Chapter 62 - None of Your Business

Ye Qiu and Ye Xue were walking ahead, with Ye Weidong and Chen Fang following behind, feeling as if they were in a dream.

How had their son changed so completely just because of a car accident?

They entered the textile factory residential complex, where a group of people who had just returned from work were chatting.

Among them were two young male students, around the same age as Ye Qiu.

These two were also high school seniors but at different schools, and they had not participated in the joint exam this time.

However, their schools conducted exams in the same format as the college entrance examination, and their results were released very quickly.

Using the scoring standards of the joint exam, one scored 517 and the other 498, both scores lying between the third and second-tier cutoffs.

Of course, they were both a bit shy of the second-tier cutoff.

One of them was Zhou Weiguo’s son, Zhou Xiaodong, who scored 517 this time.

The other student, a girl named Liu Xiaohong, scored 498.

Both of their high schools were ordinary and did not qualify for the provincial or city key high school joint exam, so their schools had to administer their own examinations in the manner of the college entrance exam after receiving the test papers.

When they were in junior high, their middle school exam scores were mediocre, which is why they could only go to ordinary high schools.

But at that time, Ye Qiu’s grades were the best among his peers in the textile factory residential area, and he was admitted to Jiangbei No.

3 Middle School.

So, Ye Qiu also took part in the joint exam, but the residents in the textile factory felt sure he was still the same as before.

“Ye Qiu, how did you do on the test this time?”

Zhou Weiguo asked.

He felt somewhat proud of his son’s situation.

“It was okay,”

Ye Qiu said lightly.

He knew that these neighbors probably still thought he was the same old Ye Qiu, whose total score for all subjects never reached a hundred.

“Ye Qiu, you have to work hard, the college entrance exams are in less than two months.”

Liu Xiaohong’s mother also said.

She was quite satisfied with her daughter’s current performance.

After all, she was only studying at an ordinary high school.

Ye Qiu knew what these neighbors thought; they always liked to compare, who had more money, who had a car, and now, whose child had better academic performance?

Chen Fang and Ye Weidong had long since gotten used to this, but previously, since Ye Qiu’s grades were so poor, they had become numb to it.

Just as Ye Qiu was about to go upstairs with Ye Xue, he ran into the butcher He, He Xiaoqing, and Li Lanfang just returning.

These three had just heard these neighbors discussing the performance of Ye Qiu and others.

Because Ye Qiu had taken the initiative to distance himself from He Xiaoqing, the He family still held some grudges, especially Li Lanfang who thought Ye Qiu was just an average person.

“Why look down on her daughter?”

“Oh, isn’t that Ye Qiu?

I heard from your dad that you’re planning to go to the university!”

Li Lanfang said abruptly.

This caught the attention of other neighbors, who were now keen on watching the drama unfold.

That night’s commotion was very clear to these neighbors.

Many also knew about the separation between Ye Qiu and He Xiaoqing, who soon met the son of a fishmonger.

Ye Qiu didn’t want to deal with people like Li Lanfang, but Li Lanfang did not want Ye Qiu to leave so soon, hoping to embarrass him.

Upon hearing this, Ye Weidong and Chen Fang frowned.

That night, Ye Weidong did indeed say such a thing to Li Lanfang.

But at that time, it was after Ye Qiu had first spoken to him, and then Ye Weidong used it as a reason to speak to Li Lanfang.

Ye Weidong had thought Ye Qiu was kidding, but he had not expected that Ye Qiu’s joint exam results would be so good.

With those scores, Ye Weidong believed that Ye Qiu would have no problem getting into Tsinghua and Peking University during the college entrance exams.

“Did he score over a hundred this time?”

Li Lanfang asked deliberately again.

Before the car accident, each of Ye Qiu’s subject scores was twenty or thirty, and sometimes, all four subjects combined didn’t even reach a hundred, which was quite normal.

According to Ye Qiu’s previous performance, that was indeed the case.

When Li Lanfang had just spoken, the neighbors watching the excitement burst out laughing.

They had not expected that the Ye Family and the He Family had really fallen out like this.

“What do my scores have to do with you?”

Ye Qiu said coldly.

He hated people like Li Lanfang the most.

Although he had nothing to do with He Xiaoqing anymore, the idea that the other party wanted to embarrass him like that was appalling.

Even if he didn’t dislike He Xiaoqing, he now really disliked He Xiaoqing’s mother.

He Xiaoqing also pulled on Li Lanfang’s hand, after all, they had known each other for so long and their families were so familiar with each other that the current situation was really awkward.

“Really?

It was you who first said my daughter wasn’t good enough for you, that you were off to university.

With these scores, which university would accept you?”

Li Lanfang said.

The more Ye Qiu was embarrassed like that, the happier she felt.

As Ye Qiu was even less inclined to pay attention to her, Ye Xue pulled at him and said, “Ye Qiu, she’s really underestimating you.”

“Lanfang, you are wrong there, this time Ye Qiu did quite well in the joint exams!”

Chen Fang said.

Li Lanfang was just laughing mockingly there.

Of course, Chen Fang and Ye Weidong both knew that people used to mock Ye Qiu’s bad grades in the past, and it was the same now.

“Did well?

Did he score a few dozen more points?”

Li Lanfang sneered.

At that time, Chen Fang took Ye Qiu’s test paper and showed it to the surrounding neighbors, especially when Zhou Xiaodong and Liu Xiaohong saw that the test paper had full marks, they and the other neighbors were so stunned they couldn’t speak!

How is that possible?

It can’t be!

The test paper must be fake!

The scores on it must be fake too!

The neighbors couldn’t believe it!

Especially Li Lanfang and Butcher He couldn’t believe it.

But when Zhou Xiaodong pulled out his phone and found the rankings of this city-wide joint exam, the top rank was none other than Ye Qiu from Jiangbei No.

3 Middle School.

When Zhou Xiaodong showed the phone to his parents, Zhou Weiguo and his wife were so shocked they couldn’t speak.

Ye Qiu and Ye Xue didn’t stay any longer and headed upstairs, while Chen Fang took back Ye Qiu’s test paper.

Soon, different remarks were being whispered among the neighbors.

Ye Qiu is really impressive, he’s sure to get into a top university this time!

A top university?

He could even get into Tsinghua and Peking University!

Exactly!

With the joint exam being so strict, and Ye Qiu scoring so well, not to mention the college entrance exam!

When Li Lanfang was about to say something else, suddenly, it seemed superfluous to say anything.

If Ye Qiu really had such a big change, she understood why Ye Qiu didn’t like her plain-looking daughter.

“Mom, let’s go home.”

Now that Li Lanfang had embarrassed herself in front of so many neighbors, she felt too ashamed to stay any longer, hurriedly leaving with He Xiaoqing.

Of course, this was just one joint exam result, but if the results of the college entrance exam came out and he didn’t score over one hundred in all four subjects, Li Lanfang felt she definitely had to find a way to make Ye Qiu look foolish.