It was another newly opened dessert shop.
Dong Mingming's cries reverberated in every corner of a small cubicle.
"Oh my god, there's a parent-teacher conference as soon as school reopens. The school is playing us to death!"
"That's inhumane!"
"This is definitely the darkest school reopening I've ever experienced!" Dong Mingming complained as she hugged her books.
Because the rankings were not announced before the holidays, many people had a peaceful and happy holiday.
The more beautiful the holidays were, the more sad the school reopening was.
"It's double the sadness!"
"No, it should be three times the sadness!"
The school reopening was already sad enough. This time, they had to face the possibility of getting terrible results from last semester. Most importantly, they still had to hand in their holiday homework!
Seeing Dong Mingming complaining happily, Gu Xi's mouth twitched. Who was the one who said that she would finish all her homework ten days before the holidays? Dong Mingming didn't even finish the first ten pages of her homework during the holidays.
Gu Xi glanced at Dong Mingming with a face full of shame. She couldn't help but interrupt her and ask, "Have you finished copying?"
"I didn't copy!" Dong Mingming retorted without hesitation. "I'm just using it as a reference."
Gu Xi coughed dryly and looked at Dong Mingming with a fake smile. "Then, student Dong, have you finished using it as a reference?"
"Not yet …"
"Soon, soon. Wait for me." Dong Mingming finally quieted down and began to copy, no, refer to Gu Xi's holiday homework.
However, this time, Dong Mingming was quiet for less than five minutes before she looked up at Gu Xi again.
"That's not right, Gu Xi. Did you make a mistake in this question? Look, you only wrote four lines in such a big grid and you already know the answer?" Dong Mingming pointed at one of the questions in Gu Xi's workbook.
Gu Xi was speechless. How dare he question her after copying her work?!
"You still have six hours." Gu Xi glanced at the time and reminded her.
The group had already informed everyone that they had to hand in all their homework before the parent-teacher meeting.
Upon hearing this, Dong Mingming glanced at Gu Xi bitterly. "If you don't mention this, we can still be good friends."
"Sigh." Dong Mingming let out a long sigh. "I really want my granny to attend the parent-teacher conference for me."
"By the way, Gu Xi, who will be attending the parent-teacher meeting tomorrow?"
"My father."
"That's great." In Dong Mingming's eyes, Gu Shao was a super gentle father. Furthermore, he was handsome!
"I think so too," Gu Xi said with a smile.
— —
The next day, Gu Shao took Gu Xi to school.
Along the way, Gu Xi chattered non-stop.
In the front seat, the chauffeur listened to the voices coming from the back and a smile appeared on his face.
He spent the most time picking up and dropping Gu Xi off. Initially, he was also the one who drove to Zhang Village to settle Gu Xi's household registration.
Some things seemed to be the same, but upon closer inspection, one would notice the changes. Compared to the initial restraint, Gu Xi was obviously much more lively in front of Gu Shao now.
"Dad."
"Hmm?" Gu Shao was dealing with work. When he heard Gu Xi talking to him, he would occasionally respond.
"Do you still remember what we agreed on before?" Gu Xi blinked and looked at Gu Shao.
Before the holidays, Gu Shao had promised Gu Xi that as long as Gu Xi could get into the top ten in the city in the final exam, Gu Shao would agree to let her participate in NTN's test.
This was a youth training program of the NTN Technology Research Center. It was mainly geared towards students in the age range from middle school to university. Most of them were high school students.
Those who were talented enough, professional enough, or had participated in some competitions and won a place could become a member of NTN's training program as long as they passed NTN's test.
Although they could not be considered an official employee of NTN, those who passed the test could receive learning and research support from NTN and were qualified to participate in some of NTN's projects.
Gu Xi had done her research on the Internet in advance before making this request to Gu Shao.
Gu Shao looked down at Gu Xi and raised his eyebrows. "You want to go to NTN so much?"
"Yes, yes." Gu Xi nodded. She had her own plans.
Looking at Gu Xi's serious expression, Gu Shao was secretly amused. He raised his hand and rubbed Gu Xi's head. "Don't worry, I didn't forget."
"That's good."
The car soon arrived at the school gate. Gu Shao and Gu Xi got out of the car and walked into the school.
They did not notice that behind them, two sneaky figures had sneaked into the school.
These two people were none other than Old Master Gu and Old Master Shen.
"Are we going in from here?"
"Nonsense, if not from here, where should we go in from?"
"Why do I see another door over there?" Old Master Shen pointed to the side.
"The door over there is for the staff and the school's public cars. This is the normal entrance."
"I see."
"Nonsense, no, you old man. Don't tell me you haven't been here before?" Old Master Gu's eyes were full of disdain.
"Yes, I haven't been here before. You've been here before?"
"Of course." Old Master Gu's tone was smug. He had secretly been here many times before.
"Let's go, let's go. I'll show you around today."
Old Master Gu called Old Master Shen and walked into the school.
In the end, just as they were about to enter the school gate, they were stopped by the security guard at the gate.
"Old Masters, what are you here for?" the security guard asked.
"We're here to …" Old Master Shen was about to speak but was interrupted by Old Master Gu.
"Nothing, we're just walking around," Old Master Gu said.
"Walking around?" The security guard thought that the two of them were old masters walking around nearby and said, "This is a school. We can't let you in if you're just walking around."
"Then why are they allowed in?" Old Master Gu pointed to the surrounding parents who were entering the school gate.
"Those are the parents of the students. They're here for a parent-teacher meeting today. You're not their parents, so of course we can't let you in," the security guard explained patiently to the two old men.
"Who said we're not their parents?"
"You are?"
"Of course."
Hearing this, the security guard sized up the two old men in front of him who had an extraordinary aura despite their age. He thought that the two of them didn't seem to want to lie, so he asked, "Then, which class is your child in?"
"Class 7."
"Year 2 Class 7." Old Master Shen added.
"I'm the student's grandfather."
"I'm the student's grandfather."
The two of them said one after the other.
The security guard looked at Old Master Gu and then at Old Master Shen. He was amazed.
"You're family?" He had seen parents come to the parent-teacher meeting together, but this was the first time he saw the grandfather and grandfather together.
Old Master Gu said, "Of course not."
Old Master Shen said, "Something like that."
"Something like that?" Hearing this, Old Master Gu glared at Old Master Shen and explained to the security guard, "He's from his family, and I'm from my family. We're just in the same class. Also, I have two other grandsons who are also in the same school."
The security guard nodded suspiciously. In the end, he decided to call the form teacher of Class 7 and ask her to come to the school gate to pick them up.
— —
Not long after, Teacher Chen arrived at the school gate. When she saw the two old men, Teacher Chen was stunned.
"Hello, I'm the form teacher of Year 2 Class 7. My surname is Chen." The form teacher introduced herself first, then asked the two of them, "Are you the parents of the students in our class?"
Old Master Gu and Old Master Shen nodded.
Teacher Chen frowned.
"I don't know if you've heard the parents of the students say that we try our best not to let the students' grandparents, brothers, or sisters attend the parent-teacher meeting on behalf of the students," Teacher Chen said in a deep voice.
This time, she had specially told the parents in the parent group that the parent-teacher meeting this time was very important. She suggested that the parent-teacher meeting be attended as much as possible.
Moreover, she didn't see any parents in the group saying that they couldn't attend.
Teacher Chen thought to herself in surprise.
"Which student's parents are you?" The form teacher asked again.
Originally, the form teacher was still wondering if one of the students in her class didn't dare to let their parents attend because they didn't do well in the exams. Therefore, they tricked their grandparents into coming over to take the blame.
In the end, before the form teacher could say anything, she heard the two old men say "Gu Xi" and "Sheng Xiuyan" respectively.
"Sheng Xiuyan Gu Xi?!" The form teacher's attitude changed 180 degrees in an instant.
Although in theory, all students were the same in the eyes of teachers, it was undeniable that these two students were the most worry-free students she had ever taught.
Moreover, at the mention of Sheng Xiuyan Gu Xi, the form teacher couldn't help but feel excited.
Their class had two of the top ten students in the entire city. Moreover, they were in the front row. They were simply too proud.
At this moment, the form teacher walked around the school. She felt that the school's most beautiful girl was here for her.
"So it's Gu Xi's grandfather and grandfather of Sheng Xiuyan. Then it's fine." After all, with these two students' achievements and learning awareness, it didn't matter if their parents didn't attend the meeting.
"Come with me, I'll bring you to sit in class," the form teacher said warmly to the two old men.
Hearing this, the expressions on the two old men's faces became strange.
"No, no, no, there's no need." Old Man Gu waved his hand and said, "We heard that the results would be announced today, so we came to take a look. There's no need to go to class. The child's father is probably already in school. "
The two of them had secretly come today. Originally, they wanted to take a look at the results of the two children before leaving. If they went to class, wouldn't they be exposed?
As for the cause of this matter, it started during the New Year.
— — These two old men didn't know when it started, but for some reason, they started competing with each other. They even competed with their own grandchildren's results.
Thus, as they spoke, the two of them agreed to take a look at the first-hand results and rankings today.
Hearing the explanation of the two, the homeroom teacher roughly understood what the two of them meant. He smiled and nodded. Then, he didn't let the two old men leave. He directly found the city's ranking on his phone and handed it to the two of them.
— —
On the other side, in the square in front of the school building.
At this moment, Gu Xi and the others were standing in front of the bulletin board and looking at the results of the final exam.
Compared to the previous monthly exam results announcement, the city-wide rankings announcement this time was much simpler and clearer. From left to right, from top to bottom, everyone's name was listed in order according to their exam score and ranking.
First, it was the serial number, name, class information, and then the total score of the exam. The last number represented the city-wide ranking.
This time, Gu Xi's name was still in the first place, and the number at the end of her name was "1".
Not only Gu Xi, but the numbers at the end of the second and third places were also "1".
"Does this mean that the top three students in our school are tied for first place in the whole city?" someone asked.
A teacher at the side explained, "Our teacher said before that because this is a city-wide exam, the difficulty level will be easier than the exam set by our school. Therefore, this time, there are many students who got full marks in a single subject. In addition, there are also several students who got close to full marks in their total scores."
"According to the city-wide ranking system, those who have the same score will be ranked in a tie."
"So, there are many students who got first place in the whole city?" another parent asked.
"Indeed." The teacher nodded and changed the topic. She smiled at the group of students' parents and said, "No, there are only five students in the whole city who got the same score as Gu Xi and the others. Three of them came from our school, which is very good."
The three students who tied for first place were, from top to bottom, Gu Xi, Huang Kaisen from Class 9, and Sheng Xiuyan.
The total score of the three of them was the same, and they were ranked according to the first letter of their names.
It did not matter who was at the top and who was at the bottom.
However, Sheng Xiuyan felt that the extra name in the middle of Gu Xi's name was an eyesore.
— —
On the other side, Gu Shao received a phone call. The call was from Old Master Gu's bodyguard.
"Sir."
"Old Master Gu and Old Master Shen have both gone back," the bodyguard said over the phone.
"Got it," Gu Shao responded.
After hanging up the phone, Gu Shao looked up at the ranking list in front of him and smiled.
This time, not only did Gu Xi get first place, but Gu Yanxiao and Gu Chenyi also did well and made it into the top ten.
Gu Shao took a picture of the results and sent it to the Gu family's group chat.
— —
The parent-teacher conference began.
Because the overall ranking of University A Affiliated High School was the best among all the high schools in the city, and Class 7 was the best, the form teacher was in a very good mood and the entire parent-teacher conference was very pleasant.
Even Dong Mingming, who had been worried that she would fail, heaved a sigh of relief after the parent-teacher conference.
Although her overall ranking did not change much from before, no, thanks to the simple exam, her score was very good.
— —
After the parent-teacher conference, Gu Xi followed Gu Shao home.
In the car, she caught a glimpse of Gu Shao holding his phone and typing something. Gu Xi suddenly felt a little curious.
Looking at the interface, it seemed a little familiar. It seemed to be his WeChat Moments?
Gu Xi's face was filled with surprise.
Gu Shao rarely posted on his WeChat Moments because he had set the "three days to see" setting. Most of the time, Gu Shao's WeChat Moments were empty.
When Gu Shao posted on his WeChat Moments, Gu Xi was either sleeping or doing her homework. In addition, Gu Xi did not like to scroll through WeChat Moments. When she finally opened her WeChat Moments, Gu Shao's status had long been replaced by the latest status of other students.
As a result, for a long time, Gu Xi thought that Gu Shao was someone who did not post on his WeChat Moments.
At this moment, seeing Gu Shao posting on his WeChat Moments with her own eyes, Gu Xi was very surprised.
"Daddy, what are you posting?" Gu Xi moved over and lay on Gu Shao's arm. Then, she leaned her head over to look at Gu Shao's phone screen curiously.
The first thing she saw was her exam results this time. Then, there was a simple sentence attached: [My daughter's final exam results.]
Gu Xi looked at the status that was about to be sent out in surprise. Then, she looked at Gu Shao in disbelief. Obviously, Gu Xi did not expect that Gu Shao's status was about her.
Since he had been discovered, Gu Shao did not hide it and clicked on the "share" button in front of Gu Xi.
In less than five seconds after the status was sent out, she received two messages.
Gu Xi glanced at Gu Shao. Seeing that he did not mind, she leaned on Gu Shao's arm and stretched out a finger to open the two messages.
Both messages were from Xu Fei. One liked the other and the other replied: [Awesome. It's harder to get first place in an easy exam than a difficult one.]
That made sense.
Even Gu Xi nodded silently when she saw Xu Fei's reply.
Gu Xi scrolled through Gu Shao's phone again and saw his previous WeChat Moments.
Originally, Gu Xi thought that Gu Shao's WeChat Moments would be full of domineering style. If it was not about NTN's latest technology, it would be about financial knowledge.
In the end, Gu Xi realized that she was wrong.
Among Gu Shao's more than 20 WeChat Moments, other than a few sharing messages about children's education, the rest were all about her.
Although Gu Xi did not show her face in these photos, Gu Xi could tell where she was and what she was doing in each photo.
In addition to the photos, Gu Shao also attached a simple caption in each WeChat Moments: My daughter's competition, my daughter's participation in a sketch expansion event, my daughter's gift …
Although it was a simple description, one could always feel a sense of flaunting between the lines.
"Okay, don't look at your phone in the car." Before Gu Xi could finish reading Gu Shao's status, Gu Shao had already put away his phone.
Gu Xi felt a little regretful, but in her mind, she was thinking about when she should change Gu Shao's WeChat Moments to permanently be visible to her when he was not paying attention.
Gu Xi looked up at Gu Shao and then grinned.
"Are you smiling?" Gu Shao asked. She smiled foolishly.
Gu Xi's smile widened a little and she asked Gu Shao, "Am I your pride now?"
Although Gu Shao did not say it, she felt that he was showing off in those WeChat Moments! Showing off his daughter!
Upon hearing this, Gu Shao was stunned. Then, his gaze softened as he looked at Gu Xi. He chuckled softly and said, "You have always been."
"Really?!"
Gu Shao did not say anything else.
Gu Xi giggled and said, "Now that I've entered the top ten in the city, are you going to fulfill your promise?"
His promise to let her take the NTN test.
Previously, Gu Xi had stubbornly submitted an application to NTN, but unfortunately, it was rejected.
Later, she heard from Xu Fei that Gu Shao had personally rejected that application because it would affect her studies.
Gu Shao glanced at Gu Xi and nodded. "Okay."
Mr. Gu was a man of his word. The day after Gu Xi went back to submit the application again, she received a notification from NTN.
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