Chapter 53: Dissemination
"You're not taking a nap today?"
After lunch, Zheng Fa asked Wang Chen in surprise as he watched him studying hard with a book in hand.
Wang Chen had a habit of napping. In his words, if he did not sleep at noon, he would fall apart for the whole day.
"Didn't you see Old Chen's face? If I do badly this time, he'll eat me alive!"
Wang Chen's nervousness was understandable. This monthly exam was no ordinary one—it was a joint monthly exam between Qingshui Middle School and several schools from nearby cities and counties.
For Qingshui Middle School's teachers, the performance bonus from doing well on the college entrance exams might keep them happy for a month. But doing well on the joint monthly exam and mocking their fellow schools could keep them delighted for at least half a year.
Conversely, doing poorly and being mocked by others would be enough to make them stew for half a year.
The importance they attached to this joint monthly exam was conveyed to Wang Chen and the others in one sentence: Do not say we did not warn you beforehand.
Old Chen had even thoughtfully reminded them that Qingshui Middle School would hold a parent-teacher meeting after this monthly exam...
Zheng Fa swept his gaze over the classroom.
At noon on ordinary days, at most half the classroom would be occupied, and most of those students would be lying on their desks napping.
Today, at least eighty percent of the seats were occupied. Almost no one was sleeping; everyone had their heads down, studying hard.
Zheng Fa stood up, picked up several books, and prepared to head downstairs.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to ask Tang Lingwu some questions."
Ever since he and Tang Lingwu had