Chapter 64 Who Gives You Confidence

She said to Cuizhi, "Tell Buyan to take Jincheng back to sleep."

"yes."

Zong Wenxiu heard her voice, looked over, and said hello softly, "Madam."

Xu Wan smiled at him.

Buyan picked up Zong Jincheng, let his arms rest on his shoulders and rest his head on his neck. The little devil opened his eyes drowsily and seemed to see a vague figure of a woman, but he was too sleepy and fell asleep again while hugging Buyan.

After the little bastard left, Xu Wan still didn't move.

Zong Wenxiu was a little surprised. He thought his wife was here to pick up his brother. After all, she was his stepmother.

Xu Wan came over, pulled him up and said with a smile: "Hurry up and get up. If your ancestors saw your stubborn temper, they would think I was a cruel aunt who bullied a child like you."

Zong Wenxiu had been kneeling for too long and was a little unsteady when he stood up suddenly, so Xu Wan helped him sit on the cushion and waited for the numbness in his legs to pass.

She also sat on Zong Jincheng's cushion, so that her eyes were level with Zong Wenxiu's. There was an age difference and a height difference between adults and children, but when they were at the same eye level, they felt much closer.

Zong Wenxiu had never felt so much as he did at that moment. He felt that his wife was a very good friend of his and he felt very comfortable both physically and mentally.

Xu Wan said, "All of this is Jin Cheng's fault. I know you feel bad about it, but don't take it too seriously. Otherwise, if you follow this little bastard, you will have to kneel down in front of him for a long time."

Zong Wenxiu smiled innocently and said, "No, Madam. Jin Cheng has just promised me that he will not tease you again, nor will he harm you, and he will not lie to me again."

Xu Wan smiled and said, "That's indeed the best option, but from what I know about that troublemaker, there are more troubles in this world than just these three."

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

The hope that I just saw was extinguished in an instant.

Seeing him dumbfounded, Xu Wan reminded him jokingly: "Of course, don't be too pessimistic. At least these three things are still very important. If you change these three points, the others will be easier."

Zong Wenxiu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this and said with a smile, "Yes, my brother is very smart and can understand many things at a glance. He is just hard on the outside but soft on the inside. He says unpleasant things but his actions are all good. Otherwise, he would not have come to kneel in the ancestral hall with me."

Xu Wan smiled and said, "Yes, he is smart. His success is due to his intelligence, and his failure is also due to his intelligence. This kind of child makes people love and hate him. It is quite troublesome to raise him."

In fact, she had met children like Zong Jincheng before, whose IQ and EQ were far beyond their peers, and even many adults felt inferior to them. However, smart children are not as easy to guide as ordinary children. They have too much curiosity, lively minds and the ability to get into trouble, but adults use conventional methods to educate children, which leads to them becoming more and more out of control.

Xu Wan recalled that the last time she saw the child was in the police station's interrogation room. He was sixteen years old and robbed a house. He smiled innocently and said to her, "Don't you think this is fun?"

Xu Wan closed her eyes and stopped thinking about it.

Meeting such an overly smart child again, she didn't want to watch him go astray again.

Zong Wenxiu said at the right time: "Madam, I also want to help my brother walk on the right path."

Xu Wan smiled and said, "You are already helping him. What happened today is actually all your credit. Because you are here, because I understand your character, and because I know you will influence him, I did not punish him. Walking on the right path does not necessarily require the use of force. The influence of people walking with you is also very important. This is called "the closer you are to the red, the redder you are," right?"

Zong Wenxiu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes."

Xu Wan patted his shoulder and pulled him up: "Let's go, go back to sleep. You still have to go to the academy to check the results of the four colleges' joint entrance examination tomorrow. Don't oversleep in the morning."

Zong Wenxiu thought of this and started to feel a little worried again. "My brother seems very confident that he can pass Qin Ye..."

Xu Wan snorted, "Not only that, didn't he also clamor to get first place in the four colleges?"

Zong Wenxiu laughed: "There will definitely be opportunities in the future."

"Then we'll see if he cries tomorrow," Xu Wan said with some nostalgia, "In fact, Jin Cheng is quite cute when he cries, with a round little face and tears in his eyes... It's a pity that he doesn't cry often, which is really a pity."

Zong Wenxiu: “…”

My wife has such a bad taste that she actually likes to see her brother cry.

The next morning, as soon as the little devil opened his eyes, he asked someone to untie his carrots.

After a few days of recuperation, the hand, which was not seriously injured to begin with, has actually almost healed. However, the eldest master is too delicate. He cries every time he applies medicine and insists that the court doctor bandage it thicker, fearing that it will hurt if he accidentally bumps into it.

Shunzi asked, "Sir, it's still a little bit worse, do you want to have a smaller one?"

Zong Jincheng pushed him away with his arm and refused, "No, no, it's too ugly. Letting others see the top genius of the four colleges with his hands wrapped like dumplings is nothing."

Shunzi: “…”

I haven't even looked at the results yet, but you're already boasting about being the first among the four colleges. Who gave you that confidence?

The results of the joint entrance examination of the four colleges were posted in each academy, so Xu Wan brought the two children to Qingbo Academy early in the morning. How could she be left out of such a matter of checking the results?

What if the little devil fails the exam and wants to smash other people's college stalls, she will be needed to mediate.

Qingbo Academy was very busy this morning. Before I even entered the door, I heard the students inside shouting:

"It's on the list! It's on the list! Two people from the eight-year-old class made it to the list of the four colleges' joint entrance exam. That's the top 120 in the whole capital!!!"

"The first place in the joint entrance exam of the four colleges is actually from our Qingbo Academy!!! This is too amazing!!!"

"Oh my god! Is our reputation as the fourth-best in the academy finally going to be washed away?!"

"Quick, quick, set off the firecrackers! Put up the banners!!"

“…”

As Xu Wan and the two brothers got out of the car, they heard the noisy voices inside. She sorted out the key words and raised her eyebrows and said, "At the age of eight, two people passed the exam, and one of them even ranked first in the joint exam of four colleges."

Zong Jincheng said confidently: "It must be me!"

Although Qin Ye was most likely on the list, he must have been lucky. As for Zong Jincheng, he was smart, hardworking, and talented. Only he had the ability to crush all the students from the three famous academies in Beijing!