Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 57 - 51: The Women of the Lin Family Are All Great Benefactors
"She smiled."
"She really smiled."
"Old Guo, did you see that?"
Yang Wei, snapping out of it, gently bumped the eating Guo Mingwei next to him with his elbow.
"Old Yang!"
"I advise you to stop before it’s too late, don’t go too deep."
"To put it nicely, you’re just dreaming in vain. To put it bluntly, it’s a toad lusting after a swan!"
Guo Mingwei patted Yang Wei on the shoulder and said in a heavy, earnest tone, "Look at Principal Lin. She’s got looks, she’s got a figure, and she’s already a vice principal at her age. Her background must be impressive."
"What do you have?"
"What would she want with you?"
Yang Wei was left speechless. He looked up at Lin Xiamo again, mumbling to himself, "It’s too late, Old Guo, I’m already in too deep."
Guo Mingwei rolled his eyes, "You said the same thing when you were chasing after Teacher Fang."
"This time it’s different."
"This time I’m really falling!"
Yang Wei was still talking when he saw Lin Xiamo actually get up and walk toward him and Guo Mingwei.
"Old Guo, Old Guo!"
"Look, is she coming to see me?"
Yang Wei excitedly tugged at Guo Mingwei’s arm.
"Yeah, she’s coming to register with you at the Civil Affairs Bureau."
"But the Civil Affairs Bureau is already closed now..."
Damn!
Guo Mingwei never expected that his sarcasm would actually be taken seriously by Yang Wei.
"Teacher Yang, Teacher Guo."
"There’s going to be an English vocabulary competition in the gym soon. If you two have time, could you go help maintain order at the site?"
Lin Xiamo was, in fact, coming over to find Yang Wei—but only to draft some labor.
"We’ve got time, we definitely have time!"
"We’ll head over right after eating!"
Yang Wei’s face was plastered with a cheap grin.
"Thanks for your help, you two."
Lin Xiamo nodded slightly, then carried her tray over to the dish return area.
"It’s no trouble at all, not troublesome, it’s just our job..."
Yang Wei called after her slender back.
Meanwhile, Guo Mingwei was left completely speechless. He gave Yang Wei a hard pinch on the thigh. "Come on, Old Yang, if you want to be a simp, don’t drag me into it!"
"I already told my wife I’d pick her up after work once I finish eating!"
"Old Guo, your vision is too limited."
Yang Wei said confidently, "What’s more important, picking your wife up after work or getting in good with the boss?"
"You just said it yourself, Principal Lin’s background is definitely not ordinary. I’m throwing you an opportunity to cling to a bigwig."
"So I’m supposed to thank you!"
"You’re welcome!"
"Damn! Hopeless!"
Gymnasium.
When Shen Qiushan arrived, there was still a line at the door.
His own daughter and "almost daughter-in-law" had learned to be clever—they knew following him would get them in, so they were sitting on the bench beside the gym.
"Dad!" 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮
Having waited a while, Shen Yanran excitedly waved when she saw her dad.
"Uncle Shen."
Luo Yao followed with a greeting.
"Come with me."
Shen Qiushan waved at the two, then led them around to the side entrance of the gym.
Since the school was pretty supportive of this competition, they had assigned several senior English teachers to take charge.
As a result, Chen Xiangyu had been forced to work overtime, and she had arrived early at the gym to set up.
When Shen Qiushan reached the side door, he called his old flame, and soon enough, Chen Xiangyu opened it from inside—the one used specially for Shen Qiushan and other contestants to enter.
"Just got notice that the person in charge of this contest has been changed to Vice Principal Lin, who just started the job today."
Upon meeting, Chen Xiangyu immediately shared this update with Shen Qiushan.
The original supervisor for the competition was Zhao Jinpeng, head of the senior English department, and also the Celestial Pride Class English teacher.
"Does it really matter who’s in charge?"
Shen Qiushan shrugged indifferently, then handed his daughter the takeaway he’d gotten from the cafeteria. "Yanran, you and Luo Yao find a place to eat first."
"There’s a lounge over there."
Chen Xiangyu pointed to a nearby room.
This side entrance was normally used as a player tunnel, so the corridor had dressing rooms, lounges, and the like on both sides, and there were plenty of empty rooms.
"Dad, Teacher Chen, we’ll go eat then."
Shen Yanran was already hungry, so while the contest hadn’t started yet, she dragged Luo Yao into the lounge next door.
"By the way, Xiangyu, did you eat?"
After the two kids left, Shen Qiushan remembered that his old flame probably had been here working for a while.
"Already ate. We actually finished eating before coming over."
Chen Xiangyu walked as she talked. "Since they changed the person in charge, the competition format’s changed too. That Vice Principal Lin told folks to set up a hundred desks in the gym, said she wanted to upgrade it to an all-school English vocabulary contest. All the students from senior one, two, and three can join."
"It’s the first one, and will be held every semester from now on."
"There’ll be certificates and prize money for winners. Since time was tight this time, contestants sign up on-site, but in the future they’ll probably allocate the spots to each class, then let English teachers recommend or run intra-class selection exams..."
Shen Qiushan hadn’t expected the contest to get upgraded.
But, honestly, this was exactly the outcome he wanted, based on the system’s defeat-reward mechanism.
Theoretically, the more people he beats in a single contest or test, the bigger the payout.
Take last time’s English test, for example—he beat 38 people.
Which netted him 3,800 Scholar Index points.
Now, with this contest having over a hundred people, if he takes first place, wouldn’t he score over ten thousand Scholar Index points??
The thought got Shen Qiushan fired up right away!
For the past week, Shen Qiushan had been in a "pill-popping" study mode. Every day, his Scholar Index just barely kept up with his spending.
The Scholar Index had been hovering around a thousand. At this rate, he’d hardly be able to afford the pills!
But now, this was his chance to strike it rich!
"This contest format—is that Vice Principal Lin’s idea?"
Shen Qiushan asked.
"I think so."
Chen Xiangyu nodded. "Once she took over, she set up a WeChat group for the event and posted all the contest details, rules, prizes, everything in there."
"Gotta say, Vice Principal Lin is really capable—thought everything through in such a short time."
"No wonder she became vice principal at such a young age!"
Chen Xiangyu couldn’t help sighing in admiration.
Shen Qiushan also sighed to himself: Sure enough, the women of the Lin Family are all his lucky stars!
Back in the day, his wife Lin Chuxue gave him a son and daughter.
And now, his sister-in-law Lin Xiamo had set up an all-school English vocabulary contest tailored perfectly for his need for Scholar Index points.
"I wonder if Vice Principal Lin is married—a woman this outstanding, what kind of man could be worthy of her!"
This time, Chen Xiangyu started sighing again.
"Nope, she’s single!"
Shen Qiushan replied offhandedly.
"Hmm?"
Chen Xiangyu looked at her old flame in surprise. "How do you know?"
"Uh..."
Realizing he’d said too much, Shen Qiushan hurried to explain, "She asked me for directions this morning, and I noticed she wasn’t wearing a wedding ring."
"You even noticed whether she was wearing a wedding ring or not?"
"You’re quite the observer, aren’t you!"
Chen Xiangyu rolled her eyes, then walked off towards the competition area on her own.
