Rebirth as the Richest Woman in the World
Chapter 529, God of Exams Grandpa’s Miracle (Second Update)

Chapter 529: 529, God of Exams Grandpa’s Miracle (Second Update)

"Of course," Chu Jin nodded, "when have I ever lied to you?"

Chu Jin hadn’t really spoken against his conscience; although Miao Xinran was a bit darker than before, it actually highlighted another kind of effortless beauty about her that made one’s eyes light up at first glance, extremely comfortable to look at.

However, in a group of three, there’s always one bad influence; Mo Qingyi immediately teased, "Silly child, Jin is just comforting you! How can you be beautiful when you’re as black as charcoal? You believe such nonsense? Grow a brain, will you!"

Miao Xinran instantly turned into a drama queen, clutching Chu Jin’s arm with one hand and pointing at Mo Qingyi with the other, speaking in an eerie and strange tone, "Jin... She, she, she, she said I’m ugly! She’s bullying me! You have to help me get revenge!"

Chu Jin smiled helplessly, "Enough already, you two drama queens! Didn’t we say we were going to check the college entrance exam scores? Let’s do it quickly."

At the mention of this, Mo Qingyi immediately became serious, "Right, right, right! Let’s hurry upstairs." With those words, she dragged the other two toward the stairs.

Miao Xinran was somewhat puzzled, "Why do we have to go upstairs? Can’t we just check down here?"

Mo Qingyi replied, "There’s no computer downstairs; Jin’s laptop is upstairs in his bedroom."

"Uh..." Miao Xinran didn’t quite follow Mo Qingyi’s train of thought, "You can check on your phone too, why must we use a computer?" It’d be such a hassle to go upstairs!

Mo Qingyi made a very sensible face, "How can we check something so sacred and solemn on a phone! Xinran, you’re too casual! Right, did you bring your admission ticket?"

Miao Xinran nodded, "Mhm, I’ve got my admission number in my notes."

"Then let’s go," said Mo Qingyi, arm in arm with Chu Jin on the left and Miao Xinran on the right, thumping their way upstairs.

The three of them arrived in the room.

Miao Xinran curiously looked around the decorations in the room, "Jin, this is your room, huh?"

Chu Jin nodded, "Yeah."

Mo Qingyi darted to the computer, carefully switched it on, logged into the score-checking system, and then turned back to Chu Jin and Miao Xinran with a hint of nervousness, "So, which one of you wants to go first?"

Three years of hard work was about to pay off today; saying they weren’t nervous would be a lie, Miao Xinran’s palms were even coated with a layer of sweat. Although she felt that she had performed quite well during the entrance exams, she was still uncontrollably nervous at this moment.

Chu Jin, however, still appeared unruffled, a clear and handsome expression on his face, devoid of any excess emotion. He glanced at the other two and said, "I’ll go first then."

After saying that, he leaned forward to the keyboard, his fingers tapping rapidly as he input the admission number, just about to click on the search button when Mo Qingyi loudly interjected, "Wait a minute, don’t click on it, wait for me, don’t click it, just give me two minutes!" With that, she zoomed out of the room like a gust of wind.

Chu Jin stood upright and exchanged puzzled glances with Miao Xinran, both of them seeing confusion in each other’s eyes, not knowing what Mo Qingyi was up to.

Approximately three minutes later, Mo Qingyi came running back, gasping for air. Unlike when she left, she now held an incense burner and three sticks of incense in her hands.

Miao Xinran, looking at the incense burner in her hand, asked with some bewilderment, "Qingyi, what are you doing? Promoting feudal superstitious beliefs? Summoning a deity?"

"What do you know? You’ll see in a moment, step aside Jin," Mo Qingyi said while pushing Chu Jin aside, then placed the incense burner in front of the computer and inserted the three sticks of incense, immediately taking a lighter out of her pocket and lighting the incense.

Both Chu Jin and Miao Xinran’s eyes widened as they watched Mo Qingyi, thinking this silly girl must have lost her mind, right?

After all that, Mo Qingyi put her hands together devoutly and bowed deeply to the computer, "Oh great Exam God, please accept my humble bow, I pray that you bless the three of us with extremely, extremely, extremely outstanding results!"

The corner of Chu Jin’s mouth twitched, was there... such an operation? It was truly an eye-opener!

Miao Xinran was even more stunned, could this... really work?

Just then, Mo Qingyi turned to look at the two of them, "What are you two still standing there for? Hurry over and pay your respects to the Exam God Grandpa!"

Chu Jin and Miao Xinran exchanged a glance, then walked forward and bowed slightly, as if to fulfill the wishes of a mentally challenged child.

It really was a joyful day for the mentally challenged, concocting such shenanigans.

Seeing how well they cooperated with him, Mo Qingyi contentedly removed the incense burner, "That’s enough, Jin. Now the Exam God Grandpa will surely bless you. Go check your results."

"Okay." Chu Jin stepped forward, gripped the mouse, and the moment she clicked to check, the hearts of the two behind her were hanging high in suspense.

In that moment, even the usually composed Chu Jin felt a bit anxious.

The instant the results appeared, Mo Qingyi almost couldn’t believe her eyes, exclaiming, "Holy shit! The Exam God Grandpa has manifested his spirit!"

The Gaokao has a total score of 750 points, and this person scored 728 points.

This was quite terrifying indeed.

What was most terrifying was that she even scored full marks in Chinese! It’s one thing for the objective questions with standard answers, but how did she manage to get full marks for the essay?

Mathematics was slightly lower, scoring 141 out of 150.

English scored 148 out of a full 150.

The Humanities/Science comprehensive exams scored 289 out of the full 300.

"Jin bro, let me hug you, to rub off some of your good luck!" Mo Qingyi hugged Chu Jin excitedly, "The title of Capital City’s top scorer in the Gaokao definitely belongs to you this year!"

Mo Qingyi was aware that last year’s Capital City top scorer scored 725 points, which was 3 points less than Jin bro!

Compared to Mo Qingyi’s boundless excitement, Miao Xinran was much calmer. As Chu Jin’s desk mate, she naturally knew Chu Jin’s capabilities, and she had witnessed her efforts in the time leading up to the Gaokao.

Hard work pays off; these results were earned through her effort.

Miao Xinran patted Chu Jin on the shoulder, teasing, "My bro is amazing! The throne of top scorer is definitely yours! As far as I know, last year’s top scorer only got 725 points."

Chu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly and spoke in a calm tone, "We’ll see about that. Times have changed; amidst the strong, there are always the stronger. Capital City is a place brimming with talent." In reality, rankings and such didn’t matter much to Chu Jin; she simply wanted to get into Capital University with ease.

The admission score for Capital University was 679 for humanities and 689 for science; now she could finally rest easy.

"Xinran, Xinran, stop talking and check yours now," Mo Qingyi urged, pushing Miao Xinran towards the computer.

Miao Xinran took a deep breath, entered her exam registration number, and clicked to check.

When Mo Qingyi saw the numbers on the computer screen, she exclaimed in amazement once more, "Holy shit! Xinran! You got just one point less than Jin bro! It seems that the Exam God Grandpa really has shown his grace!"

"If Jin bro is Capital City’s number one then, you’re the second! Oh my!" Saying this, Mo Qingyi’s mouth formed into an ’O’ shape.

Miao Xinran scored 727 points; she was truly a super top student, so scoring these points was considered normal for her.

However, Miao Xinran herself was somewhat surprised; she knew her score would definitely be above 700, but she had not expected to jump to 727 points!

"Wow! That’s really great!" Miao Xinran exclaimed, spinning around in excitement.

The sudden appearance of two academic gods by her side left Mo Qingyi feeling slightly stunned; she hugged Miao Xinran, "Xinran, I need to rub off some of your luck. I’m just praying to score around 690 points, even 689 would do; I absolutely must not be disappointed this time!" Thanks to repeating a year, Mo Qingyi’s grades were quite good, always managing to stay within the top 5 in her class.

But during the college entrance exam, she always felt that she hadn’t performed well, and it just so happened to coincide with her period.

Mo Qingyi, with a nervous heart, clicked to check her results. The moment she pressed the mouse, she closed her eyes tight! Her heart was ’thumping’ incessantly.

Yet, there was no sound around her. The air was deathly quiet and somewhat oppressive, which made Mo Qingyi even more anxious. With her eyes tightly shut, she asked cautiously, "How many points did I score?"

Miao Xinran swallowed and said, "You better open your eyes and see for yourself."

"But brace yourself," Chu Jin added.

Hearing this made Mo Qingyi even more nervous, "Hey, you two little demons, don’t scare me, an old lady! What’s the score? Can you just give it to me straight? Do you want to kill me with the suspense?"

Mo Qingyi was desperately anxious, yet she didn’t have the courage to open her eyes—after all, she had already been let down once before!

If she was disappointed again this time, she would have no face to show to the folks back in Shandong.

God of Exams, Grandpa, bless me.

Mo Qingyi prayed silently in her heart.

Miao Xinran sighed, patted her shoulder, and said with profound meaning, "Here’s a ’Cool Cool’ for you, experience it for yourself."

Chu Jin also sighed and similarly patted Mo Qingyi’s shoulder, "Don’t lose heart! If all else fails, you can start over! In eighteen years, you will be a hero again!"

"Ah? No way..." Mo Qingyi’s heart instantly plunged into the abyss.

She slowly opened her eyes and saw the score on the computer screen, she jumped up excitedly, "Wow! Am I dreaming? Ahh! This is great! This is great!"

But in just a minute or two, her mood swung from hell to heaven, like riding a roller coaster—thrilling and exhilarating!

Mo Qingyi scored 720 points! A score she never even dreamt of achieving! The feeling was just amazing!

"You two little demons, how dare you trick me! You really scared me to death!" Mo Qingyi patted her chest as if she had survived a great ordeal.

Miao Xinran shrugged helplessly, "Who told you to be so gullible?"

Mo Qingyi immediately lunged at her, threateningly saying, "I’ll not let you off for being such an annoying little demon."

As Miao Xinran ran away laughing, she said, "It wasn’t just me who tricked you. There was another little demon too."

"Oh Xinran!" Chu Jin grabbed a cushion from nearby and threw it, "You actually betrayed your teammate."

The three of them made a ruckus in the room, their happiness, joy, and carefree laughter filling every corner of the villa like the sound of silver bells.

After a while of commotion, all three of them, exhausted, slumped on the sofa on the balcony to rest. It was then that Mo Qingyi suddenly opened her eyes, smiling and suggesting, "Since all three of us did so well, why don’t we go out and celebrate tonight?"

Miao Xinran asked, "Celebrate? How should we celebrate? Where do we celebrate?"

"Jin, what do you think?" Mo Qingyi reached out to pat Chu Jin’s head.

Chu Jin squinted, lazily saying, "Whatever makes you happy, I will absolutely comply with the organization’s arrangements."

"How about we go to a bar tonight?" Mo Qingyi raised her eyes to look at Miao Xinran, excitement sparkling in her gaze.

Mo Qingyi had wanted to go to a bar for a long time, but she was always hindered by her status as a high school student and had never managed to go. Now things were different; she was about to become a college student.

Miao Xinran slightly frowned, "A bar? Isn’t that a bad idea?"

In Miao Xinran’s mind, bars had always been places teeming with a mixed crowd. Although she played video games, read comics during class and had always presented a carefree and unrestrained image, she had never been to a bar. Moreover, she had a strict brother.

Mo Qingyi was extremely excited, "Yeah, yeah, let’s go there and have fun. I’ve never been to a bar in my life. Aren’t you curious what a bar looks like? Plus, I’ve heard bars are super fun, with lots and lots of handsome guys, and you can sing, dance, eat, drink, and be merry..."

Upon hearing this, Miao Xinran nodded, "I am curious, but haven’t you heard the saying? Curiosity killed the cat! My brother says bars are not places for students to go."

"But that’s about cats! We are three living, breathing people! Besides, we’re adults now, and we’re about to become university students! What’s wrong with going to a bar once? Come on, Xinran, my little Xinran..."

By the end of her plea, Mo Qingyi had grabbed Miao Xinran’s arm and started cooing in an incredibly whiny voice.

If one hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that Mo Qingyi could act like this.

The sound gave Miao Xinran goosebumps all over. She quickly pushed Mo Qingyi away, saying with disgust, "Ew, I can’t stand you! Fine, fine, I’ll go, okay? Can you stop talking like a drake?"

"That’s more like it." Mo Qingyi’s voice finally returned to normal.

"Let’s meet up tonight then," Miao Xinran stood up from the sofa and glanced at her wristwatch, "My brother is coming back from a business trip today, it’s about time for me to pick him up at the airport, and I might as well share the good news with him."

Mo Qingyi nodded, "Okay, let’s meet at 8 p.m. at the entrance of Nightlife Bar."

"All right, see you tonight." Miao Xinran waved goodbye to the two.

"See you tonight."

After Miao Xinran left, Mo Qingyi also got up from the sofa and shook Chu Jin’s arm, "Jin, how come Mr. Wu hasn’t called to congratulate you yet?"

"Congratulate me for what?" Chu Jin was somewhat puzzled.

Mo Qingyi embraced a cushion and said, "For becoming the top scorer in Capital City’s university entrance exam, of course!"

Chu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly, fiddled with the phone in his hand, and said casually, "With my score, at most, I could rank in the top five among the 18 schools in Capital City. There’s no need to even think about being the top scorer. Anyway, the results have already been published. If you’re really that curious about who the top scorer is this year, you can go online and check."

Although a score of 728 wasn’t low, there were always many talents throughout history. Chu Jin had a hunch that someone else would be the top scorer of this year’s exam.

"I refuse to believe anyone scored higher than you!" Mo Qingyi put down the cushion, stood up, and grabbed her laptop. She started tapping away at the keyboard rapidly, and after a moment, she cried out in astonishment, "Holy shit! Jin, this is so unfair! The top scorer only got 2 points more than you!"

Mo Qingyi moved the laptop in front of Chu Jin, "Look, he got 730, and you got 728. He’s first and you’re second. But this guy’s name is so lame. Pig liver! His name is Pig Liver! If his last name was Gou, wouldn’t he be called Dog Liver? Hahaha."

Chu Jin glanced over and said lightly, "That’s Tian Gang. It’s the ’Gang’ from Heavenly Qi. Kid, don’t you know the difference between initial and final nasal sounds?"

"Isn’t it all pronounced ’gan’, Tian-gan Righteous Qi, Pig-gan, what’s the difference?" Mo Qingyi, indeed, couldn’t tell the difference between initial and final nasal sounds.

Chu Jin shook his head helplessly, really wondering how this kid had managed to score a 720...

"I’m going to call my mom and Aunt Tong to let them have their share of joy," Mo Qingyi fished out her phone from her pocket and started sharing the good news one by one, "Hi, Mom, it’s me, I’ve got some great news. I scored 720 points on my college entrance exam! Right, right, isn’t your daughter amazing? Haha, actually Jin is even more incredible, scoring second in Capital City! If this were ancient times, that would be equivalent to the status of a runner-up in the imperial exam..."

Meanwhile, Chu Jin was on the phone chatting with his editor.

The editor was incredibly excited. These days, "The Return of the Past" was selling out, and its sales were exploding both online and offline. This success had also significantly raised her status in the editorial team.