Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 63 - 57: Shen Yixiao Wins an Award, the Athletes Rise Up
In the formation of a hundred participating students.
"100 points! Uncle Shen is a god!"
Zhao Dongmei exclaimed, then looked again at the mushroom head beside her, "Pipa, what do you say about this?"
Xu Pipa, with a mushroom haircut, frowned and looked towards the audience, muttering, "If there are two perfect scores, the prize money will be halved."
"Are you sure you got a perfect score too?"
Zhao Dongmei thought her friend was too confident.
"Can you throw a shot put five meters?"
Xu Pipa asked.
"Five meters?"
Zhao Dongmei rolled her eyes, "Who are you looking down on!!"
Xu Pipa pushed up her black-framed glasses perched on her nose with a slender, fair index finger and didn’t reply.
Half a minute later, Zhao Dongmei, realizing the implication, cursed in frustration, "Monster!"
"Next, Principal Lin will announce the list of winners for this school’s English vocabulary contest and present the awards."
Once the noise level in the gymnasium subsided a bit, Zhao Jinpeng handed the microphone to Lin Xiamo.
And hearing that the list of final winners was about to be announced, the once noisy gym suddenly fell silent again.
Lin Xiamo unfolded the newly tallied winner list and announced loudly, "There are five students winning third prize in this English vocabulary contest: Chang Meiqi from class nine grade three, Su Lingling from class seven grade three, Tang Lin from class six grade three, Shen Yixiao from class five grade three, and Jiang Xiao from class one grade two."
"Congratulations to the five students! Please come up to receive your award certificates!"
As soon as Lin Xiamo finished speaking, the students on site immediately coordinated with enthusiastic applause.
The corner of the audience stand where the athletes were gathered erupted into a raucous cheer.
"Wow! Brother Xiao won an award!"
"Third place, Brother Xiao, you’re awesome!"
"Brother Xiao, you have to treat us now!"
A group of athletes rushed over to congratulate Shen Yixiao, all with bright smiles on their faces.
Perhaps due to frequently participating in various competitions, the athlete group had a greater sense of collective honor than ordinary high school students and had a deeper understanding of the phrase "all glory or all loss as one."
Because when competing outside, opponents basically wouldn’t know your name. They would only say Sanjiang High School’s this number is really weak, or Sanjiang High School’s this number is really strong.
This was also one of the reasons why previously when Shen Yixiao lost to his dad, Shen Qiushan, in class, just a few mocking posts on the school forum provoked a strong reaction among the athletes.
So, this time when Shen Yixiao, an athlete, won an award, it was a shared honor for all the athletes!
As the person involved, Shen Yixiao scratched his head. He never expected to win a third prize. From childhood to adulthood, he had won many awards in various sports events, both first and second places.
But those first and second places never made him as excited as this third prize did!
This was an academic award, something he had never thought he would win in an academic competition someday.
Therefore, when he heard his name, he was stunned for two seconds, as if his breath had paused for a moment, then his pupils slowly widened, and a smile gradually spread across his face, eventually blooming completely.
He jumped up in excitement, but when he landed, he felt his feet were as light as if he were standing on clouds.
"Brother Xiao, quickly go get your award!"
"Everyone’s already there!"
While Shen Yixiao was still a bit dazed, Wang Yunpeng pushed him from behind, and Gao Bin also gave his shoulder a firm pat.
On the other side of the audience, Luo Yao clapped so hard her palms turned red. If it weren’t for the morning flag-raising ceremony where both of them were just criticized, she would have rushed over to give her boyfriend a hug.
Beside her, Shen Yanran pouted, having already imagined the scene of Shen Yixiao boasting to their grandfather, aunt, uncle, Little Potato, and the neighbors once he got home...
"Yanran, you need to work hard."
"If your brother surpasses you in academics..."
"Absolutely impossible!!"
Shen Yanran interrupted before Shen Qiushan could finish, confidently declaring, "Next week’s mock exam, I’ll let him score one hundred!"
"Then I’ll look forward to it!"
Successfully getting the siblings to compete with each other, Shen Qiushan had a bright smile on his face.
Let them compete like this, and how could they worry about not getting into college!
At this time, Shen Yixiao had already rushed down from the audience and received the third prize certificate and a kraft paper envelope with the words "Scholarship" written on it from his second aunt.
Inside this envelope, naturally, was the scholarship prize. Third prize had 500 yuan, divided among five people, 100 each.
Though not much money, it was symbolic of honor.
"Not bad, keep up the good work!"
When handing the award certificate to her nephew, Lin Xiamo praised him with a smile at the corner of her eyes.
She truly didn’t expect she would have the chance to award her nephew, especially for an academic prize. She was already silently planning to tell her sister about this when she went to visit her grave next time.
Next, in line with the usual practice of award ceremonies, the five third prize winners stood in a row in front of the audience for a group photo.
Shen Yixiao, being the tallest, stood in the middle, his smile bright, eyes curving like crescents.
At this moment, the teenager’s eyes seemed to be filled with stars.
The third prize awards were completed.
Lin Xiamo picked up the microphone again, "The second prize winners of this English vocabulary contest are three: Gao Bin from class eight grade three, Xing Haoyu from class one grade three, and Pang Na from class one grade three."
"Congratulations to the above three students! Please come up to receive your awards."
Once Lin Xiamo finished speaking, there was another burst of warm applause from the audience.
The students couldn’t help but express their admiration.
"As expected of the Celestial Pride Class, two second prizes indeed."
"It’s just that the Celestial Pride Class people don’t like to join in the fun. If more of them came, they’d sweep all the awards!"
"The Celestial Pride Class may be impressive, but Old Shen is even more awesome, scoring 100 points, undoubtedly a first prize!"
"Yes, Old Shen is indeed awesome, single-handedly suppressing the Celestial Pride Class. I would call him the strongest Old Deng!"
"Old Shen truly earns his reputation in one battle this time, and no one will ever doubt his English skills again!"
"..."
Due to Gao Bin winning second prize, there was another round of enthusiastic cheering in the athletes’ camp.
Although they weren’t able to beat Shen Qiushan, they proved in this English vocabulary contest that the athletes weren’t weak.
With over a hundred participants, the athletes achieving one second prize and one third prize was undoubtedly a remarkable achievement.
The three students who won second prize received their awards and took a group photo.
Gao Bin, dark and thin, standing with two fair, spectacled celestial pride class elites, created a jarring yet somewhat funny picture.
"Finally, we will announce the first prize winner of this English vocabulary contest."
As Lin Xiamo’s voice rang out once more, the gymnasium instantly quieted down again, and at the same time, the students in the audience all turned their eyes to Shen Qiushan, who was seated in the front row.
Previously, Zhao Jinpeng had already announced his score.
points!
Perfect score!
So, the first prize for this contest could naturally only be his.
