Chapter 673: Chapter 673

After the college entrance examination results were released, Pu Sangzhi immediately snapped a photo of Huo Feng’s scores and sent them to him.

Although he didn’t reach 700 points, the shortfall of 2 points was indeed regrettable.

She hoped that Huo Feng would face it bravely and also realize his 2-point mistake in the math exam.

Although Pu Sangzhi’s mood was no longer as good as at the beginning, overall, she was not disappointed.

Because 698 points truly was a very high score!

Ye Qingcao, who studied at Ruizhong, only scored 670 points.

Huo Feng, who was at Longxiang with its limited teaching resources, managed to achieve this level on his own, which was very outstanding.

After sending him the scores, Pu Sangzhi also sent some comforting and congratulatory messages.

She told him to relax and not to rush.

Perhaps, when the score reduction notification for the leading program comes out, he might receive a reduction?

Pu Sangzhi still held hope for this and had not given up.

But after knowing his college entrance exam scores, Huo Feng completely gave up...

He was utterly devastated!

In Tangxia, the Huo Family.

Huo Feng, in the middle of eating luwei, suddenly received his college entrance examination results...

Just as he had expected, he lost his appetite instantly!

At the dining table, he sat in a daze for a minute, then returned to his room, flopped onto his bed like a limp mud puddle!

Huo Mingshan witnessed the whole process...

Seeing Huo Feng’s reaction, he could conclude that the boy definitely flunked the test.

The situation was also within Huo Mingshan’s expectations!

Thus, Huo Mingshan made a call to Pu Sangzhi, learned of Huo Feng’s scores from her, and had a 10-minute long mutual exchange with her.

When the call ended, Huo Mingshan was in a good mood! He was not disappointed either!

He even smiled as he walked into Huo Feng’s room, calling out to him in a relaxed tone, "You little rascal, didn’t you do well!"

Unexpectedly, this met with Huo Feng’s aggressive reply.

This was the first time Huo Feng had been so rude, but it didn’t anger Huo Mingshan.

Perhaps it was his good score that captivated Huo Mingshan, preventing him from lashing out at Huo Feng!

"You little rascal. Sangzhi told me all about it, you scored 698 points! Nearly a hundred points over the baseline!"

Huo Mingshan said cheerily, walking into the room and sitting beside Huo Feng, "Sangzhi isn’t disappointed in you either, she said you did well, achieving this score in three years is impressive. Don’t rush it, aren’t you in the leading program? The score reduction will come through in a couple of days, right? It’s at least a 10-point drop, you still have a chance!"

At that moment, Huo Feng lay flat on the bed in despair, staring mournfully at the ceiling, "You don’t understand... I had already offended the interviewer..."

Huo Mingshan raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Right, you never mentioned this after the interview that day. What exactly happened?"

In the first half of senior year, Huo Mingshan applied for a Tsinghua leading program quota on behalf of the school.

After much effort from the school, they secured one quota. And that only quota was given to Huo Feng.

Because Pu Sangzhi herself, as well as the school, believed Pu Sangzhi had the strength to pass Tsinghua’s admission test without any score reduction.

So they gave that only score-reducing spot to Huo Feng, letting him strive for it on his own.

In the second half of senior year, Huo Feng alone took the preliminary and secondary examinations with other prominent high school students from Wenzhou, barely passing to the final interview.

It was Huo Mingshan who took him to the Beijing Tsinghua admissions office for the interview.

However, after the interview that day, Huo Feng did not mention anything about the interview, nor did he mention the leading program again.

Huo Mingshan thought he had it figured out and did not ask.

But he never expected that he had actually offended the interviewer?!

That only way to reduce his score was now...

"Don’t ask me, don’t ask me, don’t ask me... I don’t want to say anything, want to say anything, want to say anything..."

Huo Feng shook his head mechanically, repeating numbly, his whole demeanor filled with despair.

Seeing his condition, Huo Mingshan’s curiosity intensified, "What exactly did you do to offend the interviewer? Tell me..."

Huo Feng sighed, very reluctantly recalling that day’s event, "The interviewer asked me: ’Why do you want to enter our school?’"

Huo Mingshan frowned, "You didn’t say it was for Sangzhi, did you?"

Huo Feng hastily replied, "Am I stupid! I definitely couldn’t say that! I said: ’I want to defeat the head of Tsinghua’s Yao Class and become the top person in the computer science department!’"

The Yao Class of Tsinghua is a class in the computer science department gathered with the most outstanding students!

Huo Feng had always liked to challenge the best, thus he spoke boldly.

Huo Mingshan didn’t see anything wrong with his answer, "Isn’t that quite ambitious? Some interviewers might like such an answer, right?"

Huo Feng sighed, "But that interviewer said: ’I am from Tsinghua’s Yao Class, and I don’t think you can defeat our Yao Class students.’"

Huo Mingshan frowned upon hearing this, "What happened then?"

Huo Feng said again, "Let me think, since I’ve already been so forceful, suddenly backing down might make him look down on me. So, no backing down, continued to clash... argued with that interviewer for quite a few sentences... I think I’m screwed..."

Huo Mingshan was so angry that he slapped his thigh, "Aren’t you usually quite emotionally intelligent? How come you didn’t back down at a critical moment! Can you really go head-to-head with an interviewer like that? What were you thinking!"

"How was I supposed to know he was from Yao’s class!"

Huo Feng countered Huo Mingshan, "I was just thinking that I needed to show enough confidence, to impress with an extraordinary interview and score more points, maybe even get some extra points deducted!"

Huo Mingshan pointed at him and said, "Which student that gets to interview there isn’t outstanding? Tsinghua isn’t short of outstanding students, yet there you are, flaunting your excellence in front of excellence, not shrinking even in front of the computer science department people, don’t you deserve this!"

Already hugely upset, Huo Feng couldn’t stand the criticism, "Don’t stay here anymore, get out, get out, get out!"

Having said that, Huo Feng turned around, giving Huo Mingshan his back.

Unexpectedly, this time, Huo Mingshan, who was attacked verbally , didn’t lose his temper at him.

He just sat quietly behind him for a while, then finally said, "I know you’re in a bad mood, I won’t say anymore, I’m going back to my room."

Huo Mingshan didn’t get angry with Huo Feng.

This made Huo Feng, with his back towards him, reflect instantaneously, filled with regret...

As Huo Mingshan was about to reach the door, Huo Feng suddenly called out, "Dad..."

Huo Mingshan turned his head, standing at the door looking at him.

Huo Feng abruptly apologized, "I haven’t mentioned this for the past half year... It’s because I feel like I’ve wasted the opportunity you fought for."

In the second half of his senior year, Huo Feng hadn’t really brought up the matter of participating in the Leadership Plan.

In fact, it was a knot in his heart, and it was also something he especially didn’t want to bring up again during this half year.

Only now, he didn’t know that the interviewer that day had indeed been attracted by his arrogant attitude. Not only did he give him a chance to reduce points, but in the future, he would also be his mentor.

Huo Mingshan naturally wouldn’t hold it against him, "You did very well in your exams already. Just calm down. I’m not trying to persuade you here, I’m leaving."

Huo Mingshan spoke gently for once, not arguing or fanning the flames.

After Huo Mingshan left the room...

Huo Feng, feeling down, took out his phone and scrolled through the messages in the group chat, everyone was reporting their scores...

Anyway, no one scored higher than Huo Feng.

Scores of 300, 400, 500... all were there...

Out of his ten sons, only half passed the 600 mark, it seemed they were also about to part ways.

After going through others’ scores , when Huo Feng looked at his own score of 698, he felt much more relieved.

He had to admit, he was very outstanding! Outstanding by just 2 points short!

These damn 2 points... Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩•𝗳𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝕟𝕖𝕥

For some reason, Huo Feng, curious, sent a message to Yan Siyuan, asking Yan Siyuan, "Yan Ji, report your college entrance exam score."

After 5 seconds, Yan Siyuan replied with a picture.

Huo Feng opened it and saw... 728!

Huo Feng couldn’t help but swear!

Wasn’t he just asking for trouble!

Why on earth did he compare scores with Yan Siyuan!

Yan Siyuan then sent him, "Your college entrance exam score, report it."

Huo Feng refused, "Not sending. Don’t want to see you gloat!"

Yan Siyuan replied, "Can’t gloat. I’m 6 points short of Pu Sangzhi, can’t beat her."

Huo Feng could only mock, "Our Sangzhi is so awesome, not something an ordinary person like you can compare with. Scram~loser~"

Yan Siyuan: "I heard you didn’t make the Tsinghua cut."

Huo Feng: "Damn, who told you that?"

Yan Siyuan: "Scram, loser!"

Huo Feng clutched his aching chest, took a deep breath, "Just let me die!"