As Song Ying spoke, she winked at Huang Ling and said, "I heard Wang Yue tutored Xiao Ting for just one summer, and he really went all out.
"She's already mastered all of the second-year middle school curriculum. If they hadn't run out of time, she'd probably have finished the third-year material too.
"I was thinking that Lin Dongzhe doesn't have to skip another grade. As long as he can improve his grades and eventually get into a school in the same city as Wang Yue and Xiaoting, I'll be satisfied."
Song Ying had actually been proud for quite a while after Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe skipped a grade together last time. Now that Zhuang Xiaoting had skipped a grade on her own, some gossipy people were saying Lin Dongzhe couldn't keep up. As his mother, Song Ying refused to accept that, which was why she'd come up with this idea.
Song Ying had long wanted to find an excuse to ask Wang Yue to tutor Lin Dongzhe in particular, but she knew her son loved to play. Unless Wang Yue kept him in line, Lin Dongzhe wouldn't study properly.
But if they all studied at home, with their parents keeping an eye on them, Lin Dongzhe wouldn't be able to run off. He'd have no choice but to study.
At first, Huang Ling had only managed an awkward smile. She hadn't planned on doing as Song Ying suggested. But after hearing Song Ying's reasons, she was immediately tempted.
Everyone at the Cotton Mill knew Wang Yue's grades were still perfect across the board. He was all but guaranteed to be the top scorer on the provincial, perhaps even the national, college entrance exam. Many people already considered him a student at Tsinghua, Peking University, or Fudan.
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