The three of them went to the school together, found the examination room, and sat down.
There were already many students and parents in the room. When they saw Shivam and Isha, they all looked at them with amazement in their eyes.
Obviously, the appearance of this family of three had completely overwhelmed everyone present.
Fortunately, Isha had dressed up in a certain way. At this moment, no one recognized Isha as the supermodel who shone brightly on the stage.
When all the parents and students were present, a teacher stood on the podium and introduced themselves. “Hello, everyone. My name is Pankti and you can call me Teacher Pankti. Today, the students in our classroom will take the exam to skip to the third grade. If they pass, they’ll enter the third grade.. If they unfortunately fail, we’ll go according to the normal progression upon enrollment.”
Everyone nodded. The children were both nervous and full of expectations.
Teacher Pankti also said some things to take note of so that everyone could have their doubts clarified. In half an hour, the children would take the exam in this examination hall.
“Abhay Sharma, you haven’t been to primary school and you’re still young. You have to carefully read through this list of things to take note of, alright?” Teacher Pankti reminded Abhay enthusiastically.
“Alright, Teacher Pankti,” Abhay said politely.
Teacher Pankti added, “Also, if you want to quit now or if you face any problem, you can come to me in the half an hour of time that we have now and talk to me.”
With that, she led the parents outside and left the children alone.
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The parents left the classroom one by one. It only took a few minutes for the students to finish reading the list of things to take note of. When they heard that Abhay had never attended primary school, several students crowded around him and asked him questions.
“Abhay, have you really never attended primary school before? You’ve never even been in the first grade?”
“Yes,” Abhay replied with a cold expression. In his eyes, these first years were especially childish. They were not any more mature than GunGun.
Most of the children here were in the first to third grades. They were all curious when they heard that Abhay had never been to primary school.
“Did you just study up till kindergarten? Did you learn arithmetic in kindergarten? Do you know how to comprehend word problems?”
“Yes,” Abhay replied.
He had always been cold and aloof. He would not engage in casual conversation and only respond out of politeness.
A tall and strong boy walked up to him and said, “All the students here are at least in the first grade. You haven’t even attended kindergarten yet. How dare you challenge us?”
The boy was very rude and unreasonable. He looked at Abhay fiercely.
Judging from his height, he was indeed a head taller than Abhay. He was already older than seven years old.
Abhay raised his head and looked at him. “If even you can challenge me with your IQ, why wouldn’t I dare to?”
The tall and strong child was stunned for a moment. It was only a moment later that he realized the mocking words Abhay had just said to him. He said, “Everyone here is trying to enter the third grade. We’ve even learned multiplications. Do you know what one plus one is? Can you write your own name?”
He raised his fist and asked.
Abhay gave him a sidelong glance. “Lame.”
“How dare you say that I’m lame? Let me tell you, not only am I good at my studies, but I’m also good at sports. I can defeat three people like you with one hand. You can’t pass the exam, so you might as well leave now. Otherwise, it’ll be too embarrassing for you!”
Abhay rolled his eyes at him, picked up the things on the table, and left.
“Haha! Are you afraid of me? Haha!” The tall boy was very happy. “Abhay probably knows that he doesn’t have any ability. He wanted to take the exam to enter third grade, but perhaps I gave him a way out so he immediately ran away.”
When the other students saw Abhay leaving, they also guessed that he might not be capable enough, so he was taking advantage of this timing to leave.
After all, the people here were all at least first-years. Any one of them was better than Abhay. How could he, a child who had never even been to kindergarten, take the exam?
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Shivam and Isha were outside. They had already heard what was going on inside. Isha was about to rush in to help Abhay when he came out.
He grabbed her hand and said, “Forget it, Isha.”
“I really want to teach him a lesson. How dare he bully my son?!” Isha snorted angrily.
Abhay did not really care.
A tall and strong couple next to him laughed, saying, “Our son has always been stubborn. He has good grades, is good in sports, and has a lot of charisma. He’ll have no problem getting into the third grade this time. Some children shouldn’t waste the school’s resources if they don’t have the ability. They’ll also end up causing trouble for the teachers.”
They were about the same height as Shivam and Isha, but they weighed twice or thrice as much as Shivam and Isha. If Isha were to stand next to that woman, Isha would almost be invisible.
Meanwhile, the man was twice as bulky as Shivam.
Shivam and Isha narrowed their eyes at the same time but did not say anything.
They were in a school, so she did not need to bother about such people for the time being.
Abhay said softly, “Shivam, Ishi, third grade is boring. I want to take the exam for fifth grade.”
“I’ll go look for Teacher Pankti.” Shivam agreed.
Initially, he thought that since Abhay was still young, it was more suitable for him to study in the third grade.
Now, it seemed that the third grade students were not worthy of Abhay.
Shivam found Teacher Pankti.
When his handsome face suddenly appeared, Teacher Pankti could not help feeling flustered. “I-Is there anything the matter?”
“Hello, my son is going to take the fifth grade exam instead. Can he change?”
“I can’t decide this. I have to ask the principal.”
“Okay.” Shivam nodded.
Teacher Pankti immediately asked the principal and then relayed a message to Shivam. “Mister, the principal said that your son can change to take the fifth grade exam but he only has one shot. If Abhay Sharma can’t pass the entrance examination to enter the fifth grade, then he can’t take the third grade exam either. He can only progress according to the normal order of admission. Otherwise, it’ll be unfair to other students. Can you accept this arrangement?”
Shivam glanced at Abhay, who said confidently, “Yes.”
Shivam agreed. “Teacher Pankti, we can accept it. Please arrange it for us.”
“Please follow me,” Teacher Pankti said.
The family of three followed Teacher Pankti.
The voices of the other parents sounded from behind. “This Abhay Sharma is still too young. It seems that he’s planning to give up on the exam.”
“I think so too. He’s only four years old. How can he take the entrance examination to enter the third grade at such a young age? He’s so reckless.”
“Maybe the child became nervous after reading the list of things to take note of and being in this setting. Indeed, he’s not suited to take this kind of exam. Our child has an IQ of 120. I let him learn the basics step by step before I brought him here to take the exam.”
When the students in the classroom saw that Abhay had left with his parents, they just thought that he was indeed too young. It was not embarrassing for him to give up taking the exam on the spot. If he left now, it would be better than embarrassing himself if he ended up taking last place.
The tall and strong boy from just now, Garva, laughed and said, “Little boy, you want to be in the third grade with me? No way!”
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The exam began.
Everyone fell silent.
The parents were led to another temporary classroom that was used as a waiting room. They sat down to rest and wait.
While everyone was sharing their experiences, the door opened and Shivam and Isha came in.
Since they had initially applied for Abhay to take the third grade exam, the teacher brought them to the waiting room where other parents of kids who were taking the third grade exam were. There were no last-minute changes.
This immediately aroused the doubts of the other parents. “Abhay Sharma hasn’t given up yet?”
“But I didn’t see him enter the classroom for the third grade exam.”
“I don’t know what’s going on either.”
The woman from earlier pursed her lips and said, “Maybe they went through the back door after spending some money. Otherwise, with their child still so young, how could he have come to such a good school like this?”
“Really? You can even spend money for such things?”
“Then should we also...”
Shivam and Isha found seats and sat down. The parents quickly shut up.
It was not that they did not want to talk about it anymore but Shivam’s imposing manner was really a little scary. It made the parents who were talking about him feel a chill running down their backs.
Looking at the clothes he was wearing, they were just ordinary brands and nothing special. However, his cold face scared them so much that they did not dare to say anything.
The woman from earlier might not have felt Shivam’s strong aura outside, but now that they were sitting in the small waiting room, it made the atmosphere a little depressing.
For a moment, everyone was silent.
Isha could not help but look around. Why were they not saying anything? Were they not talking just now? What were they afraid of?
“Shivam, look at them. They’re all silent,” Isha said curiously.
Shivam lowered his eyes and said with a gentle smile, “It’s peaceful this way.”
“I won’t talk as well, then,” Isha said in a low voice.
“It’s okay.” Shivam smiled gently.
How could Isha understand why others were afraid of Shivam? To others, Shivam was like a tiger, but to her, he was like a kitten. Not only was he not scary but he was also very gentle.
Isha then whispered to Shivam about Abhay’s marks and whether he could skip to the fifth grade.
Although she was confident in Abhay, she still was a little concerned.
Shivam said confidently, “Abhay can do it. After all, he has our genes.”
Holding her face in her hands, Isha felt a little hot. She admitted that she had contributed a lot to Abhay’s good looks, but she had not really helped him much with his intelligence.
The whole room was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. Only Isha would occasionally whisper in the corner.
At this moment, the children were done taking their exams in the third grade classroom.
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