Chapter 15: Relocation in Progress

Time flew by rapidly like a fleeting glimpse of a white pony.

On June 25th the college entrance examination results were freshly released stirring the hearts of countless families.

Jiang Qin’s score was exactly the same as his previous life 653 points guaranteeing admission to a 985 university without any suspense. He was calm in his heart but had to show enough excitement in front of his parents which was a real test of his acting skills.

However Mr. Jiang and Ms. Yuan were truly very excited.

653 points!

This score was 20 points higher than Jiang Qin’s mock exam results!

Ms. Yuan Youqin immediately went to Baiyun Mountain to Baiyun Temple to burn incense and fulfill her vow.

Comrade Jiang Zhenghong was so happy he was going crazy unable to sit or stand still constantly shaking his fists. In the end he pulled Jiang Qin downstairs and ran three laps around the neighborhood.

Jiang Qin could understand his parents’ feelings very well because in their generation’s hearts the college entrance exam was a springboard to success a major turning point in life the only opportunity to change one’s fate the knocker for wealth and honor.

But he absolutely couldn’t imagine that in a few more years this world would already be filled with PhDs and masters would be as common as dogs.

Three days after the college entrance exam results were announced the relocation matter also began to take shape.

On the morning of June 28th the sub-district offices of Fanhua Li Rongcheng Xingfu Community and Hongyun Community successively called Jiang Qin briefly explaining the relocation matter and inviting him to discuss it with the specially established relocation group.

Although the official relocation notice had not yet been publicly announced the relocation was basically a done deal.

In order to save time the sub-districts affected by the old city renovation project all began to make preparations in advance.

This was not something widely publicized.

In fact other than the owners of the houses to be demolished no one else knew about this matter which saved Jiang Qin a high school student a lot of trouble.

And in the next few days Jiang Qin kept going back and forth between various sub-district offices listening to them read superior documents and heard the compensation terms many times.

Although what each sub-district said was repetitive listening to this stuff felt great every single time.

After the official relocation notice was issued the relocation work entered the negotiation stage.

This stage was almost the most time-consuming because there were many greedy people especially the residents who had lived in these old dilapidated houses for so many years. Their lives were already unsatisfactory so they really wanted to raise the price as much as possible the more the better.

But Jiang Qin was someone who knew to quit while he was ahead.

He directly told the sub-district offices a number based on the previously estimated highest ratio and told them to call him if they agreed.

The reason he was so casual about it was actually due to an important factor. When the relocation work entered the second step those who signed the contract first could have priority in selecting resettlement housing. Picking a good location was much more important than haggling over 30000 or 50000 yuan here.

If they kept haggling until the end and all the good locations were picked what would those remaining people do if they didn’t want it?

Sorry you can only draw lots.

Anyway the contracts were all signed who would still serve these ancestors.

Also he had another urgent reason.

He had to pay back the money.

Although the money for buying the houses was borrowed from Feng Nanshu it was her father’s money after all. Until now nothing had happened indicating her father hadn’t discovered it yet but the longer it dragged on the higher the risk. Jiang Qin didn’t know what kind of person Feng Nanshu’s father was so he was unwilling to take this risk.

The sooner he got the compensation funds the sooner he could fill the gap and it would be as if this matter had never happened.

After handling the preliminary matters of the relocation Jiang Qin had a day of leisure lying at home replying to various QQ messages.

Guo Zihang said he scored 472 and Feng Nanshu said she scored 671.

Guo Zihang scoring this wasn’t surprising because this dog currency had this trashy level wanting one more point was difficult but as a goddess student a generation’s academic tyrant Feng Nanshu not passing 700 was quite unexpected.

Of course Class 1’s head teacher was also very dissatisfied with this score thinking there must have been a misjudgment so he went to the city to check the test papers on the day the results came out.

As a result there really was no misjudgment it was indeed 671 points. The problem was with the essay question in the language arts section. Out of the full score of 60 points for the essay Feng Nanshu only got 12 points.

What was this year’s essay topic again?

Jiang Qin had been reborn so his memory of this period was almost forgotten. He specially looked it up online and directly laughed until he split his sides.

It was actually to write about friendship?

She doesn’t even have any friends and you’re asking her to write about friendship?

Isn’t this just like asking a mouse to write an essay on the experience of petting cats?

Not a loss not a loss 12 points really isn’t a loss. It’s estimated that these points were given just for the neatness of the paper.

“Stop laughing.”

On the second floor of the Jizhou City Library sitting in the familiar spot Feng Nanshu was completely dejected: “I thought about it seriously. This matter is actually your fault.”

Jiang Qin had a face full of question marks: “We didn’t know each other at the time of the college entrance exam. What does your lost points have to do with me?”

“But if I had met you earlier I should have been able to write it.”

“Since you say that then let’s make a hypothetical. If it was the current you taking the college entrance exam how would you write this essay?”

Feng Nanshu solemnly raised her head: “I met a friend in the library. He’s a poor pitiful person who loves looking at breasts…”

“Stop!”

Jiang Qin directly interrupted her impromptu essay: “This is the image of me in your heart?”

“Isn’t it…?” A trace of blankness flashed in Feng Nanshu’s eyes.

“If you really wrote that then you wouldn’t even get those last twelve points.”

Feng Nanshu lowered her head returning to her dejected state: “Could it be that I’ve made a friend I can’t take out in public?”

The corners of Jiang Qin’s mouth twitched: “Anyway the exam is over. There’s no use thinking about this anymore.”

“Makes sense…”

“As a rich young lady why do you need to take the college entrance exam? Wouldn’t it be fine to directly study abroad?”

Feng Nanshu raised her head her slender curled lashes trembling slightly: “A lonely girl who can’t socialize would die if sent overseas.”

“…”

Jiang Qin really hadn’t considered this point simply treating her as an ordinary wealthy young miss. But thinking from Feng Nanshu’s perspective studying abroad was indeed quite risky.

Foreign countries are always promoting freedom and democracy but their social atmosphere is a mess. And in the land of the free and home of the brave there are shootings every day. Despite only having a population of 370 million the number of registered guns has reached 390 million. An average family of three can have four guns are they planning on having a second child?

Throwing a naturally naive and socially anxious girl like Feng Nanshu into that kind of environment would be like throwing a little lamb into a wolf pack.

“Whatever. Actually domestic universities are pretty good too. Which one are you planning to go to?”

“Then which one are you going to?”

She asked expressionlessly her thick lashes dyed golden by the spilled sunlight.