BTMDHSD Chapter 39 Part 2

Seeing Qin Shiwu’s grim expression, Lin Xiaomian said, “Qin Chu only got such a low score because he didn’t show up for the midterm exams. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been that bad.”

Qin Shiwu propped up his chin, “Of course, it can’t get that low! He must have done it on purpose!”

Even at his worst, there was no way his dad would score only a little over two hundred points!

With a score like that, let alone becoming a vice president at Zhongkong Haiyang, he wouldn’t even qualify for a job as a janitor!

Qin Shiwu remembered that his father’s company was a highly influential multinational conglomerate. It offered excellent benefits and high pay and was very welcoming to fresh graduates. Whether they held bachelor’s or master’s degrees, all kinds of top-tier talent would try their best to secure a position in Zhongkong Haiyang so that they could make great achievements.

Because it was a popular choice of a company for graduates, there were many urban legends about Zhongkong Haiyang on the Internet. One of which was that even the security guards at the gate of Zhongkong Haiyang held master’s degrees.

With such strict academic requirements, how could his father get such a low score?

It’s impossible, even if you take the case of English alone. Even he could score over a hundred on the English paper. Then how could his father get a score in the tens?

Either he didn’t want to write, or he was writing it half-heartedly.

Qin Shiwu turned his head to look at Qin Chu, and the other party had fallen asleep on the table.

He didn’t seem to care how much he scored in the exam at all.

Old Zhao came in through the door of the classroom with the report cards and announced the news, “After the results of this midterm exam are announced, the school will hold a parent-teacher meeting. You go back and notify your parents by yourself. It is best if everyone can attend.”

“Holding a parent-teacher meeting?” Qin Shiwu said in surprise.

As soon as Old Zhao’s voice fell, there were bouts of wailing in the classroom.

She sneered, “Now you know how to cry? Why didn’t you all get a few more points in the exam? Look at your grades, huh? Aren’t you all ashamed! Is there only a Lin Xiaomian in our class? Are you all dead!”

Qin Shiwu listened and quickly asked Lin Xiaomian, “How many points did you get in the exam?”

Lin Xiaomian said in shame, “It’s okayish. 706.”

Qin Shiwu, “So high?!”

He hurriedly went to get Lin Xiaomian’s report card and clicked his tongue, deeply moved, “You are worthy of being the first in the grade. Why didn’t you go to the innovation class?”

The innovation class in Provincial No. 1 High School was the experimental class.

There were two innovation classes in one grade.

In the second year of high school, there would be three innovation classes: Two for science streams and one for liberal arts.

Lu Tong was in one of the science innovation classes.

The school implemented an elimination system.

If anyone in the innovation classes fell behind in grades, they would be kicked out and replaced by top-performing students from the regular classes.

Therefore, strictly speaking, class changes at Provincial No. 1 High School were quite frequent.

With Lin Xiaomian’s grades already surpassing even the grades of those in the innovation classes, how was she still staying in the twelfth class of the high school first year? Hadn’t the school sent teachers to try to persuade her?

Lin Xiaomian said, “Does learning really depend on which class you’re in? As long as you want to study, you can do well anywhere.”

Qin Shiwu gave a thumbs up, “Top student, your mindset is higher than that of us, ordinary students.”

Lin Xiaomian smiled embarrassedly and then asked, “Will your parents come to the parent-teacher meeting this time?”

Qin Shiwu propped his chin up in boredom, “Won’t come.”

But in his heart, he grumbled: Come on! Why wouldn’t they come? Look behind you. Isn’t my dad just lying there asleep?

The body of “Qin Shiwu” he was now using was also an aptly named social orphan.

The cheap mother of ”Qin Shiwu” was a strong woman who did venture capital investment and was not in the country all day long. Qin Shiwu didn’t understand exactly what she was investing in. Her only sense of existence was the moment she put money in Qin Shiwu’s bank card.

So far, Qin Shiwu had never seen his “mother”.

He was the only one living in the big room.

In fact, it was no different from before.

He and this ”Qin Shiwu” were still fellow sufferers who empathised with each other. Qin Shiwu had lived at home for sixteen years with no one but a group of nannies and housekeepers taking care of him.

Lu Tong rarely went home. His schedule was packed. As soon as he finished one job, there was another waiting. Moreover, even if he did go home, he couldn’t easily play with him. Otherwise, he would be photographed by paparazzi, which would be a big thing that would crash the servers.

“Ugh.” Qin Shiwu sighed, “My mother will definitely not be able to come.”

Lin Xiaomian asked, “Is your mother very busy?”

“Busy.” Qin Shiwu said, “He can’t get his feet on the ground.”

Lin Xiaomian asked again, “What about your father? Is he not coming either?”

Qin Shiwu paused, “He can’t come either. He is also very busy. There are so many things in the company, I have never seen him come to school, let alone for a parent-teacher meeting for me. He’s never even looked at my report card.”

Having said that, Ji Rang asked in confusion, “Your dad?”

Qin Shiwu, “What’s the matter?”

Ji Rang turned the words over in his mind, feeling it might be rude to say it out loud. But Qin Shiwu was also acting strangely, and there seemed to be something wrong with him.

He took Qin Chu’s face into consideration for Qin Shiwu — — After all, Qin Chu favoured this kid, and he couldn’t offend Qin Chu’s friends.

While Ji Rang held back, Gu Kaifei sneered and didn’t show that kind of restraint.

“Is there anything wrong with your head, Qin Shiwu?”

Qin Shiwu was a little dazed and didn’t even realise what Gu Kaifei meant by this.

He, “Who doesn’t know that you don’t have a father. And also talking about companies? At least make up something a little more believable.”

Qin Shiwu, “…… What?”

Cold sweat broke out on the back of his head.

Just now, he was too involved in the chat with Lin Xiaomian, and he even talked about the little things in his family.

…… He completely forgot that the parents of the current “Qin Shiwu” had divorced when he was a child, and his father had died long ago. And looking at the expressions of Gu Kaifei and Ji Rang, it seemed as if this matter was an open secret.

Qin Chu raised his head from the table.

Qin Shiwu’s cold sweat poured down even harder.

He was doomed.

How did it happen that just when he was thinking about changing his story, Qin Chu happened to hear everything?

At first, Qin Shiwu was determined to make Qin Chu believe that he had come from sixteen years later. But later, his thoughts changed little by little. Especially after knowing the butterfly effect, Qin Shiwu started living even more cautiously.

Fortunately, Qin Chu didn’t take him seriously at all at the time, and Qin Chu didn’t pursue the crazy things he said.

Now there were so many loopholes that Qin Shiwu’s hair had turned white with worry.

Fortunately, Old Zhao came to the rescue in time.

“Qin Chu, don’t think about escaping this time. I will notify your father directly about the parent-teacher meeting.”

Qin Shiwu looked at Qin Chu cautiously, like a kitten who had done something bad.

Seeing that Qin Chu was still daydreaming, Old Zhao tapped his desk with her foot, “Did you hear me? With grades like yours, how am I supposed to explain it to your dad?”

Qin Chu said, “Isn’t it a very high score? At any rate, it’s over 100.”

Old Zhao couldn’t help rolling her eyes, “Can you stop making me worry for once? I’m done talking to you. You’ll explain it to your dad yourself.”

The parent-teacher meeting was scheduled for the coming Monday afternoon.

The evening self-study time of the first and second years of high school was different. So often, by the time Lu Tong came back, Qin Chu would already be asleep.

The two of them hadn’t even met properly in the past few days.

Of course, there may be the suspicion that Lu Tong deliberately avoided him.

What was he hiding from him for?

Could it be because of what happened that night?

When Qin Chu realised that Lu Tong was hiding from him again, his mood was not very good.

In a flash, it was Monday.

After the second class in the afternoon, each class began to organise a general cleaning, and the classes were given a simple cleaning.

Old Zhao asked Lin Xiaomian to copy the PPT of the parent-teacher meeting. So Qin Shiwu lost his playmate and could only squat at the door of the classroom to chat with Qu Muyao.

He was still very close to his little aunt.

It was just that his aunt still had improper thoughts about his mother, which made Qin Shiwu feel like he was facing a great enemy every time he saw her!

At the end of the corridor, He Yuanyuan’s friend bumped into her, “Hey, isn’t that Qin Shiwu?”

He Yuanyuan looked up and saw Qin Shiwu.

“Why are you talking about him to me? It has nothing to do with me.”

“Is that Qu Muyao next to him?”

After transferring to Provincial No. 1 High School, Qu Muyao quickly caught the attention of the boys because of her striking looks.

The title of “school beauty” in the first-year group, which had previously belonged to He Yuanyuan, had now shifted to Qu Muyao.

However, Qu Muyao wasn’t as obedient or sweet as He Yuanyuan. In fact, she was no less of a school tyrant than Qin Chu himself. Within a week of arriving, she had already gotten into fights with several school gangsters and delinquent girls and firmly secured her place as the school’s top girl boss.

The boys who admired her not only thought that she was beautiful but also difficult to deal with.

“Leave them alone, let’s go.” He Yuanyuan grabbed the corner of her friend’s clothes.

The friend said, “This Qin Shiwu is so strange. I didn’t think he was handsome before, but now he looks pretty good. Yuanyuan, does he still like you?”

He Yuanyuan shook her head, “He doesn’t come looking for me anymore.”

Friend, “In fact, he is also not bad. If he still likes you, you guys can give it a try. Don’t keep fixating on Qin Chu. Honestly, I don’t see what’s so great about Qin Chu. His personality is bad, and his reputation is also not good. It’s just that he has a good face and is a rich second-generation. After leaving school, everyone will rely on their own abilities. It’s still unknown who will be the best then!”

The two were chatting happily when suddenly the voice of a middle-aged man intervened.

“Hello, how do I get to Class 12 of the first year of high school?”

He Yuanyuan was taken aback and quickly looked back.

The friend pointed to where Qin Shiwu was, “It’s over there.”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, “Okay. Thank you.”

After he left, her friend said with starry-eyed infatuation, “Whoa, what a handsome uncle. More handsome than those in the Korean dramas!”

He Yuanyuan asked, “Do you feel that this uncle looks like Qin Chu?”

Friend, “Similar how? Are you enchanted? Everyone looks like Qin Chu?”

The person who asked He Yuanyuan for directions was Qin Chu’s father, Qin Heng.

Old Zhao made a phone call directly to Qin Heng’s secretary, and through the secretary, she notified Qin Heng of the parent-teacher meeting.

As she expected, Qin Chu really hadn’t told his father about it.

The twelfth class of the first year of high school was on the fourth floor, and it was only one corridor away from the first class of the second year of high school.

He Yuanyuan’s friend pointed casually, but the location was not accurate. Qin Heng walked for a long time and finally reached the classroom building of the second year of high school.

At this time, parents of students could already be seen everywhere in the classroom building. These parents came to the school to have a meeting for their children, and they wanted to dress up grandly. However, no matter how they dressed, none could match Qin Heng’s outstanding aura.

In addition to himself, Qin Heng also brought his secretary Xiao Yun.

Xiao Yun was parking the car and hadn’t come up to the fourth floor yet. Qin Heng’s sense of direction was poor, and he wandered around the classroom building like a headless fly[footnote]a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically[/footnote] for a few laps.

He Nian leant against the door of his class, counting the laps for Qin Heng.

“Ah, four laps.”

Lu Tong was sorting out the test papers, and he didn’t raise his head when asking, “What four laps?”

He Nian pointed to the corridor, “There is a handsome uncle over there who has walked around our corridor four times. I think he seems to be lost. He must be a student’s parent. Huh? Here he comes.”

Qin Heng really couldn’t find his way, so he could only go to the nearest class.

There were not many people in the first class of the second year students. He saw He Nian leaning by the window and asked, “Hello student, do you know how to get to the twelfth class of first years?”

He Nian, “Uncle, then you are going the wrong way. This is the classroom building of the second year of high school. If you want to go to that of first year of high school, then you have to go through that corridor.”

The way he pointed out was clearer than He Yuanyuan’s friend, and Qin Heng finally understood.

At this moment, Lin Siyin had already found Lu Tong’s class.

“Lu Lu.” When she got to the door, she saw her son.

Lu Tong heard Lin Siyin’s voice and looked up but did not see his father.

He and his dad were still in the Cold War, and after thinking about it for a while, it seemed pardonable for the other party not to come.

After Lin Siyin called out to Lu Tong, she caught a glimpse of Qin Heng from the corner of her eye. She looked at Qin Heng for a while and called out in surprise, “Old Qin?”

Qin Heng turned around and recognised her, “Siyin?”

Lin Siyin said in surprise, “Oh, it’s really you. I haven’t seen you for so many years. I thought I recognised the wrong person.” She asked, “Is your son also studying in Provincial No. 1 High School?”

Qin Heng nodded, “He is studying at the Provincial No. 1 High School, in the first year of high school. I was going to his class.”

Lin Siyin said, “Then you go. We can catch up after you’re done. I won’t bother you anymore.”

Qin Heng did not stay for long. After exchanging a few words, he hurried to the classroom building of the first years.

Lu Tong had a bad feeling in his heart and asked, “Mom, do you know him?”

Lin Siyin smiled and said, “I have known him since we were kids. We grew up in a courtyard in Beijing. Your grandfather and his father were comrades-in-arms, but they are different from us. His family background is very strong. By the way, I heard that his son is also studying in this school. Do you know him?”

Lu Tong, “How could I know him?”

He could barely recognise everyone in his own class, okay?!

Lin Siyin met an old acquaintance and was unexpectedly happy. She fell into memories and said with a smile, “I still remember playing with him when I was a kid. He looked the best in our courtyard. The little girls in our courtyard lined up to play as his wife. Your mother was the second-best-looking, so I played it the most often. Well, don’t tell your dad about this.”

Lu Tong, “I’m not interested in talking about that.”

Lin Siyin said again, “Speaking of which, when I followed your grandfather back to Hangzhou, I also agreed with him that if I had a daughter, she would marry his son when she grew up.”

Lu Tong sneered and said sarcastically, “What a pity.”

Lin Siyin pinched his waist and joked with her son, “It’s indeed a pity that I gave birth to a little b*** like you. If you were born a girl, you could have married into their family and saved three lifetimes of struggle.”

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