Hearing this, Jiang Changhai instinctively wanted to say no, but he couldn’t bring himself to refuse when he saw the longing in his daughter’s eyes.
His daughter was kind and sensible, and her desire to repay the teachers for their nurturing was only natural.
He calculated the time, and there were almost two months left until the entrance exam, which wasn’t too long.
"Ok." Jiang Changhai stroked Jiang Mianmian’s head and agreed.
He thought to himself that as soon as he got home, he would speak with Zhiwu and ask him to keep an eye on things for a while, to not let Zhaodi have the chance to be alone with his daughter.
"Thanks, Dad, I knew you were the best." Mianmian happily shook her father’s hand and cooed.
After the father and daughter had finished their discussion, they turned around and went back to the office.
"Hmm, Jiang Mianmian’s father, why have you come back?" Teacher Liu asked in surprise.
"Teacher Liu, Teacher Meng, Principal, I just discussed it with my dad, and I’m about to finish self-studying the curriculum of the fifth grade’s first semester. I can take this year’s entrance exam as a student of our school," Jiang Mianmian said crisply to everyone in the office.
Actually, she had already finished it, and she had even studied half of the textbook for the second semester of fifth grade.
"What? Student Jiang Mianmian, did you say you’re about to finish the fifth grade curriculum on your own?" Teacher Liu was very shocked.
He remembered giving her the fifth-grade textbooks at the beginning of the school year.
It had only been just over a month, and she was about to finish a semester’s curriculum; the speed was simply too fast.
The principal had always paid close attention to Jiang Mianmian’s academic progress, so he naturally knew when she had started studying the fifth-grade curriculum.
However, with more experience, the principal was not as taken aback as Teacher Liu and Meng Wendong.
He caught the main point in Jiang Mianmian’s words, "Student Jiang Mianmian, did you just say you are not transferring? You want to take the entrance exam directly?"
"Yes, Principal, the school has nurtured me, so naturally, I want to repay the school and the teachers," Jiang Mianmian nodded and said earnestly.
"Good, good, Student Jiang Mianmian, you really are a good child, I wasn’t wrong about you," the principal said excitedly, patting Jiang Mianmian’s shoulder, overjoyed.
Teacher Liu and Meng Weidong were also very happy. Even without the transfer, Mianmian would still have to take the entrance exam a year later and move to middle school, leaving their school.
Her taking the exam a year earlier didn’t really make a difference.
After his moment of joy, the principal turned to Teacher Liu and Meng Weidong and instructed, "Teacher Liu, Teacher Meng, you both must give good guidance to Student Jiang Mianmian this semester. If there is any difficulty, feel free to come to the principal and the teachers. Also, let’s keep the matter of her taking the entrance exam a secret for now, to avoid putting too much pressure on her."
"Yes, Principal, we understand. Don’t worry," they assured cheerfully.
The emotions of the day had swung high and low, but fortunately, everything had come full circle, and they were able to keep the Little Prodigy.
Jiang Changhai was also very pleased to see the school place so much importance on his daughter.
After the two of them returned home, Su Wanyu was tidying up the house, deciding what to keep in the old house and what to take to the new one.
"You two are back. Did you finish talking about the transfer?" Su Wanyu asked while folding clothes.
"No, Mianmian’s teachers and the principal couldn’t bear to part with her, so Mianmian decided to take this year’s entrance exam and go directly to the middle school in town," Jiang Changhai briefly explained the day’s events.
"But she’s been in school for less than a year, isn’t this a bit too fast?" Su Wanyu frowned slightly, worried that her daughter might be under too much pressure.