Chapter 371: Chapter 372: The College Entrance Examination Impersonation

“Zhao Jiazong, what are you doing here?” Lu Daya had just agreed with Gu Fuzhu that they would go see Xu Ying this week, but as soon as they got on the bus, they bumped into someone from the Youth Corps, and she asked curiously.

Zhao Jiazong saw Lu Daya looking a bit flustered, but he still wore a smile and said, “I came to visit a friend. Are you studying at the university here?”

Lu Daya nodded and looked at Zhao Jiazong, not knowing how to comfort him, “You’re still young, you can take the exam again next year.”

Zhao Jiazong nodded and just as his stop approached, he quickly got off the bus.

As he left, Gu Fuzhu, with her keen eyes, saw Zhao Jiazong walking toward a school. She tugged at Lu Daya and said, “Your friend studies at this university.

“Why are you still encouraging him to try harder next year?”

Upon hearing Gu Fuzhu’s words, Lu Daya instantly froze and muttered softly, “That’s not right. Zhao Jiazong had once made a racket about not getting into university and even starved himself at the Youth Corps for several days, until his family took him back.”

Gu Fuzhu listened and was full-faced with questions.

“Could it be that the admission notice was sent out late?”

Lu Daya shook her head, she didn’t know that.

The two of them took the bus, and in an hour they reached Xu Ying’s school, where Lu Daya was still thinking of giving Xu Ying a surprise.

But just as they got off the bus, they saw Xu Ying standing at the opposite store front. The two looked at each other, faces brimming with smiles.

“Sister Daya, Fuzhu, what brings you two here?” Xu Ying was thrilled to see them.

Lu Daya sensed that something was off, and pulling Gu Fuzhu, she quickly ran toward Xu Ying. Getting closer, she looked around Xu Ying and said with a smile, “You’re not pregnant, are you?”

Gu Fuzhu’s face was full of surprise.

Xu Ying nodded, “Nearly five months now.”

Lu Daya looked at her belly, somewhat shocked, “It’s not even five months yet, and it’s already this big?”

“The doctor said it’s twins,” Xu Ying said with a smile.

Lu Daya affectionately linked arms with her, “Then you are really blessed. No one back in our area has ever had twins.

Having two kids at once, much less trouble!”

Xu Ying nodded, indeed.

Meeting twins in the future world was rare, let alone now.

“Guess who I ran into on my way here!” Lu Daya said mysteriously.

Xu Ying shook her head, very curious, “Who?”

“Zhao Jiazong. Fuzhu said she saw him enter a university. Didn’t he fail to get into college? How could he still be attending?”

Lu Daya’s puzzlement reminded Xu Ying of something. In the apocalypse, she had often heard older people gathering together, talking about their youth when many confidently went to take the college entrance exam but ended up scoring far below their expectations.

She heard that many even committed identity theft. Thinking of this possibility, Xu Ying’s eyes darkened slightly. If that was true, she absolutely couldn’t ignore it.

The nation needed talents, not scourges. These people would destroy others just to get into college and might commit even more atrocious acts once they entered society.

Also, those who had been replaced at university, they studied so hard, yet their lives were unjustly altered.

“I’ll call my dad in a bit and ask about it, see what’s going on,” Xu Ying said.

Lu Daya and Gu Fuzhu’s eyes showed panic, “Yingying, you’re not suspecting that Zhao Jiazong has been replaced by someone else at the university, are you?”

Xu Ying nodded, “It’s very likely. He clearly hadn’t passed the university entrance exams, but he ended up at the school for no reason–and a prestigious one at that. There has to be something fishy going on.”

Hearing this, Gu Fuzhu’s expression grew grim, “I’ll also call my dad in a bit and tell him to thoroughly investigate this matter.”

Xu Ying was even more pleased seeing her say this, knowing Gu Fuzhu’s father would likely handle the investigation faster and more smoothly than her own father would.

Lu Daya felt a chill thinking about it, “Her family was just ordinary farmers, and if someone had replaced her at university, her life would have been ruined–thankfully, it hadn’t happened.”

“Yingying, what if it’s like us, those without any power at home who get replaced in university? What do we do then!” Lu Daya said, her eyes dimming a bit, as if she saw the injustice of fate.

Xu Ying’s eyes sparkled, “If it really comes to light, this matter of people usurping others’ places at university, I’ll contact my journalist friend to publish an article. Then, by uniting some university classmates, we can form an investigation group called ‘Who Stole My Grades?’ I refuse to believe these people can be so brazen.”

Hearing this, Gu Fuzhu’s eyes also shone, “I want to join.”

“I’m in too,” said Zhang Wu, who was sitting behind Gu Fuzhu, clenching his fists as he thought of his Youth Corps friends.

Lu Daya and Gu Fuzhu turned to look at Zhang Wu, their faces filled with curiosity.

Zhang Wu smiled at them and hurriedly explained, “I’m a classmate of Xu Ying. Sorry, you were speaking loudly just now, and I overheard. I want to join because one of my friends from the Youth Corps, who was very knowledgeable and hardworking, somehow failed the college entrance exams. Most surprisingly, he got an oddly low score in math, a subject he excels in. I even used to ask him for help with math, and while I scored ninety, he only scored in the twenties.”

Mentioning this made Zhang Wu feel that something was wrong, but he had never thought about it from this angle until he heard what Xu Ying and the others had said, which suddenly made it all click.

Xu Ying looked at Zhang Wu and smiled, “We welcome you on board.”

If Zhang Wu could join, that would be even better, she thought–it would be easier to investigate, and it would help those without power reclaim their rightful scores.

They acted quickly.

Gu Fuzhu immediately called her dad, and Director Gu, realizing the seriousness of the situation, quickly began the investigation.

Sure enough, Zhao Jiazong hadn’t passed the university entrance exams at all.

He had taken another man’s identity from their compound to attend university.

As soon as the first impostor was exposed, Xu Ying immediately called Xu Yan.

Xu Yan was quite surprised when he picked up, “Why do you have time to call me?”

Xu Ying chuckled, “Big Brother Xu, I’ve got a piece of explosive news, are you brave enough to take it on?”

Upon hearing this, Xu Yan’s interest was piqued. As a journalist, the more explosive the news, the better.

“What are you playing at, girl, just spit it out. What should I be afraid of? If I were scared of this and that, I wouldn’t be a journalist, would I?” Xu Yan exclaimed boldly.

Seeing his reaction, Xu Ying’s expression turned serious, and even over the phone, Xu Yan sensed that something was amiss and his face also turned serious, the earlier laughter gone.