Saturday, June 20th.

Jiang Xia stayed up late drawing for half the night last night, and when she got up, she found that it was already past ten o'clock.

He frowned slightly, vaguely remembering that something important had happened today, but he couldn't quite recall what it was.

There was no one in the living room, so I figured my mom must have gone grocery shopping. I went into the bathroom to wash up.

At this moment, Jiang Xia kept wondering what he had forgotten. Was it his wife's birthday? Their wedding anniversary? It wasn't today.

The door suddenly opened, and as he brushed his teeth, he went out to see that Xia Shanshan had bought a bunch of groceries and was also carrying a big watermelon.

"Xiaxia, are you awake yet? Come help me, be careful, you're so heavy!"

He quickly reached for the watermelon, his toothbrush clenched in his teeth. The watermelon felt heavy in his hand; he roughly estimated it to weigh about twenty or thirty pounds.

"Mom, why did you buy such a big watermelon?" he asked, his words muffled.

There are only three people in the family. My dad isn't home during the day, so unless my mother and I eat watermelon for every meal, we simply can't finish it.

"Eat up. It's hot, what else can we eat but watermelon? Oh, and here are some steamed buns I bought for you, eat them quickly."

Xia Shanshan put all the dishes on the table. It was so hot that she quickly poured herself a glass of water and drank it down, which finally made her feel a little better.

"Have you checked your grades? What were your scores? Let me make this clear: if you did poorly, you can only watch your dad and I eat this watermelon; you won't get any."

Jiang Xia was stunned. Damn, he remembered! The college entrance exam results were released today! No wonder he felt like he had forgotten something important.

"Not yet, I just woke up, please wait for me."

As he spoke, he immediately went to the sink, drank some water, and spit out all the toothpaste foam from his mouth.

He went back to his room, found his exam admission ticket, and took out his phone to make an inquiry call according to the instructions on it. For a moment, both mother and son held their breath.

Although Jiang Xia was mentally prepared that she couldn't possibly do poorly on the exam, she was still a little nervous when checking her scores. But after waiting a few seconds, all she got were a few busy signals.

"Mom, there must be a lot of people checking their scores right now. Should I try again later?"

"Stop talking nonsense and start the fight!"

Xia Shanshan is an impatient person, especially when it comes to such important matters concerning her son's future; she can't wait to know the results.

"Okay, okay, don't rush, I'll try again."

Jiang Xia tried calling more than ten times in a row, but each time it said "Too many people are currently querying, please try again later".

"You see, haste makes waste. We can just wait until noon to order more." (Qianqian Xiaoshan)

"What's the phone number? I'll call it myself." Xia Shanshan refused to believe it. She snatched the admission ticket from her son and sat on the sofa, dialing the inquiry number repeatedly.

Jiang Xia shrugged. Let them investigate; he wasn't worried.

While eating his steamed bun, he took out his phone, opened QQ, and sent a message to his wife.

[Jiang Hanhan]: Baby, have you checked your grades yet? How did you do?

[Lin Baobao]: Too many people are querying, the line is busy, I will try again later.

[Jiang Hanhan]: Me too, but my mom doesn't believe in superstitions, and she's on the phone right now fighting with someone else for the line.

Jiang Xia chuckled and clicked into the Qitian Animation Company group chat, only to find that two other people were also complaining about the terrible servers in the education system.

In comparison, in later generations, you fill in your mobile phone number when registering, and you are notified by text message after the results are released. The efficiency is much higher.

"Son, come quick, it's working!!" Xia Shanshan suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

She turned on speakerphone and listened to the notification tone coming from the other end of the phone. Jiang Xia immediately moved closer.

Please enter the candidate's admission ticket number and press the # key to end.

Xia Shanshan held her breath, carefully entered the values ​​according to her admission ticket number, then pressed the # key, and held the pen in one hand, ready to record the scores of each subject.

Candidate Number: 0

Name: Jiang Xia

Chinese Language Score: 127

As she listened to the mechanical announcement on the phone, Xia Shanshan gripped her pen tightly, her breathing unconsciously slowing down. But when she heard the score of 127 in Chinese, her brows furrowed slightly.

She turned to look at Jiang Xia, as if to say, "With such a low score in Chinese, you still have the nerve to say it was a normal performance?"

Jiang Xia's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he really did poorly on the test?

The mother and son continued listening, and the mechanical broadcast from the other end of the phone continued at a steady pace.

Math score: 134

Foreign Language Score: 132

Overall Score: 255

Total undergraduate score: 648

Undergraduate grade ranking: 29

Upon hearing the results, Jiang Xia finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and Xia Shanshan successfully recorded all the subject scores.

"Out of 750, I got 648, ranking 29th in the city. Not bad, right?" Jiang Xia raised an eyebrow, feeling a sense of triumph compared to his college entrance exam scores in his previous life.

This time, won't he have to eat half of the watermelon?

Eating it piece by piece is too stingy; he wants to just scoop it out with a spoon!

Xia Shanshan smiled and said, "You did well on the test, but can you tell me why you only got 127 in Chinese? You managed to do well in math, which is usually a headache, but you got the lowest score in Chinese, which is your best subject? You're something else."

Jiang Xia's face stiffened. How could a mother be so nitpicky? Who looks at subject scores when filling out college applications? Doesn't everyone look at the total score?

However, the person in charge of the family is his mother, who is a Chinese language teacher, and naturally, she cares most about his Chinese language grades from childhood.

If you're bad at other subjects, that's one thing, but if your Chinese score is worse than other subjects, you're definitely going to get a beating.

"It might be the essay," Jiang Xia said, scratching his head. "While it's not exactly off-topic, the ideas might be a bit ahead of their time. The grader might not be able to accept it right away and might give it a low score."

"What did you write in your essay?" Mom asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's a set essay topic, with a unified theme, but the content might read like a love letter, otherwise the total score could be even higher," Jiang Xia said weakly.

"???"

Xia Shanshan cracked her knuckles, took a few deep breaths, and forcibly resisted the urge to hit him with the paddle.

Didn't you know that the college entrance exam is a narrow bridge, where a single point can stump countless heroes?

Squeeze me, are you out of your mind from being in love? You wrote a love letter in your college entrance exam essay, and your girlfriend can see it? If you're so capable, why don't you confess your love over the school's public address system during the exam?

She was furious with her silly son. Of all the opportunities to shine, he had to choose the college entrance exam.

"You should be glad I'm not the one grading your paper, otherwise I would definitely have drawn a 0 for you."

To everyone's surprise, Jiang Xia chuckled and said, "Mom, don't try to fool me. It's not that easy to get a zero score on an essay. My handwriting is neat, the word count is up to standard, the vocabulary is beautiful, the sentences are fluent, and it's not off-topic. It's just that the content may not be suitable for the student's identity and has the suspicion of early romance. But overall, it's still an excellent essay. At most, it won't get a high score."

Upon hearing this, Xia Shanshan was stunned.

He calculated everything so clearly, that's why this brat dared to do this?

To be so calculating in a relationship, you're really something else.

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