Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 66

Chapter 66: Haha, Do I Even Need to Check My Score?

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“The scores are coming out, I suggest preparing blood pressure medicine and quick-acting heart pills first, ambulances might be slow at this hour.”

Chen Shuang, who was usually quiet, mischievously sent a message.

“Do you know? That day when I went back to school to help, I heard Teacher Yang calling Xia Ruoming’s mom, saying something about Xia Ruoming being admitted to Tsinghua University early.”

This sentence instantly brought life to the previously dead class group chat.

“Wow? So Xia Ruoming really didn’t cheat, she has the ability to be the top scorer?”

Wang Haiyan sent a message, she actually didn’t quite believe someone could improve so much in such a short time. Last time Xia Ruoming directly scored over 700 points, which was too abstract, as the original Xia Ruoming was just an average student.

“Remember what Teacher Xiao said before? If Xia Ruoming becomes the top scorer, she would treat us at Crowne Plaza. Since Teacher Xiao changed her mind, does that mean she knew early on that Xia Ruoming became the top scorer?”

“Makes sense! Makes sense!” A group of people expressed agreement afterward.

“Ruoming, Ruoming!” Bang bang bang, the knocking sound on the door was followed by Liu Ruoxue’s calls.

While everyone was so nervous, Xia Ruoming was… sleeping soundly.

She didn’t hear Liu Ruoxue’s calls at all.

Seeing no response from inside, Liu Ruoxue performed a real-life version of “breaking and entering,” which was also her first time breaking the rule of not entering her daughter’s room without permission.

Looking at the pitch-black room, Liu Ruoxue frowned, wondering what she was doing with the lights off.

When the lights came on, she found Xia Ruoming sound asleep, and such a commotion hadn’t woken her up at all.

Liu Ruoxue shook Xia Ruoming vigorously before she finally woke up.

“What is it… Mom, I was sleeping and you woke me up… ha…” After yawning, Xia Ruoming rubbed her still drowsy eyes.

“The scores are coming out tonight, why are you sleeping instead of checking your score, what are you doing, did you forget?” Seeing the message in the parents’ group, Liu Ruoxue was extremely excited, but seeing Xia Ruoming’s casual attitude made her somewhat angry. She was so excited and nervous, but her daughter acted like nothing was happening?

Hearing Liu Ruoxue say this, Xia Ruoming just let out a dismissive laugh.

“That’s funny, why do I need to check my score?”

Liu Ruoxue gave her nonchalant daughter a smack on the back of her head.

“What are you saying, why wouldn’t you need to check? The score is the result, checking scores is an exciting and nervous process, you should enjoy this process. Results without going through the process have no sense of satisfaction.”

“Besides, if we don’t know your score, how can your dad perform his signature cyber lost act?”

These words made Xia Ruoming laugh again, not expecting her mom to be so trendy.

The helpless Xia Ruoming casually put on a dinosaur pajama set, got up from bed, and turned on the computer to check her score.

After nervously pulling Xia Jingsong over, Liu Ruoxue could feel that Xia Jingsong’s hands were full of sweat. Although both husband and wife knew Xia Ruoming did well, they still wanted to know exactly how many points she got.

Every time the webpage crashed, Liu Ruoxue’s heart grew more nervous.

After countless webpage crashes, Xia Ruoming’s score finally appeared on the screen.

Since Sichuan Province in 2014 didn’t have score masking, Xia Ruoming’s score wasn’t shown as asterisks and zeros.

Name: Xia Ruoming

Total Score: 742

“Clack!”

Liu Ruoxue’s glasses fell straight to the ground, fortunately, Liu Ruoxue had chosen resin lenses back then, so the lenses didn’t shatter.

“Old… Old Xia, how many points did our daughter score?”

After rubbing her eyes to confirm she wasn’t seeing things, Liu Ruoxue asked Xia Jingsong in a trembling voice. Although she had prepared herself mentally, she hadn’t expected such a big surprise.

Because this was a liberal arts score, unprecedented, and whether there would be anyone after… was almost impossible.

Beside her, Xia Jingsong took out his phone and dialed a number.

“Hey, Old Ji, how many points did your kid score?”

“What, how did you know my daughter scored 742 points, I was just about to tell you.”

“Hey, Old Ji? Why aren’t you saying anything? Hello?”

“Beep beep beep…”

Looking at the score on the screen, Xia Ruoming also showed a delighted smile. It was higher than her estimated score, even that future top scorer who got 731 points and went to Peking University couldn’t match her now.

People kept showing off their scores in the class group, some even recorded a video of themselves sliding on their knees in the living room.

Hearing the constant phone notifications, Xia Ruoming felt a bit of a headache. She had just been woken up from sleep and now it was so annoying. She decisively posted a photo of her score check result in the group, and also tagged Chu Suhe and Xiao Qinghan. The previously lively group suddenly fell silent.

“We might not be able to afford a banquet at a 5-star hotel, but we can go out for hotpot to celebrate. There’s a new beef and lamb fresh-cut hotpot restaurant that just opened near the gym, let’s go have a good meal tonight.” As he spoke, Xia Jingsong took Xia Ruoming and Liu Ruoxue’s hands and left home together.

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Looking at the 648 points shown on the screen, Xu Fengwu’s eyes were full of tears.

The long-term effort finally paid off, she could finally go to the school she had always wanted to go to, and could also go to the same school as Xia Ruoming.

“Mom, I did it.” Xu Fengwu buried herself in Xu Yihan’s arms like a child. At this moment, she wasn’t some proud phoenix, nor that usually aloof girl, but just a girl purely happy about her score.

Xu Yihan, with red eyes, kept holding Xu Fengwu, continuously saying words of happiness for her.

Hearing the constant notification sounds from her phone, Xu Fengwu, while happy, also took a look at her phone.

Xia Ruoming: “(Image).png, Class Monitor, look at my score, come to Zhejiang University with me! @Chu Suhe @Xiao Qinghan”

Yang Xundao: “(Image).jpg, Congratulations to our class student @Xia Ruoming for crowning the 2014 Sichuan liberal arts top scorer with a historic high score of 742 points, hope all students continue to work hard and walk out your own life without regrets! @All members”

“Wow, Sister Ruoming, your score is too incredible!”

“742 points for top scorer, Sister Ruoming has a bright future ahead.”

“Senior, I got 640 points, I’ll be coming to Zhejiang University with you! @Xia Ruoming” Luo Qingxuan also sent a message in the group, even through the screen you could tell how happy Luo Qingxuan was.

Chu Suhe: “Ruoming, I… I’ll go with you! (Image).jpg”

Perhaps to prove she was worthy of Xia Ruoming, Chu Suhe posted her score sheet, 668 points stood out among many messages.

Once a person gains confidence in themselves, even that kind of blind determination will make them do better than before.

She, who had always been behind Xu Fengwu, had a breakthrough in the college entrance exam and achieved a very good score.

“Ah, showing off their relationship in the group again, I’m dying!”

“Xia Ruoming is really unfair, getting the class monitor in just two short months, feeling sad!”

Seeing Chu Suhe’s public reply, Xia Ruoming was genuinely happy, this introverted girl finally had courage.

But what Xia Ruoming didn’t know was that just sending this message had used up all of Chu Suhe’s courage, but Chu Suhe also wanted to be brave once, to be as brave as Luo Qingxuan, to face those things she had always denied…