The harsh words she said before were all for her son's own good. What mother in the world doesn't love her child?
Hearing his mother's gentle tone, Lin Yi put down his bowl and chopsticks, looked at his mother suspiciously, then looked at his father, and only felt relieved after confirming that he was not hallucinating.
"Dad, Mom, I understand you're busy. It doesn't matter whether I celebrate my birthday or not. We don't have to go out to eat. Today is fine. As long as our family is happy, every day feels like a birthday. Besides, you and Dad work hard for me and for our family."
"Xiaoyi, you..."
After hearing this, Qi Jin was relieved and moved, and was speechless for a moment.
"I was saying our son has grown up and become sensible! What he said today made me feel like crying!"
Lin Hongcai put down his chopsticks. Although his words suggested he wanted to cry, he was still smiling from ear to ear.
"Well, yes, my son has grown up."
Qi Jin's eyes were red. She drank some water and suppressed the urge to cry.
Well, her son seems to be good in every way now. If his academic performance can improve further, she will be really satisfied.
"Dad, Mom, I've thought about it. My lazy attitude towards school and my muddled life have really failed to live up to your expectations of me. Starting this semester, I will work hard!"
"By the way, let me show you this!"
Lin Yi returned to the bedroom, took out the two test papers from his schoolbag, and handed one to his parents.
"These are the math and physics tests our school is holding this week. The top three students in each subject will represent the university in the national competition. A place in the test will be recorded in their files and used as a sub-score on the college entrance examination."
After Lin Yi finished speaking, he continued to eat calmly.
But the parents were not calm.
After they finished looking at the test papers in their hands, they looked at each other, then quickly switched to look at the other test paper's results, with incredible expressions on their faces!
Lin Hongcai opened his mouth in surprise, as if he had a lot to say, but found that he was too excited to speak.
Qi Jin covered her mouth, looked at Lin Yi, then at the test paper, and tears suddenly came out.
"Xiao Yi, this... is this your test score? Full marks?!"
Qi Jin was shedding tears of excitement, but her eyes were smiling. This expression of extreme joy made her look more like a tender and gentle mother.
When she saw the results, she couldn't stop crying.
Why is she so strict with her child? Isn't it just for this good grade?!
Lin Yi nodded, his face calm and composed, without a trace of smugness after achieving good results. On the contrary, he spoke casually, as if he was narrating a very ordinary little thing.
"Yes, but when the school announced my results, they changed them to say they were a little lower, just a little higher than first place. That way it wouldn't be so exaggerated. A score that was too high would have attracted too much attention, and I wouldn't have been able to concentrate on preparing for the national competition."
Qi Jin wiped her tears and spoke incoherently.
"This...you...I don't know what to say. Xiaoyi, how did you do it? How did your grades improve so quickly? I took a quick look, and these two test papers were quite difficult. You actually got full marks on both. This really surprised Mom and Dad!"
Lin Hongcai also took the test paper and looked at it carefully. The more he looked, the happier he felt.
"I used to have a bad attitude towards studying, but now that I've thought it through, I feel that studying is actually quite interesting, and I don't find the questions difficult anymore."
Qi Jin and her husband felt as if they were in the clouds after hearing their son's answer.
Being able to achieve such good results in just a few days, does that mean that my son had already understood everything the teacher said before, but he just didn't take the exam seriously?
This is the only explanation.
"The teacher said that this national competition is very valuable. If I achieve good results, I'll have the chance to be admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University. So, I want to give it a try."
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