Tian Yu replied politely, "This is she. Hello! Who is this? May I help you?"
"Hello, student Tian Yu!"
"This is Pang Zheng from the Huinan District Education Bureau. I’m calling to tell you some good news. You did quite well on your middle school entrance exam. Your total score is 623."
"With that score, you’ve surpassed the cutoff for Binhai University Affiliated High School by seventeen points this year."
"Congratulations, student Tian Yu."
Tian Yu shot up from the bed, her voice cracking with excitement.
"For real?"
"I really... really got that high of a score?"
The man’s soft chuckle came through the phone. "As the dignified director of a district education bureau, would I lie to a little girl like you?"
"You really did score 623. Your math score, in particular, was 141, which is very, very good."
After a brief pause, the man’s voice came through the phone again.
"Student Tian Yu, please give my regards to Mr. Yan."
With that, the other party hung up.
Tian Yu looked at Yan Feifan in disbelief. He nodded. "That was indeed the voice of the Mr. Pang your head teacher contacted. As a district education bureau director, what he said should be true."
"AH... AHH..."
Tian Yu let out an excited scream and started jumping up and down on the bed.
"I got in... I got in..."
"Mr. Yan, Ruoruo, Su Ye, I really got in..."
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Wang Chuan, Zhong Xinyi, and Yanyan walked in one after another.
Tian Yu yelled, "Mr. Wang, Mrs. Zhong, Yanyan, I got into Binhai University Affiliated High School!"
"I got in, haha..."
Yan Ziruo added, "A district education bureau director Feifan once treated just called. He said Xiaoyu scored 623 on the entrance exam, more than ten points above the cutoff for Bin University High School."
Wang Chuan chuckled softly. "So it was an official from the Education Bureau. No wonder she could find out her results a day early."
He looked over at Yan Feifan, who was standing by the bed, and remarked, "Feifan, now you’ve experienced it firsthand, haven’t you?"
"When you’re influential enough, a lot of things get taken care of for you without you even having to worry about them."
Yan Feifan nodded with a grunt of acknowledgment.
Just then, a familiar ringtone sounded.
This time, it was Yan Feifan’s phone.
He picked up his phone and saw it was also an unknown number.
Yan Feifan answered the call.
"Dr. Yan Feifan?"
"Speaking."
"Mr. Yan, this is Zhang Yi from the Municipal Public Security Bureau!"
"There’s a serious hostage situation in the city. The perpetrator’s demands involve you."
"Our people from the municipal bureau are on their way to pick you up now. They’ll brief you on the details in person..."