Chapter 209: Chapter 209

Because Ye Ling was happy, Zhao Guodong was also in a good mood. While eating noodles, he obediently did not add chili. The owner of the noodle shop heard they were taking this year’s college entrance exam and specially cooked eggs for them. However, Zhao Guodong and his two friends all gave their eggs to Ye Ling.

Ye Ling kept the whites and divided the yolks among the three of them, "I can’t eat them all by myself. Besides, I don’t really like yolks. You guys have them."

After finishing their meal, the four of them walked towards the school, wandering slowly around the campus, only heading inside when most of the students had arrived.

Just before entering the examination room, Ye Ling specifically reminded the three of them once more about the things to pay attention to during the exam, finally relaxing as she saw them enter the room. Then she heard laughter behind her.

Turning around, Ye Ling saw it was Xiang Weilai and smiled awkwardly. She herself felt like a nagging mother, so it was no wonder people found it amusing.

"Ye Ling, have you ever noticed that you don’t really act like a seventeen-year-old? Do you know what being seventeen means? It’s about riding your bike and playing wildly every day," Xiang Weilai said, putting away his smile. "If you don’t squander your youth, you’ll regret it when it’s gone."

"I believe that living according to my own beliefs is enough," Ye Ling thought that getting to know Xiang Weilai, he seemed like a good person.

"That’s a nice thought," Xiang Weilai looked at her with a smile, "Go into the exam room."

He entered the exam room first, while Liu Zhiyuan and the others, seeing that Xiang Weilai stayed back to talk with Ye Ling, had already gone in. Liu Zhiyuan didn’t like Ye Ling, but he didn’t offer any opinions about his friends interacting with her.

Soon, the afternoon exam began again. Ye Ling had a flair for classical literature and loved it, so Chinese was never difficult for her. She finished the paper easily, checked it again, and then copied her answers. This time, Ji Zhongjun saw Ye Ling copying answers but said nothing, just walked past her silently.

After submitting the paper, Ye Ling discovered something. Except for Liu Zhiyuan and his friends, including Xiang Weilai, everyone in the exam room copied their own answers. After submitting, no one left; they were all gathered around comparing answers.

Xiang Weilai sat next to Ye Ling this time. Seeing the people in the front row hadn’t left, Ye Ling didn’t think much about him sitting beside her and just took his answers and started checking.

"See, you really are influential. Just this once, and now I guess the whole exam room is comparing answers," Xiang Weilai glanced at Liu Zhiyuan, who was angrily packing his things and leaving the room, and shook his head slightly.

Ye Ling was busy with the answers and didn’t notice Xiang Weilai’s actions, but Zhao Guodong and the others, seeing Ye Ling hadn’t come out, knew she must be comparing answers again. Zhao Guodong didn’t like Xiang Weilai and his friends, yet didn’t want Ye Ling to interact with them alone, so he gritted his teeth and went inside.

It was easy to compare for Chinese, matching the multiple-choice questions, though the analytical questions and essays couldn’t really be compared. When Zhao Guodong entered, Xiang Weilai had already packed up and was walking out, brushing past Zhao Guodong with a meaningful smile.

Zhao Guodong was like a lion whose mane was plucked, "What are you laughing at?"

But Xiang Weilai didn’t respond and had already left the exam room.

Zhao Guodong, angry, was about to chase after him, but Ye Ling called out to him, "You fight with everyone you meet every day, enough already, pack up your things and let’s go. Even though it’s just an exam, after finishing the essay, I do feel tired."

Hearing Ye Ling say she was tired, Zhao Guodong dropped everything. "You go back to the dorm, we’ll bring you something to eat later."

"How’s that okay, you guys should go home too. I’ll just go to the cafeteria for a meal myself. Tomorrow’s exam is important too. Give me your answers, and I’ll check them. Knowing roughly how you did is enough," Ye Ling asked for the answer sheets from the three, and they headed out.

As Xiang Weilai said, others in the exam rooms hadn’t left either and were comparing answers. Ye Ling smiled, just suddenly thinking about it, wanting to see how Zhao Guodong and the others did, thus coming up with this idea. Seeing everyone was comparing, she thought afterward that this approach wasn’t bad.

After returning to the dorm, apart from Ji Hong and Wang Xiaohong, the other three came to ask how Ye Ling did in the exams. Ye Ling just said it was okay, but this "okay" in the ears of the three had a different meaning.

After all, Ye Ling was good at studying, and she was first in the year group last semester. But she never boasted about her good grades and remained low-key. Now when she said it went okay, to Shao Guangli it seemed like Ye Ling must have done very well. Yet Ye Ling’s downplay made Shao Guangli feel slighted.

Shao Guangli fell silent, but Wan Li was genuinely happy for Ye Ling, and Dong Juan was concerned about how difficult the questions were. When it was time to eat, Ye Ling went to the cafeteria with Dong Juan.

Ye Ling didn’t have much appetite and purposely bought some cheap vegetables to eat with steamed buns but found it hard to swallow. She vaguely guessed she might be overheated or catching a cold. Knowing that exams were still on for two days, she found a cold medicine tablet after returning to the dorm and took it as a precaution, hoping it wouldn’t affect her exams.

The next day, she woke up feeling dizzy and heavy-headed. Not wanting Zhao Guodong and the others to worry, she didn’t show it and forced herself to perk up, but her energy wilted as soon as she entered the exam room. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ⓝovelFire.net

Ye Ling set down her pen and paper, looked up, and smiled at Xiang Weilai, "Maybe a bit overheated, but it’s nothing."

Xiang Weilai glanced at her with his phoenix eyes, nodded, and returned to his seat without saying more. Liu Zhiyuan, sitting behind Ye Ling, naturally overheard their conversation. Liu Zhiyuan furrowed his brows, "Pushing yourself to take exams and ruin your health, what’s the point?"

Ye Ling pretended not to hear, lacking the energy to argue with Liu Zhiyuan. Plus, in her past life, Ye Ling had been ruined by him. This time, she thought it would be better to keep some distance, avoiding ruining her reputation again. Behind her, Liu Zhiyuan, seeing Ye Ling lying on her desk, not responding, lowered his head and took a pack of medicine from his pocket, tossing it over with a ’smack,’ surprising Ye Ling as she saw the medicine on her desk.

"Take the medicine," Liu Zhiyuan’s voice fell as a military water bottle was passed from behind and placed on her desk.

This scene was witnessed by everyone in the exam room. Before anyone could think more, the exam bell rang, and the invigilator walked in with the papers. Ye Ling did have a headache, so she took a look at the medicine Liu Zhiyuan tossed over, popped two pills into her mouth, took a swig from the water bottle, and swallowed the pills.

She returned the water bottle and medicine before the paper was distributed, simply saying thanks without further words. (To be continued. If you work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)