Chapter 47 – Ming Ming’s university life

Translator: Amber.es | Editor: Vez | Proofreader: Bubbles

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When Wen Mingyi’s class counsellor saw him coming back, he specially sent the student a WeChat message to go to his office.

However, Wen Mingyi was rarely at school, he had no idea where the counsellor’s office was. In the end, Zhang Heng had to take him there.

“You’re back. Tough times while filming?” The bespectacled counsellor smiled.

“Still fine.” Wen Mingyi stood before him and asked, “Is there any reason you¹Respectful ‘you’. asked for me?”

“Well, finals will be in a few days’ time. You basically didn’t attend classes this semester so if you think you need to…”

“I’ll take the test as usual,” Wen Mingyi said. “Although I didn’t attend the lectures at school, I did privately hire a tutor and am self-studying. My finals won’t be affected.”

“Alright. If you want to attempt, the school will naturally agree. After all, your situation is really special. Then, these few days you can ask your classmates for their notes and review them. ‌For any questions, please feel free to find your private tutor or myself.”

“Noted. Thank you, teacher.”

“No worries. You may go and revise with other students. Good luck for your exams.”

“En.”

Wen Mingyi headed out of the office. Zhang Heng was waiting outside for him. Seeing him coming out, he came forward and asked, “What did the counsellor say?”

“Asked me about the final exams. I said I’ll take them as usual.”

“I see. Then let’s go. Let’s head to the library then, I’ll give you the key points.”

“Not necessary.” Wen Mingyi looked at him, a little embarrassed. “The Studies Assisting Society has made a photocopy of all the subjects’ key points, even used markers to highlight the important points the teachers talked about.”

Zhang Heng: …

“You were in the washroom back then,” Wen Mingyi added.

Zhang Heng: …

Zhang Heng didn’t want to talk to this old classmate of his anymore. This difference in treatment made his heart ache!

However, the two of them still went to the library together. Wen Mingyi put on a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, lowered his head, and intently tried to focus on the photocopies given to him by the Assisting Society .

Zhang Heng felt that females’ hearts were truly meticulous. These key points were much more comprehensive than he himself remembered. In the end, he borrowed Wen Mingyi’s copy of key notes and ran downstairs to make a copy for himself.

Wen Mingyi’s memory was very good. As he memorised, there was no need to utter a sound, and neither did he need to write notes. As long as he repeated a few times in his heart, he could basically memorize the whole thing. When Zhang Heng came back from photocopying, he had already memorized several pages, and he was about to rest on the table for a while.

Zhang Heng didn’t bother him. Wen Mingyi laid his head on the table, feeling the warm air in the library, and looked at the students who were struggling with writing not far away. He suddenly felt a long-lost sense of comfort. It had been a long time since he lived such a simple student life.

When he was in the crew, everyone thought he was a small fry and felt that he was not a peer. Of course they were not peers. His peers were still in school; studying, running, and falling in love in a relatively simple environment. But he was no longer in that environment.

It was not that he regretted it. There was nothing to regret about the decision he’d made himself. Only, he just felt that to be simple once again, like an ordinary person of the same age, to study, to rest when tired, to wake up and think about what to eat today, this kind of life was also very good.

He slowly fell asleep in this tranquility, seemingly returning to his high school days.

Hence, when Wen Mingyi woke up, it was already 6pm. Zhang Heng asked, “Go to eat?”

“Wait a minute.” Wen Mingyi took out his phone, and asked Si Junduo if he wanted to eat dinner together.

Si Junduo replied: Eating together. I have already left the company, now coming to pick you up.

So Wen Mingyi cruelly rejected Zhang Heng, stating, “I’ll go home for dinner.”

“Oh.” Zhang Heng packed his bags and asked him, “Is it with Senior Si Junduo?”

“How do you know?” Wen Mingyi was puzzled.

Zhang Heng pointed to his eyes that had no glasses. “Good eyesight.”

Wen Mingyi glanced at his mobile phone. What good eyesight. His chat with Si Junduo on WeChat was on display.

“Didn’t you post on Weibo the last time? Saying you both have known each other since childhood. He’s your ge. It just so happens that the other person’s name on that chat is one word — Ge. So isn’t he?”

“You’re pretty smart.” Wen Mingyi turned his phone off. “Will be with him.”

“No wonder your grades are always good, having such a good brother to guide you, how can it be no good? But you, not even telling us.”

“I can’t help it. I am humble by nature, so I don’t like showing off.” Wen Mingyi sighed. “I am just low-key.”

Zhang Heng: …

Zhang Heng vented, he can truly act. No wonder he ran to become an actor. How fitting!

Wen Mingyi accompanied Zhang Heng to buy food, and then headed out to meet Si Junduo who had arrived at X University’s school gate. He said goodbye to Zhang Heng and reminded him to bring the books to be used for tomorrow before getting into Si Junduo’s car.　　

“Are you going to take the exam soon?” Si Junduo asked him.

Wen Mingyi nodded. “Yes, so I am going to start revising these days.”

“Then you can ask me if you don’t know something.”

Wen Mingyi tilted his head and looked at him. “Although I really want you to display your forte, I am a pure liberal arts major. So I only need to memorise.”

After hearing these words, Si Junduo also understood. He rubbed Wen Mingyi’s head. “Then memorise well.”

“En. When I get the scholarship, I’ll treat you to dinner.”

Si Junduo was startled when he heard these words. It had been so long since he had seen Wen Mingyi getting the scholarship.

When he was in junior high school, Wen Mingyi would take it every semester, and he would run happily. In front of him, he announced that he was the top one yet again. But in high school, he didn’t seem to be so obsessed with grades. When he was in a good mood, he would score slightly better in exams, getting in the top three in his class. When he was in a bad mood, he would just answer for the sake of it, and his ranking would drop below 30.

Si Junduo always thought that Wen Mingyi would choose Science just like him, but instead, he chose liberal arts during the second year. Because of this matter, the two of them argued fiercely. He didn’t understand, and said angrily, “How can you make a joke about this kind of thing? You clearly said that you like science and want to learn it. Why would you choose literature?”

Wen Mingyi was more irritable than him. “What is it to you even if I chose literature? Even if I drop out of school, what is it to you!”

Si Junduo was so angry that he couldn’t help but want to beat him until he saw sense.

Wen Mingyi continued to argue, “My life has nothing to do with you. I have the right to do whatever I want to do. What right do you have to manage me? What qualifications do you have? Don’t you know you’re so annoying like this? Let me tell you, I just don’t want to choose the same subject as yours, so I chose liberal arts. I hate you. I even regret that I have entered the same high school as you. Do you know that?”

Wen Mingyi finished his words and slammed the door on his way out. Si Junduo stood in Wen Mingyi’s room, his heart full of helplessness and self-blame.

Since that day, he reduced the frequency of appearing in front of Wen Mingyi, watching him rely on his own cleverness to casually study. He even thought that when the university entrance examination was over, Wen Mingyi would apply for a university outside the province, leaving his sight. But he didn’t expect that Wen Mingyi would suddenly begin to seriously study, let alone think that Wen Mingyi would become the top scorer in the liberal arts this year, applying for X University.

He unconsciously glanced at Wen Mingyi. Wen Mingyi was currently looking down at his WeChat. Si Junduo couldn’t help but touch his hair again, feeling relieved. “Then I’ll wait for you to invite me to dinner.”

“Don’t worry.” Wen Mingyi grinned.

Si Junduo looked at him, suddenly feeling that he was seeing the first clear sky after the snow. Although cold when it fell, and gloomy when it stormed, once the snow stopped and the sun peaked through the clouds, it showed how the clear sky’s beauty couldn’t be forgotten.

That was the most beautiful scenery which he had always kept in mind.

Like this, Wen Mingyi officially started campus life like an ordinary student. He listened to lectures in class, and reviewed them after. Even if he returned home and became a cat or a dog, he still revised, attempting to use his paw to flip the pages.

However, the paws of cats and dogs would always have difficulty turning pages. More often than not, Wen Mingyi chose to look at the key points displayed on the computer.

A week later, the physical examination²PE stopped everyone’s complaints. This Wen Mingyi was extremely good at long jump, push-ups, 1000 meters, too easy and relaxed. The females screamed and cheered while the males felt helpless as they complained.

Soon, it was time for the final exam. When Si Junduo sent him to school, he specifically gave words of encouragement. Wen Mingyi confidently replied, “Don’t worry, it won’t be a problem. “

Facts proved that there really was no problem. It was all the content he had memorised, even simpler than what he had expected. Wen Mingyi sat in the row by the door, answering questions while thinking of what to eat after the exam.

When the papers could be handed in, Wen Mingyi took the lead to hand in the paper and went out. The invigilator looked at his paper full of words, and remarked in surprise: This kid’s writing is pretty good.

Zhang Heng had not yet handed in the papers; they were not in the same examination room, so Wen Mingyi waited for him as he played with his mobile phone.

While playing, he suddenly heard a student in the class call his name. As soon as Wen Mingyi raised his head, he saw a flushed, panting girl. “School gate… there’s… a reporter.”

Wen Mingyi: “Huh?”

“Probably here to interview you. You should go through the side gate later.”

“Okay, thank you,” Wen Mingyi said.

“You’re welcome.” After she finished speaking, she left with her companions.

Wen Mingyi opened the entertainment gossip forum, and saw many posts wondering how much he would get in this exam.

“Definitely failing. He didn’t attend classes for one semester. If he manages to pass, that’ll be a miracle.”

“Even if he passes, it shouldn’t be high, or else it’ll be unscientific.”

“I think there seem to be reporters heading to X University. Should be there to interview him.”

“Tsk. Really treating him to be something special, this 18-tier artist.”

The 18-tier artist Wen Mingyi calmly closed the post, and decided to wait for the results to come out to slap these people in the face. Let them know what it meant to be born as himself, this talent that he was born with. Like how he filmed, he would obtain the top!

Until the very end, only when the bell rang did Zhang Heng hand in the papers. The two of them exited through the side gate and ate at the snack city. They went back to the dormitory to rest for a while, and then resumed the exams in the afternoon.

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After three days of exams, Wen Mingyi was finally done with them. The school also officially closed for this semester.

The final exam results would be available a few days later. Wen Mingyi wasn’t in a hurry. After two days of resting at home comfortably, he answered Cheng Lu’s call. “Ming Ming, do you remember the audition on the 10th? I bought you a ticket for tomorrow, we will fly to F City tomorrow afternoon.”

Of course Wen Mingyi remembered. “Okay,” he replied. As expected, happiness was only short-lived. Only work was the eternal truth.

The author has something to say:

There is no blood relationship between the Gong and the Shou. The neighbor brother, the neighbor brother, calling brother / ge is just a polite term~

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