In the Capital City, there’s a magical subway line—Line 4.
Students who frequent the top universities in the area all know that this line, a special route for university students that cuts north through Haidian District, is actually a "line of disdain."
The reason is simple: on this line, the later your stop, the more prestigious your university.
Students from Min Da and the Beijing Dance Academy get off at the National Library.
Students from the Beijing Institute of Technology and Beijing Foreign Studies University get off at Weigongcun Station.
And students from Renmin University get off at Renmin University Station.
If you still haven’t gotten off by this point, you’ll feel the concentration of academic elites in the air begin to rise exponentially...
Because Yan University East Gate Station and Yuanming Garden Station are coming right up.
These two universities are practically the hallowed halls that every student in Huaxia dreams of.
But after this crowd of chosen ones gets off, a few middle-aged men with slightly receding hairlines and an inexplicable air of authority are often still sitting in the car.
They usually don’t get off until Beigongmen Station.
There, you’ll find the most formidable institution in all of Huaxia, one that doesn’t participate in any rankings but is enough to make all other top-tier universities pale in comparison—P School.
Beneath P School, all beings are equal.
「Half a month had passed since the college entrance exams.」
Today was the day the provincial college entrance exam scores were released.
In Rongcheng, at the office of Yan University’s admissions team for the Sichuan-Chongqing Region.
"Let’s go, Xiaozhang. The top science scorer for Sichuan and Chongqing is in Jiangcheng this year. We should pay them a visit."
A slightly older teacher stood up.
"Alright, Teacher Li. The car is already waiting downstairs. We can leave right away."
the young teacher replied, full of energy.
"I just called. The kid’s mother is at home right now," Xiaozhang reported as they walked.
Teacher Li nodded and asked casually as they stepped out of the elevator.
"Jiangcheng Sixth Middle School... I seem to recall that a few years ago, their school produced the top scorers in both liberal arts and sciences, didn’t they?"
"Yes, Teacher Li. That’s the one."
Teacher Xiaozhang flipped through the documents in his hand.
"I’ve already contacted their school’s dean of students."
"This student, Li Dong, isn’t just exceptionally talented in the sciences. What’s even rarer is that his conduct in school is excellent. He respects his teachers and gets along with everyone. He’s incredibly well-liked by both teachers and students. His social skills are off the charts!"
"Oh? A top-tier genius like him isn’t the least bit arrogant?"
Teacher Li was a little surprised.
"Not at all!" Teacher Xiaozhang’s tone was firm.
"According to their dean of students, Li Dong is a very humble student."
"When he runs into problems he doesn’t understand, he’ll even take the initiative to ask classmates who have lower scores than him. He tries to understand their problem-solving methods and thought processes to broaden his own perspective."
Teacher Xiaozhang added with a sigh of admiration.
"For a student who works so hard and knows how to humble himself to learn from everyone, I think it’s completely natural that he took first place in the province for science this time!"
"Mm, not bad. He’s a promising prospect. High IQ and EQ. This is exactly the type of student we at Yan University like the most."
Teacher Li nodded in satisfaction.
The two got into a business van and headed straight for Li Dong’s home...
「Meanwhile.」
A similar scene was also playing out at the Shuimu University admissions office for the Sichuan-Chongqing region.
However, their target destination was slightly different from Yan University’s.
The place they were heading to was not Li Dong’s home, but Jiangcheng Sixth Middle School.
A sharp, capable-looking middle-aged male teacher strode out of a room and spoke to the young teacher behind him.
"Xiaowang, have you contacted Teacher Chen Ke at Sixth Middle School?"
"I have, Teacher Liu. Elder Chen is in his office at the school this morning."
"Good!" Teacher Liu nodded.
"Also, that student, Qin Yan, who’s already been admitted to our university—contact him too. Tell him he absolutely must make a trip to Sixth Middle School as well."
After giving these instructions, Teacher Liu got into the car, a smug smile on his face.
’Hmph, that gang from Yan University wants to compete with us at Shuimu for the provincial science top scorer?’
Teacher Liu schemed internally.
’Snatching a student isn’t just about throwing money around and making grand promises. You have to do the groundwork! You need inside connections, you know?’
He knew Li Dong was a student in Sixth Middle School’s honors class, and more importantly, he knew Li Dong’s mentor was the famous gold-medal coach, Elder Chen, who was renowned throughout the Southwest!
And Elder Chen’s relationship with Shuimu’s physics department was rock-solid.
And that wasn’t all!
’Do they know that Qin Yan, who was part of the national training team and has already been admitted to Shuimu, is Li Dong’s classmate?’
The smile on Teacher Liu’s face grew wider.
’You have to understand, in a high school environment, the influence of role models and idols is immense.’
’As a national gold medalist and a legend admitted to Shuimu, Qin Yan is definitely an untouchable idol in the eyes of all the science competition students at Sixth Middle School!’
’Now that their idol is with us at Shuimu, won’t that dark horse, Li Dong, have to fall in line with him?’
’The timing, the location, the people—everything is on my side. What does Yan University have to fight me with?’
「And at this very moment, in the principal’s office at Jiangcheng Sixth Middle School.」
Elder Chen had just hung up a call from the Shuimu University admissions office, and his expression was a bit strange.
He turned his head, looked at Principal Liu, and asked with a wry smile.
"Principal Liu... is it really okay for us to do this?"
Principal Liu said nonchalantly.
"Oh, come on, Elder Chen! It’s fine! What’s the problem?"
"Our school produced the provincial science top scorer, and teachers from Shuimu University are coming to check in on a student. There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?"
Principal Liu looked down on the kind of tactic Second Middle School used, fudging their statistics. It was just too classless.
"You know what real news-making is? Watch and learn..."
「Meanwhile, in the old district of Jiangcheng, at Li Dong’s home.」
Li Qin stood up from the sofa, walked to the balcony to glance downstairs, then walked back to the living room and sat down.
Less than half a minute later, she stood up again, went to the door to listen for any sounds, and sat back down.
Watching his sister’s anxious behavior, Li Yang, who was sitting beside her, gave a helpless, wry smile.
"Sis, relax. You keep sitting down and getting up, it’s making me dizzy."
Li Qin turned and glared at him.
"How can I not be nervous?!"
"This is Yan University we’re talking about! Teachers from Yan University are coming to our house in person!"
It still felt a bit unreal to Li Qin.
Just earlier today, when the online system for checking college entrance exam scores had just opened,
Li Qin and Li Yang had been waiting in front of the computer and entered Li Dong’s exam admission number.
But there was no score on the page, only a single line of text:
[Your score is within the top 50 in the province for science. Your specific score has been temporarily withheld and will be announced later by the relevant authorities.]
Li Qin was completely stunned.
It was the more knowledgeable Li Yang who said excitedly,
"Sis! His score was shielded! Only the top few dozen students in the province have their scores hidden like this."
Li Qin finally snapped out of it. Just as she was about to take out her phone to take a picture, a call came in.
When she answered, the person on the other end introduced themselves as a teacher from the Yan University admissions office. They said they were already on their way and wanted to visit in person to discuss Li Dong’s university application intentions face-to-face.
Li Qin’s mind went blank at the time, and she just kept stammering, "Yes, yes, yes, we’re home."
Just as Li Yang was still trying to calm his sister down...
"KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK."
There was a knock on the door.

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