Carrying a Jurassic on me
Chapter 1534 - 737: Waiting for Notification - Meng Si’an

Chapter 1534: Chapter 737: Waiting for Notification - Meng Si’an

That night on TV, there was a piece of news that shocked the whole city.

Without going into how it was exaggerated on television, the newspaper headline the next day was called "The Paper Airplane Flying in the Sky."

The author of the article, Zhang Kun, simply let his imagination soar, praising Yan Fei to the skies, making him out not just to be a paper airplane flying out of Wan City but a spaceship about to conquer the universe.

In the blink of an eye, problems like the Y2K bug meant nothing anymore, as the talk of the town turned to the paper airplane—yes, under the instruction of the editor-in-chief, Zhang Kun used that image of the paper airplane soaring through the sky for the news photo.

Despite only tens of thousands of students taking the college entrance exam each year, now the whole city taking an interest in the results was at least ten times that number. Everyone had been eagerly waiting for the admission letters from the schools they applied to, and suddenly there came the news that someone had been exceptionally admitted by a prestigious foreign university. Many people started to have mixed feelings about this.

Speaking of mixed feelings, to be precise, most of them were dominated by envy, jealousy, and hatred—if you had been admitted to Shuimu or Yanjing University, we would have accepted it, but being admitted by a prestigious foreign university all of a sudden, what kind of sorcery is this?

Not to mention many examinees from a month ago, workers who had packed their bags, preparing to wait another month to let their exceedingly slim hopes burst like soap bubbles, and then set off on the long journey of manual labor. Suddenly hearing about someone’s exceptional admission, entire families were thrown into disarray...

Some even began to inquire what exactly qualifies as exceptional admission.

People couldn’t be blamed for their wild guesses; after all, if it’s ’exceptional,’ doesn’t that mean everyone has a chance now?

It was rumored that foreign schools admitted students rather ’casually,’ and anyone with a slightly unique talent might be admitted... Some folks were already drifting into expansive thinking, like, I can eat really well, downing four or five buns and two big bowls of noodles in one meal, could I be admitted too?

Actually, there’s no need for such inquiry, the news clearly stated it: Yan Fei has a passion for biological research and discovered two ancient species left over in a certain village of Tanghe County, and based on that, wrote a paper...

The news narration was simple, and so were the thoughts of those who read the news: Isn’t it just finding two unseen bugs and writing an observational diary that got published and resulted in exceptional admission?

In a few days, Boss Niu from the cement factory received a call from his grandnephew who ran the kiosk at the village entrance: "Great Uncle, what’s going on? These past few days many people have been coming here as tourists... But it doesn’t seem like sightseeing, they’re all heading into the mountains with backpacks, what do you think we should do?"

Old Niu was stunned: "What’s happening, haven’t people already come in waves before? Why are they starting to come again?"

Those waves came after foreigners visited, and some people came for sightseeing upon hearing the news. But given the limited infrastructure of the location, apart from a reservoir and a small mountain, there wasn’t much to see, and the roads were not easy to navigate. With the current hot weather, the visitor numbers had dropped.

The grandnephew who called Old Niu seemed to know what’s going on: "I made Er Gazi and the others secretly follow these people, it seems they’re going to look for bugs..."

Old Niu burst into laughter upon hearing this; he had just congratulated Yan Fei over the phone, how could he not understand?

But in Old Niu’s view, even if people might not be able to find that kind of bug, even if they did, Brother Yan had already published a paper, what else could they do?

Besides, even if they actually found another undiscovered species, so what? To Old Niu, Yan Fei had access to professional labs, and if others truly found a new species, could they actually study it? Likely they would squash the creature before they even got it home...

So Old Niu was pretty straightforward: "It’s good that people are coming, don’t worry about it. Just manage your consignment store well, oh, and have any people gone up the mountain and not come back? You should have Er Gazi and the others go up the mountain to sell stuff, that’s business too! Remember to have the villagers keep an eye out, don’t let any accidents happen in our place..."

The grandnephew replied: "Uncle, you don’t have to worry about this, the Secretary Qu from the township knows about it too, they specifically organized a militia team to maintain order in the mountain, the hills are crawling with people, how could there be any danger?"

...

"Really not going?" Professor Qi and Old He were playing chess and, without looking up from the board, one said.

"I said I won’t go, what’s so great about going abroad? They can’t even stir-fry a dish properly, just stick to Potato Stew with Beef all the time... But why hasn’t the admission notice from Agricultural University come yet?" Yan Fei, lying on the chair, was feeling worried. "I have the scores, right? Teacher, you aren’t even helping to ask what’s going on?"

Professor He looked too lazy to bother with him: "If the cut-off is reached, there will certainly be an admission letter, why the rush? I’m telling you, young man, you can’t be lazy at your age! It’s the time for hard work and striving..."

The results had been released a while ago, and Yan Fei’s scores were a bit lower than he imagined. This guy was full of confidence, thinking he would achieve a groundbreaking score, but there was one thing he forgot— where he was.

His score wasn’t bad, with 643 points.

With an exam totaling 750 points, scoring 643 really can’t be considered poor. But don’t forget, this is Tanghe County we’re talking about, Wan City, Zhongzhou Province...