Qing Ruyan still followed the Director-General's instructions and made a call to Chen Gu. "The candidate with full marks in physical techniques in the news has the same name as you."

Chen Gu replied indifferently, "Oh, that must be me."

Qing Ruyan had been expecting Chen Gu to say, "Yeah, there are so many people with that name," and then she would tease him a bit and casually mention that he should prepare to enroll at the National Second Agricultural and Forestry University.

Instead, Chen Gu's response left her stuck, and it took her a while to react, exclaiming loudly, "It's you? It's you? Is it really you?"

"You scored 890 in total for the cultural subjects?"

Chen Gu remained indifferent. "Yeah, it's too hard to get full marks in cultural subjects. You know, with essays and the like, they always deduct a little bit." He was already ecstatic. So you all looked down on me, huh? Thought I'd end up at the National Second Agricultural and Forestry University? Bet you're all stunned now! Hmph!

Qing Ruyan had excelled in both academics and conduct since she was young and was regarded as a peerless student by everyone. She had always aimed for the Tiangong Military Division, but her final scores for both subjects still fell short by over twenty points.

She knew the difficulty of getting into the Tiangong Military Division. Every year, billions of candidates in the Confederation vied for a place. Yet, how many were admitted? Only 12,000.

She desperately wanted to ask Chen Gu how he did it. You were clearly a slacker! How could someone like me, with both brains and beauty, fail when you succeeded?

Oh, right, you're good-looking too. Scratch that part.

But after a turmoil of emotions, all she managed to say was a faint, "Congratulations."

After hanging up, Qing Ruyan suddenly realized there was a problem. Now the Director-General is the one with the headache. Chen Gu, no matter what, can't be kept hidden anymore.

The thought of the Director-General furiously cursing, and then having to frantically deal with this situation, brought an inexplicable sense of pleasure welling up from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't help but smile.

While Qing Ruyan was looking for Chen Gu, various media outlets in the Confederation were also searching for him, including the one that first leaked the news online about a candidate with full marks in physical techniques.

At this time every year, news about these "special" candidates with "terrifying" scores was immensely popular.

This year, they had used their connections to access the system and had just found a candidate with full marks in physical techniques. They saw the name and total score for the cultural subjects, but before they could clearly make out the rest of the information, the system hid everything about the candidate!

They didn't know that this was due to Aviloya's arrangements. Aviloya, after all, was somewhat removed from the educational system. She had asked a few people to put in a word for her, and they hadn't taken it very seriously at first. Only after the scores were released did they remember this particular matter, so they blocked Chen Gu's results. They were a step too late; someone had already dug up Chen Gu's scores and name. Puzzled, they suspected a "scandal" and immediately grew excited. This is big news! We have to dig deep!

Media integrity and professional ethics? That was all nonsense. Unearthing the story generated buzz; it could rocket them to fame!

It wasn't just them. All media outlets sprang into action, using all kinds of connections to probe for information about this candidate.

Aviloya had made some additional arrangements. However, as she was only in charge of the Bureau of Mystic Security, the media's power couldn't be underestimated, and some information still gradually leaked out.

Qing Ruyan returned Aviloya's call. "It's him."

Aviloya let out a long sigh, hung up the call from her subordinate, and then suddenly realized something. She quickly opened Chen Gu's file and looked for the "Profession" category. When she saw the last entry, "Brain Domain Hacker," she slammed her fist on the table. "A mistake..."

A small oversight had wasted all her prior efforts. If she had realized earlier that this guy also had the profession of Brain Domain Hacker, Aviloya would have known his college entrance exam results were bound to be heaven-defying.

But upon further thought, Aviloya realized that this was something she probably couldn't have stopped. Even if she had become aware of this earlier, what could she have done? Talk to Chen Gu and ask him to give up the Tiangong Military Division to go to the National Second Agricultural and Forestry University? Would he agree? Impossible.

And if she made any excessive moves, this kid would undoubtedly turn around and defect to Bai Yunpeng.

"This little thief—" Aviloya gritted her teeth in frustration.

However, what she needed to consider now was how to deal with the various troubles that would inevitably arise.

Chen Gu was rather displeased. That damn ungrateful brat! He still hadn't called to ask about his old man's scores.

The main reason was that he'd just enjoyed showing off to Qing Ruyan, and it felt fantastic. He wanted to experience it again, but no one was presenting themselves as an audience for his act.

Suddenly, the phone rang. He excitedly picked it up, only to see that it was Zhao Ji. Known as the 'King of Spongers,' his voice boomed over the phone, "You finished the exams? Come out and party, man!"

"Tao Tao has already discussed things with Marshal Bai, and they'll be signing the agreement soon. She called me, saying she wants to thank you specifically when she gets back. I thought you might find it tiresome, so I figured, why not get together while she's away? I've invited Ossosa and 'the Gorilla' too."

Zhao Ji was probably worried that if his wife got involved, the friendly gathering would turn into a formal business dinner.

Chen Gu agreed happily, "Sure, that sounds great. You plan it, and I'll be sure to eat my fill at your expense."

"No problem! My wife's been in a good mood lately, and she increased my monthly allowance by quite a bit."

This fellow, far from being ashamed of freeloading off his wife, actually flaunted it everywhere.

That evening, the four buddies gathered at a distinctive restaurant Zhao Ji had found. The food was genuinely good, yet Gao Mengjiu, always looking to stir things up, insisted the place was dull. He argued that it was pointless for four men to dine together without some excitement, and that four men together, if not interested in each other, should be out carousing.

Zhao Ji was dead set against carousing.

Midway through, Ossosa suddenly remembered. "Chen Gu, what did you score? Don't be too embarrassing; after all, you did go through high school twice."

"Me?" Chen Gu casually swirled the red wine in his glass and began his performance. "Not bad, I suppose. Barring any surprises, I should be this year's top scorer in the college entrance exam..."

"PFFT—" The other three burst out laughing simultaneously. Gao Mengjiu, with wine still in his mouth, sprayed Zhao Ji, who was sitting opposite him.

Zhao Ji glared at 'the Gorilla,' wiping the wine off his clothes with a napkin, then said to Chen Gu, "Among the four of us, when it comes to shooting the breeze, you take the crown, Old Chen!"

Chen Gu fell silent. His performance hadn't had the desired effect.

"I'm telling the truth."

All three laughed. "Yeah, yeah, it's true, it's true! We're all a bit drunk today anyway, so we believe you!"

Chen Gu was speechless.

Just then, Chen Gu's phone rang. It was an unknown number. He couldn't be bothered to answer and casually hung up, but the caller was persistent and kept calling back.

Chen Gu, having no choice, answered, "Who is it?"

The person on the other end asked cautiously, "May I ask if this is Chen Gu?"

"It's me."

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