpless and could only laugh it off.

Unfortunately, Shen Qingqing was currently engrossed in the dazzling array of fireworks, otherwise she would have realized that her current situation was like what some short videos on Douyin (TikTok) in later years described: the first child raised by her best friend and her best friend's husband.

By the time all the fireworks were set off, it was almost 11:30 p.m.

Shen Qingqing's family has already called twice to urge her to come back.

Walking from the end of the procession, Lin Ziyang chatted about a gossip about a transfer student at their school before the holiday.

The story goes that the transfer student had already won over one of the top three students in the grade and made her his girlfriend within a week of arriving at the school. However, during the exam, the girl and her friends saw him talking very closely to another girl and even holding hands.

It turns out that the well-behaved girl was the daughter of the school board member. Without her saying anything, you can imagine what would happen to the transfer student.

Shen Qingqing found the gossip strangely familiar and asked the transfer student's name.

Then I heard the name of the person who triggered the complete breakdown between Fang Airu and Chen Siping.

Shen Qingqing was speechless for a moment.

The person who was so embarrassed by her in the school square was like a reborn after changing schools?
Or perhaps their true colors will be revealed even more?

If Chen Siping hadn't been so determined and hadn't meant it that way, and if Yao Run hadn't always been there to protect her, would Chen Siping have completely become the kind of person Fang Airu imagined, and would she have been stuck with that accusation for the rest of her life?
"A leopard can't change its spots." Wu Fangyi heard that name and immediately made that conclusion.

Lin Ziyang raised an eyebrow. "What? You know him?"

Shen Qingqing quickly told Lin Ziyang what this person had done in Jinzhong.

Lin Ziyang suddenly realized: "No wonder when I asked him how he transferred from Jinzhong, he hesitated and wouldn't say, making up some family reasons and some personal reasons."

"However, since he offended the top three students in our grade, he can't transfer schools now. He'll have to stay at our school for the next three years unless he voluntarily drops out."

Shen Qingqing asked curiously, "Are the top three students in your grade so united?"

Lin Ziyang had learned a little: "Aren't you two the top two in the city? The top three, four, and five are these three. They said they've been friends since childhood and don't like being second to anyone, so they collectively chose our school."

"Wow, a pair of academic superstar besties!" Shen Qingqing understood.

Lin Ziyang chuckled, neither confirming nor denying.

When Lin Ziyang was taking them home, he looked at Wu Fangyi and asked, "Which home are you taking tonight?"

“My parents’ house,” Wu Fangyi said simply.

Shen Qingqing's little head popped up again: "What do you mean? Sister Fangyi, you're not going back to your aunt's house?"

Wu Fangyi nodded nonchalantly: "Yes, after I started high school, I paid for everything myself. My aunt couldn't get the money from my parents, so she told me to go back to live with my parents."

That simple sentence left Shen Qingqing feeling both powerless and furious.

Wu Fangyi saw Shen Qingqing's expression, raised her hand and patted her head. "Although my parents are biased towards my sister and brother, they are not too bad to me. They have new clothes in my room and whatever I want to eat or drink. They just don't care about me as much as they care about my sister and brother. They treat me as a guest, and I treat them as my host family. There is no big problem."

The term "homestay" came to them when they were in English class. One of the English texts mentioned some interesting stories about the author studying abroad and his homestay. At that time, the teacher explained to them what it meant for international students to be paired with homestay families.

Lin Ziyang now knew what Wu Fangyi's family situation was like. Hearing Wu Fangyi say this, besides feeling sorry for her, several other more complicated emotions welled up in his heart. He didn't know what to say, so he could only change the subject: "Then why don't you come home with me after school this weekend?"

Wu Fangyi turned to look at him in confusion.

Lin Ziyang touched his nose and coughed lightly: "Your parents' house is not far from mine. The 447 bus will pass by our school first, and then go to Jinzhong. We can take the bus back."

Wu Fangyi nodded: "Okay, I'll let you know when I'm not going to Qingqing's house, and we'll go back together."

Lin Ziyang was stunned for a moment: "?"

Shen Qingqing popped up again with a grin: "Because Sister Fangyi sometimes stays at my house, just for a weekend~"

Lin Ziyang took a deep breath, smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll be waiting for your news!"

After the start of the school year, Wu Fangyi and Lin Ziyang actually took the same bus back home a few times.

However, most of them were led astray by Shen Qingqing, because their studies had progressed to the second year of high school. Both of them decided to study science. In her previous life, Shen Qingqing suffered greatly from studying humanities, so in this life, her scores in both humanities and sciences were relatively even. Therefore, after asking Wu Fangyi for her opinion, she resolutely followed Wu Fangyi and studied science.

Yes, that's right. At that time, the system of separating arts and sciences was still in place, and the 3+1+x model had not yet been implemented.

Moreover, if Shen Qingqing takes the college entrance examination in her second year of high school, she will be participating in the first national exam, and 2015 was the first year that Guangdong Province began to use the national exam.

Shen Qingqing's previous life was at the level of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), so the first NCEE was not a problem for her.

Therefore, during the learning process, Shen Qingqing intentionally or unintentionally helped Wu Fangyi to learn some questions of national exam difficulty.

Practicing past exam papers is something that high school seniors do to the point of exhaustion. Although Shen Qingqing didn't understand some of the questions, she was able to memorize some of them by doing so many practice questions.

They never told anyone about their decision. They simply buried themselves in their studies, and to others who didn't know the inside story, it seemed like the two top students in the grade were studying day and night.

Even the teachers would occasionally call the two of them to their offices for a heart-to-heart talk, telling them not to work too hard and to balance work and rest in their studies.

Shen Qingqing verbally agreed to Wu Fangyi's request, but forgot about it as soon as she left the office.

In order to take the college entrance examination a year earlier, Shen Qingqing even put the studio's affairs second. For a whole year, she did not allow Youqiantu to expand, but instead maintained a stable flow of customers.

Tu Chuan lived up to expectations. After the three boys became famous, he quickly negotiated various contracts and agreements with the agency and took over all kinds of derivative products, from photocards to BP, to various acrylic tags, standees, and even cotton dolls, fans, support items, canvas bags... The variety was so great that fans were overwhelmed.

In November of the first semester of their junior year, when the senior students were preparing to register for the college entrance examination, Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi went to the teachers' office and first expressed their idea of ​​trying to take the college entrance examination earlier.

"What? You're going to take the college entrance exam early?" Zheng Yonghui and the homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2 exclaimed in unison, staring intently at the two people standing in front of Zheng Yonghui.

Shen Qingqing nodded firmly: "Yes, we want to try it this year first."

“You two haven’t even finished your second year of high school yet. There’s still new stuff to learn in your third year. This year is also the first year of the new college entrance examination. There are only seven or eight months left until the exam. Trying is not mindless trying.” Zheng Yonghui said to the two of them earnestly.

Shen Qingqing blinked: "Teacher, we've already finished the second year of high school, and we've started the first semester of the third year. We'll finish the semester after this winter break, and next semester we can start the final review with the third year students." Zheng Yonghui and the homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2 looked at Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi with surprise and doubt.

Zheng Yonghui couldn't help but ask again, "What did you say? You've already finished learning the material for the second year of high school?"

Shen Qingqing nodded to Wu Fangyi.

Shen Qingqing added, "Teacher, you can test us."

Zheng Yonghui exchanged a glance with the homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2, who then gave a helpless smile.

Zheng Yonghui had been working with the homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2 for a long time, and when she smiled, he understood. "Okay, I still have the final math exam from the second semester of last year's second year of high school. I won't let you do all of them. I will mark some important and difficult questions for you to do selectively. If you can get them all right, I will believe that you have finished learning."

"We will also consider arranging for you to try registering for this year's college entrance examination."

“Okay.” Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi agreed readily.

Seeing how determined they were, the two homeroom teachers smiled and sighed.

Soon, the news that the top two students in the grade had missed the third and fourth periods in the morning and had been kept in the office by their respective homeroom teachers spread throughout the entire grade.

With so many students coming and going from the office, and everyone in the grade knowing them, it's natural that people would gossip about what they were doing.

After all, in everyone's stereotype, students who are kept in the teacher's office are those with a bad attitude towards learning or who have done something wrong.

But the top two students in the grade are the ones who are staying now!
And they were left in the office to write whatever they wanted.

However, Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi were unaware of all this; their eyes were only on the exam paper they were writing.

Zheng Yonghui selected all the challenging and difficult questions from each type of question for Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi's request.

For example, there are ten to twelve multiple-choice questions, four or five fill-in-the-blank questions, and then various longer questions.

I checked off most of the major questions.

Furthermore, time limits were imposed on both of them.

The requirement is to solve all the selected questions within two lessons. If the accuracy rate exceeds 95% after the last two teachers have finished judging, they will be considered to have passed.

Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi immediately got into quiz mode and started working on the questions as quickly as possible.

Zheng Yonghui and the homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2 each watched them work, and then gave them a phone with a countdown timer in front of them. Time passed little by little, and Shen Qingqing's speed in solving the problems also progressed in an orderly manner.

With seven minutes left in the countdown, Shen Qingqing had finished everything. After checking the format and finding no errors, she put down her pen.

Because there was enough time, Shen Qingqing always checked the calculations on the draft before writing them in.

The last bit of time left doesn't need to be used for checking.

Wu Fangyi's speed was about the same, perhaps slightly faster than Shen Qingqing's.

After the countdown reached zero, the two students' exam papers were taken away by their respective homeroom teachers, who then began grading them.

Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi exchanged a glance and both saw the relief in each other's eyes.

They solved all those problems.

The grading was completed very quickly, and the error rate for both individuals was indeed kept below five percent.

You've passed the test in math.

Zheng Yonghui looked at the two children in front of him with a complicated yet gratified expression. "Although you two passed the math test, you chose science, so you will have to take more than just this one subject. There is also a science comprehensive test, a Chinese test, and an English test. As for your Chinese and English scores, I can agree that you are at a level where you can take the college entrance examination. However, you will need to pass the science comprehensive test."

"And it's the entire exam paper, a full two and a half hours long."

Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi replied without hesitation: "Yes!"

"Okay, you don't need to go to evening self-study. After you finish eating and shower, just come to our office." Zheng Yonghui made the decision.

"Ok."

The two left the office.

Zheng Yonghui and his companion watched the two women walk away before they picked up the two test papers and laughed.

"It's been so many years since we've had a student wanting to take the college entrance exam early," Zheng Yonghui remarked with some emotion.

The homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2 also had a subtle expression: "It's been ten years, because it was me back then."

Zheng Yonghui laughed. "You still remember?"

"Back then, my teacher was just like we are now, giving me earnest advice and trying to dissuade me from this idea. I never expected that I would succeed in the end." The homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2 smiled.

That's why the homeroom teacher of Rocket Class 2 didn't immediately reject Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi's request.

Judging from Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi's previous achievements, it is indeed worth a try.

Moreover, for the homeroom teachers of their two elite classes, having students take the college entrance examination early is considered an outstanding achievement.

Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi were unaware of the subsequent discussion between the two homeroom teachers. After school in the afternoon, both of them hurriedly took care of dinner and showers before arriving at the office with serious expressions.

It was the same familiar location, the same two proctors, and the same familiar timer screen.

Without further ado, Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi sat down in their respective seats and began to write.

The evening study session was quiet, and the two of them were writing quietly as well.

The progress of time was synchronized with the progress of their exam papers. As time gradually came to an end, Shen Qingqing and Wu Fangyi stopped writing almost at the same time.

See you tomorrow night~