"How could it be such a coincidence? That child changed their name to Xia Chuyi? I just happened to ask a couple of questions," continued Chang Luhui. "As a result, the parent was somewhat vague."
"I had some suspicions, so I probed him a bit."
"It turned out that he had changed his child’s name in order to impersonate someone else to get into Shangjing University."
"Your first choice was Kyoto University."
"So, I immediately suspected that your admission notice might have been impersonated."
Xia Chengzong listened with immense anger, clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth, "Where is this person?"
Looking like he wanted to beat someone up.
Chang Luhui shook his head, "Legally, this area is a gray zone, and that person also realized my intent and refused to say more."
Afraid that Xia Chengzong might not understand, he explained further, "This situation hasn’t become a definite reality yet, so I can’t really do much about it."
"Besides, all of this is just my speculation without any solid evidence."
He paused, then added, "As for the admission notice, I reckon it’s gone for good, so I came to inform you to better prepare ahead of time."
"It’s outrageous, someone actually impersonated you!" Qian Qianqian, who had been helping in the store during the vacation, was furious, her eyes red with anger, "The university you worked so hard to get into!"
Xia Chuyi remained relatively calm, "Thank you, Director Chang, I understand."
In this era, incidents of quota replacement did happen occasionally. She just hadn’t expected it to happen to her.
She smiled and comforted the others, "Brother, Qianqian, don’t be so angry, and don’t worry."
"If we had found out about this later, or never knew at all, it might have been over."
"But now, no schools have started yet. I just need to go and register early, tell the school that my admission notice is missing, right?"
Qian Qianqian was surprised, "That works? Wouldn’t that make impersonation very easy?"
Xia Chuyi smiled and said, "You’re right, it is very easy, as long as you have connections in bureaucracy. So, Director Chang, could you please issue me a certificate?"
Xia Chengzong and Qian Qianqian immediately looked at Chang Luhui.
Chang Luhui pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm, that’s also a way. You should also get a certificate from the school just to be safe."
"And, while you’re at it, also ask who took your admission notice."
"However, I think that once the person realizes the gig is up, they might not let their child impersonate you anymore."
Xia Chuyi nodded, "Hmm, once the certificate is ready, I’ll head to Beijing early."
The results of the inquiry at the school were unexpected.
"There’s a female student who comes very early every day just to see if the admission notices have arrived. I don’t know if it was her who took it," the stay-behind gatekeeper told Xia Chuyi.
"A female student? Who?" Qian Qianqian, who was even more agitated than her, asked hastily.
The gatekeeper thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be someone named Liu . . . Liu Chunya, yes, that’s the name!"
"Liu Chunya?" Qian Qianqian exclaimed. "It was her, that Lai Maodan, who still hasn’t paid me back the ten yuan she owes me from our bet!"
"Chuyi, Chuyi, do you think she took your admission notice, intending to impersonate you?"
After thanking the gatekeeper, Xia Chuyi dragged Qian Qianqian away and then said to her, "The one who took the admission notice might be her, but definitely not the impersonator."
Their surnames were different; there was little room for maneuver.
As they passed the gatekeeper, Xia Chuyi then found Director Wang of Academic Affairs.
When Director Wang heard about the issue, he was very surprised and said, "No way, the important admission notices, I always place them in the most conspicuous position."