Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Once Again Viral on the Internet

“Can’t you hope for the best for me just once? Scoring over 300, do you think I’m you? Not to brag, but even with my eyes closed, I’d score higher than you.”

He deliberately clicked his tongue disdainfully and paused for a moment before continuing:

“Tsk tsk, forget it, I’m done pretending, I’ll come clean. This time, your big brother scored a perfect 750! How about that, were you scared? Hehe.”

As soon as he said this, Li Huiqun’s mocking snort was immediately heard from the other end:

“Tch, who doesn’t know who between us? If you, big brother, scored perfectly, then wouldn’t the whole school have scored perfectly too? Hehe, let’s not kid ourselves, how much did you really score, big brother?”

Lin Yi rolled his eyes in annoyance, wondering why the truth couldn’t be believed.

“Fine, fine, believe it or not, but I’m applying to Tsinghua. If you want, you can try for a second-tier program there. Alright, let’s stop chatting, I haven’t had breakfast yet.”

With that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Li Huiqun to speak further and ignored the excited Empress Dowager Ye, leaving his bedroom and heading to the kitchen.

Meanwhile, as Lin Yi sat at the dining table sipping porridge, some well-connected reporters had already obtained Lin Yi’s college entrance exam results.

But when they saw the glaring number 750, they were all petrified on the spot.

While gasping in shock, they also realized a major traffic spike was imminent.

Thus, they swiftly opened their computers and began writing articles without saying a word.

The results came out at eight in the morning, and by eight ten, the fastest media outlet had already published an article titled “The ‘Study Slacker Lin’ That Fooled Everyone.”

The article not only revealed that the previously notorious study slacker Lin had fooled everyone, but also exposed that he was actually a super academic achiever, scoring a perfect national top scorer!

However, after the article was released, the comments below were full of insults and disdain.

First comment: Is this some kind of hired trolls by study slacker Lin?

Second comment: First-floor commentator, are you an idiot? You clearly didn’t understand the article!

Third comment: Gotta admit, the editor really nailed the sarcasm here, spot on, study slacker Lin really did score a total of 750 points! I believe it.

Fourth comment: Hey, I believe it too! I bet Tsinghua and Peking University are fighting to ‘enroll’ study slacker Lin!

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It must be said, the netizens’ imagination is truly vivid. They immediately assumed the editor was being sarcastic about Lin Yi.

And they started mimicking the editor’s style, also beginning to satirize Lin Yi.

What they didn’t know, however, was that the sarcasm they were using was indeed the truth.

Tsinghua and Peking University were indeed scrambling to recruit Lin Yi.

Soon, within half an hour, similar articles began appearing all over the internet.

In the eyes of the netizens, these were all assumed to be new attention-grabbing tactics.

Even an article that included Lin Yi’s exam transcript was dismissed as being photoshopped by the editors to attract more clicks.

This undoubtedly left the website editors dumbfounded.

This was something they hadn’t anticipated, clearly underestimating the deeply ingrained reputation of study slacker Lin.

Not only that, this collective expose once again pushed study slacker Lin into the top ten on trending searches.

This made many netizens who had forgotten about study slacker Lin remember this ‘national-level study slacker’ once more!

All of a sudden, a study slacker trend swept across the internet, with families once again performing scenes of using study slacker Lin as an educational example.

Countless primary, middle, and even high school freshmen and sophomores have started to sympathize with study slacker Lin.

Alongside the sympathy, there was also a sense of relief, grateful to have such a study slacker as a benchmark lower than themselves.

At the very least, in the future when being scolded by parents, they could retort with, “No matter what, I’m better than that study slacker Lin, right?”

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The online storm, however, didn’t affect our study slacker Lin.

After finished breakfast and seeing his parents off to work, he returned to his room to plan the task given by the system.

After days of contemplation, Lin Yi had come up with a rough idea.

However, it was only after going to university that he could fully implement the plan.

After all, many things couldn’t be achieved alone.

Still, even if he couldn’t start the plan now, it didn’t mean he couldn’t do anything, at least he could start with the preparations.

Like addressing the funding issue.

The operation of a company, even with school support, still requires a substantial amount of operational funds.

After all, you can’t expect staff to work for free, right?

Knock knock knock!

As Lin Yi was scribbling plans on paper, a series of fervent knocks came from the door.

Lin Yi frowned, wondering who the hell was so rude not to use the doorbell and resorted to such vigorous knocking.

And judging by the sound, it wasn’t even done with a hand.

He opened the door to find a very familiar face:

“Damn, I knew no one else could be this uncultured, get in here.”

Standing at the door wasn’t anyone else, but a sweaty Li Huiqun, with several shoe prints evident at the bottom of the anti-theft door, clearly showing he hadn’t bothered to use his hand just now.

“Hey, big brother, you’re biting the hand that feeds you, I specially came to console you.”

While changing into slippers, Li Huiqun spoke with a slight annoyance.

To which Lin Yi just smirked disdainfully, then walked over to the fridge, took out two cans of cold drinks, tossed one to Li Huiqun, and opened one himself, gulping down a big mouthful.

Immediately, a refreshing feeling swept through every pore on his body.

Li Huiqun felt the same, acting like he was at home, gulping down a drink while walking into the bedroom with Lin Yi.

“Hey big brother, did you check your scores yet? How’d you do? I was being serious when I called you this morning, I’m planning to apply for a second-tier program at Capital Medical University. Let me tell you, over 70% of the students there are females! I checked for you, they even have diploma programs.”

Lin Yi just smirked at Li Huiqun’s words and didn’t reply, instead opening the score inquiry page on his computer…

[To be continued….]