"However, if your grades drop, I won't allow you to be so undisciplined anymore."
"Hmm! Don't worry, I can't guarantee improvement, but I'm pretty confident I can maintain first place." Hearing Shang Zhengxin's request, which wasn't really a request, Chen Bing immediately patted his chest and assured him.
How ridiculous! Who do you think I, Chen Bing, am? I'm the kind of person who can score over 600 points on the 2016 college entrance exam (excluding Chinese and English essays). This is just a small junior high school exam. Who can I possibly lose to?
"Don't make big promises too soon, but since you're so confident, I'll give you a little something extra."
Okay, so at the end of this semester, there's a county-wide standardized test for all junior high schools. If you can get into the top three...five, Uncle will grant you one request. Of course, your grades can't show any significant decline before that. At the very least, you can't fall below the top ten in your school, understand?
"Okay, no problem, it's a deal. If I get into the top five, I hope you can show me around Shangping Experimental School, Uncle Shang."
The shameless Chen Bing hadn't even presented his results yet, but he'd already come up with a reward. However, his request wasn't unreasonable at all; on the contrary, it tempted Shang Zhengxin.
He then added, "Visiting Shangping Experiment is nothing. Not only that, but Uncle will also take you to the Three Confucius Sites, okay?"
"It's a deal!"
It's a deal.
The two men shook hands, and a rather interesting bet was made, a scene that made Shang Yunmiao, who was watching from the side, feel excited.
"Go Chen Bing, you can do it!" Chen Bing turned his head and met Xiao Shang's smiling face. Those adorable eye bags were simply melting his heart.
Seeing the two children exchanging glances in front of him, Shang Zhengxin felt a little unhappy. So he mischievously said, "You can't back down too much, or I'll make you live at school alone. Dad means what he says."
"Hmm..."
After being lectured by her father, Shang Yunmiao pursed her lips and hid her hands behind her back, feeling a little embarrassed.
Chen Bing, having reached an agreement with Shang Zhengxin, didn't linger for the rest of the evening. Around 10:30 p.m., he got up to say goodbye and returned home.
After a brief chat, the business owners returned to their rooms to prepare for sleep.
The bedroom light had just been turned off when Shang Zhengxin, recalling what he had just said to Chen Bing, suddenly thought of a question.
Oh dear, I only know Chen Bing's ranking, but not his specific scores in each subject. Knowing that would allow me to help him address his weaknesses. Also, I forgot to ask about my daughter's grades.
Thinking of this, Shang Zhengxin shook his wife, who was lying beside him with her eyes closed, preparing to go to sleep.
"What's wrong? Don't you have a meeting tomorrow? It's so late now..."
Hearing his wife's slightly unusual tone, Shang Zhengxin knew she had misunderstood. So he immediately adopted a leader's posture and reprimanded the young teacher, saying, "What are you thinking, you two old married couple? I didn't call you just for that. Do you have the children's report cards? Let me see them."
After playfully patting her husband, Yunxuan took out her phone and showed him the photo Fang Anmin had sent her. Then, she nestled on her husband's shoulder, closed her eyes, and went back to sleep.
After receiving the report card, Shang Zhengxin first saw his daughter, who ranked third.
He nodded slightly to himself; this ranking was quite good, and if she maintained it, she would likely be fine in the future. After reviewing his daughter's grades, Shang Zhengxin continued looking up and noticed Chen Bing's scores in each subject.
99 points in Chinese? That's so low?
Having grown accustomed to a perfect score of 150 in high school Chinese, Shang Zhengxin subconsciously felt that 99 was a low score. However, he then realized: Oh, the maximum score for middle school Chinese is 100, so 99 is not bad in middle school. He just wondered if another teacher had given him a lenient grade because of Xiaoxuan.
With these thoughts in mind, Shang Zhengxin then looked at the next column of math scores.
100 points!
Good lad, your foundation is solid. Keep polishing it, and you might score over 145 on the college entrance exam someday.
After thinking it over with satisfaction, Shang Zhengxin immediately looked at the next column of English text.
Hmm, also a perfect score? Is this child's English that good too?
When Shang Zhengxin's gaze shifted to the remaining minor subjects, his brows furrowed slightly.
60, 50, 50, 50, is this child unbalanced in their subjects? Why are history, biology, and geography all ten points lower than politics? So the full score for the minor subjects is sixty? It seems Chen Bing is unbalanced in the minor subjects.
However, looking at the students' scores below, Shang Zhengxin discovered that not many students scored above 45 in the minor subjects, and apart from politics, none scored above 50. Moreover, Chen Bing's score of 509 was more than 30 points higher than the second-place student.
Gradually, a bold idea began to sprout in Shang Zhengxin's mind. He lowered his voice and asked his wife with anticipation, "What was your perfect score on the monthly exam this time?"
"510, that's 100 points for the three main subjects, 60 points for politics, and 50 points for the remaining three minor subjects."
Upon hearing this, Shang Zhengxin was intrigued.
"So, Chen Bing's results this time?" Because he was too excited, Shang Zhengxin unconsciously tightened his grip on Yun Xuan's shoulder, causing her to feel a little pain.
However, compared to these minor physical discomforts, Yunxuan felt genuinely proud of her husband's surprised expression.
"Yes, he was just one point away from a perfect score on his Chinese composition. I think his composition was very well written, but when we grade papers, we always assume that no one gets a perfect score."
Upon learning that Chen Bing had lost that point in this very place, Shang Zhengxin grinned from ear to ear.
"Great! This kid is amazing." Even if it's the first monthly exam in the first year of junior high, getting a perfect score is incredible.
After a brief moment of excitement, Shang Zhengxin gradually calmed down as time passed. Although Chen Bing had done very well on this monthly exam, it was, after all, the first exam of the new semester in junior high. The content was likely quite simple, and given how little she had learned so far, it was difficult to see her future potential.
But if this child can achieve such outstanding results in the county-wide final exams next January...
Without a doubt, that would prove that he is a native of Shangping County with an extremely bright future.
Shang Zhengxin was looking forward to the year he would take the college entrance examination, six years later.
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