Can't do it

The bus stopped at the city library bus stop. As soon as Jiang Zhizhi and Xu Qingbo got off the bus, they saw Lu Xiye leaning on an electric scooter next to the bus stop.

"Hey! You're so slow!" Lu Xiye's face suddenly turned sour when he saw Jiang Zhizhi coming over with Xu Qingbo.

Xu Qingbo looked surprised and couldn't help but glance at Jiang Zhizhi.

Did Jiang Zhizhi and Lu Xiye make an appointment to come to the library?

"Let's go." Jiang Zhizhi looked at her watch. It was obviously about the same time as before. Today, because of the exam, school was over early, so it was ten minutes earlier.

She was too lazy to pay attention to Lu Xiye's unreasonable behavior and turned around and walked straight towards the library.

Lu Xiye snorted, rode his electric scooter past her and Xu Qingbo, and went to park in the parking lot first.

"Are you coming to the library with Lu Xiye?" Xu Qingbo couldn't help asking.

"I'm tutoring him now." Jiang Zhizhi did not hide it from Xu Qingbo. She knew that with Xu Qingbo's personality, he would not talk nonsense outside.

"Tutoring?"

“The kind that charges tuition fees.”

Xu Qingbo's expression was a little strange. After a pause, he pursed his lips slightly and said, "Jiang Zhizhi, academic studies are more important to you. Tutoring with someone like that will only hinder your progress."

"That kind of person?" Xu Qingbo rarely used this term to address others. This was the first time Jiang Zhizhi heard it.

Does he hate Lu Xiye very much?

Xu Qingbo also felt that his words were too emotional, and corrected himself, "I mean, that kind of poor student. If it was tutoring a student of Li Rongrong's level, it could be said to be of some help, but Lu Xiye's academic performance is too poor, right?"

"It's okay actually. His father doesn't care about his grades anyway. As long as he spends his time on studying, it's fine." Jiang Zhizhi said lightly.

Seeing that Jiang Zhizhi didn't care, Xu Qingbo didn't say anything else.

"Qingbo!"

Before the two of them reached the library gate, they saw a young man in his twenties walking towards them while greeting Xu Qingbo.

"Uncle!"

Jiang Zhizhi looked at the person who came and suddenly felt that he looked familiar.

"Hey? You are not..." Xu Honghan looked a little surprised when he saw Jiang Zhizhi.

Jiang Zhizhi remembered that this was the uncle who had bandaged her wound in the library before. It turned out that he was Xu Qingbo's uncle!

"Hello, uncle." Jiang Zhizhi hurriedly greeted him politely, "Thank you for your help."

"Ah? Uncle, do you know each other?"

"Didn't I get injured when Li Rongrong fell into the water? I was changing the dressing in the library that day, and this uncle helped me change it." Jiang Zhizhi explained.

Xu Honghan also smiled and said, "I know you. Your name is Jiang Zhizhi."

Xu Qingbo glanced at Xu Honghan, then at Jiang Zhizhi. Suddenly, he thought of the inexplicable phone call from Xu Honghan half a year ago.

On the phone, Xu Honghan specifically asked him about Jiang Zhizhi, which was really strange.

"Hey, what are you doing here? Aren't you going to the library?" Lu Xiye appeared out of nowhere and pulled her into the library.

Jiang Zhizhi had no choice but to say "Goodbye, Uncle" and went in with Lu Xiye.

Xu Qingbo looked a little unhappy when he saw Lu Xiye pulling Jiang Zhizhi. In his heart, a student like Jiang Zhizhi should not be hanging around with Lu Xiye.

"Swish, swish!" Xu Honghan suddenly came over and whistled twice in his ear.

Xu Qingbo was startled and turned around to glare at him, "Uncle, what are you doing?"

"You seem to care about Jiang Zhizhi a lot?" Xu Honghan said with a naughty smile in his eyes.

"No," Xu Qingbo quickly retorted, but his handsome face turned suspiciously red. He stubbornly said, "My uncle is. You called me to ask about Jiang Zhizhi before, right? If we just met by chance, why would you specifically ask about her?"

Xu Honghan smiled mysteriously. "Well, you'll know later. By the way, you took the mock exam today, right? How did you do?"

"It's okay." Xu Qingbo curled his lips.

"What about Jiang Zhizhi?"

"The results haven't come out yet, how would I know?"

"Haha, in last year's final exam, Jiang Zhizhi took first place, and you only took second place. Are you going to be left behind by her again this time?"

"I won't be left behind by Jiang Zhizhi!" Xu Qingbo shouted loudly.

"Okay, okay, the exam is over anyway. You should work hard in the upcoming math league!" Xu Honghan laughed and rubbed Xu Qingbo's neatly combed hair with a malicious look.

"Uncle!" Xu Qingbo angrily slapped Xu Honghan's hand aside, and his already agitated mood became even more chaotic.

*

Having just finished the exam today, Jiang Zhizhi didn't plan to let Lu Xiye continue doing the exercises, so the two of them went to the library to borrow a few books before going to Zong Qinghai's private collection room.

"The teacher is here today."

Seeing that the door of the room was not locked, Jiang Zhizhi pushed it open and went in.

Zong Qinghai had previously given Jiang Zhizhi the key to the collection room. He didn't come to the library every day, so when he was not there, Jiang Zhizhi could open the door and come in by herself.

As soon as she entered, Jiang Zhizhi saw Zong Qinghai sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. When Zong Qinghai came, he liked to sit in that seat the most. From there, he could see the young people coming and going in the library.

But today, in addition to Zong Qinghai's teacup, there was another cup opposite him on the coffee table.

Are there guests coming?

"teacher."

"Zhizhi, aren't you going to participate in the math league training today?" Seeing Jiang Zhizhi, Zong Qinghai immediately called her over with a smile.

"We have a mock exam these two days, so the training camp has been suspended. However, it will only be tomorrow and Monday. The league exam will begin next Tuesday."

"First mock exam?" Zong Qinghai turned to look at Lu Xiye standing behind Jiang Zhizhi and asked with a smile, "How did you do this time, Xiaoye? Did you improve compared to before?"

Lu Xiye scratched his head awkwardly, "Hmm... probably, right?"

"The content of the first grade is just to lay the foundation. As long as you work hard, you will definitely catch up in the second and third grades." Zong Qinghai said.

"Yeah, I understand."

Lu Xiye is always aggressive outside, but in front of Zong Qinghai, he is as obedient as a rabbit.

After all, Jiang Zhizhi is his junior teacher now, and Zong Qinghai is Jiang Zhizhi's teacher. This feeling of two generations apart makes him feel an invisible pressure.

When he was taking tutoring classes in Zong Qinghai's library, he was much more obedient than usual.

"By the way, Zhizhi, do you have any plans for this summer vacation?" Zong Qinghai suddenly asked.

"I need to prepare for the Mathematical Olympiad in the second half of the summer vacation."

"It seems that you have already planned everything. However, please give me, an old man, half a month and I will take you to a place." Zong Qinghai said.

Before Jiang Zhizhi could answer, Lu Xiye came over and asked, "Where are you going? Can I go with you?"

"Haha, it's too early for you to go. However, if you can get full marks in math and physics in the high school entrance examination, I will make an exception and take you with me." Zong Qinghai laughed.

Lu Xiye curled his lips in displeasure, "Humph! How biased! Jiang Zhizhi obviously didn't get a perfect score."

*

Three days later, Monday.

In the morning, the math results of the first-year junior high school mock exam came out, shocking all the teachers in No. 1 Middle School.

"Three students from Class 1 got full marks!"

"Really? I've seen the math problems this time, they're not that easy!"

"Which three people?"

"Jiang Zhizhi, Xu Qingbo, and Yao Jiaqi."

"Have all three of them signed up for tomorrow's math league?"

"Yeah, you're worthy of being a student who dares to sign up for the math league in the first grade. You really have the ability!"

"This year's class is no exception. When was the last time No. 1 Middle School had three students with perfect scores?"

"Never."

“…”

Xu Qingbo was also surprised when he got the test paper from the math teacher's office.

He knew that they had been preparing for the math league during this period and their math skills had improved rapidly, but he didn't expect that all three of them would get full marks.

Jiang Zhizhi, Yao Jiaqi.

These two people are opponents that he cannot underestimate!

He took the test paper back to the classroom. Although the students in the classroom had not seen the test paper yet, they had already heard that there were three full marks in mathematics, and the whole classroom was noisy and full of discussions.

"The math results are out, everyone come and pick up your papers."

After Xu Qingbo finished speaking, he took down the top four papers.

The fourth one is Lin Qingyu, with 147 points.

She has also made a lot of progress. Her usual math scores are around 140 points. If it weren't for the three of them, this score would have been the first in math.

"Lin Qingyu, you did very well on the test this time. Let's work hard together in the math league tomorrow."

"Um."

Lin Qingyu took the test paper and saw the score of 147. Although she was happy, she couldn't help feeling a little lonely.

Sure enough, compared with Jiang Zhizhi, Xu Qingbo and Yao Jiaqi, she is still a long way behind.

Xu Qingbo returned to his seat and put Jiang Zhizhi and Yao Jiaqi's two papers on the table behind him.

Yao Jiaqi checked her own paper first, then looked at Jiang Zhizhi, "Jiang Zhizhi, let me see yours."

"Give."

Yao Jiaqi took the test paper and turned directly to the big questions at the back.

Although both of them got full marks, their problem-solving processes were not exactly the same.

Jiang Zhizhi's approach to solving the problem is simpler and clearer than hers.

No wonder Jiang Zhizhi handed in her paper earlier than her during the exam.

Yao Jiaqi gritted his teeth secretly. Although it was only a slight difference, it might lead to a world of difference in the results during the league.

After all, the league questions cover more knowledge points and are more complicated than the questions in this exam.

No!

She will never lose!

In tomorrow's league, she must beat Jiang Zhizhi!

In the morning, the scores for three subjects were released: mathematics, English and geography. In the afternoon, the scores for the other four subjects were released.

The total score was 850 points, and Jiang Zhizhi scored a terrifying 830 points.

Mathematics, geography and biology all got full marks.

My only weakness was politics, but I still scored 94 points.

Without a doubt, first in the whole grade.

And this time, she left Xu Qingbo behind by a full ten points.

Xu Qingbo scored 820 points, ranking second.

Yao Jiaqi scored 819, ranking third.

Lin Qingyu scored 802 points, fourth place.

Everyone else in the class was having a heated discussion, but the atmosphere in the seats where Jiang Zhizhi, Xu Qingbo and Yao Jiaqi were sitting was particularly depressing.

Yao Jiaqi didn't expect that even though she got full marks in math like Jiang Zhizhi, she was still 11 points behind.

Xu Qingbo, who was sitting in the seat in front of Jiang Zhizhi, gritted his teeth so hard that his fingernails almost dug into his flesh.

He forced himself to suppress the blockage in his throat and the tears welling in his eyes.

Jiang Zhizhi got full marks in both geography and biology, but he lost two points in geography and three points in biology.

Chinese has always been his weak subject, and his score was five points lower than Jiang Zhizhi's.

Can't do it?

Will he never be able to surpass Jiang Zhizhi?

At this moment, he felt that Jiang Zhizhi was like an invisible mountain blocking his way.