Chapter 95 Zhao Zhao Participates in Knowledge Competition

Bian Ji checked the time; it was 8:30.

It's understandable that children are sleepy.

He walked over and gently patted Lu Yinzhao. Seeing that the other person tried to open his eyes several times, but only his eyelashes trembled slightly, he shook his head helplessly.

"Wake up, take a quick shower before going to sleep," Bian Ji called out.

After hearing Bian Ji's voice, Lu Yinzhao slowly woke up, opened her eyes groggily, yawned, nodded blankly, and let Bian Ji do as she pleased.

Ten minutes later, Lu Yinzhao was still drowsy while taking a bath.

This time, Bian Ji didn't shower with him, but instead rolled up her sleeves and helped him in the bathroom.

Lu Yinzhao was offline the whole time, and in the end, Bian Ji had to carry her out of the water.

After drying herself off and changing her clothes, Lu Yinzhao was gently placed into bed.

Bian Nan brought in two glasses of milk at just the right moment. Bian Ji took them and handed one to Lu Yinzhao.

"Drink it and go to sleep." He noticed the little guy's eyes were starting to droop again.

Lu Yinzhao obediently complied with Bian Ji's request without the slightest resistance, gulping down a glass of milk, leaving a ring of milk on his lips.

Bian Ji took the empty cup aside and wiped his mouth for him.

He said, "Good night."

"Goodnight, brother~" Lu Yinzhao's battery was running low, and he fell asleep instantly after saying only the last sentence.

Bian Nan leaned against the door, watching her younger brother skillfully take care of Zhao Zhao, and shook her head in amazement.

If we had known that Xiaoji wanted a younger brother so much, we should have let our parents have another child.

Their parents, mindful of their sons' feelings, didn't have any further thoughts about having a third child, even though the first few years after Xiao Ji's birth were filled with happiness.

Bian Nan gave Bian Ji a thumbs up, "Your technique is more skilled than mine."

Bian Nan felt that he had never taken such patient care of his younger brother when Zhao Zhao was his age, and he admired him even more now.

Bian Ji drank the other glass of milk, then shoved the two empty glasses into Bian Nan's hands.

He said coldly, "If there's nothing else, don't disturb our rest."

Bian Nan opened his mouth, but ultimately gritted his teeth and didn't say anything harsh.

You heartless brat, you forgot about your older brother as soon as you got a younger brother...

Bian Ji closed the door, turned off one of the lights in the room, and then turned on the desk lamp on his desk.

He wasn't sleepy yet and planned to revise the piece he had composed earlier.

In the quiet room, the only sounds were the even breathing on the bed and the scratching of paper and pen.

After immersing myself in the creative process for a while, I looked up again and it was already 11 p.m.

Bian Ji put down his pen, tidied up the books and papers one by one, and then went to wash up.

After washing up, I quietly got into bed and lay down on the outer side.

Seeing that Lu Yinzhao had kicked off the blanket, she covered him up again.

Not long after Bian Ji closed his eyes, the little guy beside him, like a caterpillar, wriggled and snuggled into his arms.

"..."

"Lu Yinzhao?"

Bian Ji thought the other person had woken up and called out softly.

However, Lu Yinzhao did not react at all, and a slight snoring sound could still be heard from his nose.

Bian Ji tried to push him away but couldn't. Afraid that continuing would wake the little guy, she simply closed her eyes and remained still.

Let him be...

When Bian Ji woke up the next day, he once again felt the heaviness on his body.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that, just like before, Lu Yinzhao was sleeping soundly on his chest.

Is this person really using themselves as a body pillow?

Bian Ji took a breath and reached out to pinch Lu Yinzhao's nose in an annoyed manner.

The little one in the dream couldn't breathe, and instinctively opened its little mouth, making a soft "hmm~" sound.

Lu Yinzhao made a slight nasal sound.

"Get up, it's time for school." A cool voice rang in Lu Yinzhao's ears.

Lu Yinzhao wiped her mouth, grunted, and rolled over, her scrunched-up face full of impatience to get up.

Seeing that the little one had finally gotten off him, Bian Ji was finally able to sit up.

He stopped calling out to the other person and simply reached out and pulled open the curtains, letting in the instant sunlight.

In this environment, Bian Ji believed that Lu Yinzhao wouldn't be able to sleep for much longer.

While Bian Ji went to wash up, Lu Yinzhao was indeed annoyed by the light. A strand of her hair stood up, and she sat up in a daze, staring blankly for a while.

Going to school, going to school, going to school again...

Lu Yinzhao felt that it was wrong to feel annoyed after only two days of school.

After a period of internal struggle, Lu Yinzhao nimbly jumped out of bed.

He eventually caught up with Bian Ji and they set off together.

If Bian Ji had stayed in bed a few more minutes, he would have had to go to school first. After all, his time was limited, so Lu Yinzhao had to make himself more diligent.

...

And so, Lu Yinzhao and Bian Ji went to school in an orderly fashion, walking together every day.

Xingyao Primary School offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities.

Halfway through the semester, in addition to the sports meet, a knowledge quiz competition was also held.

During the sports meet, Lu Yinzhao did not participate but instead served as a cheerleader. He was responsible for drawing the banners that cheered on the athletes.

When the knowledge quiz competition came up, the teachers and students all urged Lu Yinzhao to participate.

Lu Yinzhao felt embarrassed to refuse again this time. He hadn't participated in the previous activities, and if he refused again, wouldn't it seem like he lacked a sense of collective honor?

Lu Yinzhao would certainly be eager to participate in knowledge-based competitions; he just felt that if he were to compete...

That's a bit too much of a bullying of children.

After all, his brain isn't that of a normal first-grader.

Now that you've already signed up, you should give it your all.

After carefully reviewing the rules of the event, Lu Yinzhao discovered that the competition was divided into several different categories.

It includes basic knowledge of Chinese characters and language, basic knowledge of natural science, a competition of classical Chinese poetry, mental arithmetic, and brain teasers...

Students in each class must choose at least two categories to answer in the competition.

Lu Yinzhao chose the latter two without hesitation.

When Bian Ji got home that day, he found Lu Yinzhao reading a book of riddles. It was a thick book, and he had already read half of it.

"Why are you suddenly looking at this? If you like it, I'll buy you a few more copies."

Lu Yinzhao, turning the pages of his book without looking up, replied, "I want to participate in a knowledge quiz competition, part of which is riddles."

He needs to memorize more questions and answers, so that when the questions are set, they will definitely be selected from the question bank to find content that is suitable for the first grade level.

Although the competition among first-graders is unlikely to be very difficult, he still worries that his old brain can't compete with his new brain.

Some children have very fast reaction speeds, and this competition is all about speed, so they need to have a sufficient amount of knowledge.

Bian Ji didn't disturb him, but after a while, she brought some more books and placed them in front of him.

"These are all the relevant books in my house. After you finish reading the one you have, you can take a look at these."

Lu Yinzhao glanced at the table and saw that it was filled with more than a dozen books, such as "Intelligence Challenge", "Dare to Take the Challenge", "Children's Super Brain", and "1000 Classic Brain Teasers".

"..."

He can't possibly read all of this!

Seeing so many books, why do I feel a little pressured for no reason?

They only intended to participate for fun, but now... it's no wonder they ended up not getting a place.

Since Yin Song gradually resumed his work, Lu Yinzhao has been living at Bian Ji's house almost all the time.

Only after Yin Song's announcement is completely over will Lu Yinzhao go home for a few days.

He and Bian Ji are now inseparable and know each other very well.

Lu Yinzhao would tell Bian Ji about things that happened in the class every day, and Bian Ji would occasionally talk about things that happened at school.

After finishing her homework today, Bian Ji discovered that Lu Yinzhao was still awake. Usually at this time, Lu Yinzhao would be dozing off in bed.

Seeing that the other person was still holding the book and reading it carefully, Bian Ji reminded her, "You should take a shower and go to bed."

"Wait a minute, let me finish reading these last few pages."

Bian Ji waited for ten minutes, but Lu Yinzhao did not make any move.

I simply stood up, walked over, and took the book from the little guy's hand.

"You'll ruin your eyes if you keep reading like that. Take a rest today and read again tomorrow."

Lu Yinzhao's hand was suddenly empty. He wrinkled his nose and said, "Alright then."

He seemed a bit too nervous, probably because he hadn't participated in any competitions for too long...

Because of excessive mental exertion, Lu Yinzhao actually fell asleep in the bathtub.

Bian Ji called out several times but couldn't wake up. He smiled helplessly, silently cleaned the little thing up, and threw it back onto the bed.

Exhausted, Lu Yinzhao slept very soundly that night. When he opened his eyes the next day, he felt refreshed for the first time, and his chest felt very relaxed. Finally, there was no heavy baby pressing down on him.

After intensively studying for several days, Lu Yinzhao was fully prepared for the competition.

He was joined in the competition by four other classmates from his class.

The competition was held in the multi-functional hall, with buzzer positions set up on both sides of the stage and buzzer buttons on the tables.

It looks like they've prepared everything quite well.

"I'm so nervous," a female classmate next to me said, rubbing her hands together.

Lu Yinzhao comforted him, "Don't worry, I'm in the back of the line. If you guys lose points, I'll make up for them later."

The girl felt a little relieved after hearing what Lu Yinzhao said.

Lu Yinzhao regained his composure and let out a breath.

So he wasn't the only one who was nervous? Even such a young child was nervous.

Thinking about how the material that children are learning these days is getting more and more difficult, Lu Yinzhao wondered to himself, "Won't they come up with some questions that are beyond the curriculum?"

If even he couldn't answer, that would be embarrassing.

"Contestants from each class, please take your positions. First up are Class 1(1) and Class 1(8)..."

The host guided the children to stand in their respective positions. Lu Yinzhao was the last to go on stage and was now watching his teammates and the contestants from Class 8 engage in a heated competition.

Their class lost in the previous rounds of Chinese language and character knowledge and natural science knowledge, but they finally won a round in the ancient poetry competition.

The current points are clearly insufficient.

Next, it was Lu Yinzhao's turn to play, and his teammates cheered him on.

"Lu Yinzhao, go for it! Take down Class 8!"

"I believe in you! You are the hope of the whole class!"

"Lu Yinzhao is counting on you!"

Lu Yinzhao, who inexplicably became the hope of the whole class: "..."

"I will do my best..."

He threw out those words and went on stage. At that moment, his sense of collective honor was overflowing, and he just wanted to start the game as soon as possible.

It suddenly ignited, who knows?

"First question, listen carefully! What is 45 + 28 + 69?"

Lu Yinzhao pressed the buzzer less than a second after hearing the answer, and the buzzer light turned on white.

"142!"

"Class 1 answered correctly! One point! For the second question, 100 - 23 + 17 = ?"

Lu Yinzhao once again arrived at the answer the instant the question ended.

"94!"

"Class 1 answered correctly! Another point! Question 3..."

The students watching from both sides were stunned. They usually waited a few seconds after hearing the question before answering, but when it was Lu Yinzhao's turn, he could answer without even thinking for a second, and all of his answers were correct.

"Lu Yinzhao is amazing!" the children in Class 1 cheered secretly.

"Is that a calculator? It calculates so fast!"

"I'm going to recommend him to be the math class representative next semester!"

The contestant from Class 8 was also dumbfounded. He was a little flustered at first, but when he realized that he couldn't answer the questions at all, he simply stopped panicking, since he knew he couldn't win this round anyway.

When it came to the brain teasers, Lu Yinzhao was still present, and Class 8 sent another student up.

"First question, listen carefully! What is it that people don't like to eat?"

Lu Yinzhao frantically banged on the buzzer.

"You've been taken advantage of!"

"Second question: What do you hit without expending any effort?"

Lu Yinzhao laughed inwardly three times. How come these are all questions from the book that Bian Ji gave him?

So I answered instantly again.

"doze off!"

"Question 3: A number is 13 when the first digit is removed and 40 when the last digit is removed. What is this number?"

Good heavens! They actually dared to ask questions related to numbers?

Lu Yinzhao answered with his head held high and chest puffed out: "It's the Chinese character 'forty-three'!"

He not only answered first, but also explained to everyone present: "Remove the first 'four' and you get 'thirteen'; remove the last 'three' and you get 'forty'!"

Class 8 students: "..."

The contestant who was answering questions with Lu Yinzhao was initially very confident, but after being answered by Lu Yinzhao several times in a row, his eyes turned red with anxiety.

She completely broke down and burst into tears on stage.

After successfully winning all the points in these two rounds, Lu Yinzhao touched his nose guiltily.

Was he... going a little too far in bullying her?

When he was answering the question, he entered a "flow" state and couldn't stop. I don't know if it was the mental inertia from reading these past few days, but as soon as the host asked a question, the answer would pop into his head, and he would reflexively want to hit the buzzer.

I'm really sorry, I got a little carried away with my answer.

In the end, Class 1 students naturally won first place in the competition. Everyone received a certificate of honor, an award, and a thick-covered red notebook.

The homeroom teacher of Class 1 was overjoyed and would go back to class to give a big shout-out to the students who had won the competition for their class.

Lu Yinzhao, in particular, received special praise.

Because when they were behind at the beginning, it was Lu Yinzhao who turned the tide.

He could answer any question the host asked instantly, making him the MVP of the first-grade competition.

The little kids below clapped their hands so loudly that the sound echoed throughout the classroom.

Long Xiaoman looked at Lu Yinzhao's certificate of honor and was extremely envious.

He cupped his face in his hands and said, "Zhao Zhao, you won so easily. I feel like I can sign up to participate next semester too."

Lu Yinzhao thought to himself that perhaps his performance this time would make the competition questions next semester more difficult?

Seeing Long Xiaoman's longing expression, Lu Yinzhao didn't say anything to discourage her.

However, he doesn't want to participate again next time.

Now, the students in Class 8 all avoid him when they see him...

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Author's Note: Zhao Zhao: I'm terrifyingly strong this season! [Sunglasses]