"Just this little bit", which could almost be ranked second on Lin Chaoxi's list of the most unacceptable consolations.

The first one is of course "very good". If Pei Zhi said it, then the damage would be doubled.

In fact, errors are bound to occur when it comes to statistics and big data. But Lin Chaoxi thought that neither she nor Old Lin, who was about to get into a car accident, could accept such errors.

But she was not depressed.

It's a simple matter of if it's not good enough, then make it better.

——

After the rain and the temperature drops, winter has officially arrived.

On Monday, Lin Chaoxi received the news that Pei Zhi had asked for leave.

Although Pei Zhi is a popular student on campus, he is not the type that is difficult to get close to. On the contrary, he has a good relationship with people. Therefore, when he asked for a long vacation, everyone was surprised and asked around to find out what happened.

One morning, Lin Chaoxi received many students who came to ask "What happened to Pei Zhi?"

Her excuse has changed from "I don't know either" to "Pei Zhi and I are not very familiar with each other", because the latter is obviously more cold and distant.

but……

The chattering middle school boys and girls obviously didn't realize her profoundness and didn't let her off easily.

"You and Pei Zhi, aren't you..."

"Zhang Ming said that you two have been together since junior high school."

"Yes, let's study together. Do you have any questions?" Lin Chaoxi replied.

"Bah." The girl from Class 2 at the back complained to her with a smile.

They were sitting in the school auditorium, all the students were preparing to attend the school's quarterly meeting. Lin Chaoxi was overwhelmed by the disturbance and wanted to get rid of them, but he had no reason to do so.

At this moment, a "cough" sound came from behind her to remind her.

The high school students were startled and found that the vice-principal had appeared behind them without them knowing when. They turned around and sat up straight.

Lin Chaoxi retracted her gaze and was about to lower her head to read a book when she heard the vice-president calling her name.

"Lin Zhaoxi."

The vice-president seemed to have something to say, and Lin Zhaoxi said subconsciously: "President, I really don't know about Pei Zhi's affairs."

"..." The headmaster was speechless. "I didn't ask you that. I just wanted to inform you that after the class meeting is over, don't rush to leave. I have something to talk to you about."

——

Anyway, after Vice Principal Zhong Chong said that he didn't want to talk about Pei Zhi, no students asked her "What happened to Pei Zhi" anymore.

The class meeting was the same old routine.

First mobilize the senior high school students, and then use the examples of the senior high school students to encourage the younger students in the first and second grades to continue studying hard.

"The next item on the agenda is a report on the first quarter citywide exams for high school seniors."

The headmaster pushed up his glasses in front of the podium, and a PPT appeared on the big screen in the auditorium, showing the various indicators of the mid-term examination for the first-year high school students in Anning City.

The midterm test includes the average scores of each subject in the first-year high school entrance examination and the city's ranking.

As can be seen from the chart, the average score of Anning Experimental High School is much higher than the city average, and its ranking is one, one, one...

The chart is very clear, but the school leader still wants to emphasize the achievements in various subjects passionately: "In this unified examination, our school's scores in all subjects ranked first in the city, especially the average score in mathematics, which exceeded the city average by 15 points!"

The high school student emphasized the ending of his sentence, paused, and then said: "This is the result of the joint efforts of all our first-grade teachers and students. I hope everyone will applaud themselves and keep up the good work and create more outstanding achievements."

There was thunderous applause in the auditorium. The senior students were praised and were very excited, applauding especially vigorously.

The president of the university waited for a while, and the conference room gradually became quiet. He pressed the remote control in his hand, and the PPT was changed.

There were inhalations all around. Lin Chaoxi was reading a book with her head down when the girl next to her suddenly pushed her and said, "Look, look."

She looked up and was a little shocked.

Two huge 2-inch headshots appeared on the auditorium screen. They were blue with white shirts. They were the standard photos for admission. Because they were projected on the screen, they looked particularly huge.

One of the photos was of Pei Zhi, and the other was——

It's her.

Lin Chaoxi swallowed his saliva. Suddenly, a close-up photo of him and Pei Zhi was placed in front of all the teachers and students in the school. It was very shocking.

"How can you not react at all?" The girl next to her pushed her again.

"What kind of reaction do you want? It is Pei Zhi's honor to appear on the PPT with me."

Lin Zhaoxi thought, "My heart rate is 160, but I can't tell you. Brother Pei's ID photo is so handsome. It's scary..."

As expected, she was beaten up by the girl next to her.

The headmaster of the high school said loudly on the podium: "While everyone has achieved excellent results, I would also like to highlight the two students who are one year higher."

He turned and looked at the curtain. "They are Lin Chaoxi from Class 1 (1) and Pei Zhi from Class 1 (2). They tied for first place in the Anning City's first-year high school midterm exam. Let's give these two students a round of applause to encourage them."

The auditorium was quiet at first, then there were inhalations and sounds like "Wow, that's awesome". Some curious students started looking around for someone, and they punched her on the back a few more times.

There was a burst of applause all around. Lin Chaoxi remembered that there was also a similar grade meeting before the end of junior high school. Pei Zhi was first and she was second.

Now they coincidentally got the same score, which is incredible.

Lin Chaoxi looked carefully at the specific results under their photos.

Pei Zhi inhumanly got full marks in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. She relied on her high scores in English and politics to force herself to get the same high scores as Pei Ge.

After all, she had the buff of time travel, and she was once a top student in the philosophy department, so it’s hard to say that her grades in these two subjects were unacceptable.

"Well, let us now invite Lin Chaoxi to come to the stage and briefly introduce his learning experience to everyone," said Vice President Gao.

The whole place was silent for a moment, and many students were looking at her.

Lin Chaoxi raised her head and turned her pen around. Her classmates had already made way for her. She stood up, was forced to leave her seat, and walked towards the podium.

The first-year students sat at the back of the auditorium, with the road ahead narrow and long.

She walked up to the podium, took the microphone, and there was total silence.

There were many young and immature faces in the audience, some were skeptical and disdainful, while others were envious and admiring.

Pei Zhi probably saw the same scene at the class meeting before the end of junior high school. What did he say at that time? It seemed to be a very short sentence, "I hope to work hard with everyone."

Then he left the stage, so cool.

So, what does she have to say now?

Lin Chaoxi stroked the microphone, and there was a little commotion in the audience because of her long silence.

“I don’t actually have any special learning experience.”

Lin Chaoxi heard his own voice coming through the speakers, rumbling in the auditorium.

"There are only a few ways to learn. Teachers teach them every day, and you can find a lot of information online. Just choose the one that suits you."

The headmaster of the school interrupted, "So does Lin Chaoxi have any special study methods? For example, how does he overcome the difficulties in his studies?"

"The difficulty..." Lin Zhaoxi thought about it carefully, "I think the most difficult thing is to turn what others do into what you do. And this is too difficult, it's normal that you can't do it."

There were sighs from the audience. Lin Zhaoxi listened to her own voice and smiled. "So it's okay. Don't be afraid. Just keep going. Maybe one day, we will reach a point in our lives where we suddenly feel like we can't go on like this. Then congratulations. Be the person and thing you want to be. It's never too late to start working hard."

After she finished speaking, she bowed and left the stage.

From the time she stepped down from the stage to the time she took her seat, the auditorium gradually began to hear sounds.

It started out with a lot of noise, and then turned into words like “Oh my god” and “What the hell”.

Finally, the girl who was on good terms with her pinched her face with both hands and bared her teeth, "If you have the guts, mock her on stage in front of thousands of people in the school!"

Lin Chaoxi's eyes widened. How could her sincere chicken soup become a mockery?

"'It's normal if you can't do it'... Look, our class teacher Mei's face has turned pale." The girl laughed.

——

Anning Experimental Middle School, Vice Principal’s Office.

After the grade meeting ended, Lin Chaoxi stayed and was brought here.

She sat on a row of wooden sofas used for reception. Next to her sat the vice-president, and opposite her sat two middle-aged men and women whom she did not know at all.

The lady looked at her for a long time, then slowly said, "Student Lin Chaoxi's speech on the stage was very interesting."

The man also laughed: "What's the word, 'pretending'?" He paused, "You kids said it, but I think it's very wise and full of life experience."

This middle-aged man was obviously very skilled in conversation and wanted to get her to talk. Lin Chaoxi put her hands on her legs, tilted her head slightly, and said nothing.

The man was a little embarrassed, and then the woman spoke up: "It's like this, we are teachers from the Department of Educational Psychology at Yongchuan University. My name is Li Ran, and this is my partner, Professor Tian Weizhong."

"Hello, professors."

"We have been conducting long-term follow-up research on student growth. We are very interested in your growth experience and future. We would like to ask if you are interested in joining our project as a research subject."

Lin Chaoxi breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, when she walked into the office and saw these two middle-aged men and women who were about the same age as Lao Lin, her mind suddenly opened up and she thought it was some kind of story about finding a relative...

Professor Tian Weizhong took out a thick sheet of materials from his briefcase. Lin Chaoxi lowered his head. The top sheet was a personal information form, and a pen was also handed to him.

"Here are some tests. I hope you can fill them out truthfully and don't feel any psychological pressure."

Lin Chaoxi lowered his head, turned to the first page and started reading.

If she were just an average high school student, she would probably be interested in the questions on the test, which consisted of a lot of graphic reasoning questions.

But she was a teacher training student after all and had studied educational psychology. After reading one page, she was sure that it was a Raven's Reasoning Test, a type of IQ test.

Thinking of the time when the high school principal came to see her and the process of announcing the unified examination results today, he looked at the high school principal and asked directly: "Am I here for Pei Zhi?"

The office fell silent for a moment. The two professors and Vice President Gao all looked at her in surprise.

Professor Li Ran responded quickly: "Why do you say that?"

"First of all, this is an intelligence test. Secondly, two professors are here together, which shows that they attach great importance to this research project. I can't think of anyone other than Pei Zhi who is extremely worthy of attention in terms of intelligence." Lin Chaoxi paused, "Then why am I here? Is it because Pei Zhi asked for leave? You are all here. My Unified Examination score is the same as his, so I can do some research as well?"

Professor Li: “…”

Professor Tian: "..."

Principal: “…”

Several teachers in the office were silent for a long time. Lin Chaoxi smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. It's okay to be guessed."

Professor Tian's face clearly showed an expression of "We are not nervous at all". He cleared his throat and said, "Well, your guess is actually pretty close. We are conducting a long-term follow-up study on super-intelligent students, and Pei Zhi is the research subject we have determined."

Lin Zhaoxi nodded, and then she heard Professor Tian say, "But we wanted to choose you, not because Pei Zhi asked for leave, but because he guessed what we were doing just like you, and then rejected us."