For the time that followed, He Yi insisted on preparing for the college entrance examination, and the four of them decided to huddle in the bookstore together.
He Yi handed a stack of comprehensive essay writing guides to Qin Jiujiu. He had seen the essay about family affection she wrote during the second mock exam: it rambled on with plenty of words to barely meet the minimum requirement, but it was a complete and utter jumble without a single sentence revolving around the core theme. He Yi felt that even an orphan like him could write better than her, and a score of twenty given by the teacher was already far too generous.
He Yi grew somewhat worried—what if she scored zero on the essay during the real exam? That would drag her overall score down immensely!
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