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Chapter 120: Chapter 111 Robber Qin Shiqi (Please subscribe!)_1
January 17th
Monday
Laba Festival
But there is no Laba porridge to drink today. Even in Tang Qing’s memory, he had no recollection of what Laba porridge was. Perhaps other places still kept the tradition of drinking Laba porridge, but clearly not here. He still vividly remembers the taste of canned eight-treasure porridge, which is still a common food item for people on long journeys. However, the gooey eight-treasure porridge... ugh, Tang Qing really didn’t want to eat that stuff.
It goes without saying that Tang Qing had once again become the center of attention in class today. He ranked first in the grade, achieving an astonishing total of 733 points. Due to the increased difficulty of the test, he led He Peng, who was in second place, by a whopping 53 points, and led Wang Yan, who was in third place, by 60 points.
This horrifying score completely blinded everyone. The gap was insurmountable. Before, He Peng and Wang Yan still had hopes of catching up and overtaking him, but now, they were being left further and further behind by Tang Qing. Of course, He Peng admired and envied him, while Wang Yan was purely happy, looking at Tang Qing with eyes full of little stars of admiration.
The principal, Chu Yuanhang, personally spoke to Tang Qing during the first break period between classes, his attitude extremely warm. All in all, he emphasized one principle: keep making progress, and don’t hesitate to speak up if there’s anything you need.
Chu Yuanhang couldn’t contain his excitement. According to the difficulty level of this test, it wasn’t unimaginable for Tang Qing to ace the National College Entrance Exam now, which was his hope for getting promoted to deputy director. Otherwise, it would take at least another two years to get promoted to deputy director step by step. But time waits for no one. No one could predict what would happen next year, and if anything unexpected happens, he would be in trouble.
Tang Qing mentioned that he might frequently need to take leave in the future. Chu Yuanhang had heard about this from Shen Mei and didn’t mind it. Now that Tang Qing brought it up directly, it was impossible for Chu Yuanhang to refuse. He patted his chest and guaranteed that as long as the leave didn’t happen too often, Shen Mei would grant it. Tang Qing thanked him and promised he would never transfer schools.
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Back in class, the bell had just rung for the start of a new lesson, but the teacher hadn’t arrived yet. Tang Qing ’endured’ the admiring gazes of his classmates and returned to his seat ’without batting an eye’.
When Tang Qing returned to his seat, Wang Yan came up to him in a low voice, "Tang Qing, come to my house for dinner tomorrow night. It’s only you, don’t tell Li Kai, I’m afraid he’ll get ideas."
She knew that Tang Qing would definitely celebrate with his family today and had no reason to go to her house. Although Li Kai is a good friend, she only wanted to invite Tang Qing, and having Li Kai there felt a bit strange.
"Okay, no problem, we’ll go straight to your house." Tang Qing agreed without hesitation. He knew Wang Yan’s personality - in her heart, family was the first tier, he was the second tier, Li Kai was the third tier, and the other classmates were the fourth tier. There was nothing wrong with her only inviting him this time.
"Okay." Wang Yan said in a low voice, but she was unconsciously worried about what dishes to make for tomorrow night. It was her first time cooking for Tang Qing, so she had to be careful. She would need to discuss this with her family tonight, let her mother prepare in the daytime tomorrow, and she would assist in the evening. She had mentioned before that she wanted to invite a classmate and tablemate for dinner, but hadn’t confirmed the timing with Tang Qing yet.
So for the next few lessons, Wang Yan was distracted planning the dinner for tomorrow night, as well as what she needed to remind her parents about. She had never disclosed any detailed information about her classmate before, and she had to explain properly this time or her parents would definitely overthink it.
And so, Wang Yan spent the whole day in a quandary.
This time, all the teachers tacitly agreed not to let Tang Qing explain the answers on stage. The previous few times already fully proved his abilities. If they kept asking him to come up and explain the answers, Tang Qing would definitely get bored. Now, to the teachers, Tang Qing seemed as precious as a national treasure. Even if Tang Qing spent the whole lesson with his head down, twirling his pen and daydreaming, the teachers wouldn’t mind at all.
Went home after school in the afternoon.
Tang Qing’s monstrous scores once again caused his aunt to exclaim in surprise, especially when she learned that he scored more than fifty points higher than the second place, her eyes widened in amazement.
Just last time, he was only sixteen points higher!
With the increased difficulty of this test, the gap is growing!
Fifty-three points!
Tang Qing’s aunt couldn’t help but feel like she was dreaming. Her nephew’s brain definitely must have suddenly obtained super powers. Other people’s brains only have a small gap opened, but Tang Qing’s brain had an entire hole opened.
"Tangtang, how did you take the test? How did you score so high?" Tang’s aunt put down the paper and asked blankly.
"Uh, I just took it. I read the questions, I did the questions." Tang Qing said helplessly. Li Kai had been pestering him all day asking this and that. Li Kai was even close to reporting him to the police, saying that he was an alien. Although Li Kai also made a great improvement this time, his achievement was overlooked under Tang Qing’s brilliance. Li Kai was not pleased about this and vowed to make Tang Qing pay. Tang Qing was completely unconcerned, he told Li Kai to pick his choice of compensation.
This left Li Kai speechless. Tang Qing could eat and drink for free at the best and most expensive five-star hotel in the city, what else could make him feel the pinch?
In the end, Li Kai gritted his teeth, gave Tang Qing a pinch and left, which somewhat eased his feelings of injustice. Tang Qing could only laugh and cry, rubbing his arm that didn’t hurt at all.
This guy, he’s becoming more and more ridiculous.
"But, you were... why is there such a big gap now?" Tang’s aunt stammered.
"This is our intelligence. I was hiding my true abilities in the past." Tang Qing confidently smirked.
"Nonsense, I know you. If you had this ability, you would have been in the same school as Jiaxue a long time ago." Tang’s aunt laughingly scolded, readily exposing Tang Qing’s lies.
"Hehehe, so, this is what is meant by accumulating slowly before skyrocketing and piercing through the clouds to see the sun again." Tang Qing was not shy at all about talking big.
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Seeing your current grades, your aunt is really happy. Keep it up, okay?" Aunt Tang shook her head and laughed, now that Tang Qing had lightened up a lot compared to before. She didn’t read too much into it, just thinking that since Tang Qing’s grades had improved and he had become more confident, he naturally became more lively in conversation.
"No problem, no one can take away my first place." Tang Qing confidently declared.
"Well, that’s good," said Aunt with a nod.
Naturally, my aunt reported this excellent score to Tang’s father and mother. This news delighted Tang Qing’s parents, especially when they heard that Tang Qing might be the top scorer in the province, they beamed with joy. In the end, Tang Qing was pulled over to listen to his parents for 20 minutes before they finally let him go.
The tone of their voices was thick with care and expectation, and Tang Qing genuinely felt it. In his previous life, his academic performance had always been poor and his parents hadn’t put too much pressure on him; they just told him to do his best. Now, in this life, with such good grades, Tang Qing realized how high his parents’ expectations were for him. They just didn’t want to put too much pressure on him before.
Parental love is indeed profound and universal.
Of course, in the end, they did not forget to promise him 500 in pocket money. This money naturally came from the cash Liu Qian gave last time. Previously, his pocket money was in tens and hundreds, but now it has gone up to five hundred, showing just how happy Tang Qing’s parents were. After all, isn’t the money they earn for their child? If the child is doing well, why not let him spend a little more freely?
It wasn’t long before Qin Yugang and his cousins returned, and they naturally gathered around Tang Qing in a flurry of excitement.
Especially Qin Shiqi’s gaze, made Tang Qing feel like he was a monkey in a zoo.
He reiterated, I’m not a monkey!
Tang Qing defends himself in his mind.
After Aunt made a grand feast for dinner.
Qin Shiqi came into Tang Qing’s room and shut the door.
Seeing the ’mysterious’ smile on Qin Shiqi’s face, Tang Qing had a bad feeling.
"Brother, treat me." Qin Shiqi directly said three words. The first thing she thought of when she learned Tang Qing was top of his grade wasn’t to congratulate him, but to ’plunder’ a bit to enrich her money box. She knew about the school’s 500 reward plus the 500 from Tang Qing’s parents, amounting to a whopping 1000. She wasn’t greedy though, she would be satisfied with a couple hundred.
"What treat, can’t you at least say congratulations first, you’re trying to extort me, you bandit." Tang Qing said annoyed, despite being ’robbed’ by Qin Shiqi more than once, he still had to have some pride and futilely ’resist’.
"Alright, congratulations big brother, treat me." This time Qin Shiqi directly held out her hand and raised an eyebrow, her expression simply indicating to him to hand it over smartly.
Female bandit!
Female robber!
Female hooligan!
All kind of nicknames went through Tang Qing’s mind.
"Can’t you be a little more subtle?" Tang Qing said, both amused and angry.
"Cut the crap, give it to me fast, or else there will be punishment, remember I gave you a chance." Qin Shiqi said with a face that indicated he was getting a good deal.
Tang Qing was speechless, and shakily handed out a red note, although he didn’t mind at all, but he still needed to show a reluctant face.
"Give it to me, hehe, I made money today, so happy." Qin Shiqi grabbed it and delighted in playing with the red note.
"It’s stolen." Tang Qing immediately corrected.
"Nonsense, I worked hard to get it, it’s legit earned labor, what else have you got?" Qin Shiqi carefully put away the 100, and then stretched out her hand again.
"Didn’t I give you one?" Tang Qing questioned
"That’s mine, what about my sister? You can’t ignore her." Qin Shiqi pursed her lips and said
What else could Tang Qing say, he had to hand over another red note, with a bitter smile on his face: "Here you go, is that OK?"
"That’s about it, hehe, big profit today, off I go." And with that, Qin Shiqi bounced out of Tang Qing’s room.
Seeing Qin Shiqi leaving, the bitter smile on Tang Qing’s face slowly turned into a smile.
Having a sister like this is really a good thing.
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