Chapter 109: College Entrance Exam Results, This Woman Is Terrifying

"Are the results out?" Zhang Wuyong jumped up abruptly. "What did you get?"

"Check yours first!" Zhao Yutong gripped her phone tightly, pulling it toward her chest.

Zhang Wuyong grabbed his smartphone, hurriedly accessed the bookmarked official website, entered his account and password, and logged in.

"Well?" Zhao Yutong leaned in, peering at his screen.

A 404 error page appeared.

The site was overloaded; it had crashed!

Zhang Wuyong was fuming. He refreshed the page several times, only to be forced to log in again.

"The results are out!" Song Mei looked toward Zhu Yuwen at the doorway. "Tongtong must have done very well, right?"

"It's alright," Zhu Yuwen replied with a smile.

"Your Tongtong is truly impressive," Song Mei sighed. "She's definitely going to get into a 985 university. Sigh, my Wuyong just isn't good at studying; he takes after his father. Actually, I was quite a good student back in the day; I only married his father because he was a kind and obedient man. In that sense, Wuyong is just like him..."

"It's out!" Zhang Wuyong beamed as the score finally loaded. "637."

"237?" Song Mei was shocked. "That's not right, son. You had 299 last semester. You've been studying every day this term, how did your score drop?"

"Wuyong said 637!" Zhu Yuwen said with a smile. "With a score like that, getting into a 985 is definitely not a problem."

"How could it be 637?" Song Mei laughed. "You misheard him!"

Zhu Yuwen looked at the two children, her eyes filled with confusion... Was it possible she didn't know about Wuyong's recent mock exam results?

Zhang Wuyong shrugged... His parents hadn't wanted to discourage him, so they hadn't asked. He had tried to mention it a few times, but they had brushed it off. Since he wasn't sure if the "shock" required for his "Demonic Breakthrough" system would count before the college entrance exam, he had simply let it be.

Zhao Yutong turned her head. She was the only one who needed to worry about Wuyong's grades; his parents didn't need to burden themselves.

"637!" Zhang Wuyong smiled and turned his phone screen toward his mother.

His mother stared at the screen, stunned for a long time, feeling as if she were dreaming. Suddenly, she rushed outside, grabbed her own phone, and moments later, was shouting into it: "Zhang Tao, come back home right now... our son's results are out... stop worrying about having him watch that lousy shop of yours, just get back here..."

The roar was deafening!

"Tongtong, what did you get?" Zhang Wuyong leaned in, his face inches from hers, trying to peek at her phone. "Don't you dare do worse than me. I won't have you being caught up by me at the very end. This paper was really hard, especially the math..."

Zhao Yutong wrinkled her nose slightly, her lips curling upward, stars seemingly hidden within her eyes.

She flipped her hand over, letting him see her score.

Zhang Wuyong gasped.

This girl was terrifyingly gifted; such talent must never be revealed to the outside world!

By the time Zhang Tao rushed home, the rain had slowed to a drizzle. Upon learning that his son had scored over 600, he was completely bewildered, suspecting that his whole family and the neighbors were conspiring to prank him. It took a while for it to sink in, and when it did, he jumped for joy.

Ms. Song Mei couldn't stop grinning.

Shortly after, she began making calls: "Xiaozhen, I heard the college entrance exam results are out. How did Chenchen do? 561? That’s not much, is it? How did he end up with a score like that after attending the First High School? And what about your Qiqi? 535? That’s a total disaster... My son? My son did very well, of course. I barely had to manage him, and he still scored so high... 637... hehe..."

Song Mei turned back. "Wuyong! Your aunt doesn't believe it. Take a screenshot and post it in the family group!"

"You got it!" Zhang Wuyong replied.

He took a screenshot and posted it in the relative group chat created by his aunt.

Moments later, the three younger ones—the aunt’s youngest daughter Song Ling, the second uncle’s daughter Song Xiaoyan, and Liu Qi’s sister Liu Zhu—popped up one after another.

Song Ling: "Big brother, are you hacking?"
Song Xiaoyan: "Shocked!"
Liu Zhu: "Who was it that kept saying Brother Wuyong wasn't good at studying? Why did you all conspire to lie to me?"
Aunt: "Is this really Wuyong's score?"
Second Uncle: "Could it be yours?"
Big Uncle: "Since when did you become so good at studying?"
Song Yichen: "..."
Liu Qi: "..."

[Ding! Host has completed the main quest "Demonic Breakthrough." Received 2000 points and a mysterious gift package: one Half-Step Emperor Weapon.]

[Mysterious Gift Package (Half-Step Emperor Weapon): Claim? Yes/No!]

Zhang Wuyong shut down the system. He would worry about claiming the Half-Step Emperor Weapon in the middle of the night.

His mother was still on the phone with his aunt: "Look, look, Wuyong is really something. We didn't even monitor him, how did he score so well? Your Chenchen is better, though. You keep such a tight leash on him, and even if his grades are a bit lower, at least he's obedient."

"Look at my Wuyong, he’s not obedient at all. His father told him to score lower and just inherit the shop to watch the store, but he wouldn't listen. How did he end up with 637 points?"

"This boy is giving me a headache. His father is furious; now there's no one to watch the shop..."

On the other side, Zhang Tao had also started making calls: "Old Liu... nothing, nothing, we haven't talked in a while. By the way, how did you know my son scored 637?"

Zhang Wuyong clutched his forehead.

"Old man, tone it down. They didn't know and didn't even ask you!"

Just then, his phone rang. It was his homeroom teacher, Dou Hong, calling to check his score.

He answered.

Dou Hong asked him, his voice sounding genuinely happy: "Not bad! Although I guessed you might continue to improve, I didn't expect you to reach this score."

"This is so inspiring. I think I can use you as a role model for the freshmen every year from now on, telling them how a 'school bully' can work tirelessly to become a top student."

Zhang Wuyong couldn't help but interject: "Old Dou, I think you have that backward!"

Dou Hong: "Ah, right! How a school bully works tirelessly to become a top student—same thing! Same thing!"

"Isn't that a huge difference?" Zhang Wuyong was speechless.

"Are you even a teacher?"

"By the way," Dou Hong added, "Remember to come over to the school gate later to set off some firecrackers."

"Firecrackers?" Zhang Wuyong asked.

"It's a tradition. Any student from our No. 2 High School who scores over 600 has to set off firecrackers at the gate. Didn't you know? It's for the atmosphere, to show that even though our school filters out students from middle school, we can still produce great results. Remember to come, don't make the school leadership ask me to chase you!"

Zhang Wuyong went to the doorway. Both front doors were open.

"Tongtong!" Zhang Wuyong asked toward the opposite house. "Do we have to go set off firecrackers later?"

"I don't know!" Zhao Yutong replied. "Teacher Liao is still on the phone with my mom; they've been talking for over ten minutes."

"Oh!"

Just then, Zhang Wuyong noticed his phone ringing again.

He looked down to see it was Yao Xueqin calling.