When she returned to her apartment that evening, Qian Shuishui revised the thesis draft. After she spent about an hour, she was almost done. She went online to contact the other party. When he received Qian Shuishui's message, he immediately replied: "Is it really done?"
"Yes, yes. I have already made the revisions." Shuishui had sent the document to him.
The other party accepted it and then did not reply. After a long while, the other party replied with a thumbs-up emoji. "The similarity rate is only 1%. Not bad. Thank you. Also, I think your work is very professionally done. What are you studying? Are you a graduate student?"
Shuishui responded: "It is a secret. If the score is out, will you let me know?"
"Sure. If it's good, I'll look for you to write for me in the future." The other party was also forced to do so. She sincerely hoped that the ghostwriting stint could be more reliable.
Qian Shuishui replied with a smile and agreed: "Then I hope that we can work together happily."
Shuishui went down and started to draw. She had promised her father that she would draw once a month. Moreover, she still had to practice playing the erhu. Her schedule was full. When she felt tired, she would go downstairs to run.
She would greet her neighbors whenever she ran into them. Xu Die was still a rare encounter. They traveled at different times. Even if they met, they would treat each other as strangers and never talk to each other.
When it was time, she went to bed.
Dawn slowly enveloped her room, and it was another colorful morning.
Qian Shuishui woke up before the alarm clock had even sounded. She squinted at her phone and immediately turned off the alarm that was about to ring.
She took her school uniform and walked to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth, washed her face, took a shower, and changed into her school uniform. She touched her hair. She still liked the original color of her hair. It had already been permed and dyed, so it needed intensive repair. She wanted to visit a hair salon soon to have her hair cut short.
After she tidied herself up, Qian Shuishui took her school bag, drank a large glass of milk in the living room, and went out. Sometimes, she didn't really want to eat, so she would drink a glass of milk to keep her full instead.
She hurriedly left the apartment and went to school.
Shuishui had forgotten about the math competition. When she arrived at the classroom, Mu Qing suddenly appeared and grabbed Qian Shuishui's arm. "Shuishui, you're finally here. Someone from Class 1 came to look for you just now."
"Why is he looking for me? I don't know anyone from Class 1." Shuishui was a little confused.
"I think they want you to give up your spot in the math competition. That spot will be finalized today. It's not too late to change it. The competition will start on Friday afternoon." Mu Qing felt that the people from Class 1 were too arrogant. 'What did they mean by giving it up? What did they mean by Shuishui not being qualified for it?'
Qian Shuishui put down her bag and took out her book.
The other students also heard them and listened. A girl named Fang Mulin walked up to Shuishui and said, "Qian Shuishui, that spot was distributed fairly by the teachers. They just think that they are from the key class, so they want to get all the spots. Don't bother about it. Just go and participate. Anyway, it's just to experience the competition and not really to compete in it. It's the same for anyone who gets either of the two spots."
"En, I don't plan to give it up either. There's no need." Shuishui didn't like to go out, but she remembered that getting more awards would be beneficial to her future university applications. Moreover, she wouldn't go to get an award. She wanted to see how mathematics competitions of high school students in this world were going to be. She felt that it would be quite interesting.
"Yeah! We all support you! Who cares if they are from a key class or not? We really don't like their arrogance." Shuishui's classmates expressed their support. Qian Shuishui was a good person, so it was not surprising why she received the support of everyone.
Mu Qing also said seriously, "At that time, the scores of the mathematics competition will be announced. We want to see how many points that boy from their key class will get and how amazing he is."
"All right. Thank you. If it's mine, it's mine. If it's not mine, I can't force it. I will respect the teacher's arrangements." Shuishui knew that the math teacher thought highly of her and wanted to give her a chance.
Their first subject for the day was mathematics. When their teacher entered, she immediately said, "Qian Shuishui, get ready. You'll be participating in the math competition on Friday afternoon. It will be held at the Broadcasting Hall. The exam will be supervised by teachers who are not from our school. Just prepare two water-based pens and you're good to go. The draft paper will be provided at the venue."
"Okay." Shuishui agreed and took note of the instructions.
"As long as you pass, you'll be able to enter the next round. Then, you'll be able to take the exam along with students from other schools. Don't feel too much pressure. Do your best." The teacher didn't want to pressure the students too much. This time, she was lucky to get a spot for Shuishui. She didn't want to give it to the students from the key classes. She just wanted to let the students in her class take the exam. Qian Shuishui's results in the exam were quite good. She ignored the other teachers' opinions and listed down Qian Shuishui's name.