The Tender Beauty is Sweetly Doted in the 20th Century Novel!-Chapter 222 - 221: My Daughter, Number One!

What level of genius is this?!

It wasn’t just him who was stunned, the entire exam hall was in an uproar.

The invigilator also didn’t expect that someone would submit their paper early in the competition, and a whole hour early at that!

He even stopped Ye Manman, trying to return the paper to her.

"Student, would you like to check it again?"

Ye Manman turned around, and with a sweet smile, said, "Thank you, teacher, for reminding me. I’ve already checked it twice, there shouldn’t be any issues."

As soon as she said this, everyone couldn’t stay calm, and Ji Bowen almost tore the paper in his hand.

Is she even human?

He suddenly felt something he’d been holding on to for so long crumble in an instant.

No one had ever given him such a feeling of powerlessness.

Even trying to surpass her became a luxury, as if striving to be on par with her would require all one’s might, yet might not even succeed.

The invigilator was stunned for a moment and didn’t know what to say.

Fearing affecting others in the exam, Ye Manman quietly asked, "Teacher, may I leave now?"

The invigilator glanced at her paper, and after confirming that she hadn’t filled it in randomly, hid his astonishment and nodded.

Ye Manman left quietly.

But her hope not to affect others’ exams was quite unlikely now.

This situation of submitting the paper early wasn’t entirely new, after all, everyone here had the skill to get into Qing University, who didn’t have some tricks up their sleeve?

But submitting early in a competition of this difficulty was something most couldn’t achieve.

Even Ji Bowen, who ranked second in the year, barely left time for checking before the exam time ended.

As for the others, finishing early was already quite a feat.

Ye Manman’s overwhelming performance was just too devastating, making everyone lose the thought of comparing with her. Many sincerely marveled at her being chosen as the new student representative upon entering school, saying her strength is truly formidable.

Ye Manman was unaware of all this.

She submitted her paper early purely due to frequent urination.

Pregnancy comes with these little unspeakable troubles. She almost needed a bathroom trip between every class, and during the big break between two classes, she wouldn’t rest until she had visited the restroom.

A two-hour exam, if she had to endure like during the college entrance exam without submitting early, Ye Manman guessed she’d be collapsing.

Of course, she did hold on for a while in this exam and did check the paper twice before submitting.

These big exams were generally invigilated by teachers not from the school. So after this Qing University exam finished, the two invigilators of her room went back to their school and immediately started to find out who this student was.

They were all teachers from the Foreign Language Department, one even from the English Department of nearby Beijing University.

When he found out this student was the one they had previously tried to recruit but failed, he thumped his chest in the office, cursing the teachers who went to Qingshui Village to talk to Ye Manman for being ineffective, failing to recruit her.

Of course, he just vented in the office, knowing that if he had gone, the outcome would likely have been the same.

Now he could only envy Qing University.

That woman, Chen Yuqing, was so lucky to have taken in such a talent, she must be laughing to death.

He had seen Ye Manman’s paper, in such a short time, she didn’t get a single question wrong, and her handwriting was neat and smooth, with her English beautifully written, even more so than many teachers.

"Damn it... If only she were my student..."

...

After the exam, there were no classes in the afternoon. Ye Manman went to the restroom first and then gathered her stationery to head straight home. As she exited the school, Liu Gaoyuan had just arrived in his car.

Liu Gaoyuan confirmed his watch time several times, "Why did you finish the exam so early, did you submit it ahead of time?"

He initially thought he had come a bit early today, expecting to wait in the car for a while, but unexpectedly Ye Manman came out so early.

No one was behind her.

Ye Manman nodded, "Yes, Grandpa, why did you come so early, how is Mom doing?"

She planned to visit Liu Rulan today, speaking as she got into the car.

Liu Gaoyuan felt a bit surprised, marveled at how his granddaughter’s mind seemed overly clever, though he didn’t voice it out.

"She applied the ointment herself today, she’s doing quite well, she just keeps calling for you, probably because she was scared yesterday and is very worried about you."

Ye Manman pursed her lips, the image he described flashed through her mind.

"Then today we should reward her a little, let’s buy her some more snacks."

Now Liu Rulan was like a child, alarmed and anxious after making a mistake, very much needing praise and reward, moreover, letting her worry for too long was not good, lest her condition might worsen by overthinking.

With a plan in mind, Ye Manman bought some snacks and soon returned to the Liu Family.

The courtyard was quiet, Liu Rulan was sitting under the orange tree, still holding the peach crisps and cloud cake Ye Manman bought for her yesterday.

She didn’t buy much of these, adults could finish them in no time, especially since they were Liu Rulan’s favorites before. Yet, she had been staring at the snacks, having barely touched them aside from taking a little when they were first brought back yesterday.

Seeing this scene, Ye Manman clenched the candies and fruit leather she just bought tightly in her hand, feeling very guilty.

"Mom."

She called softly, and Liu Rulan shuddered as if shocked, quickly putting down what she was holding and running to the iron gate, grabbing it.

But Liu Rulan was indeed terrified, not daring to touch Ye Manman, her somewhat old eyes, once dry, quickly became moist upon seeing Ye Manman.

"Manman..."

"Sorry..."

She stared at Ye Manman’s stomach, as if apologizing for her actions yesterday, full of worry.

Ye Manman choked a bit, "Mom, I’m sorry for worrying you, my stomach doesn’t hurt anymore, if you obediently apply the ointment and don’t scratch yourself, I won’t have a stomachache anymore..."

She handed over the little snacks, "Mom, I had an exam today, I was the first to submit the paper, how about I bring back a certificate for you?"

There weren’t many new and exciting snacks these days, just these two which Ye Manman found appetizing and tasty.

Peach crisps and cloud cake were Liu Rulan’s favorites but were too filling, and eating too much could make one too full for meals, unhealthy for the body.

Liu Rulan dared not reach out for them, but Ye Manman stuffed the candies and fruit leather into her hand.

Liu Rulan instinctively wanted to retract her hand to avoid, but only slightly moved it before seemingly remembering something, and forcibly resisted the urge to draw her hand away.

"Manman..."

"...First"

Ye Manman peeled a milk candy and fed it to her mouth, the sweet milk flavor seemed to stimulate her nerves, she suddenly became very happy, bouncing, holding the iron gate, shouting loudly.

"Manman, first!"

"My daughter... first!"