Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack

Chapter 347: Chapter 329: Scholar God Blesses Smart and Cute People

Luo Qianqian didn’t know whether she was lucky or unlucky. In her second week at this school, she was already facing the final exams. The final exams weren’t really an issue, thanks to Qin Liang’s previous help and Xu Tianyi’s tutoring in the past few nights, Luo Qianqian hadn’t fallen behind at all.

As a transfer student, she could only be placed in the last examination room, which was almost empty, with just four people inside, Luo Qianqian and the three students with the lowest grades in the year. Before the exam, Xu Tianyi had dropped her off and after the exam, he picked her up to take her back to the classroom, while during the exam, aside from Luo Qianqian, the other three students just calmly lay down and went to sleep. The invigilator was extremely surprised to see Luo Qianqian answering the questions and even her earnest writing caught the invigilator’s gaze.

In the end, the invigilator even stood by her side watching her work on her exam, and this unusual scene attracted the attention of the roving invigilators; they too entered the last examination room of the science class, saw Luo Qianqian fluently writing her answers, raised their eyebrows in surprise, but when they saw the class number, they understood, Class One. It must be that transfer student, right? Indeed, those who could enter Class One did have the abilities, not all was just through backdoor connections.

This anomaly resulted in all four people answering their questions by the time of the last subject, English, which was quite a spectacle and a first since they were in the third year of high school.

After the exams, there was no atmosphere of holiday, as the first and second years had already gone on vacation, but the third year was still struggling through the winter.

”The results are coming out,” Xu Tianyi said to Luo Qianqian with a smile that was beaming with the joy of spring.

Luo Qianqian made a face of disgust, ”What? Is the report card your mistress? You like it that much?”

”I don’t care about mine, I’m quite looking forward to yours; after all, it’s the fruit of my labor.” Xu Tianyi smiled, ”Will you reward me if you do well?”

Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes; in truth, she was quite looking forward to it too, but she was also a bit afraid. In this city, this school, even a single point could make a difference of more than ten ranks. If her score was too far behind Xu Tianyi’s, she feared she wouldn’t forgive herself.

”Speaking of which, who will your parents send to attend the meeting?” Thinking about all the people at home fighting to attend the meeting was giving her a headache. She hadn’t even taken the exams when this was already scheduled at home, mentioned every single day.

”I don’t mind, probably no one will come,” Xu Tianyi replied with a shrug. If Xu Xiaoxiao didn’t blab about it, the Xu Family probably wouldn’t even know where he was or what he was doing.

”That’s perfect then. Let that bunch of parent-teacher meeting enthusiasts come for you,” Luo Qianqian hurriedly suggested.

Xu Tianyi nodded. He didn’t mind, but the idea of the Luo Family arguing made him want to laugh.

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”Big brother, big sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law, I’m the only one here without children. You can’t deprive me of this right,” Luo Xiying said, pointing at Luo Qianqian, ”This is my only little niece still in school. You can’t take her from me.”

Jia Ning glared, ”What are you saying? We haven’t even attended a parent-teacher meeting for our daughter yet. The ones we went to for those few scoundrels were nothing but reprimands, does that compare?”

Ye Qianying nodded in agreement, ”Exactly, sons and daughters are different, don’t confuse the two.”

The Luo Family’s Second Uncle also nodded, ”That’s right, that’s right. You could still have your own children, but we can’t. Where else can we find such a well-behaved little daughter?”

Grandma Luo gave a cough, ”What’s with all this fuss? Don’t argue, I’ll go! I’ve never been this eager to attend my own son’s parent-teacher meetings before.”

Luo Xiying nodded, ”Go dote on your own lovely son, I’m fond of Xiao Qianqian.”

Ye Qianying hesitated for a moment, since her mother-in-law had spoken, it wasn’t really appropriate to argue anymore, ”If mom wants to go, we can’t argue, but if the fourth sibling wants to go, we’ll have to fight for it.”

Luo Qianqian and Xu Tianyi were quietly eating their dinner on the side, watching this real-life drama unfold.

In the end, Old Master Luo spoke up, ”What’s this quarreling about? If we’re going by age, I should be the one to go.” Then, noticing his wife’s changing expression, he hastily added, ”Whomever Qianqian wants to go will go. It’s just a parent-teacher meeting, not the last one.”

When it came to final exams, that was certainly the last one. Luo Qianqian kept her head down, eating silently without saying a word.

”Qianqian,” Luo Xiying directly served Luo Qianqian a bowl of soup, ”This is your uncle’s lifetime request...”

”...You all decide for yourselves, I don’t care. It doesn’t matter to me if my big brother or second brother attends,” said Luo Qianqian after swallowing her food and wiping her mouth, ”I’m going back to study, you guys take your time deciding.” She finished, tugged at Xu Tianyi’s sleeve, who caught on quickly, grabbed the pre-packed disposable meal box, and swiftly wheeled Luo Qianqian out, hailing a cab and taking off.

—End of Memory—

”Aren’t you worried about scoring so poorly that your family will scold you?” asked the boy named Huang Qi, seated behind Xu Tianyi, looking enviously at the two, ”It’s great to have the grade’s top-ranked student as your backup.”

Luo Qianqian smiled noncommittally, her gaze softening considerably towards Xu Tianyi, ”Coming over to my place for New Year’s?” The ”home” mentioned was, of course, the Luo Family’s, as it was impossible to take Xu Tianyi back to the Lin Family’s home—her mother wouldn’t understand, and besides, she was still recovering from a serious injury.

”Is this supposed to be my reward?” Xu Tianyi nodded, smiling as he ruffled Luo Qianqian’s hair, ”We’ll talk about it when the time comes.”

Just then, Luo Zhen entered the classroom, holding a stack of papers and another sheet on top of them, Luo Qianqian laughed, ”The results are out.”

”Yes.”

Luo Zhen looked at the suddenly silent class and nodded in approval, ”This is what a senior class should look like. The eagerly anticipated results are here. What results does everyone want to know the most?”

Luo Qianqian rolled her eyes, The only thing that could appear besides the physics scores is the overall scores.

”Overall scores,” the class president shouted; the test was a joint exam among ten schools, with rankings that would not differ too much from college entrance exam placements.

Luo Zhen said with a smile, ”Coincidentally, I have the overall scores right here.”

Luo Qianqian spread her hands, See, see? I knew it would be like this.

”First of all, congratulations to Xu Tianyi for taking the top spot among the ten schools, just seven points shy of a perfect score,” Luo Zhen continued.

Luo Qianqian gaped at Xu Tianyi in surprise, stars twinkling in her eyes, ”So cool, Scholar God.”

Listening to the long-lost nickname, Xu Tianyi smiled and placed his hand on Luo Qianqian’s forehead, ”Be good, listen to your score.”

Watching the interaction between the two, Luo Zhen said nothing but smiled with amusement, ”Speaking of which, these seven points are something you should learn from your little girlfriend. Take a look at her essay. Congratulations to Luo Qianqian for taking the number one spot in the language arts section among the ten schools.”

Luo Qianqian’s eyes widened in disbelief—no way, what she wrote seemed to be... ’The Smile of the Snow God’... She wrote about the environment but also a girl’s delicate affection, and since ’Snow God’ sounded similar to ’Scholar God’, Luo Qianqian’s face turned bright red in the next second.

”...Seventh place, Luo Qianqian, ranked forty-ninth among the ten schools...”

Hearing her own name, Luo Qianqian looked up in astonishment, Really?

Upon hearing this name, the whole class turned to look, No way... A kid, a kid tangled up in puppy love, a kid who’s injured and in puppy love, actually made it into the top fifty of the ten schools???

At that moment, Luo Qianqian foolishly turned to Xu Tianyi, making a worshipping gesture, ”Thanks to the Scholar God’s blessing; I’ll offer up a plate of apples when I get home.”

The classroom paused and then erupted in laughter as everyone began to offer up items in tribute to Xu Tianyi.

Xu Tianyi, looking helpless, gestured for them to rise, ”Enough offerings have been made; may the blessings be unending.”

Luo Zhen chuckled at the sight of the pair, but the surprise in his eyes was not easy to hide. Seventh in the class, ninth in the grade, forty-ninth among the ten schools—this child had the right to be proud.

However, when class ended, Xu Tianyi was troubled. Looking at his desk covered in water, fruits, snacks, and surrounded by classmates seeking blessings, he saw the instigator’s covertly giggling expression and felt quite helpless, ”She was just joking. Don’t you guys actually go along with it.”

Luo Qianqian nodded, ”Exactly, exactly. The Scholar God is picky; you have to be as smart and cute as I am to qualify.”