Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 60 - 54: Old Shen with One Hand in His Pocket
"My baby wrote it out again!"
"Super amazing!"
In the front row of the audience, Luo Yao said with a giggle.
This time, Shen Yanran didnโt even bother to roll her eyes, pretending not to have heard anything. ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐น.๐๐จ๐บ
However, she was a bit surprised in her heart. She knew her brother Shen Yixiaoโs level well enough, and in theory, for these first two words, it would be great if he could write one correctly.
He ended up writing both.
Seems like the recent training sessions paid off!
"Untrustworthy, disloyal"
Zhao Jinpeng gave out the third word.
Although over a hundred people were competing, students in the audience would also silently spell the word in their minds to see if they could do it.
The first two words already stumped quite a few first-year and second-year students.
When the third word came out, many students in the audience were left looking at each other wide-eyed.
"Yanran, how do you spell this word again?"
Luo Yao had only a faint memory of it and asked Shen Yanran softly.
"t-r-e-a-c-h..."
Shen Yanran spelled out the first half of the word but couldnโt quite recall the second half: "Whatโs the rest?"
"I just remember the word is quite long."
Luo Yao instinctively looked at Shen Yixiao, then exclaimed again: "Wow, my baby is amazing, he knows this word too!"
Shen Yanran also looked at Shen Yixiao. He had indeed already written the third word on the whiteboard, but it was too far away to see what it was.
She then looked at her dadโs answer board, which also had the third word written on it.
Am I actually the one holding the family back?
Shen Yanran furrowed her brows slightly, feeling the threat of her slacker brother Shen Yixiao in academics for the first time!
Like all students, Lin Xiamo also silently went over the word "treacherous" in her mind.
Then, she compared her mental answer with what the Shen family father and son wrote.
The third word.
The father and son both wrote it correctly again.
The current score is 3:3!
Lin Xiamo suddenly found this competition quite interesting. The father and sonโs simultaneous participation truly motivated her nephew Shen Yixiao to be proactive in memorizing words.
It was unthinkable before!
Of course, what surprised her more was her unreliable brother-in-law Shen Qiushan.
He was so cocky in the cafeteria!
Claiming he didnโt need to cheat to beat the sports students, it seems he really put in the effort memorizing words.
A "seasoned Huang Mao," putting in effort at 38 years old!
Not only did he quit his job to be with his child at school for better grades, but he also led by example in memorizing words and motivated his son to work hard through challenges...
This is practically the script of "a prodigal son returns"!
Lin Xiamo could never have imagined it before.
Next, Zhao Jinpeng slightly increased the frequency of giving out words.
This compressed the thinking time for everyone, inadvertently increasing the difficulty of the competition.
For students who were not very proficient, this speed boost wasnโt very friendly!
For example, sports students like Shen Yixiao who relied on cram training to memorize a lot of words might remember some given enough thinking time.
But when the pace quickens, unfamiliar words are prone to errors.
Shen Yixiao, who got the first ten words right, stumbled on the eleventh word.
Is the word for "botany" baunce or bounce? He was unsure.
While he was trying hard to recall, Zhao Jinpeng already started on the twelfth word, forcing him to temporarily abandon the eleventh word.
Lin Xiamo, intensely focused on watching, sighed silently, feeling sorry for her nephew slipping behind.
For the first ten words, the father and son were neck and neck.
The eleventh word, Shen Yixiao only missed by one letter!
Wait a minute...
Could it be that my unreliable brother-in-law got all eleven words right?
Lin Xiamo had been silently marveling at her nephewโs progress.
Feeling happy for his improvement, she overlooked that Shen Qiushan also got every word right.
He now had eleven in a row!
No, twelve.
Lin Xiamo looked at the distant figure, still standing there confidently with one hand in his pocket.
"How arrogant!"
"I figured out where that kid Shen Yixiao gets his flair from!"
Down by the staircase at the audienceโs edge, Yang Wei and Guo Mingwei were also paying attention to the competition.
Most of Yang Weiโs gaze lingered on Lin Xiamo, ultimately due to her gaze focusing on the Shen familyโs father and son, so he passively also paid attention to Shen Qiushan.
Shen Qiushanโs rather arrogant stance irked him!
It wasnโt really the stanceโs issue, though.
It was his goddess, Vice Principal Lin, constantly watching this older man!
This stirred a bit of jealousy in him.
"Old Shen is well-prepared!"
"Should show these little rascals some color!"
Guo Mingwei, on the other hand, supported Shen Qiushan, even throwing in an English word for effect in his sentence.
As a PE teacher, he dealt with these sporty kids almost daily.
He knew well that these rascals were mostly brash and arrogant!
He hoped for someone who could dampen their arrogance.
Though these sporty kids worked hard for this English vocabulary contest, if they actually won, theyโd be boasting about it by evening self-study!
Hence, Guo Mingwei hoped Shen Qiushan would win.
Especially in a cool, one-handed pocketed manner!
You bunch think youโre all that?
Old Shen is even cooler!
"What confidence!"
"I think heโs just trying to attract Principal Linโs attention!"
"Trying to make Principal Lin Shen Yixiaoโs stepmom!"
"Pshaw!"
"A toad lusting for swan meat!"
Yang Wei indignantly criticized, already seeing Shen Qiushan as a love rival.
"Yang, your imagination is really something."
"A waste if not writing novels!"
Guo Mingwei was speechless.
Shen Qiushan merely made a one-handed pocket gesture and Yang Wei spun it into a mini-novel.
Indeed, love is risky.
It dumbs you down!
Fortunately, heโs already married.
Long past the stage of getting dazzled by emotions.
Unknowingly, the contest was halfway through.
Zhao Jinpeng announced the fifty-sixth word "artificial, fake."
Lin Xiamo, also silently spelling in her mind, was suddenly stumped; she forgot how to spell it.
Artificial, fake??
On the tip of her tongue, yet she couldnโt recall it...
Lin Xiamo wrinkled her brow, trying hard to remember.
During this struggle, Zhao Jinpeng already moved onto the fifty-seventh word.
Ugh!
I missed one.
As nephew Shen Yixiao had already faded, Lin Xiamo silently picked up the challenge, competing secretly with Shen Qiushan!
But at the fifty-sixth word, she couldnโt keep up either.
She glanced over at Shen Qiushanโs answer board.
56, artificial
Right!!
Itโs artificial!
Lin Xiamo looked frustrated, the word was right there, yet she failed to recall.
Defeated by the unreliable brother-in-law Shen Qiushan!
He hadnโt made a single mistake.
Still perfect!
At this pace, isnโt he set to take first place?
A 38-year-old accompanying student, outperforming over a hundred high schoolers to win the schoolโs English vocabulary contest first place.
Isnโt that too absurd!
Mainly, it doesnโt look good for the school.
If he only beat a few sporty students, fine, it could be motivational.
But if he wiped out all the high schoolers?
Wouldnโt that imply Sanjiang High Schoolโs standards are mediocre?!
With that thought, Lin Xiamo urgently scanned the group, finally landing on Xu Pipa with the mushroom haircut.
If all goes well, this girl will be the villageโs hope!
