Chapter 582: Chapter 582

Before their departure, they each wore a white shirt to take ID photos at the photo studio and prepared relevant materials according to the school’s admissions requirements.

Unlike later generations, all documents had to be presented in person, and an application fee of several hundred yuan was required; the total for the two schools was probably around seven or eight hundred yuan. (PS: This is fabricated by the author due to the time difference; please refer to the actual application conditions of that year if needed.)

The train tickets were bought by Zhou Mo, both upper bunks in one corridor. Since they were not allowed to wear makeup for the art exam, they didn’t need to dress up especially; their regular clothes were fine.

The journey from home to Beijing took over thirty hours; they were on the most ordinary green train, from around two or three in the afternoon until ten at night the next day.

The train’s biggest advantage was its cheap cost, only about one hundred yuan. Considering that plans might change, they did not buy return tickets yet.

Both the Zhou Family and Lin Family were very supportive of the three of them going together; they even provided them with a substantial amount of living allowance. Since the three children were traveling together, their parents didn’t need to accompany them the whole way. The money saved from not having to take work leaves could be spent by the children instead. Plus, traveling in a group could be educational and reliable.

The two aunts had clearly included Yiyi’s expenses in this budget as well. She did not know how to repay their kindness, but she remembered everyone who was good to her. She could not repay them now, so she would do so in the future.

When she traveled by train alone, she would eat and drink as necessary; she could just take whatever she needed from her space. When traveling with Zhou Mo, he brought a large bag full of snacks for her, as he himself did not eat snacks. This update is available on novel-fire.ɴet

Initially, she was quite touched, but it ended up with her frustrated, lying on the upper bunk doing problems while he leisurely sat next to her reading a novel. How annoying!

But could she refuse? No, she could not. Being a senior in high school, she was already lucky to have the opportunity to travel amidst the stressful pre-exam pressure.

During their time on the train, they ate all four meals together in the dining car. She wanted to eat instant noodles, but that honest kid insisted that instant noodles weren’t nutritious. Though the food from the dining car was a bit expensive and not particularly tasty, at least it was a hot meal.

After enduring over thirty hours, they finally arrived in Beijing. Lin Mu had already arrived and was waiting for them at an internet cafe at the train station for over three hours. Thankfully, they all had mobile phones to keep in touch.

Oh yes, Yiyi had also bought a mobile phone because she was in her final year of high school and needed to fill out more information, such as various phone numbers and addresses; she couldn’t manage without a mobile. To make things convenient, she bought a Nokia costing over one thousand yuan.

After getting off the train, they took a taxi to the vicinity of the school and found a nearby hotel to check into. After such a long journey, all they wanted was to rest well; after wishing each other good night, they each returned to their rooms.

It was a budget hotel, nothing special, but it was sufficient for being out and about.

After taking a hot shower and changing into her pajamas, Yiyi, used to her own bed, directly entered her space to sleep.

When she woke up, it was still dark outside, and she already finished two sets of test papers sprawled across the table.

At eight in the morning, Zhou Mo called her, and the three of them went out for breakfast. After a short break following the meal, they headed to the school to confirm their registration in person and collect their examination slips.

Because their initial basic information had been emailed to the official email in advance and they had received a reply, today’s visit was to reconfirm the previously submitted details. Once the document review was confirmed ok, they would be informed of the exact exam time. They would collect their examination slips the afternoon before the exam day at the designated location. It was only by obtaining the examination slip that they completed the necessary procedures.

Considering they were still current students, the school facilitated by issuing them a prospective graduation certificate and a transcript, which they could use as a graduation certificate.

Upon arriving at the school and seeing the queue of handsome men and beautiful women, Yiyi felt immense pressure, especially seeing how tall the guys were and each with distinctive looks worthy of art students; arrogance could be sensed all around them.

It’s likely these individuals were significant figures like campus celebrities in their own circles, or else where would such an air of superiority come from?

Being good-looking was indeed a reason to be proud because they had the confidence!

That morning, apart from submitting the documents and the application fee, there was an initial round of elimination. Only those who passed this stage could proceed to the re-exam.

Yiyi and Zhou Mo were probably among the few students there who weren’t nervous at all. After all, they were just there to accompany others; they had none of the pressure, so they could face everything calmly.

Yiyi lined up in front of Lin Mu and Zhou Mo, but when entering the venue, she wasn’t in the same group as them because it was the turn of the group before hers, so she went in first.

The initial test was conducted by four teachers; everyone lined up in turn to introduce themselves, declare their exam number, height, and where they were from; then, the teachers would ask more questions to those they were interested in.

In Yiyi’s group, there was one boy and three girls. She stood there boldly without having memorized any speech beforehand, facing the teachers in a relaxed manner. When the teachers heard her age, they were surprised, "Fifteen years old?" Their official rule was a minimum age of eighteen.

Yiyi responded that she had skipped a grade in junior high and started school a year early. She was too modest to say that she had actually skipped two grades because her father had passed away and her family couldn’t afford the tuition fees. She made it sound simple, but only she knew how many days and nights the original owner had spent to achieve that.

After getting to know the four candidates, the teachers would call the next group. This initial test was also a preliminary selection based on the candidates’ appearance, physique, and articulation. Most candidates would remain unless there was a significant discrepancy with their submitted information; only then would they be directly eliminated.

Those who remained from the initial test would receive a number tag and then move to another classroom to schedule their exam time and the exact time to pick up the exam admission slip before the test.

Half an hour after Yiyi left, Zhou Mo and Lin Mu came out, fortunately, having their exams on the same morning three days later.

Yiyi did not recognize any future celebrities among these candidates; perhaps it was due to alternate reality reasons.

With two or three days to spare, the three together visited a bookstore to check out the high school test papers from Beijing and incidentally bought two full sets of science papers, of course, for her and Lin Mu, while Zhou Mo was responsible for marking them.

What could the two of them complain about?

After all, she was the top student in her grade, not only that, but she had also won second place in the provincial high school group chemistry competition in the second semester of her sophomore year.

Seriously, was this even human?