Free Web NovelChapter 120: Chapter 120: The Bet
Su Li raised an eyebrow and pursed her lips. ’How do I run into this person everywhere? We must be fated to meet.’
Su Li walked around her and headed outside.
When she reached the athletic field, she heard Qin Shanshan’s voice from behind.
"Su Li, wait up!"
She ran in front of Su Li, a bizarre expression on her face. "Is that an exam admission ticket in your hand? Is it yours?"
"What if it is, and what if it isn’t? Mind your own business." Su Li couldn’t be bothered with her.
"It really is yours!" Qin Shanshan looked as if she’d just eaten a fly. "You’re taking the college entrance exam?"
"What about it? Got a problem?" Su Li was also annoyed by her expression.
Qin Shanshan scoffed. "Su Li, are you crazy? You think the college entrance exam is as simple as making a piece of clothing? How could you take the exam? You’re actually taking the exam... You, of all people!"
Both her tone and expression were dripping with contempt for Su Li.
Su Li’s face darkened.
"What’s wrong with me taking the exam? Are you scared?"
Qin Shanshan scoffed again, her face full of ridicule. "Scared of you? Su Li, you must be insane! Why would I be scared of you?"
She threw her head back and laughed. "Do you think the college entrance exam is easy? That any Tom, Dick, or Harry can take it? Scared of you! I’m one of the top three students in my class. Why would I be scared of you?"
"If you’re not scared, then why are you yelling?" Su Li turned and walked away.
"You, stop right there!" Qin Shanshan’s voice was shrill. "Su Li, I forbid you from taking the college entrance exam!"
"What did you say?" Su Li stopped in her tracks. "Who do you think you are, forbidding me from taking the exam?"
"You’re the ’thing’! Someone like you dares to take the college entrance exam? Even if you’re not ashamed, I am for you!"
Qin Shanshan’s face was filled with scorn. "And you dare to ask why? What other reason could there be? I just don’t want to take the same test as someone like you. I find it humiliating! A person like you is a disgrace to the examination hall, a disgrace to the entire college entrance exam environment!"
"You found a little loophole, made a few school uniforms, earned a bit of money, and now you think you’re on top of the world, is that it? And now you want to take the college entrance exam!"
Su Li watched her with a grim face, saying nothing.
Qin Shanshan continued to mock her. "Stop wasting your time. Someone like you taking the college entrance exam is just a waste of time. If you can get into college, I’ll..."
Su Li cut her off. "You’ll what? If I get in, what will you do? Hang yourself? Kneel before me and sing ’Conquer’?"
Qin Shanshan stared at the unrepentant Su Li as if she were looking at a madwoman.
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Su Li replied coolly, "Fine. So be it."
Qin Shanshan looked up and sighed dramatically. "I can’t even guarantee I’ll get in, but you dare to make such a promise!"
She shook her head, looking at Su Li like a terminal cancer patient with no hope of recovery. "Someone like you... Forget about getting into college. If you can even get half my score, I’ll admit you’re good!"
She felt that talking to Su Li was a waste of time, so she spat on the ground and turned to leave.
"What a waste of time!"
Su Li watched her retreating back with a heavy gaze and spoke coolly.
"Qin Shanshan, do you dare to make a bet?"
Qin Shanshan sneered but ignored Su Li and kept walking.
Unhurried, Su Li continued, "Someone like you won’t get into college either. So I won’t bet on getting in. I’ll just bet you on our scores."
"And I won’t say anything about the loser hanging themselves. That’s not realistic and you wouldn’t do it anyway. Let’s make it something you *can* do... Whoever gets the lower score has to kneel in front of the person with the higher score and kowtow ten times in public. How about it? Do you dare to bet?"
’In her past life, Qin Shanshan didn’t get into college. Could she really get in this time around?’
’I don’t think so.’
Su Li watched Qin Shanshan’s back, her eyes filled with icy indifference.
How could Qin Shanshan possibly endure being goaded like this by Su Li? She whirled around abruptly.
"A bet’s a bet! What do I have to be afraid of?" She lifted her chin, her eyes full of disdain. "Su Li, you’d better get ready to kneel before me and kowtow ten times!"
The bet... was on.
"I hope you don’t try to back out and run away when the time comes."
Su Li sneered and walked away.
Qin Shanshan was staring daggers at Su Li’s back when she heard someone ask from the side.
"Hey, do you know that girl?"
Qin Shanshan turned to see several boys from her class, who were asking while looking at Su Li’s retreating figure.
She shot them a fierce glare without answering and turned to walk back to her classroom.
The boys followed her, pressing the question. "Is she from our school? How come we’ve never seen her before? We definitely should have, with looks like that!"
Hearing the word "beautiful," a flash of jealousy crossed Qin Shanshan’s eyes, and she quickened her pace.
Su Li’s beauty was one of the reasons Qin Shanshan couldn’t stand her.
Su Li was already pretty enough, but she was even more stunning in the school uniform. No wonder all these hormonal boys’ eyes were lighting up.
"Hey, Qin Shanshan, we’re asking you! Do you know her?"
"I don’t!" Qin Shanshan snapped back resentfully and ran off.
"Agh, what a shame. I wonder what class she’s in. She’s gorgeous!"
"Isn’t she? She’s prettier than the class beauty or the school beauty."
Behind her, the boys’ hearts were fluttering with infatuation and regret.
Qin Shanshan was furious. When she got back to the classroom, she still couldn’t swallow her anger.
Halfway through class, Qin Shanshan couldn’t hold it in any longer and started writing a letter to Tang Yuanxiao.
Qin Shanshan had always had Tang Yuanxiao’s address. Before Su Li married into the family, Qin Shanshan was basically the one who read and replied to all the correspondence between Tang Yuanxiao and the Tang Family.
She also helped mail most of Mrs. Tang’s replies to Tang Yuanxiao.
Qin Shanshan felt that was the happiest time. Although she didn’t dare reveal her feelings back then, every time she wrote to Tang Yuanxiao, she could only add a simple greeting of her own. In his replies, Tang Yuanxiao would only have one word for her: "thanks."
But Qin Shanshan still felt blissful. In her heart, it felt like *they* were the ones corresponding, and she was always the first to know about Tang Yuanxiao’s situation.
It was through this exchange of letters, through helping Mrs. Tang write her replies, that Qin Shanshan fell deeper and deeper for Tang Yuanxiao.
After Su Li married in, she never helped write replies again, but she had always remembered Tang Yuanxiao’s address.
’I have to tell Brother Tang Yuan about this. I have to let him know what Su Li has been doing here, let him see her true colors, and then...’
And then what? Naturally, he would leave Su Li.
With this in mind, Qin Shanshan wrote the letter to Tang Yuanxiao right there in class.
After school, she immediately mailed the letter, even paying extra for express delivery.
After mailing the letter, Qin Shanshan rushed back to Xinghua Village without stopping.
Su Li had taken Friday off, spent the next two days busy with factory matters, and only returned to Xinghua Village early on Sunday morning.
By the time she got back to Xinghua Village, the entire village already knew about her "insane" and "overreaching" plan to take the college entrance exam.
In this era, the college entrance exam was truly like crossing a single-plank bridge—it was incredibly difficult. The admission rates were extremely low, and the number of students from a single county or school who got into college was as rare as a phoenix feather.
So when everyone heard she was taking the exam, no one thought she could possibly pass. They all thought she had gone mad.
Many people mocked her behind her back, saying she was crazy and thought she was invincible just because she had earned a little money.
