Chapter 2: It’s Summer
When the exam bell rang, Lu Yuan walked out of the examination room sweating profusely, while carrying his backpack.
The sunlight outside the classroom was stronger than he expected. As soon as he left, he heard a familiar voice inside his mind.
"A warm reminder from the Transportation Committee, It's currently 36℃. Please take care to avoid getting heat stroke by staying cool, staying indoors and staying hydrated."
But this time, Lu Yuan wasn't annoyed at the monotone reminder. Instead it sounded like the voice of an angel.
With the reminder from the traffic committee, Lu Yuan finally realized that it wasn't all just a dream. The most important thing is—— he has the traffic committee.
What is the transportation committee? It's an advanced photon computer assistant.
With the help of the photon computer assistant, Lu Yuan only took 37 minutes to complete the entire college entrance mathematics exam.
Originally, Lu Yuan was a little worried about the quality of his handwritten characters. But it turns out his hands still had the muscle memory to write neatly.
It was comforting.
However, after confirming that the previous memories he had were not a dream, Lu Yuan excitement was muted.
According to the test paper, today is June 7th, 2125, which is also the day of the college entrance exams.
If he remembered correctly, the sun was extinguished on December 20, 2130, which is 5 years later. At the time the world was plunged into complete darkness, an extreme cold descended, the world fell into ruin, and mankind came to an end.
Lu Yuan opened his hands and examined them. They were clean and white, except for his knuckles which had a few calluses from holding a pen. Although he hadn't seen his own appearance, he should have returned to his 18 year old self taking the college entrance examination.
Lu Yuan subconsciously began to recall what he had experienced when he was eighteen, but the more he remembered, the more Lu Yuan eyebrows tightened.
Although he didn't know what allowed him and his photon computer assistant to return to the past, five years before the sun went out, what's the point of it? Lu Yuan had no idea.
Was it really just for him to save the world?
He's just a high school student taking the college entrance exam, not an underwear wearing superhero, how can he save the world?
Is it just for him to spray a little accelerant on the sun to burn more?
Or is it to plant another sun, so after the sun dies he can replace it with the one he grew?
Why is he thinking about children's literature?
Thankfully, he was a senior engineer at a nuclear power plant.
However, thinking about the nuclear power plant, Lu Yao's teary pair of cute eyes came to mind. At that moment, he realized if he didn't change anything, even if he could live as smoothly as last time, at the end of his journey decades later, his daughter would die in the end.
How could he be happy with this type of future?
Even if he fails in the end, he has to at least try to do something.
Lu Yuan secretly thought in his heart.
...
When he returned home, he saw his mother's face filled with exhaustion. Lu Yuan immediately rushed up and hugged his mother tightly. Lu Yuan's mother was a little overwhelmed. She thought it was because he didn't do well on the college entrance exams and was in a bad mood. So she immediately tried to comfort him.
Lu Yuan soon realized his mistake and quickly let go. He waved his hands to reassure his mother that everything was alright. He said that he did well on the exams.
Obviously he did well, even if he only spent 37 minutes on the exam. However, with the help of the transportation committee, Lu Yuan already knew his final score.
If everything goes well, he should have gotten 147 points.
On the college entrance mathematics exam!
In order to keep a low profile, he deliberately didn't get a perfect score.
In the free response section, he skipped a few steps in his solutions. If the grader is kind to him, he may get 149 points. However if the grader isn't as forgiving he may only get 145 points.
But what's the difference?
For the once rich and powerful Lu Yuan, he couldn't help being proud of himself.
Until Today, he had already forgotten how many points he received on his college entrance exam. To put it simply, he didn't score very well. Since when he took the exam, he had some family problems that impacted him. In the end, he was admitted to an ordinary university. It was only after passing his postgraduate exam did he finally attend the university he originally wanted. Afterwards, it was there that he met Su Mei.
Although he took the Chinese exam without the help of the transportation committee, his Chinese ability is quite strong. Even with its assistance, it wouldn't be able to improve his essay writing. At most, he could have copied the next year's top scoring essay. However, with his current Chinese level he could still probably get around 110 points. In addition with the next Foreign English and Science sections he was certain that he wouldn't lose more than 5 points.
As such, his final score should be between 690——705. Although it is a little difficult for him to be the top scorer in his province's science exam. It's at least top ten in the province and the same applies to other schools across the country.
Now that he has the Transportation Committee, the college entrance exam no longer felt like a matter of life or death. Moreover, with his knowledge of the future, Lu Yuan knew that there were more important things to be worried about.
So when Lu Yuan spoke, he asked.
"Mom, Where's Dad?"
As soon as he mentioned his father, his mother face fell.
"Don't mention that useless thing to me"
Lu Yuan nodded his head. His father was originally a middle school teacher and regarded as the backbone of the family. But then last year he somehow learned how to gamble online. He not only lost their entire family's savings, he also owed an assload of foreign debts. Even when his own child was taking the college entrance exam, he didn't even dare to come home. He just hid away somewhere.
If Lu Yuan remembered correctly, the thing that happened next would change his entire life. On the night after he finished his Mathematics college entrance exam, some debt collectors barged into his home. They smashed everything they could into pieces and even threatened to break his leg. Since a father's debts should be repaid by his son.
For this reason, Lu Yuan's exam score tomorrow dropped significantly. He just barely made his university's early admission. After his mother's wish for him to attend college was fulfilled, she decided to get a divorce.
From that day on, he never saw his father again. He didn't even know whether he was alive or dead.
Even if he was alive, he probably didn't live for much longer after the sun was extinguished.
If it was up to his current self, maybe Lu Yuan could fix everything.
Lu Yuan asked himself with uncertainty.
Seeing Lu Yuan was silent, his mother gave a reluctant smile.
"Today's exam must have been very difficult for you. So I made your favorite Kung Pao chicken and waited for you to come home."
Lu Yuan raised his head and looked at his mother's smiling face.
"Mom, everything is going to be better from now on."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of a bell ringing, a door slamming shut, and the noise of the people outside coming in.
A voice spoke.
"Is it clean inside?"
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Michael_v1 Author: Autumn Drizzle (任秋溟)
TL: Unknown
Written: 2019 March 5, 20:06
Character Count: 2136 words
Link: https://read.qidian.com/chapter/NSU6h0ZJhMOFWAW488FdBA2/LlY_yUNRnFXwrjbX3WA1AA2/
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