Chapter 73: Chapter 73: No Need to Feel Pressured

Li Yang eventually played four rounds of games with Bai Qing every day, and they generally lost more than they won; winning two rounds meant their opponents were pretty bad.

But even so, at 11 p.m. on June 22nd, he still managed to drag Bai Qing to the top.

He knew the benefits of reaching the top of the national server, but those benefits couldn’t be cashed out quickly and required signing a lot of contracts.

Not like Bai Qing, who readily gave him two hundred thousand, with no other strings attached.

This matter was completely over.

“Honey, the scores will be released the day after tomorrow, right? How much do you estimate you’ll score?”

Bai Qing already had a rough idea of how many points Li Yang could get. According to Wu Tianqi’s description, he usually scores enough for a tier-three, but not quite for a tier-two.

Even if he studied an extra month, how much could it improve?

Fortunately, her family has certain resources, including those in the education sector.

Like Wu Tianqi’s father.

“700”

Li Yang’s answer left Bai Qing speechless.

Seven hundred points? Is this an estimate?

No one in the whole county has scored seven hundred points for years.

The top scorer in the whole city, both liberal arts and science, has always been in the neighboring county.

But she still said with a grin, “It’s good you have this confidence, husband. If not, don’t worry. You can apply to Zhongzhou University. They have a tier-three program in nursing. Although the tuition is a bit expensive, don’t worry; I’ll cover it for you. As long as you can get into Zhongzhou University, I’ll find a way to help you switch majors…”

This is within the rules and is the best she can do.

After all, it’s a nationwide unified filing system. If you don’t meet the cutoff line, spending money won’t help much.

Unless there are some gaps in private universities, public universities don’t have such loopholes.

Of course, if approached in advance, getting in as an international student, through guaranteed admission or independent recruitment, there would be certain loopholes, but it’s clearly too late now.

Before Li Yang could respond, Bai Qing continued, “Husband, you can also redo a year. My family has a house near the No. 1 High School. I’ll get you a nanny to take care of you every day, and hire some private tutors for you. With your intelligence, you can definitely get accepted into a 985 university next year.”

Li Yang: “…”

“Hehe, honey, are you out of pocket money? Why don’t you write me another song, and I’ll give you one hundred thousand?”

One hundred thousand, that’s not a small amount.

But now, it doesn’t attract Li Yang much; copying songs is too troublesome.

Of course, the main reason is that writing novels is more lucrative than he imagined.

He now gains over a hundred alliance leaders from Monday to Friday, and twenty to thirty per day on weekends, totaling about nine hundred thousand in tips for a week. Adding last weekend’s figures, the alliance leader count has reached thirteen hundred.

In a span of one week, aside from Xiangnu’s tips of one hundred and ten thousand, others have tipped a total of one million three hundred thousand.

“Lately, I don’t have much inspiration. Let’s talk after I take a break.”

After all, she was his first patron, so Li Yang left some room open.

Bai Qing’s two hundred thousand also helped him a lot. Whether in terms of novel royalties or bonuses, they wouldn’t be processed until around July 10th at the earliest.

Meanwhile, it’s precisely with this two hundred thousand holdings that he swiftly gained readers’ trust.

If you won’t buy the stocks you recommend, who’d believe you have the capability?

Xue Ning’s account could indeed serve as a demonstration, but logging into the PC was a hassle—there were all sorts of verification codes required, and mobile screenshots looked unprofessional.

“Wait for the scores… hehe, I’ll accompany you…”

…

Li Yang checked his drafts and had enough to update for half a month.

After midnight, it was already June 23rd. One could check the scores of the college entrance exams by 11:45 p.m. tomorrow night.

Li Yang planned to prepare more drafts and, starting tomorrow, stop staying up late.

When he returned to the apartment, he found out that Xue Ning hadn’t gone out today.

“You’re back, have you eaten? If not, you take a shower first, I’ll go buy some food for you.”

Xue Ning, as always, showed concern for Li Yang’s daily living.

Li Yang smiled and said, “I’ve eaten, I won’t shower right now. I feel like if I shower, I’ll want to sleep. I’ll read for a bit and sleep at six or seven in the evening to adjust my biological clock.”

Youth allows for forced adjustment.

Sleep from six or seven till five the next morning; by adding half an hour more each day, he could completely adjust his biological clock in just a few days.

When you’re older, that’s not feasible. Dare to stay up? You’ll kill yourself trying!

Xue Ning paused for a moment but quickly understood that Li Yang was planning to sync his schedule with hers.

“Really? Then let’s have lunch together, I’ll go…”

Before she could finish, Li Yang said, “No drinking!”

Xue Ning laughed, “No drinking.”

Li Yang wasn’t being redundant; he was cautious.

With Xue Ning after she drinks, could he still sleep?

He had already stayed up all night and was quite tired. Spending another night up would be unbearable, even with a young body.

Li Yang sat down at his desk, pulled out some textbooks, and started flipping through them, occasionally solving some related problems.

In Xue Ning’s eyes, Li Yang was a very diligent and earnest student.

And he gave a strong sense of security and had firm opinions.

Though she was a bit older, being with Li Yang, his aura always prevailed.

But this feeling was comforting.

She wished everything had someone to decide on; she only wanted to handle some inconsequential matters, making life incredibly easy.

Let Li Yang handle those worries.

After about two hours, she quietly went out.

When she came back, she found that Li Yang had already showered and changed his clothes.

“…”

A quick glance could be fatal!

Oh, it might really be fatal! Just don’t know in what way.

But it wouldn’t be so bad…

Over dinner, Xue Ning said, “My parents have been busy lately, and their project hasn’t brought them back home yet, but don’t worry, I’ll handle your studies.”

She knew Li Yang used to have good grades but had been delayed for over two years.

Compensating for a year now, one might not guarantee getting into a top school, but there’s still a good chance for a decent tier-two or tier-one school.

“Mmm, mmm, mmm.”

Li Yang was aware that this was due to his poor label.

If he were a promising student for a key university, his parents, no matter how busy, would have made time and come back to check his scores with him.

Currently, his label is of an average learner, a reformed drifter… still an uncertain factor.

To put it bluntly, it’s not worth his parents taking a special trip back.

Losing a few thousand yuan is a small matter; the exhausting back-and-forth trip of a whole day is what’s truly taxing.

They did that half a month ago, taxing again, the body surely couldn’t take it.

Xue Ning said, “Don’t feel pressured, your parents still have a lot of faith in you!”

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