"Someone's out, a student is out!"
"Someone's out so quickly??"
"Haven't heard the bell for the end of the exam yet, is he submitting his paper early?"
"..."
At this time, besides parents waiting to pick up their children at the school gate, several media reporters were also staking out, waiting to interview students. Seeing Lin Beichen walk over, they swarmed towards him.
"Hello, Tongxue, what's your name?"
"Tongxue, do you know you're the first one to walk out of the examination center? Did you submit your paper early?"
"This Tongxue, may I ask if you came out so early because you found the questions too difficult and gave up directly?"
"Tongxue, Tongxue, how do you feel after finishing the first exam?"
"..."
Facing this scene, Lin Beichen was stunned for a moment, then interviews about the college entrance exam that he had seen before immediately surfaced in his mind.
He didn't expect that he would also have a day to be interviewed!
He felt it was quite novel.
Recalling the questions he had just heard, he thought for a moment and said, "Uh, my name is Lin Beichen, and I did submit my paper early. However, submitting early isn't because the questions were too difficult to answer, but because I feel the questions..."
Speaking of this, Lin Beichen originally wanted to say the questions were too simple, but on second thought, he realized that "simple" seemed to be from his perspective, so he changed his wording and said, "Whether it's difficult or simple, I'm not very clear. Anyway, when I was doing the questions, it was very smooth, with no stuck points, so I finished the paper very quickly."
Media reporters: ???
What kind of words are these? What kind of words?!
Doing the questions smoothly, no stuck points...
And he still doesn't know the difficulty?
Is he showing off?
Although the media reporters had quite a few complaints in their hearts, at this moment, no other students had come out of the examination hall. Lin Beichen was the only person they could interview, and they didn't want to just let him go. They pulled him aside again and interviewed him with many random questions until the bell rang inside the examination center and other students started coming out of the campus one after another. Only then did they let go of Lin Beichen and turn to interview others.
Originally, they thought this was the first and last time they would interview Lin Beichen. After all, there were at least a thousand students in one examination center. Let alone interviewing him, whether they would even see Lin Beichen again was a question mark.
But...
To everyone's surprise.
For the subsequent exams, the first person to walk out of the examination center was always Lin Beichen!
And he always walked out exactly at the time allowed for submitting papers early!
It was impossible for them not to see him, even if they didn't want to!
"Look, it's him again, Lin Beichen!"
"From the initial Chinese exam to this final English exam, he's as consistent as ever, coming out exactly at this time."
"Every time we interview him, he says he did the questions smoothly with no stuck points, but after interviewing other students, everyone feels that the questions for this college entrance exam are on the difficult side."
"This morning I also met two students who are considered famous academic elites in the city. They both expressed considerable worry about this college entrance exam, feeling that many questions were even deliberately tricky."
"Can Lin Beichen be more impressive than these academic elites?"
"Probably not. If that were the case, wouldn't he be the one famous in the city?"
"Although it's not good to casually dismiss a student, Lin Beichen might indeed be strong in some subjects, but it's impossible for him to be strong in every subject, even strong enough to submit papers early, right?"
"Anyway, besides Lin Beichen, I haven't heard of anyone else who finished the paper with plenty of time."
"Is there a possibility, I mean, is there a chance that he actually has no concept of the difficulty of the questions? In other words, he's a poor student. He can't do difficult questions, and he can't do simple questions either. Isn't that why he does them smoothly with no stuck points?"
"..."
The media reporters gathered together and exchanged whispers.
After several interviews, they had all remembered Lin Beichen's name.
There was no way not to remember him, the impression was simply too deep!
Besides being the first student to leave the examination hall every time, what was even more impressive was that his evaluation of every exam paper was exactly the same—
Smooth to do, no stuck points!
At this moment, Lin Beichen walked out of the examination center.
At this time, his brows were slightly furrowed, his eyes wandering, looking troubled, completely detached from the crowd outside the examination center, and walking towards the crowded people on his own.
The media reporters originally didn't want to interview him again. After all, the answer obtained from every interview was the same, why make him pretend again?
But seeing his state...
They immediately felt that this time there might be a different answer, and no matter what, this was also the last subject of the college entrance exam, and this was the last chance to interview him. So, they looked at each other and still surrounded him.
"Lin Tongxue, your expression seems less cheerful than in the previous exams. Did the English exam questions cause you trouble?"
"Was the English exam very difficult, Lin Tongxue?"
"This is also the last exam of the college entrance exam. May I ask, Lin Tongxue, how do you feel after finishing the exam?"
"Lin Tongxue, you'll soon be welcoming a super long holiday of nearly three months. Do you have any plans for this?"
"..."
Lin Beichen: ?!
Lin Beichen didn't even know when he had fallen into the encirclement of these media reporters. It wasn't his first time being interviewed. After coming back to his senses, he answered naturally, "The English exam didn't cause me any trouble, it felt the same as the previous exams."
A reporter immediately asked, "Then Lin Tongxue, why does your expression look not so good, seeming like you have something on your mind?"
A smile appeared on Lin Beichen's troubled face, but there was more or less helplessness in the smile. He sighed and said, "This has nothing to do with the exam. It might be because I've already lost interest in studying and don't know what direction to focus on next. I'm quite lost. I think this long holiday after the college entrance exam can be used to find something else to research."
What Lin Beichen said were his true feelings.
When he quickly finished the English paper, he was already contemplating what he should do next.
Studying for him had completely lost its novelty. There wasn't even a bit of difficulty; he would understand it as soon as he saw it. It was truly boring, and he couldn't find that sense of accomplishment from constantly challenging himself and finally breaking through.
And Lin Beichen's answer, in the eyes of the media reporters, completely confirmed their recent discussion.
His expression is so bad.
And he's lost interest in studying.
Isn't this just him getting a terrible score and being frustrated?
...
Looking at Lin Beichen walking away, at this moment, a lot of dark clouds had gathered in the sky, blocking out large areas of sunlight. What should have been a golden evening appeared incredibly dim. Under the dark clouds, his figure was lonely and desolate.
They didn't chase after him to ask anything further.
Thinking to themselves, he was just a student who failed the college entrance exam and was still putting on a brave face. How bad must his mood be? It would be too inhumane to bother him again!