Chapter 14 She is right, playing hard to get
"...Chen Cheng, do you think Jiang Fuyue is right?" Xu Jing was a little surprised.
The boy still kept his hand raised. After hearing this, he thought about it and then nodded carefully.
He is only a freshman in high school and has just joined this class this semester. He is not familiar with the others and sits alone in the front row without a deskmate. In addition, he usually doesn't talk much and doesn't take the initiative to interact with others. He is the one with the least sense of existence in the class.
Even Xu Jing paused for several seconds before remembering his name.
"Why?" Xu Jing looked directly at this boy, who was much shorter than his peers and usually kept silent, for the first time. He asked, "Why do you think she's right?"
Chen Cheng stood up, the gazes from all around him making him increasingly nervous. "Because, following Mr. Jiang's line of thought, I don't find any logical errors."
"Oh?" Xu Jing remained calm. "So, according to you, there are logical flaws in Ling Xuan's proof?"
"Yes." Chen Cheng nodded. This time he was much more decisive.
"Tell me about it."
"In the fifth step, he used a point on the unit circle to make the inequality less than or equal to n/4 squared, and the constant optimal theorem. However, n/4 squared is the conclusion to be proved in this problem, and it was already assumed to be correct during the proof process. This is illogical."
Xu Jing had never imagined that a proof problem would yield two promising ideas. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Please sit down."
Chen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and his cheeks, flushed with nervousness, were particularly eye-catching.
So... who is right?
Everyone suddenly became uncertain.
Even Ling Xuan stared at the blackboard and fell into deep thought after listening to Chen Cheng's words.
Xu Jing didn't keep the secret any longer. He walked over to Jiang Fuyue's answer and tapped it with his fingers. "This is the correct answer. Unfortunately, only one person in the class figured it out, and only one person could understand it."
"Holy shit!" In the overly quiet classroom, Sun Cheng's cry was particularly loud.
Although it was a bit vulgar, it strangely matched everyone's mood at the moment.
Isn’t it a big bummer?
Not only did he get into the Olympiad class after being ranked last, he also beat out two top students, Ling Xuan and Sun Cheng, and got the final question right?
It sounds even more fantastical than "a sow turning into Diao Chan".
After all, appearance can be changed, but the brain cannot be replaced!
"Is Jiang Fuyue cheating?" Sun Cheng came in front of Ling Xuan with a puzzled look on his face.
But at this moment Ling Xuan himself was still confused, so how could he have the time to reply him?
In the remaining half hour, Xu Jing followed Jiang Fuyue's ideas to explain to everyone. He didn't even write on the blackboard separately, but directly used Jiang Fuyue's.
The bell rang for the end of get out of class. Xu Jing said, "That's all for today. Jiang Fuyue, please stay a while."
Everyone filed out with their backpacks on their backs, and their eyes more or less fell on Jiang Fuyue, but the latter didn't even give them a glance. He put away his things and walked in front of Xu Jing.
Someone noticed that she did not stand under the podium, but walked to the same level as Xu Jing and talked to him with an equal attitude and without any fear.
"How much did you write on the paper yesterday?"
"Done."
Xu Jing stumbled and pretended to be calm: "It's over, it's over?" But his true emotions were revealed as soon as he opened his mouth.
Jiang Fuyue handed him a stack of test papers, implying: If you don't believe me, you can take a look.
When he took it, no one except Xu Jing himself noticed that his hands were shaking.
Jiang Fuyue retired after accomplishing his mission, said goodbye, and left in style.
He left Xu Jing standing there alone for a while, then quickly rushed back to the office and checked the answers to each paper with her one by one.
Meng Zhijian was sitting opposite him. He was surprised and delighted to see this man, almost crazy, and was very puzzled.
"Old Xu, did you pick up any money?"
"No, it's not money, it's treasure!"
"?"
"My dear! Oh my goodness..."
…
Jiang Fuyue didn't know how excited Xu Jing was, but looking at the tall boy standing at the corner, she herself couldn't feel excited at all.
The young man was handsome and elegant, with a thin and detached look on his straight shoulders, like a newly grown cotton willow in March, seemingly soft but with a hidden toughness.
Their eyes met, and Ling Xuan looked into Jiang Fuyue's unwavering eyes, as if he was meeting this girl for the first time.
Look at, examine, and ponder.
The sharpness unique to teenagers.
Jiang Fuyue was not much moved and just walked away.
Her disregard and indifference finally sparked a fire in the boy's eyes, "Are you playing hard to get with me?"
Jiang Fuyue turned around.
Ling Xuan chuckled, his eyes wandering over her bright face: "Actually, you're not ugly, but liking someone has nothing to do with appearance. If you're trying so hard to get into the Olympiad class just because of me..."
"No." She said calmly, her eyes as cold as water.
Ling Xuan frowned.
He went back to look for the confession letter he had thrown away, but the trash can was emptied every day and he had no idea where it had gone.
Although he was unable to see what Jiang Fuyue wrote, the feeling at that time was not wrong. She stood in front of him with her eyes half closed, a faint blush on her cheeks, and even the fingertips holding the envelope were trembling silently. If this isn't "love", what is it?
Ling Xuan: "Participating in the competition is no joke. If you don't understand its significance, don't come and affect the entire class."
Jiang Fuyue smiled, and looked at him with a more scrutinizing look, "You're not fat..."
The young man was shocked by the sudden laughter, and was a little confused when he heard the words.
"Why is your face so big?" she said.
Ling Xuan was stunned for a moment, then reacted and his face darkened: "Jiang Fuyue——"
"Who do you think you are?" Her red lips parted slightly, her calm voice carrying a hint of innate arrogance. "Are you worthy enough?"
After saying this, he walked away, his back straight like a lotus stem swaying in the wind, neither bending nor breaking.
"Axuan, I'm fine--" Sun Cheng jumped out of the bathroom and put his arm around his shoulders.
Ling Xuan ruthlessly dodged him, with a cold face, striding forward.
"Eh?" Sun Cheng followed. "Who offended you? Why are you so irritated?"
"……Shut up."
Sun Cheng stopped talking. Ling Xuan's temper hadn't been like this for just one or two days. As a childhood friend, he had long been accustomed to it.
As he was walking, Sun Cheng suddenly thought of something and grinned, laughing foolishly.
Ling Xuan frowned, seeing the smile in his eyes: "Why are you acting crazy in broad daylight?"
"Ah Xuan, let me ask you something." He leaned closer and rubbed his hands. "Do you think... Jiang Fuyue has become more beautiful?"
A cold light suddenly flashed in the boy's eyes, but disappeared in an instant.
Sun Cheng didn't notice. His mind was full of Jiang Fuyue's face and those enchanting peach blossom eyes: "...She must look better when she smiles, but she doesn't seem to smile much..."
It’s indeed better looking, but also more hateful! Ling Xuan gritted his teeth secretly.
"What do you want to say?"
"Ah?" Sun Cheng hesitated, as if he was stumped by the question.
"She became prettier, and then what? You fell in love with her at first sight?" Ling Xuan asked casually.
Sun Cheng was choked, his face flushed red. "How, how is that possible?! Love at first sight? What a joke! I just thought she was pretty, I didn't have any other thoughts..."
He spoke incoherently, but he didn't realize that this was enough to illustrate the problem.
Ling Xuan sneered: "It's better not to."
Sun Cheng: “?”
What does "better not have" mean?
"Hey—why are you walking so fast? Lin Yao just asked me if I had time this weekend to go with you..."
In the setting sun, the figures of two young men walked away slowly, one in front and one behind.
(End of this chapter)
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