At first, Zhuang Tunan thought life without his mother around was pretty nice. He got to eat four meals a day, and even so, he kept insisting that his mother was the one in the wrong.
But as the middle school entrance exams drew closer, Zhuang Tunan began to feel the pressure mounting.
City No. 1 Middle School had an especially high college acceptance rate that year, so many parents wanted their children to get in. But it was the best school around, and getting accepted meant earning a very high score.
Of course Zhuang Tunan wanted to attend, too, so he studied harder than before. In the past, whenever he ran into a problem, he could ask Zhuang Chaoying directly. But now he couldn't, because as soon as Zhuang Chaoying got home from school, he had to deal with Li Yiming and the others. Zhuang Tunan couldn't find a moment to ask him anything.
Once, Zhuang Tunan got stuck on a problem and finally worked up the courage to ask his father about it. As luck would have it, one of Li Yiming's friends had a question, too.
Zhuang Chaoying naturally had to prioritize his own son. In a hurry, Li Yiming's friend impatiently snapped at him, "Why can't you tell what's more urgent? Your middle school entrance exam is nothing. Our college entrance exam is what matters in life."
Zhuang Tunan was left speechless. In a way, it was true. The college entrance exam was what determined a person's future; the middle school entrance exam really wasn't that important.
Before, Zhuang Tunan hadn't realized how important City No. 1 Middle School was. He'd thought it didn't matter, and that all schools were more or less the same.
But now, comparing the affiliated middle school's college acceptance rate with