Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 352 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 52_1

Chapter 352: Chapter 352 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 52_1

No matter how everyone’s review was going, the day of the examination arrived as scheduled.

Candidates from the surrounding villages, especially those far from the county town, had checked into a hostel in the county town well in advance.

Those who failed to grab a room had no choice but to get up early every day and rush to the examination site.

The leaders of the farm had long since guaranteed that on the days of the college entrance examination, the farm would arrange vehicles to take everyone to the examination site.

This delighted everyone, and their opinion of the farm’s leaders greatly improved.

While waiting for the vehicle, Wang Nan caught sight of Huang Lei and Zhao Aoran, and her eyes couldn’t help but dim.

She was all too aware that some of the teaching materials and tutoring resources provided by the teachers were contributed by those two.

Only those who had already reviewed the material would share so generously; otherwise, they wouldn’t be so magnanimous.

The thought of Huang Lei and the others achieving good results and being able to attend university made Wang Nan’s mood extremely foul.

Ever since learning that the college entrance exams were reinstated, she had been studying earnestly, grabbing a spot in the auditorium early each morning and staying up studying in the dorm until dawn.

Despite her earnest studies, the anxiousness only increased because she realized there were many problems she couldn’t solve; everything felt so unfamiliar.

If she couldn’t get into university, why could they?

It wasn’t fair; their lives should be getting worse and worse, not better.

But how to make them fail to achieve good results? Wang Nan racked her brain, thinking of ways to undermine them.

Huang Lei noticed Wang Nan’s malicious gaze and knew that she was definitely up to no good.

She whispered to Zhao Aoran, "Wang Nan’s look is terrifying; it feels like something is going to happen."

Confident in his height, Zhao Aoran stared back at Wang Nan, who was already on the vehicle, and this stare frightened her considerably.

Had it not been for the people behind her, Wang Nan truly feared she might have fallen from fright.

Even so, she was pushed several times by people asking, "What’s the matter?"

"Can’t you stand steady?"

Wang Nan was not one to take a loss lying down; already spooked half to death by Zhao Aoran and in a bad mood, the shoving by the people around her was sure to lead to an altercation.

In the scuffle, nobody noticed that Wang Nan’s bag, which already had a small hole, had now ripped open into a large one.

No one noticed something falling out.

After a few words of argument with the others, someone who couldn’t stand by any longer stepped in to mediate, and the matter came to a close.

Still angry, Wang Nan thought the mediator was biased, wondering why she was being blamed when it was clearly the other party’s fault.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became; in her anger, she didn’t bother to check her bag, consumed with thoughts of how to take revenge on the way.

Huang Lei’s vehicle arrived later than Wang Nan’s, and while they were lining up to enter the examination hall, they heard Wang Nan’s heartwrenching sobs.

"I brought my admission ticket; I truly am a candidate," Wang Nan had not expected to be unable to find her admission ticket.

"Teacher, teacher," she called out.

"They are from the same farm as me, they can vouch for me."

Wang Nan hadn’t expected that her college entrance exam would end before it had even begun, and over such a reason, who could be content with that?

"You can’t enter without an admission ticket," said the guard at the gate with some regret, "and even if I let you in, you still wouldn’t be able to enter the examination hall."

It was the first college entrance examination, and the authorities took it very seriously. "The rules were clear from the start: you must bring your ID and admission ticket for the exams—it’s your own fault for not bringing them."

Watching Wang Nan kneeling on the ground, Huang Lei sighed softly to herself.

At this time, the person in front said, "What’s going on, didn’t you properly check before leaving the house?"

"What’s with today, if it’s not forgetting your ID, it’s forgetting your exam admission ticket."

"Not bad, some people even forgot to bring ink."

"Some also forgot to bring a fountain pen."

Huang Lei walked behind and listened to the people in front, well, she was not the only one as unlucky as Wang Nan.

It’s just uncertain whether her mood could get better, but perhaps it might not.

Huang Nan was worried, "Maybe Wang Nan will become even more frantic."

Zhao Aoran hmmmed, "During these two days of exams, we shouldn’t go out to eat."

If someone tampered with the food, the one crying would be oneself.

Zhang Xia and others kept nodding, they originally didn’t want to think too ill of others, but even before the exams had started, a lot had already happened.

Even if some incidents felt like coincidences, when there are too many coincidences, how could everyone not be suspicious?

If you don’t pay close attention, you won’t think there’s an issue, but once you’re concerned, you’ll realize that these so-called ’coincidences’ and ’accidents’ are actually man-made.

With that, everyone began to tense up, because failing to get into college due to one’s abilities is one thing, but missing the college entrance exams for such reasons was not an option.

It was only after the authorities caught an "educated youth" who tried to sabotage others and made a note of it in the files, did everyone abandon this thought and prepared for the exam with peace of mind.

But now, with so many people unable to take the exam for various reasons, it was unclear whether there would be feelings of revenge.

Zhang Xia and the others couldn’t stop nodding, persistent through so many years, it had not been easy for anyone, at last a glimmer of hope was in sight, how could they let it shatter just before their eyes?

Huang Lei had seen reports claiming that the winter college entrance exam papers were easy, and now, having received the papers, she quickly scanned them.

From the perspective of future textbooks, this college entrance exam was indeed not very difficult, but for many educated youths who had been away from school for years, it presented a challenge.

She took advantage of the time before the exams to quickly skim through the papers, grounding herself with a sense of readiness, and as the bell signaling the start rang out, she quickly grabbed pen and paper and began the exam.

In this manner, she attended one session after another over two days of exams, and when the final session ended, Huang Lei let out a long sigh.

"At last, the exams are over."

At least for the next few days, there was no need to worry about Wang Nan playing tricks. After the first day of exams, she had specially brought some tasty treats to find Huang Lei.

According to her, they were good friends, and now that she was unable to participate in the college entrance exams, Huang Lei was carrying her hopes into the exam with her.

Don’t be fooled by how nicely she spoke; Huang Lei could tell, the girl couldn’t stop eyeing her small bag, and when people weren’t paying attention, she even ’accidentally’ spilled water on it.

Of course, she did not succeed. Huang Lei was not only on guard against Wang Nan; in fact, she was cautious of many others.

Zhang Xia also let out a long breath of relief, "At last, the exams are over. There’s no need to be constantly..."

"Your admission ticket is important too, otherwise how will you check your scores, how will you get your offer letter?"

"Moreover, it’s after the results come out that the real tension begins." Before the era of big data arrived, every year there were cases of university admissions being fraudulently secured through identity substitution.

Huang Lei dared not take that risk. Although she could re-take the exam a second time, what if she was replaced again?

Zhang Xia, as well as those around, all opened their mouths wide, "No way, how could such a thing happen."

"Someone has the same name as you and has a complete file, how do you prove who is the imposter?"

"Besides, whether you’ll get into a university, you won’t know yourself, unless you can check the files at the local education bureau."

Sometimes, when certain issues are blown up, they attract more attention, and those who are planning to commit fraud realize that everyone is watching. Only then will the villains hesitate to proceed.