That the Ling family possessed such influence was beyond doubt; to name but one example, Fu Yurou’s Third Uncle-in-law worked at the Bureau of Education. Not just any office, but the Beijing Headquarters, which held a position of considerable power, directly overseeing education bureaus across the entire country. Every policy on educational systems was issued by the Beijing headquarters, which even held jurisdiction over state-owned enterprises like the Xinhua Bookstore. Even before the college entrance examinations were reinstated, his status was already high; with the exams returning, his authority had only grown stronger. Arranging a spot for Fu Yurou would be a trivial matter for him.
Yet, it was precisely this realization that allowed Fu Yurou to glimpse the underlying problems. If even Ling Zihan thought this way, Third Uncle-in-law would clearly not refuse such requests. It was no wonder that, historically, the scandal of people assuming others' identities to enter university had caused such an uproar.
Fu Yurou was actually quite confident in her ability to pass the exams on her own merits, and there were no secrets she felt she couldn't share with Ling Zihan. She voiced her suspicions. "If you’re even thinking of helping me alter my scores, don't you think people in power all over the country—those whose children barely missed the cutoff for a good school, or didn't even pass at all—might be thinking the exact same thing?"
Chapter 773