CHAPTER 37: CHAPTER 37: A CANDIDATE SUDDENLY WANTS TO JUMP FROM A BUILDING

The college entrance exam ended without a ripple. Apart from changing the exam location, it was no different from a usual test for Chu River.

She casually walked out of the school gate. In the dense crowd, the short and stout Old Chen seemed to have infrared scanning, locking onto her position at a glance.

He hurriedly jogged over, his increasingly sparse head reflecting the sweat of a hardworking gardener under the scorching weather.

"How was it? Did you fill in the answer sheet? Did you write your name and exam number? Did you check?"

Chu River remained silent.

Old Chen’s eyes went from expectation to anxiety to unbelievable despair, and his eyes immediately moistened, as if about to burst into tears the next second!

Considering the potato teacher was worrying so much for her, Chu River quickly smiled brightly.

Then she wrapped her arm around the potato teacher’s shoulder, giving his overly round chest a pat:

"Don’t worry, don’t worry. Haven’t the mock exams reminded us many times? It’s no problem!"

Except for Chinese, which might lose ten or eight points, everything else is solid.

In this respect, Chu River was still confident.

...

Seeing Old Chen take a big breath, and the next look in his eyes was dangerous, Chu River quickly pulled him over and changed the subject——

"Old Chen, how much bonus does the school give if you produce a top student?"

Old Chen instantly became proud, then reluctantly took a breath, suppressing his pride:

"The results haven’t come out yet, keep it low-key, low-key."

Then he held back and couldn’t help but let the corners of his mouth curl up:

"That depends on what level of top student you are—you are a city top student, then I get 30,000, and each other teacher gets 20,000!"

Chu Fa Da, long past being a small-time figure, successfully amassed a seven-figure fortune on the night before the college entrance exam, so she especially dismissed such a small amount.

She didn’t find Old Chen’s sweaty self uncomfortable at all; instead, she placatingly patted his shoulder again.

Speaking of which, the potato class teacher is 165 centimeters tall, and alone from the data, looks quite well-proportioned.

And Chu River, after this period of good nutrition and spiritual power repairing body damage before the exam—was now 1.73 meters tall.

If not for this, how would the teacher not have noticed their arm around his female student by now?

Although the direction←is a bit problematic.

In short, Chu River gave Old Chen a look, that kind of "you know, I know" look:

"How much for a provincial top student?"

Old Chen took a deep breath, a bit incredulous at this moment but also found it reasonable:

"Really?"

He trembled a little.

Just as Chu River was about to answer, Old Chen’s phone rang, and obtrusive music blared out—

[One dream flies out of the skylight...]

The class teacher’s face suddenly changed, quickly cutting off the inauspicious music, then once again took a deep breath and solemnly answered:

"Provincial top student..."

He gestured with his fingers:

"50,000, and each subject teacher gets 30,000."

Chu River: ...

"Isn’t this a bit stingy?"

The Galaxy military league where she scraped first place had her direct instructors promoted and got a raise as a basic package.

Old Chen jumped madly, resolutely defending the integrity of this policy:

"Nonsense, what’s stingy about it?! Not stingy at all! This is a new policy this year; in previous years, we only awarded 5,000 for a city top student, and the class teacher got an extra 1,000!"

Chu River: ...

Alright then.

At this moment, she suddenly understood several classmates’ proposals and muttered to herself:

"In this light, tutoring classes make more money after all."

Old Chen: ...

Not to mention, that’s indeed part of the bittersweetness in education.

...

Just then, other parents also started picking up their children. Just at this moment, a commotion erupted from the teaching building behind them.

Old Chen looked instinctively, and his soul almost flew away—

Someone was going to jump off a building!!!

And now there were so many people!

The exam had just ended, and parents and students had just gathered at the school gate, while the student about to jump occupied the tallest building in the campus, a whole 7 stories high!

What if he jumped down...

Spit, spit, spit!

Old Chen was so panicked he was trembling at this critical moment. With everyone watching and the student already troubled, what if someone egged him on below...

His face went white, not realizing when Chu River had already left his side.

Looking around at this point, she had already sprinted to the clear space below the teaching building.

The boy leaning on the rooftop fence had one foot stepping out, yelling:

"Don’t come over, no one come over, I’ll jump if anyone does!"

The parents below were terrified, legs going weak.

And Old Chen, panting heavily, also ran over, glancing around in fear of anyone shouting "then jump" or something like that.

The boy on the rooftop was crying until snot and tears were everywhere, utterly distraught. Chu River, with her keen eyes, could even see the few unshaved whiskers on his chin.

"I’m not giving up... I worked so hard... My results are so bad... I’ve repeated a year and they’re still like this, wuwuwu..."

As he spoke, trembling hands clutching the railings, he shouted down:

"Mom, I’m sorry!"

"Dad! You don’t have to work so hard anymore..."

Watching the excitement is in human nature, the crowd below gathered more and more, with a full spectrum of expressions.

Chu River saw the paralyzed student’s mother, couldn’t even hold her phone steadily, and also saw Old Chen desperately calling the fire department and the police.

She also saw at the small police station next door to their school, a few policemen all rushing out, trying to soothe the student with not-so-professional ability while dispersing the crowd.

And two others were desperately rushing to the teaching building.

But now that the college entrance exam had just ended, there was only traffic outwards, not inwards in the entire building.

The boy about to jump, standing on the rooftop, immediately took in the situation below.

He clung to the railings, both feet already on the outside of the rooftop.

"Don’t come closer, no entering the building!"

The policemen trying to enter also stiffened, now raising both hands and shouting:

"Calm down, I’m not going in!"

While signaling to colleagues, seeing if they could sneak in through a first-floor window.

The mother immediately collapsed, crying on the ground.

Meanwhile, Chu River walked into the open area, passing the policemen dispersing the crowd.

She raised her voice too:

"The test paper was quite alright— which subject didn’t you do well in?"

—Perhaps it was her natural sarcastic knack, clearly saying the paper was alright, but to others, it sounded like dismissive "not alright".

The boy on the rooftop had a lump in his throat, tears still streaming, couldn’t help but say another sentence:

"Chinese, math, integrated science, and foreign language... none went well."

Chu River: ...

Young man, you’re not strong enough.

The college entrance exam only covers those subjects, doesn’t it?