Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 142 - 104: College Entrance Exam Ends, A Mysterious Gift for Father-in-law!
"Old Shen, was math that easy? You handed in your paper so early again!"
"Old Shen, this time can you estimate your own score?"
"..."
The reporters’ questions were more or less the same as in the morning. Shen Qiushan answered calmly, "The math test was a bit difficult, at least tougher than the mock exams at school."
"I think I should be able to score about 140 points or so!"
The test was hard!
Around 140 points!!
Are you serious right now?
As soon as Shen Qiushan said this, the reporters immediately got noisier.
Wang Zhixin at the back of the crowd even curled his lip so hard it almost reached his ear, but no matter how much he wanted to express his disdain, Shen Qiushan didn’t give him the time of day.
After answering the reporters’ questions, Shen Qiushan headed straight for Lin Xiamo’s car.
"Brother-in-law, you finished your math paper early too?"
Lin Jiayu’s phone was already out of battery, but this phone-addict girl had come prepared with a huge power bank, so now her phone was charging while she kept battling in Arena of Valor.
Seeing Shen Qiushan had once again handed in his paper half an hour early, Lin Jiayu was naturally pretty shocked.
Chen Qingzhu asked, somewhat worried, "Qiushan, were there too many questions you couldn’t do on the math paper?"
"Nope, quite the opposite."
"The test went really smoothly."
Shen Qiushan shrugged, looking relaxed.
"Really smoothly?"
"So does that mean you’ll get a high score?"
Chen Qingzhu kept asking, curious.
"I think so."
Shen Qiushan didn’t bother to be modest. He’d told the reporters 140 points just now, but honestly, he felt he actually had a shot at getting full marks.
Because there wasn’t a single question on the paper he didn’t know how to do from start to finish.
Lin Jiayu, who was half-lying in the front seat playing her game, just made a "tsk" sound, obviously not buying Shen Qiushan’s claim.
However, Lin Xiamo, who was driving, didn’t doubt Shen Qiushan’s words one bit, because she’d seen all the effort Shen Qiushan had put in these last two months!
He studied so hard, it’s totally normal for him to get good grades!
Another half an hour later, Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao came out with the crowd of test-takers too.
This year’s math paper was definitely tough, and both sibling looked much less relaxed than after the Chinese test this morning.
But in Shen Qiushan’s opinion, a tougher math paper was actually good news for the siblings, whose math was just average.
Because the difficulty wasn’t really in the basic questions. For example, Shen Yanran normally scores around 100, little fatty Zhou Yu is about a 120, but since the paper was tougher, Yanran might get 95 this time while Zhou Yu would drop to around 100 or so.
The gap between them actually got smaller!
But for a top student like Xu Pipa, this kind of increase in difficulty was basically nothing.
It’s a bit like inflation—when basic goods get more expensive, it hardly affects the ultra-rich at all!
June 8th.
Gaokao, day two.
The morning was comprehensive (liberal arts stream).
The afternoon was for foreign languages.
Shen Qiushan kept up his streak from the first day, finishing every subject half an hour earlier than the end time.
He even estimated his scores for the last two subjects.
Comprehensive, full score 300, Shen Qiushan guessed he’d get 270.
English, he estimated 140!
After the gaokao, the reporters added up Shen Qiushan’s estimated scores. He hadn’t given a precise figure for Chinese, just said it’d be around 80 (excluding the essay), so they gave him 130 points for that.
So all together: 130 Chinese, 140 Math, 140 English, 270 Comprehensive.
Add that up, and the total was 680 points!
As soon as this figure got out, it inevitably set off a heated debate among netizens again.
Wang Zhixin wasted no time after the gaokao, uploaded a video full of sarcasm, and even finished with, "Can’t wait to see you embarrass yourself!"
Shen Qiushan just ignored this "mad dog" entirely.
He was busy celebrating the end of the gaokao with the whole family in a private dining room at a restaurant.
He, Shen Yanran, and Shen Yixiao were all super excited.
No matter what the results were, the three of them had gotten through the toughest period of all.
Besides the Shen Family and the Lin Family, Shen Qiushan specially brought Xu Pipa too.
This little girl technically had a granddad, but honestly, it was almost like being alone.
The gambling addict grandpa didn’t just offer her no help—sometimes, he even brought extra "storms" into her life.
Sitting at the head of the table were Old Shen and Chen Qingzhu, and between them was an empty seat, reserved for Lin Moxuan.
It was the gaokao day after all, and Director Lin was busy—said he’d be late.
"In-laws, how’s Old Lin’s health these days?"
After two cups of wine, Old Shen’s face was glowing. He shuffled closer to Chen Qingzhu and asked.
"With the kind of job he has, always out socializing, it’d be a miracle if he stayed healthy!"
Chen Qingzhu shook her head with a sigh.
"He really needs to take better care of himself."
"Also, attitude matters a lot—many illnesses honestly boil down to matters of the heart!"
Old Shen shared some life advice.
At this moment, the door to the private room was pulled open from outside, and in walked Lin Moxuan, steps lively.
"Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrives!"
"Old Lin, I’ve been waiting for you forever!"
Old Shen jumped right up, grinning from ear to ear, and went over to shake Lin Moxuan’s hand enthusiastically.
Old Shen has plenty of flaws, but his virtues really stand out—optimistic, cheerful, with a truly good attitude.
Plus, he’s not snobbish at all. Whether you’re a big shot or a nobody, he treats everyone the same!
