What Xia Yu sent to the group was classical Chinese and composition topics.
Originally, the classical Chinese topic prediction, which he had nearly a 50% chance of getting right, failed, while the composition topic, which he had little confidence in, turned out correct.
Other provinces often use current events as topics for college entrance exam compositions, while Jiangsu Province’s college entrance exam compositions usually involve selecting a philosophical sentence from somewhere or making up an obscure, abstruse sentence, then allowing candidates to freely elaborate.
These essay topics are basically impossible to predict accurately because they are not influenced by external factors but rather by the mood of the exam question setters.
Xia Yu had also casually predicted five themes, one of which happened to apply to this composition topic.
However, even if you correctly predict the topic, don’t expect a high score; your own skill level is the key. Sometimes, essays you’ve worked on for a long time aren’t as good as those you write spontaneously.
Unless someone else writes it for you.
Gaining five or ten points would be the most you could expect.
This refers to Gui Zixiao. Other students in the class, although they glanced at the topic due to Xia Yu’s popularity, didn’t take it seriously, let alone actually write a composition in preparation.
In the class group chat, everyone was lamenting:
“There once was an accurate prediction topic sent to me, and I didn’t cherish it…”
“When I saw the composition topic in the exam hall was almost the same as what Xia Yu sent earlier, I was stunned and couldn’t focus on the essay anymore. Xia Yu, you owe me points! Take me on a date during the summer vacation!”
“Are you that bold?”
“Count me in!”
The chat quickly veered off-topic. The classmates didn’t take this composition topic seriously, assuming it was just a coincidence.
Xia Yu remained silent and uploaded a censored version of the math prediction to the group, which included the last two application problems and the last two fill-in-the-blank questions.
“Here we go again, this time I will definitely cherish the opportunity!”
“Xia Yu, are you free to hang out after the exam?”
“By the way, are we having a group dinner after the exam?”
The group chat veered off-topic again. Xia Yu put down his phone and had lunch.
After taking a nap at You Xue’s insistence, in the afternoon, Xia Yu arrived at the math exam venue.
After the exam paper was distributed, Xia Yu first looked at the last two fill-in-the-blank and application questions.
One application problem matched his prediction, although there was a slight variation in the solution method. With Gui Zixiao’s current level, it should be manageable.
Besides the high-difficulty problems, Xia Yu also predicted some medium-difficulty ones, three small questions being quite similar, one almost identical except for numerical changes.
The math question-setting team was highly experienced; precisely because of their experience, Xia Yu was more familiar with their tactics, which made his predictions even more accurate.
Halfway through the time, Xia Yu had already completed the exam.
He couldn’t solve the last part of the final question and gave up directly.
He was somewhat uncertain about the final fill-in-the-blank question.
However, he was confident of scoring at least 150 points.
Math scores are awarded step-by-step. Although Xia Yu didn’t know how to solve the final question, he listed all possible methods, which might earn him a few points.
Bored, he spun his pen until the exam ended and opened the QQ group.
As expected, the group was @ing him again.
“There once were two accurate prediction topics placed before me, and I didn’t cherish them…”
“You said at noon that you would definitely cherish the opportunity!”
“I was just saying! Who knew it would actually be true! I solved only the first sub-question. If I had reviewed, I could at least solve the second sub-question and get a few points on the third!”
Knowing the solution method doesn’t guarantee solving the math problem; personal ability also plays a role.
“I memorized them all, but the exam questions were slightly different! I couldn’t adapt! Xia Yu, you owe me the night after tomorrow!”
“Hehe, I solved them all. I gained at least five or six points.”
This time, the topic didn’t deviate. Those who saw the questions were pleased, while those who missed them felt regretful.
At this point, another person @ed Xia Yu.
“Where did you get these prediction topics? @Xia Yu”
“Yeah, where did you get them from?”
Follow-up questions emerged from other classmates.
“Don’t even think about it; Xia Yu made them himself,” Gui Zixiao stepped in to explain.
Two years ago, Gui Zixiao had a quarrel with a classmate in the group and muted it. Now, due to Xia Yu’s prediction topics and tutoring, he was performing well in exams and had reactivated his account to show off.
“It’s actually made by Xia Yu. By the way, Gui Zixiao, is it fun answering your own question?”
“Where did I answer my own question?” Gui Zixiao was puzzled.
He scrolled up the chat history.
The first QQ account asking this question had the nickname “Gui Zixiao Main Account.”
“@Gui Zixiao Main Account, who are you!” Gui Zixiao was shocked. When did he get another main account? And if that was his main account, what did that make his current one—a secondary account? Was this person trying to usurp his identity?!
“Hehe, actually, I’m Dong Xue’s secondary account.”
“I’m not! I didn’t!” Dong Xue jumped in.
“Who are you really?” Chaos erupted in the class group. Many students admitted they had added “Gui Zixiao Main Account” and occasionally chatted privately, believing it was Gui Zixiao.
Under the class’s collective scrutiny, “Gui Zixiao Main Account” sent an emoji of a tongue-sticking-out facepalming.
Then, a voice message appeared.
After opening the voice message, Xia Yu heard a young man’s voice, which sounded very familiar.
“It’s me.”
“Damn, Teacher Wen!”
“Damn, Teacher Wen!”
“+1”
…
Thinking about their usual chats being monitored by the Chinese teacher, the students felt a chill. Several finally understood how the teacher had found out about their misdeeds.
“Hahaha, actually, I’m not the only one. @Senior Student Shu Xue, @Senior Student Shi Lishi”
These two accounts each sent a voice message, which were respectively the math and history teachers.
“They’re all undercover agents! I was actually moved when Teacher Wen said he would introduce senior students to guide us!”
“Dare to act up? No way, no way.”
“Not for this matter, we would have remained clueless forever!”
Even Xia Yu was surprised by the three teachers’ operation, although he rarely spoke in the group.
The Chinese teacher then @ed him, asking about the prediction topics. Xia Yu repeated what he had just said with Gui Zixiao.
“There are three remaining subjects. Any predictions for them?” the Chinese teacher asked.
“There’s one for history, nothing else,” Xia Yu uploaded the history prediction topic.
The group immediately fell silent as everyone viewed the questions Xia Yu had uploaded.
Chinese and math had already proven that these weren’t predictions but were practically gift points!
“Can I send this to other classes?” the Chinese teacher privately messaged Xia Yu.
“No problem,” Xia Yu gave him the favor.
Candidates from the same school wouldn’t affect Gui Zixiao’s first-tier university admission line or Xia Yu’s top score.
Students from other classes who received these prediction topics were skeptical until they entered the history exam the next day…
That night, Xia Yu’s notification inbox was flooded with friend requests, and over a hundred private messages had accumulated.
With one click, he cleared all messages without responding to any, not even agreeing when the Chinese teacher asked him to create predictions for two other minor subjects.
On the third afternoon, after finishing the politics exam, Xia Yu threw his pencil case into the trash bin. His high school life ended here.
His action inspired imitation. The trash bin, not large to begin with, soon overflowed with pens, startling the police officers maintaining order.
Walking home, Xia Yu started contemplating the pharmaceutical grading matter. It would probably take about ten more days for pharmaceuticals to reach level 5, and the college entrance exam results would be released…
Before he could recall the date, an envelope-shaped icon appeared in front of Xia Yu.
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