Learning to play games, a 40-year-old woman achieves a remarkable turnaround.

Chapter 288 The Time-Space Key is Taken Out Again

My aunt's matter was resolved satisfactorily, and she moved into the courtyard to live with us.

In the days that followed, the Yuan family was filled with a busy yet joyful atmosphere.

My uncle began the handover procedures for his work.

Grandpa and Grandma were packing the items they were going to take to Beijing;

With her younger aunt's help, the eldest aunt picked up her tailoring skills again—they planned to open a tailor shop together after they went to Beijing.

Only my aunt's husband is still hesitating.

Until one day, the county agricultural machinery station suddenly announced layoffs, and my aunt's husband was among them.

He returned home dejectedly, only to find that his aunt had already packed her luggage.

"What are we waiting for?" Auntie said with a smile, "Even God is making the decision for us!"

Upon learning this news, Yuan Bao immediately contacted Boss Chen.

A few days later, Mr. Chen replied that a farm machinery company in Beijing was short of experienced technicians, and the benefits and salary were quite good, three times that of his previous job.

Seeing that everyone was almost done with their work, Yuan Bao didn't want to waste any more time waiting.

She looked up at her eldest brother, Baoguo, who was leaning against the door frame, flipping through a physics problem set, looking relaxed.

"Big brother, are you sure you're all set for the college entrance exam?" Yuan Bao asked again to confirm.

Bao Guo closed the letter, a confident smile playing on his lips: "What, don't you trust me?"

He reached out and ruffled her hair. "Don't worry, I'm not the same carefree person I used to be."

Yuan Bao pursed her lips, finally made up her mind, returned to her room, and closed the door.

They once again took out the key to time and space, preparing to speed up the process of preparing for the college entrance examination.

His fingertips gently caressed the long-unused key to time and space.

The antique metal surface gleamed faintly, and the mysterious runes emitted a wisp of golden light the moment they were touched, as if responding to her call.

She took a deep breath, picked up the Time-Space Key with both hands, and solemnly embedded it into the groove of the antique wooden box on the table.

"Click—"

The moment the key and the groove fit perfectly, a dazzling golden light burst forth!

The entire room was engulfed by blinding light, and it seemed as if countless stars were flowing and colliding in the air, and the rules of time and space were briefly distorted at this moment.

Yuan Bao's hair moved without wind, and the hem of her clothes fluttered slightly. She squinted as she watched the light screen before her gradually solidify.

Main Quest: Countdown to the College Entrance Examination

[Player has been detected as eligible for the National College Entrance Examination. Would you like to activate the fast track?]

[Tip: Selecting "Yes" will skip the daily simulation and proceed directly to the college entrance examination storyline.]

Without the slightest hesitation, Yuan Bao firmly pointed his finger at the light screen—

"Yes."

In an instant, the golden light receded, the stars vanished, and everything returned to calm.

Outside the window, the cicadas continued to chirp, the sunlight remained the same, as if nothing had happened.

But Yuan Bao knew that the gears of fate had already begun to turn faster.

a new day.

The July sun scorched the earth. Yuan Bao stood outside the examination hall of the county's No. 1 Middle School and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

She wore a light blue polyester shirt today, with her hair tied in a neat ponytail, making her look fresh and energetic.

"Did you bring your exam admission ticket?" Yuan's mother anxiously straightened Yuan Bao's collar. "Are your pencils sharpened? Where's your eraser?"

"Mom, I've checked it three times already," Yuan Bao said with a smile, patting her bulging pencil case. "Don't worry."

Not far away, Baoguo was being pulled aside by his grandfather, who was giving him instructions: "Carefully analyze the topic of your essay, and clearly write out the steps for solving math problems..."

"Okay, Grandpa!" Baoguo made a face, then turned to Yuan Bao and winked. "Yuan Bao, are you nervous?"

Yuan Bao shook his head, a confident smile on his lips: "I'm definitely not nervous, on the contrary, I've been looking forward to it for a long time, even though we both have appointments for maintenance."

But being able to take the college entrance exam and experience the feeling of crossing a single-plank bridge with thousands of other applicants is also good; it can also test one's true abilities.

Although he used the Time-Space Key, Yuan Bao felt that his mind was exceptionally clear. The knowledge points he had reviewed were neatly arranged in his mind and could be accessed at any time.

The exam bell rang, and Yuan Bao took a deep breath and strode towards the teaching building.

As she passed the sycamore trees at the school gate, she suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Yuan Bao!"

When I turned around, it turned out to be our homeroom teacher, Ms. Fang.

The usually stern middle-aged female teacher unusually smiled gently today: "Do your best on the exam, I believe you can definitely get into Peking University!"

Yuan Bao felt a warmth in his heart and nodded vigorously.

The first subject is Chinese.

After receiving the exam paper, Yuan Bao quickly glanced through it.

The essay topic was "Responsibility," which perfectly captured her thoughts and reflections during this period.

She picked up her pen and wrote the title: "Responsibility is the baton of the times."

“From my grandfather’s stories of the War of Resistance against Japan, to my parents’ struggles during the reform and opening up, and then to the mission of our generation…” Yuan Baowen’s thoughts flowed freely, and his handwriting was neat and powerful.

When she got to the emotional parts of her writing, she could even feel a surge of warmth in her chest.

In the afternoon math exam, Yuan Bao seemed to have divine assistance.

For the last solid geometry problem, she used three different solutions, filling the answer sheet completely.

When she handed in her paper, even the proctor couldn't help but glance at her a few more times.

On the second morning of the English exam, Yuan Bao was fully focused on the listening section and completed the reading comprehension section smoothly. When writing the essay, she suddenly remembered some business English expressions that Professor Chen had taught her and cleverly used them in her essay.

The last subject was a comprehensive science exam.

Baoguo and Yuanbao were assigned to the same examination room. Before the exam started, the siblings smiled at each other across several rows of seats and gave each other a knowing thumbs-up.

The final physics question on electromagnetism left many test-takers scratching their heads, but Yuan Bao calmly drew a diagram and deduced the correct answer step by step.

After she finished, she glanced at her watch and found that she still had twenty minutes left.

When the bell rang to signal the end of the exam, cheers erupted throughout the entire teaching building.

Yuan Bao packed up her stationery and walked out of the examination room. The sunlight shone on her face, warm and pleasant.

She saw Bao Guo waving excitedly at her: "Yuan Bao! What did you choose for that last biology question?"

"Choose C!" Yuan Bao ran over with a smile. "Brother, how do you feel?"

"It's a sure thing!" Baoguo scooped up his sister and spun her around. "She'll definitely get into Peking University!"

At the school gate, the Yuan family had been waiting for a long time.

Grandpa held two chilled watermelons, while Grandma kept fanning the two siblings with a palm-leaf fan.

Although Mr. Yuan said, "Don't think about it after the exam," he couldn't hide the expectation in his eyes.

On his way home, Yuan Bao looked at the azure sky and suddenly had a strange feeling.

This college entrance examination was less about her taking the exam and more about her engaging in a dialogue with time and space.

Those questions and those answers seemed to have been etched into the trajectory of her destiny long ago.

"What are you thinking about?" Baoguo asked, leaning closer.

Yuan Bao smiled mysteriously: "I'm thinking... what our university life will be like."