Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

She wasn't the only one who wanted to take the exam in the county town; almost all the educated youth from the settlement went.

They didn't know if they could pass the exam, but it was a very important opportunity, and everyone wanted to give it a try.

The tractor was packed with people, and they huddled together, which helped them ward off the morning chill.

When Lin Jinghui woke up, he didn't see Luo Tian and assumed she had gone to the toilet or to cook.

After searching the backyard and the small kitchen, Lin Jinghui realized that Luo Tian was missing.

The child had already woken up and started crying loudly.

Lin Jinghui immediately asked Qiu Yuefang, "Have you seen Tiantian?"

Qiu Yuefang found it amusing, "I'm sleeping in the same bed with you, and you don't even know, how would I know?"

"Where else can we go?"

"Can we still go back to the city?"

When the topic of returning to the city came up, Qiu Yuefang's face turned cold.

She could hear the baby crying, which meant Luo Tian hadn't brought the child with her at all. If she had gone back to the city...

"Go find the brigade leader right away and tell him that the educated youth have secretly escaped back to the city," Qiu Yuefang said to Lin Jinghui through gritted teeth.

Lin Jinghui turned around and walked towards the brigade leader's house.

Xu Zhongguo had just picked up his rice bowl at home when Lin Jinghui, looking anxious, pushed open his half-closed courtyard gate, calling out, "Captain, Captain..."

He called out to people and entered the courtyard.

Xu Zhongguo didn't have a good impression of his family, but they were all in the same production brigade, and Lin Jinghui was still young and hadn't done anything outrageous, so Xu Zhongguo couldn't show them any disrespect.

Instead, they asked, "What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

Lin Jinghui's expression clearly indicated that something was wrong.

"Tian... Luo Tian escaped. She secretly fled back to the city."

"He secretly fled back to the city?" Xu Zhongguo frowned. "Didn't he just finish his postpartum confinement a couple of days ago?"

“Yes, she abandoned the child and ran away,” Lin Jinghui said with absolute certainty, feeling like his throat was on fire.

After Lin Jinghui finished speaking, Xu Zhongguo looked at him with an indescribable expression.

But I still said, "Take a look first, maybe you've made a mistake."

"She just gave birth..."

As he spoke, Xu Zhongguo suddenly remembered something and slapped his thigh with the hand that wasn't holding the bowl. "No, she shouldn't have gone back to the city. Today... today is the exam day. She should be taking the exam like the other educated youth."

Lin Jinghui was confused. "An exam?"

"Yes, the college entrance examination. We've already announced that the college entrance examination will be open to the public this year, and everyone can apply. Admission will be based on merit."

“If you pass the exam, you can go to school to register and you won’t have to stay in the countryside anymore, so most of the educated youth went.”

"high……"

"Take the college entrance exam?"

Xu Zhongguo nodded.

Lin Jinghui then remembered that there seemed to be a book under Luo Tian's pillow, but he didn't pay attention to it.

Xu Zhongguo advised him, "You should go take the college entrance exam. Don't worry, if you don't come back by tomorrow, I'll help you report it."

Lin Jinghui returned home dejectedly.

Qiu Yuefang immediately cut him off, "What did Xu Zhongguo say?"

Lin Jinghui hung his head and said, "She...she must have gone to take the college entrance exam."

"The college entrance exam?" Qiu Yuefang raised her voice, her sharp tone drawing the attention of the whole family.

The child crying loudly inside the house had probably cried himself out and had stopped.

Because of her shrill voice, she started crying again.

Qiu Yuefang started cursing, "You're just putting on airs like a pig with a scallion stuck in its nose!"

"She's going to take the college entrance exam?"

"What, does she want to be a college student?"

"Look at her, she's been with men and had children, who would want her?"

"So what if you pass the exam?"

"Can a pheasant really turn into a phoenix?"

"You're such a drama queen every day!" Qiu Yuefang cursed with extreme sarcasm.

The child inside cried louder and louder.

In the end, Lin Jinghui went inside to comfort the child.

Upon entering the house again, Lin Jinghui discovered that Luo Tian had left behind breast milk inside.

Thinking that the child was hungry, Lin Jinghui took a spoon to feed the child, but it was cold, so the child refused to drink it and cried even harder.

Having no other choice, Lin Jinghui took it to the kitchen and heated it up over water.

Luo Tian had already arrived in the county town and was heading to the examination site with the rest of the group.

Luo Tian was taking an exam in the county town, while Lin Jingshen in the city was also taking an exam that day.

The whole family got up especially early for Lin Jingshen's exam.

Gu Jinfeng also specially prepared a fried dough stick and two eggs for Lin Jingshen, symbolizing that he would get a perfect score on the test.

Afterwards, Chi Yue, the child, and Gu Jinfeng took him to the bus stop, watched him get on the bus, and then returned to the factory.

Lin Jingshen went home after finishing his exam that evening.

Upon seeing him, Chi Yue asked, "Was the exam easy?"

Lin Jingshen smiled and nodded, "I think I performed very well."

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but say, "Xiaoyue, I really did a great job."

Chi Yue thought for a moment, then hugged him. "Yes, you've worked hard."

Lin Jingshen immediately smiled and shook his head, "It's not hard work, it's not hard work at all."

"Thank you, Xiaoyue!"

"dad……"

Jiajia's voice came from behind, and Chi Yue quickly let go of Lin Jingshen. "Wash your hands, it's time to eat."

"Mom cooked a lot of good dishes tonight."

As they were talking, Jiajia pounced on Lin Jingshen and hugged his legs.

Lin Jingshen bent down, picked the person up, and nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'll go wash my hands now."

Unlike Lin Jingshen, Luo Tian and the others couldn't catch the tractor back at night, and since they didn't have a letter of introduction to stay at the guesthouse, they could only huddle in a corner of the examination center courtyard and make do for the night.

Luo Tian didn't even eat dinner that night.

She had limited money; she needed to go to school and needed travel expenses, so she had to be careful with her money.

Luo Tian returned to the Lin family the next day as expected.

This time, Lin Jinghui changed his previous cold attitude and grabbed Luo Tian's arm, asking, "Where have you been?"

Do you know how much your child cried at home?

Luo Tian didn't say anything, but simply broke free from him and went inside.

Seeing that she had no intention of saying where she was going, Lin Jinghui could only follow her into the house and take the initiative to ask, "Sweetie, did you go to take the college entrance examination?"

Luo Tian didn't speak, but glanced at the child lying on the bed and gave a slight smile.

She thought that if she graduated and got a good job and settled down, she would come and take the child away.

Luo Tian remained silent, so Lin Jinghui continued, "Why are you going to participate in this?"

"What will happen to the child if you go to school?"

“You take the child with you,” Luo Tian finally replied.

"I'll bring it?"

"How can I lead them? I need to work!"

"I heard that your ex-wife used to carry the child on her back while working. You're a man, you can't be any worse than her, right?"

Lin Jinghui suddenly fell silent.

Luo Tiancai added, "Besides, I just finished my exams, and it will take some time before I can go to school and receive my acceptance letter."

Lin Jinghui was speechless; his throat felt like it was stuffed with cotton. He couldn't finish his sentence, "Will you come back after you go to school?"

He opened his mouth again and again but didn't ask anything, as if he knew the answer even without asking.