Chapter 561 Bai Mingze's Frenzied Self-Combustion

On the subway home, the two of them were wearing the down jackets that Mrs. Yang Junlian had bought them last year. Chen Yuan only carried a backpack, without any luggage.

After all, they were only staying home for a day, so there wasn't much to bring.

The two of them wore headphones together the whole way, listening to music, chatting, and then they arrived at Hexiang.

Then, Comrade Chen Jianye drove to pick them up and take them home.

Finally, they arrived back at Chen Yuan's childhood home.

But after returning, it wasn't like before, with so many people at home waiting to ambush the Xinyuan duo.

"You only have one day, so rest well at home. I won't let you entertain guests. Tell Mom what you want to eat, and Mom will have Dad make it."

Mrs. Yang Junlian directly displayed her high status at home.

"Okay, okay."

Xia Xinyu happily agreed.

Then, the two of them went straight back to Chen Yuan's room.

Sitting on the bed, they relaxed completely, 'lying like corpses.'

"It's a little different than before," Xia Xinyu said.

"Yeah, you wouldn't have dared to lean against the bed and play on your phone with me before," Chen Yuan said.

"Before, I was afraid of being seen as a lazy daughter-in-law," Xia Xinyu joked.

"And now?" Chen Yuan asked with a smile.

"There's nothing for a hardworking daughter-in-law like me to do at home, so I can only be lazy," Xia Xinyu muttered.

"My mom is good, right?" Chen Yuan asked back, somewhat smugly.

"Compared to those strict mothers-in-law online, Mrs. Yang is an angel," Xia Xinyu gave a thumbs up with both hands.

"When you marry into our family in the future, you'll have endless blessings," Chen Yuan said, scratching Xia Xinyu's nose with his finger.

"Okay, okay, I'm so happy."

Xia Xinyu raised her head, actively teasing Chen Yuan.

The two of them lay in the room like this, completely relaxed.

"Xinyu, send Grandpa a red envelope," Chen Yuan said proactively.

"..." Xia Xinyu paused, then nodded. "Okay, I'll have my aunt forward it."

And so, after the two made the decision, they used their small private savings to transfer money to Xia Xinyu's aunt, and told her that the money was their red envelope for Xia Xinyu's grandfather.

In addition to this, Chen Yuan also maintained some other social connections.

He received a red envelope from Li Tong and said auspicious words to her.

He sent a red envelope to Shen Xiaoran, wishing the child success in her studies.

Then, he sent Zhou Yu and the others red envelopes of 0.01 yuan, symbolizing their junior status.

The New Year ushered in a new atmosphere.

………

At the same time, Liu Chengxi, who didn't go to Fucheng this year, was able to spend a wonderful Lunar New Year with Shen Yating.

The two of them wore couple sweaters, holding hands on the commercial street of Xiahai, strolling leisurely...

Then, they happened to run into another pair.

Also a combination of a tall guy and a pretty girl.

Wu Wenxin and Shi Yi.

The four people were like mirror images, running into each other perfectly.

"Happy New Year," Shi Yi took the initiative to greet them.

The two girls were like old girlfriends who had just met, grabbing each other's hands and taking small steps, quite intimately.

The tacit understanding between girls is really self-evident…

Liu Chengxi was surprised when he saw this scene from the side.

"Where are you going?" Shi Yi asked.

"Just wandering around," Liu Chengxi said, taking out a receipt. "We were going to a Cantonese dim sum place, but there are already two hundred people ahead of us..."

"Are you going to that place too?" Wu Wenxin asked, quite surprised.

"Yeah, are you?" Shen Yating said.

"Yeah, and we're earlier in line, number 98," Wu Wenxin also took out a queuing ticket.

"In that case, why don't we go together?" Shi Yi proactively invited.

"But, wouldn't that disturb your date?" Shen Yating said, a little embarrassed.

"Chen Yuan has a saying, it's more fun to go on adventures with good friends," Shi Yi said with a smile.

"That sounds like a quote Chen Yuan stole from somewhere," Shen Yating complained, then looked at Liu Chengxi, seeking his opinion.

"Okay, let's go together then," Liu Chengxi nodded in agreement.

And so, the four people who met by chance perfectly formed a table together.

After waiting in line for a while, the group finally reached the incredibly popular Cantonese dim sum restaurant.

"If Chen Yuan was here, that would be great."

Shi Yi sighed, feeling like he was missing Uncle Yu.

"He took Xia Xinyu home for the New Year," Liu Chengxi said.

"But there's no need to be too sad," Shen Yating said. "Aren't all of us going to the same place for college?"

After saying this, Wu Wenxin, who was smiling, lowered her head, started picking at the small desserts, and said softly, "Isn't Wu Wenxin not counted among 'all of us'…?"

"Ah, no, that's not what I meant," Shen Yating said quickly, waving her hands when she realized that she seemed to have used an area-of-effect attack. "Wenxin will definitely be fine too, and when Shi Yi wins the top scholar title, it should be no problem to bring a girlfriend to school, right?"

"Being a top scholar accessory…" Wu Wenxin still felt that she was too weak, a little shamefully weak.

"But to bring a girlfriend, her score shouldn't be too far from Tsinghua and Jida..." Shi Yi said, a little troubled.

"Eh?" Wu Wenxin paused when she heard this.

"What a great man, he's already thought about this in advance," Shen Yating said, helping Shi Yi, with a rather gossipy tone.

"If the difference is too big, there's nothing I can do," Wu Wenxin knew that she was weak and couldn't enter a top sect with these people, so she said with considerable self-awareness, "But I can work a little harder and go to that city. Anyway, there are so many universities, at least getting into a regular four-year university... shouldn't be a problem."

Actually, she had talent at the beginning.

But after Shi Yi brought her to Fourth High, after receiving the best high school education in the province, even her ordinary talent achieved a breakthrough under the guidance of these excellent teachers.

In short, she wouldn't lower Fourth High's four-year university acceptance rate.

"Then Xinyu isn't that far behind, only about thirty or forty points, so there might really be a chance," Shen Yating said.

"And Chen Yuan should be the type to negotiate something like that," Liu Chengxi also said.

"Has it been confirmed that he's the top scholar?"

Just as everyone was discussing, Shi Yi suddenly asked curiously.

This sentence directly made Shen Yating laugh, and she quickly 'apologized': "I forgot that the most powerful candidate for top scholar is here."

"Who is it?"

At this time, Liu Chengxi, who was usually more serious, also suddenly stirred things up and asked.

"It's me, are you all so confident?" As the strongest science girl warrior in Xiahai, Shen Yating was not willing to be an NPC. Since everyone was competing for such a title, why couldn't it be her?

At this time, Shi Yi finally smiled, and no longer pretending to be competitive, said: "As long as it's one of us here, whoever it is, the result is acceptable."

"Indeed, as long as it's not Liu Yiyang, it's okay," Shen Yating also thought this way.

"Yeah," Liu Chengxi said with a light smile, while tasting the desserts, "You are the only opponents I won't be jealous of."

Wu Wenxin blushed after Liu Chengxi said this...

She originally thought that Liu Chengxi was a little gay for Chen Yuan. But she now knew that he was a little gay for everyone, of course, it had to be a boy he looked up to.

However, he was undoubtedly a person with a great personality.

Because he sincerely hoped that everyone was well.

So it was no wonder that even boys liked him.

Even if he… looked a little pretentious.

"But if it's Bai Mingze, can you accept it?" Shi Yi asked Liu Chengxi curiously.

In terms of relationship, Liu Yiyang was indeed a relatively distant one.

But Bai Mingze was one of the trio, and they had even eaten together before, so he was clearly considered a 'friend.'

"If it's him, it's very possible."

Liu Chengxi had to admit Bai Mingze's strength, but in terms of liking, he said frankly, "But I still hope it's one of us."

"Yeah, although he's also a friend. But no matter how you look at it, Bai Mingze is more like a rival."

Resting her face on her hand, Shen Yating thought of that person and said jokingly, "Besides, he's the only one from Ningcheng, we three heroes against Lu Bu, we'll definitely win against him."

………

The first day of the Lunar New Year.

In his study, Bai Mingze was lowering his head, completing an English test paper.

By the end of the time, he had also completed the final check.

So, he sent the essay from this test paper to his English teacher.

And asked the other party for the answers.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there were still some people who didn't rest.

Like Bai Mingze.

After all, socializing was more torturous to him than writing test papers.

So doing this was even more relaxing.

There were also some people who didn't rest.

That was his teachers for each subject.

Of course, they only needed to be responsible for one VIP customer like him.

And this was what the principal of Haizhong required.

He was embarrassed to trouble these teachers.

But this was his last sprint.

He was also making rapid progress, but the reason he caught up with Shi Yi one step ahead of Chen Yuan was because he had nothing but studying.

The consequence of this was that he reached the extreme in this field.

And so, while waiting, the scores for each subject all came out.

After adding them all up, Bai Zeming obtained the score for this solo simulation test——

731.