Chapter 34 Father's surname, vowel

"Who is that?"

Seeing his daughter shake her head, Ning XiangTian's eyes showed a hint of doubt.

Not a teacher???

Could it be the principal...

Ning Xi did not answer. She wrapped her small hand around her father's arm and gently shook it, with a hint of coquettishness in her tone.

"Dad, why don't you first see how I did, how many points I scored?"

She knew very well what kind of person her father was.

When it came to her...

He paid too much attention, and doted on her!

Especially when it came to her interactions with the opposite sex, he was even more exaggerated.

A breeze would be a storm, a gust of wind would be a hurricane~~~

In the second year of middle school, Ning Xi stayed late because she and a boy in her class were cleaning the classroom together.

As a result, before she even reached the school gate, she was met by her furious father.

When her father saw the boy next to her, his eyes ignited with the flames of anger.

Without a word, he dragged her away.

And then...

She transferred schools!

She remembered very clearly how tough her father was at that time.

Because of this, Ning Xi didn't want her father to know about Ye Fan.

The fact that she sat at the same desk with Ye Fan, if it got to her father's ears, then...

To be cautious, it was better to keep it a secret from him.

"Oh...okay."

Ning Xiang Tian was instantly disarmed by the little shake.

Moreover, as Ning Xi grew older, she rarely acted coquettish with him.

Now that she suddenly did this, how could he resist? With a doting tone, he said, "Let Daddy take a look, but you should be prepared. You made a lot of mistakes, so I guess the score won't be too high."

"It doesn't matter."

Seeing her father's attention shift, Ning Xi's eyes showed a look of success.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

At the stairway, a woman appeared.

Her loose home clothes could not conceal her graceful figure.

Her appearance was about seventy to eighty percent similar to Ning Xi, and she looked like she was only in her twenties.

The woman came to Ning Xi's side, and the two stood together, looking like sisters.

One exuded mature charm~

The other was youthful and exquisitely beautiful~

Both had their unique appeal.

"Xiao Xi, are you and your dad rooted in the living room?"

"An hour ago, I saw you two in the living room. I thought you'd go upstairs soon, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't see a single shadow. What are you two up to?"

"Mom, Dad is helping me with my homework."

With one sentence, the woman's identity was revealed.

The woman was Ning Xi's mother, Lan Xi.

Ning Xi's name came from her parents.

Father's surname, mother's phonetic sound.

Don't be fooled by how Lan Xi and Ning Xi standing together look like twin sisters.

In reality, she was already thirty-nine years old.

Logically, no matter how well-maintained a woman of this age is, there should be some traces of time on her face.

But strangely enough, Lan Xi showed no such signs. On the contrary, she seemed to be aging in reverse, so much so that when she and Ning Xiang Tian stood together, they didn't even look like a married couple.

It looked more like a father-daughter relationship~

Because of this, Ning Xiang Tian felt both happy and troubled...

Ning Xi smiled softly, her dimples were extremely charming, and she whispered a few words into her mother's ear.

"What?"

Lan Xi was surprised, with a look of disbelief, she asked her husband, "Stop for a second, what's going on?"

"Xiao Xi told me..."

"That's right."

Before Lan Xi could finish her sentence, Ning Xiang Tian interrupted, his face showing a bit of pride, "I pushed all my work aside to prepare to accompany Xiao Xi as she prepares for the college entrance exams."

"Did you take the wrong medicine?"

"No."

"Is your illness acting up?"

"..."

Ning Xiang Tian was both amused and exasperated.

After knowing his wife for eighteen years, her way of talking had always been like this.

Simply put: she could choke you with one sentence!

If that didn't work, she'd choke you with two...

Ning Xi stood on the side, giggling.

Ning Xiang Tian's face turned red, and he protested, "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. This is called fatherly love!"

Lan Xi squinted her eyes and said, "Hmm, go on."

Ning Xiang Tian: ...

Say what???

"Mom, say a little less."

Ning Xi spoke up to smooth things over, "It's a good thing that Dad is accompanying me to prepare for the college entrance exams."

"Exactly!"

Ning Xiang Tian agreed, "I'm usually busy with work, so I don't have much energy to care for Xiao Xi. Accompanying Xiao Xi during her college entrance exam preparations not only strengthens the bond between us but also allows me to tutor her in my spare time."

"This is a win-win situation!"

Subtly, the father and daughter had allied.

Lan Xi glanced at the two of them, then turned and walked upstairs, "You two can skip dinner."

"..."

The father and daughter exchanged a glance and simultaneously showed a wry smile.

"Don't mind your mom, that's just her personality, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted."

"No, that's not it."

Ning Xi replied softly, "When I'm with Mom, she's very gentle. It's just that..."

At this point, she blinked at her father without saying more.

Ning Xiang Tian: ...

So I'm the outsider here?

He realized he was the third wheel~

Seeing her father's expression of utter despair, Ning Xi showed a mischievous smile, "Alright, I'm just kidding. How's the test paper?"

"Almost done."

Ning Xiang Tian handed the test paper to his daughter and said with a smile, "Out of 150 points, you only scored 79. That's not good enough. Your dad was a science genius back in the day, scoring..."

"Scoring 706 points in the college entrance exam, ranking third in the science category in the Imperial Capital, equivalent to the ancient 'Tan Hua'."

Ning Xi spread out her soft, delicate hand and said sweetly, "Dad, this is what you wanted to say, right?"

She had heard this speech no less than a hundred times growing up, her ears were almost calloused from it.

"Yes!"

Ning Xiang Tian continued, "This score is probably your lowest ever in math, right?"

"Yes."

Ning Xi's red lips pressed together, her eyes full of helplessness.

Scoring 79 in math?

This...

Was truly unprecedented!

"Don't be discouraged."

Ning Xiang Tian patted his daughter's shoulder and comforted her, "This test was designed to target your weaknesses in math, so, normally, the score isn't high."

"How did you know?"

Ning Xi was stunned.

This test was indeed specifically tailored by Ye Fan based on her previous performance.

But how did her father know?

Ning Xiang Tian pointed to his eyes and said with a smile, "Of course, I could tell. By the way, who made this math test? Pretty impressive!"

"..."

Unconsciously, the topic circled back.

Ning Xi once again employed her coquettish tactics, "Dad, since you're so amazing, why don't you write some notes on the places where I made mistakes?"

"Notes?"

Ning Xiang Tian, dizzy from his daughter's shaking, asked, "What notes?"

Ning Xi didn't think much and took out the physics test that Ye Fan had given her from her schoolbag, handing it to her father, "Here, like this. It's been very helpful to me, much more effective than doing workbooks."

At school, she only had time to glance at it during her free time, but she had gained a lot from it.

The notes that Ye Fan provided on the test highlighted her weaknesses and suggested ways to improve, even offering a set of problem-solving strategies.

This was the first time Ning Xi had felt that studying could be so simple.

Staring at the physics test in his hand, Ning Xiang Tian was silent for several seconds.

"Who made this test?"

"..."