Chapter 302

"The scores are out!"

It was a happy day.

Yun Linhe had personally taken his son to the school to check his score.

Yun Linhe returned with a massive grin, showing off to everyone he saw at the village entrance.

"My son’s acceptance letter! He scored 695! HAHAHA..."

"What? 695? What was the total score again?"

"Jeez, you don’t even know that? Yun Chen Nan studied science. The total score is 710. My goodness, that kid is just too promising! That’s only 15 points away from a perfect score!"

"With that score, he can definitely get into the best, like Qingbei, right?"

"Of course he can! Let’s go have a look."

Soon, most of the village knew that Yun Chen Nan had scored 695. Even the village chief, leaning on his cane, rushed over to their house.

"Did he really score 695? You’re sure you saw it right?"

Yun Linhe was grinning from ear to ear, and the rest of the family wasn’t much different. Every single one of them was beaming with joy.

Yun Linhe said, "There’s no mistake. This is my son’s score. I saw the teacher write down his scores for each subject with my own two eyes."

Yun Chen Nan’s grades had always been excellent, especially in the sciences.

On the score report, he only lost a few points in Chinese, English, and Biology. He got a perfect score in Math.

As news of Yun Chen Nan’s score spread, everyone was filled with envy.

"Chen Nan must have the highest score in our village for this year’s college entrance exams."

Yun Linhe chuckled. "More than that. The teacher said my Chen Nan might even be the top science scholar in the province."

Amid a chorus of congratulations, Wang Mei hurried inside and came out with handfuls of melon seeds.

"Come, come, everyone, have some melon seeds."

It was a truly happy day.

Although Yun Chen Nan had a reserved and calm personality, even he couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from turning up sharply at a score like this.

Yun Jiao grabbed his hand. "Third Brother, you’re amazing! I’m going to catch a big fish for you to eat!"

A good thing like this had to be celebrated, and celebrating meant eating good food. She would take care of that.

Even though Yun Jiao was still young and didn’t have a deep understanding of college entrance exam scores, seeing everyone so happy and excited, and seeing the envious looks from others, she knew this was something worth celebrating.

Yun Chen Nan picked Yun Jiao up directly and happily pinched her chubby, baby-fat cheeks.

Yun Jiao let out a little "Mmph." ’Why is he pinching my face again?’

’Oh, all right. Since you’re so happy today, I’ll be magnanimous and let it slide.’

But it wasn’t long before Yun Chen Nan couldn’t pay attention to Yun Jiao anymore. He was pulled away by the adults to be the center of attention.

He had wanted to keep holding her, but she wasn’t having it.

’Being surrounded by so many adults, having to smile, and getting my cheeks pinched and my hair ruffled at any moment? No thanks!’

So she flailed her arms and legs.

"Down, Brother, I want to get down."

Meeting Yun Chen Nan’s hurt little gaze, Yun Jiao gave him a look of encouragement before abandoning him without a second thought and running off.

The house was bustling for two whole days because Yun Chen Nan’s maternal grandparents came the next day.

Yun Chen Nan’s face was stiff from smiling so much. The elders constantly pulled him over to look him up and down, showering him with face-to-face praise.

Yun Xiaowu was envious. "Getting praised by so many people... When will I ever get this kind of treatment?"

Yun Xiaojiu said, "But it looks like Third Brother isn’t really enjoying being praised."

The children sat in a row. Yun Jiao was munching on roasted peanuts.

"Mhm, Third Brother’s smile looks so fake."

Having finally escaped the adults, he walked over only to hear his younger siblings saying his smile was fake. He rolled his eyes.

"You try being surrounded by this many people, getting praised to your face, and on top of that, having them bring up your embarrassing childhood stories and try to set you up on dates. Let’s see if you can still smile then."

The children quickly shook their heads.

"We’re still little."

Yun Xiaoqi added, "Exactly! A real man should focus on making money first. Romantic entanglements are not for me."

Yun Chen Nan was speechless for a moment. "Xiaoqi, have you been reading some weird novels again? And you’ve really got money on the brain, don’t you?"

Yun Xiaoqi retorted indignantly, "What’s wrong with liking money? Who doesn’t? If I can earn it myself with my own skills, who can say a word against me?"

His eyes darted around, and he suddenly sidled up to Yun Jiao with a mischievous chuckle.

So cheeky at such a young age.

"Jiaojiao, can’t you really lend your killer whales to Brother Qi? We could have them help take people out to sea for fun, take pictures, that sort of thing. We’ll split the money we make fifty-fifty!"

Yun Jiao shook her head. "Taking pictures is okay, but taking people out to sea won’t work. They don’t really like people riding them."

She put her small hands on her hips, looking smug. "If you guys weren’t my brothers, they wouldn’t even agree to that much."

Yun Xiaoqi immediately started massaging her little shoulders, flattering her. "Our sister is the best, after all."

"If they don’t want to be ridden, that’s fine. We’ll just take pictures then."

Yun Jiao said, "But that’s only for the short time they’re here when I sing to them."

"Done! No problem. I’ll go spread the word in the village right now, and then I’ll go borrow a camera from Fourth Brother."

Yun Chen Nan shook his head. ’My younger brothers’ interests are really obvious, aren’t they?’

"Dad, I want to go out to sea with you tomorrow."

Once the house quieted down, Yun Jiao went to find her father.

The weather hadn’t been great for the past few days. There was even a typhoon a while back, so their family hadn’t been out to sea for several days.

Tomorrow’s weather was supposed to be good.

"You’re not going to your teacher’s place tomorrow?"

Yun Jiao nodded. "I asked my teacher for a day off."

"Alright, then go to bed early. We have to wake up early tomorrow."

Yun Xiaowu said, "I want to go too."

The other kids, of course, were not to be outdone.

They were on vacation now and had plenty of time. Foraging on the beach and running around the village was nowhere near as fun as going out to sea.

Yun Linhai’s head ached. ’Does summer vacation really have to be this long?’

Yun Linhai and Yun Linhe refused, so the children joined forces and started rolling around on the floor.

They thrashed around more than freshly caught loaches.

"Fine, fine, fine! We’ll take you tomorrow, but on one condition: you have to do some of your summer homework. Lao San, you supervise them."

Yun Xiaowu and the others immediately started wailing in protest.

Yun Chen Nan said, "Come on, little brothers."

Yun Jiao didn’t have summer homework, but that didn’t stop her from grinning so wide her teeth showed as she watched her brothers suffer.

Especially when Yun Chen Nan was tutoring them.

"Yun Xiaowu, what were you thinking? The problem is: Father + Mother = 62 years old, Father + Son = 36, and Mother + Son = 34. It asks for their individual ages. And you, you genius, just wrote down Father is 62, Mother is 36, and Son is 34. What was going through your head?!"

Yun Xiaowu said, full of confidence, "Three people, three numbers. Dad is the oldest, Mom is younger, the son is the youngest. Makes perfect sense to me."

Yun Chen Nan’s composure completely shattered. "What mother gives birth at two years old?! That’s illegal, you know that?!"

Yun Xiaowu’s confidence faltered. "Can’t they not be biologically related? When we play house, kids a year or two older than me still call me ’Dad’."

Yun Chen Nan: "..."

"PFFT... HAHAHAHA..."

The onlookers were laughing so hard their stomachs hurt.