“Nothing, I was just thinking about how to educate the child after this.”
Song Qiuyu looked completely calm, and she also wanted to crack open her husband’s skull to see just how different a scholar’s brain was from a slacker’s.
Jiang Xiao was stunned.
The Jiang family members, who had just been discussing Jiang Yu’s college entrance exam results, heard Song Qiuyu’s words, their expressions abruptly changing as they turned to look at her in unison.
“Not bad, not bad! Having that thought is great. You really should start thinking about this, since you’re about to be a mother.”
Jiang Mother gave her an approving look.
Then her gaze sharpened. “You know, when I was your age, I was already the mother of Jiang Xiao and Jiang Li.”
Hearing that, Song Qiuyu shut her mouth, suddenly feeling like she had accidentally met her mother-in-law’s initial expectations, and now her mother-in-law was going to start using even pickier requirements against her!
Jiang Li, who was sitting properly on the sofa after being called out by Jiang Mother, silently lowered her eyes and twisted her hands together.
‘Being a mother… if everything goes smoothly, I’ll be a mother soon too…’
Thinking that, she glanced at Xie Zhuran.
To be honest, she was completely not mentally prepared for it yet.
Xie Zhuran saw Jiang Li looking at him and looked back in confusion, then he saw
her blink at him. After blinking, she quietly withdrew her gaze.
Seeing that, Xie Zhuran couldn’t help but fall into thought.
No one might believe this, but just now, he seemed to have received a mysterious signal from Jiang Li.
That signal was: A Li seems to want to be a mother?
Uh uh.
He must have deciphered it wrong.
Right after that, Jiang Yu came down the stairs.
Everyone’s attention shifted back to Jiang Yu’s college entrance exam results.
“Xiao Yu, how are your scores?”
Grandpa Jiang spoke first.
“…”
Jiang Yu paused in his steps as he came down the stairs.
Then he hung his head low and shook his head.
The entire living room fell silent for a few seconds.
“Did you mess up?”
Jiang Mother’s face showed disbelief.
But thinking about what her child had encountered on the eve of the exam, she started to believe it a little, silently cursing those three roommates in her heart.
“It’s alright, Xiao Yu. Grandma has watched you grow up, watched you study hard every day.”
Grandma Jiang said, “Grandma has faith in you. Even if you didn’t perform your best, it definitely won’t be that bad. And even if you accidentally didn’t get full marks, don’t be discouraged.”
“?
Five people in the living room had countless question marks pop up in their minds.
‘So in the Jiang family’s eyes, not getting full marks on an exam means you messed up?’
‘That’s too exaggerated.’
Xie Zhuran covered his face, lowered his head, and glanced at the fellow slacker Lin An beside him. “Lao Lin, what kind of people are Jiang God’s family? Are they really in the same worldview as us?”
Lin An forced himself to stay calm, adjusted his glasses, and said with a smile, “Alright, don’t say that. You just need to know that Jiang God is our friend, our peer, our classmate, and our roommate—someone who plays around with us. That’s enough…”
After that exchange, they looked at Jiang Yu, who was clearly a bit dejected, and at the Jiang family members who seemed ready to step up and comfort him. They felt a bit uneasy.
They recalled the top student in each of their high school classes who would cry bitterly over losing just one or two points.
It was 2030 already—how could they still encounter scholarship show-offs?
Xia Qi, as a sports student, had plenty of thoughts too, but Sang Tian, as a dance student, didn’t have many.
Sang Tian looked at Jiang Yu’s current state, her heart a little pained. She took out her phone and saw that the package had arrived at the nearby Cainiao Post. Her eyes lit up.
‘I hope this gift will cheer Jiang Yu up.’
Song Qiuyu felt the pressure multiply.
The difficulty of being the mother of Jiang Xiao’s child seemed a bit too high.
But precisely because of that, it was more of a challenge!
Then, Jiang Yu lifted his head and suddenly smiled. “Actually, my scores are blocked. I can’t see the specific results yet.”
“Yeah, that happened to me too. The top twenty in the province get blocked. You have to wait three to seven days to check.”
Jiang Li said as if she had just remembered.
Upon hearing this, five slackers frowned. They had lived this long and only now learned that college entrance exam scores could be blocked!
Song Qiuyu took out her phone, Baidu’d it to confirm, and her expression turned serious.
‘When will they consider blocking slacker scores too?’
She stroked her pregnant belly, then noticed Xia Qi also touching her belly.
An accidental eye contact.
They confirmed it—both were expectant mothers worried about their children’s futures.
The other Jiang family members, upon learning the truth, breathed a sigh of relief and then gave Jiang Yu a good scolding for deliberately scaring them.
Sang Tian also sighed in relief, smiling.
Three days later.
Jiang Yu checked his results.
Just as he had hoped, full marks in all subjects—Gaokao Top Scorer.
That day, many news outlets started hyping it up, and the traffic generated also gave a big boost to the popularity of Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao.
Then, Sang Tian brought the gift she had long prepared and found Jiang Yu alone.
But at that moment, she didn’t know it was only alone in her own mind. Not far away, around the corner, a crowd had already gathered.
“What do you think Lao Sang is calling Jiang Yu out here alone for?”
Lin An looked at the other five people peeking together with him.
“Do you even need to ask? Probably a confession!”
Xia Qi’s eyes were firm. “Before this, Lao Sang hinted she had someone she liked, but no matter how Lao Song and I tried to pry, Lao Sang wouldn’t say that person’s name.”
“Hmph, so I think that name is probably one she’s too embarrassed to mention.”
As she spoke, Xia Qi cracked open a well-worn shoujo manga. It was a story about a sophisticated older sister becoming a little wolf dog’s prey.
The next second, Lin An snatched the manga.
Xia Qi wanted to grab it back, but afraid of making noise and alerting the two ahead, she had to hold back her anger for now and let it out later.
“I don’t think so.”
Xie Zhuran shook his head in dissent.
“Then what’s your take?”
Jiang Xiao was curious.
Lin An also gave Xie Zhuran a curious look, his expression surprised. Could this “Great Detective” in their dorm have found a clue?
“Do you even need to ask? It’s definitely just an ordinary gift.”
Xie Zhuran insisted.
“Does an ordinary gift need to be given alone?”
Lin An shot Xie Zhuran a withering glance. He shouldn’t have expected anything from this guy.
“Not necessarily. No one said you have to give a gift in front of a crowd, right?”
Xie Zhuran wasn’t bothered.
Hearing this, Song Qiuyu squinted at Sang Tian and Jiang Yu.
She knew Jiang Yu liked Sang Tian, but she really wasn’t sure about Sang Tian’s feelings for Jiang Yu.
Plus, Sang Tian’s past that she once mentioned jokingly.
If that story about being kidnapped by a man was real…
Just as she thought that, she saw Sang Tian pull a box from her pocket.
“I don’t know what you like, but I feel like you must be someone who treasures time, so I bought a watch online. It’s not very expensive, but the design is really pretty. I think it’ll suit you.”
Sang Tian opened the box and took out a watch with a maple-leaf-red face and a chain also shaped like maple leaves.
“I hope you like it.”
“Sang Tian Jie…”
Jiang Yu stared at the watch, completely stunned.
“If you don’t like it, don’t force yourself. Essentially, this is just to congratulate you on becoming Top Scholar. If you don’t like the gift but still force yourself to accept it for my sake…”
Sang Tian’s smile was still gentle, but for some reason, it seemed to carry a different meaning. Even her whole demeanor today seemed somewhat changed from usual.
“…then it would have the opposite effect.”
“Not at all!”
Jiang Yu immediately interrupted Sang Tian, reaching out with both hands to take the watch, then eagerly put it on his dominant hand.
“Thank you for the gift, Sang Tian Jie! I really like it! I was just thinking about getting a watch, and you bought one for me first.”
With that, Sang Tian nodded lightly. The eavesdroppers all widened their eyes, instinctively feeling that something big was coming.
They weren’t sure if Sang Tian was oblivious or sharp about feelings, but as bystanders, they had watched everything over these three years.