When Jiang Yumo participated in the exam, Father and Mother Jiang were waiting outside.
Father Jiang jokingly said to himself, “This is like a rehearsal. I’ve seen many parents waiting outside the school during the college entrance examination every year.”
Even though it wasn’t raining today, it was still very cold in winter. Mother Jiang paced in front of the flower bed with a serious expression. Father Jiang couldn’t bear the dizziness by seeing her, so he held her back and said, “Don’t worry. Our child has already entered the exam, and you don’t know our baby’s abilities yet, do you? Teacher Liu said that she will definitely pass the provincial entrance examination.”
He continued, “You’re like this now, what about the future?”
The path of art entrance examination is difficult, very difficult. That’s why when they received advice for their daughter to pursue an art major in her first year of high school and their daughter refused, they didn’t force her.
Regular candidates only need to experience the college entrance examination once. Art students, on the other hand, have to go through it multiple times. In addition to the provincial entrance examination, there may be one or even several school-level exams in the future, and after passing the school-level exams, they will face the college entrance examination.
For ordinary people, there are actually no shortcuts in this world.
Mother Jiang also sighed softly and said, “It’s truly a series of challenges. I don’t know if she can handle it. After this time, there will be the school-level exams.”
If she’s lucky, she might only have to take the school-level exam once.
Many people have even gone through seven or eight school-level exams, and each time is a challenge for their physical and mental well-being.
When Jiang Yumo came out, she had a heavy heart.
Her parents, thinking she didn’t perform well, didn’t dare to ask her on the way back to the hotel.
After returning to the hotel, Mother Jiang casually asked her, “Were there many people?”
Jiang Yumo replied with a smile, “It was okay. I heard it was about the same scale as last year.”
“Well…” Mother Jiang hesitated, wanting to ask but afraid that it would put pressure on her daughter.
Jiang Yumo finally realized and tapped her forehead, leaning closer to her mother with a playful smile. “Are you trying to ask me how I did on the exam? You and Dad were so serious and quiet, I thought you were fighting again.”
Mother Jiang playfully poked her daughter’s forehead and said, “At this critical moment, even if I dislike your Dad, I have to endure it.”
How could they be fighting?
Mother Jiang continued, “You heartless child, we were worried about you.”
Jiang Yumo smiled and said, “I think I did pretty well on the exam, but I can’t say for sure. I just gave it my best according to my own abilities.”
She said so, and Mother Jiang really heaved a sigh of relief.
Jiang Yumo lay on the bed like a dead fish, holding a pillow and acting spoiled, “I’m so tired, so tired!”
“Do you think this path is easy?” Mother Jiang laughed. “Do you regret it now?”
She knew her child better than anyone else, having carried her for ten months.
There was a delicate side to her, not good at enduring hardships, but sometimes stronger and more stubborn than anyone else.
Jiang Yumo’s hair was disheveled as she lay on the bed, her chin resting on the soft pillow. “I don’t regret it. How could I?”
She believed that in the original work, she must have never regretted choosing the career of a stewardess.
“As long as it’s a decision I made myself, I won’t regret it.”
“You’re a stubborn little duck.” Jiang’s mother smiled at her daughter. “You’ve always been like this since you were young.”
Jiang Yumo said, “I’m sincere, it’s my virtue!”
In the evening, Father Jiang also learned from his wife that their daughter had performed well in the exam. He too breathed a sigh of relief, and the family of three decided not to eat at the hotel. Father Jiang generously took out his private savings and treated his wife and daughter to a nice meal.
After having eaten and drunk their fill, Jiang Yumo thought of Duan Ye and also thought of their friends.
She sent messages one by one, expressing that she had been resurrected with full health and would soon return to their base in Ningcheng.
She called Yan Qing, Sun Mengting, and even Ning Zhiyu to share the good news.
Finally, she sneaked out of the room and dialed Duan Ye’s number in the corridor. It seemed that there was no hesitation on the other end, as if he had been waiting for her call all along. He answered immediately, and his voice, unique to Duan Ye, struck her eardrums like musical notes: “Are you okay?”
This was his first sentence.
Jiang Yumo sat on the stairs of the emergency exit. Even though there was no one around, she instinctively lowered her voice, “I’m fine. I’ll be taking a bus back to Ningcheng early the day after tomorrow.”
Duan Ye’s voice was slow and gentle, “Is it cold over there?”
“It’s alright. The hotel has heating. It’s just damp and chilly outside.” Jiang Yumo shared with him what she had seen and heard today, “Do you think the world is small? Before the exam today, I ran into someone I used to dance with at the test center. She’s attending a high school in the provincial capital and shared a lot of experiences with me. In the past, we were the best dancers together, but I’ve become rusty in recent years and can’t dance as well as her. She’s really amazing!”
She chattered on.
He listened contentedly.
From her tone, it can also be inferred that she is in a relaxed mood, and that’s enough.
They talked on the phone for a long time, so long that Jiang Yumo could hear her Mom calling her from the corridor. Only then did she say to Duan Ye on the other end of the phone, “I’ll stop now, let’s talk tomorrow…”
She didn’t know why, but every time she talked to Duan Ye on the phone, they would talk for a long, long time, as if she had endless things to say.
She didn’t know if he would find her annoying.
The next day, Father and Mother Jiang took Jiang Yumo to handle some official matters. The bank loan had been approved, and after going to the sales office to settle some payments, they received the keys. Mother Jiang was more cautious by nature. Although there were plenty of pre-sale houses in the provincial capital at a slightly cheaper price, Mother Jiang felt that without even seeing the shadow of the house, how could she dare to buy it? In the end, they bought this ready-to-move-in unit at a slightly higher price.
The bare walls revealed nothing.
Jiang Yumo was still running around happily. The house wasn’t small, estimated to be around a hundred square meters, with a total of three rooms.
Was this the joy of buying a house?
She could feel it.