The Lin family's little boy returns to being eight years old, taking his family to new heights.

Inside the office of Sulin Elementary School, the old principal, dressed in a gray Zhongshan suit, leaned back in the only sofa chair in the office. The teachers were all sitting properly in their seats, and two sets of student desks and chairs had been added to the narrow office aisle.

At this moment, Lin Xi and Su Xin were standing blankly at the door.

Su Xin was surprised that his grandfather would come, while Lin Xi was shocked by the scene. In her previous life, she was a poor student and didn't know what the exam for skipping grades was like. It turns out that it required a principal and eight teachers to proctor the exam!

They had just finished their final exams ahead of schedule, and Su Youcheng told them to come directly to his office to take the grade-skipping exam.

Su Xin was extremely anxious when he learned a couple of days ago that his classmate was going to skip two grades, so he dragged his dad to study late into the night.

Although I can't keep up with my deskmate, I absolutely can't fall too far behind; I have to skip a grade at least.

After the two sat down, Su Yushan glanced around, coughed twice, and said, "What are you still doing sitting here? Aren't you going to take care of your own students?"

Apart from Su Youcheng and Yang Qingning, the other teachers all got up and left.

This was the first time they had ever witnessed a grade skipping exam, and Lin Xi had even skipped two grades. They only knew that she had self-studied the entire elementary school curriculum, but they didn't know how well she had learned it.

A moment later, the bell rang urgently, and Su Youcheng handed out the test papers to the two of them. Lin Xi's was a comprehensive test paper for fourth and fifth graders, while Su Xin's was a comprehensive test paper for fourth graders.

Lin Xi scanned the exam paper, finding everything within range. Then, she picked up her pen and, as if using an accelerator, began writing furiously on the paper. Reading the questions, thinking, and writing were almost simultaneous, all done in one go.

Su Xin's eyes were calm and focused. His pen moved slowly across the test paper, occasionally biting the tip of the pen, pausing briefly before writing furiously again.

The only sound in the quiet office was the rustling of writing.

The old principal sat motionless on the sofa, watching Lin Xi's answering speed, wondering if the questions he had set were too easy.

Thirty minutes later, Lin Xi put down her pen, picked up the test paper, scanned it twice, looked up at Teacher Su, and raised her hand to indicate that she was handing in her paper.

The exam was scheduled for two hours, but she only used a quarter of that time.

Su Youcheng and Yang Qingning were already used to Lin Xi's speed in answering questions, and showed no other expression besides satisfaction.

The old headmaster appeared calm, but his bristly beard trembled slightly, revealing his unease. He gave his son a wink, and Su Youcheng quickly handed over the test paper, while he stood aside to look at it.

Ms. Yang casually glanced at the English section from the other side. There wasn't much to see, really. The dictionary had been memorized, so what was a small skip-grade exam? She was just checking for any careless mistakes.

Su Yushan noticed that the child wrote very quickly and thought the handwriting would be a bit messy. However, what he saw was perfectly neat small regular script, with the same size and seemingly even spacing. The whole test paper looked like a beautiful work of art, pleasing to the eye.

Not only that, but I also gave her a few questions that were beyond the scope of the curriculum, and she answered them very well, with a clear and concise solution process.

After reading it all, the three nodded in satisfaction. Su Youcheng and Yang Qingning thought it was indeed a perfect score, while the old principal thought it was actually a perfect score.

Lin Xi sat in her seat chatting with Xiao Yi and lost in thought. The teacher didn't let her leave, and she didn't dare to leave either.

The group had been staring at her test paper. Now that they seemed to have finished looking at it, the old principal whispered something in Ms. Su's ear. Ms. Su walked out and came back with three sets of test papers in her hand. She placed them on her desk and gestured for her to continue answering.

Lin Xi was a little confused when she saw the sixth-grade exam questions on the table. Could she skip directly to junior high school?

Anyway, it's pretty boring to just sit around, so I might as well do something for fun.

Another whirlwind of speed, and by the time Su Xin handed in her paper, she had also finished all three sixth-grade test papers.

The old principal held the math book, Su Youcheng held the Chinese book, and Yang Qingning held the English book. The group checked their answers in their minds as they worked through the problems.

Su Xin's exam paper was ignored. Didn't his grandfather and father even look at how he did? Oh well, it's not the first time.

The two left the office. "Hey, you could apply for a world record for answering questions." Luckily, Lin Xi was his deskmate, and he was used to being teased, so it didn't affect his mentality at all.

"I thought you could leave after handing in your paper. What other papers did you do after that?"

"Sixth-grade final exam questions."

"Wow, you didn't skip straight to junior high, did you, deskmate?" Su Xin thought she had that ability.

Lin Xi chuckled, "No, I'll suppress you for another year."

The two chatted and laughed as they returned to their classroom. The other students had already finished their exams and were excitedly comparing answers. When they saw Lin Xi and the others return, they swarmed around them, asking how the exams went.

They both hoped that the two classmates would pass the grade-skipping exam, and they also hoped that the two would fail. They had been classmates for three years, and even though they didn't communicate much, they had developed a strong bond as classmates.

Su Xiaopangzi couldn't stand this atmosphere the most. He hugged a few of his close friends and said, "Hey, now that we're leaving, you guys will have a chance to compete for first and second place in the class. Isn't that great?"

"You guys keep it up, we're off to conquer the older kids. Besides, we're still in the same school, so I'll come back to hang out with you guys whenever I want, right, Lin Xi?"

Lin Xi nodded in agreement, and the students stopped being sad and started clamoring for Lin Xi to write down the answers to the final exam questions.

Meanwhile, the old principal and his colleagues had already checked the answers, and unsurprisingly, all three subjects had yielded perfect scores.

Su Youcheng muttered, "My brother got off easy..."

Yang Qingning hadn't expected her teacher-student relationship with Lin Xi to be so short-lived, but if she went far enough, perhaps they would meet again at a high place.

Former Principal Su Yushan, however, had another plan in mind.

Su Youcheng returned to the classroom and reminded the students not to forget to come to the parent-teacher meeting with their parents on Monday. Then he left Lin Xi behind and dismissed the students.

Only Lin Xi and Su Youcheng remained in the empty classroom.

"Xiao Xi, this is 2000 yuan in royalties. All 20 articles you wrote afterward were included in the publication. Congratulations! So far, not a single one has been rejected." Su Youcheng looked at Lin Xi with affection and couldn't help but sigh. From being unknown to rising to become a prodigy, it had only been a short month.

"Thank you, teacher." The girl happily accepted the red envelope, then looked at Su Youcheng sincerely and said, "Teacher Su, thank you for taking care of me these past two years."

Su Youcheng understood what she meant. As for taking care of her, it was just that he paid more attention to her after she became more outstanding, and the child was grateful for that.

"Although I can't be your homeroom teacher next semester, you know Su Youcai is my brother, right? So, rounding up, I'm practically your homeroom teacher. Feel free to contact me anytime if you need anything, hahaha."

"Okay, teacher, but please don't find me annoying."

From this moment on, Su Youcheng was not only her teacher, but also her elder.

Once home, Lin Xi went to the kitchen and rummaged through everything, finding pots, pans, and other utensils scattered everywhere.

Lin Guiying looked at the messy kitchen and her granddaughter, half-stuck in the cupboard, and rubbed her forehead. "Xiaoxi, what are you looking for?"

"Grandma, do you have any more pickled vegetables? I want to get some for Teacher Su. I saw him finish the last batch in just two days."

If Su Youcheng knew, he would definitely cry foul, because it all went into his brother's and his father's stomachs.

Lin Guiying hadn't expected her pickled vegetables to be so popular. Her eyes crinkled into crescent moons with laughter. She didn't even notice the mess in the kitchen. As she tidied up, she said, "That's all, that's all. I'll give the last two jars to Xiao Ning. I'll pickle some more for Teacher Su when I'm done. Oh dear, you should go now."

After shooing her granddaughter out of the kitchen, Lin Guiying hummed a little tune, thinking to herself that she needed to keep a few jars at home for Xiao Ning, two jars for Teacher Su, and a few more for the market. She had to go to the market tomorrow.