Song Qi's condition made Gu Si feel uneasy, and this feeling made her uncomfortable.
But looking at Song Qiwen's gentle demeanor, she couldn't find anything wrong with him, especially since he had given her several bags of medicine.
Even after the final exams were over, their relationship remained lukewarm.
Gu Si tried various methods to get closer to Song Qi, but all her efforts seemed to fall on cotton.
They floated lightly, and some were even bounced off.
As expected, Song Qi ranked first in the final exams again, and was first in the entire city, exceeding the city's 23rd point by a margin.
To put it in a systematic way: This woman is a monster.
If Song Qi hadn't chosen to go to the front lines, staying in the lab would have been terrifying enough.
Furthermore, Qin Xiao successfully exceeded the first-tier university admission line by ten points, which signifies the complete end of Song Qi's "teaching his son" journey.
To reward Qin Xiao, she specially bought two small red flowers for one yuan each from a small shop near the school gate and pasted them into a book for him.
"Is this your reward for me?" Qin Xiao looked at the notebook, his lips twitching slightly.
"Didn't I say I'd give you little red flowers? What else do you want?" Song Qi tapped the notebook. "Sixty little red flowers, are you happy now?"
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "I'm so happy."
"Keep going, surpass me." Song Qi patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder and smiled kindly. "I still remember what you said."
Qin Xiao recalled Song Qi's near-perfect score this time and chuckled again: "Hehe."
Gu Si's score was just barely above the second-tier university cutoff, more than thirty points lower than the last monthly exam.
Song Qi didn't ask anything.
It wasn't until lunch break that Song Qi was called to the teacher's office, where she saw Gu Si standing there, sobbing uncontrollably.
Gu Si glanced at Song Qi and then lowered her head.
"Yang Nuan, you did very well on this exam."
"So, teacher, can I skip my winter break homework?" Song Qi blinked.
The teacher was silent for a few seconds.
"I have my own targeted practice, and the winter break is only fifteen days long."
The homeroom teacher nodded: "That's true. You can do well on my assignments. I'll ask the other teachers for you. Good luck, the top scorer in the college entrance exam is up to you."
"Okay." Song Qi smiled.
"She really doesn't know how to be humble," the homeroom teacher said helplessly.
Song Qi smiled and said, "If you have the ability, then being humble seems a bit fake."
The homeroom teacher laughed again, her smile impossible to hide, a stark contrast to Gu Si's teacher beside her.
"Here's the thing, the school hopes you can give a speech at this semester's academic conference. Could you go back and prepare?"
“Okay.” Song Qi nodded.
"The content will roughly include your learning methods and your vision for the future."
"Okay." Song Qi nodded again.
The homeroom teacher next to him also started roaring.
"Gu Si, look at your math score this time! Fourteen fill-in-the-blank questions, and you got eight wrong! Is this even humanly possible? What have you been doing lately? Don't you want to study anymore?"
Gu Si sobbed softly.
"Aren't you and Xu Yangnuan on good terms? How come you haven't learned anything from her at all?"
Song Qi glanced at the homeroom teacher, then quickly left the office.
I was originally planning to leave, but in the end I waited at the door.
When Gu Si came out, ten minutes later, her eyes were red. She was stunned when she saw Song Qi. The tears she had managed to stop fell again. She raised her hand to wipe away the tears, but she couldn't stop them: "What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you." Song Qi pulled Gu Si to the small balcony.
Seeing that no one was around, Gu Si buried herself in Song Qi's arms and began to cry softly.
Song Qi leaned against the railing, looking down at the top of her head.
It's three degrees below zero, and to be honest, it's quite cold.
"I don't know why my test scores keep getting worse. I've been trying so hard, but... it just keeps getting worse."
Song Qi rubbed Gu Si's head.
“I was hoping to go to the same city as you, and maybe even go to the same university, but that’s definitely not going to happen now.” Gu Si took a deep breath.
"Keep going, you can do it!"
The system interjected, "Actually, no... In this world, the aura of the protagonist and the villain is relative. The stronger your aura, the more powerful you are, and the weaker the other party will be. Your rise and Qin Xiao's rise, to put it in a rather mystical way, probably absorbed Gu Si's luck."
"Oh." Song Qi patted Gu Si on the back, glanced at the time, and said, "Go back and get some rest at noon, and don't overthink it."
"Hmm." Gu Si tugged at Song Qi's sleeve and looked up at her. "Can I study with you during winter break?"
Song Qi was silent for a few seconds: "I don't plan to study during winter break."
Gu Si: ? ? ?
Is this still a valid response?
"Let's go back to class first, we can talk about the rest later." Song Qi gently stepped away from Gu Si, looking down at her wet chest.
I feel somewhat helpless.
Gu Si was a little embarrassed and wiped herself with her hand. Before she could even feel what she touched, Song Qi grabbed her wrist and said, "Let's go back."
"Okay." Gu Si nodded, her mind racing, and then glanced at a certain spot on Song Qi's face.
It's really small.
Song Qi didn't notice Gu Si's gaze. After returning to class, she lay down on her desk, ready to sleep.
"Host, would you lower your score a little for Gu Si's sake?"
"No," Song Qi yawned. "Why would you have such a pointless thought?"
"You seem to really like her."
"Hehe, they are quite cute. I can raise one when I get back."
system:? ? ?
After the final exams, we studied for another week before the holiday started.
Although they had a lot of homework during winter break, it didn't dampen their enthusiasm.
"Yang Nuan, winter vacation homework..." An Yao sneakily approached.
“I told the homeroom teacher I wouldn’t write it,” Song Qi smiled.
An Yao paused for a moment, then sighed, "That's true, you've almost gotten a perfect score. When will I be able to be as good as you?"
Qin Xiao measured it with a ruler, and the stack of test papers was about ten centimeters thick.
"I'm not doing it anymore." Qin Xiao threw the ruler down.
Song Qi sneered twice: "If you don't do it, I'll make you do ten times the amount of paper when you come back."
Qin Xiao glanced at Song Qi with disdain, then silently put the test paper into his schoolbag.
To be honest, after this period of inhumane learning under Song Qi, he discovered the joy of learning.
What could be more joyful than watching your grades improve little by little?
What could be more joyful than solving advanced math problems, getting all the English reading comprehension questions right, and scoring 50 or 60 points on a Chinese composition?
He felt like he was obsessed, so because of this awkward feeling, he always carefully hid his love for learning.
Song Qi's fact that he didn't have to do homework allowed him to casually stroll through the entire classroom.
One voice of envy after another rose up.
Song Qi, who had told his teacher he would study hard, returned home without taking anything with him, feeling completely relaxed.
Xu's parents didn't say anything. In their opinion, their daughter must have suffered a lot to be able to do so well in the exam, and they wished she could rest well.
During the Chinese New Year, I received significantly more lucky money.
Song Qi received New Year's money for the first time, and his feelings were somewhat complicated.
At 11:58 on Lunar New Year's Eve, Gu Si made a video call to Song Qi.
On the other end of the video, Gu Si was outdoors, dressed in red, looking very festive for the New Year, and wearing a fluffy hat. Perhaps because she was eating too well, her cheeks looked much fuller in just a few days.
"Is there something you need?"
"Yes, I want to spend New Year's Eve with you." Gu Si smiled, her breath blurring the camera lens.
The TV presenter has started speaking.
The new year is getting closer and closer.
Firecrackers went off outside the window. Song Qi couldn't hear Gu Si's voice, but she could see her mouth moving.
However, she did hear the last, super loud "Happy New Year".
"Happy New Year," Song Qi said with a smile.
The fifteen-day winter break went by very quickly.
After returning to school, it was endless practice for the mini-college entrance exams, cramming for four subjects. Since Song Qi always got full marks, he eventually got busy with competitions.
In the March exams, Song Qi achieved a perfect score of 4A, as did Qin Xiao, and they were even specially praised by their homeroom teacher.
Life was as bland as water.
It continued until a few days before the May Day holiday.
"Let's go out and have fun on May 1st! Yang Nuan, it's been so long since we went out together!" Gu Si looked at Song Qi with a pleading expression. "You know, this is our last full vacation in high school."
Song Qi stared at Gu Si for a few seconds, and finally nodded.
The second semester of my junior year is almost over, and it's time to start.
"Okay, where shall we go?"
"Hmm, can you come stay at my place?" Gu Si looked at Song Qi. "Don't worry, my bed is huge."
"Okay." Song Qi nodded again.
Gu Si breathed a sigh of relief, but tightened her grip on the chopsticks a little.
The Xu couple didn't say anything about Song Qi wanting to stay at his classmate's house; they had always supported all of Song Qi's decisions.
I spent the whole day with Gu Si, shopping, eating and drinking, just like any other ordinary girl.
At 11 o'clock, Gu Si took Song Qi to a KTV.
"It's already very late." Song Qi looked at the storefront, which was clearly not very professional.
"It's okay, we're going to stay up all night tonight, my parents aren't home." Gu Si said, linking arms with Song Qi, her face beaming with a bright smile.
If Gu Si hadn't been gripping her hand so tightly, Song Qi might have believed her.
“It’s just singing, it’s fine,” Gu Si continued.
Song Qi stared at Gu Si for a while, then nodded: "Okay."
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