Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 65 - 59: Applying to the University My Wife Attended
"P... Principal Lin!"
"Wait a minute!"
Lin Xiamo was about to leave when she heard her nephew calling her.
She stopped in her tracks and turned around in confusion.
"Brother Xiao, are you crazy!"
"How dare you call Principal Lin for a petty thing like this??"
Gao Bin firmly grabbed Shen Yixiao’s arm and whispered in his ear.
After Vice Principal Lin Xiamo made her appearance at the flag-raising ceremony, she became the unanimous choice among the boys as the "most beautiful teacher."
Previously, a group of boys would always debate over this topic, considering Fang Wan, the music teacher in the second year, Ji Meilin, the politics teacher in the third year, and the charming Chen Xiangyu as discussion points.
But Lin Xiamo’s appearance directly ended the debate!
The boys no longer had any disagreements about whom the title of the most beautiful teacher belonged to.
If there must be a nitpick, it’s probably that Lin Xiamo isn’t a teacher; she’s the vice principal.
Facing the beautiful and aloof Vice Principal Lin Xiamo, Gao Bin and the other adolescent boys could only harbor secret crushes, perhaps even coupled with awe.
Yet Shen Yixiao actually went to call on the aloof Vice Principal Lin Xiamo for such a trivial matter, which truly shocked Gao Bin.
What surprised Gao Bin even more was that the vice principal he didn’t even dare to look directly at, actually beckoned Shen Yixiao over to talk.
"Brother Bin, let go."
Shen Yixiao patted Gao Bin’s hand off his arm, then trotted over to catch up with Lin Xiamo.
"Aunt, I want you to be a judge."
With students leaving, the gym was noisy, and people far away couldn’t hear their conversation, so Shen Yixiao stopped using Lin Xiamo’s title.
"A judge for what?"
Lin Xiamo looked at her nephew, puzzled.
"Isn’t there a mock exam next week? My dad wants to compete with me on the total score of the mock exam. He said if he loses, he’ll go to class two to accompany Shen Yanran."
"I’m afraid he won’t keep his word, so please, Aunt, be a witness!"
Shen Yixiao said with a beaming smile.
In his mind, when it came to competing on the mock exam total score, there was no way his dad could beat him.
Just the thought of his dad going to class two to accompany Shen Yanran made Shen Yixiao almost burst out laughing.
Lately, Shen Yanran had often asked him how it felt to be desk buddies with his dad...
This was clearly a case of schadenfreude!
Shen Yixiao had already planned that once his dad went to class two, he would make sure to ask Shen Yanran every day how it felt to be in the same class as his dad.
After hearing her nephew’s words, Lin Xiamo instinctively looked over at Shen Qiushan, who was standing in the distance, talking with the boy who had just won second place.
"He really wants to compete with you on the mock exam total score?"
Lin Xiamo had already guessed her unreliable brother-in-law’s idea.
He probably thought the English vocabulary contest had effectively motivated Shen Yixiao and wanted to replicate that method.
It’s a kind of motivational tactic.
But this method has a critical factor, that is, Shen Qiushan can’t lose. Once he loses, Shen Yixiao’s pent-up motivation will be gone, and he might even get carried away by winning.
With the college entrance exam approaching, they needed to keep the pressure on!
If they had another idea of letting go, it would be hard to get it back.
"I’ll go ask him."
Lin Xiamo felt that this matter shouldn’t be done rashly. They mustn’t ruin her nephew’s hard-earned motivation to study.
So, Lin Xiamo, in her high heels, walked over to Shen Qiushan.
By now, Zhao Jinpeng and other teachers had left the gym with the students, leaving only Yang Wei and Chen Xiangyu who hadn’t left yet.
Both of them had people they cared about.
Yang Wei wanted to take a few more glances at his goddess and was even considering finding an excuse to go over and chat for a bit.
While Chen Xiangyu wanted to wait for Shen Qiushan to go back to class for self-study and maybe ask him if he wanted to come over to her place for some tutoring tonight.
Then, both of them witnessed Vice Principal Lin Xiamo proactively approaching Shen Qiushan.
"Can we talk privately?"
Lin Xiamo didn’t want Shen Yixiao to hear their conversation, so she promptly signaled to Shen Qiushan with her eyes.
"Xiaoxiao, you and Yunpeng go back for evening self-study first!"
"Don’t worry, your dad keeps his word."
Shen Qiushan straightforwardly dismissed his son because he had a good guess of what Aunt Lin Xiamo was thinking.
Their conversation shouldn’t be heard by his son.
Once Shen Yixiao, Gao Bin, and the rest of the sports students left, Lin Xiamo immediately asked, "Xiaoxiao said you want to compete with him on the mock exam results."
"Are you confident you can win?"
"Most likely, I will win!"
Shen Qiushan didn’t want to appear too certain and gave himself some wiggle room: "Xiaoxiao’s total score in the last mock exam was only 385."
"As long as I perform normally, surpassing him shouldn’t be a problem!"
"So, to motivate Xiaoxiao and Yanran, you’ve studied all the subjects?"
Lin Xiamo curiously asked.
Although 385 points isn’t much, asking any middle-aged person around 40 to take a mock exam for senior high, very few could score higher than that.
"More or less, I’m almost done learning."
Shen Qiushan hesitated for a moment, then added, "Actually, I’m studying hard not just for Xiaoxiao and Yanran."
"I’m also taking the college entrance exam myself!"
When they had hotpot the last time, Shen Qiushan only mentioned being a companion in studying, but he hadn’t said he himself was also planning to take the college entrance exam.
But this couldn’t be hidden, especially now that this aunt is the vice principal of the school, with the chance that Xu Decai might accidentally "sell" him out during a chat someday.
So, instead of being exposed passively, it’s better to honestly confess proactively.
As expected, upon hearing Shen Qiushan’s astonishing statement, Aunt Lin Xiamo was directly stunned. Her finely-shaped eyebrows raised sharply, and her beautiful eyes widened by twofold.
"You’re also taking the college entrance exam?"
"What does that mean?"
"If you get accepted, will you also attend university?"
Lin Xiamo directly fired a series of questions. With emotions stirred up, she even aggressively stepped closer, bridging the social distance she kept with Shen Qiushan.
Having anticipated Lin Xiamo’s reaction, Shen Qiushan remained very calm and leisurely explained, "Back then, Chuxue’s biggest regret was not being able to finish university."
"I just want to finish college on her behalf, that’s all. So, I not only want to attend college."
"But I also want to get into Sanjiang University, where Chuxue studied!!"
These words from Shen Qiushan came from the heart.
Initially, his intent to attend college was just to complete a system task and earn a billion yuan reward!
However, as he continued learning, he developed new plans. Since the system task required admission to a 985 university, why not aim for his wife Lin Chuxue’s alma mater.
Shen Qiushan even had a bigger goal, which was to get both his son and daughter into Sanjiang University as well.
To let them walk the path that their mother once tread, to see the sights she once saw.
The three of them together completing the studies his wife couldn’t finish should also be considered a very meaningful endeavor.
