Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 141 - 103: Shen Qiushan Emerges Again!
After hearing what her mom said, Lin Xiamo immediately looked towards the school gate, and sure enough, reporters were gathered there.
"Mom, don’t listen to those reporters, there’s still half an hour left."
"How could my brother-in-law submit the test so early!"
Before Lin Xiamo could speak, the game-playing Lin Jiayu casually replied.
"It’s quite possible. Let’s get out of the car and see!"
Lin Xiamo knew Shen Qiushan well. During mock exams, he would always submit early, so if he finished early and came out, it wouldn’t be surprising.
"No way!"
"Isn’t my brother-in-law trying to get into our school?"
"Even if he finished the test, doesn’t he need to check it carefully?"
Without lifting her head, Lin Jiayu replied, her fair fingers frantically tapping the phone screen; the game was at a critical moment, and she naturally didn’t want to move.
Lin Xiamo didn’t bother explaining to her game-addicted sister. She and her mom, Chen Qingzhu, got out of the car and walked towards the school entrance.
Because the car was parked a bit far away, before they reached the school gate, they saw Shen Qiushan already walking out and being surrounded by reporters.
"Old Shen, why did you submit the test so early, did you finish all the questions?"
"Old Shen, do you think the Chinese test was difficult?"
"Shen Qiushan, were you the first to submit because there were too many questions you couldn’t answer?"
"Shen Qiushan, give yourself an estimated score. How much do you think you’ll score in Chinese?"
Reporters threw questions at him from all sides.
At this moment, Shen Qiushan was not in a hurry. He scanned the crowd, found Zhou Ruolin, and deliberately turned to face her and the cameraman behind her.
This Reporter Zhou had been objective in her reports. When he was being criticized online before, Zhou Ruolin had spoken out against the online abuse.
So in return, Shen Qiushan responded in kind: "Everyone, don’t push. I’ll answer your questions one by one."
"I think the difficulty of this year’s Chinese test was average. The reason I submitted it so early is that I finished an hour ahead of time. Sitting there any longer wouldn’t make sense."
"As for how much I can score, it’s hard to predict because the essay score is very uncertain."
The full score for the high school entrance exam in Chinese is 150, with 60 points for the essay alone.
So Shen Qiushan really couldn’t estimate his score. If the grader thought his essay wasn’t good and gave him a low score, there was nothing he could do.
"Then excluding the essay score,"
"How many points do you think you can get?"
A reporter pressed him further.
"Excluding the essay, at least 80 points,"
Shen Qiushan replied quite confidently.
He thought deducting 10 points from the first 90 would be the limit.
If there were no surprises, he’d probably only lose three to five points.
But facing so many reporters, he couldn’t be all too certain in his statements.
However, even with such a "humble" response, the reporters couldn’t help but stir with excitement.
"Only deducting 10 points, which means if the essay score is average, the Chinese score would reach 140!"
"At the very least, it should be over 130 points! It looks like Old Shen has high expectations for Chinese!"
"Listen to him bragging!"
Wang Zhixin, at the back of the crowd, sneered dismissively.
Having answered the questions, Shen Qiushan didn’t linger with the reporters. After spotting Lin Xiamo and Chen Qingzhu, he walked towards them with large strides.
"Qiushan, you submitted so early, how did it go?"
Chen Qingzhu asked eagerly.
"It went well."
"Mainly because the questions were easy."
Shen Qiushan replied with a cheerful smile.
At this moment, Shen Dehua, Old Shen, and Zheng Yi, sitting in another car, also came over.
"Bro, you submitted so early!"
"I heard someone say you came out, and I didn’t believe it!"
Shen Dehua exclaimed.
"Finished the test, so I came out!"
"Let’s all go back to the car. I guess Yanran and Xiaoxiao will stay till the standard submission time."
Shen Qiushan gestured to everyone.
"Qiushan, you better do well on the tests!"
"I’ve boasted to the reporters on your behalf!"
Old Shen, not knowing his son’s study situation, thought he was slacking off since Shen Qiushan came out so early.
"I did well!"
"But don’t talk nonsense in front of the reporters."
Shen Qiushan reminded his father, then got in the car with Lin Xiamo and Chen Qingzhu.
"Brother-in-law, you really submitted early!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
Lin Jiayu, who was mid-game, asked in shock when Shen Qiushan got in the car.
"If the rules allowed, I would have submitted even earlier!"
Shen Qiushan leaned back in the rear seat and stretched. The effect of the medication had worn off, leaving him feeling a bit tired.
"Brother-in-law, you’re too casual about the college entrance exam. You should’ve checked your answers!"
"I’m waiting for you to get into Sanjiang University so I can be your senior!"
Lin Jiayu commented while still playing her game.
"Speak properly to your brother-in-law!"
"A senior? What kind of senior are you!"
Before Shen Qiushan could speak, Chen Qingzhu sternly reprimanded her.
"I am a senior!"
"Even though he’s my brother-in-law at home, at school, he’s a freshman, so I’m naturally a senior!"
Lin Jiayu argued confidently.
"Even at school, you should still call him brother-in-law!"
"What senior, ridiculous!" Chen Qingzhu glared at her daughter again.
This time, Lin Jiayu didn’t argue back, only muttering quietly, "It’s not easy to want to be my junior either."
After waiting for about half an hour,
the Chinese exam ended.
Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao walked out of the school gates with the group of students who fought till the last moment.
More than his own scores, Shen Qiushan cared about how the two kids did on their tests.
And the feedback from them was that they both did well on it.
Shen Yixiao even estimated a high score of above 120!
The afternoon test started at three. After lunch, rather than going home, everyone went to a pre-booked hotel to rest.
They enjoyed a comfortable nap.
At two-thirty, well-rested, Shen Qiushan and the two kids headed to the exam hall.
In the afternoon, it was the math test.
The test lasted for two hours, from three to five.
The difficulty of this year’s math test was quite high, but with a vast mental database of questions and two months of special training from Xu Pipa, the tough questions posed no major threats to Shen Qiushan.
He solved them one by one!
By four twenty, Shen Qiushan had finished the math test, forty minutes ahead of time.
He spent another ten minutes checking his answers, just in time for the permissible submission time.
When the proctor announced that submissions were allowed, Shen Qiushan was once again the first to submit and leave the room.
Zhao Xuelin, a perennial test-taker who had completed only half of his test, glanced at Shen Qiushan’s departing figure, and like in the morning, shook his head and silently mocked: Submitting this early again, probably means he couldn’t tackle many of the questions!
It seems the doubts circulating online aren’t unfounded!
The thoughts of other examinees in the room were similar to Zhao Xuelin’s. They were all self-studying, and those answering slowly hadn’t finished half of the test, so naturally, they found it unlikely that Shen Qiushan had completed all the answers.
At the school gate.
The reporters were still there!
Zhou Ruolin was already stationed at the exit early.
Many other reporters were just like her, having learned from the morning’s lesson.
But Wang Zhixin, evidently not taking notes, still sat in the shade with his cameraman.
"Old Wang, there’s only half an hour left."
"Submissions are allowed. Should we go over there too?"
The cameraman suggested once again.
"This is the math test, there’s no way he could submit early!"
"He probably hasn’t even finished answering!"
Wang Zhixin replied with confidence.
The math test lasted only two hours, submitting thirty minutes early would mean taking a fourth less time than other candidates, which is absurd!
However, just as Wang Zhixin finished speaking,
there was another commotion at the school gate.
"He’s out!"
"Shen Qiushan is out again!"
"Wow, he’s the first one to come out again!"
The reporters exclaimed as they raised their equipment for shooting.
Wang Zhixin, who was so confident earlier, now looked bewildered: No way, he’s out again??
The cameraman had no time to think, grabbed his equipment, and bolted.
Inwardly, he silently complained: Damn it, I’m not listening to you next time!
Twice, and if we don’t capture even a single piece of material as he leaves the exam hall, how will we explain when we get back?
As expected, following Old Wang means starving three days out of nine!
Seeing all the peers converge towards the school gate, Wang Zhixin quickly stood up and ran over.
