Rebirth of a Village Girl

“Really?”

“Of course, it’s true!” Han Xiaoyu continued, “Would I joke about something like this? Come on, let me take you to see!” Han Xiaoyu took Ni Yang to the bulletin board where the rankings were posted.

A crowd of people stood in front of the board checking their scores.

“Excuse me, coming through.” Han Xiaoyu managed to squeeze Ni Yang into the crowd and pointed at the red list, “Ni Yang, look at this.”

Ni Yang?

When the people around heard this, they all turned to look at Ni Yang.

Could this Ni Yang be the one ranked first?

Then, what Han Xiaoyu said next confirmed everyone’s speculation.

“Ni Yang, I told you that you are first! You’re incredibly amazing! You scored full marks in Math, English, and History!”

The list posted not only the rankings but individual subject scores as well.

Out of a total of 650 points, Ni Yang had scored a high 645 points!

That was 80 points higher than the second rank!

Surely, this was a score good enough to crush all the other students in the school.

Although it was somewhat expected for Ni Yang to get full marks in math, history, and political science, what was astonishing was that she scored full marks in English too!

This was simply terrifying.

Ni Yang responded with a smile, “I didn’t expect to do this well either. By the way, Xiaoyu, you did pretty good too.”

Han Xiaoyu was ranked in the top 15, only 18 points behind the second rank, which was a fairly good achievement as well.

Han Xiaoyu laughed and said, “Speaking of this, I have you to thank, Ni Yang.” If it hadn’t been for Ni Yang’s encouragement urging her not to be nervous that day, she wouldn’t have scored so well.

It must be said, meeting a good friend in life is truly important.

Zhou Xuemei came to the board full of excitement. She did well this time and believed she could get a good result.

Her results were indeed good, ranking ninth, placing before Han Xiaoyu.

She didn’t expect that the silly Han Xiaoyu would also rank 15th this time.

Zhou Xuemei snorted softly. Her eyes shifted, and when she read the name at the top of the board, her expression changed instantly.

Ni Yang was first?

It must be a case of having the same name, right?

How could that infuriating tramp Ni Yang possibly rank first?

Right!

It must be a case of having the same name.

Just then, Han Xiaoyu was walking towards her arm in arm with Ni Yang.

“Ni Yang.” Zhou Xuemei spoke out to stop Ni Yang.

Since it was a case of having the same name, there was nothing she needed to be afraid of.

She hadn’t forgotten the bet she had made with Ni Yang on the day of the exam.

“What is it?” Ni Yang frowned slightly at this, also recalling the bet they made that day.

“Apologize to me!” Zhou Xuemei crossed her arms and continued, “Not only should you apologize, but you should also admit that on that day you were pretending to know something you didn’t, just to show off!”

“Apologize?” Han Xiaoyu burst into laughter, “Zhou Xuemei, you must be out of your mind! You’re asking a person who got full marks in math to apologize! If anyone should apologize, it should be you to Ni Yang! Not only should you apologize, but you should also admit that you are jealous of Ni Yang!”

The students around them were not sure what was going on. Whispering to each other, those who understood the incident that day explained it to others.

Hearing this, everyone seemed to get more excited.

“Apologize to her? Han Xiaoyu, you’re the one who’s crazy. Didn’t you see my rank?” I’m in the eighth place! What rank could Ni Yang possibly secure? Maybe she didn’t even pass the newcomer examination.

Because, other than the Ni Yang who topped the list, Zhou Xuemei did not find another Ni Yang.

“You’re just eighth! Ni Yang is the first!”

Zhou Xuemei mocked, “First? Han Xiaoyu, are you sure the Ni Yang who’s first is the Ni Yang next to you? There are so many people with the same name. Like the Wang Chunhua ranked seventh and the Wang Chunhua ranked forty-sixth.”

At these words, everyone nodded in agreement.

Yes, indeed.

How did they forget about people having the same names?

With so many taking the newcomers’ exam, the occasional occurrence of one or two people having the same name was quite normal.

Ni Yang was so gorgeous, and she was even sleeping in the examination room. She just didn’t seem like the sort who could come first.

Seeing that everyone was supporting her, Zhou Xuemei felt even more chips in her favor at the moment, “Ni Yang, apologize!” Once she finished speaking, Zhou Xuemei continued, “By the way, Ni Yang, I heard you’re selling noodles out there. Look at you, a noodle seller, instead of minding your real business and selling your noodles, why the heck would you take the newcomers exam? Isn’t that a waste of an examination spot?”

In this era, working as a self-employed individual was regarded as the least promising career, even not as respected as the beggars on the street.