Reborn as a Mortal Heiress Pampered by Big Shots-Chapter 203 - 195 In the evening, come to my house..._3

The exam had just started its first day and wasn’t completely over yet. Xu He and Xia Yuzheng didn’t dare to ask Xia Ye how she did, but seeing that she seemed alright, they were relieved. No matter what score she ended up getting, it would be the result of their beloved daughter’s hard work.

Xia Xian had always been wary of the men that lurked around Little Tiangao, but Jiang Xuan had helped her out a lot today. He was grateful and even clinked glasses with Jiang Xuan during dinner.

Xia Ye, who happened to be sitting between Jiang Xuan and Xia Xian, watched the two men pick up their wine glasses, exchange a few words, and take a modest sip before setting them down.

Her gaze followed the glasses as they were lifted and lowered...

After a few back and forths, only half of the wine in their glasses was gone.

Xia Ye silently swallowed:...

Such a waste!

Such good stuff should be chugged down!

What’s the dilly-dallying for?!

At that moment, the two men happened to be talking to other people beside them. Xia Ye stayed silent for a while, and when no one was paying attention, her little hand "whooshed" toward the glass that Jiang Xuan had set aside—

Seeing the wine glass so close, Xia Ye was really tempted.

But just as her hand was about to touch the glass, Jiang Xuan reached out while talking to the person beside him.

Instead of the cold glass, she touched something soft and slippery.

Jiang Xuan turned around, and Xia Ye’s hand was under his, clutching the stem of the wine glass. She gave him a polite but slightly awkward smile.

"..."

Caught red-handed.

Jiang Xuan paused for a moment, then immediately understood that a little ancestor was craving wine, and he lightly chuckled with a curl of his lips.

To avoid drawing attention from others at the table, Xia Ye could only sulkily withdraw her hand.

What a pity...

She, an ancestor who had lived for 5000 years, couldn’t even drink a glass of low-alcohol wine.

Is that reasonable?

But in her family’s eyes, she was still more than a month away from being of age. If she were to drink in front of them now, she’d surely scare them.

Perhaps sneaking a sip would be okay, but that wouldn’t satisfy her craving at all!

Jiang Xuan looked at her for two seconds, then bent his lips and whispered in her ear, "Want to come over for dinner at my place after the exam tomorrow?"

Maybe because he had drunk alcohol that evening, he leaned close to her ear, close enough that it seemed if either moved slightly, they would touch.

Jiang Xuan wanted to satisfy her craving.

Xia Ye hadn’t quite grasped this yet, as it didn’t occur to her that he would be so kind.

So Jiang Xuan added, "Don’t you have questions to ask me? My home is less crowded, quiet, convenient for you to ask."

This arrangement fit perfectly with Xia Ye’s intentions. She straightened up and discreetly moved her little ear away from his lips, "Okay, I’ll try to finish the exam early and leave."

She did this to avoid worrying her family if she stayed out too late.

The next day was the last day of the college entrance examination.

Xia Ye left for the exam early in the morning and had specifically asked her brothers not to accompany her.

During the two days of the entrance exam, the test-takers had the final say. When she said no escort, her brothers didn’t even dare to step out of the house.

The difficulty of the foreign language test in the morning was moderate, and students walked out of the examination room at noon, still able to chat and laugh with their parents.

Until the afternoon—

When they got the math test paper, the students’ stable mental state for the past day and a half... collapsed!

They hadn’t expected this year’s entrance exam to be steep in math; the difficulty had been dodged in Chinese, science, and English, but not math!

Beginning with the last few multiple-choice questions, it got harder and harder, not only requiring a tremendous amount of calculation but also featuring one awkward question type after another.

Sounds of scratching heads and exasperation echoed throughout the exam room.

Tian Ye had a frown on his face for the entire duration, as this year’s college entrance exam in math was even harder than the difficult mock exam prepared by Zhao Yuhuan.

Although he was frowning, Tian Ye systematically went through the exam, answering the questions.

After finishing the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank sections, he thought about refreshing his mind and skipped to the last major question. Upon reading the question, he paused with his pen in hand.

This... was on par with a bonus question’s difficulty... novelbuddy.cσ๓

Tian Ye steadied his nerves and began carefully drafting his work on the scrap paper.

By the time he finally solved this overly challenging major question, more than half of the two-hour exam had passed.

However, he didn’t have many questions left undone, so there was still plenty of time.

He relaxed a bit and noticed that the person at the neighboring desk seemed to be looking his way with persistent glances.

He casually glanced over, and to his surprise, he saw Xia Yourong with a red face looking at him, her eyes red as if she was on the verge of panic.

Xia Yourong sneakily glanced at the invigilator and then at him, and took the opportunity when the teacher wasn’t looking to pout her lips at his test paper.

She never thought that the math exam would turn out so difficult, with several multiple-choice questions leaving her without a clue.

At that moment, her expression was a picture of desperation, but she couldn’t afford to care about how she looked.

Tian Ye understood her intention but far from thinking her pathetic, he actually felt a sense of disdain rising within him.

Xia Yourong actually wanted to cheat during the exam?

Ever since the school’s public announcement incident, Xia Yourong had been increasingly disappointing to him; she was not the proud and excellent ’goddess’ he had admired in the past.

Seeing Xia Yourong’s embarrassed expression at that moment, he even felt that his actions after the mock exam, when he inquired about Xia Yourong’s scores, were completely unnecessary!

He truly wanted to show his answers to Xia Ye at one point so that she could have a peek.

But Xia Ye was different from Xia Yourong.

Xia Ye’s grades were not good to begin with, so helping her was like poverty alleviation. However, Xia Yourong had the capacity to perform well. If her grades fell due to distractions from other matters, it was her problem to address.

Tian Ye decisively averted his gaze, not only refraining from showing her his answers but also pulling his test paper closer to himself, ignoring her reaction and focusing on the remaining questions.

But just as he was about to pick up his pen, he heard Xia Ye’s voice from the last row.

"Teacher, I want to turn in my paper early."