Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 36: What Kids? They’re Just XP Packs!
Maybe the gods in heaven heard Zhang Yuting’s heartfelt wish.
Shen Qiushan actually got one more question wrong in the second half of the paper than in the first, making five mistakes in total: three two-point multiple choice questions and two four-point reading comprehension questions.
Out of a possible 100 points, he scored 86!
This score already puts him in the upper middle bracket of Class 5, Grade 12.
Anyway, after calculating her own score, Zhang Yuting was a bit depressed, because she guessed hers would fall in the 80 to 84 range.
No matter how she did the math, her score would be lower than Shen Qiushan’s!
So, there was no escaping the ten-time punishment copying for wrong answers.
"Has everyone finished calculating their scores?"
"Who has Old Shen’s paper?"
After going over the test, Chen Xiangyu spoke up.
"Teacher, I have it here."
Zhang Yuting raised her hand.
"What’s the score?"
Since she’d already seen Shen Qiushan’s paper, Chen Xiangyu basically knew the answer.
But she’d already said that Shen Qiushan’s result would be the benchmark, so she had to announce it in front of everyone first.
"86 points!"
Zhang Yuting announced Shen Qiushan’s score straight out.
And as soon as that number came out, the classroom was stirred into an uproar.
Damn!
That high?!
Doesn’t that mean over half the class didn’t do as well as Old Shen?!
In an instant, all the students turned to look toward the last row.
Shen Qiushan wasn’t surprised by this score—in fact, he thought it was a bit too low.
With his rich vocabulary, reading the English test was basically like reading a Chinese one, so he didn’t find it difficult at all.
It’s just that, his grasp of grammar still wasn’t strong enough, and he lacked experience in translating English sentences.
Shen Qiushan figured if he had two more days, he could probably get a perfect score on this test!
At this moment, his deskmate and son, Shen Yixiao, was looking utterly hopeless.
His dad’s score was already out of his reach, never mind aiming for a perfect 100.
Even on a test out of 150 points, Shen Yixiao would struggle to get 86!
He could only say—his old man was seriously hardcore!
By comparison, he as the son just looked so useless!
After all these years of school, and on an English test, he couldn’t even beat his own dad.
So embarrassing!
Wang Yunpeng, sitting to Shen Qiushan’s right, felt pretty much the same as Shen Yixiao.
Taking the blow, he couldn’t help but sigh to himself: future father-in-law is a monster!
"Anyone with a score higher than 86, bring your paper to me first!"
At this moment, Chen Xiangyu spoke again.
At her words, about a dozen people instantly stood up to hand in their papers.
"Teacher Chen, what about those who got exactly 86?"
Someone asked.
"Bring them up, too."
Chen Xiangyu probably thought there wouldn’t be many higher than Shen Qiushan, so she replied a bit reluctantly.
After collecting all the 86 and above papers, Chen Xiangyu counted: exactly 20 sheets.
Of these, 18 had scores above 86, and two were exactly 86.
So, Shen Qiushan tied for 19th place in the class this time!
For a 38-year-old man, that was already a pretty dazzling result!
Especially since Chen Xiangyu had known Shen Qiushan for a long time—she knew all too well what his grades were like back in school.
Now, two decades after leaving campus, Shen Qiushan was actually stronger than he’d been then. Clearly he wasn’t joking when he said he wanted to study recently.
"For those who scored below 86!"
"You’d better reflect on yourselves!"
"How old is Old Shen? He doesn’t even have the luxury to sit in the classroom and study all day like you guys!"
"In the end, there are 38 people in the class who didn’t do as well as Old Shen, yet some of you still have a great self-image!"
Chen Xiangyu scolded them with a stern face and harsh voice. She didn’t repeat a single line for minutes on end.
Guess this is what all homeroom teachers are born with! 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Luckily, after a few moments of scolding, the bell rang for the end of class. Chen Xiangyu slammed the papers onto the lectern: "Pick up your own test papers after class. If you got less than 86, copy each wrong answer ten times on your own! Hand them to the English class rep Yan Lei tomorrow!"
With that, she strode right out of the classroom.
As soon as she left, the class was filled with the wails of the damned.
"I got 85!"
"I got 84!"
"Fuck, I have to copy mine ten times too!"
...
Ding!
Congratulations to the host for beating 38 people on the English test!
Reward: 3800 Scholar Index points!
Uh!
This earns points too?
Shen Qiushan was about to ask his son Shen Yixiao who had his paper, when the system notification sounded in his brain once again!
Shen Qiushan was momentarily stunned, then instantly overjoyed!
Scholar Index points!
For him, that’s a "fortune" already!
After his last lottery draw, he’d had a little over 500 Scholar Index left.
Listening to Intermediate Teacher Chen Xiangyu’s last lesson had earned him another 400, for over 900 in total.
Now with an instant reward of 3800, Shen Qiushan’s Scholar Index had shot up to over 4700!
For a second, Shen Qiushan felt like some newly rich tycoon!
Since activating the system, this was the first time he’d ever had so many Scholar Index points.
And as Shen Qiushan was basking in the joy of figuring out how to spend his Scholar Index, a group of class slackers gathered around him.
"Uncle Shen, can we have a word?"
A tall, skinny boy in the lead spoke with a miserable expression.
Shen Qiushan knew this kid. His name was Guo Junrui, pretty close to Shen Yixiao, and he’d seen him a few times before.
"Yeah? What’s up?"
Shen Qiushan asked casually.
"Uncle Shen, if something like this happens again, can you cut us some slack?"
"86 is too high, we’ll never get there even if you beat us to death ..."
Guo Junrui pleaded miserably.
"Yeah, Uncle Shen."
"Have a little mercy on the poor kids!"
"We really can’t outscore you!"
The other slackers all chimed in. They’d come to Shen Qiushan because of Chen Xiangyu’s policy, and Guo Junrui’s group ended up the biggest victims.
For example, Zhang Yuting, who got 82, didn’t get many wrong; even rewriting each answer 10 times wasn’t a ton of work.
But the slackers like Guo Junrui were a whole different story. Their scores hovered around the fifties or sixties, with way more mistakes.
If they had to copy every wrong answer 10 times, that’d be a massive undertaking!
Shen Qiushan looked the group over and spoke sincerely: "Junrui, you know the saying—an iron must be forged by itself!"
"You can’t just count on others, right? Hoping I’ll get a low score is pointless—you’d be better off improving your own!"
"As long as you score high, you won’t have to copy anything!"
"Doesn’t that make sense?"
Uh...
The boys looked at each other, all thinking: If we could get high scores, why would we need you?
The problem is, we just can’t!
"Alright, just go study hard."
Shen Qiushan waved his hand with a smile.
If he hadn’t just received that 3800 Scholar Index reward, he probably really would’ve let them off the hook.
They’re just kids, it’s not easy for them.
But now things were different!
Kids? What kids??
They’re all experience points now!
How can I level up if I don’t "farm" you guys??
Just hurry back and be my experience sacks!
