Qi Muyang frowned and went back to the dormitory first. Chu Qing stared at the back of his head for a while, frowning: "What are you thinking of asking him to compete with the failed student for a place in the competition?"
"He can do it if he tries hard." Qi Weichen said lightly.
Chu Qing glanced at him disapprovingly: "But do you think he is the hard-working type?" That guy was used to talking nonsense. He would express his determination today and forget it completely tomorrow. It was hard for her to imagine that he was working particularly hard.
"You should believe him." Qi Weichen lowered his eyes.
Chu Qing was speechless: "Of course I want to believe him, but I'm afraid that he will participate enthusiastically under your instigation, and then what if... I can't say what if, there is a high probability that he will lose, and then I will cry again."
Qi Weichen paused: "When has he ever cried?"
"Midterm exam, have you forgotten?" Chu Qing reminded.
Qi Weichen was silent.
Chu Qing sighed, "I understand that you want to use this opportunity to help him improve his English, but you also have to consider the actual situation. He has a fragile heart, and if he fails to win, he will definitely cry."
"Good."
Chu Qing looked up: "Hmm?"
"I want to see him cry." Qi Weichen said slowly.
Chu Qing: "… Listen to what you say, is it human language?"
"Now it's just the two of us, don't talk about children all the time." Qi Weichen reminded.
This trick was very useful for Chu Qing. Her cheeks flushed immediately. After giving him a shy look, she stopped talking about Qi Muyang. The two of them walked forward slowly. After entering the dormitory gate, they hesitated for a while before reluctantly parting.
As usual, Qi Weichen waited until Chu Qing's back disappeared before turning around and walking away. Just after taking a few steps, he heard a clear voice behind him: "Qi Weichen!"
Qi Weichen's eyes moved slightly, he turned around and looked gently at her who suddenly appeared. When he saw her running towards him, his heart seemed to beat faster.
When she was about to rush in front of him, his arms moved slightly. Just as he was ready to hug her, she suddenly braked and stopped in front of him.
Qi Weichen had no choice but to put his hand down: "What's wrong?"
"Don't tell our son about our reconciliation." Chu Qing said with rapid breathing.
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment: "Why?"
"Premature love is not good." Chu Qing frowned.
Qi Weichen disagreed: "It's 2042 now, and the school is not so strict about premature love."
"That's not good either. We have to lead by example, understand? So let's go underground first, and we'll tell him after he finishes his exam." Chu Qing's breathing calmed down and she spoke firmly.
Qi Weichen was slightly displeased: "You called me just to say this?"
"Not entirely." Chu Qing said embarrassedly.
Qi Weichen's face was tense: "What else is there?"
Chu Qing pursed her lips, glanced around, and quickly kissed him on the face. She blushed and said, "I just want to tell you that I thought I was very happy to be together like before, but I didn't expect that I would be happier with a formal relationship."
After she finished speaking, she turned and ran away, with the warm touch still lingering on her face. Qi Weichen looked at the direction she ran in, and after looking for a long time, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
After he returned to the dormitory in a good mood, he saw Qi Muyang sitting on the bed with a frown on his face, looking like he was thinking. Qi Weichen walked past him calmly. Qi Muyang paused and looked at him in confusion: "Dad, did you win the lottery?"
"No." Qi Weichen replied indifferently.
Qi Muyang frowned: "Then why do you look so happy?"
Qi Weichen paused and said, "I ate too much sugar."
Qi Muyang: “?”
The father and son were silent for a moment. Qi Muyang sighed and asked again: "Dad, do you really think I can win without passing?"
"Um."
"Really?" Qi Muyang still didn't believe it and couldn't help asking again.
Qi Weichen paused: "Don't doubt yourself."
"But I just checked online. This kind of debate competition often uses a lot of professional vocabulary and is very difficult. Even if you are a student who grew up abroad, you can't gain an advantage in the competition if you don't have strong logic and shorthand skills."
This is not a competition for middle school students, it is clearly a professional-level competition. No wonder the three universities in City A are willing to add so many points to admit the top three.
Qi Weichen sat down: "So, you gave up? Then there is no one in Chengde who can fail to pass the exam. If he is lucky, he may be able to get extra points from the university, and it is possible that he will be directly admitted through independent enrollment next year."
Qi Muyang was stunned and immediately denied it: "How is it possible! Failing the exam has hurt me so many times, I will definitely discourage him no matter what! I will never let him get admitted so easily."
"Then work hard."
"Okay!" Qi Muyang said this with great ambition, and suddenly he felt that he was still hesitating just now. Why is he a little too passionate now? But there is nothing wrong with it. He must fight against failing this time.
With this idea in mind, he began to focus on learning English every day, but he still had to tutor Chen Xiu and keep up with other subjects, so he didn't have enough time. He had to completely give up playing games at night and spend the whole day doing exercises, and also took out debate topics from previous years to simulate.
After studying day and night for more than a week, the monthly exam finally arrived. As the head teacher said, the English test paper was half composed of listening comprehension, and the difficulty was increased. After the English test, the entire senior year was in mourning.
Because of the special nature of this exam, only English was tested on the first day, and the other subjects were moved to the second day. This caused a problem. Qi Muyang and Chu Qing were greedy that night, and secretly ordered crayfish outside the school without Qi Weichen's knowledge, and then they got stomach upset.
After running to the toilet all night, they both collapsed in the dormitory, and missed the exam the next day. Qi Weichen didn't miss it, but he handed in his paper an hour early for each exam, and then took the leave note signed by the head teacher and shuttled back and forth between the boys' and girls' dormitories, either giving water to one or feeding food to another. He was the most tired at the end of the day.
"I will never be greedy again." Chu Qing's eyes were filled with tears.
Qi Weichen glanced at her and said unhappily, "You guys are really good. You knew to eat secretly behind the wall and then come back."
"… Isn't it because I'm afraid you'll find out?" Chu Qing felt a little guilty.
Qi Weichen: "Are you not afraid of being discovered now?"
Chu Qing didn't dare to speak immediately, and pulled his sleeve in a flattering manner. Qi Weichen leaned forward with a stern face, and Chu Qing propped herself up and kissed him on the lips. The next second, she fell back into the quilt, revealing only a pair of eyes and said, "Since I'm so sweet, can you please not be angry with me?"
"I just took medicine, how can it be sweet?" Although Qi Weichen's expression was still not good, his eyes were much gentler.
Chu Qing knew that he was no longer angry, so she smiled and held his hand, obediently not moving. Qi Weichen felt a little helpless, and after tucking her quilt, he accompanied her silently for a while, until it was getting dark, and then he remembered that he still had a stupid son in the dormitory who had not been fed.
In order to feed his son, he had to leave Chu Qing and go back to the dormitory carrying the meal he bought for Qi Muyang.
"The noodles are clumping together. You must have sent the meal to my mother first," Qi Muyang complained. "My mother is your biological wife. Am I not your biological son?"
"If you don't want to eat it, throw it away," Qi Weichen said indifferently, "If it wasn't for you, how could she have eaten the food from the black restaurant and become so weak that she couldn't get up from the bed?"
Qi Muyang: “…”
He was in the wrong in this matter. If he hadn't mentioned that he wanted to eat crayfish first, Chu Qing's craving wouldn't have been aroused, and the two of them wouldn't have stayed in bed for a whole day. Qi Muyang was embarrassed and didn't dare to speak.
Due to the sudden food poisoning, Qi Muyang and Chu Qing stayed in the dormitory for two days before getting up. When they returned to class, the results were released. The two who only took one subject were not surprisingly back to the last and second to last positions, but this time Chu Qing was the last.
Well, the ranking of the whole grade.
After Chu Qing saw herself and Qi Muyang in the last two positions, she sighed: "I don't know if there's something wrong with me, but I actually think this position is quite suitable for us."
"I think so too. It's much easier to find. Unlike others, they have to check one by one, which makes their eyes tired." Qi Muyang cooperated.
The mother and son looked at each other and saw admiration in each other's eyes. Just as the mother and son were sympathizing with each other, a cry suddenly broke out in front of the bulletin board. The two were stunned for a moment, and after hearing that it was Chen Xiu, their brows furrowed.
Qi Muyang impatiently walked forward and dragged the man out, and did not stop until they were in a place with fewer people: "Cry, cry, cry, why are you crying? You cry every time you do poorly on the exam. Are you still a man?!"
Chen Xiu sobbed and shook her head, looking very sad.
Chu Qing, who followed over, comforted him, "You've only studied one volume, so it's normal that you can't do well on the test now. Once you finish studying all six volumes, you'll definitely do well on the test."
Chen Xiu just shook her head when she heard that. Qi Muyang said impatiently: "What on earth do you want to say?!"
Perhaps his voice was too loud, which stunned Chen Xiu. Chen Xiu choked up and wiped her tears with her sleeve. She couldn't help but sob when she spoke: "I did well in the exam this time..."
Qi Muyang: “…”
Chu Qing: “…”
"I, I actually improved by 200 places. There are 1,000 students in the senior year, and I ranked over 700. This is the best result I have ever achieved since I entered high school." Chen Xiu said, unable to suppress her emotion.
Qi Muyang: "... Saying this in front of the two people, don't you feel like you deserve a beating?"
"Ah... That's not what I meant. I, I'm just too happy." Chen Xiu pouted, a little afraid to cry.
Qi Muyang snorted, and the corners of his lips curled up without holding back: "Forget it, you are my apprentice, and I am happy that you did well in the exam."
"Yes, you're great. You can improve your rank by more than 200 places in such a short time. By the time of the final exam, you will be able to improve to a middle score. At this rate, you may be able to get into a key university in the college entrance examination next year." Chu Qing encouraged.
Chen Xiu burst into laughter and said, "I don't expect the main point, but I will be very grateful if I can be admitted to an ordinary university."
Chu Qing smiled and chatted with him for a few more words. Then she found that Qi Muyang seemed to be distracted, so she nudged him with her arm and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"Oh... I just want to know what place I ranked in English." Qi Muyang did not hide it from her.
Chu Qing knew that he was still thinking about the competition. After a moment's hesitation, she didn't want to discourage him. She just said casually, "The individual subject results will be released in the afternoon, and we'll know the ranking. Don't worry."
"Yeah." Qi Muyang also smiled.
For most of the next day, Qi Muyang was distracted from time to time, until the head teacher walked into the classroom with the test papers of various subjects, and then he was perked up.
"The class did quite well in the exam this time. You made the teacher very happy." said the head teacher with a smile.
After she said this, the class immediately relaxed a lot. She continued, "The first and second place in the grade are still Qi Weichen and Zhen Youzhi from our class. Let's encourage them."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone started clapping. When the applause died down, the head teacher continued to comment on the exam results of each subject. After talking for half an hour, he finally mentioned this competition: "This time, three people in our class were in the top ten in English. According to the rules, they can participate in the next round of selection. This is the largest number of people in all senior classes. The teacher is very happy for everyone."
The class immediately started discussing. If there were only two places, it was almost obvious who would get them. But now there were suddenly three. That is to say, in addition to Qi Weichen and the one who failed, there was still one person who was eligible to participate in the next round. Now, students who usually had good English grades began to get excited.
Qi Muyang's palms had begun to sweat, and his whole body was as stiff as a stone. He could not hear any sound, and only stared at the lips of his head teacher.
When he saw the head teacher's lips forming the three words "Qi Muyang", he was stunned for a moment. Something that had been hindering his hearing melted away like chocolate. Then he clearly heard the head teacher say with a smile: "It can be seen from the last midterm exam that Qi Muyang's English ability is very strong, so I am not surprised that he can be in the top ten this time. Everyone applaud him."
Qi Muyang blinked and a clear smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
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