Wandering among the heavens, learning has no end.

"My pleasure."

He Ziqiu said nonchalantly.

"You guys can still try dating during your university life."

Ling Heping smiled and looked at Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu.

"It depends on fate. Anyway, I haven't met anyone I like yet."

Ling Xiao explained.

"Row."

Ling Heping nodded and didn't say anything more.

……

The next day.

Qi Mingyue came to Jin Ding Lane to play with Li Jianjian.

This person isn't here to see Li Jianjian; they're clearly here to see He Ziqiu.

A few days later, Tang Can also came to Jin Ding Lane.

Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu also met Li Jianjian's new best friend.

The two were somewhat surprised. They had heard Li Jianjian complain about Tang Can quite a bit before, but they never expected that they would become good friends now.

However, it was alright. After getting to know Tang Can, they could tell that he was a good person. They were happy for Li Jianjian that she had made a good friend.

……

Winter break is short; a month-long vacation passes in the blink of an eye.

After Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian started school, Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu also rushed back to the capital.

……

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

2011, October.

Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian are already senior high school students. In March, Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian began traveling to various schools to take the art exams.

Although their target was the Central Academy of Fine Arts, both of them chose to apply to any of the eight major art academies, as long as their exam times didn't overlap.

For more than two years in high school, Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian participated in many painting and wood carving competitions.

They've won a lot of awards already.

Therefore, the two have already been contacted by some art schools that are willing to specially recruit them.

Even though the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) wasn't an option, the two of them still wanted to go there.

The two traveled to several places and spent a lot of time completing the entrance exams for several schools.

Immediately afterwards, I returned to school and began the final sprint.

After all, besides taking the entrance exams at individual art schools, students still have to take the national college entrance examination (Gaokao).

Ji Yuan is fine, but Li Jianjian still needs to work hard.

However, with Ji Yuan's almost 24-hour close guidance, Li Jianjian is fine as long as no major mistakes occur.

……

April.

The results from various art academies have been released one after another.

201.

In Ji Yuan's room, Li Jianjian, Qi Mingyue, and Tang Can were all in front of the computer, checking the results of the Central Academy of Fine Arts entrance exam.

The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) offers many majors, and Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian applied to the Sculpture Department.

In this year's college entrance examination, Ji Yuan ranked first in the sculpture department's college entrance examination.

Upon opening the list, Li Jianjian exclaimed in surprise, "Brother! You're number one!"

"It seems there aren't any particularly outstanding geniuses this year."

Ji Yuan said with some delight.

The sculpture department's exam mainly tests drawing skills.

There are four exam subjects: sketching, quick sketching, color, and a themed creation.

All of these are related to drawing skills.

Ji Yuan's painting skills have reached level three, which is very impressive. Perhaps many people who make a living by painting are not as good as Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan had expected that he would get first place in the college entrance exam.

Unless a particularly brilliant genius emerges, the students competing with Ji Yuan will at best only have a level two level of drawing skills.

"Scroll down and take a look at yours."

Ji Yuan looked at Li Jianjian and said.

Li Jianjian nodded immediately and continued flipping through the pages.

Soon, Li Jianjian saw her name in the eighth place.

Li Jianjian immediately cheered with joy.

"Yay! Eighth place!"

Li Jianjian shouted happily.

"Jianjian, you're amazing!"

Qi Mingyue and Tang Can were also happy for Li Jianjian.

This is the entrance exam for the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). Sculpture belongs to the School of Fine Arts, which has five majors. This year, CAFA's School of Fine Arts is only recruiting 140 students.

In other words, the sculpture major might only recruit about twenty people.

There must be a lot of people taking the entrance exam for the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Li Jianjian ranking eighth is already very good.

"Don't be too happy yet, you still have the college entrance exam to take."

Ji Yuan looked at Li Jianjian, who was almost ecstatic, and said calmly.

"I know, I know."

Li Jianjian nodded perfunctorily.

She's already passed the college entrance exam, can't she be happy?

"Let's review! We made a promise to go to the capital together!"

Qi Mingyue looked at Li Jianjian and Tang Can and said.

Li Jianjian and Tang Can nodded.

The three girls quickly went to read books.

Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian's art exams have ended, and Tang Can's art exams ended even earlier than theirs.

As expected, Tang Can also chose to take the art exam. The entrance exam for the Film Academy is held much earlier than that for the Fine Arts Academy.

Tang Can is, after all, a child star who has actually acted in films, and with her good looks, she has already passed the entrance exams for several film academies.

Now, just like Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian, whether they can get into university depends on their college entrance examination scores.

If your college entrance exam scores don't meet the requirements of each college, then it's all for nothing.

Since Tang Can got along well with Li Jianjian and Qi Mingyue, his grades have gradually improved with Qi Mingyue's help.

Although her current grades are still at the bottom among the four.

Fortunately, the required scores for art exams aren't high.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she should still be able to get into her desired school, Beijing Film Academy.

As for Qi Mingyue, after a long struggle with her mother and with the help of many relatives and friends, she finally persuaded her mother to allow her to take the entrance exam for Renmin University and study journalism.

Jin Xiangyu actually had serious suspicions from the beginning that Qi Mingyue didn't like journalism, but mainly wanted to go to Renmin University.

After all, He Ziqiu got into Renmin University.

Qi Mingyue would definitely deny this.

She originally wanted to study journalism, but who knew that He Ziqiu would also be admitted to Renmin University? It was just a coincidence.

Anyway, although the process had its ups and downs and was a long battle, fortunately, Qi Mingyue finally got her wish.

……

June.

Time flies, and the college entrance examination is just around the corner.

When Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian took the college entrance examination, the whole family mobilized again.

Li Haichao, He Mei, and Ling Heping all saw the two off to the examination hall.

After two days of college entrance exams, Ji Yuan and Li Jianjian were finally free.

Well, mainly because Li Jianjian is finally free.

Ji Yuan's high school life was not miserable at all. Who told him to be so lucky? While others were doing endless practice problems in their senior year, he was eating, drinking, playing, and having fun.

Seeing how easy Ji Yuan's life was, Li Jianjian, Qi Mingyue, and Tang Can once wanted to strangle him.

What baffled everyone was that Ji Yuan, with this attitude, still managed to get almost perfect scores on every exam. It was outrageous, making people both angry and envious.

P.S.: I really don't understand art exams, so I'm writing this based on some information online and my own imagination... There's so little information online, so if anyone knows anything about it, please don't laugh at me. Just think of it as a parallel world where the art exam process and content are different.