74: Chapter 74 News Spreads
With about a month left until the college entrance exam, Su Lin's life returned to peace.
For this month, he stayed honestly in the guesthouse and didn't really go out.
Hua Beilong and his group had barely appeared either, and no one came to disturb him.
Su Lin drank milk tea day by day, increasing his blood energy at the astonishing rate of about one hundred per day.
At the same time, he was working hard to cultivate various martial arts, especially deepening his understanding of Li Family Swordsmanship.
Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and it was soon the end of May, when Jianghuo City finally released the news about the special nature of this year's college entrance exam.
It was only then that the masses of Jianghuo City finally learned that a youth from Jianghuo City was heading to Tianhai City to take the college entrance exam, carrying the honor of the entire small city.
"Our Jianghuo City actually only has one student who can go to Tianhai City for the college entrance exam?"
"Who is he? To have such capability at such a young age! His pressure must be immense. Will outsiders bully him? Will they look down on our Jianghuo City?"
"I heard it's a student from Jianghuo High School, named Su Lin."
"..."
In just one day, Su Lin's name spread throughout Jianghuo City.
Everyone was discussing the name Su Lin.
"Holy crap!! Su Lin? Isn't that my Brother Su? Is it the same Su Lin I know?"
"Su Lin is indeed very strong, maybe it's not just a coincidence of having the same name..."
People who knew Su Lin immediately called and messaged him on WeChat, but they couldn't get a response from Su Lin at all.
Meanwhile, at Su Lin's home, the family of three was also extremely shocked.
"So Su Lin went to Tianhai City to take the college entrance exam? Why didn't he tell us about such an important matter?"
Su Lin's mother, Zhou Ting, said with great annoyance.
"No wonder he hasn't returned even though it's the end of May. You scared me to death; I was worried he wouldn't make it back in time for the college entrance exam."
"Our son's trip this time was a classified operation. I heard on the news that it was because of the frequent activities of rebels recently, which is why this news was hidden. Our son didn't do anything wrong."
Su Wen said, a gratified smile appearing on his face.
"Our son is too amazing; he can actually shoulder such heavy responsibilities now. I didn't even notice anything unusual about him that day. He really has grown up."
His younger sister, Su Xiaoyue, crossed her arms and lowered her head, recalling Su Lin's image from those few days.
She realized that her brother had become so impressive at some point, not just in blood energy and martial arts, but as a martial artist with a truly strong heart.
If he didn't do well on this college entrance exam, would Su Lin face attacks from the masses of Jianghuo City when he returned?
Although everyone was praising Su Lin now, what if Su Lin didn't give the people of Jianghuo City the results they wanted to see?
There would definitely be many people online who would start cursing directly, scolding Su Lin for losing face for their Jianghuo City.
Su Xiaoyue was very worried about whether such a situation would occur.
In fact, not long after this news came out, some people were already bad-mouthing him online.
Some people collected information on students from other cities taking the exam and compared them with Su Lin, claiming that Su Lin's strength wasn't even average and that he definitely wouldn't have a good result.
Looking at it this way, there were indeed many risks and problems involved in going to Tianhai City for the college entrance exam, not to mention the need to worry about attacks from rebels.
But even so, Su Lin still went. Su Xiaoyue thought her brother was awesome.
In fact, the big families in Jianghuo City certainly had several students who met the qualifications, but none dared to go, fearing they wouldn't be able to compete and their scores would be greatly discounted.
Yet Su Lin, who came from an ordinary background, became the only candidate to go out and take the exam.
Su Xiaoyue knew that Su Lin didn't want to win glory for Jianghuo City so much as he was doing it for their family.
"Brother, do your best on the exam."
"When you come back, I'll buy you milk tea every day."
Jianghuo High School, Principal's Office.
Principal Li Youran looked at the suddenly incoming news and said in surprise.
"What? This year's college entrance exam has something different?"
"To think that..."