Chapter 55 Parent-Teacher Meeting

When Jiang Wan got home that evening, she gave her test paper to her parents to sign and told them about the parent-teacher conference next week.

Although she had been warned beforehand, Jiang Wan's heart still pounded when she took out the science comprehensive test paper and report card.

It wasn't that she was worried her parents would scold her, but rather that they might have difficulty accepting it in the short term.

After all, this had never happened before, and judging from the way they were sitting on the sofa eating sunflower seeds, they clearly hadn't taken what she had said a few days ago to heart.

"I told you guys before, this time in the exam..." Jiang Wan swallowed hard and handed over the report card, "I didn't do well in the science section, so... my ranking dropped a bit."

Dan Tong put down the sunflower seeds, took the report card, glanced at it, and his brows furrowed instantly.

My gaze slowly moved from top to bottom, and after a few seconds, I finally found the row where Jiang Wan was.

Seeing that she hadn't moved for a while, Jiang Ronghai also looked over. When he didn't see Jiang Wan's name in the top few lines of the report card, his heart skipped a beat.

He originally thought that Jiang Wan's words, "didn't perform well," "was not ideal," and "dropped in rankings," were just some kind of humble expression.

It should only be a drop from second place to fifth place.

But to his utter surprise, he didn't even make it into the top ten of his class, and even ranked 15th in the entire grade.

He and Shan Tong exchanged a glance, and he calmly asked, "Wanwan, have you encountered any difficulties lately?"

Shan Tong quickly added, "Yes, Wanwan, you can talk to your parents about anything. Is it because you've been studying too hard lately, or because you're under too much pressure, or... what happened?"

"I didn't encounter any difficulties." Jiang Wan shook her head. "It was just an off day in an exam, which is quite normal."

She really didn't want to repeat the same excuse she used to deal with Lao Fan to her parents again.

So he said succinctly, "Mom and Dad, don't worry, this is just a setback. I will do better on the next exam, and I will be back to my previous level soon."

He paused, then said, "Really, you believe me, just give me some more time."

Seeing that she said that, Shan Tong and Jiang Ronghai did not ask any further questions.

After all, Jiang Wan would feel the worst if they didn't do well on the exam, otherwise she wouldn't have given them a heads-up so many days in advance.

The couple had never been strict with their daughter's studies, and Jiang Wan had never needed them to worry about her. It was just a failed exam, and since Jiang Wan had said so, of course they should trust their daughter instead of putting more pressure on her.

Compared to this, Shan Tong focused her attention on something else.

She pointed to the first line of the report card and asked, "Is Zhou Chong, who's ranked first in the grade, your deskmate?"

Jiang Wan paused for a moment, seemingly not expecting her mother to ask such a question, and nodded, "Yes."

"706 points, not bad," Shan Tong commented casually.

"Yes, that's good." Jiang Wan paused, then said, "He's always first in the grade in every exam. He even got 712 points in the last monthly exam. This time it's just a stable performance."

"No wonder you always go to the city library with him to study. This young man is indeed quite outstanding." Shan Tong tentatively observed Jiang Wan's reaction.

Jiang Wan nodded frankly, "Yes, he is really outstanding. He has helped me a lot with my studies, and I need to continue to learn from him."

His words were so righteous and eloquent that Shan Tong couldn't find any fault with them.

"Great, that's excellent." Shan Tong smiled. "Learn from your outstanding classmates."

"Yes, I will." Jiang Wan nodded, put away the test paper and stood up. "Mom and Dad, I'll go back to my room now."

"Okay, get some rest."

Dan Tong smiled and watched Jiang Wan walk back to her room.

Once the door was closed, she tugged at Jiang Ronghai's sleeve and whispered, "Let's go to the parent-teacher meeting next Saturday."

"Can't you just go by yourself?" Jiang Ronghai asked.

Shan Tong clicked her tongue and pointed to the report card in her hand, "Don't you want to meet this Zhou Chong?"

Jiang Ronghai was stunned for a moment, and before he could say anything, he heard Shan Tong add another sentence.

"It's also a good opportunity to meet his parents."

Jiang Ronghai then realized, "Wife, our daughter hasn't shown any signs of anything yet. Just now she said that Zhou Chong helped her a lot with her studies and that she should learn from him. She just had an off day in the exam."

“Hey, you don’t understand.” Shan Tong waved his hand. “When it comes to puppy love, it’s too late once it’s discovered. Right now, they might just be in a daze and haven’t even realized it yet. This is the perfect time to guide them.”

Jiang Ronghai frowned and asked, "How do you plan to address this?"

"Well," Shan Tong said, placing her hands on her knees as if deep in thought, "I'll go meet this boy first and then make a decision, but..."

"But what?" Jiang Ronghai pressed.

"However, I think Zhou Chong's grades are so good. I saw him downstairs last time, and you said he was quite handsome. Wanwan's taste shouldn't be bad."

"So what?" Jiang Ronghai was even more confused.

"If they are good people and excellent in all aspects, then there is no need to break them up. Letting things develop naturally is also a good thing. But we must make it clear to them that at this stage, their studies should be the priority."

Shan Tong slapped his thigh suddenly, "In short, we parents need to help our daughter choose the right person first."

Jiang Ronghai: ? ? ?

-

Chinese New Year is early this year, and winter vacation is also starting early.

Last Thursday and Friday, the first and second year high school students took their final exams, and then they went straight to winter break.

Senior high school students will have to attend classes for another week before starting their winter break this Sunday.

It's called winter break, but it's only a week off before the Lunar New Year, and then we go back to school on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. All in all, it's less than two weeks.

Because the winter break was too short, and the city's first mock exam had just been held, the senior high school students did not organize any additional on-campus final exams.

This parent-teacher meeting mainly focused on the analysis of the first round of review and the first mock exam, as well as the outlook for the upcoming college entrance examination next semester.

The last class on Saturday afternoon.

Ten minutes before get out of class ended, a number of parents had already gathered outside the classroom, peering in through the corridor windows and door glass.

Although everyone tried their best to avoid making any noise, some rustling sounds still leaked in through the crack in the door.

Old Fan was assigning winter break homework, not worried that the noise outside the door would affect the class order, since he was just handing out the papers one by one.

As Jiang Wan folded the sets of test papers in front of her, she glanced at the glass door behind her.

Zhou Chong had already told her that his mother received a last-minute notice from the hospital today that she needed to perform surgery on a traffic accident patient admitted to the emergency room, and therefore couldn't attend the parent-teacher meeting.

As if he had anticipated this possibility, Zhou Chong had asked Lao Fan for leave in advance. Given that his grades were so outstanding, it didn't matter whether his parents came to the parent-teacher meeting or not.

Therefore, her parents, who were so excited that they both wanted to attend the parent-teacher meeting, could conveniently occupy the seats of Zhou Chong's parents, one seat for each of them.