Just as Georgia asked, Robert walked up to her.
He didn't open the packet and instead showed an inexplicable smile.
"Why don't you guess what's in here? You'll get a prize."
Georgia didn't know how to describe the smile in Robert's eyes. She only felt like she'd been attracted, and there were secrets in there seducing her to look into them.
She even felt that Robert's gaze had a bit of exhilaration in them. He looked especially happy.
"The company performance is up? Or have you found who it is targeting us behind the scenes? Or is it something interesting?"
Georgia spoke out about all her speculations and Robert shook his head, shooting them all down.
He handed the packet to the woman before him.
"Open it and see. If you guess on like this, you'll never reach the answer."
Georgia opened the packet curiously and took out what was in them.
She stared at Robert in shock and couldn't believe it for the moment.
"You actually got these over?"
Georgia didn't know how to describe her tone. She just felt it was incredible.
"Mrs. Simpson doesn't believe in her husband's ability, so I could only bring this over and show Mrs. Simpson if her Mr. Simpson could do it or not?"
"So you're planning on completing this exam before my eyes and prove your ability?"
Georgia smiled. There wasn't any kind of secret document in that packet, but several dozen examination papers.
It was the public exam test papers over the last decade in math, physics, and chemistry.
She remembered what happened that night. She'd mentioned Rick to humble Robert a bit instead of boasting about how great he was before an actual titan of academia.
But the man's pride was this strong and he wanted to prove himself to her with the exams in hand. She was both exasperated and amused.
"All those years have passed and I don't know if I still have a good grasp of that knowledge, but I looked at the textbooks a couple days back and it feels familiar. Pick any three papers. Physics, math, chemistry, one each.
"I can't guarantee that I'll get full marks, but I don't think I'd be that far behind Rick."
"Are you serious?"
Georgia was dying at Robert's gesture. She felt like Robert's expression was serious, and he wasn't joking around with her.
"Why would I not be serious? You can ask any question you like. If you're not happy with these, you can find some questions online and test me with them too."
Was manly pride this ridiculously strong?
Georgia looked at Robert's serious gaze and apologized instantly.
"Let's not play around with this. The kids are just waking up, and if the two of them knew you were working on exam papers in here, they'll laugh at you. Besides, from all this time, other than those senior geniuses, I've only seen one like Rick among the younger generation, so I admire him especially. I might not be paying too much attention to how I'm talking about him, but to me, you'll always be the most excellent person. Really."
Georgia was perfectly serious too.
The bedroom door suddenly opened and she say Wesley and Annie run in.
"Just do what Daddy wants, Mommy, and have him do the exam. I want to see if Daddy can get full marks!"
"Auntie Georgia, I want to see if Dad can get full marks too."
The two children looked expectantly at Georgia.
The kids had gotten to know about this after all, and they were eager.
Georgia couldn't do anything about that and shot an amused look at Robert, then turned to the two kids.
"Alright, we'll run your Daddy through the exams, then. Let's see how much he gets.
"But before that, everyone go finish breakfast. After that, we'll have Daddy do the tests, okay?"
The kids whooped and the family went downstairs to the dining room to eat.
Seeing that Vincent wasn't there, Georgia raised a curious question.
"Why is Mr. Poole not here? Is he still resting?"
"The old man went out to do his morning exercise and he got up really early. He already finished exercising before we got up and already ate breakfast, then he went to Grandma's house."
Annie hurriedly explained, and Georgia was somewhat taken aback.
She nodded, then finished breakfast with her family in silence.
After breakfast, Georgia hadn't considered what else to do when the kids rushed over and took her and Robert's hand.
"Let's set up the exam, Mommy. I want to see Daddy working on the tests."
"Annie and I will be your proctors, Dad. No cheating. You have to give us your phone."
The kids hadn't been in school for that long but they knew a lot about exams.
Really, students were just born familiar with this sort of thing.
Georgia shot Robert an amused look.
He'd been an adult for a good while now and he was still playing this sort of game with kids.
The children were properly excited to be proctors over their father's test.
Georgia randomly selected three exams and watched on as the kids rolled out a desk in front of Robert, having him sit there to do the test.
They took away Robert's phone and all his electronic equipment, walking around like little adults and observing their father as he worked on the papers.
Georgia sat on the sofa, amused, looking at her husband deep in thought over the exams.
That brought her back to when she was studying.
Exams day after day, all sorts of competitions. That boring life somehow inspired nostalgia.
It was simplest back when they were studying as kids.
Georgia thought that she was going to be waiting for two hours, but after just one hour, she saw Robert finish the exams.
"Mommy, Daddy's done. Come check the exam and see how much Daddy gets."
Annie excitedly handed Robert's finished exams over to Georgia.
With the two kids' enthusiasm and Robert's bright gaze on her, Georgia got the answer key and compared it to the answers.
If it was multiple choice or fill-in-the-blanks, she could guess that Robert had memorized the answer.
But some questions needed his reasoning explained. She hadn't touched this sort of knowledge for years, but looking at the process, Georgia knew that Robert had done it all himself.
She dubiously looked through all the exam questions, and it took her over a dozen minutes,
After setting it all down, the two kids piped up.
"What marks did Daddy get for those three exams, Auntie Georgia?"
"Come on, Mommy, Daddy boasted that he could get full marks, did he really?"