Returning to Parents' Seventeen
Chapter 52 Shen Sinian

Chapter 52: Chapter 52 Shen Sinian

The first class on Monday morning was language arts. Shortly after the bell for class rang, Mou Xue appeared at the classroom door holding a stack of test papers. She was dressed in a light blue denim skirt, her figure slender, her face pretty, looking very beautiful.

Every time Mou Xue entered the classroom to teach, it was a pleasant sight for the students.

However, the expression on her face wasn’t very good at the moment.

Deng Xitong glanced at her and felt a sense of dread, "It’s over, it’s over, could the results really be that bad?"

Xu Chuning didn’t make a sound. She originally thought it wouldn’t be the case, but now, she wasn’t so sure anymore.

Mou Xue announced the start of the class, and after everyone stood up and then sat down again, she looked around the room, "We had a monthly test last week, everyone remembers, right?"

From below came a sparse, "...remember."

Mou Xue: "Why so listless? Is it because you know you didn’t do well?"

Nobody dared to make a sound.

Mou Xue glanced over the students sitting below and suddenly called out, "Shen Sinian."

Shen Sinian looked up with an unchanged expression and stood up.

Mou Xue looked at him with a serious expression, "How do you think you did on the test?"

All the students’ gazes fell on Shen Sinian.

Shen Sinian paused briefly, then said softly, "I think it was alright."

"..."

Everyone took a sharp breath, and couldn’t help but think inside, is he too confident in himself? Is this blind confidence?

Deng Xitong thought so too. She pulled on Xu Chuning’s clothing corner, pressing her voice and said, "Why would he say that to the teacher as well?"

Xu Chuning was taken aback for a moment, then said softly, "Perhaps he really did do not bad."

Although she was somewhat surprised by Shen Sinian’s answer initially, she could see that Shen Sinian wasn’t joking. If he wasn’t, then it proved that he really did well.

Deng Xitong: "...You’re a bit too lenient with him."

Xu Chuning: "Not really."

While the two quietly exchanged words, Teacher Mou also seemed to be taken aback by Shen Sinian’s answer. She glanced at him without much authority, "You seem quite confident in yourself?"

Shen Sinian: "I have a rough idea."

Mou Xue: "So, you know how many points you can score?"

Shen Sinian didn’t speak.

Mou Xue’s gaze fell slightly as she watched him, "Do you know?"

"...I roughly know," Shen Sinian vaguely realized he might have misspoken, he awkwardly touched his nose, and made eye contact with Xu Chuning, who turned to look at him, mouthing silently: don’t be angry.

Xu Chuning: "..."

What did he do, emphasizing to her not to be angry.

Teacher Mou raised an eyebrow, "Then tell me roughly how many points you think you got, I want to see if your estimate is accurate."

All the classmates were looking at him, and Shen Sinian had no choice but to bite the bullet and say a number, "Around 580 points."

Hearing his score, a small portion of the students breathed a sigh of relief.

The total score for the monthly test was 750 points. Shen Sinian getting 580 points wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t particularly good, either. At least, the competitive pressure wasn’t too intense.

With that thought, the students looked at Teacher Mou.

Teacher Mou’s expression was quite subtle. She looked at Shen Sinian intently for a moment, then said, "You guessed quite accurately."

Hearing this, someone couldn’t help but ask, "Teacher Mou, is Shen Sinian’s total score really around 580 points?"

Teacher Mou: "Yes."

She smiled at Shen Sinian, but that smile was a bit intimidating, "His total score is exactly 580 points."

The crowd was in an uproar; his guess was too precise.

Teacher Mou did not say much more. She let Shen Sinian sit down, then began distributing the test papers.

The test papers were handed out according to student numbers. The top scorer in the language test was Xu Chuning, with a high score of 140 points, followed by the class’s study committee member with 138 points, and third place was Shen Sinian with 136 points...

"Eh, you did so well in language, how come your total score is only a bit over 500?" Deng Xitong was the first to sense something was amiss.

Shen Sinian: "...perhaps my performance in other subjects was poor."

As he said this, he dared not look at Xu Chuning.

Deng Xitong uttered, "That much of a difference?"

Shen Sinian: "Mhm."

Deng Xitong uttered an "Oh" and didn’t ask any further.

When the monthly exam papers are distributed, each subject’s teacher would go over them before progressing with the course.

In Chinese class, Mou Xue focused on discussing the exam papers.

As the bell signaling end of class rang, she pondered for a few seconds and then called out, "Shen Sinian."

Shen Sinian looked up.

Mou Xue: "Come to my office."

"..."

The two left the classroom one after the other. Deng Xitong, puzzled, said, "Shen Sinian scored pretty well though, why is Mou Xue asking him to go to the office?"

Xu Chuning: "I don’t know either."

She strongly suspected that Shen Sinian had done something big that she wasn’t aware of.

Deng Xitong sighed, "I really want to sneak into the office to eavesdrop."

Chen Mengyao turned around and joined their conversation, "Wait until Shen Sinian comes back and ask him then."

"That makes sense."

While the group was discussing eagerly, Shen Sinian followed Mou Xue into the office.

Mou Xue placed her belongings on the desk and glanced at him, "Do you know why I asked you here?"

Shen Sinian lowered his eyes, "I have an idea."

There were only a few teachers scattered around the office, and Mr. Lai had not returned to the office yet. Looking at the young man in front of her, Mou Xue let out a light sigh, "Did you deliberately leave the math paper blank?"

Shen Sinian: "... Yes."

Mou Xue: "Why?"

"I just didn’t want to write," Shen Sinian answered.

Mou Xue choked on his reply, quite vexed, "Not wanting to write also needs a reason."

Shen Sinian looked at her, his pretty, watery peach blossom eyes difficult to look away from.

Mou Xue, somewhat helpless, said, "Shen Sinian, you should take exams seriously."

Shen Sinian was silent.

Seeing him like this, Mou Xue didn’t quite know how to respond. After a moment of silence, she waved him off, "Let’s leave it at that, just be careful next time. I won’t punish you this time."

Shen Sinian smiled, "Thank you, Teacher Mou."

Mou Xue lifted her chin slightly, "Mr. Lai will be looking for you, think about how you’ll respond to him then."

Shen Sinian: "Understood."

In fact, he was not at all worried about being questioned by Mr. Lai; teachers like Mr. Lai didn’t intimidate Shen Sinian. But Mou Xue was different; she truly cared about them, so being called to her office made Shen Sinian feel a bit out of sorts.

Shen Sinian left the office and headed back to the classroom.

Meanwhile, some students had already learned the grade rankings and were broadcasting them energetically.

Similarly, the piece of news about someone in the humanities class scoring zero in math had also reached the students in no time.

"Did you hear?" someone secretly played with their phone, logging into the school forum, "Someone in the humanities class scored full marks in several subjects, but got a big fat zero in math."

"For real?"

"Yeah, for real. I heard that person is really arrogant—only wrote their name on the math exam."

"Who is it, that’s so badass."

"I don’t know."

"Well, hurry up and find out who it is."

Listening to the conversations around her, Xu Chuning had an unpleasant hunch. A name flashed through her mind, but before she could grasp it, Shen Sinian appeared at the classroom door.

At the same time, the student who had the information received a response and uttered in awe, "Shen Sinian."

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