Chapter 25: Winter Break Has Arrived, Time to Persuade Parents!

By the end, even the homeroom teacher couldn't help but show a look of shock on his own face.

He had seen students who suddenly turned over a new leaf, and he had seen students who made rapid progress, but a student like Li Mingyang, who progressed by leaps and bounds, as if riding a rocket, was still the first he had ever seen.

One semester! Just a short semester! He went straight from a student with only over 300 points, at the bottom of the class, to over 500 points.

546! This score might not be much in other provinces, but in their Qiansheng Province it's already enough to get into a key undergraduate program.

Take their province's sole 211 university, for example: with this score you might not be able to freely choose any major, but picking a good major is no problem.

"Holy shit! Awesome!"

After hearing that voice, the biggest reaction wasn't from Li Mingyang himself, since after the exam he already had a rough estimate of his score.

It was Luo Yuan beside him who was the most excited; he had thought his own progress was huge, but it turned out the guy next to him was a real monster!

Although he had grown accustomed to Li Mingyang's progress, Luo Yuan still couldn't help blurting out that bit of national essence.

As everyone knows, when your grades are poor, improvement is indeed fast, because you don't understand anything, and everywhere you look there's room to improve.

But once your grades have improved to a certain level, it can be said that every point gained is extremely difficult.

For example, those students who used to always rank at the top of the class all scored over 500 points.

Could it be that they aren't studying hard? If they weren't working hard, they couldn't stand out in this ordinary class and get such scores.

But once they reached that score, wanting to improve further is almost impossible, since everyone's learning ability and IQ have limits.

In this brief and limited study period, reaching such a score has practically become their limit.

But Li Mingyang seems to have no bottleneck at all; his score's upward trend not only shows no sign of slowing, it actually seems to be getting faster.

Even Luo Yuan couldn't help wondering in his heart, given that desk-mate's 'exam king' demeanor, maybe after a winter break he could score 600?

Although the idea feels utterly absurd in his mind, once it arose it took deep root there.

The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, after all, his dead‑friend's abilities shown after serious study have never conformed to common sense.

Chinese 118 points

Math 150 points

These two subjects actually kept their original scores— not bad, not bad, that counts as maintaining pretty well.

Next is English; although Li Mingyang made a little effort, he really can't muster much interest in rote memorization.

So his English grade remains poor, only 56 points.

Then comes the last subject, the science comprehensive worth a total of 300 points, but because it's the final exam, each subject still got its own separate score.

Physics 103

Chemistry 49 points— compared to the previous single‑digit teens, that's a huge improvement!

Then there's biology, which although its total is only 90 points, is indeed simple for Li Mingyang.

Even after just a few days of cramming, his score improved from before, reaching 70 points!

After that comes the total score and ranking— 546 points! First in the class!

Finally there's a grade‑wide ranking; although Li Mingyang's score is quite good, he still doesn't place, sitting at 258th.

There's still vast room for improvement ahead; the only thing worth praising should be math, which remains at the top of the grade, after all it's a perfect score.

……

"Haha, you little brat! You're something!"

On the drive back to his hometown, even while driving, his father couldn't stop smiling.

Such a smile had started the moment Li Mingyang brought home his report card; seeing his father's expression, Li Mingyang couldn't help mutter to himself:

"You've been laughing for two or three hours, from home all the way here— won't your cheeks get sore?"

"I originally thought that even if you turned over a new leaf, became sensible, and started studying, just getting into a key undergraduate or a 211 university would already be burning high incense."

"But I never expected that in just one semester you'd score 546! First in class, rank in the 200s in the grade."

"When we go home for New Year this year and everyone gets together to drink and brag, I'll be able to properly show off my son."

"It's not easy; I haven't felt this way in many years!"

Thanks to Li Mingyang's second life, he's essentially a nearly‑30‑year‑old adult inside, while his father is still relatively young, only in his early forties.

In a sense, their actual age difference isn't that big; it's not really a 30‑year gap as it appears on the surface.

In the evening there's an old saying that goes well: 'A man remains a boy till death.'

So, without realizing it, as the father‑son relationship eased and heated up quickly, they unknowingly became like friends.

Because he deeply sensed his son's inner maturity, the father often speaks now without the previous reservations.

It even let Li Mingyang regain a feeling he had before his rebirth— a sense of equal communication.

"All right, Dad, enough already— you've been laughing all the way, we're on the highway now, please focus a bit."

"Besides, it's only just over 500 points; if by the time of the college entrance exam I pull off a stunning surprise, you won't be so happy you drop dead, will you?"

Seeing that this little old man showed no sign of relenting, Li Mingyang's mouth, like a poison injector, couldn't help but retort a little.

But upon hearing that, his father didn't care at all; instead he kept laughing heartily.

"If you can actually get into Tsinghua or Peking University for me someday, hey! Just getting into a prestigious university would do."

"Even if I drop dead right now, what difference would it make? Even if I drop dead on the spot, I'll still go laughing!"

Upon hearing that, Li Mingyang couldn't help but roll his eyes; after his father unleashed his true nature, how could he feel so off‑key?

"Alright, you're awesome! Let's not talk about that— because of policy, the school won't allow make‑up classes during the break."

"But for me, that's actually a good thing."

"It frees up more time for study, so I was thinking maybe during the vacation I could find a somewhat better tutor."

"Ideally someone who just finished the college entrance exam as a top scholar, or a well‑known tutor; I plan to use the winter break at home to really push my scores."

"By the way, there's another thing I want to discuss with you guys…"

As he spoke, Li Mingyang suddenly shifted topics again, and couldn't help recalling the experiences and memories from before his rebirth.

This year, or rather next year, according to the lunar calendar we haven't even celebrated New Year yet, you could say it's next year; but if we go by the Gregorian calendar, we've already celebrated New Year!

This year is definitely one of the major turning points in their family's life; after all, who would have thought that the currently thriving property market would collapse completely in less than ten years?

And the house they had difficulty buying in the city, although they didn't lose money, its value has shrunk by nearly half.

But if they could sell the house at the current price peak and bring all the money back to their hometown to invest...