Chapter 19

It's just a small test—this ought to be easy to handle, right?

In the blink of an eye, it was the morning of the exam day—first came Chinese, then immediately science comprehensive, and in the afternoon and evening there were math and English.

Before entering the exam hall, Li Mingyang glanced at his current skill level—his math skill had already advanced, and he felt he could easily handle high school math.

And after a month of effort, his physics skill level had reached LV4, with the percentage even hitting 68%!

Just as Li Mingyang had initially estimated, he seemed to have a bit of talent for physics, and besides, the knowledge points in physics were indeed far fewer than in math.

So Li Mingyang's learning pace was anything but slow—within just a month he had already neared the LV5 threshold.

But by this point, no matter how fast, his physics learning progress inevitably had to slow down, so Li Mingyang was thinking to himself that after this exam ends…

After waiting for this exam's results, he would go home to discuss with his mom and then find himself a physics tutor.

Of course, he also definitely needed to find a high-level tutor, so his physics scores could break through the level as quickly as possible, allowing him to move on to new subjects.

"Physics level 4—this exam is out of 110 points; I'll just score a little over 100, right?"

"As for math this time, I'll try to be a bit more careful—my skill has already advanced, and if I don't get full marks, wouldn't that be letting down my hard work?"

After finding his seat in the exam hall, Li Mingyang couldn't help muttering to himself, a confident smile curling his lips.

Even if these two subjects could achieve such scores, at City No. 3 Middle School—a veritable crouching tiger, hidden dragon—the overall ranking definitely wouldn't be high.

But for Li Mingyang himself, this is absolutely a huge improvement.

……

"Welcome back—how did you feel about this exam? Compared to last time, have you made relatively big progress?"

Because Li Mingyang has been studying diligently lately and his grades have improved quickly, plus what the tutor said earlier, his learning aptitude is really quite good.

And Li Mingyang has now started studying physics, and it's already been a month.

So when Li Mingyang successfully returned home after finishing the evening exam, his mom couldn't help greeting him with a beaming smile.

While putting down Li Mingyang's backpack, she couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Feeling okay? This exam seems a bit harder, but I, your son, have enough confidence that this time's results will still be able to achieve considerable progress."

"As for the specific results, we'll probably have to wait until Monday when we go back to class to find out."

"But I feel I should be able to surpass last year's first-tier line score, and although I tried last year's college entrance exam paper, it wasn't as difficult as this month's exam paper!"

Compared to when Li Mingyang used to be a poor student, the topic of grades had almost become a taboo at home—whenever it was brought up, an argument was inevitable.

Not only did the parents argue, but Li Mingyang himself would also end up with many unpleasantness at home.

Now when grades are brought up, whether it's Li Mingyang himself or his dad and mom, their faces are full of smiles.

"Alright, anyway, even if the progress doesn't reach my ideal state, don't get discouraged; as long as we put in the effort, we'll definitely reap something, right?"

"By the way, I've noticed your appetite has increased a lot lately; your pocket money probably isn't enough, right?"

"After all, I heard from Xiao Luo that you two always go to the cafeteria to eat a meal during each break exercise."

"Sometimes even during the break of evening self-study, you have to run to the cafeteria to eat some snacks and light bites."

"Previously, the pocket money I gave you each week probably wasn't even enough to buy food, right?"

While saying this, the mom recalled Li Mingyang's recent increase in appetite, although his pocket money had already been raised once when his grades improved.

But thinking about it, now her son's appetite plus the fact that he's in senior year means he definitely needs to eat better; they can't be stingy.

If just being full were enough, even steamed buns would fill him, but she couldn't bear to let her now-well-behaved son suffer like that.

So while saying this, the mom put down Li Mingyang's backpack and went straight back to the bedroom, taking out her wallet.

"Here, this is 500 yuan—consider it your pocket money for next week. If you want something to eat or drink, don't hold back; if you run out, you can always come ask Mom for more."

Looking at the mom's briskly handed over five bright red bills, even the current Li Mingyang couldn't help but be stunned.

He truly hadn't expected his mom to be so generous.

Originally, he had been a bit worried lately, his little stash was almost empty, and he didn't know how to bring it up.

After all, he knew all too well his parents' mindset these days—afraid that if he had a bit more money, he'd go bad again and revert to his old ways.

But unexpectedly, before he could even bring it up, his mom had already considered this, and even gave the money full of trust and generosity, handing over 500 right away!

"Mom, you can rest assured—I definitely won't let myself down."

Upon seeing the money, Li Mingyang didn't even pretend to decline, after all he really needed it.

Moreover, Li Ming also knows very well that this period is when the family business is at its best; in fact, they're not short of money at all—even giving him 500 a week, over 2000 a month, is nothing.

To his parents, this amount of money is merely a drop in the bucket.

Saying it like that might not be entirely appropriate, after all two thousand yuan is not a small sum, but at least for his dad and mom it's truly no pressure.

At most, it's probably just the income from two or less than three days for the family!

……

In the blink of an eye, it was Monday morning; the homeroom teacher's familiar face appeared, holding a stack of A4 papers as he walked into the classroom.

Seeing this, the students' expressions varied—some had a faint anticipation, others couldn't help feeling a bit apprehensive.

But no matter what, it couldn't change the fact that this month's exam results would be released today.

"Students, good morning! Today's morning self-study will be as usual—we won't talk about anything else, just discuss this month's exam results."

"Here I want to specially praise our classmate Li Mingyang."

When hearing this, the classmates already had no surprised expression, because from the first monthly exam to now, this had already been the third time.

After each monthly exam ends, the homeroom teacher is like an NPC refreshing a quest—he always comes to say this on Monday morning self-study.

But the homeroom teacher's following words still left the classmates unable to help being shocked; although they knew Li Mingyang had been improving lately, they never expected it to be this exaggerated:

"Let's first congratulate Li Mingyang— in this exam he not only made great progress in his total score, but also scored full marks in math."

"His math score alone placed him first in the grade; I hope everyone can learn more from Li Mingyang."

"Now there are only over 100 days left until the college entrance exam—seize every minute and second, strive to improve your scores."

"You should know that gaining just one extra point on the college entrance exam means you outrank hundreds or even thousands of people!"

Almost nobody cared about the homeroom teacher's old, clichéd remarks; after all, they were just an ordinary class, even could be said to be a class of underachievers.

Except for the occasional few students who had awakened a desire to study, nearly 80% of the classmates, upon hearing this, all curled their lips in disdain.