Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 51: He Scored Full Marks in English

Chapter 51: Chapter 51: He Scored Full Marks in English

As for whether it was because his future wife is Xu Chuning or some other reason, Shen Yubai still couldn’t figure it out at the moment and was unable to confirm.

Hearing Shen Yubai admit it, Xu Chuning had a moment of distraction, and she glanced at Shen Yubai, just catching his gaze.

Their eyes crossed for a second, and Xu Chuning quickly moved her gaze away.

Shen Yubai lifted his eyes and looked at her slightly drooping eyelids, without making a sound.

The first meal that the four of them ate together at the same table was very satisfying.

Even though it was just ordinary home-cooked food, Shen Yubai inexplicably felt... that it was the best meal he had had this year.

After the meal, Shen Sinian volunteered to wash the dishes.

Xu Chuning knew that his dishwashing skills had improved, and she let him do it with confidence.

And Shen Yubai, watching Shen Sinian’s stance, faintly felt that he seemed to be of no use. Cooking was done by Xu Chuning, and dishwashing by Shen Sinian... He felt like a useless person.

Thinking so, Shen Yubai began to doubt his life.

Yet the other three people did not notice his slightly affected mental activity, and after assigning Shen Sinian to wash the dishes, Xu Chuning tidied up the table before going to help You Shuzhen.

After washing the dishes, it was time for Shen Sinian and Shen Yubai to head back.

Before leaving, Shen Sinian mentioned to Xu Chuning about going back to the Shen Family for a meal the next day. This was a matter Shen Yubai had told him about while Xu Chuning was cooking.

Xu Chuning nodded, "Be polite at the Shen Family, do not get into conflicts with anyone."

Shen Sinian: "Don’t worry."

Xu Chuning: "Be careful on your way back."

"Got it."

After Xu Chuning finished giving instructions, Shen Yubai spoke, "Let’s go, get some rest early."

Xu Chuning paused for a moment, then slowly replied, "Mhmm, goodbye."

Shen Yubai: "See you on Monday."

They probably wouldn’t see each other on Sunday.

"..."

*

The weekend passed by in a flash, and when Xu Chuning arrived at school on Monday morning, she was still a bit unaccustomed.

She had just sat down at her seat when Deng Xitong came over.

She put down her backpack and leaned on the desk beginning to sigh.

Xu Chuning turned her head, "What’s wrong?"

Deng Xitong looked at her with a resentful gaze, "Did you forget?"

Xu Chuning: "What?"

"The monthly test last week," Deng Xitong sighed, "On my way here, I heard students from the class next door saying that the entire grade didn’t do very well this time, the grade director was furious. They said that they are going to start cracking down on studying."

Xu Chuning was slightly startled, "Is that so?"

This monthly test paper was indeed harder than the previous ones.

Deng Xitong: "Hmm, did you estimate your score?"

Xu Chuning shook her head, "No."

Xu Chuning was the type who would study seriously before exams but wouldn’t care about anything after the exams. She wouldn’t compare answers with other students, nor would she estimate her score.

The test was already over, and there was no need to think about the rest.

Deng Xitong: "Anyway, we’ll know soon."

She pouted, "If I did poorly, my parents are definitely going to get me a tutor."

Xu Chuning consoled her, "It won’t happen, you have to have confidence in yourself."

Deng Xitong: "... I don’t have confidence in my brain."

Xu Chuning was speechless.

Apart from the two of them, the other students in the class were also worried about the monthly test results.

While everyone was discussing, Shen Sinian entered the classroom from the doorway and sat down at his seat.

Seeing his relaxed demeanor, Zhao Tiancheng, a male classmate sitting across the aisle with a decent relationship with him, asked, "Brother Nian, why aren’t you nervous at all?"

Shen Sinian stuffed his backpack into the desk slot and asked puzzledly, "Nervous about what?"

"The exam results, the monthly exam results," Zhao Tiancheng grumbled, "I totally forgot to ask, how did you do?"

Shen Sinian thought for a moment, looked at the classmates who were staring over, and hesitantly said, "Not bad?"

"Not bad?" Deng Xitong turned around, "Did you finish all the questions?"

She was very surprised because Shen Sinian either slept or read extracurricular books during class; he never really paid attention to the lessons.

Shen Sinian: "Not exactly."

He had one exam paper where he only wrote his name.

Deng Xitong: "..."

She uttered an "oh," looking at Shen Sinian with somewhat disdainful eyes, "And you say ’not bad.’"

Shen Sinian was momentarily at a loss for words and scratched his head, then turned to Xu Chuning, who also looked back, and said, "Really, not bad."

Xu Chuning: "...I believe you."

For some strange reason, she believed what Shen Sinian said.

Perhaps it was because Shen Yubai had said — he is their son after all. The son of both of them should not be doing too badly in terms of grades.

Even though Xu Chuning felt that her future self probably wouldn’t be the kind of mom who monitors her child’s homework and reading every day, since Shen Sinian was smart and learned things quickly, it would be normal for him to have good grades.

Hearing their conversation, Deng Xitong was speechless, "Ningning, aren’t you trusting him a bit too much?"

Xu Chuning smiled and did not explain, "We’ll know in a bit."

Deng Xitong: "True."

The liberal arts classes were discussing, and so were the science classes.

Meanwhile, in the teachers’ office, the homeroom teachers also received the students’ grade reports for the first time.

"Teacher Mou," Mou Xue had just received the class’s grade report and hadn’t had the chance to look at it yet when the grade director spoke to her, "In the liberal arts, Xu Chuning is top of the grade again, congratulations."

Hearing this, Mou Xue smiled, "She’s always been very diligent."

"She’s just a little stronger at rote memorization," said Lai Yongliang, who just entered the office without having seen the students’ grade report, and he snorted coldly, "Her math must be the worst again, right?"

There were several sophomore math teachers, and over the weekend, Lai Yongliang had family matters to attend to. So after he graded a portion of the anonymized exam papers, he passed them to other teachers.

He also didn’t take part in the math grade tally.

Hearing Lai Yongliang’s words, Mou Xue wasn’t angry, "Mr. Lai, if Xu Chuning could only rote memorize, she wouldn’t get a score of 110 in math."

Mingzhi Middle School’s monthly exams used the college entrance examination scale, with the language, math, and foreign language papers all out of 150 points.

While Xu Chuning’s math scores were not outstanding, they really weren’t bad either.

Challenged by Mou Xue like this, Lai Yongliang looked a bit awkward, and he huffed, "The math wasn’t difficult this time."

Hearing this, the grade director glanced at Lai Yongliang in disapproval, "Mr. Lai, please be mindful of what you say."

Lai Yongliang paused, "Sorry."

Without further discussion with him, the grade director handed out the grade reports to the homeroom teachers and then called for Mou Xue, "Teacher Mou, did that transfer student in your class miss the math exam?"

Mou Xue: "I don’t think so."

Grade Director, frowning, "Are you sure?"

Mou Xue recalled, she was proctoring the exam in the classroom next to Shen Sinian’s and had seen Shen Sinian and a boy coming out of the classroom after the exam was over.

"I’m sure, what happened?"

Grade Director tilted his chin slightly as a sign, "Take a look at his grades in each subject."

Mou Xue looked down, and the English teacher sitting next to her also leaned over to look.

The grade report was ranked by scores, and they found Shen Sinian’s name around fifteenth place. Looking from the front to the back, inching towards his row of scores, the English teacher exclaimed, "My goodness, the full score English exam paper that Teacher Li graded was Shen Sinian’s."

"What? A student in a regular class scored full marks in English?" other teachers were surprised.

Mou Xue: "...His geography is also a full score."

And for history and politics, he scored great marks of 98 and 97 respectively, and even scored 136 in Chinese.

"What about math?" Lai Yongliang couldn’t help but interject.

Mou Xue and the English teacher beside her exchanged glances, and the English teacher said, "...His math is zero points."