Chapter 381: Chapter 380: [Lu Mian Scholarship]

Chu Kuo truly admired Lu Mian’s technical skills and eagerly recommended them to his brother.

However, Chu Kong was busy recalling the musical scores, closing his eyes and feeling the piano keys, not paying attention to him.

After playing a few more notes, he shook his head.

It was only after a heavy final note that he sighed.

“Apart from Wushan, it’s all but clouds. Once I had a goal, no matter how good others were, they couldn’t compare to it,” Chu Kong, having fallen ill, rarely revealed a smile: “My time is running short, and I plan to focus on cultivating this child.”

Hearing him say this, Chu Kuo understood what he meant. He nodded silently, leaving the space to Chu Kong.

After a few steps, Chu Kuo reluctantly looked back and said, “Bro, I have the video with me. If you want to watch it, remember to come and ask me for it.”

No one spoke, and all that responded to him was the sound of the piano.

——

As the festive atmosphere thickened, the students of Kunpeng High School faced their final exams.

Lu Mian found a clear pencil case from the deepest part of her desk hole, prepared earlier by Director Qi, complete with pens, rulers, and 2B pencils; she didn’t need to prepare anything else.

Compared with her classmates, who were nervously cramming for the last sprint, she was much more relaxed. She even spent the final morning reading enjoying a novel.

After morning reading, she slung her backpack over one shoulder and went to find her examination room.

Hustling through the corridors, amidst students reluctant to put down their textbooks for one last glance, she sauntered with her pencil case, weaving through the tense atmosphere.

Everywhere she passed, she drew envious gazes and attention.

“Do you think Lu Mian will get perfect scores in every subject again this time?”

“She probably will, isn’t it said that she can score as much as she wants?”

“It’s so frustrating to compare with others. I’ve never seen her study, but how come her brain works so well?”

“When the results come out, Kunpeng High School is going to be shocked again.”

“Hey, hey, hey, do you guys remember the new scholarship our school established?”

Someone mentioned it, and the looks everyone gave Lu Mian became even more complicated.

[Lu Mian Scholarship]

Their school might be starting a legend of creating a scholarship named after the very person who would win it.

Lu Mian, oblivious to the stares around her, leisurely walked a long way before finding her examination room. In the past, it only took a few steps to reach the last examination room, but this time, she circled several floors of the teaching building to reach the first examination room.

Such hard work.

She took off her backpack and pulled out a crumpled notebook. With restrained tenderness in her eyes and brows, she glanced at it before stuffing it back in.

A student nearby saw it and excitedly spread the word.

“Lu Mian, the big shot, finally took a glance at a notebook before entering the exam room!”

“Even the big shot has to review like us!”

Lu Mian was arranging her backpack when she ran into Zhang Wenqiang.

She narrowed her eyes and stepped back, also remembering those damned, awful cherries.

She pursed her lips lightly.

Zhang Wenqiang too was caught off guard, with a hint of guilt and remorse, and called out to her softly.

“Lu Mian…”

This was the first time she had spoken directly to Lu Mian since learning the truth, her voice heavy with regret and indebtedness.

Lu Mian showed no expression, stopping calmly.

The students passing by cast curious glances, silently guessing what had caused Lu Mian to offend Teacher Zhang this time.

“Are you calling me?” Lu Mian’s voice was quite indifferent, void of emotion.

Zhang Wenqiang clenched a stack of test papers, finally mustering the courage under the curious and inquiring eyes of a group of students.

“I’m sorry for not having had the chance to apologize to you in person…”

Apologize?

Everyone was startled.

The always dominant Teacher Zhang was publicly apologizing to Lu Mian?

“Oh.” Lu Mian remained cool and detached. Just because someone was apologizing to her did not mean she would choose reconciliation out of magnanimity. She did not take trivial hurts to heart, so trivial apologies were likewise meaningless to her.

She remained as before, proud and wilful, extravagant and unrestrained.

“Are you done?” She had little patience.

“I… that is, I need to thank you for what you did for my daughter, truly, thank you so much. I was reckless in speech, always criticizing your character. It was only after the truth came out that I realized, if Wucheng’s Guardian God like you has a flawed character, then who could be better…”

She said a lot, and Lu Mian glanced at the time.

“Are you finished?” Lu Mian nodded, her tone icy: “I have an exam to take.”

Her implication was clear: please don’t delay my exam.

Zhang Wenqiang’s mouth hung open, unable to say more before the other party, swinging her pen case, leisurely drifted into the examination hall.

She stood there, taking a long sigh.

It was all because she had gone too far in the past!

Then, a bunch of nosy classmates who had been eagerly watching, stood there with their mouths agape, able to fit eggs into their mouths, and with minds full of shock, rushed to their exams.

Lu Mian?

Wucheng’s Guardian God?!

Ah, why did they have to find out about this explosive news just before an exam!

—-

The final exam ended soon, and the results were quickly released.

This time, Class 1 (25) successfully squeezed into the top ten grades, becoming ninth. This was an unprecedented leap since Kunpeng High School was established.

A group of students, who used to lag behind in their studies, had forcefully squeezed into the ranks of excellence.

Upon receiving their grades, everyone in Class 25 was filled with sentiment.

“If it weren’t for meeting Lu Mian, I would probably still be one of the last in the grade…”

“Yeah, it was Lu Mian who taught me what it means to be excellent. Only after I became excellent did I realize I could no longer accept the person I used to be.”

“To be classmates with Lu Mian, it’s a fortune of three lifetimes.”

Everyone was discussing enthusiastically, but someone reminded them in a low voice.

“By the way, I heard that Lu Mian is going to Jinjing during the winter break for the physics competition training. I heard that only she and a senior boy from our school were selected among the top hundred. After the pre-competition training, they will have the final exam.”

Lu Xinnuan was also selected for the finals, but since she transferred schools and left, that spot was wasted.

The conversation continued: “I was wondering… if Lu Mian might be directly admitted to university next semester, would she no longer be in our class?”

No one now doubted Lu Mian’s abilities because she was too outstanding. They all firmly believed that she would definitely secure a guaranteed spot in this physics competition.

This also meant that they would have to bid farewell to this impressive figure.

“…”

At this, everyone fell silent, the once spirited atmosphere turning heavy.

Some people are excellent not just on their own. They also inspire those around them to be equally excellent, and Lu Mian was such a magical and influential presence.

Someone spoke up timidly: “So, should we be praying she doesn’t pass?”

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