Chapter 781: Chapter 779: Shaking Again
Zhiwen and Zhiwu performed well in the exams this time, making Sun Lixia proud. Seeing Zhaodi’s troubled face, she couldn’t help but revel in another’s misfortune and asked, “Zhaodi, did you do poorly on your exam and now you’re afraid to go home?”
Her casual remark guessed more than half of the situation correctly.
All semester, Zhaodi had been preoccupied with trying to get close to Shen Qingming and curry favor with his parents, neglecting her studies.
As a result, her grades had dropped significantly in the final exams, earning her only second place in her class and fifth in her grade.
When she received her report card, she could hardly believe she had regressed that much!
She sat in the classroom, thoroughly reviewing her test papers, going over them again and again, even suspecting that the teacher had marked them incorrectly and deducted too many points.
After reviewing them twice, she was still not convinced and borrowed the test papers of the top students in her class to compare their answers against hers.
Da Ya and Er Ya called her several times, but she refused to leave. They couldn’t just leave her at school, so they waited in the classroom until she accepted reality before they all went home together.
Zhao Xiaojuan had noticed Zhaodi’s complexion earlier, and now, hearing what Sun Lixia said, she asked with concern, “Zhaodi, is it really because of that?”
“Mom, it’s not that at all. Zhaodi scored second in the class on the exams this time! Look, she scored over ninety in these two subjects. Although it’s a little worse than before, the scores are still very good.” Da Ya pulled out Zhaodi’s crumpled report card and showed it to her parents.
Da Ya couldn’t quite understand Zhaodi’s mindset; she had done so well, yet she was still unhappy.
This semester, although her own grades were only middling in the class, she had passed both subjects with scores over seventy, and she was quite satisfied with her results.
For her, as long as she passed and could finish elementary school, it was enough.
The parents in the second branch breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the report card and were very satisfied with their daughter’s scores.
Zhao Xiaojuan smiled and gently patted Zhaodi’s head. “Zhaodi, you’re just too hard on yourself. Aren’t you happy with second place in the class?”
“Mom, I didn’t do well this time, but next semester, I’ll definitely get back to first place,” Zhaodi promised with conviction.
“Good, Mom believes in you.” Zhao Xiaojuan was comforted to see her daughter’s ambition.
Meanwhile, Sun Lixia, who had been schadenfreudistic just moments ago, saw their display and immediately drooped her brows, curling her lip in disapproval.
It really irked her that Zhaodi, with such good results, still had a gloomy face, making her think Zhaodi had performed poorly.
She had hoped to use them to highlight her own sons’ excellence, but she nearly suffered a blow to her pride. It was infuriating.
Luckily, although Zhaodi had ranked second, the elderly couple didn’t focus their attention on her.
They were still joyfully looking at Zhiwen and Zhiwu’s report cards, and from time to time, they offered some caring advice.
So Sun Lixia immediately recovered her spirits: Indeed, no matter when, grandsons were more important than granddaughters in the eyes of the in-laws!
Of course, Mianmian, the celestial Wenqu Star, was not included in this, as she was beyond comparison.
And Er Ya, who had been ignored by everyone throughout, had long been accustomed to such treatment, without the slightest dissatisfaction, feeling quite pleased with herself.
This semester, she had made a lot of progress, ranking eleventh in the whole grade in the exams, a reward for her hard work and dedication to her studies.