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nTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

nZi Yi was cooped up at home for several days as she watched the workers flatten her front yard into a parking lot. She had also gone onto some uncommon trading platforms to purchase the parts she required.

nOne day, she suddenly received a phone call from the Admissions Office of Metropolis University.

nThe Admissions Office teacher’s attitude was very nice towards her and they asked her to make a trip down to the campus.

nAfter she arrived at the office, she was surrounded by several teachers at once.

nOne of them said with a smile, “Student, your results are out. Do you wish to know how you fared?”

nZi Yi thought for a few seconds before she gave a confident response, “I’m unsure if my language paper conforms to the examination rules, so I might get a few marks deducted. The total score is 900, and I should have gotten above 890 marks.”

nSeveral teachers looked each other in the eye and started to view her in a new light, due to the confidence and calmness she displayed.

nA teacher wearing glasses said, “You did well on the examinations, and your essay is also well written. Only two marks were deducted from your language paper.”

n“May I know where the two marks were deducted from.”

n“You had written a word wrongly.

nHaving said that, he took her examination papers and pointed it to her.

nZi Yi remained silent when she saw the papers. She took out her phone, logged into their country’s Ancient Character Library and showed it to them. “I believe you are under the impression that there should not be a horizontal stroke here. However, I’ve checked several authoritative character libraries before and all of them do reflect the horizontal stroke.”

nSeveral teachers craned their necks and read through the text at the same time.

nAfter they compared the word, one of the teachers hastily made a call to check with the Chinese Language Department professor.

nAfter the call was made, the teacher said to her, “Student, the professor of the Chinese Language Department will check this character again. If your point is valid, then you will get full marks.”

nZi Yi’s expression was still as calm as before. “It’s alright. There are many complied books that do not reflect that horizontal stroke for that particular character.”

nThe teachers were surprised by her reaction. A few of them could not resist and had started a discussion with her on that character.

nAfter the Chinese Language Department called to confirm that her point was valid, the teachers hastily changed her scores.

nAs she had obtained an extremely high score, one of the teachers said with a smile, “Congratulations. You’ve been admitted to the university in advance. Your grades have been registered with the various departments and you can choose whichever major you like, when the time comes.”

nFollowing this, another teacher asked. “We will be sending you an admission notice when the time comes. Should the admission notice be emailed to you or mailed directly to your house?”

nWhen someone did well in their college entrance examination, their first reaction is to announce it to the whole world because it would bring about great glory to them and their families.

nZi Yi suddenly recalled the expression Zi Xuan gave her and curled her lips. “On the day the results are announced, you can just give a call to my parents to report the good news.”

nThe teachers were rather surprised that she could wait for so many days. However, it seemed like she intended to surprise her family on purpose and so, they readily agreed.

nAfter which, they started to analyze the several most reputed majors offered by their university.

nZi Yi listened to their analysis seriously.

nAnd so, the afternoon passed by quickly.

nAs soon as Zi Yi left the Metropolis University, her grades had spread throughout the circle of teachers and professors of the university.

nSome of the professors had already made preparations in secret as they intended to vie for her.

nSome people had also informed Zi Yi’s uncle from her grandfather’s side about this incident.

nTheir reactions were all the same.

nHer Eldest Uncle was currently assembling an aircraft engine and did not even look up. “There are many people with the same name in the world. I understand my niece. It can’t be her.”

nHer Second Uncle who was currently studying a special ion separation had a disgusted expression. “Don’t be ridiculous.”

nHer bespectacled Third Uncle looked up from the experimental instrument and pushed his glasses up. “Impossible.”

nHer Fourth Uncle was currently walking out from a lecture hall. “If it’s really my niece, how could I not know of this?”

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