78 Grade A Academy (2/2)
Candidates made oohs and ahhs neatly, guessing who the unknown West-Hill candidate was. He first got the best results in the past century, and then directly recruited to the Second floor without studying in the Academy for a day!
Hearing that the West-Hill candidate had been in the Second floor, Xie Chengyun raised higher his eyebrow, with stateliness in his eyes. One always had aloofness and arrogance as long as he became famous in young age. Last year he became Tanhua that he could not accept, thus he chose to come to Academy for proving himself. His final goal was absolutely the Second floor of the Academy that was extremely mysterious in rumors, but he never thought that he was much slower than that guy.
The young girl beside the arrow robe girl, named Jin Wucai, was the youngest daughter of Chancellor of Commission for Education. She had a sweet temper and loved poetry and calligraphy, and had long heard about Xie Chengyun. She had met and talked to him during the poetry gatherings in Chang'an city these days, and found that he was talented. Now she saw him having a gloomy expression, and then she said with a smile, ”Your six courses are at A. Two of them are at A+. It is quite rare, and at least there is no one higher at this time.”
”It is true. For the academy entry exams, Zhong Dajun gets an A in the course of calligraphy, Wang Ying an A+ in the course of music, while Xie Chengyun the A+ in two courses, who can be better than the three candidates?”
Candidates under the screen wall agreed one after for another. Xie Chengyun looked slightly depressed. He self-deprecatingly smiled and once again greeted bows with hands folded in front to the crowd.
That girl in arrow robe was preparing to accompany her fellows to have a good talk with Xie Chengyun. Suddenly she thought of one thing, thinking the guy's cool declaration as he left. Then she raised her head and looked up again at the screen wall subconsciously. She thought to herself that the guy must be afraid of losing his face, so he gave a lie. However, when she came up with the black lightning in the exam of the course of Driving, somehow she actually believed that the name of that guy would be at the top of the list.
That guy's name was not at the top list for the course of music. No, his name didn't appear on the whole list for the course of music. This guy seemed plain ignorant. ”Lanlan you idiot, how could you believe him!”
Situ Yilan, daughter of yunhui general, the assistant marshal, pulled the bottom of the robe angrily. She didn't mean to find his name, but her sight just landed on sides of the lists without control — hey!
She looked with her round eyes at the top of the lists for courses of mathematics, driving and toxophily. She saw that exactly same name, thinking that her eyes might be dazzled, and her lips slightly whispered, but she read out subconsciously, ”Ning Que, Upper A+! Upper A+! Upper A+!
With her voice, the words of congratulations by other candidates became smaller and smaller. Previously the candidates would only find their own names, and then those of the renowned talents, but few people will pay attention to nobodies on the lists. In that case, they did not notice those same names.
”Three courses grade at upper A+?” Some were shocked looking up at the screen wall, and said out loud in surprise.
Jin Wucai covered her lips, face flawless and thinking of the previous words she had heard, and said incredibly, ”What the guy said is true. He knew he must be able to get the A+!”
Earlier everybody was still admiring Xie Chengyun who had received the A+ in two courses, regarding that he must be the best in the academy entry exams this year. No one could have ever imagined before the stop of words of praise, a guy gotten A+ in three courses... bounced like this.
”Who is Ning Que?”
”Who is Ning Que?”
The candidate who didn't see the scene of the black lightning previously asked his companions anxiously, while Candidates who had seen that scene began to talk about with great relish the legendary picture of how the big dark horse was turned from a ferocious wife to a docile attendant.
Situ Yilan was looking around for Ning Que, and found that he was standing at a far spot. She hurriedly pulled Jin Wucai's hand, pushing the crowd away to run over towards him.
Xie Chengyun and other two youths were as if forgotten at this time. He laughed at himself, with his eyes flashing an indistinguishable expression. He bowed to ask Zhong Dajun and Wang Ying to leave with those noble girls.
Candidates under the screen wall automatically separated apart as the tide to form a path, and then gathered together, walking to the corner of the stone ground, to the candidate named Ning Que whom they had never heard of.
Ning wasn't aware of what had happened at the screen wall. He was discussing with Sangsang what they would eat when back to the shop tonight. He suddenly found a stir among the crowd, and then the arrow robe girl rushed to the front of him.
Situ Yilan stared at him, and asked: ”A+ in three courses... you... you, how did you make it out?”
Ning Que was stunned, looking at the more and more people gathering in front. He replied, ”Uh... I have been reviewing diligently.
Sangsang lifted his little face and looked at him, with her willow eyes full of confusion, thinking that ”you really know what the review means, young master?”