After Wu Jin's uncle (father's older brother)'s family of three left.
Sure enough, less than two hours later, Wu Jin's uncle (father's older brother)’s call came in.
The moment the call connected, a barrage of scolding erupted from the other end.
Wu Jin was in his room memorizing questions, and the door was open, so the sound of the phone in the living room clearly reached his ears.
"What kind of people are you? You've gotten quite bold, haven't you? How dare you kick out the third brother! Do you not know that his child is also taking exams this year? He is the hope of our family! To treat him so shabbily, you're truly scoundrels!"
"Big Brother!"
Wu Jin's father wanted to retort.
Wu Jin's uncle (father's older brother) on the other end of the phone didn't give him a chance and continued to shout:
"Don't call me Big Brother! You've become successful after moving to the city for a few years, and now you look down on us poor relatives! I order you, go now, find the third brother's family and entertain them well! Also, clean out that scoundrel's room in your house for Yichang to live in. If he messes up his exam this year because you didn't take good care of him, then none of you need to come back!"
"But Big Brother…!" Wu Jin's mother couldn't help but say, "Our little Jin also has exams, and he needs to rest!"
Wu Jin's uncle (father's older brother) said harshly:
"Don't you know what kind of grades that sickly child of yours gets? Is there even a need to take the exam? Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and do it, don't make me angry!"
Wu Jin really couldn't listen anymore.
He stood up, walked a few steps to the living room, snatched the phone from his father's hand, and decisively hung up.
"Hey! Little Jin, what are you doing!"
Wu Jin's father tried to stop him but was too late.
"Dad!" Wu Jin said firmly, "How many years have you lived? Can't you see clearly? These so-called relatives, they don't care about you or our family at all! Why do you have to tolerate them and give in? Do we owe them something?"
Wu Jin's father sighed:
"But they are your uncle and third uncle!"
Wu Jin was speechless: "Whose uncle and third uncle are like them! They act superior because of their age, and they just can't stand us living in the city. They're jealous and try every way to disgust us!"
That year, Wu Jin's father, despite the objections of the elders in the family, took out all his savings to buy a house in the city.
This caused resentment among the elders who coveted Wu Jin's father's salary.
Coupled with the fact that Wu Jin's family slowly settled down in the city over the years, the family members became even more jealous of them.
The closer people are, the more they can't stand to see you doing well.
This saying was perfectly demonstrated in Wu Jin's family.
Wu Jin's father still wanted to say something.
Wu Jin's mother smoothed things over from the side:
"Alright, alright, Little Jin has to get up early tomorrow, don't delay his studies. As for the third brother's side, since we've already offended them, just let it go. At most, we'll apologize properly when we go back for ancestor worship at the end of the month!"
Thus, the matter was temporarily put aside.
Wu Jin shook his head and sighed, returning to his room to continue memorizing questions.
In a dilapidated small hotel not far from Wu Jin's home.
Wu Jin's third uncle's family was sitting in the cramped room, waiting for Wu Jin's family to invite them back.
"It's infuriating! The second brother's family are beasts, how dare they tell us to get out! We've really given them too much face all these years! Just you wait, when they return to the village this time, see how I deal with them!"
"Alright, take a break. Your mouth hasn't stopped since we left the second brother's house!"
"You have the nerve to talk about me!" Wu Jin's third aunt bristled: "Look at you, you didn't even say a word at first, and you let them kick us out, and you still have the face to talk about me here! Useless, all of you Old Wu family are useless!"
"Mom! How can we live in this room! It's hot and crowded, shouldn't we change hotels!" Wu Yichang said unwillingly.
"Change what! I've called your uncle (father's older brother), just wait. Wait for your useless second uncle to come pick us up!"
"This room has already been opened, and money has been spent, wouldn't it be a waste to go back!"
"Hmph, we don't need to spend this money. When that good-for-nothing comes, just let them pay!"
The family of three sat in the hotel, waiting for Wu Jin's family to come and "beg for forgiveness."
However, they waited until late into the night, but there was no sign of anything.
The next day.
On such an important day, Wu Jin's mother specifically took a day off to accompany him.
Wu Jin got up early and took the bus with his mother to the examination hall.
After smoothly passing security, under his mother's expectant gaze, Wu Jin walked towards the battlefield of life.
"Make sure you don't make any mistakes! Otherwise, the poetry memorized these two days will be for nothing!"
Even now, Wu Jin still found it hard to believe that his dream was about the future world.
He was a little nervous, afraid that when the test paper was distributed later, the questions would be different from what he had found in his dream.
However, fortunately, his worries were unnecessary.
The exam began, and the test papers were distributed.
Looking at the test paper that was exactly the same as in his memory, Wu Jin completely relaxed.
He wrote furiously, answering with incredible smoothness.
Of course, he didn't answer everything correctly; he deliberately made a few mistakes.
It wasn't that he liked to keep a low profile.
Rather, it was because if he, a student who usually ranked at the bottom and suffered from narcolepsy, suddenly achieved a perfect score, he would definitely arouse suspicion.
Especially since there was a change in the test papers this year.
So, if he scored too well, it could very likely bring him unnecessary trouble.
Wu Jin had planned beforehand that he didn't need to score too high; he only needed to get into a key university!
For the Chinese Language exam, he followed his plan, successfully completing the major questions and controlling his score.
In the afternoon, it was the Mathematics exam.
Similarly, it was uneventful; he became a memorizing maniac.
He didn't even verify his calculations on scratch paper but wrote the answers directly on the answer sheet.
The swishing sound of his pen on the answer sheet caught the attention of the invigilator.
After a day.
Wu Jin felt refreshed, and the air in the world seemed incomparably pleasant.
Wu Jin's mother looked at her son's expression and guessed that her son had done well, and she was happy too.
Back home.
To avoid mistakes, Wu Jin focused on checking the exam questions in these few dreams.
The next day.
Comprehensive subjects and foreign languages.
Without any surprises, Wu Jin smoothly passed the exams.
Since he knew the answers beforehand, he controlled his total score to around 600 points.
This score, according to last year's cutoff, would easily get him into a key university.
He successfully completed the assessment of his twelve years of schooling.
In the evening, Wu Jin lay on his bed.
His mood, however, was conflicted.
On one hand, there was the relaxation of the most beautiful time of his life, and on the other, the tension brought by the unknown apocalypse 30 years later.
These two completely opposite feelings made Wu Jin feel very awkward at the moment.
"No, I must find the culprit of the apocalypse! Otherwise, my beautiful life will be gone!"
He was just thinking.
Suddenly, Wu Jin's father's phone rang in the living room.
A call at this time, Wu Jin thought it was his third uncle's family again.
However, the voice that came from the phone was very unexpected.
"Hello, Uncle Wu, I'm Wu Jin's class monitor, my name is Lan Youyou. Is Wu Jin home?"
"Oh, Wu Jin's classmate! Yes, he's home, I'll call him out now!"
As soon as Wu Jin heard Lan Youyou's voice, he sprang from his bed, quickly went to the living room, and took the phone from his father's hand.
"Class Monitor Lan, do you need me for something?"
On the other end of the phone, Lan Youyou's gentle voice came through:
"Are you busy? Can you come down and meet? I'm downstairs at your house!"
"Ah?" Wu Jin was surprised: "Okay... okay! I'll be right down!"
Under his parents' meaningful gaze, Wu Jin hurriedly tidied up and went downstairs.
When he arrived at the entrance of the residential area.
He saw Lan Youyou in a white dress, looking exceptionally radiant in the evening sun.
Seeing Wu Jin arrive, Lan Youyou's lips curved slightly upwards.
Her flawless face, paired with a stunning smile, made Wu Jin a little dazed, and even passersby couldn't help but turn their heads.
"Why did you come!"
Wu Jin calmed his heart and asked softly.
Lan Youyou's tone was a little playful:
"There are some things I want to ask you, and I also wanted to thank you!"
"Thank you?" Wu Jin asked, puzzled: "Thank me for what?"
Lan Youyou explained:
"Of course, for this exam! Those questions you asked me about actually appeared on the test. To be honest, if you hadn't come to me then, I definitely wouldn't have been able to do those questions. I estimate that because of you, I scored at least 80 more points!"
"Is that so!"
Wu Jin had expected it and wasn't overly surprised, merely saying indifferently:
"That's good, congratulations!"
Lan Youyou saw Wu Jin so calm, and a look of surprise flashed across her face:
"I have a question!"
Wu Jin: "Please ask!"
Lan Youyou stared intently into Wu Jin's eyes and asked:
"Does that forum you mentioned really exist? Or do you have some special method! How did you know…"
Wu Jin paused.
He really hadn't thought about how to explain it.
Looking at the beautiful eyes that were staring directly at him, Wu Jin hesitated for a moment, then smiled slightly:
"You guess!"
Lan Youyou didn't expect this answer; surprise flashed across her face, then she said resentfully:
"What am I supposed to guess! How could I possibly guess!"
Wu Jin said mysteriously:
"It's a secret!"
"What!" Lan Youyou pouted: "You can't even tell me?"
Seeing Lan Youyou display a never-before-seen demeanor, Wu Jin was a little stunned.
But he couldn't just tell her about the dream, could he?
The key was that even if he did, Lan Youyou wouldn't believe him. After all, being able to dream of the future was a bit too sci-fi!
So, he could only ignore Lan Youyou's beauty and reluctantly said:
"Just consider it a coincidence!"
"Ah?" Hearing this answer, Lan Youyou covered her small mouth, incredulously saying: "Could it be... could it be that you... did something illegal? Could it be..."
Wu Jin looked helpless: "Don't overthink it. This matter isn't as complicated as you imagine, and I didn't break the law. Those questions were really just a coincidence!"
Lan Youyou clearly wasn't very convinced.
But no matter how she asked, Wu Jin refused to tell her the truth.
So she could only give up.
"Now that high school has officially ended, do you have any plans?" Lan Youyou changed the subject and asked.
Wu Jin looked into the distance: "Yes! Save the world!"
"You…!" Lan Youyou looked at Wu Jin resentfully: "You're teasing me again!"
Wu Jin waved his hand: "I told you, but you don't believe me! There's nothing I can do!"
Lan Youyou hesitated, then invited: "Um... I'm planning to go on an outing to Xianmu Mountain in Southern City in a couple of days. Are you going? Come along!"
"Xianmu Mountain?"
Facing the invitation from the beautiful girl, Wu Jin instinctively nodded and agreed.
Seeing this, Lan Youyou didn't give him any time to react:
"Okay, it's settled then. I'll pick you up at 9 AM on the 11th!"
After speaking, she skipped away like an elf, finally getting into a luxurious car not far away and leaving.
Only Wu Jin remained standing there.
If I'm not mistaken, I only nodded my head, right?
Why is this little girl reacting so strongly!
Originally, Wu Jin was still thinking if he would have the energy to climb a mountain since he had to save the world in the future.
But seeing that the deed was done, he had no choice but to accept.
Watching the car worth hundreds of thousands slowly drive away, the agitation in his heart instantly calmed down.
Although high school life was over, the chasm still remained. Could he change all of this?
Back home.
Facing his parents' interrogation, Wu Jin just made up a casual excuse to brush them off. Lying on his bed, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
As soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was filled with Lan Youyou's image.
"Am I... in love!"
Wu Jin's heart was in turmoil, and he vaguely fell into a deep sleep at some unknown hour.