Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 134 - 100: The 38-Year-Old Gaokao Top Scorer?
Shen Qiushan waved his hand casually; he already knew his own and the two kids’ scores last night.
Lin Xiamo and his old flame Chen Xiangyu had each sent him their score sheets.
But Shen Qiushan hadn’t told Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao, wanting them to experience the joy of seeing their rank and soaring scores on the big leaderboard themselves!
That way, they’d stay motivated for the whole next month of studying.
"I’m going to check my score."
Of course Shen Yanran was eager to see hers, striding rapidly towards the notice board.
Wang Yunpeng opened his mouth, wanting to shout her score, but chickened out at the last moment. By the time he finally decided to say something, Shen Yanran was already gone.
"I want to see, too!"
Shen Yixiao would never miss a chance to show off in public, and chased after his sister toward the notice board.
"Uncle Shen, aren’t you going to look?"
Seeing Shen Qiushan still standing there, Wang Yunpeng asked.
"Nothing worth looking at."
Shen Qiushan waved his hand and strolled toward the teaching building.
Sure, he liked to show off, but he’d already proved himself to these kids.
No need to go and act cool in front of a bunch of kids again.
If his father-in-law Lin Moxuan were here, maybe he’d do a victory lap.
Right now, though, what he really cared about was when that Scholar Index would arrive!
The mock exam results were out—reasonably, that reward should be coming in too!
Ding!
Congratulations, host! You beat 765 people in the English exam.
Reward: Scholar Index +76,500 points!
Congratulations, host! You beat 746 people in the math exam.
Reward: Scholar Index +74,600 points!
Congratulations, host! You beat 757 people in the Chinese exam.
Reward: Scholar Index +75,700 points!
...
Shen Qiushan had just stepped into the teaching building when a string of system notifications rang through his head.
Shen Qiushan’s face lit up; he’d just been thinking about those rewards hitting his account.
And there they were, paid up immediately.
Math, Chinese, English—the big three—and politics, history, geography, the second batch.
This mock exam bagged a total of 336,800 Scholar Index points!
Add the previous surplus of over 30,000, and Shen Qiushan’s Scholar Index shot up to 372,000!
Sweet!!
Grinning ear-to-ear, Shen Qiushan quickly called up "Xiaohuang" to check his attributes page.
Initial Tier Attributes:
Appearance: 90
Figure: 90
Strength: 75
Speed: 78
Endurance: 70
Health: 90
High Tier Attributes:
Lifespan: 84
Martial Arts: 9
Medicine: 1
Metaphysics: 0
Awaiting Unlock: ...
At this point, his basic attributes for Appearance, Figure, and Health were all at 90. To boost them further, it’d cost 100,000 Scholar Index points per point, so not really worth adding right now.
Shen Qiushan immediately set his sights on Strength, Speed, and Endurance.
Pushing all three to 90 would need 470,000 points—way above his budget. He could manage two, though!
As for this "pick two out of three" multiple-choice? For Shen Qiushan, that’s an easy one—it was always going to be Endurance and Strength!
After all, for men his age, the biggest problem is running out of steam, so strength and endurance are essentials.
Solid strength plus lasting endurance? That’s a recipe for wonderful "songs"!
Ding!
Scholar Index −10,000 points
Endurance Value +1
Current Endurance Value: 71
...
After a burst of clicking, Shen Qiushan quickly pumped both his Endurance and Strength all the way to 90.
His original Endurance was kind of low, so this round cost him a whopping 350,000 Scholar Index points.
Just a minute ago he was rolling in "Monopoly" money; now he was back to broke!
Still, the remaining 22,000 Scholar Index points were enough for his daily expenses.
And after maxing out his attributes, Shen Qiushan could feel his vigor perk up, way better than before.
He’d arrived at school tired from staying up late and getting up early—but with those attribute points spent, his sleepiness and fatigue just vanished!
That must be the Endurance at work, right?
Guess I really underestimated this endurance thing!
Turns out, it doesn’t just mean "that one ability"; it’s the whole person’s durability!
For example, before, if Shen Qiushan studied for two hours straight he’d be exhausted, but now he could probably manage three hours no problem!
Maybe even four!
Don’t underestimate this "durability" trait—in today’s world, where every field is madly competitive, durability is basically a cheat code!
Others work ten hours and collapse; Shen Qiushan can do fifteen!
That’s five extra hours per day—over a month, that’s 150 more hours!
It’s like he gets six extra workdays a month compared to everyone else!
Damn, he’s basically got the "Innate Ox and Horse Saint Body"!
Of course, that’s just an example—Shen Qiushan, with his own hacks and perks, doesn’t need to join the cattle-and-horse crowd in the grind.
But if he ever does need to go full throttle, 90 Endurance guarantees his body can handle it!
Noon.
The Shen Family trio (father, daughter, son) met up at Lin Xiamo’s office like usual.
Both Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao were in high spirits thanks to their high scores on the mock exam.
After seeing Xu Pipa, their "little teacher," they both immediately rushed to share their mock exam results.
Honestly, Xu Pipa already knew their scores.
The teacher crew had posted the scoreboard on the notice board late last night before clocking out.
Xu Pipa, who’s at school by 5:30 AM pretty much every day, was in the first batch of students to see it.
And while she was checking, she was super tense—not because she was worried about her own result, but whether Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao, her "students," would improve.
From Xu Pipa’s view, since she’d taken the money, she’d better deliver on their grades.
If, after a month of tutoring, neither of them improved, Xu Pipa was bound to feel a pang of guilt—like she hadn’t delivered.
Especially since Uncle Shen had paid her a hefty tutoring fee!
Plus a daily delicious lunch!
She’d even gained five pounds over the last month.
Honestly, she’d always wanted to gain a little weight—being frail wasn’t much help, but packing a bit more muscle gave her a tiny boost in self-defense.
But her frustration? Half the extra pounds seemed to settle in, shall we say, embarrassing places!
It became a burden!
Luckily, in this mock exam, both Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao had made huge leaps in their results.
So for Xu Pipa, that news totally balanced out her forbidden "extra burden"!
The three kids chatted about their mock exam, then jumped back into drilling questions with Xu Pipa leading the way.
Right now, what Xu Pipa was teaching wasn’t really all that helpful to Shen Qiushan, so he just tagged along with Lin Xiamo to the cafeteria.
Before, Lin Xiamo always bought meals for five, hauling them from the canteen to the office classroom. Now that Shen Qiushan’s learning stress had eased up, he was happy to help with the logistics and cut her, the "head of logistics," some slack.
"If you can get the same score in the college entrance exam as in this mock, you could very well be the top scorer in Sanjiang Province’s humanities!"
On their way to the canteen, Lin Xiamo remarked.
"Top scorer?"
"You think I could do it?"
To be honest, Shen Qiushan had never even considered it; he just wanted to get into Sanjiang University, finish the system quest, and make his wife proud.
Killing two birds with one stone!
"If you could win top scorer, that’d be ideal, obviously."
Lin Xiamo said as they walked, "That’d not only finally shut up Yang Xijin, Wang Zhixin and those guys, but would be a huge win for our school and the education bureau!"
"And if you really do become the top scorer, you can negotiate terms with Sanjiang University!"
"Any terms you want—they’ll offer perks you’d never even imagine!"
Hearing that, Shen Qiushan was tempted. He’d heard colleges all fight tooth and nail for top scorers, dangling super sweet deals.
If he gets a shot at being a hot property, that’d be a pretty cool experience too!
The only question was: would a "38-year-old top scorer" like him get the same love as the regular ones?
