Chapter 149.2

Peanut trotter soup, soft and boneless, was the kids’ favorite. Everyone had a full bowl for lunch.

After lunch, Xiao Zhuzi and Xiao Doubao went to wash the dishes, while Fantuan, eager to study, immediately dragged his Dad to the “study.”

The so-called study was actually half of Han Cheng’s original room, made into a bedroom for Xiao Tangyuan. 

A large bookshelf separated the room in the middle, and on the other side was a desk, making it a study. Han Cheng preferred to work here so as not to disturb Su Xiaoxiao’s sleep.

All the books in the house were placed on that bookshelf, including the ones the children usually read.

Fantuan grabbed a high school physics book, his head swirling with thoughts. “Dad, look at what you’ve gotten me into. Why don’t you hurry up and give me extra classes? When I get a low score, it’s not you who will lose face.”

Han Cheng glanced at his son. “Aren’t you the one who can top any exam no matter what? Why are you lacking confidence this time?”

Fantuan felt like he was going to spit blood. “Dad, your son is just a primary school student! Do you understand? If you test me on primary school content, of course, I’m not afraid. But if you test me on high school content that I haven’t studied, how do you expect me to pass?”

Han Cheng pointed to the row of high school textbooks. “With all these subjects here, do you really think you can learn them all in a week?”

Fantuan was feeling depressed and said: “Dad, it’s not about what I think, it’s about what you think. Did I set this one-week deadline? Did I?”

“So,” Han Cheng said, taking out the textbooks for Chinese, mathematics, and political science. Additionally, he also pulled out the English textbook. “These subjects are all ones you already have a foundation in. Mathematics should be relatively easy for you to score eighty points, given your deep understanding. For Chinese and political science, just skim through them with your photographic memory. Whatever reinforcement you can get will help. History and geography are your interests; you’ve already gone through the textbooks, right?”

Fantuan enjoyed delving into mathematical problems. He lost interest in elementary and middle school mathematics long ago, so whenever he had free time, he liked to brush up on his father’s high school textbook. As for the history and geography from middle and high school, Fantuan treated them as extracurricular reading material. Not only did he read them himself, but he also enjoyed sharing anecdotes and knowledge from the books with his younger siblings. He even tested his younger siblings from time to time. With Fantuan’s photographic memory, he should be able to remember quite a bit. This was one of the reasons why Han Cheng was confident that most people outside wouldn’t be able to outperform Fantuan.

He just hadn’t had the time to systematically study yet, choosing things he liked to see based on his interests. When he entered the systematic learning of middle and high school, he would be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort. He could connect and digest this knowledge in less time than others, perhaps not even needing half the time.

Han Cheng continued, “English is an additional subject. Your mom has been teaching you all these years, and your vocabulary and fluency in communication are actually far beyond the high school level. It’s just that you don’t know. As for other subjects, my advice is to give up because your foundation is too weak. You can’t catch up in a few days. It’s better to focus your effective time on subjects where you can significantly improve your scores. At that time, the test will be divided into two sets of papers for arts and sciences. You only need to add English to the art paper.

Believe me, son, if you can ensure that you pass the subjects you’re tested on, you can eliminate more than half of the competitors. If you can get eighty points, you can eliminate over 90% of them. Of course, this kind of learning method is highly undesirable. It’s like a castle in the air, easily dispersed. Learning should be like your mom says, building a tall building from the ground up, step by step. This not only enriches knowledge and experience but also makes exams easy to handle. That’s the purpose and meaning of learning.”

Fantuan’s current weak points were physics and chemistry, which he had just started to learn. Given time, he could quickly catch up. However, he only had a week, and even a prodigy couldn’t learn everything in that time.

Han Cheng patted his son on the shoulder and said solemnly, “It’s hard for you, my son. We can only do this to not let these people disturb your mom’s studying.”

Fantuan was about to cry and said, “But dad, I’ve always scored 100 on exams since I started going to school. How could you make me score 80? That’s so embarrassing, waaah…”

Han Cheng thought, wasn’t it because you always scored a hundred, and you’ve had it too easy in your studies without facing any setbacks, that I’m taking this opportunity to toughen you up a bit?

But could Han Cheng say that to his son? Of course not.

Han Cheng said earnestly to his son, “Son, as the saying goes, the sea of learning knows no bounds. No one can always score a hundred, not even Mom and Dad. You have to learn to accept this fact.”

Fantuan is really crying now. He doesn’t want to score 80, he wants to have a perfect score forever, but deep down, he knew this time it was impossible.

Su Xiaoxiao stood by the door, listening for a long time. Then, she turned around, leaned against the wall, and smiled suddenly as she gazed at the beam on the ceiling.

No wonder they say paternal love is as steady as a mountain; fathers are the best mentors for boys growing up, aren’t they?

In Su Xiaoxiao’s view, all the cubs in the family are already excellent enough. Although Fantuan has shown a hint of arrogance due to his talents, his overall excellence shone through. In Su Xiaoxiao’s eyes, he was already the epitome of “perfect”

As they say, experience is the best teacher. After being polished by Han Cheng in this way, Fantuan, this already fine jade, could be elevated to another level of perfection.

Su Xiaoxiao leaned to his side and poked his little head inside. Han Cheng had already picked up a book and taught Fantuan how to study hand-in-hand.

Han Cheng’s voice was deep and steady, speaking quickly, but it couldn’t stump the clever Xiao Fantuan. He quickly took notes with a pen and occasionally asked his father questions. Han Cheng answered each one, and Fantuan smiled, saying his dad was awesome.

The autumn afternoon sun shone through the half-covered, tattered window, casting light on the handsome features of the man and the delicate face of the child.

As luck would have it, Han Cheng glanced towards the door and met his wife’s gentle, smiling eyes, as if she had just stepped out of a painting. Han Cheng couldn’t help but smile in return.

Su Xiaoxiao kissed her hand and blew him a kiss.

Han Cheng paused, and then his smile widened.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled to herself again. How wonderful it was! She truly loved this family, her excellent husband, and her child.

With the resumption of the college entrance examination, better days were not far away. 

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Lucia’s Notes:

Hello, dear readers! I’ve been very inactive for these past few months, and it took me a while to finally complete translating this novel. Now that I’m done with the translation, the update schedule will change to 7 chapters a week! I will be unlocking chapters every day! If you want to read in advance, you may unlock the chapters or visit my Patreon account! Thank you so much for waiting patiently. Oh, by the way, I’ll be working on my new projects. If you liked this genre, you can also try reading the new novels I’ve picked up. Again, thank you so much, and see you in my next projects~

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